Chapter 81: It's hard to win

"Anjie and Calesimo are in full swing, and the two sides are already at odds before the start of the season. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Calesimo training ground loudly reprimanded Anjie. ”

"Anjie and Calesimo had a physical altercation"......

The next day, the newspaper news didn't mention the Thunder's victory, instead focusing entirely on Kalesimo and Angel. Looking at these headlines one by one, An Jie can only secretly scold these reporters in his heart, and at the same time, he has to admire the brains of the people who wrote these articles.

Although he and Kalesimo did not agree on their tactical philosophy, they were far from the point where the conflict would erupt. Kalesimo won't give Anjie too much to look at, and Anjie won't do anything disrespectful to Kalesimo. But the media just like to exaggerate the facts, and the more eye-catching the better.

In the last game against the Timberwolves, although Anjie was abandoned, the Thunder won the game, which was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Calesimo. Now he can confidently say that An Jie is not suitable for the tactics of the Thunder team, do you see that others can't win the game according to my arrangement? It shows that there is definitely no problem with my arrangement, and the problem is An Jie.

In the face of this ending, An Jie could only swallow the bitter fruit alone, and the team won the game even when he didn't play much, which could only make his status in Calesimo's heart lower and lower.

Catherine couldn't help but cover her mouth when she looked at the scary headlines of the newspapers, and she bought all the newspapers about Anjie back, only to find that the situation in each newspaper was very different. In this way, she is even more uneasy in her heart, how is An Jie doing alone in Oklahoma City?

The anxious Catherine took out the phone and called it directly, and waited for a long time for An Jie to connect the phone.

An Jie got up listlessly and faced the empty house by himself. He suddenly felt that all around him had become very depressed, and when he looked at the newspaper that had just been delivered, his whole body was suddenly enveloped in bad emotions. At this moment, An Jie's phone rang, it was Catherine.

"Good morning, Catherine. An Jie's voice was lifeless.

"How's your team, is it true what the newspapers say?"

"Newspaper?" An Jie raised the newspaper in his hand and looked at it a few more times.

"Don't listen to them, these are all made up by the media out of context. After saying that, Anjie threw today's Oklahoma Daily News directly into the trash.

"But you ...... yesterday"

"Yesterday I had a fitness problem because of the first back-to-back game, so the coach didn't let me play much. Don't worry, Catherine, don't think about it, I'm fine with the team. "Anjie doesn't want anyone else to worry about herself.

Catherine couldn't refute such an answer, what could she do but choose to believe?

In order not to upset An Jie, Catherine hung up the phone after saying a few casual words. But even on the phone, she was still very worried about An Jie. You say, how nice it would be if she could be by An Jie's side now?

An Jie's mood has indeed affected his competitive state, and in the daily confrontation training, Westbrook and Durant have obviously found that An Jie is not as good as before. But the more An Jie is like this, the more Calesimo has an excuse to abandon An Jie. He even began to question Presti's vision as a general manager, considering that Jeff Green is shining with the Kings right now, and Anjie has not even integrated into the team so far.

"Hey Ann, don't worry, I know what you're capable of, the manager is just used to using an experienced centre-forward, as long as you perform well, you're sure to get your chances. Even Westbrook had to say a few words to remind his buddy that he might really not even be able to rotate the roster if he continued like this.

Anjie nodded mechanically after listening to Westbrook's words, and then he made another mistake on the training field......

An Jie has gone through two days in such a muddy day, and the quality of his training in these two days has been very poor, and his state has almost fallen to a low point.

As time went on, two days after the team's first win, the Thunder welcomed defending champions Boston Celtics to the Chesapeake Energy Arena at their home stadium.

Although the Thunder just won a victory, the Celtics just faced a defeat. But no one is optimistic about the young Thunder, everyone believes that the old and spicy authentic Big Three will make this group of cubs deeply understand what the NBA is.

The situation was not unsurprising, the Celtics played very easily on the court, and the Thunder Durant and Westbrook tried their best to barely bite the score.

In the end, under the excellent play of the Celtics' Big Three, the Celtics defeated the Thunder 96-83, and the Thunder once again fell into the vortex of loss after winning over the Timberwolves.

Durant scored a team-high 17 points, while Westbrook scored just 13. Anjie was directly ranked behind Johan Petro in this game and became the third center, with 4 points and 2 rebounds in just ten minutes on the court.

After the performances of Durant and Westbrook gradually came to the fore, Anjie has now begun to slowly fade out of sight. Swap Jeff Green for the Chinese? Maybe the deal was a mistake from the start.

After a day off, the Thunder went to Salt Lake City to challenge the Utah Jazz. Against the Thunder's paper-like interior defense, Carlos Boozer and Memet Oku were the two happiest men. They scored 23 and 18 points respectively, but Collison and Petro combined for just eight points.

However, Durant and Westbrook, who did not admit defeat, burst out of their strength, Durant scored 24 points, Westbrook scored 22 points, but when other teammates really couldn't play, the Thunder still lost by 7 points and lost to Utah.

