The launch was a great success and the atmosphere was harmonious.

The New York media, which is known for its viciousness, did not block the newcomer Li Zhen, and did not even ask any targeted questions.

After all, the situation in New York is just too bad. Except for David Lee, none of the whole team is a normal person they recognize, and they hope that Li Zhen, a high-achieving student with excellent character and learning, can improve the image of the team.

The only irritating question in the audience was probably the one asked by a reporter from the New York Times: Did you choose to wear the No. 8 jersey to express your displeasure to Kobe Bryant? Eddie Griffin previously claimed that you were suppressed by Kobe Bryant's jealousy.

Li Zhen shook his head very helplessly, and he said: "I have a very good relationship with Kobe. I chose the number 8 jersey because the number 8 represents fortune in China, and I hope to make more money in New York. ”

Forehead... Rich?

Then, the reporter began to quipped him: "Do you need a financial advisor from Wall Street?" They were quite critical of you buying a lot of Apple stock some time ago. ”

"Oh. No. I still like my stream of consciousness stock trading, I don't like to look at all kinds of complicated financial statements, if a company comes up in my dreams, I will buy it, that's how I invest. ”

Hahahaha!

The scene was full of laughter.

Stream-of-consciousness stock trading, this is really the first time in history.

"I wish you didn't go bankrupt before the end of your career." Swift next to him interjected, and he said it very seriously, with good wishes.

But... This sentence fully exposes his emotional intelligence and IQ.

Well, for his sake. The reporters finally remembered the other player who was still sitting here, Mr. Swift.

A reporter from the Knicks asked him, "What do you think about joining the Knicks?" ”

"I'm going to live up to my talent here, and I'm going to impress the world. Believe me, I'm the Knicks' hope for revival! The dunk beast clutched his chest and swore solemnly.

Forehead....

The reporters in the audience felt that he was a little too serious.

The 28-year-old star who joined the league in 2000 still has how much talent he has in the same year as Maddie.

Isn't that a joke!

In order not to hurt this newcomer, the New York TV reporter began to ask some questions about the gossip female star.

Subsequently, they also gave the ranking given by the Knicks reporters. In the rankings, Elizabeth Olsen is at the top of the rankings, followed by Ashley Olsen and then Hilary Duff. Then there are Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.

What makes Li Zhenzhen feel the most emotional about this list is: The fans in New York are really happy. You bundle the two sisters, it's not good. 、

Of course, he only perfunctory this question.

Next, Isaiah Thomas, who accompanied him to the press conference, emphasized: "We never intended Bruce to start off the bench, he is already an elite player who has proven himself, he is already an unbreakable All-Star starter. ”

Forehead... Yes.

With Lee Jin's move from the West to the East, he immediately became the second-highest vote player in the East. And he is far away from second place, he has more than 680,000 votes, and the picture of him beating up McColler two days ago has skyrocketed his popularity, coupled with the transfer to New York, which has mobilized the voting desire of Knicks fans. He is now only a few tens of thousands of votes away from LeBron James.

As for Mr. Arenas, who has been in the starting position of the defender before... Very innocent to fall off a cliff.

Although with his performance this season, it is not a big problem to be voted for the All-Star team, but starting and coming off the bench is an honor that cannot be bridged after all.

And Arenas, the famous big mouth of the NBA, has long been making a big statement: "It's a shame for the NBA!" The Knicks thought they had picked up a treasure, and soon they would reap the consequences. Bruce will never be the hero who saves the Knicks. ”

Obviously, shutting up Agent Zero is a tough thing to do. Even if Li Zhen killed him in front of Stamp last time.

And it doesn't matter what cold water Arenas is pouring on, or eating sour grape skins. Now, at least in the Knicks coaching staff, it has been determined that Lee Jin will be on the roster at a rapid pace, and he will be the new outside core of New York.

And, after the press conference, Isaiah Thomas personally promised Li Zhen: "Next, we will play a quick attack that fits your rhythm." ”

Li Zhen thought about it and didn't answer. He knew Thomas's thoughts, and when Thomas said that he wanted to play a quick attack, he actually wanted to help up the young people.

The Knicks are in a state of mud right now, with the Madison Garden home locker room stockpiling the most junk contracts in the league. It's incredibly unlikely that you'll want them to run fast.

In fact, during the long flight from Los Angeles, Li Zhen had already carefully checked the videos of his future teammates.

