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Chapter 327 [Join the Wizards, show the enemy's weakness]

Chapter 327 [Join the Wizards, show the enemy's weakness]

As soon as the free market opened in July, the Wizards became a team that attracted much attention.

On the 1st, they completed the transaction with the Clippers, and exchanged Kwame Brown and Bobby Simmons for Corey Maggette of the Clippers to maintain salary parity.Many media think that the Wizards management is crazy, Jordan is crazy, because everyone knows that Jordan doesn't nod, and the Wizards won't send Brown so easily.

This seems to be about breaking the pot and rebuilding directly. Brown is the No. [-] pick. Even if he doesn't play well in the first year, most teams will cultivate for two years to tap their potential.

Although the media said that, in fact, various teams have little interest in Brown, and Clippers manager Elgin Baylor did not want to change at first.Yang Rui called Wizards manager Unseld again and insisted that Maggette be replaced, and the deal was finally completed, with Simmons as an addition.

Baylor relented, intending not to renew Olavokandi's contract after it expired, and cultivated Kwame Brown, who was in the rookie contract period. The coaching staff has lost confidence in Olavokandi.

As for Brown, who is also recognized as a "parallel importer", this is quite suitable for the Clippers, no problem...

On the 3rd, the Wizards announced that they had officially signed with Yang Rui with a high salary of 5 million in 3000 years. Mike D'Antoni also signed a contract. After he considered it, he decided to spend another year with Yang Rui. No team that wanted to play fast break poached him as head coach. .

D'Antoni believes that as long as the Wizards make the playoffs, he will be worth more and more teams will pay attention to him.Thibodeau was the first assistant in the Raptors before, and he was the first assistant in the Wizards.

The team held a press conference, and Michael Jordan and manager Unseld came together to welcome Yang Rui.The owner, Abel Pollin, who is 77 years old and rarely attends conferences, didn't come.

The reporter asked: "Jerry, why did you leave the defending champion team to join the Wizards? Is it because of any conflict with the Raptors?"

"No, I have a good relationship with everyone in the Raptors. Before leaving Toronto, I had dinner with Glenn and Richard, and we will keep in touch in the future because we are good friends. I joined the Wizards for two reasons. , First, for Michael, he found me in good faith and proposed to join forces, I want to help him leave with glory at the end of his career."

Yang Rui's words vaguely revealed that this is Jordan's last season, which will allow the Wizards to gain more attention. If Jordan goes back on his words in the future and wants to continue playing for another year, as long as the team's record is good, the fans will only be happy, not Feel cheated.As long as he doesn't make it to the bottom of the league after the tour, and get the whole team of rookies complaining about it.

Yang Rui went on to say: "The second reason is that I am confident that I can help the Wizards become stronger. The Wizards were No. 12 in the Eastern Conference last season. This is very challenging. It is only slightly better than when I first took over the Raptors. At that time, the Raptors selected Vince Carter. Now the Wizards have also selected Amare Stoudemire."

The reporter asked: "Do you think Stoudamire can be compared to Carter?"

"I am optimistic about his potential. He will compete with Yao Ming for the best rookie this season. I think everyone should find out. I am very good at cultivating rookies." Yang Rui smiled.

Stoudamire went to the summer league. If he was there, he would definitely praise Yang Rui without hesitation.

The reporter asked: "Who will be the core of the Wizards in the new season?"

"Of course it's Michael. The Wizards won't bring in big-name players in the summer, but they will find outstanding role players."

The reporter asked: "What is the goal of the Wizards in the new season?"

Yang Rui smiled and said, "It is of course difficult to reach the playoffs, because Michael will be 40 years old in the middle of next season, but we will work hard together."

There were not many bright spots in these answers. The reporter who wanted to dig big news asked: "As we all know, your most famous tactics are fast-paced counterattacks and screen shots to help players create single-player opportunities. Do you think Jordan can still be the perfect core?"

This question, even Jordan himself is not easy to answer, he was obviously at a disadvantage against young stars last season.

Yang Rui thought for a while, then smiled and said, "What is the biggest element of becoming the core of a team, is it technology? Consciousness? Body? Experience? In my opinion, neither of them, I think the most important thing is focus, determination, yes Perseverance is mental strength. Michael has always been at the top of the league for these things, and I will arrange tactics that suit him, rather than let him do difficult things to suit me, so his age is not a problem. "?

After the press conference, the reporters were a little regretful. They hoped that Yang Rui would say that the goal was to win the championship, which would be too explosive.

Yang Rui would not be so stupid. If he really said that, it would make the Wizards the focus, but he would also become the target of media and fans' attacks. Once he loses, Jordan will be shot down.

The lineup does not have an overwhelming advantage, so one cannot be too arrogant.

When signing the contract, Yang Rui added a special item to participate in the team's publicity, and was assigned to the general manager's job, just to better promote this season, worrying that someone in the team said the wrong thing.

In Yang Rui's previous life, many people began to hate Jordan because of his two failed seasons with the Wizards.If it's just a poor record, it's not enough for Jordan to step down from the altar. After all, he has six championship rings and countless personal honors.

However, the Wizards did a terrible job of publicity and got the point wrong.

The Washington news has repeatedly mentioned that the defense and confrontation of the league are not as good as in the past. If Jordan was still at his peak, he would have averaged 50 points per game.This is purely bragging, not taxable, and owed. Just relying on Jordan's three-point ability, how many times can he score 50 points per game?exhausted him.

Now the confrontation is not as good as in the past. How did Jordan's ribs break two by Artest?That's just training.

Some media said that if Jordan hadn't retired for the first time, he would have won 8 consecutive championships. At the end of his career, he repeatedly boasted about Jordan's strength, which caused young stars to fight to the death when they met the Wizards.

The most terrible thing is that the Wizards management can't control the mouths of other players, and even some staff members were interviewed anonymously, breaking the news that Jordan's relationship with the players and management was very stiff.Jordan won't teach young players by words and deeds. He did three trivial things in the Wizards, spraying you, spraying you, and continuing to spray you in another position...

After Hamilton was traded to the Pistons, he broke the news that Jordan would gamble with players on the team and often gamble with him on shots.There is a grapevine that Hamilton was sent away because he gambled too much and offended Jordan.

All in all, the Wizards management failed miserably in publicity.

Yang Rui plans to play the tragic card in the new season to promote Jordan's injury, hard work and dedication.

Kobe was only 37 years old when he retired, and in the end he didn't get to "Kobe is 38 this year, whoever is black is dead", which fans have said for many years.At that time, the Lakers had the lowest record in the league, but the ticket prices of the Lakers were selling like crazy.

Why is this happening?Because of the good publicity!

The Lakers never mentioned Kobe's shooting percentage, scoring efficiency, the most shots on the team, affecting the growth of newcomers and so on. Know what it looks like at four in the morning in Los Angeles.

Yang Rui will have a good talk with Jordan. When he is old, he must recognize it. Now it is more suitable for him to show the enemy as a weaker than a strong hero.

(End of this chapter)