basketball pope

Chapter 365 [Carrots and sticks, confused successor]

After training the next day, Yang Rui asked Jordan to go to a luxury western restaurant alone for lunch, and took the initiative to agree.

Napoleon once said vividly: "I am sometimes like a lion, sometimes like a sheep. The secret of all my success is this: I know when I should be the former and when the latter."

Carrots and sticks, none of which can be missing.From "compulsion" to "full devotion", can people be motivated to maximize their potential.If it is just a big stick, it will not be convincing, because no one wants to suffer losses and be suppressed all the time.

"Michael, are you still angry that I didn't let you off the stage yesterday? I was a little emotional yesterday, please bear with me. At this time, there can be no problems in our relationship."

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

Jordan scolded Yang Rui for being slick, and his anger was gone.

For Jordan now, record is more important than 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 his ambition, which was exactly what he was after. The interests of the two were 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 now, and there are not many games left."

Yang Rui smiled and said: "When playing against the underdogs, I will increase your playing time, arrange tactics to help you brush the data, and make sure that you can score more points per game than Chamberlain. You can also shoot more when you feel good, just like against the Bulls. That one."

Jordan nodded.If he's hot, he can score with a high pick-and-roll, and just pull up a jumper in front of someone.

Yang Rui continued: "The best lineup is like this. It is indeed worse than the Lakers, Bulls, Kings, and Mavericks, but there are ways to make up for it. We are taking a more blossoming route and cooperate well with our opponents. Not good defensively, and I came up with a morale-boosting idea that might work."

"How?" Jordan asked.

"Or it's a playoff propaganda method. You need to make some sacrifices to make everyone feel the feelings and make all players realize that they must win this season and work hard." Yang Rui said sternly.

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

Yang Rui also cut the steak, took a sip of juice and said: "Next, I plan to let the management collect videos of you playing, from young to old, most of them are now you are injured on the court, or you are trying your best. The video of the mistake, and then edited a material to play it in the important game of 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 are showing highlights of wonderful goals. You want to show highlights of me slumping on the court? How does this improve morale?"

"My plan is to let everyone see your powerless side. This is the highest level of emotion. There is an idiom in China called 'the extreme will turn against you.' I don't want to see you win. On the contrary, everyone will want the Wizards to win the championship, because this is your last time." Yang Rui explained.

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

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

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

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

Not wanting to be forgotten was one of Jordan's motivations for his comeback.Now the hype of "heroes twilight" is indeed the most emotional.

Yang Rui smiled and said, "All in all, when you hear that song, don't cry on the sidelines."

"How is this possible?"

"That's hard to say. Recently, an old man just sang this song and compared it to the original one. He sang so badly that even the original singer cried. I won't lie to you."

"Tell me the name of the song, I'll go back and listen." Jordan hummed.

"In 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 things, so he stopped asking and ate steak.

The Wizards didn't get out of the woods right away, and they lost to the Raptors 86-89 at home on the night.

文斯-卡特现在比乔丹还要迷茫，他这赛季数据下降到了21.8分4.4篮板3.7助攻1.1抢断1盖帽，和新秀赛季差不多了。

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

The game that defeated the Wizards also relied on Michael Reid's convulsions. Reed scored 16 points in the final quarter, hit 4 three-pointers, and blew up Hamilton to reverse the game.

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

Yang Rui did not refuse, but instead of being in the home team's locker room, he found a free room.Yang Rui knew very well that those rooms in the Wizards' home arena were not used.

This kind of thing is best not to be photographed by the media. The reporter will definitely say that Carter does not trust Rick Carlisle, and it is true.

Sitting on the sofa, Carter sighed: "Jerry, I don't know what to do now, Carlisle asked me to pass more, take fewer shots, and give Reed, Kirilenko, Halprin the ball, what do you think? Is that right? I have no one to discuss, I can only ask you, now something is wrong with the Raptors."

"How embarrassing I am to win the Wizards when something goes wrong." Yang Rui laughed.

"You must be very clear that if the two teams meet in the playoffs, it will be difficult for the Raptors to beat the Wizards." Carter smiled wryly.He could have ignored the Wizards last season.

"So you don't want to stay with the Raptors anymore?" Yang Rui asked.

"Yeah, but I just signed a long-term contract with a max salary. If I want to leave, I can only ask for a trade. Do you think I should stay in the Raptors?" Carter smiled bitterly: "I've thought about it for a long time, and discussed it with my family. , my mother suggested that I ask you."

Carter is used to winning, and now that the team is weaker, he's all over the place.And he doesn't look down on Toronto. He has been the All-Star ticket king for several consecutive years. How can he be willing to stay in Canada for a lifetime?
But now that he has become a symbol of the Raptors, if it is from the beginning, the team may finally erect a statue of him.If you want to leave, it is not so easy, and you will definitely fall out with the management.

"It depends on what you want. You have a championship ring, you have an MVP, you have no shortage of individual honors, you can get the highest salary and privileges in the Raptors; if you want to win, if you want to win more championships, then another Don't talk about it." Yang Rui smiled.

"Jerry, I hope you can tell me seriously, if I join a big city team, do you think I still have a chance to win a championship? Do I have a chance to surpass Jordan? Win more championships?"

Yang Rui thought about it and decided to say it straight: "It's hard to win the championship, it's even harder to surpass Jordan, if a team wants to replace you, you must send a star as a bargaining chip, or a draft pick, plus the limited salary space, your Teammates will not be too strong. If you have another big-name star partner, if you can't win the championship, your popularity will further decline. Because that was not your team, think about it."

Carter nodded, lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)