"Lelin, we don't need to operate it, right?"

"What is operation?"

"It's just how you send a press release to guide public opinion..."

"Oh, Lelin knows, of course, the operation needs to be done! Look at James, there are so many news that he should win the best rookie, how badly Anthony was trampled, and Bosh was also said to be able to play well by Nash."

"Is this related to Anthony himself? He was afraid that others wouldn't know that he came from Baltimore, and he didn't avoid reporters when he went to the bar with the Denver gangsters."

"This kind of thing is not common in NBA players. Marbury is similar to Anthony, but Marbury doesn't have many reporters reporting on him. He still plays in New York, while Anthony plays in Denver. Brother, think about it, whose interests are touched?"

"Lelin, you know too much. Who told you about these strange things?"

"Lelin heard what Jason said while playing in the scouting team."

"I want your father to deduct his salary. How can you tell me so much about this kind of thing, a child?"

"Lelin is about to go to high school! Not young!"

"..." Zhang Hao looked at the little loli, was stunned, and said, "Yes, you turned 14 not long ago... We have known each other for almost 9 years!"

"..." The little loli was speechless.

Are you talking about this topic?

Aren't you talking about operation?

Lelin asked, "Brother, do we want to operate it?"

"I don't mind the operation, but Nash is also the spokesperson for our company..."

"We don't have to fry him the bad stuff, just compare it with the players who have obtained three consecutive MVPs. Moreover, if you don't operate, you uncle and Robert have already started operating for Nash."

"It's really my real father and relatives!"

“Is it operated?”

"Let's luck!"

"Okay, Lelin is going to work!"

"Work? Come and help me run it?"

"Of course it's not Lelin who comes to operate it. Lelin is only responsible for issuing orders. Dad opened a media company for Lelin."

"Ah? I remember your eldest brother, who is still working as a store manager in your coffee shop, right? Mr. Schultz... is your good dad!"

...

After the regular season, Zhang Hao received a lot of praise. As the regular season MVP in the past two years, he has been put into the ranks of MVP popular again.

If he could have three consecutive games, of course he hoped to have three consecutive games. He played so hard at the end of the regular season, and averaged 41 minutes per game in 12 games, far higher than the average of 35 minutes in the early stage of the season, and the average of 38 minutes in the middle and late stages of the season was much higher... Before the start of the season, he did not think about continuing to make a fortune, but by the end of the season, the mood of unconsciously trying to make a wave emerged.

But now, he found that with the changes of the times, he was about to enter the information age, and some things became very different.

Zhang Hao is actually very familiar with operations. It is too common for future operations. It is just that he has lived in this era for a long time and has gotten used to the current pace of life.

For example, for winning an award.

What Zhang Hao is used to is that he has a good relationship with the media, and it depends on his strength.

But the situation this year is a bit different. After the launch of the xp1a version, many things have changed in more than a year!

Information dissemination has become more convenient and has lower cost... The changes brought about by this are too big and too big.

For example, "operation", "operation" in various industries has begun to become popular quickly.

There were similar things in the past, such as bribing media and exploring black news.

But you have to take a lot of risks, the relationship is really strong, and the party who has to collect money has a strong character, otherwise it may become a handle.

It’s different now. As long as the person who operates is close enough, there is almost no handle.

Especially in the current era when information and communication technology is booming but there is almost no supervision, even if you know something is wrong, you can't find any evidence.

Zhang Hao couldn't accept the fact that he used hype competitors' black material to increase the probability of winning awards, even if the black material had facts to follow.

But regarding self-flatter... based on facts, Zhang Hao thinks it is OK...

This season is unprecedentedly tired, even more tired than the year he just came back. Of course, he wants others to know about this performance.

When the salary of a player reaches a certain level and the future salary is guaranteed, what you care about is more about face and enjoyment is the joy of constantly transcending and creating, as well as people's cheers and praises.

The current era is much more complicated than before.

Zhang Hao chose to look at the operation, hype, and the goal was to make more people feel that he is worthy of the three consecutive MVPs on the basis of his MVP performance, so that more media can vote for him.

If you want to be simpler, you won’t have so many worries.

...

...

The playoffs are about to begin, and the voting work of the official NBA awards is being carried out one after another, and news about candidates for the major awards continues to be hot.

Players from teams that have not made the playoffs have already started their holidays.

Playoff teams without home court advantage will go to their opponent's city to prepare for the final pre-playoffs after the regular season.

The situation for each playoff team is not very different.

What Zhang Hao learned is that the four teams, the Spurs, Mavericks, Bulls and 76ers, are busy.

And their Supersonics team is very relaxed and enjoyable.

Maybe it will be quite stressful for the third place to enter the playoffs. For example, it is not easy for the Heat in the Eastern Conference to play against the Cavaliers.

But the first two in the East and West are really not under pressure in the first round, and they are very relaxed.

Although there are some black and black situations, black and black are still too rare in the entire history of NBA.

Even in the Wild East this season, the record gap between the second and seventh place is quite obvious. The Pacers won 61 and the Wizards won 52, leaving 9 wins.

