Reborn NBA's Strongest Talent

Chapter 60 60. Responses after the game (please subscribe, please recommend)

After the game, Donovan brought Westbrook and Richard to the press conference for an interview.

The team's two winning heroes.

Richard had 25 points, and the more powerful Westbrook had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.

At the press conference, the huge spotlight had already illuminated the rostrum as if it were dawn, and the reporters stayed up all night waiting for the protagonist to arrive.

Donovan walked out slowly with two disciples, and the scene suddenly became a commotion like a pot exploded, and the sound of various flash lights and cameras "clicked".

Donovan sat in the center of the rostrum, Westbrook and Richard sat on the left and right.

The reporters calmed down and returned to their seats to sit down.

"Let's start asking questions." The on-site host presided over the venue, and asked people to ask questions one by one.

"Coach Donovan, the Thunder have won 5 out of 4 games recently, what is the magic weapon for the team to win?" This is the official reporter, and all the questions are positive publicity.

"We try our best in every game, and this is the key to winning." The answer is also so official.

"Coach Donovan, the team's players have performed very well recently, especially Westbrook and Richard. What do you think of this state?"

Westbrook scored consecutive triple-doubles, and Richard scored 20 consecutive points. Such a performance is rare in a duo.

"Russell scores part-time in addition to organizing the offense, and Richard is our important scoring weapon. The team's victory is inseparable from the two of them." Donovan praised the two without hesitation, and it can be seen that he is very satisfied with the recent performance.

"Coach, Richard took 20 shots today, and Westbrook also took 18 shots. The two of them accounted for more than 40% of the team's shots, but the scores did not match. What do you think about this?" The question gradually became acute.

In order to dig out news in every game, the reporters also racked their brains to find the bones in the eggs.

"Russell and Richard are both very efficient today, and I don't think there is any problem with their handling." Donovan is not used to some boring questions.

"Richard has taken more shots than the head star. Is this really no problem? Or is it that the team wants to tap another giant?"

The word giant is used here, which is obviously ironic. More importantly, this question has the intention of provoking.

Of course, this is also a fact. Although Richard's excessive singles play in this game has not caused any harm to the team, it is not necessarily a good thing.

Not everyone can lead the team to victory in singles. Richard is just a rookie. Even if he can score 36 points, it does not mean that he can play well in every game.

"Whoever is in better condition in the team, of course let whoever shoots. I am an organizer, and I don't want the most shots." Westbrook answered the question ahead of Donovan.

Donovan also deliberately slowed down his movements. The parties involved can understand each other better when answering this kind of question. If Donovan answers, maybe Westbrook will have a grudge in his heart.

"Is it possible that Richard will have more ball possessions than you in the future?" The reporter grabbed hold of it, obviously wanting to dig deeper.

"As I said just now, I will give the ball to the team whose performance is better. As for the possession of the ball, that is a question for the coach to allocate." After answering the question impatiently, Westbrook continued, "Please ask the next reporter."

Answer without mercy, no wonder there is a saying in the league that "Westbrook and Popovich are the most difficult two to interview."

The reporter could only stop speaking in dismay.

"Richard, you have scored 20 points in three consecutive games, what do you think?"

"As the coach said, my duty is to score. I will use my efforts to get more points and keep the team winning."

Just when everyone thought that Richard had finished answering, Richard grabbed the microphone again, "I am very grateful to the coach and the players for their trust. It is their support that gave me the opportunity to get high scores again and again. Especially Westbrook, he gave me a lot of assists."

Leaning over the table, Richard gave Westbrook a thumbs up, and Westbrook responded with one.

"Richard, the grievances between you and Merritt are spreading wildly on the Internet. At the beginning, he said harshly that you can't score 36 for the second time. Now you have scored [-] for the fourth time and scored [-] points. How are you going to respond to Merritt?"

The reporter didn't mention Merritt's bet, but he put the issue before Richard.It is clear that it is not a big deal to watch the excitement, and I dare not offend the commentators.

Richard gave the reporter a blank look, trying to trick me and see how I would fight back, "I don't know Mr. Merritt, so there is no conflict between us. What he said on the show is probably because he thinks I have potential and wants to use aggressive methods to make me work hard. I am very grateful to Mr. Merritt for his painstaking efforts."