An Jie still got the opportunity to play, but in the 13 minutes of Ke Ling, An Jie cut 5 points and 3 rebounds, and continued to play the role of soy sauce. But it is worth mentioning that when Anjie was on the field, Oku's shooting percentage dropped significantly.

It's a pity that Kalesimo will choose to ignore it even if he sees it, An Jie is not the player he wants, and he is already very merciful if he can give An Jie more than ten minutes of playing time. If it weren't for the pressure of the general manager, he would have asked An Jie to sit on the bench a long time ago.

Two days later, on Nov. 9, the Thunder will face the Atlanta Hawks, who have not tasted defeat since the start of the season, and in this game the stands at the Chesapeake Energy Arena are only two-thirds occupied, and Oklahoma City fans have lost faith in this team that has been defeated repeatedly.

Sure enough, with the excellent play of Joe Johnson and Mike Bibby, the Hawks won the Thunder without danger and made a strong five-game winning streak. And the Thunder team has lost three games in a row.

Now, Anjie will no longer be besieged by reporters, and only a few Chinese media will come to interview Anjie after every game, and other media are not interested in the Thunder's third center at all. What about the 15+10 against Yao Ming, didn't the famous parallel importer Mei Brown also have the experience of cutting a big double-double? There are many such short-lived players in the NBA, and there is no shortage of An Jie.

"I said Anjie, don't be discouraged, the first year of a rookie player is always tormented. You have to believe that gold will always shine, don't worry, as long as you continue to work hard, you will definitely get a chance. This is Wu Hua's personal advice to An Jie after the interview, but in his opinion, An Jie didn't listen much at all. Wu Hua shook his head helplessly, the previous An Jie, who didn't give up easily, seemed to have disappeared. Sitting in front of him now is nothing more than a "someone else" with An Jie's shell.

Just one day later, the Thunder faced the Indiana Pacers back-to-back, and Kevin Durant and Danny Granger battled it out, and in the end Durant scored a game-high 37 points, as well as eight rebounds and three blocks, he can be said to have completely blown out Granger.

However, the Pacers have four players who score more than 14 points, while the Thunder have the second-highest score in addition to Durant's 37 points and Westbrook's 14 points. An Jie had 3 points and 5 rebounds, and there was still no difference between disappearing and disappearing. 99 to 107, four straight defeats!

Kalesimo is now starting to get anxious, and fans have pointed the finger at him as a head coach, believing that he is not qualified to coach the Thunder team with unlimited potential. However, the fans still couldn't call the shots, and under this scolding, Calesimo took the Thunder on another road trip.

The Orlando Magic, a team that has become a powerhouse in the East under the leadership of Dwight Howard. In the face of the Thunder's chicken-like interior line, the Monster did not relent, and he trampled on Collison and Petro with a big double-double of 30 points and 19 rebounds.

An Jie played against the Monster for a few minutes, but surprisingly An Jie was not completely suppressed by Howard, but completed one or two decent defenses on the defensive end. But unfortunately, before his body was hot, Calesimo took An Jie down again.

Anjie really wanted to rush over and punch Kalesimo in the nose, and he kind of understood why this guy had been locked in the throat by his own players before. An Jie clenched his fists, but he still couldn't do that kind of thing.

109-92, the Magic team won the Thunder like a play, without any pressure.

Five consecutive defeats, this is not the end, after half a month, the Thunder's performance was as stable as ever, except for losing, they did not contribute any other results.

Presti couldn't stand this result for a long time, and the main culprit for this result was the tactics of Kalesimona and the Thunder players who were completely incompatible. Although Kalesimo has not yet been sacked, he has already looked for several new managers. In Presti's mind, Kalesimo's dismissal was already a certainty, and he didn't want the team to fall into chaos without a head coach after Kalesimo's dismissal, so he looked for a head coach candidate early. As soon as the candidate is decided, he will immediately fire the self-righteous coach.

"You should know that I haven't been in charge of a team in a while. In Presti's office, a middle-aged man in a black suit sits across from his desk.

"I know you've taken a break for a while, sir, but that doesn't affect your coaching skills. "Presti is still so good at negotiating.

It's been the end of November since the start of the season, and Calesimo has only brought the team one victory, that narrow victory against the Timberwolves. After that game, the team has lost nine games in a row!

Not only Anjie, Westbrook and Durant have not been able to play their full strength under his tutelage, and the reason why they can still cut high scores is all by piling up their hands. Wait a little longer, and you'll be at the bottom of the league again!

"You're really risky to list me as one of the references. The man in the black suit looked at Presti and smiled.

"No, sir, you are the first choice in my heart, the others are just for reference, and the others are your replacements. "If Presti can successfully take down this guy in front of him, then the Thunder will definitely usher in a change!

"It's not child's play, you know I've pretty much decided to go to ESPN as a commentator, but I think the Thunder really have potential, and those three guys of yours fit my style well. The man in the black suit narrowed his eyes, "How about I think about it for a few days?"

"Of course, we are always open to you. For this candidate, it is the result of Presti's sleepless screening for a week, and now he is the only person who can sign the most suitable team.

When there is a conflict between the coach and the player, one or the other is bound to go. It's a pity that in Presti's eyes, the person who had to break up with the Thunder was the feel-good Calesimo.