readytorunbook Chapter 27
Chapter 27
Zhang Jinshui was expressionless, his cold gaze circled the audience for a week, and then he said coldly:
"First of all, I know how offensive I was when I answered your questions just now, but I will never feel sorry for that, because you also offended me when you asked me questions.
Secondly, I would like to ask, before questioning my draft pick, do you know my true strength?Have you seen tape of my workouts with the Rockets?
Finally, Summer League is two weeks away, please shut up before watching my Summer League games! "
After finishing speaking, Zhang Jinshui pushed the microphone down on the interview table with a "snap", stood up, and walked away without looking back.
The entire press conference suddenly fell into a dead silence. The reporters in the audience seemed to be shocked by Zhang Jinshui's domineering speech and the momentum of pushing down the microphone.
It wasn't until Zhang Jinshui's figure completely disappeared from the press conference that these reporters reacted, and complaints and discussions immediately blew up.
"He pushed down the microphone at the press conference, isn't this Huaguo boy too arrogant?"
"Yeah, it's too disrespectful to our reporter. Who does he think he is? Jordan? Chamberlain?"
"I think he is just bluffing. Based on his results in the joint trial training, I don't believe he has any strength."
"Yeah, we'll just wait and see his jokes in summer league."
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Zhang Jinshui walked out of the press conference, thinking that the nba executives who instructed the press officer to stop the interview just now would talk to him, but he didn't expect that only an ordinary nba staff came forward and told him that tonight's draft was over and he could Leave at any time, the car that sent him and Zi Chunlin to the scene was already waiting outside the gate of the arena.
After Zhang Jinshui thanked the staff, he turned to the corridor and found that Zi Chunlin, Van Gundy, and Dawson were already waiting for him at the door of the lounge.
Seeing Zhang Jinshui, Zi Chunlin immediately went up to meet him, and asked with concern: "Jin Shui, are you okay?"
The press conference was broadcast live, and the three of Zi Chunlin had already heard Zhang Jinshui's final words of anger against all media at the press conference on the wall-mounted TV in the corridor.
"It's very good, and I've never felt as comfortable as I am now." Zhang Jinshui laughed, but seeing Zi Chunlin's face was a little worried, he hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, sister Chunlin, are you happy?" Are you worried about me?"
Zi Chunlin nodded slightly, and said, "I'm worried that the antagonistic relationship between you and the media will affect your performance on the court in the future."
Seeing that Zi Chunlin, who has always done things vigorously and vigorously, showed worry for the second time today because he was worried about himself, Zhang Jinshui couldn't help being moved. He couldn't help but reached out and rubbed Zi Chunlin's hair, and smiled confidently: "You Just rest assured, they will not affect me at all, on the contrary, they will only motivate me to become stronger."
Zi Chunlin sighed softly and said, "It's already like this anyway, let's take a step and see."
At this time, Dawson and Van Gundy also walked up to Zhang Jinshui.
"Zhang Jinshui, now you're going to offend the entire NBA media," Dawson said.
Zhang Jinshui shrugged and said, "You have also heard the questions they asked me just now. Since they are not afraid of offending me, why should I be afraid of offending them?"
"Actually, it's okay for you to hate them, but you shouldn't mention something at the end to let them watch your performance in the summer league. Isn't this adding a psychological burden to your game? You have just started playing professional leagues and lack experience. Is the performance of the summer league not stable enough?"
Van Gundy said:
"Although the summer league is just a low-level league in the nba, there are only two types of people participating in the summer league. One is the fringe players of the nba team, and the other is the two-way contract players who want to get a paper contract in the nba. To prove myself in the summer league, in a way, the competition in the summer league is more brutal than the regular season of the nba."
"Hehe, that's great. If there is no competition at all, I won't be able to cheer up. I have been training very hard recently, and I can't wait to play a few games to see the training effect." Zhang Jinshui didn't He laughed heartlessly.
"It seems that we have selected a guy who is too eager to compete." Van Gundy looked at Dawson helplessly.
"Stop pretending, Van Gundy, just keep laughing in your heart. I know you, like me, like players with fighting spirit the most."
Dawson slapped Van Gundy on the shoulder vigorously, then smiled and said to Zhang Jinshui: "Boy, you are still young, how to deal with the media, I will discuss with you slowly in the future, and then, you will do your best Go get ready for summer league."
"Let's put the ugly words first. In order to ensure your health, I will only allow you to play two summer league games at most, and you will not play more than 24 minutes in each game." Van Gundy, who was almost smashed by Dawson, still Poker-faced, trying to maintain his authority as the head coach.
During the conversation, the four walked out of Madison Square Garden together.
At this time, the red carpet at the entrance has been removed, but dozens of reporters are still standing there.
None of them were invited to attend the official press conference, but they had already learned that Zhang Jinshui was angry with the media at the press conference. When they saw Zhang Jinshui's appearance at this time, they immediately surrounded him.
Dawson and Van Gundy were afraid that Zhang Jinshui was not addicted to the reporter, so they quickly put him and Zi Chunlin in the car arranged by the NBA officials, while they stayed to deal with the reporter.
The reporters' questions were naturally all about Zhang Jinshui's anger at the media and questioning whether he was worthy of the Rockets' No. 11 pick.
Van Gundy and Dawson repeatedly emphasized to them:
Zhang Jinshui showed a very good talent in the Rockets' trial training, so they decided to get Zhang Jinshui at all costs.Zhang Jinshui is fully worthy of the No. 11 pick, even if this pick is exchanged for the Rockets starting guard Bob Sura.
However, even though Van Gundy and Dawson had strongly supported Zhang Jinshui, it still could not change the questioning of Zhang Jinshui's selection in the [-]th pick by all the mainstream TV stations, magazines, and newspapers in the beautiful country the next day, as well as their doubts about Zhang Jinshui's selection. At the press conference, Jin Shui was angry at the judgments of the media's arrogant performance.
The media didn't even mention Dawson and Van Gundy in their reports, as if they never said anything about Zhang Jinshui.
Among the media, the most radical one is sb TV station. They edited the footage of Zhang Jinshui's continuous low-level mistakes in the basic skills test of the joint training, and placed them in the intervals of each program for rolling broadcast.
And overnight invited several senior nba commentators, including Big Mouth Barkley and Kenny Smith, to do a talk show.
Barkley took the lead, demoting Zhang Jinshui to nothing, and defined the Rockets' selection of Zhang Jinshui as the No. 11 pick as "I don't want to lose face in order to make money, and it's an insult to the sport of basketball."
In the end, he made a bet with Kenny Smith on Zhang Jinshui's performance in the summer league, just like he did with Yao Ming.