If it weren't for James Dolan, the Dolan family, and Isaiah Thomas for all this mess.

If it weren't for the fact that Jerry West was involved in the Bruce trade and was ridiculed.

It's definitely the best management addition a Knicks club has ever made.

Jerry West's greatness is undeniable, and his operation to build the Lakers dynasty is still called magical and cannot be replicated. He traded to Shackle O'Neal, and then got Kobe Bryant through the draft...... Even those who open their eyes to heaven did not know at that moment that they would achieve such brilliant achievements.

His connections in the NBA are truly amazing.

And no one can ignore the legacy he once built on the pitch. In fact, before Michael Jordan came along, no one would doubt his monument as the all-time No. 1 scoring guard.

The 191-year-old white man can be called a scoring killer in ancient times, he is the only MVP of the Finals loser in history, and the only player of all time to score 10 40 plus in the Finals, which is as strong as Jordan failed to break this record. Not to mention his 60+20 finals that shook the past and the present.

Jerry West is of similar stature to Li Zhen.

Therefore, the reason why many people have expectations for him is that everyone hopes that he can change the shortcomings of Bruce Lee's current poor scoring ability.

Actually, Jerry West did the same.

Although he is known as a model of unknown people because of Li Zhen.

But the first thing he did when he arrived in New York was to publicly laugh at himself: "I chose to join New York because I believe in a philosophy of life: where you fall, get up!" ”

West has a good sense of humor.

This alleviates some of the embarrassment.

What is not known 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 Anne Hathaway away.

Jerry West showed a lot of enthusiasm, and he didn't have the gesture that was rumored in the media at all. On the contrary, he sincerely analyzed why he chose to trade Li Zhen in the first place, because Li Zhen at that time really didn't see any physical talent, which was completely different from now.

Li Zhen agreed.

After all, who would bet that much on themselves at the time, except for a gambler like Isaiah Thomas.

Jerry West just made a normal deal at the time, but he didn't expect Li Zhen to mutate after that.

West then stressed that he would 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 guide Li Zhen's offensive skills.

The conversation between the two can be called heart-to-heart.

Therefore, Li Zhen doesn't seem to be a bad thing.

Isaiah Thomas then appeared at Jerry West's press conference, and they showed a picture of sympathy in front of the camera.

However, some contradictions still arose in the ensuing quarters.

As we all know, Isaiah is a person with strong habits. He has his own people in various departments of the club. And most of these centaurs are... The presence of eating idle meals.

As soon as Jerry West came up, he carried out the Malaysian Golden Knife reform.

He first fired Isaiah's appointed head of scouting, and then replaced the manager of the player affairs management department.

One day, one courtier.

There is nothing wrong with that.

In good conscience, Jerry West's appointees are indeed more capable of doing business than Isaiah's.

Thomas felt embarrassed, and he thought that Jerry West was deliberately targeting him.

Li Zhen didn't know how to comfort him, and it was difficult for him to help say anything about this matter.

As a player, no matter how you can, you can't interfere with the operation of the middle level of the team's management, even LeBron James has never done this.

Therefore, he can only emphasize again and again: You and Jerry West fell into the water, I must save you first.

Isaiah Thomas replied angrily, I fell into the water with him, and I must have stepped on his body to climb up.

To be honest, Jerry West is not a calculating person, and on his third day at the Knicks, he figured out that Isaiah was the hand-to-hand shopkeeper, but he didn't get out of the way.

He turned a deaf ear.

Moreover, he quickly made a long-term structural construction of the team for the next three to four years, his goal is to build a dynasty team, and he even calmly recounted his ambitions when he spoke to Li Zhen alone: I hope the Knicks can win ten consecutive championships! You have the ability!

Ten consecutive championships?

Li Zhen was taken aback.

But from Jerry West's mouth, it's so believable. The biggest difference between him and the Smiling Assassin is that the Assassin is a sentimental person who speaks without any basis. And Jerry West is very rational, and he even sorted out the draft picks he may have in the next three years, as well as the scouting of some NCAA rookies and high school rookies.

