basketball pope

Chapter 25 [Super Knicks]

Media day, also known as media meeting day, is a time when players and coaches force the media to take photos for interviews.

Team personnel should be interviewed, let the media film the team's training, and answer questions raised. Basically, it is a rigid rule, and it is a measure of the league to build a good relationship with the media.

After Yang Rui arrived at the arena, he greeted the players.

The five people in the summer league were very close to him. Bowen, Jackson, and Atkins all reported their training results to him. They regarded him as a thigh and planned to hug him tightly.

Veterans such as Ewing, Oakley, and Johnson nodded their heads and it was over. They were all high-paid stars. Although they were players, they didn't take assistant coaches seriously.

NBA coaches are playing with a group of rich people, and it is not easy to convince them.For example, Ewing's salary this season is 200 times that of Yang Rui.

Usually, the focus of media day is big-name stars and coaches. This time, reporters from multiple media interviewed Yang Rui together. The previous incident of racial discrimination made his name known to the whole country.

"Jerry Yang, do you have the confidence to be the team's first assistant coach?" the reporter asked.

"Yes." Yang Rui despised this reporter from the bottom of his heart. This is nonsense. Who would say no?
"There are many people who think that the Knicks played well in the summer league because of the strength of the players, not the tactics. What do you think?" The reporter asked.

"Did anyone say that before the summer league?" Yang Ruixin thought it wasn't him, these five people couldn't get together. "Of course, what other people think is their business. All I have to do is to help the team win. The record will tell everything."

The reporter asked: "What do you think the Knicks will achieve in the new season?"

"I don't know, the opponents are very strong. We will work together to defeat those strong opponents."

The reporter asked: "On the Internet, the coach who graduated at the same time as you said that you are introverted and not gregarious, resulting in a bad relationship between you. What do you want to say?"

After the discriminatory incident, in order to reduce the influence, several coaches gave an anonymous interview, saying that Yang Rui did not fit in with the group.

Yang Rui smiled and said: "When I couldn't find a job, many people laughed at me. After I found a good job, they began to say that I was not a socialist. I want to say, classmates, don't be jealous, even if I am very social, I will treat you as my own son. The same love, what can you do? You can't be an NBA coach because you are incompetent, not because you don't have a good dad."

The reporters were all shocked, big news, this is obviously a swear word without swearing.

It's certain to be out of gregariousness, but no one believes Yang Rui to be introverted. Which introverted person would dare to say that on the media day?
Yang Rui dared to bring the camera to expose, and naturally he didn't mind making up the knife.Have a good relationship with those people for a fart?When he was down, he fell into trouble one by one. Could it be that when he developed, these bastards would come to their senses and become good balls?
He won't deliberately make enemies, and he doesn't need to be polite if he's already an enemy, and he won't tell people the truth, goodness and beauty.

As for the question of how to treat players, Yang Rui said all good things, including the five people who have cooperated with the summer league, and he also praised.As an assistant coach, you can't avoid interaction with players, and you can't talk nonsense.

The Knicks preseason 17-man roster is released.

Centers: Patrick Ewing, Ben Wallace, Chris Dudley, Buck Williams.

Power forwards: Charles Oakley, Mickey Moore, Herb Williams.

Small forwards: Larry Johnson, Bruce Bowen, Anthony Bowen, Chris Mills.

Shooting guards: Alan Houston, Stephen Jackson, John Starks.

Point guards: Chris Childs, Charlie Ward, Chucky Atkins.

The Knicks' goal this season is only the championship, and Mills can only play off the bench when joining, which is insurance to prevent Johnson's injury.Yang Rui is full of confidence in preventing the Bulls from defending their title this season. The depth of the team's lineup has completely defeated the Bulls, making it a super Knicks.

Looking at the makeup photos of the core players, you can see how strong they are. Ewing, Oakley, Johnson, Houston, and Starks took a group photo. All of them are very powerful.

On the 26th, the team opened a training session, and the media and fans could come to visit, and the arena was full.

In addition to watching the practice game, the audience will also receive a short-sleeved T-shirt with the Knicks logo as a souvenir.Hunter Johnson came with Jill, his childhood sweetheart female friend, and it was Yang Rui's ticket.

Before the training started, Oakley and Ben Wallace were chatting on the sidelines, Van Gundy asked curiously: "Why, you two know each other?"

"He attended my training camp in high school, and I recommended this kid to go to college." Oakley laughed and talked about the interesting story of the two of them.

At that time, Oakley saw a fierce-looking guy in the training camp. No matter how he looked, he didn't look like a good thing, and his body didn't look like a high school student, so he asked him to practice alone and wanted to teach him a lesson.

Oakley didn't expect this kid to dare to confront him head-on. Oakley knocked his lips apart and he broke Oakley's nose. This kid is Ben Wallace in high school.

Later, Oakley let the financially-strapped Ben Wallace work in his car shop, taught him to play, and recommended and funded him to go to his alma mater Virginia Union University to go to school and play.

Therefore, in the growth process of Big Ben, Oakley is everywhere, tough, steel-like muscles.

After listening to the introduction, the more Van Gundy looks at Big Ben, the more pleasing to the eye, he likes people who can defend. "You play the preseason well, as long as you can have [-]% of his defensive skills, the team will definitely sign a long-term contract with you."

Van Gundy still underestimated him. Now that he compares strength with Oakley, he must win Big Ben. His running and jumping ability is amazing. What he lacks is only experience.Just looking at protecting the rebound, he's no worse than Oakley.

The players ran laps with the physical trainer and then shot to warm up. Van Gundy and Yang Rui chatted on the sidelines.

"Mix the players for a while, you and Tom lead a team, we come to a match, let me see your skills." Van Gundy suggested.

Yang Rui smiled slightly. "It's okay to fight against me, but if the players mix up, I can't see my ability."

"Oh? Then what do you say?"

"I take the five players from the summer league and pick two more substitutes. As long as Alan Houston is a starter, and eight players are on your side, how about nine?"

Van Gundy frowned. "What, do you think you have a chance to beat me?"

Yang Rui explained with a smile: "No, because the core of my tactics is to attack from the outside in, so I want you to see the effect of this fight."

This is a nice saying. In fact, Yang Rui asked Houston to come over, because Van Gundy would not use it at all.

休斯顿1995-96赛季是活塞队二当家，场均出手15.2次能拿下19.7分3.7篮板3助攻，5.5次出手能投进2.3个三分球，三分命中率高达42.7%。

In the Knicks, Houston averaged 12.7 shots per game, the data dropped to 14.8 points, 3 rebounds and 2.2 assists, and the three-point shooting percentage dropped to 38.5%.

The team's most accurate shot, only 12.7 shots, no special tactics.Under Van Gundy, Houston, who was originally the "three-point king", has literally transformed into the "center-casting king", which is a waste of resources at all.

Yang Rui wants Van Gundy to see what it's like to be the core on the outside!

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