Chapter 445 "This..."

In the 76ers' general manager's office, after listening to Pat Kraus's statement, Berlinberg was no longer calm.

Originally, when Larry Brown approached him, Berlinberg, who "understood basketball," thought that asking Su Feng to reduce his three-point attempts and change his offensive choices was just a small matter.

However, Berlinberg never expected Su Feng's response to be so tough.

Either listen to me, or I won't play.

"Is he threatening us?" Berlinberg asked Kraus.

"Threatening?"

Kraus smiled wryly and then explained a simple principle to Berlinberg.

Perhaps Kraus couldn't understand the various tactics on the basketball court, but Su Feng, who in his previous life, understood how to run a team that pleased Stern, had a vision and pattern that Berlinberg, who later left the 76ers and blamed Brown, couldn't compare to.

Before Kraus left Philadelphia after failing to obtain more shares in the 76ers, this person in charge, who liked extreme sports and befriending players, was very clear about the power of public opinion.

In simple terms...

Did Su Feng ever threaten the team with leaving or refusing to renew his contract?

Did Su Feng ever threaten the team by saying that they must replace the head coach, or he wouldn't play?

No, right?

Then how could one talk about forcing or threatening the team's management?

He just wanted to stick to the playing style that had once defeated Michael Jordan. Was there any problem with that?

No, right?

If things really escalated, consider this: not to mention that other capitalists wouldn't stand on the 76ers' side, it was even possible that the 76ers' management team would be labeled as "cold-blooded," and "cruelly treating the team's heroes."

"You shouldn't have come forward today," Pat Kraus said to Berlinberg.

"If you hadn't come forward, at most it would just be the team's head coach and star player having a dispute over the team's playing style.

And such disputes, in the NBA... there should be quite a few, right?" Kraus retorted.

Berlinberg nodded.

"But after you came forward, the situation is different.

Buddy, you know, even though I don't understand basketball, I'm very clear that, generally speaking, the team's management team won't interfere with how the star player should play." Kraus sighed.

In Su Feng's previous life, no matter how bad the relationship between the Bulls' Kraus and Jordan was in the future, that Kraus wouldn't have said something like asking Jordan to change his playing style.

And no matter how happy Kobe played after O'Neal left, it wasn't Kupchak who was responsible for talking to him, but Phil Jackson.

The NBA has a clear division of labor in each position. To put it bluntly, Berlinberg, who had been misled by Brown and lost his mind, had already forgotten his identity as the team's general manager.

"But Pat... this season, under Larry's leadership, we have indeed become a championship-level team."

Berlinberg knew where his mistake was, but in his opinion, Kraus seemed to be taking things a bit too seriously.

"I know, but buddy, without Su, do you think we can reach such a height?" Kraus retorted.

In the eyes of Kraus, who "didn't understand basketball," basketball games ultimately needed players to play. No matter how good the tactics were, they couldn't be separated from the players' performance.

In the eyes of Berlinberg, who "understood basketball," Larry Brown's tactics could turn "rotten wood" into "magic."

However, reality is sometimes so interesting.

In Su Feng's previous life, Su Feng's favorite thing to do was to go against those so-called "basketball experts" every World Cup year.

Especially a guiding light named "Lin Hai Ting Tao" (Listening to the Sea of Trees), who knows how much petty cash he helped Su Feng win.

In this way, after a debate between the two people in charge of the 76ers, they finally reached an agreement.

That is, no matter what, at this juncture when the playoffs are about to begin, this "small matter" that was originally not big must not be allowed to affect the team's next game.

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April 24th, Central State Arena, everything was as usual amidst the cheers of Philadelphia fans.

You must know that many 76ers fans still bore a grudge about losing to the Hawks last year.

After all, last season, even with Iverson absent, the 76ers had forced the Hawks to Game 6.

And as the least prestigious defending champion in history, the Hawks' players continued their usual happiness in this game.

In Su Feng's previous life, originally, starting from this season, Laettner was going to decline.

But since getting the f

Regret or pain, if he couldn't even accept a mere defeat, then Su Feng wouldn't be so obsessed with basketball.

And not long after the 76ers were eliminated, after the team returned to Philadelphia and officially disbanded, Pat Kraus decided to have a good chat with Su Feng...

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ps: This chapter is a copy of No. 2, and the 15,000-word copy of No. 2 is officially completed! A ten-thousand-word chapter is here, asking for monthly tickets and subscriptions!