The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 1054 at all costs
On September 14, Rudy Tomjanovich officially became the acting coach of the Knicks.
Zhao Yuanzheng gave up his job as a teaching assistant and focused on the scouting department and assistant to the president.
Except for Zhao Yuanzheng, Lu Yi's team was basically inherited by Rudy.
Doug Mo is still in charge of the Knicks' offense and Tom Thibodeau is in charge of the defense.
Rudy also promoted interior coach Quin Snyder to assistant coaching.
On the opening day of training camp, everyone on the coaching staff was nervous.
The reason for the tension is the uncertainty of the player's state and size.
Fortunately, apart from McHale, no one's body shape has changed significantly.
McHale made a high-profile announcement before the start of the season that the 1993-94 season would be his last season. As he grew older and the young players in the team rose, his existence became closer and closer to symbolic meaning, rather than practical effect.
With the arrival of Mahon and the signing of Tony Kukoc, there is a high probability that McHale will buy a house in the dnp position.
Not bad, when you think about it.
He doesn't have to bear the pressure of the game, he can still show off his old age on the training ground, paddle casually, and finally have the opportunity to retire with seven championship rings.
Is there anything happier than this?
Rodman's new hairstyle sparked widespread discussion.
He's got a bun, but it's blond—well, so it looks like he's got a fresh-baked sho on his head.
Three rookies, Sam Cassell, Alan Houston and Kukoc shivering.
Because this team doesn't look like there's a single good guy.
Mahon was quick to get into the role, and he knew what the team wanted him to do.
As soon as he arrived, he announced that no matter how good John Selley had been before, he would be better than him because all he wanted was to win a ring of his own.
And Lu Yi'an sat in the office, listening to Zhao Yuanzheng's report.
"Hakeem and Drexler chose to renew their contracts with the Clippers. They will still be the first-line team in the West in the next few years."
"Robert Parish moved to Denver. This signing will basically not have a substantial impact on the league structure."
"James Worthy was traded to Philadelphia in a sign-and-trade."
"Is Detroit planning to rebuild?"
"Yes, they have turned on tank mode."
"Jose Hawkins and Eddie Johnson join Phoenix."
"Indiana trades Horace Grant to Dallas for German Schrempf."
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After Zhao Yuanzheng's report, the changes during this offseason are consistent with Louis' perception.
There are many small moves, but there are basically no large-scale transactions, and no new championship-level teams have emerged. Not surprisingly, the Knicks' biggest opponent for the seventh consecutive championship is the Portland Trail Blazers.
"How is Rudy doing now?"
Louis really wanted to go downstairs to have a look, but today was Rudy's first day in office, and whether the rookie coach could fully control the team depended on the first few days.
Not only the coach wants to stand up, but the players are also observing the coach. They want to know whether this person is worthy of trust and whether they should work hard for him.
"He looks like he is 15 years younger." Zhao Yuanzheng said.
Ugh, 15 years younger...wasn't that the age when Kermit Washington punched his brains out?
Tomjanovich took over the team faster than Louie expected.
It's not that the old players changed their minds quickly, but that Rudy was half Louis standing on the training ground.
Over the past ten years, Louis and Rudy have become a golden partner known in the industry.
On the training ground, Rudy is the head coach of everyone, but Louis does not have a strong sense of presence.
However, whether Rudy has really taken over the team will have to wait until the start of the season.
Louis seldom went downstairs when he was a coach before, and now he hardly ever goes downstairs.
As long as the training is not over, he stays in the office.
Because even if he just walks downstairs, it will give people the feeling that Rudy is not a coach.
Although he is in the office, Louis can also receive the information downstairs at any time.
He focused on the current relationship between Ewing and Wilson, as well as the integration of several newcomers.
In the finals last year, Wilson and Ewing seemed to open up their hearts, but Louis has been troubled by this matter for many years, and always feels that it will not end like this.
Judging from Zhao Yuanzheng's report, Ewing has completely dominated the team.
In the past, Ewing was strict off the court, while Wilson was strict on the court.
In this way, leadership is assigned.
Ewing was the leader off the court, Wilson was the leader on the court.
Zhao Yuanzheng said that Ewing has shown a sense of responsibility in many things this year.
He cared about his teammates, was more willing to communicate, and became more patient when facing rookies.
Most importantly, there were no conflicts or quarrels with Wilson, and the two treated each other with respect.
"It seems that benj has fully recognized Patrick."
Judging from the results, that is the case.
Zhao Yuanzheng asked: "Is this not good?"
"For Rudy, this is the best news."
But does Wilson look like second-in-command material?
Will he be Pippen next to Ewing? Obviously, he has understood that a team can only have one boss, no matter how much he tolerates, as long as he wants to do something about the boss, he will conflict with Ewing.
There is no universal law in the world, and the past six years have proved this fact.
Now Ewing dominates the team. He is a good leader. Wilson obeys his leadership and recognizes that the Knicks are his team.
That means Rudy won't have the problems Louie has in the new season.
The Knicks have been reborn.
However, Louis thought, after the contract expires next summer, benj might not stay in New York.
As for the few newcomers, Ma Hong is a veteran who has played professional games for more than ten years and knows what to do.
He just needs to take his time getting into the murder press.
Kassel, Houston and Kukoc have their own problems.
Cassell's personality is too out of character, and his playing style is also casual. Although the playing style meets the requirements, it is not suitable for the Knicks overall.
Houston needs to adapt to the NBA's three-point line, and his proud mid-range jumper is difficult to display in New York because there are not so many possessions.
