Chapter 492 Aim to win the championship and strengthen points
Chapter 492: Goal to win the championship and strengthen points
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Wang Feng's gaze made the interviewing reporters wonder if there was any flaw in the question they just asked.
Then he saw Wang Feng sigh, raise his head and ask.
"Do you know what my results were last season? I won the championship. So, as a champion, why should I set my goal for the new season in the conference semifinals?"
The reporter looked at Wang Feng blankly, and the latter said categorically: "As I said before, the reason why I chose the Warriors is because I think it is more suitable for my subsequent development. You won't think that the development I am talking about comes from
A championship team becomes a team aiming for the second round of the playoffs, right?"
"There is no need to ask this kind of question. My goal has only been one from the beginning, and that is the championship!"
There was silence.
Both the reporter and the cameraman were stunned by Wang Feng.
Is this a joke?
Target championship?
If Wang Feng were still with the Knicks, there would be nothing wrong with saying this. Even the Knicks have become the biggest favorite in the league to win the championship, and the winning odds are even far higher than those of the Bulls, Rockets and other powerful players.
But now he has just signed a contract with the Warriors. In order to get Wang Feng and free up salary space, the Warriors did not hesitate to trade Tim Hardaway away from the team, and also gave up the No. 1 pick Joe Smith.
The Warriors last season were the third-to-last team in the Western Conference. In everyone's eyes, Wang Feng's ability to lead this team back to the playoffs is already very impressive. As for competing for the championship...
Sorry, from the perspective of most people, the Warriors are not one of the favorites to win the championship.
Wang Feng's chat was so good that even the reporter who interviewed him didn't know what to do next. He could only forcefully laugh twice and said flatteringly: "I hope you and the Warriors can do well in the new season."
Achieve the goal and win the championship..."
Once this interview report was released, it immediately aroused strong reactions in the league and even the United States.
Most people think that Wang Feng is too arrogant. He just helped the Knicks win a championship. He is already floating. He can even shout the slogan of winning the championship.
"It seems that Wang Feng did not realize that he was able to win the championship in the first season of his career not because of how strong he was, but because he was in the Knicks. Last season, the Knicks reached the finals and competed with
The Rockets played seven games and were just a hair away from winning the championship."
"There is no doubt that Wang Feng has strong strength, but it is also an indisputable fact that the Knicks themselves have top overall strength. Top superstar Ewing and many All-Star players, even without Wang Feng, they will still be the best team next season.
One of the favorites to win the championship.”
"If Wang Feng really mistakenly believes that the Knicks can win the championship because of him, then the cruel reality of the new season will completely crush him and make him understand that the NBA is not as simple as imagined."
For a time, the entire league was filled with voices that were not optimistic about Wang Feng's career with the Warriors.
As Wang Feng’s former teammate, Knicks guard and All-Star player Starks said this in an interview.
"Perhaps everyone thinks Wang Feng is so awesome. He averaged a triple-double of 30+10+10 in the playoffs and was the biggest contributor to the Knicks' championship... I personally disagree with this statement.
, Wang Feng is indeed a very outstanding player, but he is not as strong as everyone thinks. The reason why he can appear so invincible on the court is directly related to the silent hard work of other players in the team."
"It is the Knicks team that created Wang Feng. Without Patrick to support Wang Feng in the paint, without other players selflessly helping him attract the opponent's defensive focus and expand space, how could he alone be able to achieve that level?"
Many people are very happy to do things that add insult to injury, especially the Knicks players.
Originally, everyone was happy for the team to win the championship, but with Wang Feng leaving the team, overnight not many people in the league were optimistic that the Knicks would continue to defend the championship.
Doesn’t this mean that everyone believes that the Knicks’ championship is due to Wang Feng?
Although Ewing was criticized very badly for his 18 million super contract, he was scolded non-stop for blindly pursuing a big contract regardless of the overall strength of the team, which directly led to the weakening of the team in the new season, but others
At least I got one FMVP trophy.
But what about Starks and other backbones of the team? Under Wang Feng's halo, they have all become role players worth mentioning, completely reduced to foils.
