In fact, after the end of the NBA regular season this year, these media in the United States have been very chaotic, because there are too many things to say in the regular season this year, even the best rookie has to be hyped by these media for a long time, not to mention the league MVP and the best coach trophy that are almost contested by many media, of course, plus some playoff speculation, almost in the current United States, As long as the sports headline of any media is not about the topic of the NBA, it cannot be said that the sports reporters of this newspaper are dedicated, and it is precisely because of this debate that this year's NBA playoffs are completely different from previous years, and at this time of the year, most media are already making various topics for the first round of the playoffs.

But this year, although such media predictions are not to say that there are none, but they are also very few, most of the media's minds are not on this, when these media do not care about the first round of predictions, these media will naturally not really focus a lot of attention on the NBA teams, in this case, almost all the media this year for the NBA playoff teams are very little reported. The Boston Celtics faced the Pacers in the first round this year, and this team is eighth in the East this year, and the ranking has dropped compared to last year, which is also because the team has changed its head coach this year, and the original team's head coach Larry Bird is now focused on being his general manager, and the team's head coach O'Brien can play a 41-41 record in one season after taking over the team is not ugly. Although it is said that the ranking has dropped.

But this team's record is better than last season, and their record last season has not exceeded 50%, in this case, the head coach of the Pacers has not caused a backlash from Pacers fans or caused dissatisfaction with Larry Bird because of the drop in the ranking, as long as the record has risen and the ranking has fallen, it is just because other teams have improved faster, and for the current Pacers, which is mainly young players, whether it is seventh or eighth in the East, the difference is not very big for them. Because whether it is the seventh place last season to play the Grizzlies or the eighth season to play the Celtics, it is difficult to beat the opponent.

So for the current Pacers fans or the management of the Pacers, they know very well what their team's future path is, it doesn't matter if they can't win these teams now, the Pacers have enough time to let these young players grow now. As long as these young players can get a workout in the playoffs, and maybe the Celtics are more valuable than the Grizzlies, after all, the Celtics are the best team in the league.

Of course, that's the case in terms of the regular season record. Of course, although this year's media is not keen on predicting the final score of the matchup, basically in all media predictions, the Boston Celtics and Pacers are basically the same result, that is, the Boston Celtics will definitely advance, and the key is whether it is 4-0 or 4-1. 4-0 is a real gap between the two sides. 4-1 is Zhuang Fei looking at the face of the Pacers general manager, or the Celtics looking at the face of the greatest forward of their team to leave the Pacers with a game victory, but whether it is 4-0 or 4-1, the suspense of this series is not very big, of course, although the suspense of this series is not very big.

But Zhuang Fei has never had too much contempt for this team, and in fact, Zhuang Fei began to look for news about this team in the media all over the world before the team's scouting report came, hoping to get some of the latest news about this team. It's just that Zhuang Fei is disappointed that these media this year are too weak, except for some media in Indianapolis, basically no authoritative media to report on this team, not to mention that there is very little news about the Pacers, even the Celtics and Lakers, and now the topics of the American media are all off track. So every time I think about it, Zhuang Fei is a little helpless in his office, with the development of the NBA, in the past six years, Zhuang Fei has obviously felt the changes in this league.

In the past, no matter what the argument was based on the game, but now, this basis is changing, starting to change from the game based to the people, although this change is very small, but it is very subtle, this league is now more and more commercial and utilitarian, after all, because of the emergence of online media, these paper media no longer have first-hand information about the game, they will naturally become more and more gossip for the sake of sales, and the league will even fuel these hype in order to promote its own stars, such an environmental change is the NBA that Zhuang Fei is getting closer and closer to his later life.

So in addition to some pity, he can slowly adapt, but for many old-school coaches, the current NBA environment is basically like a nightmare, which is not what they want. Of course, Zhuang Fei is not a saint, although he is now regarded as a champion or authority in the basketball world by many American colleagues, but he has no intention of changing these by himself, and he also knows that this is the trend of the times, and there is no possibility of any change, and he himself is to keep his own one-third of an acre.

"Coach, that's the Pacers' full report"

Just when Zhuang Fei was aimlessly flipping through the newspaper in his hand, he suddenly heard the voice of his assistant Green, and looked up to see that the young assistant coach had handed over a stack of reports, although it is difficult for Zhuang Fei to find what he wants from the newspaper, but it does not mean that the scouts of the Boston Celtics will become more and more watery like these media, and these Celtics scouts will not look for information from the newspaper like Zhuang Fei.