After some words, he first put aside whether there was any grievance with Merritt, and then gave Merritt enough face to laugh it off.

But then Richard wanted to fight back against these reporters, "As for the bet issue, you have repeatedly raised it. What is your intention? Do you want to see Mr. Merritt's embarrassment so much?"

He fought back and slammed the pot on the reporter's head.

The reporter was speechless, and it was impossible to explain anything at the press conference. There was no chance for him to speak here.

No one cared about this deflated reporter, but someone gloated at him, imagining how Merritt would react the next day.

"Richard, in the small ball era where three-pointers are rampant, you are uncharacteristically hitting the mid-range. What is the reason? Will you be eliminated by the times like this?"

Richard's current scoring is almost all concentrated in the mid-range, with relatively few long-range three-pointers and offense at the basket. This is indeed an abnormal phenomenon in the small ball era.

"Everyone is not playing in this area, isn't that just an open space?"

Richard's humorous answer sparked a burst of laughter.

The press conference ended in a joyous atmosphere, which neither the PR department nor the reporters expected.

After the press conference was over, Richard went back to the dormitory, only to see an unread message on his phone while lying on the bed.

It has been more than an hour since Luo Xi sent the message after the game.

"Licha, your performance today is awesome. But Jason said that you are not the same as before."

This guy, Sneijder, dared to judge himself. It seemed that he didn't want the tickets for the game.

"What did Jason say?"

After Richard sent the message, he was about to go to bed. It's so late that Luo Xi probably won't reply to him. Just read the reply tomorrow morning.

"Ding dong" there is news.

Richard was very surprised that he returned the message so late.

"Jason said that you played too independently today and should pass the ball more. But I think you played very well offensively and attracted a lot of defenses. At the same time, you can still score goals against more defenses, which shows that you are very good!"

"Thank you for your compliment, are you still up so late?"

Luo Xi's words made Richard feel a little giddy, but when he thought about it carefully, he didn't have to face so many defenses. Wouldn't it be easier to let his teammates pull the defense away to score?

It's not efficient enough to score 20 points on 25 shots.

"I'm studying. I didn't expect you to reply to the message so late. If you are so tired from playing, go to bed early."

The next day, word got out, and Merritt blasted the reporter.

Merritt said that he has no grievances with Richard, and apologized for the harm caused to Richard by his previous remarks. In the future, he will pay more attention to Richard and wish Richard a better season performance.

The matter seemed to come to an end like this, and no one mentioned the bet in the end.

There were more and more news about Richard, and the media began to give full praise to this yellow-skinned kid with a high EQ.

These news spread back to Huaxia, and a famous sports brand that had been following Richard for a while finally made the next move.

"Assistant Gao, go to Oklahoma City, USA, and have a close contact with this Richard." A mature man in his fifties with a calm face called his assistant.

"Okay, President. I'll get up and go tomorrow and report the situation to you at any time." Assistant Gao quickly fed back his arrangement.

"Well, let's take a closer look. We need someone who can open up the market." The president hung up the phone after he finished speaking, and was lost in thought as he stared at the huge photo of Richard on the computer screen, tapping the desktop with his fingers.

Although he also has yellow skin and black eyes, this Richard has suddenly entered the public eye. Even if he didn't attract any attention in the previous draft, it is worrying that he is starting to shine in the competition at this time, whether it is a flash in the pan.

Even if it's not a flash in the pan, Richard, who is not of Chinese descent, has no feelings for Huaxia, will he be willing to endorse and open up the market, or is it purely for money, and those who only use money to measure the contract will eventually leave for money.

Li Chade didn't know that someone was already making up his mind and giving him money, otherwise he wouldn't be happy.

At this time, Richard sneezed a few times, rubbed his nose and snorted uncomfortably, "Who is speaking ill of me behind my back?"

"I'm afraid you have a cold. I had too much close contact with the Northland wolves yesterday, and the cold entered my body." Adams, you can be more funny.

"Wolf? I think they're just huskies." Kanter, don't sing along, okay?

"Listen carefully!" Westbrook couldn't help yelling, Donovan was explaining today's training content, and all of you were gossiping below.

It's just that Westbrook himself didn't listen carefully. The consecutive victories made everyone feel more relaxed. What's more, the previous victory only relied on Westbrook, but now he has teammates who can help.

The pressure is really much less.

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