Chapter 33 Opening Day

No matter how Celtics fans now debose Angie's draft criteria, but they can't change the confirmed facts.

Although the Chinese bald boy doesn't look like a guy who can help the team, he is destined to be entangled with the Celtics this season.

Even if the boy's fate is to be sent to NBDL, he is also a member of the Celtics, unless Angie can fire him immediately.

But now it seems that Angie doesn't seem to have such an idea, and the Celtics don't have any explanation for the draft. As for Chen Feng, don't expect him to say anything to reporters.

No matter how upset the fans are and how crazy the media are, it will not affect the bald head that looks uncomfortable at all.

After the draft, the boy slipped back to Las Vegas to hide.

In order not to be delegated to NBDL in the new season, the training plan assigned to him by Takanien has to be completed step by step. Although the training intensity is not as fierce as the previous stage, it is not easy.

Chen Feng is as tired as a dead dog every day. How can he have time to deal with those boring reporters?

There are no more sources of information, and the NBA's transfer wave has begun to hit people's sight, so the voices of criticism have gradually decreased, and everyone has accepted their fate.

Transfers, transactions, and the news that appear every summer begins to be full of empty games.

However, unlike those teams that are eager to supplement their strength, the Celtics are not involved in the rumors of any large-scale deals.

Maybe the Celtics will make some minor adjustments before the start of the training camp, but there will never be any big moves. The possibility of a big change has been basically ruled out.

Their personnel structure has almost been determined. Even if they want to have any large-scale player trade, it is estimated that it will be next season.

Unless the Celtics have the kind of plan to break up the whole team and bring everything back to zero.

However, there are not many big stars that can be seen by Angie and Rivers. It's not a good time to push down and rebuild.

And there are not many chips that the team can take out now. Pierce definitely can't be sent away. Anyway, that's also the absolute core of the team.

As for other people, if you want to talk about potential, it's a little bit, but if you take it out and exchange it, I'm afraid not many people will exchange their good players for potential stocks with you.

This may be a very helpless thing, and it is precisely because of this that many Celtics supporters care so much about the team's choice in the draft.

There is no good trading possibility in the first place, but now there is such a man. How can the fans not protest?

According to local media reports in Boston, the Celtics are now ready to rely on such a lineup.

As for what they can do, only God knows. Anyway, those media will never be optimistic about the prospects of this season.

"Maybe what we are starting to do now is to prepare for the next season, that's all." This is the prediction given by the pessimistic media.

Even if it is a relatively optimistic estimate, it just thinks that the team still has a chance to break into the playoffs.

If such a result is the NBA romp of the Bobcats, they may all laugh secretly.

But the Celtics can have 16 championship titles on their heads and can only barely squeeze into the playoffs, which is simply insulting the Bostonians' sense of honor.

The earth is moving, and a person cannot always be in an unlucky position.

But now it seems that the Celtics' bad luck is continuing, or it's getting worse.

Perhaps with this lineup, it is easy for them to achieve worse results than last season.

What the people outside think may be secondary. Paul Pierce, the core boss of the team, is also a little unhappy now.

The three and a half-month vacation that has just passed has been a mess for Pierce.

There is no need to say more about last season's bad results, only 33 wins, which may be the worst result for Pierce since joining the team.

Although his personal score data has not declined significantly, Pierce doesn't want others to think that he is just a scoring machine.

What if he can win 30+ in every game? Pierce doesn't want to be the same as McGrady when he was in the Magic team. He can take away the scoring champion, but the team is rotten.

As a banner of the team, Pierce has always wanted to take the Celtics to reshape the glorious era of the Green Shirts.

Unfortunately, Pierce has been in Boston for several years since he entered the league in 1998. His best result is just to lead the team to the Eastern Conference finals.

The result is only a bad result. Most of the time, Pierce can only play in one round in the playoffs.

When Walker, once known as one of the Celtic Twins, also left his hometown, Pierce could only support the team with his own hands.

Only Pierce himself knows the hardships, and he will never save the team alone.

After all, Pierce is not the domineering guy of Joe. Although he has been playing conscientiously, the team has never made any better, and the last two seasons have been even worse.

The most annoying thing for Pierce may be that he inadvertently said his intention to change his environment, although that was just what the reporter who was familiar with him said when he had nothing to say.

But after the processing of those unscrupulous journalists, even a simple sentence can become a huge wave.

"Pierce is ready to leave Boston!"

"Pierce is tired of failing all the time!"

"The New York Knicks is ready for the check!"

"The management of the Lakers claimed that they are interested in any excellent player!"

Such news has almost become a hype topic all summer. Even if Pierce chooses to travel abroad with his family, he has not been able to escape the harassment of those reporters.

In the eyes of those reporters, if this news can be confirmed, it will be the biggest news in the transfer market all summer, so they stare at it like sharks smelling blood.

Everyone wanted to hear the positive news from Pierce's mouth. Although Pierce had explained that it was just a misunderstanding, he didn't mean to leave at all.

But those reporters have long believed that he wanted to leave, and all the explanations were just excuses.

Such a disturbance has affected the senior management of the team, and the appeasement of Angie and Rivers makes Pierce even more depressed.

There are even rumors within the team that if he chooses to leave, the team may choose to trade him in advance.

Originally, it was just a complaint after depression, but now it has evolved into such a terrible situation. It is estimated that whoever it is will be angry.

