NBA: Starting with $20 billion, buying the Knicks

Chapter 250: Lining Up to Apologize to Jiang Chao!
Jiang Chao put out his cigarette, and ESPN's summary of the season and the drastic changes of the teams after the regular season were played on the projection TV.

And finally their predictions for the playoffs.

This is a farewell season, the end of the Yao Mai era, the decline of the Spurs and the Pistons, the fans have long been psychologically prepared, and it is inevitable that they will feel sad when it really comes; and some farewells are like Allen Iverson’s retirement and comeback It's like leaving the team again, which makes people feel panic and at a loss.

In addition, the prophet Arenas, who was optimistic about the Knicks before the season, will also retire in the Wizards... There will be no No. 0 agent on the court.

In terms of management, the old Dunleavy was quickly waived after the Clippers failed to make the playoffs. The Clippers meant the Western Knicks. They made the playoffs in the 05 season. It was opened directly.

The Timberwolves also dismissed McHale, who had served in various positions in the Timberwolves since 1993. It is estimated that it is because this year he is still at the bottom of the Western Conference with 2 lottery picks, which has caused dissatisfaction among all parties.

This can be regarded as the end of an era. You can no longer look at the draft with the old eyes. Joni Flynn and Rubio are all in the past. From the perspective of God now, McHale can easily get Coeha's... …

The reason why this year is a farewell is also because the 96 golden generation is receding sadly.

It can be seen from this year's All-Stars. The Platinum Generation officially ruled the league in 03. Wade won the championship with the help of the O'Sharks in 06. James also entered the finals in 07. Anthony Bosh also proved his superstar status... …

Jiang Chao touched his chin. This is actually paving the way for James to win the MVP, including creating suspense for the best rookie.

In the end, Jiang Chao also listened to the predictions made by these so-called experts, and he was basically not optimistic about the Knicks. The reason is: new.

so new.

More than half of the team has no playoff experience, and even if they have a little bit, both Turkoglu and Okur are labeled as insufficient superstars.

"4-1 or 4-2 by the Heat."

The forecast of these ESPN experts is that a sweep is unlikely. After all, the Knicks are also fourth, and the fourth is not caused by strong winds, but it is too difficult to beat the seasoned Heat.

So it seems to be so reasonable. American Yang Yi Smith is also a fan of Ni, but he also thinks it is too difficult to play a tiebreaker or even win the Heat. The Knicks are newcomers from the coaching staff to the management team. The Heat are too old, and he means the same Try to accumulate experience this year, and the Knicks will be much more mature next year.

"This paragraph is also shown to the players."

"OK."

"Let's go, go home and rest."

The older ones left first, and Jiang Chao also drove a supercar to the villa, humming a song along the way, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Knicks playoffs coming?

No, no, the No. pick of the Knicks is coming too!
With 27 wins and 55 losses, Big Bird deserves to be a big bird. In the end, a 12-game losing streak came and finally overtook the Pistons and became 13th in the Eastern Conference. This made Jiang Chao couldn't help laughing every time he saw this record.

Don't underestimate this pick, it's third from last in the Eastern Conference, according to Downey Jr.'s analysis.

In addition to the 11.90% chance of the No. 12.59 pick, the probability of the No. 13.29 pick is 7%, and the No. 5 pick is 35.01%. Among the top 7, the Knicks have the highest probability of being No.1.26 at %, and the probability of No. is the smallest. Only %.

So Jiang Chao has already thought about it, if he really gets fifth or fourth, hey, think of a way to package George + Hayward, which is the most perfect. Hayward should not be in the top 10 this year. , this scheme is really possible.

Because the fact is that this year's No. 25 pick is not the extremely bad Nets with a % winning rate, but a Wizards with a better record than the Nets, Timberwolves, and Kings. Therefore, the Knicks still have the possibility of winning the championship in the playoffs of.

"Uncle Bird, I admit that you are indeed a big bird, this is really decisive."

And in the end, Sean Marks also reminded Jiang Chao that the second round pick is likely to be the top 3 pick, because the Nets' worst second round pick of the season is also in the hands of the Knicks, which was a product of the Yi Jianlian trade at that time.

