The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 37 [Ambition]

Ariel froze.Donald Sterling asked with a smile: "The liking you said, is it like a friend likes?"

Ye Feng smiled and said: "Yes, I admit that we are not lovers, but good friends. Why do we do this, you should be very clear about the reason, right?"

Seeing that Ye Feng didn't show any panic, the atmosphere of the conversation was still very harmonious.Ariel's heart hanging in her throat returned to its original position.

Sterling said with a smile: "I said that if that matter is made public, she will not be allowed to take over the Clippers. She cares about the team, but what about you? Why are you helping her like this?"

Ye Feng said seriously: "I care about her, she cares about me, I can feel it, she helps me, I can see it clearly, so I have to think about her, if she can get the control of the Clippers smoothly, I would consider leaving the Lakers and joining the Clippers."

Ariel slapped Ye Feng's thigh fiercely, and said anxiously: "Don't you want to win the championship? What are you doing with the Clippers?"

Sterling is confused. The daughter who has always hated men is really thinking about Ye Feng. Ye Feng is more willing to join the Clippers because of her. There are not many people on this earth who are stupid enough to leave the Lakers and join the Clippers. Are they not fake? of?

Ariel said angrily: "You don't fall in love with me, do you think that one day I will like men? This is impossible! So don't say anything that you are willing to come to the Clippers for me, I just think you are very Stupid, I won’t be moved. You and your teammates are very harmonious now, Kobe is willing to pass the ball to you, why are you here?”

Ye Feng looked at Ariel, smiled and said: "I have thought about myself too. I will be very happy to work with you. This is one aspect. Second, I hope to win the championship with the Lakers this season. Yes. If so, I want to sign another one-year short contract with the Lakers to try to defend the title next year. Then I will be a completely free agent, and I can join the Clippers at that time."

Sterling said with a smile: "You are too optimistic, the championship is not so easy to get."

Ye Feng said sternly: "If I rely solely on myself, I won't be able to win the championship, but the Lakers also have Odom, Bynum, Kobe, Fisher, if they strengthen through trade in the mid-term, it is very possible to win the championship. The Mavericks in the West have no momentum, the Spurs are old, the Suns have no insiders, and the Rockets have no substitutes. The Hornets rely on Paul and West's pick-and-roll. Their lineup has weaknesses. The Lakers are very likely to enter the Finals. I'm sure it's the Celtics, as long as I can limit Pierce to a certain extent, the Lakers can win the championship."

After hearing his analysis, the father and daughter both felt that the Lakers were really going to win the championship.Ariel breathed a sigh of relief, and said softly: "Then you want to go to the Clippers after winning the championship, isn't it because of my impulse?"

"No."

Ariel closed her eyes and turned her head away, snorting coldly. "Very well, I don't want to owe you anything."

How could she feel that she owed me? What kind of weird thinking is this?Ye Feng sighed inwardly.He is indeed selfish, and there is another possibility, that is the big deal between the Lakers and the Grizzlies.

If he is sent by the Lakers to the Grizzlies in exchange for Gasol, it would be a tragedy.But he is Chinese, and he played well in this game. After some hype, he has great commercial value.If the trade happens, he will waste half to one and a half seasons in the Grizzlies.And the Lakers gave up on him, and it is likely to return to the track of his previous life. The small forward position was completely blown by Pierce, and the Celtics won the championship.

Sterling watched the two talk without interrupting, which he found interesting.

Ariel sighed: "I still don't understand. If you think you can win the championship with the Lakers, why don't you sign a long-term contract with them and win more championships?"

"Because of the salary space, the Lakers need to renew the contracts of Odom, Bynum, plus..." Ye Feng almost said Gasol's name. "If I stay with the Lakers and play in the current state, I will at least be a middle-class player after the season. They don't have enough salary space. If I sign a middle-class player, I have to pay the luxury tax. If I sign this season, I have to give up Odom and Baylor. Nam is one of them. As long as I win the championship, I also have higher goals. In the Lakers, no matter what level I improve in the future or how many goals the team wins, people will count Kobe as a credit. Joining the Clippers is a win-win situation. I Staying in the big city of Los Angeles, being friends with the boss, may become the core of the team. But I am Chinese, and behind the Chinese market, I can attract a large number of fans, and the Clippers also have the capital to compete with the Lakers."

The paparazzi law: people do not kill others for themselves, and in the competition with their peers, they cannot be soft-hearted. If they want to be the best, they must defeat those good people.Ye Feng does not intend to be a person who is loyal to the team.When he has no strength, he will be willing to hug his thigh to win the championship. Knowing that he can also be active on the court and dunk on Garnett's head, he becomes more and more confident.After scoring 40+ in this game and gaining a lot of shots, his ambitions began to expand.Only winning the championship as the core of the team is the greatest glory.

