The game was over, and relying on more advanced tactics, the Knicks won the game without any danger.

In the locker room, Chen Qiang was celebrating the victory with the players, but saw a young man standing at the door and looking in. Chen Qiang immediately recognized the other party, it was the head coach of the Washington Congress, "Cardinal" Auerbach.

Chen Qiang naturally knows this legendary coach of basketball, but Chen Qiang has the impression that Auerbach is a bald and greasy old man with a cigar, but now Auerbach is still a vigorous young man, in terms of age, Auerbach is three years younger than Chen Qiang!

Seeing Auerbach, Chen Qiang was slightly stunned, the game was over, but the opponent's head coach came to the door, which is quite rare.

So Chen Qiang walked to the door, came to Auerbach, and asked, "Mr. Auerbach, is there anything wrong with you?" ”

"Mr. Chen, I'm here to find you." Auerbach smiled politely, then said, "I have a few questions about basketball tactics that I would like to ask you. ”

"Okay, please sit inside!" Chen Qiang invited Auerbach into the room, and Auerbach took out a small notebook and began to ask questions.

Chen Qiang originally thought that Auerbach was just asking one or two simple questions casually, but Auerbach didn't finish asking questions, big questions set small questions, and old questions gave rise to new ones. In short, Auerbach now seems to have become a curious baby, and the three most talked words are "why".

This is also thanks to the fact that the other party is Auerbach, if someone else asked, Chen Qiang would probably have been impatient to be asked.

With Chen Qiang's understanding of basketball, it is still very easy to fool Auerbach. Although Auerbach is a legendary coach in the NBA, after all, he is a man in the forties, and due to the limitations of the times, his understanding of basketball is really not as good as Chen Qiang, a university professor specializing in sports theory.

As a result, every question of Auerbach was answered loosely, and almost every answer resolved Auerbach's long-accumulated doubts, giving Auerbach a feeling of sudden enlightenment. At this time, Auerbach only felt that Chen Qiang was simply his guiding light on the road of basketball, and talking to Chen Qiang for ten minutes was better than Auerbach's own research on basketball for more than ten years.

And the main reason why Chen Qiang is willing to chat with the patient Auerbach is also because the other party is Auerbach.

The name of "Cardinal" is too loud in the basketball world, and it can really be described as thunderous. Chen Qiang has also read Auerbach's biography, and he knows that Auerbach is not only the forger of the Celtic dynasty, but also the promoter of the development of basketball. Auerbach's coaching career is a process of transformation from primitive basketball to modern basketball, and it is no exaggeration to say that Auerbach's coach has led basketball from primitive to modern. He can be considered one of the founders of modern basketball.

It is for this reason that Chen Qiang is willing to pass on his understanding of basketball to Auerbach.

Chen Qiang knows that he can't be a basketball coach for a lifetime, and he can't always work in the Knicks' front-line positions, the current Knicks and the NBA league have just been established, so Chen Qiang needs to do it himself, such as formulating new rules, such as training new tactics, only Chen Qiang can do it himself, and the Knicks and the NBA league can survive. But after the Knicks and the NBA league have stabilized, there is no need for Chen Qiang to continue to work on the front line like this, and then he can take a back seat, and then let the Knicks and the NBA league develop according to the normal process.

However, Chen Qiang still hopes that someone can inherit his position and use various methods to promote the development of basketball and the NBA league. And Auerbach is clearly a suitable candidate.

As the most successful coach in the NBA, Auerbach's understanding of basketball was clearly the top, and Auerbach's game system was also the best at the time. It's just that Auerbach is still too young now, and his understanding of basketball is still relatively one-sided, so Chen Qiang plans to give Auerbach some tips, which can be regarded as a way to pull out seedlings and help them grow. However, Chen Qiang believes that with Auerbach's talent, it is not an exaggeration to pull out the seedlings for him.

In this way, Chen Qiang and Auerbach talked for two hours, but Auerbach still looked unsatisfied, and he still had many questions that he wanted to get answers from Chen Qiang.

However, the administrator of the Yulin Gymnasium knocked on the door and came in, signaling that the gymnasium was about to be cleared and closed.