……

The next day.

The Knicks have a meeting.

It is equivalent to briefly talking to the players about the chat content of the bosses last night.

Then Dayao was very embarrassed, but he was also a responsible person. He took the initiative to express his apology to the team and waved the towel with the highest salary. He was too sorry.

But Xiao En and others don't mind this. The management knows Jiang Chao's 36 tricks in the All-Star Game. If Yao really comes back, now the Knicks are completely worthy of the heat, okay?
And now Yao should still be with the Rockets. The NBA is not just for one year. In the long run, a healthy Yao is more effective than half of the players in the team combined.

The press officer came to announce the specific rules, and the fight officially started 4 days later.

7局4胜制，2-2-1-1-1，尼克斯主场优势。

In the playoffs, you can take the initiative by putting pressure on the opponent first, so the first two home games are very important.

Stevens' strategy against the Heat was initially formulated as Wade's single defense outside the three-point line, double-team defense when he entered the free throw line, and resolutely prevented him from breaking through to open up space.

Then Messina also said to everyone:

"The Heat's advantage is physical strength and strength. They have the strongest defensive toughness in the league. This is what we need to strengthen recently. These days, swimming and long-distance running are arranged. As a young team, we cannot lose in terms of physical fitness!"

Turk Drew: "Yes, the Heat have always put physical fitness and attitude first in recruiting players. We need to learn from their team cohesion."

When they said this, everyone's eyes were determined. After hearing a lot of grievances and grievances between the Knicks and the Heat that Sean Marks said earlier, can't the blood boil.

Curry said directly:
"Not much to say, let's blow them up!!!"

Harden is also full of affection brought by Curry:

"You still have me by your side!"

Ibaka: "And me!!"

"I!"

"I!"

"I!"

"For the Knicks!"

"It is our duty to reshape the glory of the Knicks!"

Beverly is Jiang Chao's old horse boy. This sentence made Jiang Chao hide his face in embarrassment. It was Jiang Chao's first day when he came to the Knicks. Now Beverly said it intact. He listened The creator of this famous sentence is embarrassing.

But the effect is very good, everyone shouted, indeed, when the victory of a round of the series is related to the history of the team, the sense of honor comes up all at once.

Even Yi Jianlian followed the shout of raising his hands, and Jiang Chao burst out laughing at the awkward movements.

For some reason, the reserved and introverted personality of Asians is incompatible with these people, but Dayao blends in very naturally, raising his hands high.

In fact, Jiang Chao will not be so high before the game. He belongs to the chicken soup stream, and he is at his highest stage when he finally enjoys watching the game.

Then he immediately yelled:
"Knicks Championship!"

"Unshirkable!"

Fuck the Lakers championship, after he comes, the slogan has to be the Knicks!

After the players and management chattered, everyone turned to look at the legendary boss who had been sitting there. Recently, Jiang Chao didn't go anywhere. He was quietly preparing for the team. Everyone wanted to hear him say a few words.

D'Antoni: "Boss, can you say a few words?"

Curry and others all looked at Jiang Chao energetically.

If you want to talk about the chicken soup king, the person in front of you didn't say anything, and no one can say that he is the chicken soup king.

The new team members of Dr. Carter looked at each other, why do they feel like they are looking at Jiang Chao like they are looking at a priest...

Jiang Chao smiled and waved his hands:

"No, you guys have already finished for me. Everyone has played hard in the regular season, and then adjust their state well in the past few days. Don't practice extra training without authorization. Physical health is the most important thing."

And then suddenly it was serious:
"In the end, I don't want the team to violate the rules in the playoffs. The playoffs are the real beginning of the season. I don't want the team to play in the first round, so it ruins a season's efforts, you know?"

"Know!"

"understand!"

The players nodded heavily, and the agent was quite a leader at this time, staring at everyone and said:

"Have you heard, prepare for the battle with all your strength, don't make any fools!"

It has the taste of Jiang Chao's first agent.

