warrior godfather

Chapter 409 The Season of Harvest

On the morning of May 5th, Glenview Community.

The warm sunlight shone in from the gaps in the unclosed curtains in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, leaving a thin light path on Zhang Yu's spacious bed, adding a touch of white to the dim room.

Zhang Yu slowly opened his eyes from sleep, blinked a few times, and finally escaped from the confusion of waking up.

He didn't get up, but stretched his arms as far as he could, posing in a big shape on the bed, stretching his muscles and bones, regardless of the crumpled sheets.

Feeling the stretching sensation from the limbs, after a while, Zhang Yu withdrew his arms and folded his legs. He still didn't get up, but lay on his back on the tea bed, stretched out his hand, groped twice on the bedside table, and grabbed it. He stopped the phone, took it over, and checked the time.

It was already 11:14 in the morning, and the sun was high, but the curtains in Zhang Yu's bedroom had excellent shading performance, so the room was still dark, but a beam of sunlight came in. Can see things.

Zhang Yu liked this quiet atmosphere very much, so he simply lay on the bed and played with his mobile phone.

After watching the Thunder and Spurs' Game 6 yesterday, the four of Zhang Yu chatted until 11:30 p.m. before Curry and Butler left. At Butler's kind invitation, Stevens went to his house as a guest, saving Zhang Yu The time to send Stevens to the airport today.

In fact, this is also the result of discussions between Zhang Yu and Stevens.

When Butler was still in the Bulldogs, Stevens taught him a lot. He was very grateful to Stevens. Zhang Yu asked Stevens to stay at Butler's house for one night this time to let him Chat with Butler and find out what Butler thinks.

In the early hours of yesterday morning, Stevens sent Zhang Yu a text message. The content was roughly that Butler had absolutely no intention of leaving the Warriors to seek the core position of the team, and Zhang Yu was relieved.

In the past two days, in order to let the players relax physically and mentally, Zhang Yu changed the training to every afternoon, and the normal training time will resume tomorrow.

Yesterday, the league announced the schedule for the Western Conference finals. G1 between the Warriors and the Thunder will be held on May 5. The Thunder have three days of rest, and the Warriors have an extra day off, which gives them a slight advantage.

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Zhang Yu lay on the bed, unlocked the phone, turned on Hupu, and began to browse the news.

As a person who has lived in a Chinese environment for more than [-] years, he is still more accustomed to using domestic APPs.

The first post at the top of the news area lifted Zhang Yu's spirits. The title of the post was ""Rumor Board" Warriors coach Zhang Yu was elected the best head coach of the 2011-2012 season"!
Zhang Yu smiled slightly, clicked in, and saw the text read:
"Hupu News on May 5th, according to Yahoo Sports reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, multiple sources revealed that Warriors coach Zhang Yu was elected the best head coach for the 25-2011 season."

"In the regular season this season, Zhang Yu led the Warriors to a record of 52 wins and 14 losses, ranking first in the league and first in the Western Conference. This is the second time Zhang Yu has been elected as the best head coach in three years. He is also the first to be elected as the best head coach multiple times. The head coach's Chinese coach."

After roughly reading the brief report, Zhang Yu nodded, but his expression didn't change much.

The Warriors have achieved the number one record in the league this year. Previously, the outside world generally believed that the best head coach must belong to him, and it can only belong to him. Zhang Yu expected this result.

Now that the news has been exposed, the official announcement should be coming soon. At that time, the league office will inform Zhang Yu of the time for the awards. When he is ready, he will come to the Bay Area to present him with the best head coach trophy.

But Zhang Yu doesn't care much about this award. The NBA never judges a coach's strength by the best head coach. Whoever wears more rings is a better head coach.

Zhang Yu's coaching career is only three years, and he has already won two trophies for the best head coach, but before he won the championship, he was still not a top coach, but a first-class head coach.

In his previous life, the team coached by Rivers was repeatedly turned over with a 3:1 lead and was criticized, but he has always been the top coach in the league relying on a championship and great reputation among black players. Even if the Clippers owner Ballmer couldn't bear it and fired Rivers, according to Zhang Yu's estimation, he will definitely not worry about work, and there should be a team offering an olive branch to him soon.

Therefore, the championship is the last word.

However, Huaxia fans don't think so.

There are too few Chinese people who can succeed in the NBA. Before Zhang Yu, there was only Yao Ming. Battelle and Sun Yue were watching the drinking fountains on the bench. Wang Zhizhi was a little stronger, but he was only a marginal rotation.

