Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 149 Unhappy Zhu Fangyu

Currently, there are a total of five outside players in the NBA who have won the "Best Defensive Player Award", namely Sidney Moncrief, Alvin Robertson, Michael Jordan, Michael Cooper, Gary Payton and Ron Artest.

Among them, Sidney Moncrief, as a guard, won the first "Best Defensive Player Award" and won the second "Best Defensive Player Award" consecutively. - Can you imagine? This award, which was later almost monopolized by inside players, was first won by guards twice.

There are many such interesting phenomena. For example, Bill Russell, who has the most championship rings, has never won the Finals MVP. Then the NBA named the "Finals MVP" trophy after him to make up for the regret.

So, sometimes, it makes sense for the league to favor the past over the present. The rules are constantly being improved, and stars from later eras can compete for more awards. They can even compete for two championships in a season. Playing 21 seasons is equivalent to the predecessors playing 22 seasons. Who can beat him?

Of course, the younger generation also has their own difficulties. For example, Artest did not even have the opportunity to compete for the first NBA outside player to win the "Defensive Player of the Season Award" twice.

You can only continue to add attributives.

Changed to "the first small forward to win Defensive Player of the Year twice."

Or the first perimeter player to win the Defensive Player of the Season Award after the league changed the rules.

Actually, it doesn’t matter. All Artest wants is a gimmick.

When he announced this, his confrontation with the league's "super scorer" would become more interesting.

Unfortunately, after a season of adaptation, this year's perimeter players have collectively exploded. The current scoring average is the most terrifying in the NBA in the past 20 years:

Topping the list is Kobe Bryant with 35.2 points per game.

This is the highest average score since Michael Jordan averaged 1986 points per game in the 1987-37.1 season.

The next person on the list is Allen Iverson, who averaged 33 points per game.

The third is "Dear James", averaging 30.2 points per game.

Fourth is Gilbert Arenas, averaging 29.8 points per game.

Fifth is Dwyane Wade, averaging 27.8 points per game.

Sixth is Suwan with an average of 27.4 points per game.

Yes, Suwan's average of 27 points per game can only rank sixth in the league this season, which shows how crazy this year's outside players are.

In addition, under Suwan are Paul Pierce, who averages 26.8 points per game, Carmelo Anthony, who averages 26.5 points per game, Michael Reed, who averages 25.4 points per game, and Ray Allen, who averages 24 points per game. In addition, the Pacers' opponent in the next game, Hawks' No. Joe Johnson, will be the opponents to test whether Artest can become the "Defensive Player of the Season".

The media will naturally pay attention to Artest's performance in these games and his evaluation of these opponents.

A rough estimate is that there are at least 20 games here, and a quarter of the schedule is not lacking in exposure, which is definitely a good gimmick.

Artest's eyes gradually brightened, and he said sincerely again: "Su, how about I write a song for you."

Su Wan: "Get lost!"

Don't repay kindness with enmity!
Artest became more and more excited as he thought about it, and joined the ongoing "Texas Hold'em" game. Even though he lost $3, he paid the money very readily.

O'Neal looked at Artest, who suddenly seemed alive, and asked curiously, "Are you constipated?"

"Fuck you, you're constipated!" Artest suddenly thought of something. "By the way, why did you play so badly tonight, Jermaine? If you hadn't beaten that sophomore, would that guy have had a chance to show off? Are you capable of that?"

"..."

O'Neal Jr. looked at Su Wan with a resentful look on his face. He just noticed that Su Wan was chatting with Artest.

What on earth did you tell him?
Wouldn’t it be better if you just let him “die” there?

O'Neal Jr. also noticed Artest's abnormality these days and was very worried at one point, but now, he thinks it's better for Artest to remain half-dead.

The next morning, Artest announced that he would once again make a bid for the "Defensive Player of the Season Award."

The reporters were indeed very interested in this.

The subsequent matchup between Artest and Joe Johnson will also be interesting to watch.

Joe Johnson has developed his one-on-one game with the ball quite well this season. Not only has his ability to break through with the ball matured, he has also developed the ability to play with his back to the ball.

Moreover, he is an organizer in the "back-to-the-basket" position, and often uses his "back-to-the-basket" to attract double-teaming and then provide assists. This season, he averaged more than 6 assists per game, and he is a typical No. player who drives his teammates with scoring.

However, he only had one assist in this game and did not bring out this characteristic of his.

There is a prerequisite for "back-to-the-basket" pass:
That is, his opponent cannot limit him alone.

His passing power can be maximized when opponents use double-teaming, help defense or assist defense against him.

Ron Artest can handle him alone, not only can he handle him, but he can also limit him.

