Four Hundred and Forty-Seven: 1 Group of Huskies

Gary Payton suddenly became "sportsmanlike".

He didn't expect Van Xi's mouth was so powerful. He had never been on the New York Times, but on the second day of the training camp, he was on it.

There was a large page on the sports page of the New York Times with him, and a picture of him buying a little blue pill. The title read: True sportsmanship. The subtitle read: We have also looked at each other in despair. Who says that old players don't have ambitions?

It was originally a scandal, but it was described as a funny and inspirational scandal.

It can be seen that the New York media still cares about the Knicks.

Their basic base is still there, although the lineup has changed dramatically.

After the media day, the team began to train seriously.

The Knicks' training enthusiasm is very high because there are many newcomers.

Valanciunas, Ingo Dala, Al Jefferson, and Trevor Ariza are all very diligent players, and they are very motivated.

Milicic and Valanciunas are the young talents of the Knicks, and they are the focus of Van Xi's care.

Milicic's value has reached 45%, while Kwame Brown has maintained it at 10%, which is a test for Van Xi's shooting career.

In comparison, Milicic is a good offensive talent, but his shots are always a little bit off under high-intensity confrontation, not as smooth as when he was in Europe.

This is probably why Larry Brown tried his best to ask him to be a defensive player and let him start from scratch.

Fortunately, he is still young, even younger than the chosen son James, so everything is still in time.

Van Xi asked the team to find a good teacher for him. Patrick Ewing became the team's assistant coach this season, and Olajuwon was also hired with a large sum of money.

Originally, the Rockets wanted Olajuwon to be an assistant coach to train Yao Ming, but the money they gave was too low.

James Dolan was extremely generous to Van Xi's request.

Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing's salary reached 1.5 million US dollars a year... Although it is a bit far from their career salary, after retirement, how many superstars can have such treatment?

So, the two of them did their best.

Olajuwon specially trained Milicic, and Milicic's flexibility and spiritual steps surprised Olajuwon.

However, he felt that if Milicic gained weight, his flexibility would be greatly reduced. So, he suggested that Milicic play power forward.

Fan Xi was a little confused when he heard his suggestion, muttering: Do we still need to find a power forward coach?

Olajuwon's ears were sharp, and he laughed. He said: "Except Shaquille O'Neal, the four centers are power forwards. I even want to call Robinson a small forward."

That's good.

Kwame Brown is indeed a very talented center. His physical fitness makes Patrick Ewing feel: How could you fall to this point?

But soon, Ewing understood why he fell to this point.

Kwame Brown is a super center below the shoulder. He can do well in anything that does not require hands and does not require too much brain to solve, such as screens, such as positioning, and pick-and-rolls.

However, once he needs to decide something, he has a hard time.

He has a choice syndrome.

Ewing pointed out the crux of Kwame Brown's problem directly.

Yes.

Kwame Brown does have it.

Who would carry two or three bags every day, with two or three different colored water bottles on each bag?

He has candies of all colors in his pocket, because he doesn't know how to choose.

At this time, Fan Xi finally understood why he hugged six or seven women when he first met Kwame Brown. He didn't know how to choose.

So, he wanted them all.

Hiss!

Fan Xi took a breath of cold air. This guy is so scary.

Kwame Brown has another very important problem. His hands don't stick to the ball.

In other words, his ball skills are very ordinary.

He can pass and receive the ball normally, but when the intensity increases in the game, he will easily make mistakes, and even easily become overly nervous and lose the ball irrationally.

Gary Payton said... This reminds me of an early unloading experience when I was very young. I was too nervous.

Kwame Brown was indeed very nervous. He was criticized by Michael Jordan.

At the beginning of their careers, both Crouching Dragon and Phoenix encountered strong men who dealt a heavy blow to their fragile hearts. One was Michael Jordan and the other was Mike Brown.

Fortunately... Milicic was rescued in time, and he was only criticized for one season.

Kwame Brown...

Phew!

The challenge is huge.

Fan Xi thought to himself.

