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Chapter 297

After a regrettable loss, the Warriors exposed some shortcomings.

At this time, it is already the middle of the season, and the trade deadline has passed.

The question the Warriors have to face is how to go in the next half of the season?

Always have a reasonable plan.

A reporter from the "San Francisco Chronicle" reported that after an interview with the general manager of the Warriors Rowell on Tuesday, they learned that the Warriors are about to launch an impact on the playoffs.

The "San Francisco Chronicle" is the newspaper with the largest circulation in Northern California. Among the traditional media on the entire west coast, only the "Los Angeles Times" has more circulation than the "San Francisco Chronicle". Therefore, they belong to the local authority, and what they say is naturally very convincing.

The fans were very happy when they heard it. Although they didn't know if it was an official language, at least it sounded okay.

Rowell, who called out the declaration of hitting the playoffs, actually didn't have to give the target. After saying this, he put himself in a passive situation, and others tended to stare at your goal.

If it was Qin Fei, he would have shouted "Win the championship" directly, because winning the championship is a dream.

Dreams cannot be used to measure achievements at this stage.

But the goal is fine, and the goal pays attention to nodes. Newspapers in other places, such as the sports columnists of the "Los Angeles Times", really commented on this matter.

The reporter believes that although the Warriors' goal is not high, it will be difficult to achieve.

The main reason is the match between Qin Fei and the head coach.

In his article he wrote:

As we all know, Qin Fei is the scoring arrow of the Sonics. He is a very good finisher. He is very good at using his body to hit the basket, which is one of his highest scoring methods.In the Supersonics, Qin Fei got a lot of transition opportunities, and he was also good at using such opportunities to score, so his scoring efficiency was very high, and his shooting percentage was close to [-]%.

But what about the Warriors?

The speed of the Warriors team is too slow. The head coach PJ-Carlesimo is a coach who emphasizes defense and positional offense. This in itself is not very suitable for Qin Fei, so we can see that although Qin Fei's score is skyrocketing and his offense is hot, he has tried a lot of outside shots, and his shooting percentage has declined.

It has to be said that Qin Fei is an athlete with strong adjustment ability, but if he can't give full play to his strengths, the Warriors are destined to be unable to go further.

Of course, the "Los Angeles Times" has the heart to comment on other teams, because the Lakers are in good shape now.

After some troubles at the beginning of the season, the Lakers decisively replaced the head coach Harris, and then found Kurt Rambis to become the new Lakers coach.

More importantly, in this season, the Lakers officially established the O'Neal + Kobe team building idea.

For this reason, after replacing the head coach, the Lakers sent away the team's All-Star player Eddie Jones in exchange for the Hornets forward star Glenn Rice.

It is equivalent to replacing an older All-Star with a young All-Star. The only advantage is that the position of shooting guard is vacated, allowing Kobe to officially become the team's unyielding shooting guard, without having to play small forward or point guard.

The "Los Angeles Times" comment is just one aspect, and there are many media comments.

Most of what they want to express is to look down on the Warriors to make the playoffs.

The pressure of competition in the West is too great. Last season, the Warriors were one of the "big five teams" (teams with less than 20 wins) in the league. This season, before Qin Fei came, the Warriors were still playing a role in the league.What idiots are talking about!

The playoffs can be regarded as the watershed between strong teams and weak teams. Teams that cannot enter the playoffs will be arranged to enjoy lottery treatment, which is one of the league's means of strengthening the weak.

The Warriors are really underestimated, but the tickets for the Oracle Arena are getting better and better.

After Qin Fei became the star of the Warriors, the basketball market in the entire Bay Area was instantly stimulated, and a large number of Qin Fei fans emerged.

Qin Fei's Warriors No. [-] jersey was sold out, and the local garment factory processed it overnight.

The attendance rate of the stadium has increased from 56% last month to 69% this month, an increase of 13 percentage points, which is the most impressive money.

In addition, there are sneakers, souvenirs, commemorative jerseys, etc., and even the parking spaces in the arena have become a bit hot.

In the eyes of the boss, this is the commercial value.

Qin Fei, who has just joined the team for two weeks, has become like a cash cow, which must be paid for.

Therefore, General Manager Rowell invited Qin Fei's agent, Tellem, to discuss with him many times to see if Qin Fei's contract renewal could be completed as soon as possible.

In terms of his attitude towards this matter, Qin Fei didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. It's only March, so what's the rush?

The competition in the West is indeed fierce, and the season has been shortened, the schedule has been shortened, and the number of games has been shortened. It is very likely that one game can determine the direction of a season.

So for the mid-range teams, every game is very important.

The Warriors are barely considered a mid- and lower-tier team, a little better than the lower-tier teams, but the average mid-tier team doesn't seem to be absolutely sure of winning.

Qin Fei is quite good. In late March, when he came to the Warriors for more than half a month, his scoring average has risen to 3 points per game.

It was like catching up and making a rocket-like rise.

At the end of March, in the Warriors' away game against the Suns, Qin Fei scored 3 points again.

The team lost, and the personal score broke through to 24.3 points, officially surpassing Raheem, who is fourth on the scoring list this season, and ranked fourth in the league.

In front of Qin Fei, there are only three players with higher scoring average than him.

Iverson at the top of the list, O'Neal at a distance, and Karl Malone who is about to be surpassed.

Qin Fei's fans stared at the list every day, waiting for Qin Fei to surpass one by one. They would also discuss that if Qin Fei hadn't been in the Supersonics a month ago and had come to the Warriors earlier, I'm afraid he should be the league's scoring leader now, right?

In fact, Kobe is quite envious of Qin Fei's first core position in the Warriors. Qin Fei has unlimited firepower. When he wants to score in a game, everyone will give him the ball.

But before Qin Fei took the initiative to ask for the ball, his teammates passed the ball over.

This seems to have become a subtle thing.

The Warriors have too few ball-holding points, Starks, Boggs, and Qin Fei. When other ball-holding points are not open, they will always find Qin Fei.

"I always feel that everything is so perfect, as if you have planned it, first win the championship, and then become the boss of the team. Everything is so logical."

On April 4, Kobe and the Lakers came to Oakland to face the Warriors.

Before the start of the game that day, Qin Fei met with Kobe, and Kobe complained that Qin Fei's scoring average was too high, embarrassing him who is known for scoring.

"Envy?"

Qin Fei said with a smile.

"Are you kidding, we are now the second in the West, what is there to envy."

Kobe laughed, and then turned to comfort Qin Fei.

"Don't worry too much. After all, it's your first year with the Warriors. Maybe the Warriors' record will improve in the future." He added at the end, "Of course, it will be very difficult to surpass our Lakers in a while."

Before Qin Fei was in the Supersonics, his record was better than Kobe's, and his personal data was also better than Kobe's. He tasted the feeling of a championship in the second year of his career, and he was ahead in everything.

Kobe didn't say anything, but he always felt that Qin Fei was just hanging out.

It's all right now. Although Qin Fei's personal data has ushered in explosive growth, at least Kobe surpassed him in terms of record, so he is quite happy thinking about it.

This is progress, a little progress is a little bit.

Kobe didn't think so far. This year's Lakers lineup is excellent. As long as he wins the championship, he will also be a player who has won the championship, and then it is logical to pursue better basketball development.

(End of this chapter)