Only then did Auerbach realize that he had chatted with Chen Qiang for more than two hours.

Auerbach felt very embarrassed, he remembered that in the past two hours or so, Chen Qiang had been impatiently answering his questions, but he was like an annoying child, constantly asking questions.

What's more, Chen Qiang is not just a basketball coach, he is the owner of the New York Knicks, a multimillionaire, Auerbach is shy and chatting with a multimillionaire, and he chatted for more than two hours, and when he encountered that kind of violent temper, he gave Auerbach a "hammer to seal his eyes", and Auerbach had nothing to say.

Auerbach realized that his behavior was rude, and he quickly apologized to Chen Qiang: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen, I didn't notice the time, I was too involved just now, I'm really sorry......"

"It's okay, I understand." Chen Qiang shook his head nonchalantly, and then said, "Mr. Auerbach, it's not too early, I should go back and rest, otherwise we'll talk about it today." ”

"Okay, Mr. Chen, I'm really sorry to disturb you for so long." Auerbach paused, then continued; "Actually, you can just call me Arnold."

"Alright, Arnold, I'll take my leave." Chen Qiangzhuan was about to leave, but halfway through, he suddenly turned around, and then continued: "Arnold, if you have any other questions, come to New York to find me!" ”

……

Leaving Washington, the New York Knicks traveled to Philadelphia for the second game of their road trip.

This time the Knicks' opponent is the Philadelphia Warriors.

When Chen Qiang walked into the Philadelphia Coliseum, he was shocked to find that the entire stadium was full, and the enthusiasm of the fans was no less than that of Madison Square Garden in New York.

Chen Qiang was a little surprised by this kind of scene, at least when he was in Washington, he had never felt such a warm atmosphere. What's more, the Philadelphia Coliseum is also a large stadium, although not as large as Madison Square Garden, but it can seat more than 10,000 spectators, which is much larger than the Yulin Coliseum in Washington.

Considering that Philadelphia has a much smaller population than New York, it is much more difficult to fill the Philadelphia Coliseum than it is to fill the Madison Square Garden.

"Philadelphia has such a strong sports atmosphere, there are so many spectators!" Chen Qiang couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"The sporting atmosphere in Philadelphia is really good, but there's a reason why we have so many spectators." Edward Ireland, who was next to him, continued: "The Phillies of the baseball league MLB have been at the bottom of the league for five consecutive years, and the people of Philadelphia have died of their baseball. Now that the excellent baseball pitchers have gone to the Army, the viewing of baseball has greatly decreased, and the game is not exciting, and the baseball of the Phillies is not watched. As for the NFL in football, it is also because many players have gone to the U.S. military, resulting in a lack of numbers on the team, and the current Philadelphia Hawks have merged with the Pittsburgh Steelers to be called the Steel Hawks. ”

"I see." Chen Qiang nodded, he still just knew that the historic Philadelphia Eagles still had such a history.

Future fans, the deepest impression of the Philadelphia Eagles will definitely be the 52nd Super Bowl in 2018, which is even considered the most exciting Super Bowl in history, against the two official New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles.

At that time, the Hawks could only send a backup quarterback Fowles when the main quarterback Wentz was injured, and he faced the Patriots who won two championships in three years, and the greatest quarterback in history, Tom Brady, as a result, the Hawks finally defeated the Patriots under the leadership of Falls, which delayed Brady's dream of "six crowns" for a year, and countless fans also remembered Fowles's wonderful performance in that game.

It's a pity that after the Hawks' main quarterback Wentz returned from injury, he squeezed Falls to the bench, and Falls also preferred to be the head of the chicken rather than the tail of the phoenix, leaving the Philadelphia Eagles and going to the Tigers with an $80 million contract.

That wonderful Super Bowl made a lot of fans for the Philadelphia Eagles, but these fans must not know that the Philadelphia Eagles during World War II did not even have enough players to play, and they needed to merge with the Pittsburgh Steelers to play.

These situations in Philadelphia sports are common all over the United States, just imagine that even Philadelphia, which is a big city and has a very good sports atmosphere, baseball and football are very miserable, and even the number of people who play games is not enough, and the teams in those small cities simply can't survive. The professional teams in the small cities of that era, with the exception of the Green Bay Packers, were almost all dead.