In addition to the language problem, Kukoc had to find the right position.
He has a height of 210 cm, but has a clever ball-handling ability and can play both the third and fourth positions. And these two positions are the most popular positions for the Knicks. How he can find his role among a bunch of kings is not only a test for him, but also a test for the coaching staff.
On October 20, the Knicks went to Las Vegas to play a preseason game.
Rudy continued Louie's coaching style, with 13 players in rotation and won all five games.
This year's preseason God of War is Sean Kemp.
In these five games, Kemp averaged 26 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in 24 minutes per game.
"Sports Illustrated" writer Jack McCollum believes that the intensity of the preseason has made Kemp's god-like performance.
But he also admitted that Kemp's strength has improved in all aspects.
His skills have become more delicate, and he has developed a high-post left-handed attack. In addition to unsolvable turn-around layups in the paint, he also controls emergency stop half-blocks and throws. It is almost like a physical enhancement. Danny Manning.
Someone asked Kemp if he was confident that he would be selected for the first team of the best team in the new season.
Kemp asked, "Why not? That's my goal."
Then he was asked what was different about playing under Tomjanovich and Louie.
"Rudy is Coach Road and Coach Road is Rudy, so it's no different."
Then, in order to let Louis return, Rodman, who decided to change his mind, was caught off the court for beating a fan who was rude to him and was arrested by the police station, and was suspended by the league for 4 games.
Afterwards, Rodman expressed no regrets, because he was a Trail Blazers fan.
"He can insult me, but not my team," Rodman said.
Either way, Rodman is doomed to miss the Nov. 5 opener.
It was the first game of the new season, the Knicks will face the Boston Celtics at home, and held a ring ceremony and the flag-raising ceremony of the championship flag.
The Celtics' lineup in the new season is slightly weak.
Although they renewed their contract with Sampson for two years (including player options) in the summer, the retirement of Bird and Lambiel made this team a substantial one-man team.
It's like Shonhoku during the first and second years of Akagi Takenori High School.
In the entire lineup of the Celtics, except for Sampson, only Billy Owens is considered a little famous, and the others are all question marks that make people look at them, cats and dogs.
Worst of all, they couldn't draft good players and failed miserably in free agency.
They originally wanted to fight for Moses Malone in the free market. Even though the Prophet had entered the twilight years of his career, Dave Gavitt still offered him a three-year 14 million higher than the market price.
As a result, Malone would rather have New Jersey's three-year 10 million than Boston's three-year 14 million.
From this we can see how unfavorable the Celtics are.
They have money and can't spend it. The first-round picks in 1994 and 1996 (top 20 pick protection) were in the hands of the Knicks.
Although the championship is hopeless, Mr. One can at least take them to the playoffs, as long as he stays healthy.
Louie was in the game.
Received his seventh championship ring from Stern, and watched the ninth championship flag in Knicks history rise to the ceiling.
Fans are excited.
But Louis didn't have so much emotion, and these superficial forms were just an afterthought to them.
The time for real excitement is long gone.
Before the game, Ewing called out to his teammates, "We're going to win another ring!"
"Is one enough?" Kemp asked with a smile.
Ewing's face was serious: "Don't be so ambitious, Sean."
"That's right, our goal now is to win another ring, so let's crush the Bostonians first!" Miller said frantically, "Fuck them to death!"
Watching the 33-year-old Sampson support the team on his own is painful.
If you're a fan of his, you want him to run away from this team right away, right away.
This summer, he has the opportunity to leave.
But after months of negotiations, he chose to sign a short contract.
It was like giving myself and the Celtics another chance.
If it doesn't work, just leave.
Turns out, it really doesn't work.
Today's Sampson can no longer exert force on both ends of the offense and defense at the same time, he can only selectively output.
But the Knicks simply did not give the Celtics a chance to breathe.
Kemp blasted lottery pick Doug Smith, who came to the team with Owens, at the 4.
Owens belongs to the c-*** who has the potential to go bankrupt and has strength but cannot reach the level of hype before entering the league, so Smith is a standard parallel importer.
He has talent, potential, but just can't play it.
The Celtics have decided that this man's potential will always remain on paper. But so what? They still have to put him on the starting roster in the first season after Bird and Laimbeer retire, and hope for a miracle to see if this guy will make a brilliant turnaround.
As a result, he let Kemp score 42 points and 8 rebounds on his head.
In the end, 127 to 89, the Knicks beat the Celtics by a huge advantage of 38 points.
Sampson played 39 minutes and scored 29 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. He performed comprehensively, but it was useless.
In the words of his teammate and nbc commentator Lambir: "From the perspective of the scene, Boston has no chance from the beginning to the end. Unless Ralph can multiply his data by two, even if he plays another hundred games, The Knicks will win."
Ewing can't remember how many times he and Sampson have played against each other.
The opponent won the data and lost the ball as before.
Although Ewing also scored 19 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks~www.mtlnovel.com~, as long as he is against Sampson, he is basically at a disadvantage.
"Ralph is still the number one center in the league." Ewing continued to say, "If only he had a good team."
The Knicks' acting coach, Rudy Tomjanovich, won his sixth career game.
Why not Game 1?
Because over the years, he has also coached a few games in Louie's absence.
However, this is his first official win as the team's head coach.
A good start is half the battle.
"I definitely don't want the consecutive championship to end in my hands." Tomjanovich joked to reporters, "So, I will do whatever it takes to win."
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