Chapter 333: Phil Jackson's Remorse

Since Lamar has been frequenting the café recently, it is natural that the regular customers here also know him, and when Lamar came in, some people immediately stood up and raised their coffee cups in their hands and whispered hello. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lamar, you're here, when are we going to win the championship?"

"Lamar, let's have coffee and think about life again! You're our New York baby!"

But then when they saw Sun Mingming who was following Lamar, they stopped talking one by one, they knew that Lamar obviously had something to talk about today, so they all started their own things with a tacit understanding.

"Boss, prepare a private room for me, I have something to talk about with Cowen!"

"Oh, okay. Lamar, you and me. ”

"Cowen, I don't know if you've noticed that your work has been a terrible mess lately, and it's all about coping. What do you think?" Arriving at the box, Lamar got straight to the point and chatted with Cowen.

Lamar looked at Cowan, who was full of embarrassment, and his face slowly turned cold: "I know you've been working for the Knicks for 15 years, but that doesn't make your work a negative reason, or does that you don't want to continue working at the Knicks now? You are the Knicks' chief team doctor, and the health of so many players is in your hands! You know what?"

Lamar's words quieted Cowan, who was originally a little restless. He knew Lamar's rights on the team, and he knew that if Lamar really asked the team to fire him, the Knicks would 100% agree!

Although Lamar has not been in New York for a long time, he is domineering and short-handed, and his character has long been spread, and the last time because a beautiful reporter was interviewing, he said that Battier was not worthy of the position of the starting main force, and Lamar was angry and almost staged a spicy hand.

Lamar glanced at Karn, who was completely silent, "Hey, Cowen, I think you'll have to come up with a reason that I think will keep you on the Knicks!"

"I've had problems in my family recently, my wife and I are divorced, and I have to take care of two children?"

"So what?"

"I want to quit my job as a Knicks team doctor, there are so many things to do as the chief team doctor, and my energy can't keep up with it right now!"

"You, Cowen, you stay with the Knicks, but just be a regular team doctor, after all, your children need money, and if you quit your job for a while, it will be difficult to find a suitable job!"

"Thank you! Lamar, do you have a replacement for me?"

"No! Your situation is so sudden, do you have any good candidates?"

"No!" Cowan looked at his watch again, embarrassed.

Lamar also knew what he meant, and waved his hand to signal him to go.

After Cowan left, Lamar took out his mobile phone and called Morey and Van Gundy to inform him of Cowan's situation.

Three days later, the New York Knicks announced that they would hire Dr. Carter of the Phoenix Suns as the team's chief team physician and establish an independent sports medicine laboratory for him.

This news did not attract too many people's attention, and in the eyes of people, it was a very normal business practice.

On November 2, the regular season of the new NBA season officially began, and the eight teams that played on the first day fought against each other. The fans, who had been bored for too long during the off-season, finally ushered in the long-lost enthusiasm again, and they all seemed very excited.

The first game was played by Lamar's old club, the Los Angeles Lakers, at home at the Staples Center, against the Washington Wizards, who had been joined by the top pick.

Before the game, the Wizards' newly returned basketball god Lao Flyer was ashamed to announce that he wanted to give the Lakers, the defending champion, some colors to see. Shaq, the leader of the Lakers, didn't even bother to pay attention to this, and only said a word under repeated questions from reporters.

"This guy's time has passed, and this alliance doesn't belong to him now!"

Although the Lakers lost the team's ace Lamar and starting point guard Chauncy Billups this summer, last season's interior core backup power forward Chris Anderson was also ejected from the league due to drug bans.

However, with the introduction of madman Sprewell and veteran Mark Jackson, young player Withers has matured, and they still beat the Wizards by 21 points in the game.

Before the game, the basketball god's rhetoric suddenly became a complete laughing stock, in the game he was completely controlled by the madman Sprewell, who replaced Ramon Murray as the team's starting small forward this season, coupled with the assistance of Cotter Thomas, a defensive giant, he did not have a brilliant performance in this game at all, only got a pitiful 16 points, 4 rebounds, and as many as 5 turnovers.