Yi Jianlian was selected with the 6th overall pick. Huaxia fans had high hopes for him, but he was not reused by the team. He was swept out by the Bucks within the rookie contract and played the role of a rotten artifact in the Nets. From bad to worse, he almost Fade out of the NBA.

However, when all horses were silent and the dreams of Chinese people were shattered in foreign countries one after another, Zhang Yu was born. First, he led the Bulldogs to win two consecutive championships in the NCAA and became famous all over the United States. coach!

When Zhang Yu acquired the Warriors, Yao Ming suffered frequent injuries and his career prospects were bleak. The attention of Huaxia fans turned to him.

At that time, Huaxia fans generally questioned Zhang Yu's practice of serving as the head coach of the Warriors. Many people thought that this was the rich second generation playing for tickets, and they still ridiculed him in every possible way. Only those who followed the NCAA knew Zhang Yu's coaching ability and treated him in every possible way. Admired, the two sides argued endlessly with each other on the Huaxia Internet.

But it is undeniable that the vast majority of Huaxia fans, whether they praise or doubt, are looking forward to Zhang Yu's achievements in the NBA and prove to the world that Huaxia people can not only become stars in the NBA, but also become famous in the NBA. handsome!

Afterwards, under the expectation and attention of countless Huaxia fans, Zhang Yu led the Warriors to rise from the mud and step by step to the number one position in the league. What they did was legendary!

Moreover, Zhang Yu not only became famous by himself, he gave Yi Jianlian a basic salary contract, which allowed Yi Jianlian to be reborn in the Warriors' nirvana and entered the Warriors' stable rotation. Even American fans also recognized Yi Jianlian's role as a space-type fourth position.

The outside world generally believes that with Yi Jianlian's ability, he can at least sign a mini-middle-class contract in the free market, and he can even serve as the starting fourth position for a big team. After all, he is a stable rotation player for the league's first team. .

In the past two rounds of playoffs, Yi Jianlian averaged 15.4 minutes per game, scoring 5.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 1.3 blocks and 0.8 steals. Able to make 36.5 three-pointers with a shooting rate of 1.3%, the space attribute is very obvious, and he proved himself in the high-intensity playoffs.

It is said that several teams have taken a fancy to Yi Jianlian and want to poach him during the offseason.

Zhang Yu signed Yi Jianlian, of course, not for charity, but Yi Jianlian fans in Huaxia regard this move as a support for Yi Jianlian. They are very grateful to Zhang Yu, and gradually turned into Warriors fans, just like Yao Ming's fans back then.

Jeremy Lin is also a big surprise. Although he is Chinese, in the eyes of most Chinese fans, as long as he is yellow-skinned and can speak a few words of Chinese, then Jeremy Lin is a Chinese, even though he has been a devout believer since he was a child. The heart also upholds the standard American values.

Therefore, Zhang Yu, who discovered Yi Jianlian and Jeremy Lin, is regarded by many Chinese fans as the leader of Chinese basketball.

Every year before the draft, domestic fans will discuss whether Zhang Yu will pick Huaxia players in the draft, but Zhang Yu has never done so, which makes domestic fans a little disappointed with him, and also very frustrated with the level of domestic basketball development , Even the only Chinese head coach in the NBA is unwilling to introduce Chinese players from China. How bad is the strength of the new generation of Chinese players?
However, these will not prevent the fans from fanatical pursuit of the only Chinese head coach in the NBA. Zhang Yu swipe up, and the comments below the post soon catch his eyes:

"It's worth it, it deserves it!"

"Warriors Championship!"

"The second best head coach! Who dares to say that Huaxia basketball is not good?"

Among the praises of the blockbuster, there is no shortage of people pouring cold water:

"Hehe, if they get the best head coach, Huaxia basketball will rise? Stop dreaming."

"Hey, it would be great if Zhang Yu was the head coach of the national team. Hey, I'm annoyed when I see Deng Huade's fat face!"

"Deng Huade is not good? Why don't you go to heaven?"

"People are dead compared to others, and goods are thrown away. Is Deng Huade good enough in front of Coach Z?"

"Are you suffering from pink eye disease..."

Domestic fans generally call foreign stars by their first names, but for Chinese players, they always give them nicknames to show their closeness, such as "Dayao", "Dazhi", and "Alian".