In addition to these two Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, other players were also strictly trained by Fan Xi, and El Jefferson was arranged to train with Crouching Dragon and Phoenix.

He was originally a sparring partner, but as he practiced, he had a tendency to beat the two fakes to death. It can be said that it was an accidental achievement.

El Jefferson's physical talent is average and his stature is short, but his skills are really good and his offensive talent is first-class. His defensive talent is...

Vallejo was arranged to carry McDyess's bag and learn some skills from McDyess. He is a cunning Brazilian with many quirks. In terms of defense, he does have a little talent.

Fan Xi felt that he would be very good at changing people's mentality on the court in the future. McDyess was an honest man, but he was a little frustrated by him.

The other two guards, Yin Godala, are Van Xi's professional sparring partners. Van Xi uses him to improve his shooting. Yin Godala is a small forward with very strong athletic talent. His talent reminds Van Xi of LeBron James.

Unfortunately, he does not have the underlying logic to become a superstar. His offensive level is not high, and this guy is more willing to defend.

Every time he defends Xi, he is very energetic. Van Xi thinks he can become Pippen.

Van Xi also hopes to make him into Pippen.

Another Trevor Ariza, his physical talent is weaker than Yin Godala, and his skills are not as comprehensive as Yin Godala. He is also a defensive warrior embryo. He does not occupy the ball, but he loves to study shooting. He is now Gary Payton's exclusive bag-carrying brother. Gary Payton occasionally gives him one or two pointers, and even asks Reggie Miller to guide his shooting.

But Reggie Miller said he has no talent and no spirituality.

Ariza does not believe in evil, and practices shooting every day.

He is a man with great perseverance.

Generally speaking, the atmosphere of the Knicks' training camp is very, very good.

The preseason game came soon.

The preseason schedule of the 2004-2005 season was relatively simple. New York just went around the East and did not go to the West to join in the fun.

The first opponent was the New Jersey Nets.

Compared with the New York Knicks' "inaction" during the offseason, the New Jersey Nets were much more aggressive. Although they let go of Kenyon Martin, they introduced Vince Carter, the King of the North, one of the four major shooting guards.

Vince Carter is known as the only UFO in the league today that can fight with Van Xi in the air. The Nets also want to compare with the Knicks.

But that night, Van Xi didn't play at all.

He just turned around Madison Square Garden twice at the beginning, passed the ball to Kwame Brown, but it didn't go in. He shot a 3-pointer himself, but it didn't go in.

Then he left the court.

He watched Gary Payton lead a group of rookies and fakes to compete with the Nets on the court.

Although the preseason is generally considered to be a training game and a game for finding the state, the Nets still felt a little disrespectful to Van Xi.

However, what made Nets fans sad was that.

Even though Van Xi played for less than two minutes, they still lost.

Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Jefferson played one after another, but... the Nets have not returned from their vacation.

On the other hand, the Knicks' rookies, although their tactical coordination is not very good and their shooting percentage is not very good, they are brave, energetic, and they charge desperately.

Although Kwame Brown couldn't score, he was like a bear in the penalty area.

Milicic kept spinning on the free throw line. Although Olajuwon didn't know what the point of showing off his footwork there was, he looked really happy.

Because the Knicks were willing to give him this opportunity, no one scolded him.

Kwame Brown was also very happy. Although he knew that he didn't play very well, he found the joy of collision.

El Jefferson is the only player in the Knicks' restricted area who plays seriously. He makes the Nets' weak inside line cry for help. This short center has flexible footwork and can face the basket and back up. He truly absorbs the essence of Olajuwon and Ewing, although it is a condensed version of the essence.

In comparison, the two crouching dragons and phoenixes are obviously false believers.

Yin Godala and Trevor Ariza are the charge generals. Two rookies with extremely strong physical fitness regard the Nets' basket as their home, jumping and colliding in various ways... People who don't know them would think they are from the flying squadron.

Jefferson and Vince Carter played a little bit, so they seemed quite passive.

