"Zhuang, since you left the league, it's like you disappeared from the world. I can't find you at all. I didn't expect that you would come to watch this game. It really makes our team doubly proud." It¡¯s an honor¡±
June 18, 2015, the sixth game of the NBA Finals, at the American Airlines Center, the home of the Dallas Mavericks. As the owner of the team, Cuban, who has been in a good mood recently, at this time Looking at Zhuang Fei next to him who came to watch the game with his child, he also said with a smile, and this perhaps the most interesting boss in the league would also tease Zhuang Sen next to Zhuang Fei from time to time. Obviously, he was really happy for Zhuang Fei's arrival today.
Especially since the team is now leading the Manhattan Challengers by a big score of 3 to 2 after the first five games. This game can be said to be a match point game, and in the eyes of others across the country, this year Because the Manhattan Challengers themselves have some problems, the Mavericks are very likely to win their first championship in their fourth trip to the Finals after reaching the championship for four consecutive years. In this case Next, Cuban also very much hopes that his team's championship can be witnessed by a legend like Zhuang Fei.
In fact, for Zhuang Fei, he felt helpless watching Cuban who was so excited at this time. The two participating teams in this year's NBA Finals are the Manhattan Challengers and the Dallas Mavericks. He and Zhuang Fei have a deep relationship. Originally, Zhuang Fei didn't plan to come to watch the game between these two teams. After all, it was according to Zhuang Fei's idea. He has really given up basketball completely in the past few years to spend time with his family. Moreover, Zhuang Fei's wife and family don't want Zhuang Fei to have too much contact with the NBA. At least in recent years, it is best not to have too much contact. After all, they are also very worried about whether Zhuang Fei is reluctant to part with the temptation and temptation of the NBA. The temptation of basketball finally makes a comeback. In that case, there is really no reason.
And now, for this year's NBA, Zhuang Fei really has no choice but to come, because according to league president David Stern. This year is the first year that the NBA's championship trophy, the O'Brien Cup, will be renamed. After Zhuang Fei led the Bobcats to win the championship last year, league president David Stern overcame all objections and almost overturned the objections of most NBA executives. The name of the NBA championship trophy should be 'F.Z.CUP'. Of course, according to David Stern, just like the Football World Cup, the championship trophy of the Football World Cup that year was not called the Hercules Cup, but was called Thunder Mitt Cup. After the Brazilian team won three World Cup championships, it has the qualification to permanently retain the Jules Rimit Cup, so FIFA also needs to establish a new trophy name and shape for the World Cup championship trophy. Of course, in fact, the world Many influential championship trophies in the world have permanent retention items. For example, the Big Ears Cup of the European Champions League has regulations. A team that has won three consecutive championships or five championships has the right to keep the trophy forever. However, the shape of the Big Ears Cup has not changed since 1966. Even if the shape has not changed, the current trophy This is actually the sixth real trophy. The first five real trophies have been won by Real Madrid and Ajax. Bayern, AC Milan and Liverpool are permanently preserved.
Therefore, for David Stern, in order to prepare for the restructuring of the NBA in 2016 next year, naturally the league also needs a new trophy. The old O'Brien Cup is no longer in line with the needs of the times. Of course, this is just for David Stern. Zhuang Fei also knows what Stern said. This statement is indeed correct, but Zhuang Fei also knows that David Stern is not just because the new NBA needs new trophies, but also an even more important point is this. The guy is also ready to tap into Zhuang Fei's best remaining value and use Zhuang Fei to hype him up. Regarding the NBA restructuring in a year's time, even David Stern is not sure that it will be successful. Here, Under such circumstances, the more success factors that can be found, the better it will be for the restructured NBA, and Zhuang Fei is naturally the most important of these success factors. Under this situation, even if Zhuang Fei retires again, this The cold-blooded president of the alliance has no intention of letting go of the remaining value of Zhuang Fei. He can consume as much as Zhuang Fei can. After all, everyone in the world knows that Zhuang Fei is a gold mine that can never be mined. There is no need to worry at all. As for the problem of excessive consumption, as long as the NBA does not collapse, there is no possibility of Zhuang Fei falling, just like the Jordan brand basketball shoes can still bring Jordan almost 100 million US dollars in profits every year, whether it is Jordan or Zhuang Fei is already a symbol of the NBA, and is completely integrated with the NBA. Compared with Jordan's limitations as a player, Zhuang Fei's symbol is actually more influential.
Of course, when he thought of this at this time, Zhuang Fei shook his head helplessly. Although he had left the NBA, the NBA had never left him. Even now, when he comes to Dallas, as a spectator When he came here, he found that he was smaller thanWhen I came here as an opponent, I was even more popular. This can be clearly seen from the reactions of the surrounding Mavericks fans.
"Coach Z, which team do you think can win this game? Can the Mavericks win the final championship trophy at the end of this game?"
