NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 45

In fact, there was no embarrassment in the reporters' hearts at this time. Although they wanted to see the Thunder lose and watch Presti's jokes, they also hoped that the Thunder would win.

After all, if the Thunder lose again and again, the fans will label Presti as only attracting heat by talking nonsense in public. At that time, the fans' interest in Presti will slowly decline, and then Presti's popularity will also slowly decline until it fades out of people's sight.

At that time, who will they use to rub the heat, so when Presti finished shouting, the reporters surrounded Presti again without a bottom line,

"Hi Presti, may I ask that the Thunder were still trailing by 10 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, what made them succeed in the comeback?"

"Hi Presti, we lost to the Kings before, so you defeated the Dallas Mavericks back to back today, did you do any special preparations before the game?"

"Hi Presti, the Thunder only won one game when you were not in the lineup, and they beat the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks when you were in the lineup. Do I understand that as long as you are in the lineup, the Thunder players will reach their potential?"

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Presti answered each of their questions very seriously, and did not say any ridiculous remarks, which surprised the reporters at the scene.
If it wasn't for Presti's twitchy look from the beginning to the end, they would even wonder if Presti was stimulated by something.

Jordan and Westbrook played very well this time, which was very different from the performance in previous games. Therefore, Jordan and Westbrook also became the first to be interviewed by the media for a while.

Undoubtedly, the questions asked by the reporter were nothing more than: "Why did he perform so well this time and what is the reason?"

Just as Presti was about to drive home after the interview, his cell phone rang, and he connected directly without looking at the number.

"Hello, Presti, your masterpiece "The Hangover" has started filming, do you want to come and see it?" A rather young voice sounded.

"No, I trust you," Presti replied with a smile.

After chatting for a while, the two hung up the phone.

The day after tomorrow, the Thunder will play at home against the New Orleans Hornets led by Chris Paul. Presti gave up this game. This will be the first game Presti loses.

"You have to go through it, and you can't always use illness as an excuse not to go," Presti thought to himself.

Finally, the day has come, and the Chesapeake Energy Stadium is still full of seats. Thunder fans are looking forward to the team's wonderful game again.

Presti thought silently in his heart: "It's time to get back on track, let's go according to the original plan."

Presti's starters: Baron Davis, Durant, Jeff Green, Mbah a Moute, Jordan Jr.

Baron Davis is the core of the offense, Durant is the shooting guard, and Jeff Green is the small forward.

The bench lineup is Dragic, Westbrook, Wilkins, Raheem, Nick Collison,

This bench lineup is controlled by Dragic and is the core of the offense. He has unlimited shot rights in the bench lineup. Westbrook plays off the ball and Raheem defends.

Presti's arrangement is very simple, that is, to lose or lose, Dragic brushes the data wirelessly, and at the end of the season, he will be sent away for the 09 or 10, 11 picks.As for Baron Davis, it's even simpler. At the end of the season, forcing a 10-game winning streak is really a 20-game winning streak. Are you afraid that you won't be able to trade?

Sure enough, as soon as the game started, it went exactly as Presti expected, and the first quarter of the starting lineup was basically the same as that of the opponent.

After coming off the bench, he began to collapse. Dragic was OK with the ball, but Westbrook was really not used to off the ball, so his efficiency was low. Raheem's defense was poor, and it was really bloody when he met David West.

As a result, they were trailed by 10 points in the second quarter.

And in the third quarter, Chris Paul showed what a pass master is, with all kinds of flamboyant passes, changing directions and breaking through the ball, and the offense is organized in an orderly manner.

On the Thunder's side, the 28-year-old Baron Davis was affected by his injury and basically couldn't speed up Paul's defense, and his breakthrough was also limited a bit.And Durant is also playing a shooting guard who is not suitable for him.

Therefore, not only did not recover the score in the third quarter, but fell behind by 10 points again.

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder started the game trailing by 20 points. In this non-small ball era, trailing by 20 points basically means losing.

Sure enough, the following game soon became garbage time. In less than 3 minutes, the Hornets took all the main players, while Presti kept Dragic on the court and let him continue to play.

In the end, the Hornets beat the Thunder by 21 points.

When the Thunder trailed by 15 points during the game, the reporter's camera did not leave Presti, but from the beginning to the end, Presti's face was calm, without the slightest annoyance or shame.

After the game, Presti also walked out of the arena calmly and did not accept any interviews from reporters. Even if reporters surrounded him, Presti would evade for various reasons. I started to play badly when I was joking. No matter how thick-skinned I am, I can’t blow it at this time.

As a result, Oklahoma's losing streak began, losing to the Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Utah Jazz, etc., the basic league lost all over.

The media that initially had expectations for Presti also gradually stopped following him for interviews, and Presti's popularity also gradually declined.

For the Thunder fans, this losing streak is also gloomy. Although many fans are already calling for a change of manager and coach, there are also many people who are grateful to Presti. After all, the rookies selected have shown extraordinary potential and indeed brought hearty games.

But one thing that makes Thunder fans happy is that although every time they lose a game, the rookie's statistics are good, especially Dragic, who came off the bench, has now averaged 17.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 6 assists, ranking first among all rookies. He vowed to win the best rookie.

And now each loss is not as much as before. Basically, every loss since December has basically been in the single digits, which shows that the Thunder is already heading in the right direction.

At this time, Presti sat in the office and interacted with fans on Twitter without any criticism from the outside world. The content of the interaction was nothing more than when the Thunder would rise and when they could fulfill their promises.

Of course, Presti also answered truthfully, the Thunder will officially rise next season, and also presented a fan gift package, predicting that this year the Los Angeles Lakers will be the championship, and the Eastern Conference champion will be the Orlando Magic, with a score of 4:1.

Of course, a bunch of people below are against it, and Presti is also happy to see this situation. He really wants to know how they will react when all his predictions are correct.

(End of this chapter)