And for basketball, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for development!

Just like the ban on game consoles in China in 2000, online games have risen rapidly and gradually become mainstream culture. As for the game consoles, they are gradually forgotten. Even today's game consoles can be connected to the Internet, but after all, there are only a few young people who play game consoles with controllers. If it weren't for the ban on game consoles, maybe there would be no fewer people shaking the controller than shaking the mouse and pressing the keyboard.

It's the same with American sports today, baseball is not good, football is not good, then go and watch basketball!

Judging by the number of fans in the Philadelphia Coliseum, basketball is still very popular.

"And what about ice hockey in Philadelphia?" Chen Qiang asked again.

"Boss, have you forgotten that the Philadelphia ice hockey team also belongs to Peter Tyrell." Edward Ireland opened his mouth.

Peter Tyrell is the owner of the Philadelphia Coliseum, the owner of the local Philadelphia hockey team, and the owner of the Philadelphia Warriors.

Chen Qiang nodded: "If you don't remind me, I will forget about this matter!" ”

The previous Madison Square Garden was similar to the Philadelphia Coliseum, when Madison Square Garden belonged to the Ricard family, and the New York Rangers, the ice hockey team in New York, also belonged to the Ricard family. Later, Mrs. Rickard sold Madison Square Garden to Chen Qiang, and the New York Rangers directly rented Madison Square Garden for games, which also saved the Rickard family a lot of money.

In 1946, when the predecessor of the NBA, BAA, was born, there were a total of 11 teams, and the owners behind these 11 teams were either hockey team owners or stadium owners, and the reason why BAA was established was also to keep the stadium from being idle and cold outside of ice hockey games. In other words, the basketball game at that time was equivalent to a giveaway for the ice hockey game. It's like selling a mobile phone and giving away a sticker now, which was the film in the early NBA league.

The NBA league has surpassed the NHL of ice hockey and the MLB of baseball, and has become the second largest league in the United States. Hockey's NHL is always the fourth in 10,000 years, and no matter how the MLB falls, it will not be surpassed by the hockey.

The giveaway of the year has finally turned over and become the master!

……

Philadelphia head coach Eddie Gottlieb looked at the Knicks' bench and then saw Chen Qiang in a player's uniform.

"It's interesting, the boss himself went down to play, this is the first time I've seen this kind of novelty! That's not what a multi-millionaire should do. It seems that the coach of the Knicks is also him! I heard that the Knicks have won three in a row, it seems that this Chinese has some skills in coaching! But it's normal to think about it, the new rules were proposed by him, and he will naturally have a way to deal with them, and it is natural to arrange some tactics that are more suitable for the new rules. ”

Gottlieb looked to his side again, his eyes resting on Joe Fox, and then the smile on his face widened.

"You've got the tactics to adapt to the new rules, I've got players who have adapted to the new rules, and I've got a big shooter here who you would never have thought he could shoot from a distance! This guy can score 30 points in a game! Gottlieb thought confidently that with Joe Fox in place, Philadelphia would win the game.

On the other side, Chen Qiang also saw Joe Fox on the other side.

"It's really that Joe Folks! He was the first scoring champion in NBA history, but that was in 1946, and now it's only 1942, and he's been playing basketball! It seems that the early establishment of the NBA has also changed history! Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

At this time, Chen Qiang finally met an NBA star whose name he knew.

Chen Qiang still has a certain degree of understanding of the basketball stars who got up early in the NBA, but the BAA league in history was founded in 1946, and the first generation of NBA stars was active after 1950, and in 1942, those basketball stars were probably in elementary school or junior high school, so Chen Qiang never met a star with a name he was familiar with.

But Joe Fox is different, he is older, born in 1921, at the age of 21, and has already begun to reach the peak of basketball players.

"If I'm not mistaken, Joe Fox was the first person in the NBA to use one-handed shooting, and he turned on the scoring mode for big man mid-range shooting. It seems that today is interesting, I have to give him a comparison in a while, to see if this scoring champion is accurate for my shooting! ”

Thinking of this, Chen Qiang was gearing up and wanted to have a contest between pitchers with the most authentic pitchers of this era.

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