Chapter 532: Pressure and Championship

When Lin Feng and his party rushed to the press conference room arranged by Dawson, many American reporters had been waiting for a long time. Originally, the performance of the Houston Rockets in recent years was not worthy of the swarming of reporters from all over the United States. However, during this time, Houston Rockets

The Rockets make frequent trades, and they are all extremely shocking transactions.

No team has ever made such a big bet on next year's draft as the Houston Rockets. Although next year has already been unanimously rated as the new draft year after the "96 golden generation" by all NBA experts and media in the United States, such a big gamble is really disappointing.

People are speechless.

Therefore, when these sports reporters across the United States heard that the Houston Rockets held a press conference today, they immediately rushed over. They just wanted to see what other blockbuster deals the Houston Rockets would make, and what other crazy tricks the Houston Rockets could do.

trade!

Just when many American sports reporters were waiting a little impatiently, Houston Rockets general manager Dawson and Morey arrived, and to the surprise of all the reporters, there was another person behind them.

Houston Rockets owner - Lin Feng.

After all the reporters were slightly surprised, their eyes suddenly emitted green light, and the hand holding the recorder trembled slightly. Lin Feng, the owner of the Houston Rockets, a man of great influence who has created countless topics, why is this time to come to Houston? What does he want to announce? What does he want to announce?

What kind of breaking news will be released? Questions one after another stirred up the minds of all sports reporters. They were already looking forward to what kind of news storm this Lin Feng would bring.

However, although Lin Feng can always bring countless topics, in the eyes of American media reporters, he is a person who has a mixture of love and hate.

"Love" him, because every time Lin Feng appears, it brings a huge sensation. Every time he raises his hand, it attracts the attention of thousands of readers. Their newspapers often sell out of stock because of Lin Feng's news.

, for such a great "God of Wealth", they journalists almost made offerings to him and worshiped him every day.

I say "hate" him because Lin Feng often doesn't look good to reporters like them. Especially last time, Lin Feng and Avril were caught in front of the "Washington Times" and insulted Lin Feng and Avril in the newspaper.

Journalist Goetz, in front of thousands of citizens in Washington, beat Goetz severely, and was eventually acquitted. He even forced Goetz to apologize to the "murderer" who beat him in front of everyone. This made all reporters feel guilty.

Feeling sympathy for each other and sharing the same hatred against the enemy, he naturally hated Lin Feng to the core.

But without Lin Feng, they would have sold millions less newspapers a year. No outsider can understand the difficulties involved.

Lin Feng is very clear about the mentality of these reporters. Journalists, prostitutes, and prostitutes are no different. The difference is that prostitutes do it for money, and reporters do it for news. They are all people who have given up shame and dignity.

For them, you can respect their professional ethics, but you don't need to give them any face, because their pen never gives anyone face.

"Everyone, long time no see!" Lin Feng walked to the press conference stage and did not sit down. He just stood there with his hands on the stage, looking at the reporters in the audience and saying hello loudly.

Many reporters looked at each other and waited quietly for Lin Feng to say more.

"First of all, I want to prove that this series of transactions were authorized by me and have nothing to do with Mr. Dawson and Mr. Morey." Lin Feng said loudly.

Now that the Houston Rockets are in trouble internally and externally, Dawson and Morey are under too much pressure, which has affected their normal work. Lin Feng's first step is to relieve the pressure on them.

When many reporters in the venue heard this, they buzzed and exploded. This transaction was actually authorized by Lin Feng, so they had a lot to write about, and they just took the opportunity to harm Lin Feng and make a statement.

The evil in the heart.

"I think you think these deals for our team must be terrible, right?" Lin Feng looked at the many reporters and said calmly.

All the reporters nodded. It's terrible. It can't only be described as terrible, it's simply crappy. Such a deal will sooner or later put the Houston Rockets into a desperate situation. A team that relies entirely on rookies usually has only one ending, becoming a complete crappie.

Team.

"Then I said that the Houston Rockets can still make the playoffs this year, do you believe it?" Lin Feng's tone was a little higher.

Reporters at the scene booed. With the current lineup of the Houston Rockets, they can make it to the playoffs. They use their heads as a chamber pot for Lin Feng. This is the West, a fiercely competitive West, with the Lakers, Spurs, Mavericks, etc.