Old Sterling's original plan was to expose Ye Feng and Ariel's tricks, and then say something nice to "recruit" Ye Feng. He thought Ye Feng was just a 19-year-old kid, but he didn't expect the other party to have a long-term vision , The analysis is very thorough, and I am already tempted by the Clippers.

There's only one thing that bothers Sterling. "Why must Ariel control the Clippers before you join?"

Ye Feng smiled wryly and said: "I hope you don't get angry after what you said. Ariel and I have discussed this issue. With all due respect, you really don't know much about basketball, and you don't know what kind of tactical system your players are suitable for. It’s useless to buy a group of stars and come back if they don’t cooperate well. Ariel likes basketball and knows the players. We will cooperate happily. I recommended Watson to the Clippers before. Isn’t he playing much better than Knight now?”

Watson played two games after joining the Clippers, averaging 11.5 points and 2.5 assists per game, which is really good.

Sterling pondered, and Ariel's eyes were full of joy.Her father exposed them as a fake couple, and she was worried that Ye Feng would say the wrong thing, which would cause her own bad luck, but now her father began to consider stepping aside.

After a while, Sterling shook his head and smiled: "Ye, you won. I will let Ariel participate more in the work of the team. When you want to join the team, I will retire and hand over all the power to you." For her, I'm old, and I don't have that much energy to manage the team. It's better to trust my daughter than to trust Baylor's nigger. I hope you don't let me down."

"Yeah! Wahaha, old man, you finally did something good." Ariel jumped up from the seat with clenched fists, threw herself on Ye Feng and kissed him on the cheek. "Good job! I really didn't make you a friend in vain."

Being counterattacked in front of the other party's parents, Ye Feng's heart beat a little faster, a little embarrassed.After a kiss, Ariel realized her gaffe, and didn't know what to say.

Sterling was shocked, he knew his daughter, the intimacy between Ariel and Ye Feng was not pretended, maybe it would really develop in the future.He smiled and asked: "Ye, can you really hone your football skills to the point of being a star?"

"I will definitely improve. James is not omnipotent in the first year. Give me three years, and I believe I can get 20+10. As for whether I can become the top, it depends on whether Mr. David Stern is willing or not." Praise me. With today's game, I think he will pay attention to me."

Ye Feng is very sure that the president of the league, David Stern, will not be angry because of this tacit understanding ball, on the contrary, he may be happy. The NBA has not had a dynasty for many years, and the league needs two strong teams to play in the finals to increase attention.Stern's favorite player in the east is James, and the player in the west is Kobe.He most hopes to see the ultimate showdown between No. 23 and No. 24.Ye Feng's performance will draw more attention to the Lakers, which Stern is happy to see.There are also many benefits of promoting a Chinese, such as increasing the ratings, further opening up the Chinese market, and so on.Ye Feng could think of things, how could Stern not understand, if he was an idiot, he wouldn't be the NBA president for so many years.

Learning star skills and trying to improve his skills will make Ye Feng a star at most.To become a top star in the league, in addition to strength, you also need some opportunities.Following Stern's idea, attracting the attention of the league is a shortcut.He doesn't want to be a second-rate star, that's very dangerous.

Let’s just talk about the boxing match that was staged at the Palace of Auburn Hills back then.If you think about it carefully, you will find that in the process of punishment, Stern used the method of "lower third rate" to ruthlessly punish second rate stars such as Artest and O'Neal, showing his outstanding first-class management. Skill.

Just one day after the incident happened, without any communication with the police, fans, players, or club, Stern had nine "villains" banned for a total of 143 games based on a live video!Even the laws of the United States have to go through the process of investigation and evidence collection. Why did Stern make a decision so quickly?Thinking back to the decline of the NBA in the early 80s, the vacuum after Jordan’s retirement, and the suspension of games caused by labor disputes, it was not Stern who turned the tide and helped the building to collapse! More than 20 years of leadership has made Uncle Si the master of the NBA, and his likes and dislikes can directly determine the trend of the NBA.

In dealing with major issues, Uncle Si has worked hard for many years, and he has already worked out a set of experience for severely punishing players.Looking at the NBA's history of severely punishing players, Artest was banned for 73 games, Sprewell was banned for 68 games, Stephen was banned for 30 games, Jermaine O'Neal was banned for 20 games, etc. Which one is not a second-rate star?
At the time, the "choke incident" of the top NBA star Larry Bird, Barkley Stadium hugged O'Neal, O'Neal beat Brad Miller behind the back, Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller shocked the world PK, etc. Wait, when is it not just suspended for two or three games?Stern has repeatedly declared that it is the bottom line not to offend the fans. In fact, he knows who the fans are going to watch the game. If they are punished, how many fans will watch the game?
As long as he has the strength and uses his Chinese identity to make Stern look good on him, he believes that achieving his goal will not be too far away.

(End of this chapter)