Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 253 Kronko's Choice
Anthony finally smiled helplessly and said: "So, Steve, this is no longer something we can control. In addition to trying to make ourselves perform better, we can only take one step at a time."

Nash turned to comfort Anthony at this time and said: "Actually, don't worry too much. Coach Mike has not been coaching for a long time. I believe he will discover this in the future."

Anthony smiled and said nothing. He is not a person waiting to die, and he is not ready to accept the meaning of his current fate. He is just waiting for the opportunity. It is not long before the start of the game, and this opportunity has obviously not come yet.

The secret talks between Anthony and Nash did not yield any solution to the problem, but through this conversation, Anthony at least knew that Nash, like him, had a hesitant attitude towards the team's prospects. It can be seen that if there is a change, at least Nash will not react too much.

The state of the Nuggets is still relatively bad. Brand is a straight-tempered person. He can be said to have completely lost trust in D'Antoni. Although he can't say that he doesn't work hard on the court, his performance is slack Yes, the desire to attack is very low.

In the end, D'Antoni simply played with Dior most of the time. Dior is still only a sophomore. Although he is very versatile, it is obviously still immature to be the starter at this moment.

And Anthony's performance is also quite satisfactory, he still has a small number of shots, Nash intentionally increased the passing opportunities for him, but Anthony doesn't know why, he rarely chooses singles, but thinks about creating scoring opportunities for his teammates .

The direct result of this is that the offense of the Nuggets still looks good, but it is still not enough to make up for the deficiencies in defense. After playing in January, their record has slipped to 1 wins and 25 losses. Ranked sixth in the West.

At this time, there is not much time before the All-Star Game, which is obviously not good news for the Tunneling team who originally hoped to have a breakthrough this season.

On this day, Anthony was driving home after the game when his cell phone rang suddenly. He picked it up and saw the name written on the caller ID. Smile, the opportunity he had been waiting for finally came.

Caller ID is Kronko.

As soon as Anthony picked it up, he heard Kronko's smiling voice: "Hey, Mello, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Are you free tonight? If you are free, come to my manor."

Anthony will have time if he doesn't have time right now, so he readily agreed, and after calling Fox to say hello, he drove directly to Kronco's manor.

When they arrived at the manor, they met Kroenko. After the two chatted for a while, Kroenko directly entered the topic: "Melo, how do you feel in the team this season?"

Anthony smiled and said, "It's okay."

Kronko put down the wine glass in his hand, and continued, "Hey, Mello, don't talk politely in front of me, let me tell you the truth..."

Kronko stared at Anthony and said: "I really don't care about the team's record at all, I only care about you, Melo, you are the most promising person in this league. You have accomplished more than anyone in the league, and you are the player I am most proud of."

Anthony looked at Kroenko with a smile. It seems that Anthony's excellent performance last season has made the boss a little crazy. The starting point of the boss is different from that of the coach. Of course it is one aspect, but obviously they care more about making money. Last season, Anthony can be said to have made a lot of gold and silver for Kroenko, but now, Anthony has instantly become an ordinary first-tier star. It is the most unacceptable to him.

Kroenko continued: "Melo, I also know that your performance this season is not your true strength at all. You don't know much about the ball. I also know that your number of shots this season is compared to last season. It has dropped a lot. I have personally asked D'Antoni about this matter, but that mustache is somehow unbelievable. This season's stubbornness is unbelievable. If I hadn't thought that he was recruited by you, I would have already Fire him!"

Anthony followed the words and asked, "Boss, what's the matter with you looking for me today?"

Kronko then said: "Melo, let me tell you frankly, I am going to change coaches, I just need you to restore the heroic performance of last season, the team's record is secondary, of course I believe you He is a person who is very eager to win, so I will give you enough shot rights, plus this season's reinforcement, no matter how bad it is, it will never be the same as it is now, so..."

