The God of Basketball

"I never interfere with things between the manager and the players. They just want to be happy."

Isaiah Thomas in New York was inevitably asked about the internal conflict between Zach and D'Antoni, and the New York media was worried about it. They are afraid that the taste of victory they finally tasted will end abruptly and become the bitterness of failure.

However, Thomas looked indifferent: "My management method is to let nature be. Be-water!"

This speech seems to be indulging in the contradiction between the generals.

And when the ESPN reporter asked Thomas maliciously if he was worried that there were too many bad boys in the team, which would affect the future prospects of the team.

The smiling assassin's eyes widened, and he asked back in an unbelievable tone: "Being a bastard, isn't it good?"

Forehead….

The reporter was at a loss for words on the spot.

However, it became the headlines of many media that day. They slammed Thomas's team building ideas in words, and spoke in a manner that was not predictable: The Knicks will inevitably go to ruin after a short-lived highlight. Their team has no one from the management to the players. normal people. Sooner or later they kind of get lost in the chaos and eventually they're doomed.

Regarding D'Antoni and Zach Randolph, they even made a straightforward prediction. Before the All-Star Game, one of them will definitely leave.

Forehead….

When Li Zhen saw the report on the way to Satmento, he was suddenly a little surprised: Why did we still target us like this after winning four consecutive victories? How come it looks like we lost the game.

He was very depressed, and then he continued to practice physical fitness in the open space behind... This is the special fitness area specially opened for Bruce on the plane by James Dolan during the offseason, and even installed some fitness equipment for him.

MSG TV conducted an interview on the plane before the start of the game. These pictures aroused the amazement of the reporters and the audience: no one had ever thought of building a gym on the plane.

But that's why Bruce Lee is going from strength to strength. Everyone should learn how to manage time from him. He always uses other people's rest time to enrich himself. This is why we firmly believe that the Knicks will become stronger and stronger.

James Dolan's speech on TV moved thousands of Knicks fans.

Through this small detail, the fans' respect for Li Zhen has also been greatly increased.

Although few people can work so hard, but when a person who works so hard appears in front of you and plays for your favorite team, you can’t help giving a thumbs up and buying some of his peripherals... such as the latest Launched the second generation of Li Zhen's signature shoes.

In addition, the New York media has recently been making sharp rebuttals with well-known media such as ESPN and Sports Illustrated.

This is the storm that Randolph's words caused.

These media hypes that Li Zhen will never be the greatest point guard in NBA history, even claiming that Li Zhen is far from the number one in active service. Moreover, the gap with Deron Williams and Chris Paul will widen.

Even, they also make a detailed PK list.

But... what they made is a list of physical talents, not a list of statistics... because Li Zhen's statistics are better than these two, and he also has a record blessing.

Naturally, this kind of unfair judgment standard cannot convince the protective New York media and New York fans. Not only did they try their best to refute it, but they also set the flames of war on the two talents of the 2005 class.

The atmosphere was tense.

Li Zhen also read the PK list.

In the PK list with Chris Paul, Li Zhen is actually behind in all aspects, whether it is speed, explosive power, jumping, agility, flexibility, coordination... This makes Li Zhen feel a little nonsense.

He believes that his speed and explosive power have advantages, although the advantages are not great.

Also, why not compare height and wingspan?

Chris Paul is 183 in height with shoes on. During the physical examination this season, Li Zhen's height has reached 193 barefoot, and his wingspan has also reached 211. Definitely a tall point guard among point guards.

Li Zhen took a deep breath after pushing fifteen sets of barbells.

To be honest, Li Zhen's current physical fitness is not bad, and it is even above average in the NBA.

After all, he has two talents with a value of 95 (the highest burst is 97), two of them (92), and a coordination of 84.

His flexible talent can already wrestle with those heaven's favored children.

What is lacking now is the strength talent, which is only 64 points. His stamina is only 73, and he can barely play for 30 minutes in normal confrontation in the regular season. Bounce is more embarrassing. Although Li Zhen's bounce speed is amazing, the jump height has not been increased. With the identity of Jordan's heir, the identity of a low-altitude artist is a bit nondescript. After all, he only has 62 jumping talents.

