Legendary basketball manager

Over the past few years, Nike's players have been the league's best.

Whether it is Kobe or James, the influence in the NBA is unique.

What many people don't know is that Nowitzki is actually a player under Nike.

Therefore, after completing a nearly perfect series, Nike president Phil Knight immediately smelled a business opportunity.

Immediately after the end of the tie-break between the Mavericks and the Lakers, they wrote on their official Twitter:

"The king of heaven! Dirk is starting his era. The next goal-the Western Conference championship!"

Below this tweet, Nike also included a photo of the tiebreaker between the Mavericks and the Rockets many years ago.

In the photo, Nowitzki is talking and laughing with his teammates.

On the other side of the court, the Yao-Mai combination put a towel on their head, their body language was very decadent.

Obviously, the game has entered garbage time at this time, and the Mavericks won the victory in a crushing state.

This photo has nothing to do with the content of the tweet, and the provocation is self-evident.

Nike released such a picture at this node, obviously declaring war on the Rockets, or Shen Fei's Under Armour!

Fans soon poured into the comment area to express their views.

"Dirk is indeed at his peak this year. We have never seen him so dominant. But the Rockets are no longer the Rockets. In comparison, I am more optimistic about the strong Rockets."

"Let me briefly review the playoffs between the Mavericks and the Rockets that year. The Rockets were the dominant side in the playoffs that year, but the Rockets' bench lineup was the bottom of the league. Except for Yao and Tracy, there were no other players. The players can help share the pressure, which is why the tiebreaker was defeated."

"I'm an old fan upstairs. I still remember that in that game, the combination of Yao and Mai played very efficiently, but apart from the two of them, the performance of the Rockets can only be described as horrible. But we all know that the current There's no way the Rockets will ever repeat the same mistakes they made."

"Nike is going to make trouble! The Mavericks finally beat the Lakers, so they started to provoke the Rockets? How do I feel that facing Griffin, Ben Wallace, Tucker and other insiders, Novus Key can't play the dominance of this series?"

"In my opinion, the Rockets played the first two rounds too smoothly; and the Mavericks can pass the Lakers, this team has undergone a qualitative change! This can also be seen from the last game! Looking forward to Noah Wieski brings individual heroism to the extreme!"

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Fans expressed their opinions, but most still favored the Rockets as the better team.

However, this is exactly the public opinion environment that Phil Knight wants.

During this period of time, he sorted out and studied all of Shen Fei's actions after appearing in the public eye.

With the deepening of the arrangement, Phil Knight was more and more surprised by Shen Fei.

The various operations of this young Asian man can be described in two words, one to describe his behavior style - pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and the other to describe the results of his operations - amazing!

From the beginning of the trade with the Pacers and the acquisition of Paul George, all of Shen Fei's deals were received at the lowest position.

Then I don't know what means to quickly maximize the value of the players.

During this process, Shen Fei not only rapidly improved the Rockets' strength, but also retained a large amount of team assets.

"Obviously sitting on the best lineup in the league, the draft picks for the next few years can still be firmly held in his hands, and the team's salary space is also very healthy... This is simply cheating!"

This is Phil Knight's final evaluation of Shen Fei.

And this time Nike deliberately released a provocative signal, just to change the public opinion environment-the Rockets are now the dominant side, it is a miracle that the Mavericks can win, and it is only natural to lose.

In this way, as long as Nowitzki can continue to perform superbly and lead the Mavericks to victory, the reputation the Rockets have accumulated for a year will be quickly diluted.

At the end of the season, people's deepest impression of this season may become - this is a legendary season belonging to the Mavericks and Nowitzki!

And Nowitzki, as the not-leading star under Nike, can defeat the Rockets, which is known as the base camp of Under Armour...

At that time, both the Rockets and Under Armor will be labeled as "drive high and go low" by the outside world.

In this way, Nike's leading position in the NBA will be more stable!

............

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Fei drove to the office early.

After finishing his daily affairs, he sat on the sofa, drinking the coffee his assistant had just made, while swiping his phone.

