Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 233 Interview

When Ye Feng walked into the meeting room while wiping his hair, Jenkins was already waiting for him on the sofa.Ye Feng took a closer look at this senior NBA expert who worked for "Sports Illustrated". Jenkins was a fat middle-aged man with hazel hair, and he wore a suit that seemed casual.Moreover, Jenkins' eyes are very gentle, and he doesn't seem to be looking for gossip like other tabloid reporters.

Seeing Ye Feng walking in, Jenkins stood up and shook hands with him gracefully, without despising Ye Feng at all because of his age.He came to Portland last night and watched the first game of the semifinals on the bench. He has a strong curiosity about the young man in front of him.Of course he is not prejudiced against Chinese players. The existence of Yao Ming proves that Chinese players can succeed in the world's highest basketball hall, but before joining the NBA, there has never been a Chinese player like Ye Feng who exudes pure purity. Chinese blood, but has a very good American basketball background, and his resume before participating in the draft is not inferior to the rookies in the United States, and even worse, what kind of person is this?
After a few pleasantries between the two, the interview officially began.Ye Feng saw that Jenkins did not take out his small notebook as a reminder like other reporters, but just signaled his assistant to turn on the recording and lighting equipment, and then asked questions calmly.His first question did not surprise Ye Feng: "Ye, first of all, I would like to congratulate you. You played very well last night. This should be your best performance in the playoffs so far, right? Why?" You will suddenly play such explosive data? I believe that fans all over the United States and even the world want to know the answer to this question very much."

Ye Feng smiled and said: "Thank you for your compliment, but the victory last night was not due to me alone. Brandon, LaMarcus, Andre and other players gave me a lot of credit." Great help, even those teammates who couldn't play the whole game due to tactical reasons, also gave me spiritual encouragement in their way. The reason why we can play such data is largely because of our The decision of the head coach, Mr. McMillan, he thought that the defense I faced was relatively weak, so he let me be the scoring arrow of the whole team. This is nothing, just a pure tactical need."

"Your team suffered serious injuries this season, but you eliminated the Suns in the first round of the playoffs, and now you have a good start in the second round. How did you recover quickly? Perhaps other 29 teams should come and ask you for advice."

"As you said, our condition this season is not very good. Many teammates have suffered injuries, especially Greg. It is a great loss for us to be reimbursed for the season as the starting center. But it is precisely because of the Adversity, that's why we ignited the ambition to move forward. In other words, this is spiritual strength. If we didn't cheer ourselves up every day, we might not even make the playoffs."

"Actually, I am very interested in you personally. Although you are Chinese, you grew up in the atmosphere of American basketball, and you have won many individual and team awards because of this. So, did Chinese basketball grow up? To what effect?"

"It's like this. I always think that I am still a Chinese player. Even though I was trained by American basketball, my blood makes me understand that I am Chinese no matter what. But when it comes to Chinese basketball, it is actually in my growth. It didn’t play any role in the process, maybe the only thing is that when the Chinese men’s basketball team participates in the World Championships and the Olympics, I will cheer for them in front of the TV, right?”

"But as far as I know, your father is a retired player. Didn't he instill in you some ideas about Chinese basketball?"

Ye Feng was a little wary, but Jenkins' eyes told him that it was really just because of his personal curiosity, and he didn't deliberately target Chinese basketball. He thought for a while and said: "Your work is very good before the official interview. My father did He used to be a professional player, and also participated in the training camp of the Chinese men's basketball team, but you may have forgotten one thing, he played in the Spanish league. If it is said that the most influential player to him should be European basketball, and as his Son, I don't think I need to say more about what influences I have more?"

Jenkins smiled awkwardly, and found that his question was indeed inappropriate, so he changed the subject very simply, and continued to ask: "About your alumni and buddies Love and Westbrook at the university, what do you think about their performance this season? Is there anything you want to say?"

"Kevin and Russell are both very good players. They have grown very fast this season, and they are not even worse than me. I was able to reach the semi-finals largely because my team is better than Timberwolves and Thunder. Strong, this is something they cannot compare with. However, I am very optimistic about the teams they play for, and I believe that they can all find a place in the top eight in the Western Conference in the near future." This is also Ye Feng's small strategy, he I don't want to offend the fans of Minnesota and Oklahoma City because of my casual words. This kind of "optimistic about their future" is the best excuse.

After the two chatted for a while, Jenkins once again turned the topic to this year's playoffs. In his opinion, it was incredible for the Blazers to beat the Suns to complete the next game, but Ye Feng said: "We don't have the records shown. So bad, the Suns are indeed a very strong team, Nash and Stoudemire are one of the best pick-and-roll combinations in the league, Richardson's outside shooting also caused us a lot of trouble, but We still gritted our teeth and beat them and showed our strength. And we must know that among the four teams in the West that broke into the second round, three of them were lower than their opponents in the first round."

Jenkins asked curiously: "So what is your goal this season? The finals?"

Ye Feng shook his head and said: "We have only finished the first game of the semi-finals now, and no one knows what will happen next. If we leave other factors aside, our goal is of course the championship, but things can't be perfect." According to our ideas, there will always be various accidents. So our first goal at the moment is to beat the Spurs, and then, try to go as far as we can!"

(End of this chapter)