Chapter Eighty-Six: The Identity of the Man in Black
After the game, in addition to completing the lore, Chris. Paul, the person who was most sought after by reporters was Anjie, who performed well in this game and vented his emotions in a high-profile manner at the end. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Anjie, who broke out, scored a big double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds in this game, both of which set a new career high for Anjie. If it weren't for the high shooting rates of both sides in the second half, An Jie wouldn't have been able to grab a few more rebounds.
After a nine-game slump, AnJie has once again been the focus of media coverage since the Chinese derby.
At the press conference after the game, Calesimo brought Durant and Anjie with him to participate, and the faces of the three were not good-looking, but the reason why Calesimo did not look good was not because of the ten consecutive defeats.
The media reception area at the Chesapeake Energy Arena was packed today, with all the major media sitting in the audience, with a bunch of questions ready to be thrown at the three people on stage.
"The team has lost ten in a row, Coach Kalesimo, do you think there is anything wrong with your tactics?" TNT's reporters were the first to raise their hands.
"The team is still in the run-in period, and everyone is just not familiar with the current tactics." Calesimo was embarrassed to be asked, and the press conference was very sharp from the beginning.
"An Jie, who didn't play much time in front of him, got a lot of opportunities to perform today, was such a sudden outburst expected by you? That's why you gave Anjie the opportunity to perform today? The second person to raise his hand was Wu Hua, a special correspondent for the Sports Herald in Oklahoma City. He also asked this question on purpose to embarrass Calesimo.
"Uh...... Quiet...... His playing time in the first few games has been inconsistent and that's because ..... Because he's not used to the pace of the NBA game, I think it's time for him to get on the floor, and he's done a good job. After saying that, Calesimo turned his head and smiled at An Jie pretendedly, but An Jie ignored Calesimo's gesture of goodwill. He and Durant still had gloomy faces, watching the group of reporters tease their head coach to their heart's content.
Everyone sitting below knew that Anjie and Kalesimo were at odds, and that Kalesimo was a lot of. Seeing Calesimo's incoherent embarrassed expression, Wu Hua sat back satisfied.
"Ann, you played really well in this game, do you think you can maintain this form? Or is it just that you just happened to feel hot today? Eventually, the reporters lost interest in Calesimo and took aim at Anjie.
'It's not like I haven't played at this level, it's not the first time it's happened, and as long as I'm on the pitch, I'm going to give it my best as I did today.' An Jie is not in the mood to intrigue with the media now, he said his inner thoughts bluntly.
"At the end of the game, we all saw you smash the basketball to the ground, are you expressing your displeasure with your teammates? Or is it expressing dissatisfaction with the coach? An obese reporter stood up, and the question also caught the attention of everyone present.
"I'm expressing my frustration with the last time I defended." With a simple sentence, An Jie sent the reporter.
"Kevin, today we saw you feeding Anjie the ball many times, who do you think is the first scorer in the Thunder team, you or Anjie?" A reporter from the Sun Sports newspaper asked such a question with bad intentions.
"The whole Thunder team is happy to share the ball with each other, I fed Ann a few, but Ann didn't give me a few second passes. We all enjoyed the pace of the game and we were a real unit. Durant replied tactfully, without saying anything that made it worth spending a lot of money on hype.
The press conference that followed gradually became quieter, and Calesimo was already absent-minded. As soon as the press conference ended, Calesimo rushed out of the media reception room and headed straight for Presti's office.
"Knock knock!" Calesimo knocked on the door three times in a row, and before Presti could say yes, the anxious manager pushed the door in.
Upon entering, Calesimo saw Presti having a good conversation with a man in a black suit, and most importantly, several contracts on Presti's desk!
"Hello, Mr. Calesimo, it's a pity today." The man in the black suit stood up and shook hands with Calesimo. This man looks younger than Calesimo, but his coaching experience as a head coach is much richer than Carlesimo.
"This ......" Callesimo looked at the man who was shaking his hand, and then at Presti.
"We said a good coach, if you lose ten in a row, I'll make a substitution. No, we've lost 10 in a row. "When it's time to be decisive, Presti will never relent.
Kalesimo sighed, it was useless to say anything now, he and the Thunder team were cut off from then on.
"I hope you get good grades here." Calesimo suddenly felt a sense of relief, and this sentence was his heartfelt blessing to his successor.
With that, Calesimo turned and walked out of the office, he no longer belonged to this place.
"So, how does the contract look?" Presti waited for Calesimo to close the door before continuing to discuss the contract with the man in black.
"At least it's a lot more fun than being an ESPN narrator." After saying that, the man in the black suit smiled and signed his name on the contract. Presti was secretly happy in her heart, not knowing what those little guys could do under this guy's tutelage.
The next morning, before An Jie woke up, he was woken up by the ringing of the phone. Look at the time, it's just half past six, who will call him at this time?
An Jie picked up the phone in a daze. "Kevin?"
"What's the matter, Kevin?"
"Have you read the team's official website?" Listening to Durant's voice, it is estimated that he has just woken up.
"The official website? What's wrong? An Jie was a little puzzled, what is there to see about the official website of the Thunder team, does it depend on how the fans scold the Thunder team for ten consecutive defeats?
"You'll know when you go and see it!"
received Durant's somewhat nonsensical phone call early in the morning, and An Jie was also full of curiosity. What is it that makes Durant call early in the morning to share with him.
An Jie unhurriedly searched the official website of the Thunder team with his mobile phone, it is really good to live in such a high-tech era.
"I'll go!" Unexpectedly, when An Jie saw the first news on the homepage of the official website, his drowsiness was swept away.
"The Thunder have officially announced the dismissal of coach Peter J. Calesimo at 2 p.m. today at the Chesapeake Energy Arena to announce the identity of the new coach." A simple title, accompanied by a simple picture of Calesimo. But this news is destined to keep the media busy.
"Ready to meet everyone?" At 1:58 p.m., the media were already waiting in the reception room, but Presti and the man in the black suit were standing outside the door.
The man in the black suit tidied up his tie, he was a meticulous man. "Let's go inside."
Anjie and Durant and other teammates watched live TV in the locker room, neither of them knowing where their new head would be. Anjie prayed in her heart that she would stop being the best of Calesimo.
"The manager has entered!" Westbrook pointed to the TV screen and shouted that the person following Presti was their new manager!
Looking at this familiar face, some reporters smiled, and some looked surprised, didn't this guy say that he was going to be a commentator? How did he come to coach with the Thunder?
Presti sat down, still with that official smile on her face. After that, he threw his head towards the microphone.
"I'm bringing you together here to take this opportunity to introduce the new head coach of the Thunder. If you have any questions after that, you can ask him directly. With that, Presti turned his head to look at the guy sitting next to him.
"Welcome to the Thunder, Jeff. Mr. Van Gundy. ”
At this moment, Van Gundy became the second coach in the history of the Thunder.
"Hey! Didn't you reveal that you were already in contact with ESPN? ”
"What made you want to take over the Thunder?"
"After more than a year of vacuum, do you think you really have what it takes to coach an NBA-caliber team?"
Suddenly, the audience exploded, and Presti looked at the reporters' incredulous expressions with satisfaction, this is what he wanted.
Van Gundy tapped the microphone at this point, making sure it was producing the right sound, and he was going to speak!
"I believe I can bring out the best in the Thunder."
On November 22, 2008, Calesimo officially left class.
On the same day, the familiar coach, whom Chinese fans love and hate, once again coached a team with Chinese players.