the great gatsby

Chapter 371 The Championship Parade and the Draft!

This championship is the Knicks' third championship. The last time dates back to the 1972-73 season. After 38 years of waiting, Knicks fans finally saw the O'Brien Cup land in New York again!
How difficult!

The Knicks have the reputation of occupying the largest ball market in the NBA. Even if the record is not good, they can still make a lot of money. For the owner of the team, making money is a big deal, but for the fans, they have been unable to see the Knicks for a long time. Climbing to the top is really too cruel. After 38 years of waiting, I finally waited until today.

Three days after the finals, the championship parade detonated the whole of New York!
For such a grand celebration, the Knicks also spent a lot of money.The Knicks and New York City bargained, eventually paying a fee of $78.7.The Knicks will be invoiced by the City of New York 60 days after the championship celebrations, including firefighting arrangements, event arrangements, and sanitation cleanup.

Before the start of the championship parade, the Knicks were interviewed by the media.

The first is D'Antoni's interview.

"Coach D'Antoni, how are you feeling now? What are your expectations for next season?" The reporter asked.

Coach D'Antoni laughed so hard that his creases came out. He said: "I am so happy that I am about to burst. This is my first championship since I coached. I am honored to bring the Knicks the third championship in team history. Knicks fans have been waiting for 38 years, the Knicks have returned to the top, this is just the beginning, we will bring Knicks fans more championships!"

Coach D'Antoni does have enough reasons to be happy. Since 98, he has coached the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, and now the Knicks. After 13 years of coaching career, he finally won his first championship.

The NBA has had so many head coaches in its more than 30 years of history, but counting all of them, there are only [-] head coaches with championship rings, and D'Antoni has also stepped into the ranks of champion coaches and won the championship A head coach is no longer at the same level as a coach who has never won a championship.

The first player to be interviewed was Gatsby. As the MVP of the finals, Gatsby should deserve this treatment. Gatsby's words were brief, but even more exciting. He said:
"The Knicks are already a brand-new Knicks. This is a Knicks with full combat effectiveness and great unity. This year's championship is just a laurel on our way to victory. We still have a long way to go. Our goal is definitely not only One championship, we will win the fourth, fifth, sixth championship, maybe we will build a Knicks dynasty!"

Gatsby's speech inspired Knicks fans, and the entire Madison Square Garden was jubilant.

Afterwards, Anthony, Billups, Stoudemire and others were interviewed one by one, and then there was a parade throughout the city. Knicks players continued to hand out gifts from the floats and celebrated wildly with the fans on the sidelines along the way. Cibi got out of the car many times and interacted with the fans on both sides of the street. Every time when Gazibi got off the car, he would be quickly surrounded by the media, reporters and fans.The moment Gatsby walked towards the fans holding the championship trophy, the atmosphere at the scene was pushed to its peak.

Everyone in the Knicks enjoyed the sweet taste brought by the championship. Gatsby was already drunk without drinking. This is the reason why he abandoned many things to enter the NBA. But he has never tasted the taste of a championship, and now he has won the highest honor on a bigger stage!

On June 2011, 6, the 24 NBA Draft was held at the Prudential Center Arena in Newark, New Jersey. On the day of the draft, most of the general managers and head coaches came to the scene. Gatsby and D'Antoni came together , To the surprise of many head coaches and general managers, the Knicks' draft picks have been traded out, why are they here?
Popovich came to the scene, and when he saw Gatsby coming, he felt a little bad. He only had the No. 29 pick in his hand, and Kawhi Leonard, whom he was fancying, was absolutely impossible to fall to this position. , so he and the Pacers discussed sending George Hill in exchange for the No. 15 pick in the hands of the Pacers to select Kawhi Leonard.

Other team managers are also a little uneasy. Gatsby's vision is well known. The rookies he selected and the players he traded all prove that he is looking at the talent of the players. They are afraid that the players they plan to select will be picked by the Knicks. Si colluded with other teams to take the lead.

Stern walked onto the stage with a smile, and the audience booed loudly as usual. Stern, with his smile unchanged, introduced the situation and quickly got into the topic.

"...the Cleveland Cavaliers won the No. [-] pick, and they selected point guard Kyrie Irving from Duke University!"

Kyrie Irving went to the stage to shake hands with Stern, and put on the Cavaliers hat. Gatsby looked up at the young Irving, but found that Irving was staring at him with bright eyes, which seemed to be provocative.

"Interesting, Owen has a rebellious personality. I saw him provoke Kobe in his previous life. This is a young man who is not afraid of tigers. It seems that he has his eye on me." Gatsby laughed.

Gatsby is already one of the top superstars in the league, but he is too young, and he is only in his early 20s after winning two MVPs. Such achievements are enviable, and it is easy to be underestimated at such an age, especially when he is about the same age Young people are even more unconvinced, and always want to beat Gates to gain fame for themselves.

The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Derrick Williams, the Utah Jazz selected Enes Kanter, Cleveland selected Tristan Thompson, the Milwaukee Bucks selected Klay Thompson with the tenth pick, and the Golden State Warriors' new general manager Bob Miles looked frustrated. Klay Thompson, whom he wanted most, had been cut off. He quickly contacted the Bucks to discuss a deal, and the Bucks general manager told him that he had reached an agreement with other teams.

The Houston Rockets used the No. 14 pick to intercept Kawhi Leonard. Popovich slammed his fist on the chair and cursed in a low voice: "Morey, a vampire!" Lei sent a message: "I want to trade Leonard for Hill."

Popovich pursed his lips and waited for the news. After a while, his mobile phone lit up: "He already has a next home."

The draft conference brings together all kinds of situations in the world. The high-ranking rookies are crying and high-spirited, while the low-ranking rookies are depressed, while the unselected rookies are devastated;

The general manager who picked out his favorite rookie cheered and encouraged, but the general manager who had his favorite rookie looked depressed and took the time to call people and ask for a trade. Anyway, some people were happy and some were sad.

(End of this chapter)