King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 65 First Arrival at Madison Square Garden

Westphal, the king's training facility, was a little surprised. Why didn't he see He at 10 o'clock? He said yesterday that there was a signing event, so why didn't he come today?
"Boss, He won't come to training today." Cousins ​​saw that Westphal had been looking at his watch while staring at the door of the training hall with a frown, and knew that he must be waiting for something.

Westphal frowned: "What's the situation, why didn't you come?" Westphal was very dissatisfied. He didn't like the presence of privileged figures on his team.Originally, he was still very optimistic about He. As the core of the team, he was always one of the first few people who came to the training hall. It swelled up.

Seeing the coach's unhappiness, Cousins ​​quickly explained: "Coach, his agent is here!"

"Didn't you come yesterday? Didn't you finally fail to talk at noon yesterday? Why didn't you come today?"

Cousins ​​is a little embarrassed now, how can I explain it to him?He looked at the ceiling with both eyes, and fortunately there was a super old fritter Iguodala next to him. He came over and smiled and said to Westphal: "You don't know about this coach. He Yixiang's manager is also his manager. What about my girlfriend! They haven't seen each other for two weeks."

Westphal suddenly realized and nodded: "This kid, it's fine if he performs well against the Knicks. If he doesn't, I'll punish him for extra practice."

This time, Su Ruoxuan also rushed to the Knicks on the special plane of the Kings, but after He Yixiang got off the plane, he wanted to secretly follow Su Ruoxuan to the hotel when he was grabbed by the captain Garcia: "He, there is still time tonight." The game, you still want to be lazy now, and no one will care about you after you finish the game at night." After speaking, he and Iguodala carried He Yixiang to the training hall, leaving only Su Ruoxuan, who watched He Yixiang being dragged away with a smile, kept saying, "Train hard, and good luck." It seems that we can only wait until the game to see you again.

New York, the largest city in the world, the Knicks team is in the top ball market in New York. However, no matter how big the ball market is, they must also bear the expectations and hatred that this ball market bestows.However, despite the joint efforts of the owner Dolan and the general manager who later became the head coach and He Yixiang's stadium idol Isiah Thomas, the Knicks managed to create a team with the most garbage contracts in the NBA in the past few years. "Lone Wolf" Marbury and Francis formed the most expensive backcourt in the league, but under the leadership of Isiah Thomas, they directly became the resident team in the lottery area every year.But the Knicks still have the most expensive tickets in the league and the most terrifying home court. Of course, their home fans go crazy but even their own players boo.

However, this year they finally passed the throes of garbage contracts, and signed former Sun star center Amare Stoudemire with a 5-year, 23.1 million contract. Last season, they won the best team with 8.9 points and 26 rebounds. Center for the second team.But Cousins' important opponent in the future, Stoudemire also proved that without Nash, he is also a star who can stand on his own, averaging 9 points and [-] rebounds per game.The Knicks also played well at the beginning of the season this year. After getting rid of two junk contracts, with Stoudemire as the core, plus their own rookies Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari These two excellent forwards formed a super attacking striker combination, and snatched Raymond Felton, the point guard, from the Bobcats.The record of four wins and three losses is also firmly in the ranks of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, as one of the most famous arenas, Madison Square Garden, many top music superstars have held concerts here, such as Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, etc. At the same time, every year the NBA The draft is also held here. He Yixiang was personally invited to attend as a lottery pick, but he came here again, this time as a player.At this time, He Yixiang, who was still in the locker room and was about to play, had heard the sound of the Nix Mountain tsunami, and he was a little nervous: "Is this the devil's home game? But I came today with a goal, even the devil's home game. Turn you over."

Players from both sides played, and the Knicks, the devil’s home court, were booed all the time when the Kings played. He Yixiang, as the last player of the Kings, when he played, the whole Madison Square Garden also booed At the apex, when he came out of the player tunnel, many Knicks fans had already begun to carry out mental attacks called trash talking on them.

"Hey, weaned brat, this is New York, not your place."

"He, honestly go back to your Sacramento, no, it should go back to China."

"Cousins, you just wait to see our Amar dunk you on the court! Don't cry and go home to find your mother then!"

The "noble fans" in the front row of the Knicks have to be said to be the fiercest group of fans on the basketball court. They have Hollywood superstars and various pop music superstars, but they are also the most unqualified group of fans. Do everything you can.Among them, Spike Lee, a Knicks fan, is the leader.Cousins ​​was so angry that he almost rushed up, but He Yixiang held him back rationally: "Don't be impulsive, I'll pass the ball to you later, and use basketball to knock him down, it's much better than you rushing forward and getting suspended. "These boos and trash talk successfully irritated He Yixiang, but at the same time relieved his tension, come on, let me tell you how good the Kings are.

The Kings replaced the veteran Garcia in the starting lineup this time, and Casspi became the starting point guard for the new team. As the No.05 No. 20 overall pick in [-], Garcia has been a veteran of the Kings since he was selected by the Kings. He has always been the king's locker room leader. .I have no opinion about Westphal letting him serve as a substitute in order to better hone Casspi. Instead, he supports this decision. He also talked about this matter in the locker room before the game and said that as a veteran of the Kings, the team If he needs to play a substitute role, then he will be willing to become an important rotation of the team.

The Knicks' starting lineup has also been changing. This time they selected point guard Raymond Felton and shooting guard Landry Fields. This is the second round of the same class as He Yixiang and Cousins. The 39th pick, due to his outstanding performance in the summer league and the preseason, Fields served as the starting shooting guard after the regular season.Small forward Danilo Gallinari, Stoudemire is the position of power forward, the center position is given to Mozkov, who has just signed this year, Wilson Chandler serves as a substitute to improve The Knicks' second team firepower output.

(End of this chapter)