NBA big yellow bird

Chapter 80 Before the Finals
"Man, you guys are so good, it's hard to believe that any team can beat you!"

Hinrich took the initiative to congratulate Zhu Wan and others.

Since the start of "March Madness", this is the first time that the leader of the losing side has done so.

Usually, Zhu Wan took the initiative to shake hands with them, and offered comfort along the way, but every time, Zhu Wan couldn't find anyone, and they left in a hurry as soon as the game ended.

It looked like Zhu Wan was some kind of big devil who loves to eat people. If he caught him, he would be wrapped in egg liquid, dipped in bread crumbs, and thrown into a pan for deep frying.

Compared with them, Hinrich's structure is obviously much bigger.

As expected of being "the helm of the Bulls in the post-Jordan era", Zhu Wan also admitted his attitude after losing the game, and he has the heart to be the leader of the Bulls!
He stretched out his hand and gave a thumbs up: "You guys are not bad either. You actually lasted for 2 minutes in the opening game. I thought you guys had a point... Hehehe, see you in the NBA, buddy!"

Zhu Wan swears that he really wanted to praise Hinrich and the University of Kansas, but as he spoke, he felt sour, so he hurriedly said haha, and watched Hinrich leave with a look of resentment.

The child probably regretted coming to say hello.

Hey ~
This problem of filling cups has become a habit...

"Hehe, Nick, you are indeed a good opponent. Except for your poor physical fitness, lighter tonnage, weaker strength, and slower speed, there are basically no problems. You are really amazing!"

However, when Juwan "passed by" Okafor and Collison next to him, and heard what he said to the latter, he suddenly didn't apologize again. Compared with Okafor, what he just said to Hinrich was really "insignificant"!
This guy Okafor is really upright now, and he just pours out whatever is in his heart.

Collison didn't know how he ended the conversation. Anyway, when he looked back at Hinrich, there was blame in his eyes, and he wanted to cry: "I said, don't say hello, they don't say hello, and you just told me that the loser should have the calmness of the loser..." When I lost, I didn't hear him say these two words to make me sad.

Langford saw his two teammates being damaged like this, and he was a little afraid to say hello to Ben Gordon. Fortunately, he was as honest as him.

After saying hello, Hinrich and Collison led his teammates to leave the arena even more frustrated.

Juwan, Okafor and others were immediately surrounded by reporters.

Of course, there are the most reporters around Zhu Wan. No wonder, who made him a super rookie with the same reputation as LeBron James?

"Making it to the March Madness Finals for the second year in a row, what would you like to say to Connecticut fans now?"

Zhu Wan said: "The championship belongs to Connecticut!"

This is similar to what he said after the Big East Finals, except that the Big East has become Connecticut.

Afterwards, the reporter asked some questions related to these competitions, Zhu Wan answered them all, but when asked about the draft, he smiled mysteriously: "Who said I will definitely participate in the draft this year?"

Then, the reporters left with bewildered faces.

This is actually a lie. It is impossible for Zhu Wan to stay in the NCAA for another year. Regardless of whether he wins the championship this year, with his current market in the draft, is there a better time than this?
He just doesn't want to be asked questions about the draft and LeBron James all day long.

"March Madness" is not over yet, he is still the captain of Connecticut, and his goal is to bring the NCAA championship back to UConn this year!
Afterwards, Zhu Wan went to chat with Xu Jicheng for a few more words. Regarding the latter's question, Zhu Wan didn't shy away too much. He said everything that should be said, and his family still had to take care of it. Moreover, Xu Jicheng was an old reporter, so he was very measured in asking questions.

After the interview, Zhu Wan got on the bus to the airport with the team.

They were going back to Connecticut tonight, and they didn't intend to stay here overnight.

The semi-finals are certainly a big victory, but their goal is the championship, so it is the most correct attitude to invest in the preparations for the finals as soon as possible!

——Man, congratulations, you have reached the finals again, and I will definitely come to the scene to support you when the time comes!
When getting off the plane, Juwan also received a text message from Caron Butler, with whom he chatted.

On the second day, the whole Connecticut team ignored the exhaustion after the battle yesterday, and devoted themselves to training according to their plan.

At the end of training in the afternoon, Jim Cahon also brought the final results of another set of semifinals: "The opponents in the finals came out... Maguire University lost, Syracuse University won!"

This means that Carmelo Anthony still reached the finals as before.

It is worthy of being "the proud son of heaven"!