There are so many strong teams such as the Trail Blazers, Kings, Timberwolves, Suns, Jazz, SuperSonics, and it is a fantasy for a bad team like the Houston Rockets to reach the playoffs. Even if they switch to the Eastern Conference!

Lin Feng smiled coldly.

"What if I say that our team's goal next year is to win the championship?" Lin Feng said with confidence.

Many reporters at the scene burst into laughter. With the current lineup of the Houston Rockets, even if they pick a few good picks next year and sign LeBron, a talented player who was born in the NBA in 2020, it is undoubtedly a dream to become a championship. At least it requires experience.

It is only possible after several seasons of hard work. The premise of all this is that LeBron James can become a player for the Houston Rockets and that LeBron James is good enough.

With so many "possibilities", it's really ridiculous for Lin Feng to threaten the Houston Rockets to win the championship.

Faced with the ridicule of many reporters, Lin Feng did not take it seriously. His goal today has been achieved. Lin Feng has only two goals for holding this press conference today. One is to relieve the pressure on Dawson and Morey, and the other is to express his gratitude to Dawson and Morey.

All free agents show the attitude of the Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets are by no means a bad team, but a strong team aiming for the championship.

"Okay, let's go, let's go meet Chauncey Billups first." After the press conference, Lin Feng looked at Dawson and Morey behind him who looked grateful.

Regarding today's press conference, neither Dawson nor Morey expected that Lin Feng would come forward to resist all the pressure on themselves. After all, Lin Feng is the boss, and they are just part-time workers. It is their duty to bear the pressure for the boss.

.Now Lin Feng has shouldered everything. This compassion naturally makes Dawson and Morey grateful.

"Boss..." Dawson felt for a while. The previous boss Alexander would not be like this. For example, the last time he sold Olajuwon, Alexander made the decision, but in the end it was Dawson who bore the consequences. Dawson almost didn't get sold to Houston.

Rockets fans cursed to death.

"Okay, let's go. Billups is the cornerstone of the future Rockets dynasty, he must come to the Rockets!" Lin Feng said with a fist.

Dawson and Morey nodded. On this point, they had the same attitude as Lin Feng. The Houston Rockets are a team with a tradition of super centers. The ideal situation is to have a cool-headed, good at organizing, and able to shoot at critical moments.

The point guard of the Rockets. Although Francis had excellent scoring ability and was also good at organizing, he easily got hot-headed at critical moments and was not the ideal point guard for the Rockets. Billups, on the other hand, has excellent conditions in all aspects and can be said to be a super center.

The most ideal point guard around.

Later, Dawson and Morey took Lin Feng straight to Billups' home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

When Lin Feng, Dawson and others rushed to Billups' home, Billups was reading the morning newspaper. Recently, Billups was extremely hesitant about whether to join the Houston Rockets.

He was very tempted by the six-year, $80 million contract offered by the Houston Rockets and their commitment to build the future Rockets with it as the core. However, the recent series of transactions by the Houston Rockets really made him feel unsure. This made Billups

Don't know how to choose.

These days, the first thing Billups does when he wakes up every day is to open the morning newspaper and check the sports section to see if there is any information about the Houston Rockets. When he opened the newspaper today, the front page showed news about Houston Rockets owner Lin Feng.

The newspapers named the culprit behind the series of stupid and idiotic trades by the Houston Rockets as their boss Lin Feng.

The article described Lin Feng as the most idiotic owner in the history of the NBA, and his idiotic behavior was comparable to that of the former owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, St. Peen (in the end, Stern put pressure on St. Peen to sell the Cleveland Cavaliers).

, but the difference between the two is that Lin Feng traded All-Star players for draft picks, while St. Pion traded All-Stars for draft picks in the next few years.

Ste-Pien failed, will Lin Feng succeed?

The article also analyzed the reason why Lin Feng traded away the Houston Rockets' "troika" (Francis Mobley-Cato) was to make room for his Chinese compatriot Yao Ming and to build a Chinese into an NBA team.

The core of this is to position Lin Feng's series of transactions as a "conspiracy", a "conspiracy" to support his compatriots to rise to power.