Soon, Shen Fei also noticed Nike's movements.

But for this, he just laughed it off and didn't take it to heart.

There is no other reason, this kind of trivial skill is completely useless in the face of absolute strength.

As long as the Rockets can beat the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals, the rhythm brought by Nike this time will actually create momentum for the Rockets.

In the last round, the Rockets defeated the young Thunder.

Durant of the Thunder is the most promising person in Nike in the near future.

It can be seen from various media reports that before the start of this season, they handed over the important task of beating Rose (Adi) to kd.

But now, Curry and George in the Rockets played equally well in the series against the Thunder.

Especially Curry, he played at the same level as Durant.

If Curry can continue his outstanding performance against the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals and help the team eliminate the Mavericks...

Under Armour's players completed the "double kill" against two Nike generals!

Once the Rockets can defeat the Heat in the finals and reach the summit smoothly, Under Armor will almost "step on" Nike to win the championship.

In this case, it will be very helpful for Under Armor to continue to grow in the future.

In other words, nike's move may destroy the Rockets for a season to accumulate reputation, but it may also make the Rockets soar!

And Shen Fei is confident that things will eventually develop in the latter situation.

At this moment, the long-lost system prompt suddenly sounded in his mind:

"Ding! Now release the main task - to break doubts, the momentum is like breaking a bamboo. Please host all the doubts people have about the rocket with the kingly way, and lay a solid foundation for the dynasty."

"Task content:

(1) Public announcement: The Rockets will maintain a record of unbeaten victories in the next playoffs, winning 8 games in a row to win the championship.

(2) Turn announcements into reality. "

"Mission Reward: (1) [Legendary Random Star Skill Pack]*1; (2) $20 billion;"

After hearing this, Shen Fei was overjoyed.

It is true that this task is not small, but once successful, it will be of great help to him to complete the follow-up main task!

There are two [Legendary Random Star Skill Packs], which means that Shen Fei can "create" two star-level Chinese players.

With the addition of Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, and Jeremy Lin, the Huaxia men's basketball team will have no problem starting!

But having said that, if Shen Fei declares to the public now that the Rockets plan to shave the heads of both the Mavericks and the Heat...

I'm afraid the world will think he is crazy, right?

No matter how strong the rocket is, it can't be so crazy!

Shen Fei also wanted to keep a low profile, but this time the system obviously wanted to make trouble.

For the generous mission rewards, he could only do this.

Ever since, he directly contacted the director of the Rockets' media department by phone to inform him of his intention.

"What?! Boss, do you really want to do this?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was full of disbelief.

"Well, for the specific content, I will edit the text and send it to you, and you can just post it on our official Twitter."

Shen Fei said in a flat but undeniable tone.

"Okay... okay."

When his own boss spoke, he knew it was wrong, so he had no choice but to follow through.

Ever since, at noon, the Rockets officially sent such a tweet:

"Thanks to Nike for helping us recall the memories of our failures."

"In order to forget this pain, the Rockets will win eight games in a row in the next game."

"The two future opponents, I'm sorry!"

As soon as this tweet came out, it rushed to Twitter's trending searches in less than 5 minutes.

Countless fans quickly poured into the comment area, and the number of replies reached four digits in a very short period of time.

"Is this account hacking? I guess some extreme Rockets fan used hacking methods to post this tweet."

"Li Liyuan is on the map! Nike just posted a picture for provocation, and everyone needs to understand it. This is a direct provocation by the Rockets!"

"If you want to destroy people, you must first make them crazy. Shen Fei has already drifted away. He has no idea how good Deke and his Mavericks, LeBron and his Heat are!"

"Upstairs, what is LeBron's Heat? Dwayne has already won the championship for this Heat, and now he is at his peak. Why isn't the Heat his team?"

"Speechless, I said that I kill people without blinking an eye, and you ask me if my eyes are dry? The point I want to emphasize is that Shen Fei is too crazy! As for the Heat's team, I dare not jump to conclusions, but their best player is LeBron, that's true."