Zhu Wan wasn't surprised by this result. This guy is the most comprehensive player in NCAA history. It's normal that the "cheek" who is still upgrading can't beat him.

"Listen everyone, practice an extra hour today!"

Zhu Wan immediately shouted this sentence.

After he said "extra training", no one in the team objected, but silently devoted themselves to training.

Seeing how convinced the team is to Zhu Wan, Jim Cahon nodded slightly, he was very satisfied.

The higher their level of confidence in Zhu Wan, the higher their ability to act according to Zhu Wan's instructions on the field!

Just that scene, transformed into execution on the court, it is definitely two words: full!

Another day passed, and the news that Syracuse University advanced to the finals became the "hot search" of the day. As the team that made it all the way from the "wild card game", they also became the "biggest dark horse" in the eyes of all the media this season, just as Zhu Wan expected!
Carmelo Anthony also relied on his performance all the way in "March Madness" and his achievements in leading the team to the finals, and finally made the media experts focus on him again.

The popularity of "The Proud Son of Heaven" is back!

In addition, Zhu Wan's sentence "Who said I will definitely participate in the draft this year" was also reported by many media.

Most of the media concluded that this was just a joke by Zhu Wan.

Unexpectedly, Rod Thorn, the general manager of the Nets, said directly: "If it was the 80s, no matter whether he participated in the draft this year, I would do everything possible to select him into the team!"

He is the first person to bluntly say that he wants to choose Zhuwan this year. It's just that the Nets have the second record in the Eastern Conference this year. Unless Jason Kidd is traded, otherwise he cannot have the bargaining chip to choose Zhuwan.

However, the New Jersey media interpreted another layer of his meaning. This guy was using this incident to insinuate the Celtics' illegal operations back then.

当年大学时期的“大鸟”伯德誉满全美，朱万今年的数据够牛掰了吧？常规赛场均26加10加10的准三双数据，这还是他凭借着“下水道”打法打出来的，可当年的拉里伯德轻轻松松就砍下了场均30加10加4的数据……

If such a guy participated in the 1978 draft, he would definitely be the No. 1978 pick. The owner of the Pacers, who held the No. [-] pick at the time, even personally found Bird to persuade him to participate in the [-] draft.

But Larry Bird wanted to finish college before entering the NBA, and the Pacers could only choose someone else with the first pick in the first round in 1978.

Including teams with the second and third picks in the first round have chosen others.

But there is one thing they all overlooked. Although Larry Bird, who is only a junior, is actually 22 years old because of a one-year absence from school, according to the regulations of the NBA Draft, no matter whether a player wants to or not, as long as he is 22 years old, he will be considered as an automatic participant, and it will be the last time he can participate in the draft...

In other words, regardless of whether Larry Bird himself wants to participate in the draft, he is 22 years old this year, and he is regarded as an automatic candidate according to the rules.

Auerbach, as a master of exploiting loopholes, discovered this early on. He kept silent, even hiding it from his own people. Finally, after waiting for the results of the first five teams, he "forcibly" selected Larry Bird into the team, which shocked everyone. But after he gave the reason, everyone could only watch him take Larry Bird to the Celtics.

At the same time, I cursed in my heart: This old man is really ugly!

If you ask the general manager of the Nets why he suddenly mentioned this matter!
Then we have to talk about the 97 draft. Keith Van Horn was packaged by the media as the second "Larry Bird" under the instruction of Auerbach.

Then in this season, the person who was selected at a high price was exchanged for Mutombo from the 76ers. As a result, within two days, Mutombo was reimbursed for the season.

Here and there Rodthorne has lost his fortune.

Of course he has to blame Auerbach for this account.

It's just that his slightly ironic words hit Auerbach's body without pain or itching. Instead, the Boston media took advantage of this incident to praise Auerbach again.

Now everyone in Boston is waiting for Auerbach to surprise them again.

Like how to bring LeBron James to Boston...

Speaking of the fact that the general manager of the Nets has a weak trading method, it is really inherited. This is the case with Rod Thorn now, and it is even worse for Billy King who came later!

It's a surprise to resell the Nets owner to the team.

Of course, these discussions gradually dissipated as the NCAA finals approached, and the most discussed content was related to this finals.

I don't know if it is to make the atmosphere more intense.

ESPN also specifically sorted out the previous grievances between Juwan and Anthony. After they did this, the video of Carmelo Anthony being locked by Okafor and punching Juwan more than a dozen times was "hot searched" across the United States... Carmelo Anthony was so moved that he scolded his mother.

However, the atmosphere did become more intense.

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(End of this chapter)