Billups didn't take these arguments to heart. What he paid attention to was another point. Lin Feng declared at the press conference that he would enter the playoffs this season and threatened to compete for the championship next year.

Although this statement was ridiculed by all media.

The "Los Angeles Times" used "Oriental Fantasy" as the title - the Houston Rockets still want to enter the playoffs and compete for the championship? Haha, what a big joke. What do these Chinese people think of the NBA? They think it is okay.

A real basketball manager game that he can play with.

The reporter from the "Washington Times" was the most alienated from Lin Feng. At this time, he couldn't wait to jump out - the Houston Rockets are going to win the championship. Ha, it's ridiculous. They thought they could do it with a rookie No. 1 pick and an old dream.

Winning the championship? Dream! Of course, maybe their boss can rush to the locker rooms of other NBA teams and beat up the opposing players before every game, and the Houston Rockets can win.

Facing the ridicule from the media, Billups doesn't care. What he values ​​​​is Lin Feng's determination. Since Lin Feng can publicly announce that the Houston Rockets will compete for the playoffs this year and compete for the championship next year, he must be sure. Although

Billups couldn't see how confident Lin Feng was, but based on his cool-headed analysis as an excellent point guard, Lin Feng was by no means exaggerating.

Just as Billups was thinking about it, someone rang the doorbell. When Billups opened the door, he never expected that Houston Rockets owner Lin Feng, Houston Rockets general manager Dawson, and deputy general manager Morey would appear in front of him.

"Mr. Billups, I apologize for being so presumptuous as I came uninvited." Lin Feng said with a smile on his face.

After Billups was slightly startled, he quickly invited Lin Feng into the room.

"Mr. Billups, you should be very clear about our purpose. I won't say more. I wonder how you have considered joining the Houston Rockets?" Lin Feng said straight to the point.

Billups naturally knows the purpose of Lin Feng and others' coming. Billups is still grateful for the Big Three of the Houston Rockets coming to his humble home. However, for Billups to decide to join the Houston Rockets, only relying on

Sincerity is still not enough.

A calm point guard remains calm when faced with key decisions in his career and will not let various emotional factors affect his judgment.

Half an hour later, Lin Feng got up and left without finding anything. Billups just stated that he would seriously consider joining the Houston Rockets. After all, this is related to his future. He does not want to wander around again in the future. He hopes to achieve something in his career.

Make achievements.

"Billups, believe me, the Houston Rockets will never become a bad team, and you will become the cornerstone of the Houston Rockets dynasty in the future." Before leaving, Lin Feng said cautiously.

"Mr. Lin, I will definitely consider it carefully." Billups said sincerely.

Lin Feng nodded, turned and left. After thinking for a while, he turned back and smiled, "Chauncy, wait and see, the Houston Rockets will make big moves."

Billups was startled and wanted to ask again, but Lin Feng and his party had already walked away.

"Boss, where are you going?" Dawson asked.

Just now Lin Feng said that the Houston Rockets would make big moves. Dawson and Morey were secretly surprised when they heard this. However, although they are the general manager and deputy general manager of the Houston Rockets, they had no idea what big moves the Houston Rockets would make. Moreover, they were both general managers and deputy general managers of the Houston Rockets.

Now the Houston Rockets have no players available for trade.

Lin Feng looked at his watch, thought about it, and made a phone call.

"Michael, it's me, Lin Feng, haha, yes, it's Avril's boyfriend, the owner of the Houston Rockets. Haha, of course I have something to call you. Hehe, do you still remember what I said at Michael Jackson's house?

?Hehe, um, okay, okay, let's have an interview." Lin Feng smiled and hung up the phone.

"Okay, I have to go to Chicago now. You go back first and wait for my good news then." Lin Feng said with a smile on his face.

"Uh, boss, the person who was talking to you just now was..." Dawson vaguely heard a voice from the microphone, but he was a little afraid to confirm it.

"Haha, the god of basketball - Michael Jordan!" Lin Feng's eyes flashed.

Drink!—Dawson and Morey exclaimed.

The God of Basketball - Jordan, why is the boss looking for Jordan? Does the boss want...
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