"Let's play game by game, analyze your opponents well, playoffs, I will be with you every game, for the Knicks!"

"For the Knicks!"

"For the Knicks!"

Jiang Chao finally signaled everyone to put their hands down:
"Well, there is an additional reward at the end. Thank you for finally entering the playoffs with the fourth record in the Eastern Conference. As a reward, each person will receive a bonus of 10 US dollars + 100 tickets for all movies of Chaoshen Entertainment next year. Remember to distribute them to relatives and friends to watch. ah."

"The boss is mighty!"

"Boss atmosphere!"

"Thank you boss!"

Classic one fist and one mouthful of honey!
Jiang Chao's experience as a manager is getting richer and richer. He is an old capitalist. He warned him before and finally let everyone have a good time.

Matthews, whose annual salary is only 10,000+, is the most surprising.

He has not earned 10 US dollars from the fight until now. This is the first time in his life that he has seen so much money, and he almost cried when he thought of it.

What he was crying about was why Jiang Chao didn't join the Knicks last year, and if he found himself last year, he wouldn't have to live another year of hard work!

10 US dollars, for Jiang Chao, this money is like flowing water.

But for everyone on the scene, this is an extra surprise.

Including Sean Marks:
"That...we, do you have one?"

Stevens and the others also raised their heads, their eyes unable to hide their anticipation.

"Have."

"Long live!"

"Long live the boss!"

"Boss Jiang, we followed the wrong person!"

Clifford yelled yes, and exchanged glances with Turk Drew. Damn, the boss of the Magic is not as generous as Jiang Chao, he shouted more vigorously than the players.

"Boss, don't give it to Coach Clifford, he's going to buy defensive equipment to torture us again!"

I don't know who shouted in the crowd.

Clifford squinted at the players:
"Who said that?"

……

The next step is to see how the players will perform at that time. It is no longer something that Jiang Chao and the management can change.

Jiang Chao has nothing to do when he has nothing to do. He locks himself in the study of the villa like a code farmer, wears headphones to listen to music and write articles.

Pei Rabbit is finishing work on "Introduction to Architecture" recently, and is waiting for Jiang Chao to set the release time.

Jiang Chao said he was in no rush about this, and waited until he went to the chaebol, no, South Korea. In the video, Bunny Pei rested his head on his hand and looked at Jiang Chao with a resentful expression.

But at this moment, a piece of NBA news of special concern popped up at the bottom right of the super chat, that is, the NBA's various regular season awards have also been released.

This is the final answer sheet of all players, usually selected before the first round of the playoffs, it can be regarded as a year-end summary.

Some players' self-confidence will indeed become very different after the blessing of honor.

And Jiang Chao saw the best rookie column at a glance:

Prospect James Harden!
"I rub?? Harden beat Griffin and Evans??"

Jiang Chao was stunned for a moment, so cool!
This kind of good thing must be appreciated slowly at the end.

"Pei Rabbit, don't talk for now, let me see who the MVP is."

"Hmph, Oppa doesn't like me."

"Who said I like you &..."

"But I like you!"

"Shoot well and don't think about it."

"He wants to be by your side like sister Hashimoto to watch the ball with you..."

Seeing that Jiang Chao's eyes were completely fixed on other parts of the computer, Pei Rabbit stared blankly at Jiang Chao's serious reading of the article, and was so fascinated by it that he almost fell from her soft lips. Up and down.

MVP winner: LeBron James.

After the US media broke the news in advance that James has won the MVP, today the official finally announced that LeBron once again "lords the world"

The "Emperor" also officially became the 10th player in history to win consecutive regular season MVPs.

In addition to James, Russell, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Bird, "Magic" Johnson, Jordan, Duncan and Nash have all been elected consecutive regular season MVPs...

Averaged 29.7 points, 8.6 assists and 7.3 rebounds per game, which is indeed top.

Then the best defensive player in the back was given to Howard of the Magic, which is reasonable.

Howard's defensive data this season is 13.2 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game. He is the leader of the league in rebounds and blocks. , Olajuwon and Ben Wallace.

