Chapter 14: Summer League in the Midst of Quarrels
The NBA generally divides the summer into two venues, one large and one small, which are the Orlando Summer League and the Las Vegas Summer League.
There are only about ten teams participating in Orlando at a time, and the Las Vegas Summer League in which the Knicks participate has a total of 24 teams participating this year!
Of those, 23 are NBA and one is an All-Star team made up of the Development League.
The Knicks have played two games before, and unfortunately, they lost both games.
One is with the Dallas Mavericks and one is with the Portland Trail Blazers.
In the team's dressing room, the atmosphere was clearly not too good.
"Hey guys, we should be serious, I guess you all need a contract, don't you?"
"Shut your foul mouth, if it weren't for you, we'd lose two games in a row?"
"Damn, didn't anyone teach you how to respect your seniors?"
"Megalomaniac, what do you know other than to show off your pitiful age? Idiot! ”
"Who are you calling idiots? Rubbish! ”
"Shameless guy!"
Quarrel! Quarrel! Or a quarrel!
The people who come to the summer league are generally the fringes of the team, rookies like Xu Xuan, and many players from overseas leagues, and all they want is a contract, and other than that, there is nothing they should be afraid about.
This time the Knicks are leading the team with the newly appointed assistant teacher Kurt Lambis, who was once a loyal follower of the old Zen master.
Everyone knows that the new head coach of the Knicks, "Old Fish" Fisher, and even the members of the coaching staff, are ruled by the old Zen master!
He has only one requirement for selecting a coach and coaching staff: that is, to be familiar with the triangle attack!
I have to say that the old Zen master is really obsessed with the tactic of "triangle attack".
When the small-ball era is approaching, the "triangle offense" is actually not very suitable for the league environment.
Still wearing his thick black-rimmed glasses and long beard, Lambis watched silently at the scene in front of him.
The sound of quarrels and pantings mingle together like thousands of flies buzzing in your ears. It took a long, long time to settle down.
"Knock knock! Knock knock! Knock knock! ”
Rambis knocked on the doorframe, and the sound resounded through what seemed like a cramped space.
Lambis didn't see anything unusual at all, so he calmly and calmly greeted everyone's eyes.
"Is that enough?"
"I'll just ask you if that's enough?"
Involuntarily, those angry, stubborn, weak-hearted, and dissatisfied eyes all escaped one by one.
Lambis glanced around majestically, his gaze lingered slightly on Xu Xuan's body in the corner for a moment, and then moved away expressionlessly.
"If that's enough, go to training, there's a game tomorrow!"
"Huh? That's it? Xu Xuan, who had been watching coldly, was surprised, he originally thought that a few people would be punished or scolded today, but Lambis ......
Is it so easy to uncover?
Looking at the distant figure of Lambis, Xu Xuan couldn't help but nod thoughtfully......
Game 3 for the New York Knicks on the fourth day after the start of the Summer League!
The opponent is the Charlotte Hornets.
Before the game, everyone's eyes flickered, even old people like Tim Hardaway Jr., Aldridge, and Sean Larkin.
Once a son of heaven and a courtier, no one knows what the temperament of the new head coach is.
They don't need to offend the coach's right-hand man first.
Rambis's expression was indifferent: "Wait a minute, Xu, Tim, Brown..... Kerr: The five of you start, remember? ”
"Huh?"
Xu Xuan was a little surprised, he actually started the game!
You know, in the previous two games, he played as a substitute for Sean Larkin.
Seeing that Larkin's face suddenly became gloomy, Xu Xuan was thoughtful, is this because of yesterday's incident?
"Today," Ke Fan and Wang Meng, who were commentating the game, suddenly seemed to have discovered something: "Today... Xu Xuan started? ”
"It's true! It's time to change clothes! ”
"That's right, Xu Xuan started, and Larkin was put on the bench!"
The two looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
"It's definitely a good start!"
Xu Xuan himself is also very excited, although it is only the summer league, he is already very happy to be able to start.
It's a start!
Limited by the playing time of the first two times, Xu Xuan did not perform particularly well, and now the opportunity has come!
Xu Xuan didn't want to hide it, it's not easy to do it in the United States!
He only needs to do one thing now!
Show off your talents!
"Fight well!"
After a simple tactical arrangement, Rambis handed over the stage to them!
On the Hornets' side, Xu Xuan didn't know all of them, and he only knew Noah Fenglai, Cody Zeller and PJ Hairston in the starters.
The Knicks took the lead in getting the ball, Xu Xuan received the ball and brought it over, the Knicks' first attack!
"Run!"
Xu Xuan shouted!
The rest of the Knicks were taken aback, and the five members of the Hornets were all stunned!
And Xu Xuan was already like a bolt of lightning, galloping towards the frontcourt!
Before the defender who defended him even reacted, he had already come to the three-point line in the frontcourt, collect the ball, bend over, aim at the basket, and make a move in one go!
"Are you going to vote? Pointers! ”
No!
No!
This guy is passing!
After the Hornets were attracted by themselves, Xu Xuan flicked his wrist, and the ball was given to Tim Hardaway, who cut in the air...... Swish!
Score a layup!
"Roar, this rhythm is a bit fast!" Ke Fan smiled: "It's a good pass!" ”
Rambled!
"Actually, Xu Xuan can fight by himself, which is still a bit conservative." Wang Meng shook his head, it was an opportunity to vacate just now, and according to the data, Xu Xuan has the ability to score three points from the outside, and he is not weak!
"Don't rush, take your time!"
The Hornets were clearly a little confused, and only regrouped under the roar of the head coach on the sidelines.
Cody Zeller found an inside opportunity to single Aldridge and was interfered with!
The ball is out of the basket!
"Fack!"
Aldridge won the rebound, Xu Xuan speeded up!
After waiting for Tim Hardaway Jr. to make up for it in the frontcourt, Xu Xuan threw the ball behind him and blocked the defender in front of him!
Tim Hardaway Jr.'s vacant chance!
Shot!
Unfortunately, the ball didn't go in.
"A good ball wasted!"
"Dude, it's beautiful, mine!" Tim Hardaway Jr. took the initiative.
Xu Xuan waved his hand to signal that it was okay, and he would come back next time.
The Hornets seized the opportunity to fight back, and the score was 2-2!
After the opening, Xu Xuan took the initiative to attack very few times, and most of them were feeding his teammates.
He has always believed in a truth, only by giving first, can there be a return!