The God of Basketball

The news of D'Antoni's dismissal shook the basketball circle.

Although the conflict between Zach Randolph and D'Antoni was well known before, the basketball media never speculated that this would be the result.

Even New York fans were a little spooked.

D'Antoni.

A generation of running and bombing masters, the hottest head coach in recent years. When he joined the Knicks this summer, he was said to be condescending, so why is he being kicked out now?

Is Zach Randolph really that attractive?

All of a sudden, the media raised question marks one after another.

Express sarcasm and add insult to injury at the same time.

"I guess, there will be no top coaches willing to go to the Knicks in the future. Under the leadership of Isiah Thomas, it has almost become a black hole for coaches. From Wilkins, to Larry Brown, and now the German Anthony...none of them was respected in New York, or even a laughing stock, and disgraced."

The venomous commentator Bill Simmons, who is famous for his basketball comments, published a great article on EPSN that day.

At the same time, there are many similar opinions. The act of firing D'Antoni added to the already bad reputation of the Knicks.

Especially that afternoon, D'Antoni announced his resignation and took away the assistant team.

The situation for the Knicks became precarious.

"No team is better at killing than the New York Knicks. They can always smash a good hand, and, after a few days of good life, they can't wait to destroy everything. The new dog blood drama has kicked off , the disaster has begun."

There has also been increasing cynicism in the media.

It seems that the Knicks have fallen into hell in an instant.

Later in the day, Isiah Thomas stood up to stabilize the morale of the army, saying that he would temporarily act as the head coach in order to help the team stabilize the current situation.

But this did not make the doubts and ridicule from the outside world less, or even more pervasive. Because Isiah Thomas is not a trustworthy good coach in everyone's impression, he is even far from the standard of a qualified coach.

However, for the cynicism, Isiah Thomas showed the strength of "Let's wind in the southeast and northwest".

"I know that many people are questioning our decision. We are very grateful to D'Antoni's coaching team for their dedication and hard work during this period. His professionalism and superb command art are admirable."

"In the future, we will keep moving forward, and we will always win. We will continue to move towards new achievements with Mr. D'Antoni's expectations. I believe that under the leadership of Bruce Lee as the core, the Knicks will be able to achieve new and greater achievements."

Isiah Thomas' speaking style can't help but move closer to Stephen Marbury, there is no way... This style of propaganda has been tested and will last forever.

"Knicks fans, don't linger, don't worry. New opportunities have arrived, and we have to open our hands to welcome our golden future!"

Thomas' tone was calm and very bold.

It's no wonder that James Dolan turned into a black face in anger, and did not hesitate to resign D'Antoni who was trying to usurp the throne.

Poor D'Antoni still doesn't understand why the boss wants to fire himself. He even said there: They will regret this decision sooner or later. Zach Randolph is not a person who can take on a big responsibility.

However, this argument is also making Zach Randolph more loyal.

He is even more motivated by the cynicism of the media. This kind of stabbing players are born to be rebellious, have a unique style of behavior, and most of them have not felt any warmth.

Well now, the mass attack by the media has aroused Randolph's rebellious heart. The team's expulsion of D'Antoni activated his warmth in the world, and he almost tearfully issued a declaration of allegiance to the Knicks.

However, Li Zhen stopped him.

He still hoped that Randolph would be restrained, and that he would go out and make a big fuss at this time. With Randolph's IQ and bad-mouthedness, he couldn't get himself caught in the fire and make the sky thunder.

Of course, the most important thing is that D'Antoni took away three of the assistant coaches. Now the Knicks' coaching staff is only Jamilin, as well as shooting assistant Alan Houston and physical trainer Bob.

The most urgent task is to hurry up the tacit understanding of the fans and mention it again, because the Knicks' next second home opponent is the Detroit Pistons.

The Pistons eliminated the Knicks last season, which made Li Zhen and the old players always worry about it.

Moreover, in that series, the two sides were full of gunpowder, and Hamilton is still talking about it, saying that Li is really an airs, which is not worthy of the name. Every now and then, he still commented on Li Zhen's scandal. Two days ago, he also liked Scarlett Johansson's Facebook, and made a special statement in front of the media: My favorite female star is Scarlett Johansson. She not only has a beautiful face and a sexy body, but also has a beautiful face. With a crystal-clear heart, she can always see through the vulnerability behind those glamorous things.

Li Zhen laughed at this. He sometimes thought in his heart: If Hamilton knew that Scarlett Johansson sent me a maid photo last night, he would cry to death.

Oh, how can this kind of person understand women?