Not to mention their Supersonics, the Suns players who came to Seattle were in a relaxed mood.

After Hu Weidong came to Seattle, he immediately came to Zhang Hao to talk about this season and this year's Olympics.

Zhang Hao felt that perhaps it was such a relaxed mentality and such a relaxed atmosphere that led to the appearance of Black Eighth two times before. Fortunately in 1999, the Knicks and Heat were not that big in the record gap. In 1994, the Nuggets Black Eighth and their Supersonics were really too relaxed.

The two teams did not have the hostile atmosphere of "I want to eliminate you and you want to kill me". Artest also went to chat with Grant Hill.

Zhang Hao thought Artest was very interesting from the beginning. The longer he was a teammate, the more he could discover Artest's magicality.

Artest in the original time and space, the Bulls in the post-Jordan era, played and made friends with the Pacers, who were all at the bottom of the league or the old players.

But after he arrived at the Lakers, he began to make friends with those positive players, and in the end he made his reputation from infamous to pretty good. Even though he was so proud of NBA Junyi, he did not take the title of villain again.

The Artest felt by Zhang Hao was not the kind of person who was particularly scheming, his personality, and his way of dealing with people and things was not particularly smart.

But Artest has one advantage to climb up!

Artest is the outside star that the team focuses on training, so Zhang Hao naturally pays extra attention to him.

He found that Artest actually did not have those lofty ideals, but his near goal was clear and he moved closer to him, Zhang, and wanted to become a player like him, Zhang.

Artest doesn't want to stay at the bottom. When he is not valued much in the rookie season, he is still working hard. He just wants to climb up and try hard to seize the opportunity if he has the opportunity.

Thick-skinned, clear goals, dare to think and do... On this basis, he still has talent to play...

In fact, the focus is on the first three aspects. Even if the talent is not that good, Artest's first three personalities and characteristics of doing things are destined to be on the road to success. As long as he is not particularly unlucky, he will not be the first to be eliminated.

In any industry, staying is more important than anything else.

Unlike the original time and space, Artest here joined their Supersonics when he entered the NBA. The Supersonics have been the strongest team in recent years. Artest has become a star step by step, and the players he comes into contact with have gradually transitioned from a bottom-level player to a top-level star. Now Artest joins Zhang Hao's "Free Come and Go Training Camp" in the summer. The ones who drink and go to the bar are Kobe, Pierce, Garnett, Nash, and O'Neal...

Zhang Hao felt that Artest was going to have a dinner with Grant Hill, and he might not have thought about what to do, such as the huge energy behind Grant Hill, etc. He felt that Artest was imitating him and making friends with various stars...

...

Soon, on April 20, the first game day of the 2003-2004 season playoffs arrived.

After lunch, Zhang Hao read the news and at 12 o'clock, the league had announced the best manager of the season.

The Pistons' character male manager Joe Dumas, relying on his favor to Grant Hill, signed Nash and Rashid Wallace naked in the summer. The Pistons became the league's first place, setting a number of regular season team records. Joe Dumas also won the Best Manager Award of the Season.

A team that rises to compete for the championship always requires an excellent general manager.

In Zhang Hao's impression, Joe Dumas, who originally created the Piston Five Tigers in time and space, is the most special one. His ability is not so outstanding.

Originally, in time and space, Joe Dumas exchanged Grant Hill for Ben Wallace, who was 26 years old and only averaged 4 points, 8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game because Grant Hill wanted to leave; Starkhouse exchanged for Hamilton because Starkhouse wanted to join senior Jordan; signing Billups in four years was just a pretty good operation...

But if you do too many good things, you will always turn luck. People rely on these transactions and signings that are not too many people care about when they are in progress. Finally, they formed the Five Tigers. When they reached the finals, no one looked down on them, but they beat the four Lakers 4-1.

At 5 pm Eastern Time, the Pistons played against the Bucks at home, kicking off this year's playoffs.

When the game between the Pistons and the Bucks started, Zhang Hao came to the lounge in the stadium. Before the warm-up time was yet to come, he watched the start of the first game between the Pistons and the Bucks... The game was more intense than expected!

The Bucks are a team of 50+ wins. Zhang Hao has raised his strength estimate for the Bucks, but the Bucks lead the Pistons 29-19 in the first quarter by 10 points. Billups led Reed and Lewis beat the Pistons for the whole quarter, which still surprised Zhang Hao.

Even in the playoffs, even if the confrontation is strengthened, the Pistons lose the rhythm, and the Pistons' rhythm is controlled by George Carl's tactics and Billups' control. This is still an unimaginable situation in Zhang Hao's opinion.

Billups, Reed, Lewis, Tim Thomas, Joe Smith, this lineup can actually play so well! Zhang Hao didn't focus on this team at the tail of the Eastern Conference playoffs. When he arrived in the playoffs, he saw that it was the Pistons' series and saw that the Bucks had Billups, and he took a look at it, and then he realized that the Bucks performed so amazingly.

The Bucks' three highs in the frontcourt made the Pistons almost hold their breath! The three highs blocked the space in the inside, and the Pistons failed to rush up and the offense was not good!
To be continued...