basketball pope

Chapter 46 [Clear-edgedness]

Glenn Gruward has not been laid off as a team manager for the time being. If someone is to be responsible for the loss, it is usually the team coach who is the "scapegoat".

The Raptors have the bottom record and are preparing for the No. [-] pick. After this season, Darnell Walker's departure is a foregone conclusion. Whether other members of the coaching staff should stay or not will be considered.

Glenn is also under great pressure. The old collective agreement is about to expire, and the two sides will hold a new round of negotiations next year.

The owners want to adjust the league's salary cap system and the salary cap for players. However, the players union is firmly opposed to the owners' plan and hopes to increase the salaries of players with basic salary.

The salary of the league star is not even a top, and if the basic salary is increased, how much does it cost to play a year?Unless the bosses are philanthropists, it's impossible to say yes.

So, now the managers and owners of each team have predicted the imminent lockout. The root cause is those stars who are overpaid, like Jordan, a person who is more than the total salary of most teams. How to play?
The Raptors can not care about the record, after all, it is a new team, groping forward.Glenn's main task is to help the team make money, or at least not lose money.

In the past, the management racked their brains to dig a star to ensure home attendance, fans' sense of belonging, etc., but no one wanted to come.

Now, Glenn has a new idea. If he signs Jerry Young as the head coach, will it increase the attendance rate?Isn't this game going to improve?
If the coach is good at arranging offenses, allowing the team to score a lot of points, and even if he doesn't win, he can attract fans and make money.

In the second half, Ewing, Oakley, Bowen, Houston, and Starks played, and the point difference continued to widen.

The Raptors defender shot, Ewing started to score one-on-one, bypassing Camby, he has an advantage in anyone, and Oakley is responsible for rebounding.

Returning to the defensive end, Ewing also did not prevent going out to interfere with shots, waiting for someone to break in near the penalty area to block and protect the rebound.

尤因单节又砍下12分，三节拿下32分13篮板12助攻3盖帽的豪华数据，双方分差只有16分，还有得打。

In the final quarter, Ewing rested for 4 minutes before playing. The Knicks strengthened the defense of outside shots, disrupting the Raptors' offensive rhythm and maintaining the lead.

尤因提前2分钟被换下，数据定格在35分14篮板16助攻3盖帽。

It is not the decline of technology that restricts the veteran's performance, but the loss of physical strength. Ewing's efficiency in the second half dropped significantly.Fortunately, the tactics arranged by Yang Rui can also help him brush the data, and his teammates added 4 assists to him as soon as he caught the ball.

The Knicks won 117 straight, 99-8.

The team lost, the Raptors manager Glenn was not surprised or depressed at all. After leaving the arena, he told Jimmy: "Then let the scouts pay attention to the Knicks situation, investigate Jerry Young, I want his Details."

Jimmy understands that the youngest assistant coach in history has caught the eye of the manager, and if he really takes over as the Raptors coach next year, it will set an even more amazing record.Looking for Yang Rui to coach is an excellent gimmick. The media and fans will definitely focus on the Raptors, no matter what the record is.

At the press conference, Ewing became the object of media pursuit, and his popularity reached the peak of his career.

As a star who is very familiar to fans all over the world, Asian fans know Ewing because the comic "Slam Dunk" once violated his portrait rights, making a Japanese high school student look exactly like him, and using his nickname, he couldn't even win Champions and lack of personal honor are all the same.

Whenever Europeans and Americans see the movie "King Kong", they can't help but think of him.There are rumors that Hollywood is preparing to shoot a movie called "Battle for the Planet of the Apes", and many fans speculate that it is related to him.

He is a tragic person. He scored a career-high 51 points against the Celtics and lost the game; the highest 11 assists against the Hornets also lost the game.

Now he has the second triple-double of his career and won the ball, even if the opponent is the underdog Raptors, it is still very eye-catching.

When the record is not good, everyone blacks Ewing, looks like a Jagged King, but the game relies on mid-range shots and is a softie who is obsessed with shooting.

After eight consecutive victories, Ewing became the real core. The media began to find reasons for his sluggish games in the past, which were all caused by injuries.

Ewing's small hook on the left side and the rabbit on the right side jumping and jumping have become a successful transformation. His toughness is reflected in the defensive end. The single defense and assist defense are all top-level, and the coverage area of ​​the penalty area is large enough to support the whole team. The team's defensive system.

In fact, Ewing's personal ability is not as good as before. In 96, he could still dunk Mourning and dunk Rodman. Now he is on the floor.

Van Gundy is also very beautiful, the reporters want him to say a few more words.

"After eight games, the Knicks averaged 106.3 points per game, ranking first in the league. Last season, the Knicks had the same lineup and averaged only 95.4 points per game. How did you do all this?"

Johnson, Houston, and Starks played stably, scoring 15, 22, and 19 points respectively. There are four stable scoring points in the team. The role players can score [-] points when they play casually.

Van Gundy said: "First of all, the team has an excellent assistant coach, and secondly, last season we had a lot of newcomers and needed time to run in. This season they are fully integrated into the team and cooperate more tacitly. I am proud of them. ."

The reporter asked, "Can you briefly comment on Jerry Young?"

"Genius." Van Gundy said one word, and it was really simple.

The Knicks executives who felt the word "genius" even more deeply knew exactly where Ewing's numbers came from.The management has just issued an instruction, and this game has seen the effect. What kind of efficiency is this?

Ernie Grunfeld deliberately convened a meeting. "At present, Patrick's data is really likely to reach the level of MVP. Let's discuss it, how to promote the team next?"

Someone is weird. "Isn't that just promoting Ewing?"

"Who doesn't know what Ewing was like before? His assists per game may hit a career high this season, and his offensive efficiency has also improved. My idea is to promote Jerry Young as well." Ernie smiled: "He is Chinese-American, it's a good gimmick."

Deputy general manager Glenn Walsh asked: "If you promote Jerry and help him become famous, will it be harder for the team to renew him next season?"

"Don't we mention his credit, no team can see the clue? As long as the managers of other teams are not stupid, they will find that the Knicks' offense has changed a lot this season. Don't forget, the regular season has just begun. ' Ernie sighed.

Everyone was silent, and Yang Rui was so sharp that he couldn't hide it at all.

The team promotes him, at least forging a good relationship, and if he wants to stay in the Knicks in the summer, he will stay.If the credit goes to Van Gundy, Yang Ruicai will definitely go.

Ernie is experienced, he sees things through.

PS
(End of this chapter)