Are you kidding? This is the first game in his bid for the "Defensive Player of the Season Award". If he fails to deliver a good first game, who will pay attention to the rest?
In this game, Artest tried his best, treating Joe Johnson as Jordan. Uh... forget it, let's change the target. It's not good to be too enthusiastic. So he treated him as Kobe and put in 90% of his enthusiasm.

In the end, Joe Johnson, who averaged 45.3% from the field in the new season, only made 18 of 6 shots in this game, with a shooting percentage of 33.3%, which was 12% lower than his average shooting percentage.

It can be seen how severely Artest restricted him in this game.

How can he motivate his teammates by passing the ball when he can't even take care of himself?

After the game, Artest looked at the seven or eight reporters and four or five cameras in front of him, and his heart seemed to be filled up all of a sudden.

Now he felt like he was completely alive again:

"Carry it away, next one!"

In addition, Dio, who was traded in the summer, returned to his old club for the first time and scored 11 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. His positive state made it difficult for the Atlanta media to accept.

After the game, they blocked Dio in the player tunnel and asked him the reason for such a big change, just like an ex-girlfriend asking why they broke up. The unwilling look on Dio's face made him feel very happy.

He didn't think about taking revenge on his "old club", but he didn't expect that just playing the same way as before would make them uncomfortable.

"The Pacers have a great atmosphere and I fit in well, which may be the reason (my motivation has increased)."

Atlanta reporters rolled their eyes.

What, the atmosphere of the Hawks is not good? The atmosphere in Atlanta is not good enough? How about we reopen the "Golden Club"?

Atlanta is the favorite city of the rich, and this Frenchman actually said that the atmosphere of the Pacers is better. It's really ridiculous!
But his passing is so cool!
If I were still playing with Joe Johnson on the Hawks, the picture would be so beautiful.

In the imagination of the Atlanta media, the Pacers returned home.

This was their last game in November. After defeating the Hawks, their final record in November was 11 wins and 11 losses. Putting aside the 8 win and 6 losses in the first 6 games of the season, after Suwan's return, the Pacers' record was a terrifying 1 wins and 5 loss.

On the first day of December, Suwan accepted an exclusive interview with Irene at Conseco Arena.

After the interview, Irene reviewed the interview transcript and remembered something: "If it weren't for the suspension, you would definitely be the Player of the Month in November. What a pity!"

Right now, the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award belongs to LeBron James.

他在整个11月份场均30.2分，其中场均9次罚球；6个篮板，其中后场篮板5.3个，前场篮板仅仅0.7个；场均4.5次助攻，失误数高达3.2个；
In addition, Cleveland had a strong start to the season and once became the first in the Eastern Conference. The team's rapid improvement in record allowed him to defeat other opponents in the Eastern Conference and become the "Player of the Month" in the first month of the new season.

The Cleveland media was overjoyed and had already started to spread the news with drums and gongs and firecrackers.

Su Wan listened to Irene's sigh and smiled faintly: "Not a pity, wouldn't it be more interesting to beat this player of the month?"

"By the way, why haven't I heard you continue to talk about my fellow countryman Kuale Brown's enthusiasm recently?"

"Because he hasn't said that recently." Erin revealed a piece of news to Su Wan, "I heard from my colleague who is a team reporter for the Cavaliers that Zhu has been having a hard time recently. The team has suffered 4 consecutive losses. The head coach and other players on the team think that the problem lies with him. His status in the team has changed a lot recently."

Su Wan became interested, but unfortunately that was all Irene knew, and her colleague didn't know the details. Those were things that happened inside the locker room, and no one dared to reveal more.

The same goes for those reporters who follow the team and have the upper hand. There are some things they cannot tell even if they know them, otherwise they may not even be able to enter the stadium the next day.

"Hello, Brother Du, it's Zhu. Are you asleep? This is... Oh, I forgot. Your place should be midnight. Sorry, it's okay. I just made a random call. Oops, I pressed the wrong number. You should go to sleep..."

At the same time, in Cleveland, Zhu Fangyu called Du Feng, the former big brother of the Guangdong team.

After the call was connected, he remembered that there was a time difference between him and Du Feng, so he could only hang up the phone in disappointment.

He lit a cigarette, then suddenly remembered that his trainer had told him to quit smoking.

"I quit fucking!"

But Zhu Fangyu, who was angry, lit up the extinguished cigarette again.

After a puff of thick smoke entered his lungs, Zhu Fangyu felt much more comfortable.

He has been having a bad time recently, and it's getting worse and worse... In the first six games of the new season, he averaged 6 points and made 11.5 three-pointers in each game. He thought that was how the NBA was, but starting from the seventh game of the regular season, he found that his opponents suddenly seemed to have telepathy. Not only did they know his movements, they even knew where he wanted to shoot.

He suddenly became even more uncomfortable. In the last eight games, his field goal percentage dropped from 8% to 43.5%, and his three-point shooting percentage dropped to 30%. The most terrifying thing is that his highest score in these eight games was only 20 points, and the others were all 8 point, 8 points, and 1 points. Even he couldn't stand it.

