NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

Back in the Lakers locker room, the assistants bumped into Lin Fei head-on.

The teaching assistants just felt that they couldn't hold back their face, and they all avoided Lin Fei's gaze.

Lin Fei was a little strange, he didn't understand how these little teaching assistants avoided him like a god of plague.

"Hey Lin, how did you watch the game?"

At this moment, Lakers coach Vogel laughed and patted Lin Fei on the shoulder.

Lin Fei nodded slightly. This game was indeed a very successful game. The players of the Lakers team were particularly strong in defensive execution and perfectly implemented the tactics formulated before the game!
Although there is still room for improvement in the single-defense ability, this kind of resolute execution has allowed Lin Fei to see what the Lakers looked like in the previous championship season!
"To tell you the truth, you performed really well. You have taught us so well. Our defense is very good, and we already have the momentum of a strong team!"

Lin Fei was not stingy with words of praise, and praised Vogel's high level.

Vogel laughed loudly when he was praised: "Where is it, I am just performing my duties!"

The two were talking, and the staff on the side hurried over.

"Mr. Vogel, the post-match press conference is about to begin, please get there quickly!"

Vogel quickly agreed, and after the staff left, Vogel turned to ask Lin Fei beside him.

"Lin, do you want to go to the press conference with me?"

Lin Fei was stunned for a moment when he heard it. Lin Fei didn't want to do this kind of publicity, so he shook his head repeatedly and declined: "Forget it, I have something else to do, just take other players with you!"

Vogel nodded, and did not force Lin Fei, and went with James, Westbrook and Deckard who performed better.

At the post-match press conference, Westbrook, James, and Dyke sat on the seats.

After winning the game, James and Westbrook were a little excited, sitting happily waiting for questions from reporters.

On the other hand, Deckard rarely participated in this kind of scene, and sat there holding the microphone, a little embarrassed.

James noticed Deckard's nervousness, stretched out his big hand and patted Deckard's shoulder: "Dude, take it easy!"

Westbrook also stretched out his head and comforted him: "Don't worry, if there is any tricky problem, we will help you block it!"

Feeling the comfort of the two big brothers in the team, Deckard smiled sincerely, and the pressure in his heart eased a lot.

After a while, the reporters finished adjusting the equipment and the interview officially started.

"James, congratulations on winning tonight!"

A blond-haired, rough-looking male reporter stood up and asked James a question.

James smiled and nodded, politely replied: "Thank you!"

"So what do you think is the key to your victory tonight?"

Hearing the reporter's question, James paused for a moment and then opened his mouth to answer: "You know, the Nuggets are a strong team in the playoffs. Their strength is very strong, and they are still winning streak, and the momentum is going strong!"

"Facing this kind of strong team, we prepared early. Our coach formulated a very sophisticated defensive strategy. Our players played aggressively. I think this is the key to our victory!"

The male reporter nodded, and then asked: "But Jokic performed very well tonight. He scored more than 40 points. Do you think your defensive strategy has worked for him?"

Hearing this question, James grinned twice and said.

"Jokic performed very well. His scoring is very important to the Nuggets, but the final victory belongs to us, so I think we defended well!"

After listening to James' answer, the male reporter smiled awkwardly, but kept complaining about James in his heart.

James is indeed a veteran who has been in the league for more than 10 years. This kind of answer is simply impenetrable. It is the same as not saying it, so that reporters can't find a topic to attract traffic.

The male reporter shook his head helplessly, and sat down with a sigh.

Afterwards, a female reporter stood up, and he stopped asking questions to the old fritters James and Westbrook, and turned to ask Deckard at the side.

"Hey, Dyke, congratulations on playing the best performance of your career so far. Tonight you scored a total of 18 points and received 10 rebounds!"

Dyke smiled shyly: "Thank you, to be honest, I don't know how many points I scored, but this makes me feel great!"

The female reporter smiled, paused for a moment, and then asked: "Dyke, obviously, you played a lot tonight, even more than many old players!"

"According to the news, the general manager of the Lakers Lin Fei didn't try out you when he signed you, so how did you get so much playing time from the coach?"

The female reporter's question was a bit tricky, and it was particularly easy to cause ambiguity. Deckard had never experienced such a scene before, and he was dumbfounded when he was asked directly, and he just froze in place.

Seeing this, Westbrook took the microphone over.

"I think it's energy, yes, Dyke used his energy to conquer the head coach and get playing time! Look at this young man, he has been doing his best to block Jokic tonight!"

James also quickly took up the quarrel: "Yes, but I would like to add that our playing time is set by the coach. Deckard played a lot of playing time in this game because he is more suitable to stay on the court in this game!"

Seeing that the two core members of the team were helping Dyke one after another, the female reporter couldn't ask any more questions, so she sat down resentfully.

Afterwards, the reporters' questions were relatively normal, and Deckard gradually lost his nervousness and answered them with ease.

At the end of the press conference, the reporters left one after another. Deckard let out a long breath and thanked James and Westbrook gratefully.

Westbrook waved his hand: "Everything should be done, we just want to help each other."

James nodded approvingly: "Yes, in front of reporters and public opinion, we must firmly guard our mouths, or we will be killed by the tide of public opinion at any time."

"These damned reporters are like sharks in the sea. They can't wait to stir up topics, and then swarm up and bite your flesh with public opinion."

After James finished speaking earnestly, he patted Deckard on the shoulder and walked away with Westbrook.

After that, everyone in the Lakers team rested overnight in Denver, and took a plane back to Los Angeles in the early morning of the next day.

It was already noon when he returned to Los Angeles, Lin Fei went home and had a quick bite of food before rushing to the arena.

At this time, the TX Sports interview team has arrived in Los Angeles and is waiting for Lin Fei in the arena!

Lin Fei is about to have his first interview in his life!