the great gatsby

Chapter 45 So fucking cool!

In the second half of the first quarter, the Knicks played a 22:9 climax, widening the point difference to 5 points.

Gatsby was a little out of breath when he was off the court. This intensity is similar to his training in the system. It may be a little bit bigger, but not too much. He will run rapidly in the system for more than ten minutes before resting for a while. Then he continued to run. After 230 hours of training, the extent of his endurance growth is really amazing.

His current physical strength may be similar to that of a marathon runner, but a marathon runner is not as fast as him, and his speed is definitely not as fast as a [-]-meter runner, but he can run a marathon at a slightly slower speed than a [-]-meter runner.

Gatsby is looking forward to meeting Richard Hamilton, a man who even Kobe is unwilling to let go, a man who can tire a dog out of running, but now that Hamilton has reached the end of his career, he probably won't be able to run anymore.

After Gatsby's physical strength and speed improved, he felt that his world suddenly opened up. Before that, due to lack of physical strength, he did not dare to do his best in defense, and he did his best in offense to get rid of it, and played very hard.

Now he can not only restrict the opponent's offense as much as he wants, but also has to rack his brains and move desperately every time in the confrontation to get rid of it.

This feeling - it's so cool!Gatsby almost screamed on the bench.

D'Antoni looked at Gatsby in surprise: "Gatsby, how do you feel now?"

Gatsby smiled and said, "It couldn't be better. I feel that in a game of this intensity, even if there are two overtimes, there will be no problem!"

Gatsby was not lying. He ran desperately for half a quarter, but he didn't feel exhausted, but he was slightly out of breath. This meant that his training effect was astonishing. As long as he kept training, it would be difficult for him to regain his strength from now on. Worried about endurance issues.

As for why you have to tell Coach D'Antoni truthfully that your performance is not bad, but the team still dare not let you start. The reason is of course that your stamina is not strong. A player who can't play 20 minutes, what qualifications does he have? To become the team's starter, what qualifications do you have to become the team's key training object.

Coach D'Antoni marveled at the magic of the Creator while being ecstatic. He saw the key to the rise of the Knicks. His coaching has always required a super guard to be able to execute it vividly, such as Steve Nash and James Ha ascend.

It was just a helpless move for him to fuck Chris Duhon. He was thinking about whether he could exchange for a point guard of a higher level during the season or offseason, but Jeremy Lin gave it to him for the rest of his career with the Knicks. A little comfort to him.

But the good times did not last long. Jeremy Lin's style of play was the core style, and Stoudemire's Anthony also played the core style. There was no way for them to integrate together. D'Antoni later said this in an interview with the famous reporter WOJ.

Woj explicitly asked the former Knicks coach "How much resentment did Melo and others have toward Jeremy Lin at that time?"

After D'Antoni chuckled and pointed out that he was "not the roundworm in their stomachs," he made it clear that Melo and Stoudemire didn't like what was going on.

"It does. Our problem is, for Lin to play really well, and he is really good, he needs to play a certain way, which is very difficult for him to adapt to.

Stoudemire, Melo, whatever, need to have a certain style of play to be really good, so there is an internal conflict, what is better for the team, what is not, can they coexist?Can't they?

They can coexist if Anthony plays at the 4, which he really doesn't want to play, and if Stoudemire is willing to play as a backup at the 5, like Chandler, although he really doesn't want to. "

But as everyone knows, the sudden rise of Jeremy Lin caused a split in the Knicks. The players who originally surrounded Anthony and Stoudemire were unwilling to change, while the players who benefited from Jeremy Lin's rise expected change. The Knicks' team foundation was destroyed. .

And D'Antoni has been urging them, saying everything the coach can say, but the communication has deteriorated, and then D'Antoni resigned sadly, leaving the Knicks who have coached for four years.

If point guards are asked to choose a favorite head coach to coach, it is likely that most point guards will choose D'Antoni. When D'Antoni was interviewed, he made it very clear:
"When it comes to coaching, especially with point guards, I try to make them feel less threatened, not play in the first place, and give them enough space to "be themselves," play to their strengths, and not worry about their weaknesses.

Just like Jeremy Lin, he will average 7 turnovers per game when he plays. When he holds the ball at such a high rate, what about the turnovers?His 7 turnovers are just the team's 7 turnovers, which is nothing in a game, as long as he keeps outputting.

That way until the end of the game he can get to a certain level of confidence, like in Toronto, he looked at me to see if he was going to take the last shot, and I looked at him and said 'Go! (go, do it!) So he aimed and scored.

There are many such tacit understandings between us, just like the relationship between me and Nash. When Nash holds the ball, I don't call a timeout because I trust him and know that he will do what he wants. "

D'Antoni said that good point guards need this kind of trust to play their best.

As a point guard, Gatsby can meet a coach like D'Antoni. Of course, he must do his best to show himself. With D'Antoni's coaching, he also has this ability. He can definitely play a jaw-dropping season.

In this way, the Knicks will naturally see their own value, and even give up the recruitment of superstars, or superstars will take the initiative to vote because of their own existence, and will not be sent to other players as extras. team.

Of course, it is very possible to be sent to other teams as an addition. After all, superstars are scarce resources, but potential rookies appear every year. People trust superstars who have already played more, but with this season's players At the end of the day, even if you go to other teams, you can rise calmly.

So Gatsby honestly told his physical condition, he must gain the trust of D'Antoni, so that he can be treated as the core, as long as he has achieved results, D'Antoni will definitely regard him as the only core, look at future generations The James Harden of D'Antoni has been a strong contender for MVP every season since D'Antoni settled in Houston.

(End of this chapter)