Chapter 603: : [Li Zhen: Do I have some green tea?]

If it weren't for James Dolan, the Dolan family, and Isaiah Thomas to make these messy news.
If it hadn't been for Jerry West, he had participated in the Bruce deal and was ridiculed.
This is definitely the best management signing the Knicks have ever done.
The greatness of Jerry West is beyond doubt. His operation to establish the Lakers dynasty is still called magical and cannot be copied. He traded to Shaker O'Neal, and then got Kobe through the draft...Even the opener didn't know that he would achieve such a brilliant achievement at that moment.
His connections in the NBA are amazing.
Moreover, no one can ignore his great achievements on the court. In fact, before Michael Jordan appeared, no one would doubt his monument as the first shooting guard in history.
The 191-tall white man can be called a scoring killer in ancient times. He is the only Finals loser MVP in history. He is also the only player ever to score 10 40 pluses in the finals. He is as strong as Jordan. Also failed to break this record. Not to mention his 60+20 finals.
Jerry West is similar to Li Zhen's body.
Therefore, the reason why many people look forward to him is that everyone hopes that he can change Bruce Lee's current lack of scoring ability.
In fact, Jerry West did the same.
Although he is called a model of unknown people because of Li Zhen.
But the first thing he did when he arrived in New York was to openly laugh at himself: "The reason why I chose to join New York is because I believe in a philosophy of life: wherever I fall, I stand up!"
West is quite humorous.
This eased some embarrassment.
What is unknown is that the first thing Jerry West did after taking office was to drive to Li Zhen's apartment, when Li Zhen had just sent away Anne Hathaway.
Jerry West showed great enthusiasm, he did not have the posture rumored in the media at all. On the contrary, he sincerely analyzed why he chose to trade Li Zhen at the beginning, because Li Zhen at that time did not see any physical talents, which was completely different from today.
Li Zhen acknowledged this point.
After all, except for gamblers like Isiah Thomas, who would bet such a big chip on himself at the time.
Jerry West just made a normal transaction at the time, but he didn't expect Li Zhen to mutate afterwards.
West later emphasized that he will not change the current structure of the team. Moreover, he promised to bring greater help to Li Zhen, including personally going to the training ground to give advice on Li Zhen's offensive skills.
The conversation between the two can be called heart-to-heart.
Therefore, Li Zhen felt that this did not seem to be a bad thing.
Isaiah Thomas later appeared at the press conference where Jerry West took office, and they showed sympathy in front of the camera.
However, some contradictions still appeared afterwards.
As we all know, Isaiah is a very accustomed person. He has his own staff in every department of the club. And most of these people are...the existence of idle meals.
As soon as Jerry West came up, he carried out the reform of the Golden Sword.
He first fired the scout supervisor appointed by Isaiah, and then replaced the manager of the player affairs management department.
One courtier in the sky.
There is nothing wrong with it.
According to conscience, the personnel appointed by Jerry West are indeed better than Isaiah's group in terms of business ability.
Thomas feels very shameless, he thinks Jerry West is a deliberate action against him.
Li Zhen didn't know how to comfort him, it was difficult for him to help say something about this matter.
As a player, no matter how you can interfere with the middle management of the team, even LeBron James has never done so.
Therefore, he can only emphasize again and again: You and Jerry West fall into the water, I must save you first.
Isaiah Thomas replied irritably, I fell into the water with him, and I must step on his body to climb up.
To be honest, Jerry West is not a caregiver. On the third day after he came to the Knicks, he figured out that Isaiah was the shopkeeper, but he didn't take it seriously.
He turned a deaf ear.
Moreover, he soon carried out a long-term structural construction of the team for the next three to four years. His goal was to build a dynasty team. He even spoke calmly about his ambitions when communicating with Li Zhen alone: I hope the Knicks can win ten consecutive championships! You have this ability!
Ten consecutive championships?
Li Zhen was taken aback.