West's influence in college basketball is not comparable to Isaiah's, he has far more to offer than any other NBA head coach or general manager, and he also maintains good relationships with a large number of agents, and his protégés are all over the American basketball world.

One of the most intuitive changes is that when he took the helm of the Knicks, ESPN's unreasonable criticism of the Knicks decreased visibly.

That's the role of Jerry West, he's the pinnacle of the sea, he's the founder of the dynasty.

However, Jerry West's categorization of existing players made Li Zhen uncomfortable.

Li Zhen is not for sale in his mind.

Gasol Jr. is also close to what he has in mind as a non-sale.

Zach Randolph, Jordan Jr., and Dragic are the top resources.

Francisco Garcia, Matt Barnes, Gallinari These are quality supports.

Yi Jianlian and Stephen Marbury are indispensable rotation players.

As for Eddie Griffin, he thinks there is an option to trade: now is the moment when he has the highest trade value, and he can trade back a sixth man full of scoring energy.

At this point, Li Zhen told him with certainty: "Griffin is my brother, and it is unacceptable to trade him!" ”

Jerry West didn't expect Lee to react so violently.

He believes that the Knicks' current interior problem has been completely solved, and the only thing missing is a strong sixth man.

However, in the end, he still respected Li Zhen's ideas.

After all, it's still early.

And he doesn't think the Knicks have a chance to win a championship this season.

The Knicks' current roster is still inexperienced, with a lot of ups and downs in young players, and it is easy to suffer in the playoffs.

He believes that the Knicks' collective peak should be in 2010, when the Knicks will start their dynasty. And, he was absolutely confident that he would catch a big fish in the summer of 2010. The Knicks have too much of a chip right now.

Li Zhen didn't know what Jerry West was thinking.

Without talking about the transaction, the two communicated very well.

Jerry West admires Li Zhen, who is hard-working and cultured, and he often goes to the training ground to guide Li Zhen, and he tells Li Zhen some scoring skills, which brings Li Zhen some completely different understandings.

December passed quietly.

Although the Knicks have undergone a big change at the top, time is still going into 2009 without hesitation.

The Knicks' schedule has gotten tough heading into January, and their opponents are no longer league scraps. The western giants came in turn, and the top four in the east also fought alternately.

In this case, the Knicks have three players selected as NBA All-Star candidates: Li Zhen, Zach Randolph, and Eddie Griffin.

And, when Li Zhen learned of this list, he shouted to the outside world: "I hope Zach and Eddie stand on the stage of the All-Star Game with me." ”

This made the number of votes for the three jump by leaps and bounds.

Zach Randolph overtook Dwight Howard almost instantly, and Eddie Griffin crushed Kevin Garnett to death.

This triggered a strong sour grape mentality in the east.

The happy beast became very unhappy, and he told the media in a depressed way: 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 well!

What Howard said was no different from not admitting himself.

The whole world knows that his illegitimate son is rapidly catching up with his predecessor Sean Kemp, but he is still smarter than his predecessors, and he has raised his illegitimate child himself, which has made those scheming women have a lot less ways to make money.

Before jumping at Madison Garden on January 2, Howard didn't forget to ask Li Zhen: "How did you manage to keep those female stars from getting pregnant?" Are you wearing a raincoat? That thing is very uncomfortable. ”

Li Zhen subconsciously shook his head.

He wondered why Howard would suddenly ask such a question.

But he really didn't have the habit of wearing a raincoat, because even in the United States, it was difficult to buy his size.

Isn't that kind of thing something you can control yourself? How can you get pregnant?

Li Zhen is very 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 have to be you. ”

Howard said with great feeling.

Li Zhen nodded, indicating that he would pay careful attention.

Then the game officially began.

The warm meeting between the men before the game did not change the fact that the match was very tough.

Howard, who is the league's No. 1 center, was once again squeezed by the Knicks' center group.