However, although this kind of person doesn't understand women, he is very good at making trouble.

The head coach of the Pistons Sanders immediately jumped out and criticized the Knicks' dismissal of D'Antoni. He said: "This is not in line with the spirit of the contract. Moreover, it is foreseeable that no famous head coach will join the Knicks in the future." , New York has put a long-lasting curse on itself, and they will languish."

"I know the Knicks have been very dissatisfied with the results of the playoffs last season. But so what, we are winners, and we always will be winners."

Hamilton also boasted on TV: "Honestly speaking, I lost all interest in the next game against the Knicks. It would be dishonorable to win. They don't even have a coaching team now. Moreover, they will definitely find all kinds of players at that time. Justification. You know, justification has always been New York's specialty."

These voices soon reached New York.

It aroused strong resentment from Knicks fans, who all thought that the Pistons were making trouble. They all expected the Knicks to give these bastards a head-on blow in the following games, but deep down they felt that it was too difficult.

After all, D'Antoni took away the assistant team.

Moreover, Stephon Marbury will not be able to return for at least four weeks... The wounds of old players always heal slower than young people.

well!

In the end, the indignation could only be turned into a helpless sigh. The so-called house leak happens to rain all night, which is probably the case.

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Isiah Thomas really lived up to the media's evaluation of his coaching ability. After he finished his impassioned speech in front of the media, he returned to the team's war room and was immediately at a loss.

He has no clue about the Knicks' current tactics, and he can't come up with an effective tactical system.

His mind is still playing Chuck Daly's hand-to-hand defense in the 1990s.

Therefore, the task had to be handed over to Jamilin.

"Jamie, I have always admired you, you are a motivated young man, so I want to give you a chance."

Isiah Thomas patted Jamie Lin on the shoulder: "Before the new coaching team is formed, I hope you will perform in these few games."

"I'm a VP in management after all, I don't need these things to prove myself anymore, but you, Jamie. You have to go through the test to get to the same mentality as I do, to become a real top coach .”

"come on!"

Isiah punches Jamie Lynn.

Jamelin nodded quickly.

Then he threw himself into very active work.

Li Zhen also assisted him in allowing the players to practice collectively, hoping to explore in training.

It is worth mentioning that despite the chaos outside, the Knicks have always been united within the team. The personnel changes did not bring a trace of panic, let alone make the players lose confidence in the future.

After all, everyone knows in their hearts that the backbone of the team is Bruce Lee, not D'Antoni.

Even, many players think Jamelin is more critical than D'Antoni.

In the few games D'Antoni let go, Jamelin gained a lot of trust and respect from the team.

This is also the reason why he is still yellow-skinned at a young age and can give various instructions on the training ground.

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The Orlando Magic was the first opponent the Knicks encountered after D'Antoni left.

Although many people criticize the Magic for giving Rashad Lewis a super premium contract this summer, they have to admit that although Lewis has a high salary and low ability, his arrival has really transformed the Magic.

The Orlando Magic's four-shot lineup built around Howard is gradually taking shape.

Their record this season has been stable at third in the East, second only to the Knicks and Celtics.

As soon as the game started, Magic center Howard showed super aggressiveness. He was worried about Zach Randolph's self-proclaimed No. 1 center in the East.

This young Superman is actively marketing the position of the league's No. 1 center. Who knew that Randolph would cut off the Hu in advance in the Eastern Conference, how could he bear it.

Even if he is called a happy beast, no matter how happy he is, he can't watch others pretend like wind.

Snapped!

He came up with a solid block on Randolph's habitual brushing.

After Warcraft entered the fourth season of his career, his upper body is already extremely strong, and his physical fitness and defensive experience have reached the peak. This season, he has been occupying the position of the rebounding leader and the blocking leader.

Randolph wanted to smack in front of him, basically giving the hat away.

It wasn't just Howard that was good for the Magic, their shooters were on fire from the first minute too.

Turkoglu's first shot was a pull-up jumper at the top of the three-point arc, and he hit it straight away.

This seems to bode not so well.

Li Zhen quickly stabilized the situation with a long-distance layup.

But looking back, Howard robbed the offensive rebound again... After Rashad Lewis missed a shot, he slapped the basketball to Nelson. Under the defense of Li Zhen, Nelson even hit the ball on the backboard, but Howard still beat Randolph and stabbed the basketball to Turkoglu, who finally hit a throw.

When Eddie Griffin was led to the perimeter by Lewis, Randolph and Howard were left on the inside, and Randolph's rebounding was not an opponent at all.

This is the mystery of Stan Van Gundy's semicircle tactics.

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