Anyone else would be very unhappy to be treated like this, let alone John Starks, the Knicks' second-best player for many years.
When he participated in a TV show, he bluntly said that the reason why Wang Feng looks so powerful is because the Knicks are very strong as a whole, and the opponent team puts most of their defensive focus on Ewing and them.
, thus allowing Wang Feng to score easily.
Ordinary fans don't know whether this statement is reasonable, but they think it is very reasonable. As a rookie player who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and only played half a season in the NBA, Wang Feng is also a Chinese. Why?
Maybe even Jordan is no match for him?
Wang Feng's arrogant words about his goal of winning the championship during the interview also caused a large number of fans to take a turn for the worse, mocking Wang Feng for speaking too loudly and not knowing how high the level of the world is.
The Warriors front office just feels like a beeping dog at this moment.
What the hell is this? Wang Feng actually created such a big problem for them without saying a word.
One thing to say is that the goal of the Warriors management next season is just to get the team back to the playoffs as much as possible. As for how far they can go in the playoffs, they dare not even think about it.
After all, after some operations, the Warriors are completely different from the team that could win 50 games in the regular season two years ago.
Wang Feng's remarks immediately put them in a very awkward position.
This player who will be regarded by the Warriors as the core of the team in the next few years has already said that he will compete for the championship. If the Warriors continue to say that their goal is to return to the playoffs, what is the difference from the Joker? It will definitely be
He was ridiculed by the outside world for being unambitious and having no ambition at all.
But if he agrees, Wang Feng’s goal of winning the championship is certain. What if he fails to achieve it?
That's fine if they fail to do so. If the Warriors' record in the new season is bad and they can't even make it to the playoffs, then the whole Warriors team will really become a joke.
Therefore, after careful consideration, the Warriors management decided to respond to the large number of reporters who came by silence.
Anyway, I won’t express my opinion, so you can make your own guesses.
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After the topic caused by Wang Feng was fermented in the alliance for a period of time, it gradually faded away.
After all, the 1990s were not the Internet era with developed information in the future. Most news interviews were broadcast on television or in newspapers and magazines, with a small audience and no way to trigger group discussions.
What's more important is that after the interview, Wang Feng disappeared and trained in the Warriors' training hall all day.
In the past few days since arriving in San Francisco, Wang Feng has already found a place to stay.
The owner of the Warriors generously rented one of his mansions in San Francisco to Wang Feng, charging a nominal portion of the rent every year. If he wasn't worried that the league would launch an investigation, he wouldn't even need rent at all.
After settling down, Wang Feng started training immediately.
Although he has been strengthened to the level of 99 full value, in fact, most of Wang Feng's ability values are still in the early 90s, and only a few ability values have been enhanced to 99 through elite enhancement points.
So training is still effective for him. Although the effect of training improvement is not obvious after the ability value reaches 90, it is still better than nothing.
What he will face next season is Jordan, who has returned to his peak form, and his invincible dynasty, the Bulls. It would be a lie to say there is no pressure.
If Wang Feng was still with the Knicks, he wouldn't have to worry too much, and it wouldn't be too difficult to defeat his opponents. Although Ewing occasionally stretches his hips, most of the time he is still one of the top four centers, the best in the league.
Excellent insider.
But in that case, Dynasty Terminator would be meaningless.
What Wang Feng wants is a difficult challenge, not a simple mode to easily achieve the goal.
During the training process, Wang Feng also allocated points for the rewards given by the system after the end of the season.
As Wang Feng expected, since he crossed over and joined the team in the middle of the season, the season rewards he received this season were worse than those in previous full seasons.
The season evaluation score is A, and 90 freely distributed points are awarded.
Selected into the best three teams, you will be rewarded with 5 freely allocated points.
Winning the overall championship will reward you with a golden badge of your choice.
The above are all the rewards Wang Feng received.
To be honest, compared with before, it is indeed not high, but when Wang Feng received the reward, he got a prompt from the system.