"Mr. Zhuang, although the team I support most is the Mavericks, I have always been your die-hard fan. It's great to see you here."
"Coach Z, can you sign an autograph for me? Last season, I rushed to you, but was stopped in the end. Now you must sign my jersey. Last week we heard that you I want to come to the game and know that you will sit in this seat. I spent 50,000 US dollars to get the seat closest to you."
"Yes, yes, we spent a lot of money to get these surrounding locations. This time you must meet all my requirements."
At this time, I looked at dozens or even hundreds of people around me. Everyone was holding a lot of clothes or other items such as basketballs. When wristbands and other small items came for his signature, Zhuang Fei was speechless.
At this time, Zhuang Fei looked at his friend Cuban, who had a smirk on his face. Zhuang Fei was gnashing his teeth with hatred. Obviously, although the whole world knew that he was here to watch the game today, only Cuban and the Mavericks¡¯ management knew where Zhuang Fei¡¯s seat was today, because Zhuang Fei¡¯s This ticket was given by Cuban. This profiteer obviously used himself as a cash cow. According to Zhuang Fei's estimation, it was just the sudden appreciation in value around him. The Mavericks definitely made more than a million dollars.
It's just that at this time, although Zhuang Fei was gnashing his teeth in hatred for his friend who betrayed him, there was nothing he could do about it. Zhuang Fei had never been very resistant to fans. This was one of the reasons why he was so popular among the fans. Zhuang Fei used to The media feels that he is a tyrant, and his tyrant character has never been shown in front of the fans.
certainly. Zhuang Fei was very busy at this time, and he still needed to keep a smile, but he didn't notice at this time that the son next to him looked much whiter this year than last year, and no longer looked like a black man. Johnson. At this time, he looked at his father with envy as he signed autographs for so many people.
Obviously, this kid really hopes to become a heartthrob like his father when he grows up. In fact, this mixed-race son of Zhuang Fei and Scarlett has always been in the American entertainment industry. Super star, when Jonson was born. Almost the world's media was preparing to pay hundreds of dollars for a birth photo of him, and now. Zhuang Sen, who is almost ten years old, is indeed very cute and cute. At first glance, he looks like a tall, handsome and rich boy. After Zhuang Fei and Scarlett brought him to the United States from rural Hebei and did not restrict his appearance, this handsome boy In fact, it is extremely popular. Just yesterday, Scarlett rejected a US$10 million endorsement contract from Ken Daji.
After Zhuang Fei signed autographs to the crazy fans around him, the game had already started for half a quarter. Zhuang Fei actually didn¡¯t have much thought about this game, because in the first game of this game, James suffered a cramp in the fourth quarter and was unable to play for at least half a month. In the end, the Manhattan Challenger star insisted on playing in the second game, but the end result was that he cramped again during the game. Strain, this is a complete farewell to this finals. In this case, the Manhattan Challengers are almost a group of younger and more mature wolves that Durant took alone to beat the Mavericks. Under such circumstances, it is correct that the American media considers this finals to be the Mavericks' best opportunity.
According to Zhuang Fei's estimation, the Manhattan Challengers don't have much chance, especially from this year's perspective, Paul George and John Wall, especially Ibaka, have made great progress, which surprised Zhuang Fei even more than last year. Yes, these three people had already undergone some transformation last year, but this year, the transformation is even more obvious.
So, when the game came to an end, Zhuang Fei watched Durant bring several defensive players such as Iguodala and Gasol to fight against a group of attackers such as Zhuang Lin, Wall and Paul George. , Zhuang Fei also kept shaking his head. James' injury and absence not only caused the Manhattan Challengers to lose the core of their outside defense, but also made the team's offense lack an inside fulcrum and the biggest threat. In recent years, James They have been gaining weight just to cooperate with Durant's outside attack. The combination of these two people is indeed extremely terrifying, but now it seems that this combination model needs to be changed.
¡°It seems it¡¯s time to remind LeBron that he has gone astray, and it¡¯s time to lose weight.¡±
Finally, I saw that James was missing.In the sixth game, they lost to the Mavericks' Manhattan Challengers 108-116 in an away game. Zhuang Fei also said with some thought.
Of course, no matter what, it doesn¡¯t make much difference to Zhuang Fei that the Mavericks won this year¡¯s championship. Zhuang Fei also immediately gave his friend Cuban a congratulatory hug, and when Zhuang Fei served as the award guest, he When Zhuang Lin presented the championship trophy and finals mvp trophy, all the Mavericks fans in the audience even shouted the names of Zhuang Fei and Zhuang Lin. Obviously, the Mavericks fans were also very grateful to Zhuang Fei.
After all, the whole world knows that Zhuang Lin has said more than once that he would not have been able to reach this point without the encouragement and support of his uncle. In fact, every time Zhuang Lin said this, Zhuang Fei blushed a little.