Gary Payton and Jason Kidd grew up in the same neighborhood. Payton is older than Kidd. Now they meet again, and it feels like a half-broken friendship.

Both of them played badly.

In the end, the game was also a mess.

89:85.

The Knicks won the victory in a sloppy way.

After winning this game, Fan Xi was particularly proud to say in front of the media: "Do you still think we are not the champions?"

The New York media were silent.

The Knicks' fighting power this year has obviously declined compared to last year's team.

Do you still expect Yin Guodala and Trevor Ariza to replace the combination of Sprewell and Grant Hill?

In fact, Fan Xi did not say this in the chat with Ewing and Olajuwon.

"Don't you find that Yin Guodala and Ariza can surpass Hill and Sprewell last year? They are really geniuses, one is Pippen and the other is Glider..."

"Wait, which one do you say is Glider?" As Glider's teammate, Olajuwon asked in advance.

"Trevor Ariza, don't you think so?"

Fan Xi said confidently.

Olajuwon made an expression that "even dogs would shake their heads when they heard it."

Ewing locked it in through the elimination method: "You said Yin Guodala is Pippen?"

What else?

Fan Xi asked him back.

The two were the two elders of the Knicks, and Fan Xi respected them very much.

Patrick Ewing also respected Fan Xi, and Fan Xi was the guarantee of his high-paying re-employment, so he was willing to say something against his will: "Yes, he does have some of Pippen's style."

"Hey, Andre, Patrick said you are the second Pippen, keep up the good work." Fan Xi shouted to Yin Godala in the front row.

The young Yin Godala immediately became excited. He was full of ambition and thought to himself: As we all know, Jack is the Michael Jordan of the current league. Does he want me to be his 'Robin'? Oh my God, I didn't expect him to think so highly of me. I must work hard and work harder.

Van Xi then encouraged Trevor Ariza: "You are the glider of New York."

However, Ariza has a higher pursuit for himself: "I think I will become the Jerry West of the new era."

This dream made Van Xi confused.

Ariza has been with Gary Payton for a long time and has really developed some bad habits of random standing.

In addition, Al Jefferson also received encouragement from Van Xi. Van Xi said that his singles moves are simply a smaller version of Chamberlain.

Jefferson is also low-key. He said that he just wants to be the next Sikma.

Van Xi has called him Little Sikma since then.

As for Milicic and Kwame Brown, the two big fakes, they have now quickly transitioned from inferiority to pride.

Kwame Brown often goes outside and says: "I have learned 80% of Patrick Ewing's skills. With my physical fitness, it is not difficult to beat 90% of the centers in the league."

Milicic also has Kwame Brown's good habit of bragging. He said to the media: "Just imagine it. Imagine a healthy world. Sabonis has the pace of Olajuwon. Just say it's scary or not?"

"Winning the championship is just a side thing. Our team is now a group of geniuses. When geniuses collide with geniuses, the sparks can make opponents bow down!"

Milicic let himself go.

He may not have learned much about the skills and tactics taught by Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, but he has learned clearly to liberate his nature.

The confusing thing is.

The Knicks played against the Miami Heat, who were completely all-in for the championship this summer, in the second game, and they actually won.

Fan Xi only played for 8 minutes, and his performance was also mediocre, with 3 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds...nothing else.

However, the Knicks Huskies, led by Reggie Miller and Gary Payton, stunned the Miami seniors.

The most important highlight was that O'Neal was blocked twice by Milicic in the paint.

Each time, Kwame Brown held up O'Neal's lower body, O'Neal turned around and shot, and Milicic flew over.

O'Neal went left once and right once.

Both times were blocked cleanly.

This is a rare situation in his career.

But that's the situation.

The fake No. 1 pick and the fake No. 2 pick joined forces, and O'Neal, the dominant center, couldn't resist.

Because Kwame Brown's strength is really strong, and Milicic's blocking height is really high.

Patrick Ewing and Olajuwon were both stunned.

Neither of these two masters thought that the apprentice could do this.

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