The bouncing thing is quite useful on the court, not only for dunking, but also for avoiding and even jumping in the air.

What Li Zhen desires most now is the talent of strength, and then the talent of jumping.

Therefore, he did a few extra push-ups before returning to his position to rest.

Now, he is only one step away from irrigating his talent, and he feels more and more the desire to break the talent space that is about to open.

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The second stop of the Knicks' Western Conference road trip is Satmento.

At the beginning of the century, the gorgeous division that could do whatever they want has been completely disintegrated with Adelman's departure to Houston. The team praised by fans is now only left with center Brad Miller.

The loyalty of Sartmento fans is also declining rapidly. The two owners who operate the casino as their homepage even want to sell the team as soon as possible, because the attendance rate is so touching.

The arrival of Li Zhen finally made the Arco Arena full, although most of them were female fans, and when Bruce came out, there were the loudest cheers and screams from the audience.

But the boss of the king endured it without complaint.

After all...the last time I sold short regular season home tickets was three seasons ago...Ah!

There is sadness everywhere.

Rejeseus, who was promoted from an assistant coach to the head coach, obviously didn't have much ambition, and he didn't even make a careful study of the Knicks.

His work is obviously not as meticulous as Jamelin, although Jamilin is an assistant coach. But on the plane, he prepared the technical characteristics of each player of the Kings, discussed the countermeasures with other assistant coaches, and pulled the videographer to cut out the corresponding video for the players to watch.

Finally, a detailed suggestion report was given to D'Antoni.

D'Antoni loved Jamelin so much that he even asked Jamilin to arrange some offensive tactics. His only request to Jamelin is: Let Zach score more.

Jamelin is a smart man, and he quickly understood D'Antoni's intentions through this detail.

However, he was tight-lipped. The Chinese are the deepest of all races. They know what to say and what not to say, and they are naturally good at cutting tofu with a knife.

People who can restrain their emotions often get rewards beyond expectations.

Jamelin's reward is that D'Antoni gave him a status that is almost an assistant head coach, and there is no trace of jealousy. Because D'Antoni deeply knows that no matter how powerful a young Chinese assistant coach is, it is impossible to threaten his position as the head coach, unless the Knicks want to act against the world.

This is a deep-rooted unspoken rule. Although no one talks about discrimination, the discrimination in the heart is even more terrifying. Chinese, including Asians, have ceilings in many occupations in the United States.

Even Li Zhen.

If he was black, do you think there would be so much media talking about him?

There were no twists and turns against the Kings.

Bruce Lee dominated the Kings point guard Kenny Thomas with ease, and made a strong defense against Kevin Martin. Under his defense, the king's top scorer Kevin Martin only scored 4 points in 7 shots.

This even made Kevin Martin spit out after the game: "This guy must have avoided the paparazzi to avoid experience. I have never seen anyone who can track my steps like a GPS precise navigation."

Although Kevin Martin is taller than Li Zhen, he has a similar figure. Although his confrontation ability is slightly stronger, there is no gap of one level. Faced with this kind of running guard who is not strong in holding the ball, Li Zhen's keen judgment ability, coupled with super speed, explosive power and agility, can completely produce the effect of going with him.

That's why Hamilton was targeted relentlessly last season.

Li Zhen has every reason to believe that Hamilton will suffer even more when he meets the Pistons again this season.

122:99.

Another bloodless game.

Li Zhen played 22 minutes and scored 15 points, 11 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. He was as easy as a civil servant clocking in at Qingshui Yamen.

Zach Randolph showed great power under Jamilin's tactical arrangement. Whether facing Mickey Moore or Brad Miller, he played well. After scoring 28 points and 15 rebounds, he showed off his might after the game.

"Playing, running and bombing is a complete waste of a super center like me. A center like me should build penalty area tactics around me. Why do you have to let the eagle cut its wings and run to the jungle to hunt?"

"I can't think of any center in the East who is stronger than me."