But from Jerry West's mouth, it was so believable. The biggest difference between him and the smiling assassin is that the assassin is an emotional person, and he has no basis for his words. And Jerry West is very rational. He even sorted out the draft picks he might have in the next three years, as well as some NCAA rookies and high school rookies.
West’s influence in college basketball is not the same as Isaiah’s. He can get more than other NBA coaches and general managers. He also maintains a good relationship with a large number of agents. His protégés All over the American basketball.
One of the most intuitive changes is that after he took charge of the Knicks, ESPN's unreasonable criticism of the Knicks was less visible to the naked eye.
This is the role of Jerry West, he is Dinghai Shenzhen, he is the founder of the dynasty.
However, Jerry West's classification of existing players makes Li Zhen feel uncomfortable.
Li Zhen is not for sale in his mind.
Little Gasol is also close to what he thinks is not for sale.
Zach Randolph, Jordan, Dragic are the top resources.
Francisco Garcia, Matt Barnes, Gallinari these are high-quality support.
Yi Jianlian and Stephen Marbury are indispensable players in rotation.
And Eddie Griffin, he thinks he can choose to trade: now is the time when his trade value is the highest, he can exchange for a sixth man full of scoring energy.
At this point, Li Zhen told him with certainty: "Griffin is my brother. It is unacceptable to trade him!"
Jerry West didn't expect Lee to react so intensely.
He believes that the Knicks' current inside problem has been completely resolved, and the only thing missing is a strong sixth man.
However, in the end he still respected Li Zhen's ideas.
After all, it is still too early.
And he doesn't think the Knicks have a chance to win the championship this season.
The current lineup of the Knicks is still inexperienced, the young players have a lot of ups and downs, and it is easy to suffer in the playoffs.
He believes that the Knicks collectively entered the peak should be in 2010, by then, is the beginning of the Knicks dynasty. Moreover, he is absolutely confident that he will catch a big fish in the summer of 2010. The Knicks have too much chips now.
Li really didn't know what Jerry West was thinking.
Without discussing the transaction, the communication between the two is very harmonious.
Jerry West admires Li Zhen who is hardworking, educated and well-trained. He often goes to the training ground to give advice to Li Zhen. He tells Li Zhen some scoring skills and brings him some completely different insights.
December just passed quietly.
Although the Knicks have undergone major high-level changes, time has entered 2009 without hesitation.
The Knicks' schedule has become difficult after entering January, and their opponents are no longer league scraps. The Western powers are coming in turns, and the top four in the Eastern fighting alternately.
In this case, the Knicks have three players selected as NBA All-Star candidates: Li Zhen, Zach Randolph, and Eddie Griffin.
Moreover, when Li Zhen learned of the list, he shouted to the outside world: "I hope Zac, Eddie and I will stand on the stage of the All-Star Game together."
This made the three people's votes soar.
Zach Randolph overtook Dwight Howard almost instantaneously, and Eddie Griffin also crushed Kevin Garnett to death.
This triggered a strong wave of sour grapes in the east.
Happy Beast became very unhappy, he was very depressed and told the media: this is cheating. How can you help your teammates canvass for votes? I don't have as many girlfriends as Bruce, and they all get along in harmony!
What Howard said is no different from not confessing.
The whole world knows that his illegitimate son is quickly catching up with his predecessor Sean Camp, but he is still smarter than his predecessor, and he raises the illegitimate son himself, which leaves those women who are deliberately less avenues to make money.
Before he jumped in Madison Garden on January 2, Howard did not forget to ask Li Zhen: "How do you prevent those female stars from getting pregnant? Are you wearing a raincoat? That stuff is very uncomfortable."
Li Zhen shook his head subconsciously.
He wondered why Howard would suddenly ask such a question.
But he does not have the habit of wearing a raincoat, because even in the United States, it is difficult to buy his size.
Can't that kind of thing be controlled by yourself? How can you get pregnant?
Li is really strange.
"Then you have to be careful, it's too annoying to make a little baby. Especially you, those female stars are more difficult to deal with than those women. After all, those bad women only need money, and those female stars must be you."
Howard said with sentiment.