"Upgrading to version 2.0 system opens the point redemption function. You can exchange freely allocated points into elite enhancement points. The exchange ratio is 10:1. A maximum of 100 freely allocated points can be redeemed in each season."
Wang Feng's eyes suddenly lit up.
The freely allocated points that can only be used to enhance attributes to 90 are of little use to Wang Feng at this stage. After all, he has not been enhanced yet, and he only has the ability to dunk in place, fancy dribbling, and pick-and-roll screens.
It doesn't have much use for him.
But the elite enhancement points are different. He has many abilities above 90 that have not yet been enhanced to the full value of 99!
"System, redeem elite strengthening points!"
Wang Feng now has 95 elite enhancement points, which can be exchanged for 9 elite enhancement points. Although it is not much, it is enough for Wang Feng to directly enhance an ability value to the full value of 99!
As for the remaining 5 freely allocated points that cannot be exchanged, Wang Feng used them to strengthen the blocking.
Wang Feng's shot-blocking ability has been enhanced to 82 before, and with 5 more points, it reaches 87, which is only a little short of 90.
This kind of improvement is the most cost-effective, because Wang Feng's fancy dribbling, in-situ slam dunks and pick-and-roll screens are not very high. Even if he adds 5 points, the improvement will not be obvious.
As for the 9 elite strengthening points, Wang Feng struggled for a long time.
This thing is indeed very precious. Wang Feng currently has many abilities that he wants to enhance to 99 full value.
This includes ball-holding defense in the defensive category, offensive awareness, defensive awareness in the mental category, and physical speed, agility and jumping.
No matter which of these abilities is enhanced to 99, it will be a qualitative leap in improving Wang Feng's abilities.
After much hesitation, Wang Feng finally made his choice.
"System, strengthen the bounce ability value!"
"The current jumping ability value is 91. To enhance it to the full value of 99, you need 8 elite enhancement points. Are you sure?"
Wang Feng's answer was decisive. "Confirm!"
In several battles with the Bulls in the playoffs, Wang Feng faced off against Jordan and discovered some of his current weaknesses.
Although the offensive end is invincible, the defensive end has not yet reached the top level.
92 on-ball defense, 91 off-ball defense, 92 defensive awareness, 90 inside defense, 8 defensive badges, four purples, three golds and one silver. Although Wang Feng has become a top defender, he is far from reaching the top.
peak.
This can be seen from the fact that Jordan can still average 30+ points per game under his defense.
When facing Jordan's offense, the last thing Wang Feng had to defend was Jordan's signature trick, the behind-the-back fadeaway jumper.
99's super jumping and staying in the air capabilities allowed Jordan to gain a small area of absolute undefendable territory when his back was turned back. Even Wang Feng could only watch helplessly and had no choice but to do anything.
This is also the reason why Wang Feng finally chose to enhance the bounce to 99.
Although he is still not sure whether he can reach Jordan's level after strengthening his jumping to 99. After all, the ability to stay in the air is not solely based on the jumping ability value, but also related to the player's weight, core strength, body balance and other factors.
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But at least with the same bounce of 99, Wang Feng will not be too far behind Jordan.
This alone is not enough, Wang Feng plans to prepare a big gift for Jordan.
"System, redeem the badge! Master of back-up defense."
"I'm about to redeem the gold All-Star back-up defense master badge. Are you sure?"
Post Defense Master, this is an interior defense badge, its function is to improve the player's ability to defend post moves and increase the defender's chance of successfully preventing the opponent's post attack.
This badge can be used for all post-up techniques, including back-to-basket fades.
Under normal circumstances, such a single-targeted badge has never been Wang Feng's goal. He prefers badges with a wider effect, because that can maximize the effect of the badge.
The Post-Defense Master Badge can only be used to defend post-attacks and is of no use at ordinary times. As a player like Wang Feng who prefers the outside, there are not many occasions where he can use this badge.
But with Jordan's reputation, Wang Feng felt that it was not too much to arrange a targeted badge for the opponent.
The only pity is that because he did not win FMVP, this badge only reaches the gold All-Star level, which is slightly less effective than the top purple Hall of Fame.