"So this guy must come to my arms." Jiang Chao couldn't help applauding when he saw that Howard, who was playing happily, was still the best defensive player casually. In fact, he couldn't wait for his arrival next season.

Sixth Man of the Year: Crawford

Most Improved Player of the Year: Brooks (Rockets), because McGrady was injured. He averaged 19.7 points per game, a full increase of 8.4 points compared to last season, ranking first in the league.In addition, Brooks' assists reached 5.3 times this season, and he is the only player in the league whose assists have increased by more than 2 times.

Head Coach of the Year: Brooks (Thunder)
This is also quite reasonable. After all, Zen Master got numb, and the Cavaliers' winning percentage has nothing to do with the coach. It is still very good that Brooks can coordinate young players to the second place in the Western Conference.

The best general manager of the year also made Jiang Chao very happy, Sean Marks.

Comfortable, but the media commented that half of this award was also rewarded to the Knicks owner Jiang Chao, who raised the Knicks from the bottom 4 last year to the positive fourth. Who else? ?It has been in operation this year, and the best general manager must belong to the Knicks.

The first team of the best team: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade, Howard, of which James and Howard are full marks.

"Dian Wei is a while, I want to see if you can pass our level with single core."

From this, it can be seen that the league is a bit wet, and David Stern has always been very good to Wade, and every team has someone selected.

The best defensive lineup is the best defensive player in the league, Howard, MVP James and last season's finals MVP Kobe Bryant. In addition, Celtics point guard Rondo and Bobcats forward Wallace are also honored to be selected as the first team.

In addition, Battier and Ariza of the Rockets also won votes, but none of the Knicks got votes. Is this looking down on the Knicks' defense?
But it is also true that the Knicks do not have any particularly outstanding defensive players at this stage, and Beverly, who will be particularly outstanding in the future, is just a marginal substitute...

But but!

It seems that the players and the Knicks are out of luck, but the next two rookie awards, the Knicks players can eat enough!

The option for the best rookie is impressively written: James Harden!

In fact, Jiang Chao has thought about it, because Harden's data has surpassed Evans, coupled with the Knicks' record, the Knicks starting shooting guard Harden really deserves this award.

However, ESPN has a higher evaluation. He averaged 20+ points per game. He is the fourth rookie in the past ten years to score 20+ points in his rookie season! !
And Harden's average assists per game is also far ahead among rookies, and Evans is second with 5.3!
"Congratulations, Harden."

The super chat player group has already talked high, and Harden's award is the first Knicks player to win this season.

The second is just behind.

Stephen Curry!
All-Rookie Team: Evans (Kings), Harden, Curry, Griffin (Clippers), Gibson (Thunder)
First of all, it is worthy of the year of guards. In fact, three of the All-Rookie team are guards. Curry squeezed out Jennings and DeRozan.

But no one pays attention to whether it is the year of the guard.

Everyone only knows that the Knicks really have a youth storm this year, and the two major lottery players have been selected to the best rookie team! ! !

Who else! !

That's true draft talent.

There are a bunch of follow-up speeches in the forum:
"Apologize in line!"

"When I first came here, I knelt down for Jiang Chao. Is it too late to kneel now?"

"I apologize!"

"I'm in line! Miane!"

"sorry!"

"Sorry!! The best rookie, the best rookie team!! The Kuha combination is invincible!"

"The strongest backcourt double guns in 09!!! Can you beat the best team Wade!"

"Try!! Anyway, I apologize first! You follow me!"

And a very exaggerated thing that only Detonator knows.

That is, Gibson was also recommended by Jiang Chao for them to choose.

In other words, Jiang Chao guessed 60 of the 5 rookies last year when only 3 were selected for the All-Rookie Team? ? ? ?

WTF? ? ?

Boss Jiang is making a lot of money! !

After seeing the best rookie award, Mr. Pu couldn't sit still. He couldn't help but call Jiang Chao to congratulate him and flatter him a lot.

Finally came the sentence:
"Brother, is there any good rookie this year that I can recommend? It's okay, as long as we know, I'll pay for your knowledge!"