What's even more pitiful is the new champion Xiu Kwame Brown, the little guy faced the league's No. 1 center Shaq in this game and was beaten to noodles. After this game, media reporters couldn't wait to label Kwame Brown as a parallel import.

In the other three games, the Sacramento Kings defeated the New Orleans Hornets on the road with the excellent play of key player Webb. However, the Hornets' new queen Byron Davis has been eye-catching, contributing 25 points, eight assists and three steals for the team. I almost got two pairs.

After the game, even Kings coach Adelman couldn't help but praise Byron Davis, saying that Byron Davis can definitely become a great star in the NBA. While it may be outrageous to conclude a young player on the basis of just one game, the media has maintained a positive attitude towards it.

In addition, the Denver Nuggets defeated the San Antonio Spurs on their home court, and the biggest star of the game was former Lakers coach Ramon Murray, who joined the Nuggets and scored a game-high 32 points on consecutive shots.

After the departure of several key players of the team, the Spurs' current roster seems to be a little depressed, and they did not show their true strength in the game at all, and even Shi Fonaken's performance was a little aberrant, only getting 17 points and 7 rebounds.

The final contest was a home game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns, and in the end, the high-skilled Suns had the last laugh and got a hard-fought victory at the American Airlines Center with a near-perfect performance.

Cuban's money strategy didn't seem to have any significant effect, and Cuban, who had been standing in the stands during the game, had a gloomy and intimidating face. Anyone can guess that this topic who is never willing to be lonely is brewing his trading plan again, but I don't know which player he will be interested in this time?!

The smoke of the first game day cleared, and overall, the results of the other games were expected, except for the Denver Nuggets' shock win over the Spurs at home.

Especially in the Los Angeles Lakers, although there is no Lamar, after years of construction, the Lakers' strength has already made a qualitative leap, and the three generations of players in the team are very reasonable. In particular, Kurt Thomas, the power forward who was traded to the Lakers this season, showed people a very strong strength after actually getting the team's starting position. Some Lakers fans have even begun to claim that Cotter Thomas is fully worth 2 Lamar Odom.

However, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson disagrees with such statements, believing that Coat-Thomas's strength on the defensive end is very good, but it is completely incomparable to Lamar in terms of offense and team organization.

But it was too late to say anything, and Jackson knew that Lamar would have chosen to leave Los Angeles even if it hadn't happened to Anderson. After all, there are people here who don't stay like Lamar at all.

Just like this game, although the Lakers won, there are still a lot of problems exposed. Especially on the outside of the team, when Lamar was traded by the team and Mark Jackson is aging, it is really difficult to reassure the Lakers guard line organized by Kobe Bryant alone.

Then there is the fact that the team really can't find a suitable and stable outside three-pointer in the lineup rotation, which was originally given to Ramon Murray, but now that Lamond is gone, Phil has no choice but to put Sprewell in this position.

Now Phil has regretted it a little, if he could have been a little more enthusiastic when Anderson had an accident, maybe the affectionate Lamar would have stayed. But now it's too late to regret it, and it's more practical to figure out how to mend your team.

The Los Angeles Lakers were able to win, and Lamar, who was far away in New York, was also very happy, and in the two years he was there, Lamar had already regarded the Lakers as his parent team. As for now with the Knicks, Lamar feels like it's a part-time job.

Lamar and Chauncy Billups were watching TV together in the hotel. What is being broadcast above is the essence of Shaq's interview with reporters after the game, and when asked about Lamar, the expression on Shaq's face immediately changed.

"He chooses to go out and find his dreams, it's his freedom, everyone has the right to choose what they like. Lamar is simply pursuing his ideals, which is nothing to blame at all. I think the fans in Los Angeles should be a little calmer! Don't forget that Lamar was a hero of the city and he did a lot for the city!"

The bored reporter asked about the game against the Wizards and the Lakers' goals for this season.

"The Wizards are a very good team, they have a lot of good players, but unfortunately they were against us today and as the defending champions we don't want the season to start with a loss. As for the goal you're talking about, of course it's the championship, and I believe we have the quality. ”

Lamar turned off the TV and stood up to get out.

"They're doing a good job, aren't they?" said Chaunsibilups suddenly. (To be continued.) )