"Is the official Twitter of each family so wild now? The Rockets mean that they want to win the championship in eight games? The Lakers in the dynastic era were all won by the 76ers in the Finals. The Rockets are too confident right?"

"There are so many Chinese people in the Rockets. Isn't there more than an old Chinese saying, 'Arrogant soldiers must be defeated'? Now I am optimistic about the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals and send the Rockets home!"

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Fans of each team dissed the Rockets one after another, and the fans of the Rockets were also trembling with fear from the official statement at this time, and dared not speak.

Then, something even more astonishing happened.

This controversial tweet was actually forwarded by Shen Fei.

He also wrote in a postscript: "Victory streak check: 0/8."

All the fans:? ? ?

As the saying goes, the shorter the content, the bigger the thing!

Shen Fei's short sentence directly escalated the situation further.

If you talk about the official words of the Rockets, everyone can still think that the team's words are too arrogant in order to cheer themselves up.

Then Shen Fei's "count" is to blatantly provoke the two future playoff opponents.

"What do you mean? The Rockets really plan to shave the Mavericks and the Heat bald? Nowitzki is so shameless, and the Big Three are so shameless? Let's not talk about whether such lies can be realized. Do the Rockets know what respect is? "

"Upstairs, you asked if the Rockets understand respect, do you understand respect? Did the Bulls fight the Heat? You were eliminated directly?"

"I see, this Shen Fei is a lunatic! Do you remember what he said when he first took over the Rockets at the beginning of the season? He wants to win the championship immediately, and he will win the championship this season! Now it is even crazier. Going to sweep the opponent?!"

In the end, even ESPN's famous commentator, A-Smith, left the field to comment.

He forwarded Shen Fei's tweet and said: "Unruly is one of the characteristics of young people, but I support Shen Fei's ambition and will count with him."

Mavericks player Caron Butler couldn't sit still and became the first player in the relevant team to end.

He commented: "I don't know about you, but we will guard the American Airlines Arena and prepare for the wrath of the Dallas Cowboys."

There is a retired MMA player named Serrado.

He is a loyal fan of the Mavericks, so he also aggressively left a message under Shen Fei's Twitter:

"Arrogant young man, you'd better stay out of my sight, or I'll kick your ass hard!"

At this time, the Rockets' players also came off the court to shout.

Ben Wallace replied directly to Cerrado: "Shut your dog's mouth, or we can make an appointment with an octagonal cage."

Cerrado replied immediately: "Don't you think your boss is too high-profile and arrogant?"

Big Ben didn't give in at all: "He can say whatever he wants to say, for his words, my teammates and I will do our best to do it."

Cerrado: "6."

.......

The next day, Toyota Center Arena.

The Rockets will come to the training hall early to prepare for routine training.

The first topic after everyone met was naturally Shen Fei's speech.

Although Shen Fei only tweeted a "winning streak count", everyone knew that the team's official Twitter must have been released at his behest.

When Mark Jackson also arrived at the training hall, the Rockets immediately gathered around him.

"Don't ask me why he tweeted like this, I don't know either. I just know that since the boss said so, we can only do our best."

Mark Jackson said straight to the point.

"Coach, we're under a lot of pressure now. We lost a game against the Thunder. But we can't lose a game against the Mavericks!"

Lowry said.

"There is still a big difference between winning a series and winning a series without losing. In the past two days, we must study the strategy against the enemy."

Yao Ming touched his chin and analyzed.

"The Mavericks will definitely beat us with all their strength, everyone should be mentally prepared."

McGrady still looked bleary-eyed, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly after speaking.

Among the Rockets players, he should be the one with the most relaxed mentality.

"In the next game, I will definitely have to show better performance."

Curry said seriously.

Interestingly, although everyone felt that the task was arduous, no one questioned Shen Fei's behavior.

There's no way, my own boss, of course, has to be pampered.

Isn't it just an eight-game winning streak?

You have to take it off even if you grit your teeth!

This is the mentality of the Rockets players!

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Three days later, Toyota Center Arena.

The battle between the Rockets and the Mavericks is about to start!