The Magic are betting too big, and it's unrealistic for Stan Van Gundy to pin all his hopes on Howard alone. Whether Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol play at the same time, Jordan Jr. and Gasol Jr. join forces, or Eddie Griffin pairs up with one of them, they are all at an altitude disadvantage.

What's more, the Knicks can also play a quick offense.

The Knicks also have tall shooters.

Moreover, Li Zhen's organizational talent will not be able to be learned by Nelson even if he is reborn ten times.

As a result, the game became a no-brainer.

The Knicks calmly reaped the victory.

Moreover, after the game, Zach Randolph had a rare insolence: "Howard can't even beat my little brother, why does he have to compete with me for an All-Star starter?" My ad is shown on TV every day, what is the commercial value of it? Performing a hilarious juggling at a slam dunk contest in a Superman coat? ”

The Knicks easily climbed the Orlando Mountains, which they failed to climb last season.

However, when faced with the aggressive Boston Celtics. The Knicks' center group is dumb, and both Jordan Jr. and Gasol Jr. seem inexperienced and made a little timid.

It's just that Li Zhen is a leader who is biased towards Hushanxing.

The more they were embarrassed, the more he passed the ball to them, and he had to fight them back with a tooth for a tooth.

In this continuous feeding of the two, the two played back a little, and in the fourth quarter, Jordan Jr. even dunked Perkins and roared, and Gasol Jr. also covered Pierce for a layup.

But the game was lost 87-101.

After the game, Celtic was quite embarrassed.

From Pierce to Perkins, they all looked swaggering.

But Jerry West, who watched the whole game, deeply felt that Li Zhen was smart.

"He's deliberately building up the anger of the two young centre-forwards. It's not terrible to lose in the regular season, as long as they have enough anger and enough experience, when it comes to the playoffs, it's time to turn defeat into victory! ”

That's what West told his henchmen.

But his henchmen don't seem to understand.

In Game 3 after playing against the Boston Celtics, the Knicks collided head-on with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Knicks lost again.

LeBron James is still in full swing, recording a super triple-double of 35 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds.

In their penalty area, Ilgoskas and Ben Wallace also completed the crackdown on Gasol Jr. and Jordan Jr.

These two rookie centers don't seem to have much discipline in front of the two old fritters with different offenses and defenses, but Li Zhen has been feeding them the ball from beginning to end, and he doesn't care about the outcome of the game at all.

This is also the reason why the Cleveland media claimed that the Quick Loan Center was a big success.

Indeed, the 24-point margin is worth the hype.

It made them forget the pain of being swept last season, and the bitterness of the Chosen One being pressed to the floor and rubbed.

Slaughtering the Knicks is by no means the end of the year for the Cavaliers, our goal is the championship trophy! 》

The Ohio Mirror newspaper ran a strong headline the next day and used a photo of James in the world.

It looked like he was going to ascend the throne that night.

Li Zhen had long been aware of Cleveland's self-feel, so he didn't bother to respond.

Join the team on another tour of the West.

played against three strong teams in the east one after another, in addition to making Li Zhen feel the immaturity of the inner line. The bigger feeling still comes from oneself, although the 'blues terminators' that have sprung up like mushrooms are exaggerated. But his weak scoring ability is still a pain point that he can't avoid.

Lower-than-the-level shooting finishes make it easy for strong teams to play some targeted defenses that can affect the overall picture.

Therefore, Li Zhen is very eager to improve the degree of talent fusion.

However, talented defenders are hard to find.

Although Sharapova has long agreed to play together, during this time, he has never set foot in the Americas from Wimbledon to the French Open.

Although Li Zhen believed that if she made a phone call, she would travel across the ocean to see him.

But isn't that too green tea?

But the good thing... Westbrook's distant relative, Dawei, took out Sharapova at the French Open.

If nothing happens, the Russian girl will arrive in the United States in mid-February.

When the time comes, you must have a good back and play alone with her!

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