Catching the ball and shooting is his only advantage. Without this advantage, his disadvantages in other areas become apparent.

The second and third position players who served as his substitutes in the team were all very eager to push him out of the starting position, and they worked harder in the training matches than in the regular games.

Mike Brown has already talked to him, and if he can't get back to his original form, then his starting position may be lost.

- Rookie, come to the gym quickly, the training is about to start, why can't I see your Coke and hamburger? Where are you?

Ok……

The worst thing is that not only is his starting position lost, but his status in the locker room has also plummeted.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with LeBron James' attitude.

Zhu Fangyu still can’t figure it out. Didn’t LeBron have a good relationship with him during that period of time?

Why is she so cold towards him all of a sudden?
Especially in the past two days, he took the initiative to say hello, but LeBron's responses were very cold.

This look was like a completely different person from the smiling face he had a few days ago. Zhu Fangyu even suspected that he was possessed by a ghost.

After LeBron's attitude changed, the old birds in the locker room gradually became disrespectful and started ordering him to run errands.

The two worst ones were Newbell and McGinnis.

The former was because he was angry that Zhu Fangyu took his starting position, and the latter was simply putting on airs as a veteran.

With internal and external troubles, Zhu Fangyu now has only two words in his mind:

Wrong!

If I had known this, I wouldn’t have come to this damn place!

For the first time, regret flashed through Zhu Fangyu's mind.

Just thinking about the 10 million RMB, he sighed resignedly: "Money is hard to earn, shit is hard to eat, so let it be, after making this 10 million, I will go back to play in the CBA and never suffer this humiliation again!"

His phone lit up again. He thought it was another message from McGinnis urging him. He picked up the phone with some annoyance, but it turned out to be a message from his big brother Du Feng:

——Zhu, I just realized, are you in trouble? I just called you, but you didn't answer. I don't know what's going on. But you can ask Yao or Su about NBA matters. They must know more than me. If you really can't play, it's okay. Come back and continue playing in the CBA. We haven't worked together enough! You are super good!

It had been a long time since Zhu Fangyu felt the warmth, and it would be a lie for him to say that he was not touched.

Du Feng's words also reminded Zhu Fangyu, yes, he could talk to Su Wan, he was in this team before, he must know these people, especially LeBron, he must ask when the time comes, what kind of weird guy is this!
It's a pity that he thought they were already friends before.

"The Cavaliers are only facing a temporary setback. Four consecutive losses don't mean anything. Just like the Pacers before, they also only had one win and five losses, but they slowly got back to their form. It's the same for us. We just fell into a short slump. When we get back to our form, we will definitely be able to regain our strength. We have tasted the feeling of being No. 4 in the Eastern Conference this season, and we know what level of team we are!"

LeBron James struggled to escape from the media siege, and his face, which had been smiling, suddenly fell.

As the Cavaliers were being studied by more and more teams, they suffered a four-game losing streak. For this reason, except for the Cleveland media celebrating LeBron's winning of the "Player of the Month", most media were questioning the league's judging criteria. They believed that the Pistons' "backcourt duo" were more qualified for the award.

Damn it, why did my performance suddenly become so bad?

This Chinese guy, I said so many good things about him in front of the media!

Is this how he treats me?

LeBron kept muttering to himself all the way to the locker room. He happened to see Zhu Fangyu changing into training clothes. He was already angry and couldn't help but say, "Why are you so late, Zhu? Everyone else is already training."

Zhu Fangyu heard LeBron's question through the translator next to him and was very unhappy with his tone. He suppressed his discomfort and replied: "I just bought Coke and hamburgers for those people."

"What kind of reason is that? Don't you know how bad your performance has been recently? Train hard, Zhu, otherwise you may not even get playing time, let alone a starting position." LeBron waited for a long time for such a reason. The inner irritability, the fear brought by the pressure, and the repression from all aspects made him speak without thinking and say out everything that was in his heart.

"what did he say?"

Zhu Fangyu had been observing the translator's expression and found that his face looked increasingly strange and he had not translated for a long time, so he asked another question.

"This..." The translator didn't dare to translate what LeBron said literally.

LeBron didn't wait any longer. He looked at Zhu Fangyu coldly, locked his cabinet door and left.

After he left, the translator translated LeBron's words as tactfully as possible.

"Fuck!"

Zhu Fangyu is not the type of person who would swallow his anger. If it wasn't for the 10 million RMB, he would have turned hostile long ago. Now, after hearing what LeBron said, his expression was as ugly as it could be.

but……

Eventually the anger turned into a sigh.

He didn't know how long he could endure for the 1 million RMB, but he had to endure it before he exploded completely.

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