Pierce didn't say that what was written in those reports was wrong. He was really annoyed by the current situation of the team. After Walker left, the team's performance also began to decline.

I can't find a suitable partner. The team has never been able to complete the reorganization and has always been uncompetitive. Even if my data has always been beautiful, it is just a brush in the eyes of others.

The most important thing is that Pierce is a person who is very eager to win honor. He is always insulated from the championship and always accepts failure.

This is a kind of mental torture for a player who wants to prove his ability.

It's not that Pierce didn't want to leave. Such an idea does exist, but he just doesn't want to get out of here.

But after one bad season after another, Angie still hasn't found a suitable helper for herself. There is not even a little famous guy in the team now.

It was not easy to get a LaFlenz, but he turned out to be a disabled person, and now the guy has also been sent away.

The replaced Latlief is just like that. The data is mediocre and his ability is not very good.

All the team's movements over the summer are just two or three players, and they are basically substitutes, and the two rookies selected, let alone the two rookies are selected.

One of them is a point guard. Although Pierce hasn't seen him, it will take at least two or three years for a qualified point guard to become famous in the NBA.

Ra Jane Rondo, Pierce can't remember whether he has really seen this boy in the NCAA game. He even doubts whether the boy has really played the NCAA.

Most of the current defenders may even forget how to pass the ball and think they are the next Iverson.

Holding the ball will rush under the basket and organize the attack? A beautiful pass? Forget it, those kids will only care about their own data.

As for the other one, Pierce has been speechless for a long time.

Street players? Haven't you even played an NCAA game? When he saw the reports in the newspaper, Pierce really wanted to call Angie immediately.

He just wants to ask what's going on. Has the team made up its mind to ruin a season?

Just like the Spurs risked a season of bad results in order to win Duncan?

But who knows if the next person to come to Boston will be a person like Duncan? The champion is not omnipotent.

Although many people say that after such a small year of talent show, next year's draft conference will be a scene of stars.

Greg Oden, the big man of Ohio State University, Durant of the University of Texas, and Mike Conley and Horford have all said that they want to participate in next year's draft.

But Pierce really doesn't know if he can survive until then. He can't stand the harsh boos in the game.

When your home fans start to make noise and turn against you and the team, being the leader of a team is the biggest psychological pressure.

"Maybe leaving is also a choice." On the way to the TD North Shore Garden Arena, such an idea came to Pierce's mind.

Although he is a little unwilling, it is much better than continuing to rot. Pierce knows that he is almost unable to afford it. He is almost thirty years old, and there are only a few years left in his peak period.

"If this season's results are worse than last season..." Maybe it's to convince yourself, or to have a glimmer of hope for the new season.

Pierce finally cleared the chaotic thoughts in his mind before arriving at his destination. Anyway, he is still the leader of the Celtics. If he gives up first, then there will be no need to play this season's game.

Although he has been avoiding the pursuit of the media for almost a month, Pierce still can't avoid the opening day of the training camp.

The meeting between new and old players, the media and fans is a routine on the first day of each season. If anyone asks for leave, even Pierce will have to pay a fine of $30,000.

Even if you are late, you have to be fined. What's more, if you are absent from work, many rules of the NBA are quite strict.

Maybe Pierce doesn't care about that little money, but in the face of the rumors that have been haunting for nearly three months, he always stands up and says something.

Even if he did it just to appease the hearts of the fans, after all, he is the absolute core and leader of the team.

However, Pierce still underestimated the media's encirclement. When he drove outside the stadium, the reporters had already surrounded him.

Interview pens and flashes of various cameras have surrounded Pierce's car from all directions.

"Paul, is this your last time in Boston this season!"

"Will you choose to leave this season or next season?"

"There is news that there has been a serious conflict between you and team manager Angie. Is this the reason why you are leaving?"

"New York has declared that they will give a top salary and will make a deal at any cost!"

Such a problem hit Pierce overwhelmingly. Even Pierce, an old deep-fried dough stick that has been used to dealing with the media, was also a little caught off guard.

"What the hell! How can the reporters at the media meeting be blocked here!" Although Pierce still had to behave calmly on his face.

But at this moment, he kept cursing in his heart why these damn reporters surrounded him like a group of flies.

Such attention is not what he wants. No matter what he says, it will be misinterpreted, which is the inevitable result.

Now Pierce can only expect the security personnel of the stadium to come out to save him, otherwise he will walk out of the car so rashly and can't get out for at least half an hour. Those reporters will haunt him.

When Pierce wrote his autobiography many years later, he deliberately wrote a note. On the opening day of the 2006 training camp, he was being entangled by a group of boring reporters.

At the moment he almost blurted out his mother, a bright bald head appeared in front of everyone.

Even if Pierce was sitting in his Mercedes-Benz S600, he could hear a loud voice shouting outside the crowd.

"Hey! Get out of the way! Let it be!!! Get out of the way! My grandfather's car doesn't have a brake! Anyone who doesn't give up! Don't bury it if you hit it to death!"

Maybe not only Pierce can't forget that scene, but many people are imprinting that scene in their minds.

A bald boy shining in the sun is riding a bicycle and plunges into the crowd in a crazy posture. The momentum is simply unstoppable...

"Maybe from that moment on, I feel that no matter how bad the new season is, it will not be worse than the situation at that time."

I guess no one can imagine that it is such a fierce guy who has changed everything...

(There are more... Don't worry, there was a power outage today, so it was transmitted late, not intentional...)