"Well, let it go, I'll take a look" Zhuang Fei smiled and nodded to his assistant, and Green left Zhuang Fei's office after putting down the reports with a smile.

The Boston Celtics' scouting system has always been the top in the league, and Zhuang Fei has always been very pleased in this regard, although the team's director of operations, Carl, is not very good at coaching, but the level and vision of managing scouts are excellent, and in fact, the Boston Celtics generation has a good eye for the guys who grew up with the Cardinals and Bill Russell. This scouting report of the Boston Celtics is very detailed, and even Zhuang Fei can know how much beef Joe Johnson ate for breakfast this morning and went to the toilet several times, which also makes Zhuang Fei a little funny.

The Boston Celtics and Pacers game was on April 17, the day after tomorrow, and Zhuang Fei was looking at this extremely detailed scouting report all afternoon, until 5 p.m., when the team's deputy general manager Danny Angie and team owner Grusbaker came in.

"Zhuang, this is your new contract, you see how it is, if it is suitable, we will sign it today"

As soon as the boss of the Boston Celtics Gruth Baker entered Zhuang Fei's office, his loud voice startled Zhuang Fei, recently the boss of the Celtics was in a good mood, and he was able to sarcastically make that handsome rich so miserable, these Boston dick silk billionaires are basically all like the boss of the Celtics, the walking posture has become standard, and the voice is also loud and abnormal. The appearance of the villain's ambition, of course, the villain's ambition here is naturally a joke, but these people are indeed very ambitious now.

"It's good so soon? I thought I would have to wait a little longer," Zhuang Fei took the contract and said with a smile.

His contract with the Boston Celtics expires this summer, and with Zhuang Fei's achievements and prestige here, he is naturally sure that he will be able to get a contract extension is just a matter of the size of this renewal contract, and in fact, both Zhuang Fei and the Celtics club are willing to continue to cooperate, so there is naturally no problem with such contract negotiations, and this contract negotiation also began at the beginning of last season. It's just that the reason why it has dragged on for such a long time is not because Zhuang Fei is not open to the lions, nor because the Boston Celtics are unwilling to pay, but more because Zhuang Fei's contract is not just on behalf of him personally.

He is now the benchmark for almost all NBA coaches to renew their contracts, which means that his contract basically determines the salary level of other NBA head coaches in the future, in this case, neither Zhuang Fei nor the Celtics club can set the price of this contract. In this case, the management of these Celtics has been thinking of a compromise solution, Zhuang Fei personally does not want to become Garnett among the players, Garnett signed the big contract in 1998 whether he personally wants it or not, it has changed the pattern and course of the league, and Zhuang Fei does not want to do this.

"Well, this is a very good way, I don't think there is any problem, now you can sign a contract" Zhuang Fei said with a smile after taking a look at this contract, the terms of the contract have already been negotiated, it's just that the annual salary is not easy to confirm, so Zhuang Fei is also concerned about the annual salary plan, and this plan is very in line with Zhuang Fei's mind, Zhuang Fei's annual salary is not a specific number, but linked to the player with the highest annual salary in the team.

For example, next season, the player with the highest annual salary of the Celtics is Maddie's 14 million, then Zhuang Fei's annual salary is 16 million, and the player's highest annual salary + 2 million is Zhuang Fei's annual salary, of course, if the highest annual salary of Boston Celtics players increases after that, Zhuang Fei's annual salary is also rising, and if the highest annual salary of Celtics players is decreasing, then Zhuang Fei's annual salary remains unchanged from the previous year, it can be said that Zhuang Fei's salary in this contract is not capped, and the lowest is 16 million. It will only increase with time, this is not a specific number, and this is not a benchmark, Zhuang Fei does not have to worry about changing some of the pattern of the league because of his annual salary. So Zhuang Fei did not object to this contract.

Since Zhuang Fei agreed to this contract, there is naturally no obstacle to renewing the contract, and soon Grussbeck called the team's lawyer team to Zhuang Fei's office, and then the Boston Celtics also renewed Zhuang Fei's contract for 5 years, of course, because Zhuang Fei has been concerned about the construction of his basketball park and the new team, so there is also a clause in the contract that is the coach option, and Zhuang Fei can jump out of the contract at any time. (To be continued.) )