Although Zhang Yu is the head coach, he is not exempt from customs. Because he became famous in the United States, domestic fans continued to use his nickname in the United States. They did not choose another nickname, but still called him "Coach Z".

Zhang Yu flipped through these comments with a smile on his face.

Hearing other people say good things about oneself is naturally very pleasant.

"Most definitely!"

Zhang Yu replied under the comment of "Warrior Champion" and withdrew.

It was only half an hour since this post was published, and more than 2000 comments had already emerged, increasing rapidly every second. Zhang Yu couldn't understand it at all.

He glanced down and saw the second post:

"Rumor Board Best Team: Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard. "

This is followed by two posts:

"Rumor Board" Best Second Team: Chris Paul, Tony Parker, Kevin Love, Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum. "

"Rumor Board" Best Team: Russell Westbrook, Dwyane Wade, Jimmy Butler, Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler. "

While the best coach award was revealed, the results of the selection of the best team were also freshly released.

Zhang Yu took a look at this point, and the post listed in detail the data and votes of the players who were elected to the best team.

In the best team, Curry got all 120 first-team votes, and was the only player who was unanimously selected for the best team. His averages of 29.4 points, 7.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game were also the most gorgeous among all first-team players.

When Curry was elected as the MVP, the best team was already in his pocket, but it is still very rare to be selected with unanimous votes. This shows that all voting reporters fully recognized Curry's contribution to the Warriors. With the three awards of scoring champion, best first team, and MVP, Curry's superstar status has been completely consolidated.

The honors he won in the first three years of his career have surpassed the achievements of 99% of players in a career. What he lacks is only one championship.

There is no doubt that James, Kobe, Durant and Howard were selected for the first team. They all scored significantly ahead in the same position.

It's a pity for Paul, he got 74 first votes, only one less than Howard, and the total score of 484 is even 8 points higher than Howard, but the two are in different positions, and they are not competing on the same track. Selected to the second team.

Among the players in the second team, Griffin's selection is more thrilling. He scored 170 points, did not have a first vote, and was only 6 points ahead of Butler, almost falling into the third team.

The Warriors had a great harvest this time, and they were the only team in the league with three players selected to the best team. Curry's first team was a sure thing, and Butler was selected as the All-Star starter, averaging 21.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. 1.9 steals, integrated offense and defense, and it should be selected as the best team.

It's a pity that Griffin's style of play exploded and became famous, while Curry showed his sharpness, which more or less covered Butler's light. His scoring was slightly behind Griffin, and he was only selected to the third team.

It was a surprise that Chandler was selected to the best team. Although Zhang Yu knew that he would have won the best third team for the only time in his career this season, but now, Chandler is playing for the Warriors. , with Curry and Butler by his side, he was still selected to the best third team with a score of 90 points, which surprised Zhang Yu very much.

Although Chandler is the only player who scored less than 100 points among all the players selected to the best team, his data is also the worst 12.3 points, 11.4 rebounds, 1.4 blocks, 0.9 assists and 0.9 steals. In any case, Zhang Yu was also selected for the best team, and Zhang Yu was very satisfied with this.

This is not over yet, under the post of the best team, there are two more news:
"Rumor Board" Best Defensive Team: Chris Paul, Jimmy Butler, LeBron James, Serge Ibaka, Tyson Chandler. "

"Rumor Board" Best Defensive Second Team: Rajon Rondo, Tony Allen, Kevin Garnett, Luol Deng, Dwight Howard. "

Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief after reading it.

In his previous life, the selection of the best defensive team made a big joke. Chandler, who was elected as the best defensive player of the season, was only selected for the best defensive second team!
It's like Curry was elected as the MVP, but only selected to the best second team, it's a joke in the world.

There is no other reason. The best defensive team is voted by the coaches, and the best defensive player is voted by the players. If the voting results of the two sides are inconsistent, this will happen.

However, now it seems that since Chandler came to the Warriors, his role on the defensive end has impressed the head coaches of other teams in the league, and they all voted for him.

As a result, the Warriors gained a lot in the selection of the regular season awards. Curry won the MVP, scoring champion, and the best team. Chandler won the best defensive player, the best third team, and the best defensive team. Butler was selected The best third team and the best defensive first team, the three won many honors at the same time, and the Warriors were extremely popular.

The playoffs are not over yet, the Warriors' journey is still going on, and there are even more ambitious goals ahead, waiting for them.

　A little late, sorry.

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(End of this chapter)