Chapter 364 [Carrot and Stick, Confused Successor]

After training the next day, Yang Rui asked Jordan to go to a luxury Western restaurant for lunch alone and took the initiative to agree. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Napoleon once figuratively said, "Sometimes I am like a lion, sometimes like a sheep." The whole secret of my success is that I know when I should be the former and when I should be the latter. ”

Carrots and sticks, no one is missing. From "compulsory" to "full dedication", we can motivate people to reach their full potential. If it's just a big stick, it won't be convincing, because no one wants to suffer losses and be suppressed all the time.

"Michael, are you still angry that I couldn't get off the stage yesterday? I was a little emotional yesterday, please bear with me, at this time, our relationship can't be a problem. ”

Yang Rui apologized and did not forget to give Jordan a good relationship, he had to accept this apology if he didn't want to.

Jordan secretly scolded Yang Rui for slipping his head, and his anger had disappeared.

For Jordan now, the record is more important than the face. Yang Rui is right, if the Wizards win the championship this season, it will be a perfect ending for him. Yang Rui was angry because of ambition, which is exactly what he pursues, and the interests of the two are the same.

Jordan sighed: "I'm not so stingy, but I think this lineup, the Wizards can't win the championship." I'm only averaging 19.1 points per game right now, so I don't have many games left. ”

Yang Rui smiled: "When you play a weak team, I will increase your playing time, arrange tactics to help you brush up your data, and ensure that you will exceed Chamberlain in average points per game." You can shoot more when you feel good, like against the Bulls. ”

Jordan nodded. If he feels hot, he can score with a high-post block, and he can make a stop-and-go jump shot against someone.

Yang Rui continued: "The lineup is the best, it is indeed worse than the Lakers, Bulls, Kings, and Mavericks, but there is a way to make up for it. We went the multi-point route, and it was difficult to defend with the opponent, and I came up with an idea to boost morale, which might be useful. ”

"What's the solution?" Jordan asked.

"Or maybe it's a playoff promotion that requires you to make some sacrifices, to make everybody feel emotional, to make all the players realize that this season has to be won, and to give it their all." Yang Rui is colorful.

"As long as I can win, I will cooperate with whatever you say." Jordan said without looking up.

Yang Rui also cut the steak, took a sip of juice and said: "Next, I plan to ask the management to collect videos of you playing, from young to old, most of which are videos of you being injured on the court now, or trying your best but making mistakes, and then edit a footage and play it in important games in the playoffs." I also found a song......"

Jordan put down his knife and fork and raised his hand to interrupt Yang Rui. "Wait...... I don't understand, other teams put highlights of wonderful goals, you want to put highlights of me eating on the field? How does this boost morale? ”

"My plan is to let everyone see your powerless side, this is the highest state of feelings, there is an idiom in China called 'things must be opposed'. If you're acting like the Bulls, I bet a lot of fans don't want to see you win. Instead, everybody wants the Wizards to win the championship because it's your last time. Yang Rui explained.

"Well, I'm a little disgusted with you again now." Jordan said this, and he agreed with Yang Rui in his heart.

When he won the championship for the first time, he had the highest fan support. Why did people support him? Because he lost to the Pistons for three consecutive years, he was abused and cried for the third time, and the attitude of working tirelessly to win, and the mood of wanting to win but not being able to win, all moved the fans.

MacArthur once said, "Veterans never die, they just fade away," and the same applies on the NBA court.

Different people, at different times, will have different understandings of this sentence. The most popular understanding is that heroes grow old, and people will always remember the great deeds of the heroes of their time, but gradually forget them when the heroes are old.

Not wanting to be forgotten is one of the motivations for Jordan's comeback. Now the hype of "Heroic Twilight" is indeed the most arousing emotions in people.

Yang Rui smiled: "All in all, don't cry on the sidelines when you listen to that song." ”

"How is this possible?"

"That's not easy to say, recently an old man just covered this song, and compared the original song, he sang so badly that even the original singer cried, I don't lie to you."

"Say the name of the song, I'll go back and listen to it." Jordan snorted.

"When it's time for the playoffs, keep it a secret now, otherwise it won't work. It's best to let the fans see your sincere emotions. ”

Jordan knew that Yang Rui liked to sell guanzi, so he didn't ask anymore and ate steak.

The Wizards couldn't get out of the mess right away, losing 86-89 at home to the Raptors on the night.

Vince Carter is even more confused than Jordan now, and his stats have dropped to 21.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 1 block this season, which is about the same as his rookie season.

The Raptors averaged five double-doubles per game, and Carter was the team's top scorer, but the media and fans were all disappointed in him, thinking that he was no longer as good as Maddie and Kobe.

The game against the Wizards also relied on Michael Reed's convulsions, and Reed scored 16 points in the final quarter and hit four three-pointers to blow Hamilton and turn the game around.

After the game, Carter did something that made people a little confused, took a casual shower and left the locker room, and went to the home team's locker room to chat with Yang Rui.

Yang Rui didn't refuse, but he wasn't in the home team's locker room, but found a free room. Those rooms in the Wizards' home arena are unused, and Yang Rui knows it very well.

It's best not to let the media capture this kind of thing, and the reporter will definitely say that Carter doesn't trust Rick Carlisle, and it is.

Sitting on the couch, Carter sighed: "Jerry, I don't know what to do now, Carlisle asked me to pass the ball more, shoot less, and give the ball to Reid, Kirilenko, and Harprin, do you think that's right?" I have no one to talk to, I can only ask you, now the Raptors have a problem. ”

"How embarrassed I am to win the Wizards when something goes wrong." Yang Rui said with a smile.

"You know very well that if the two teams meet in the playoffs, it will be difficult for the Raptors to beat the Wizards." Carter smiled wryly. He didn't have to take the Wizards seriously last season.

"So you kind of don't want to be with the Raptors anymore, do you?" Yang Rui asked.

"yes, but I just signed a long-term contract with a maximum salary, and I can only ask for a trade if I want to leave, do you think I should stay with the Raptors?" Carter smiled bitterly: "I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I've discussed it with my family, and my mother suggested that I ask you." ”

Carter was used to winning, and now that the team was weak, he was miserable. And he doesn't look down on Toronto, he has been an all-star ticket king for several years in a row, how can he be willing to stay in Canada for the rest of his life?

But now that he's become a symbol of the Raptors, the team might end up with a statue of him. If you want to leave, it's not so easy, and you will definitely fall out with the management.

"It depends on what you want. You've got a championship ring, you've got an MVP, there's no shortage of personal accolades, and with the Raptors you get the highest salaries and privileges; If you want to win, if you want to win more titles, then that's a different story. Yang Rui smiled.

"Jerry, I want you to tell me seriously, if I join a big city team, do you think I still have a chance to win the championship? Do I have a chance to overtake Jordan? More championships? ”

Yang Rui thought about it and decided to say directly: "It's difficult to win the championship, it's even more difficult to surpass Jordan, if a team wants to replace you, you must send stars as chips, or draft picks, plus the salary space is limited, your teammates will not be too strong." If you partner with another big star, if you don't win the championship, your popularity will drop even further. Because it wasn't your team, think about it. ”

Carter nodded, lost in thought.