"I don't want to talk about the number one in the league, but is there any suspense about being number one in the East?"

Every game, Zach Randolph can say something that makes people want to beat him. At the same time, his words can also trigger a frenzy of discussion in the media. It's like throwing a piece of carrion in the sewer, and there will always be flies buzzing around it.

Game 3 of the Knicks' Western Conference road trip takes place in the Colorado Plateau.

The thing that makes Li Zhen regret is... Allen Iverson was injured, and Carmelo Anthony also missed the game because of diarrhea.

As the saying goes, there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings.

JR Smith has become the core output of the Nuggets.

He couldn't help but criticize Li Zhen before the game, but now no one takes him seriously. He will never be able to sit on an equal footing with Li Zhen as he did when Li Zhen first joined the league.

Eddie Griffin gave him two blocks when he came on.

Zach Randolph struggled this time. Although the Denver Nuggets are not good at tactics, their tactical reserves are called leverage. The golden double guns on the outside line rank among the top three in scoring all the year round, and after Kobe are these two brothers with dreadlocks. The inside line even hoards Marcus Camby, Kenyon Martin, Nene Hilario and other centers with different styles but excellent defense.

It stands to reason that even if such a lineup can't be mixed with the championship, there must be two Western Conference finals.

However, however.

A first-round sweep seems to be their destiny.

This matter can't be said in too much detail.

Anyway, George Karl must take the blame seriously.

Since Zach Randolph was ruthlessly blocked by the Nuggets inside in this game, so... the Knicks unsurprisingly accelerated their offensive speed. Swift, who hadn't played for a long time, whizzed through the jungle, David Lee also shot vigorously from the mid-range, and Quentin, who chanted sutras and worshiped Buddha, rescued the dead for Denver 9 times from beyond the three-point line.

The Knicks were vigorous and smooth in the running and bombing state. On the other hand, the Nuggets were hard to change and free and unrestrained. JR Smith took a chicken feather as an arrow and shot 22 shots, but only scored 15 points.

Instead, Crawford played in the second and third quarters to perform the art of convulsions for him.

25 points on 14 sell-offs.

finally.

149:91.

The biggest point difference of the season came out, and the Knicks actually won by 58 points.

It was inhumane.

The Colorado Plateau is jittery, and all kinds of mothers are hoping.

Their media felt that the Knicks had done too much.

But...who made the Knicks run so smoothly tonight? Who let the Denver Nuggets grab a pot of good ingredients but stew a bowl of dark soup? In fact, they couldn't even handle Zach Randolph. Although Randolph was blocked in the first quarter, he did not forget his promise of 20+10 after entering the garbage time. 58 points.

This is why the Denver media accused the Knicks of being dishonest.

"It's normal for young people to be a little angry."

Zach Randolph was interviewed after the game, and he was not ashamed but proud. "Who told someone to throw the league's No. 1 center to the end of the last quarter?"

Forehead….

These 'shameless' remarks very logically attracted criticism and abuse from the media.

Among them is the New Orleans Hornets, the next opponent of the Knicks.

The New Orleans Hornets have been thriving this season under the leadership of Chris Paul, and the addition of Tyson Chandler has made him even more powerful. Playing 7 games so far, the Hornets have achieved 5 wins and 2 losses. Chris Paul himself averaged 22.3 points and 10.6 assists per game, becoming the only point guard in the league with an average of 20+10 per game.

This is why many basketball media use Paul to crush Li Zhen ruthlessly.

Basketball experts said that Chris Paul is taking over the banner of Nash and Kidd to become the league's number one point guard. As for Bruce Lee...they all thought he was going to die.

Moreover, they have already begun to urge Chris Paul to give Li Zhen a little color in the next battle, puncturing his illusion.

Chris Paul also thought the same way. He was held back by Li Zhen last season, and he worked hard for it throughout the offseason. His self-esteem did not allow him to lose to an embroidered pillow that was rumored all day long.

His banana boat brothers also support him in giving color.

However, it was Tyson Chandler who fired first.

He pointed his gun at Zach Randolph.

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