Kronko said in a serious tone: "Now, my temporary idea is to let Cooper be the head coach of the team. I know that you played well in the games he coached temporarily last season, and He is a defensive coach, I believe he will be able to change the status quo of the team, what do you think?"

After finishing speaking, Kronko looked straight at Anthony.

Anthony stopped what Kronko said, and he was slightly surprised in his heart. These words were very clear. Kronko was going to fire D'Antoni, and now he was going to let Cooper take over temporarily.

Anthony is not stupid, and after persuading D'Antoni to no avail, he was waiting for this opportunity. Last season, he realized that as a player, it is best not to interfere with the team's head coach selection, so he did not talk to Ke Ronko talked about changing coaches, and now, obviously, the opportunity has come.

Anthony then said: "Boss, Cooper's defense is very good, but I don't think he is suitable for the team now."

"Oh?" Kronko looked at Anthony and said, "Then you still want D'Antoni to stay in the job. Of course, if you insist on this, I will look at it for a while. After all, I still value your opinion. .”

"Thank you boss for your support." Anthony nodded. Kronko, the boss, is willing to trust him so much, which is a reassuring thing in itself. He continued, "But since the boss insists on changing D'Antoni, I There is a good candidate."

Kroenko was naturally the happiest when he heard that there were candidates for Anthony, so he said directly, "Let's hear it!"

Anthony nodded and said: "This person was very close to coaching our team last season. I think he is the most suitable and most likely candidate for us now."

Kronko asked suspiciously, "What did you mean?"

Anthony then said a name from his mouth: "George Karl."

"Carl?" Kroenko was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to suddenly come to his senses, "Yeah, Carl, why did I forget this old guy, this guy definitely has a level, and he is also good at attacking Coach, but he won't be as stubborn as Mike, well, it's him!"

Anthony didn't expect Kroenko to agree so readily, so he couldn't help asking: "Boss, don't you think about other candidates?"

"What else are you thinking about?" Kroenko patted Anthony's shoulder with a smile, and said, "I believe in you, I have already chosen someone for you, don't let me live up to my expectations of you."

Anthony nodded. He suddenly felt that Kronko's trust in him was actually an invisible pressure.

But obviously, he doesn't care about that now.

Coming out of Kronko's manor, Anthony did not return to his room immediately, but went directly to Vandeweghe's house.

Vandeweghe was about to go out for a walk with his wife after dinner. After receiving Anthony's call, he gave up his original walk plan and waited for him in the room.

During this year, Vandeweghe and Anthony have become close friends who can talk about everything, so Anthony didn't have any intention of hiding him, and directly told him Kronko's thoughts.

Vandeweghe was taken aback. You must know that D'Antoni was the candidate suggested by Anthony at the beginning, but after he thought about it, D'Antoni's stubbornness had exceeded everyone's expectations, especially that he dared to ignore the boss. Don't even think about getting fired.

Anthony came to Vandeweghe, not only to tell him the news, but then he told his real purpose, the deal.

Now there is not much time before the All-Star start, which means that the trade deadline is not long. After Anthony has been off the court for a long time during this period, the team's overall defense does not have a tactical system. On the one hand, on the other hand On the one hand, he also saw the team's shortcomings in the center position.

Nene is indeed a hard-core insider, but he is still too immature. The result of this is that Brand has to bear too much burden. Being both a father and a mother is obviously not something he is good at.

Now the Nuggets have a very good configuration in all positions, but if they want to go further on the road to the championship, the team obviously needs a more experienced insider with more mature defensive skills.

As for this person, Anthony already had a candidate in his heart.

This candidate, when he crossed over, he already knew it in his heart, but he had never had a chance, and the conditions were not mature at that time.

Now that the opportunities and conditions are ripe, he naturally has no reason to delay any longer.

This candidate is the insider of the Bulls, who is currently in the final year of his rookie contract, "Champion" Tyson Chandler.

(End of this chapter)