Li Zhen nodded, indicating that he would pay attention.
Then the game officially started.
The warm meeting between the men before the game did not change the fact that the game was very tough.
Classmate Howard is the league's first center, and once again he was squeezed by the Knicks' center group.
The Magic bet too much, and it is unrealistic for Stan Van Gundy to pin all his hopes on Howard alone. Whether it's Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol playing at the same time, or Jordan and Gasol jointly suppressing, or Eddie Griffin with one of them, they are all at an altitude disadvantage.
What's more, the Knicks can also play fast offense.
The Knicks also have tall shooters.
Moreover, Li Zhen organized his talents, and Nelson would not be able to learn even if he was born again ten times.
As a result, the game became no suspense.
The Knicks reaped the victory calmly.
Moreover, after the game, Zach Randolph was rarely arrogant once: "Howard can't even beat my little brother. Why does he have to compete with me for the All-Star start? My commercials are broadcast every day on TV. What does he have? Commercial value? Do you perform funny juggling in a slam dunk contest in a Superman jacket?"
The Knicks easily climbed the Orlando mountain that they failed to climb last season.
However, in the face of the aggressive Boston Celtics. The Knicks' center group is misfired. Both Jordan and Gasol seem to be inexperienced, and they are made a little daunting.
But Li is really a leader who prefers Hushan.
The more embarrassed the two of them, the more he passed the ball to them, insisting on fighting back with tooth for tooth.
In the constant feeding of the ball, the two people's spirits were playing back. In the fourth quarter, Jordan even dunked Perkins and roared. Gasol also covered Pierce for a layup.
But the game was lost by 87:101.
After the game, the Celtics were quite ashamed.
From Pierce to Perkins, they all seemed arrogant.
But Jerry West, who watched the whole game, felt that Li was really smart.
"He is deliberately accumulating the anger of two young centers. Losing in the regular season is not terrible. As long as they have enough anger and enough experience, in the playoffs, it is the moment to turn defeat into victory!"
West told his confidant.
But his confidant seemed to understand.
In the third game after playing with the Boston Celtics, the Knicks hit the Cleveland Cavaliers head-on.
The Knicks lost again.
LeBron James still showed great power, scoring 35 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds in a super triple-double.
Their penalty area Ilgauskas and Ben Wallace also completed the suppression of Gasol and Jordan.
These two rookie centers didn't seem to have too much tactics in front of the two old fritters with different offenses and defenses, but Li Zhen kept feeding them the ball from start to finish, not caring about the outcome of the game.
This is also the reason why the Cleveland media claimed that the Quicken Loans Center had a great success.
Indeed, the 24 points difference is worthy of their hype.
This made them forget the pain of being swept last season, and the bitterness of being crushed on the floor by the Chosen Son.
"The killing of the Knicks is by no means the end of the Cavaliers' end this year, our goal is the championship trophy! 》
The Ohio Mirror reported a strong headline the next day and used a photo of James King.
It seemed that he was going to ascend the throne that night.
Li Zhen had long been aware of Cleveland's good feelings about himself, so he didn't bother to respond.
Embark on another Western tour with the team.
Playing against the three strong teams in the East, in addition to letting Li Zhen feel the immature inside. The greater feeling still comes from oneself, although the name of the'Bruce Terminator' that has sprung up like mushrooms is exaggerated. But the weak scoring ability is still a pain point that he cannot avoid.
The low-level shooting finishing ability makes it easy for strong teams to make some targeted defenses, which affects the overall situation.
Therefore, Li Zhen is very eager to improve the integration of talent.
However, talented defenders are hard to find.
Although Sharapova had agreed to play together a long time ago, during this time, he played from Wimbledon to the French Open without setting foot in the Americas.
Although Li Zhen believed in her own phone call, she would travel across the ocean to see him.
But is this too green tea?
But fortunately... Westbrook's distant relative Dawei killed Sharapova at the French Open.
If there is no accident, the Russian girl will arrive in the United States in mid-February.
When the time comes, we must go back to singles with her!
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