God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 83
Since the semifinals of Villanova VS North Carolina was one day earlier than Kentucky VS Stanford, the players of Villanova were very happy to get two days of rest.In order to let the players relax, Rappers' arrangements are still based on recovery training, but in this way everyone has more time to pay attention to external information, such as media reports.

After Kentucky qualified, almost all major media in the United States booked Villanova the title in advance. The headlines on the front page were all reviewing Villanova's outstanding performance, as if they had already won the championship.Some media also published a special issue for Villanova players. Not only did Tracy McGrady, Battier and Brand appear on the list, other players such as Brown, Allen and Celestand also got separate pages.Maybe they just want to gain attention, but this is obviously close to killing people.

Villanova's players naturally saw these endless reports. Even if some people usually only care about basketball and game consoles, teammates will hand them newspapers.For young people, being praised by the authoritative media can undoubtedly satisfy their vanity. Everyone even believed the prophecy in the newspaper that they would easily win the championship.

Chang Wei saw all of this, and felt a little helpless in his heart.Young people are like this, always showing emotions on their faces, and are easily influenced by the outside world.Even if they are poured cold water on them now, it is estimated that it will be difficult for them to tense their nerves. Besides, this is the job of the head coach, and he doesn't want to do it for him.

When Chang Wei worriedly went to Rappers' room and planned to tell him about this matter, he was surprised to find that Rappers was reading a newspaper with a smile on his face.Chang Wei only shook his head and smiled wryly. He knew what the newspaper said without reading it. It was nothing more than blowing up Villanova's tricks. It's hard for the head coach to be so excited after reading it.

In this way, it is not easy for him to remind Rappers. After all, he is in a good mood now, and he will be hated no matter how he goes up to pour cold water.In fact, at this time, Chang Wei's Chinese thinking was reflected. If it were a traditional American, he must have directly put forward his opinions to the head coach, and might even point out the head coach's problems with righteous words.

But Chang Wei didn't. He felt that this might make his position in the team embarrassing.Moreover, in his opinion, Kentucky is indeed not as strong as Villanova. After all, their roster does not have the stars that Chang Wei remembered from his previous life, while Villanova has Tracy McGrady, Battier and Brand. Opponents seem to have more than enough.

So when Rappers found him pushing the door and asked him what's the matter, Chang Wei just said lightly: "I'm fine, Mr. Coach, I just want to borrow a book from you."

Chang Wei had borrowed books more than once before, so Rappers had no doubts. He found the "designated" book from his suitcase, handed it to Chang Wei, and told him: "There are books in the book. You can use some of the notes I made, but I hope you can come up with something of your own, which might help me understand the book."

Chang Wei left Rappers' room dumbfounded with the book between his arms, and went directly to the restaurant to have afternoon tea to soothe his mood.When he came to the restaurant of the hotel, Maddie happened to be there too, and she warmly invited him to sit with him.A thought suddenly popped up in Chang Wei's mind: Maybe it's okay to vaccinate McGrady in advance?
When he sat across from McGrady with a cup of coffee and a cake, he found that this guy was giggling with his mobile phone. The coffee in front of him was no longer hot, and it seemed that he had been in this state for a long time.

Chang Wei asked curiously: "Tracey, what are you laughing at? The coffee is cold!"

McGrady raised her phone and said with a smile: "Just now my mother sent me a text message, she said that she had watched ESPN's analysis of the NCAA championship finals, and we have a great chance of winning, so she came to congratulate me in advance .”

Looking at McGrady's big white teeth, Chang Wei shook his head lightly and said, "Do you really think that what those experts say is the truth? Or do you also think that we have already won this game?"

McGrady still laughed and said, "Chang, why are you so serious? Shouldn't you be happier now?"

But Chang Wei's expression didn't change. He was silent for a while, then said slowly: "I believe Kentucky doesn't have that much power to manipulate public opinion, but it's obviously abnormal for the media to be overwhelmingly optimistic about us winning the championship. There is a saying It's called 'football is round', but basketball is also round, if the outcome of the game can be determined solely by the strength of both sides, then the championship trophy should be awarded before the start of the season, what kind of national championship do we need?"

After hearing Chang Wei's words, McGrady still didn't get nervous. He still curled up lazily on the chair and said with a smile: "You really think too much, Chang. Our strength is not comparable to that of Kentucky. Actually, I am now I'm already thinking about the draft, and I don't know if this championship can advance my draft pick..."

Seeing McGrady fall into his fantasy again, Chang Wei was really speechless.He suddenly understood that although the hurricane caused by his own butterfly has changed the lives of many people, some things cannot be changed, such as Maddie's character.When he said "I'm already thinking about the draft", Chang Wei suddenly remembered an incident in his previous life, that is, that incident made McGrady the laughing stock of the entire league.

In the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs in 2003, after the Magic led the Pistons 3-1, Tracy McGrady, the Magic's number one star, said the famous words: "Hey, man, I'm already thinking about my opponent in the next round. Afterwards, the Pistons pulled three games in a row and advanced to the second round with a big score of 4 to 3. McGrady's rhetoric became a joke.

Chang Wei smiled helplessly. It seems that McGrady is still exactly the same as in his previous life. Isn't this a replica of the Magic's 3-1 lead but being reversed?Although the strength of Villanova should not lose to Kentucky like the Magic was reversed by the Pistons in the previous life, there is only one game in the NCAA tournament to determine the outcome, and no team, coach or player has a chance to regret it.

In other words, if McGrady is still so slack in the finals, he can't blame others for losing the game.Even if Villanova does have a good chance to beat Kentucky now, at least it can give McGrady a profound lesson, right?
　There are two versions of what McGrady said in 2003, one is "Hey man, I'm already thinking about my opponent in the next round" and the other is "If it was last year, I'm already thinking about my opponent in the next round ".For the time being, I’m not sure which version he was talking about back then. For the sake of the plot, Erha directly adopted the first one. If you have Maimi, please don’t spray me. Thank you readers for your mercy~
　　
　
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