The Knicks' current roster is roughly divided into two types: the first is the high-paid and low-energy garbage contracts, Stephen Marbury, Steve Francis, Eddie Curry, Quentin Richardson, Jerome James. These five take 80 percent of the team's salary, but the power they put out is extremely mismatched by the salary. Although Eddie Curry is still averaging 19.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game this season,... It doesn't hide his incompetence on the defensive end.

On the other hand, there are inexpensive, durable, and occasional child labor contracts that can work wonders in a game. Represented by Channing Fry, Nate Robinson, David Lee, and Reinaldo Balkman, but... They're all functional players who don't have the ability to play with the ball and kill all sides. Therefore, the ball is still in the hands of Stephen Marbury and Eddie Curry.

In addition, Jamal Crawford and Calais's Jeffries are the team's rare kind of contracts that make the most of their money, and they all take up the salary and output competent performances.

However, since the salary structure of the team is an asymmetrical inverted pyramid system, it is not to blame for the poor record.

Just imagine when you walk into the team with ambition. A few bigwigs chatted with big bellies every day, making the locker room a miasma, the head coach and the leaders on the surface attacked each other, and the outside media abused every day, who still has the heart to be aggressive? It's good to be able to get out of the mud without staining.

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Li Zhen walked into the team's training ground at half past two in the afternoon, and accompanied by Isaiah Thomas, Li Zhen had a first meeting with his teammates.

There is no imaginary tension, and there is no antagonistic plot in the TV series.

Everybody's an adult, and they're just thinking of this as a job... Even some players don't see it as a job anymore.

For example, Stephen Francis, who is called Boss Francis by Chinese fans, is now as thin as wood, and his dark circles are crazy drooping. It doesn't look like an athlete anymore: Frankly speaking, Li Zhen was very sorry to see him like this. What a righteous man Francis was back then, and his physical fitness was so strong that he dared to go to the dunk contest to compete with Vince Carter for the championship.

Interestingly, Francis was very enthusiastic when he met Li Zhen. They will even say in Chinese: Hello!

This elicited his first laugh since Li Zhen entered the training ground, because Francis's handshake and hello tone were just too funny.

The laughter brought everyone closer.

After shaking hands with the players one by one, Li Zhen finally came to Stephen Marbury's side.

Marbury didn't refuse, and even hit Li Zhen the chest, and said in his ear: "Boy, I watched your game when you were in high school, you beat my alma mater, and you took those funny rich kids to kill my alma mater!" ”

"But then I was killed by your cousin's team, and we only finished second in New York State that year." Li Zhen is very sincere in counting the history.

Marbury smiled slightly, and then said, "Don't be provoked by those media, I don't hate you." You're much more pleasing to the eye than the self-righteous Isaiah Thomas. ”

This surprised Li Zhen. Because there is a trend that is being promoted in almost all New York media right now, and that is that Bruce Lee is about to replace Stephen Marbury.

However, Marbury actually told himself openly that he did not think of himself as an intruder.

He's very calm.

Li Zhen likes to deal with people who are calm.

Even if there is a contradiction, it is easier to resolve.

It only took about 30 minutes for Li Zhen to get acquainted with all the players.

This was unexpected by Isaiah Thomas, who originally thought that it would be difficult for high-achieving students with excellent character and academic performance to fit into this group of 'street fighters'.

But now it seems that Li Zhen chatted naturally with David Lee, who was also from a famous family, or with street veterans Francis, Marbury and others. You can see that he doesn't go into the fussy stuff of 'woman poses, flying leaf techniques' and all that stuff, but everybody accepts him.

And I'm willing to make some jokes with him.

"Hey, Quentin. You'll have to learn from Bruce how to get along with female celebrities! ”

Eddie Curry soon teased the team's three-point shooter Quentin Richardson, because Quentin Richardson once frantically pursued 'Kobe Bryant's first love', and he is also a singer and actor in the entertainment industry, a black female star. He even spent millions to buy a diamond ring, but after less than a year, he divorced.

Quentin Richardson looked embarrassed and even laughed at himself: "I don't have his musical talent." You know, with my looks, my skills, and Bruce's musical talent, I can even sleep with Britney Spears or Beyoncé. ”

Forehead....

This sentence is unacceptable.

However, Mr. Swift, another new member who had been left aside for a long time, bravely took it and said solemnly: "I don't think you are as handsome as Bruce, and your ball skills are not as good as his." ”

Forehead.......

The field, which was still very familiar, calmed down instantly, and was embarrassed on the spot!

Emotional intelligence.

Backbite!!

Isaiah Thomas hurriedly blew the whistle and gathered the team for full training.

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