Chapter 41: Let George Be the Starter?

In these two teams, Stoudemire and Arenas are the real superstars who have become famous, but the protagonists of today's game are George and John Wall, two rookies.

No one thought that the showdown between the champion show and the undrafted draft would be so exciting, and no one would have thought that it would be the latter who would have the upper hand in momentum.

Whether it's defense, assists, or scoring, George seems to be able to do better than Wall.

Some people may say that Wall scored a lot more points than George, but anyone who has actually watched these three quarters can feel that the one who won was George.

George didn't look like a rookie at all, whether it was in the moves, gestures, or trash talk that the two spewed at each other.

On the contrary, Wall's impatience was exposed from the moment he provoked George's hooked fingers, and his face was filled with anxiety and bewilderment when things didn't turn out as he expected.

Coach Sanders didn't just take John Wall off the court, because of his pride, and for a superstar, being humiliated on the court, they all want to come back in the next round.

Maddie during the Magic period made Kobe Bryant fall with a beautiful back dangling, and Kobe Bryant entered the interior in the next round to deliver a violent dunk for revenge!

The young Andrew Bynum was taught to be a man by O'Neal, who had gone to the Miami Heat, and Bynum was not afraid of the sharks, so he took the initiative to ask for the ball in the next round and returned O'Neal a dunk.

Coach Sanders, will give Wall time to do this.

But, as he expected, Wall was emotionally uncontrollable by George, and in his impatience, there was nothing he could do except for mistakes and unreliable shooting.

As a result, Wall was soon replaced by the coach for a break.

D'Antoni, meanwhile, also took George off and said to him, "When John Wall goes on, you go on." ”

George couldn't help but laugh when he heard Coach D'Antoni's intentions.

John Wall never adjusted his mood and was pressed to the bench by the coach for the entire fourth quarter, while George came on in the second half of the fourth quarter, and by this time, the team had already finished and helped the team secure the win.

The Knicks got their second win.

"Well done! Mike George! ”

"Mike George, can you sign it for me?"

After the game, when George returned to the locker room with the team, the spectators on both sides of the players' tunnel knew George's name, and even asked George for autographs.

[It's amazing, I have to sign for the anchor, I can't afford to love it. ] 】

[I can't love it, I can't love it, the anchor wants to become a big star.] 】

Back in the locker room, Xiao Si saw that George was sweating profusely, hugged George affectionately, and said: "Joe, you have never played from the first quarter to the fourth quarter in the NBA, you must be tired, go take a shower." ”

At this time, some ridicule surfaced on the barrage.

[It's amazing, the anchor can be the first to take a bath, I can't afford to love it. ] 】

[When the anchor becomes famous, he won't care about us! ] 】

George looked at these barrages and was very helpless, are they still worried that they have become stars, and they will only care about the audience and fans who enjoy reality, and ignore them?

George said to the audience in the live broadcast room: "Don't tease me, I'll be your anchor at all times, even if I earn 100 million a year now, I will still do a good job as an 'anchor'!" ”

Afterwards, George said to Xiao Si: "No, no, I'm not tired, you can wash first." ”

According to the unwritten rules in the Knicks locker room, rookies can never be the first to shower, not only must they wait for others to wash first, but they must wash as quickly as possible, and they can't be delayed.

In the past few games, George has been the last to take a shower.

Xiao Si seemed to be interested in wooing this promising rookie, and said with a smile: "What does it matter, who stipulates that rookies can't be the first to wash?" You just do what I say, man, and next time you have a match like this, it's time for you to find me, and let me follow you to the last top ten, haha. ”

Even Xiao Si, who has been in the NBA for many years, has to admire George's ability to play the top ten balls, and he is the first every time, and he plays Wall today, unless there is a lore or more amazing action in other games, otherwise, George must be the first again.

Since the boss of the team "ordered" George to take the first bath, George had no choice but to obey his fate, and when he saw himself the first to walk to the shower, Fields looked jealous.

In this game, George let everyone see his talent and ability that is not inferior to the top show, tens of thousands of viewers saw it, and the management of the Knicks also saw it.

……

Later in the evening, Donnie Walsh, the Knicks' general manager, called D'Anthony into his office.

Walsh, who is 59 years old and played college basketball at the University of North Carolina as a student, happened to meet Dean Smith in his first year of coaching in North Carolina, who later became the most important mentor of Michael Jordan, the "God of Basketball".

Although Walsh was drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors of the NBA that year, he never played in the NBA. He joined the Knicks in 2008 and quickly settled several of the team's long-term contracts in order to give the team enough salary space to chase James, Wade and Bosh, who became free agents in 2010.

Unfortunately, these people were snatched by Pat Riley.

"It's getting colder, Mike, sit, do you want a cigar?" Walsh saw D'Antoni come in, took a cigar from the "Churchill & London" humidor of the "Rice Flag" and handed it to D'Antoni.

D'Antoni waved his hand, sat down in a chair, coughed twice, and replied, "No, thank you, I've had a bad cough for the past two days." ”

"It's getting colder, Mike." Walsh repeated, putting the cigar that had been handed to D'Antoni into his mouth, and pulling the limited edition porcelain ashtray with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his desk closer, saying, "So, we need something that will warm people's hearts, preferably the whole city." ”

I have to admit that Donnie Walsh is very special, and he also has a strong aura, he has gray temples, a big back, ******, but his eyes are extremely clear, and his mental state is also excellent, he smokes a cigar, like "Cardinal" Auerbach.

He was also fond of the British politician Churchill, who was also known to be a cigar aficionado.

D'Antoni picked up some of Walsh's words, but didn't answer, and Walsh quickly got to the point: "Mike George is a good rookie, isn't he?" ”

D'Antoni sat in his seat, crossed his hands, leaned back slightly, and said, "Well, judging from the performance after these three games, it is already comparable to the first-round show." ”

Walsh smiled: "He's supposed to be a first-round pick." ”

"Who's to say it isn't." D'Antoni also responded, George didn't dare to play in the fourth quarter of Wall today, and it would be too unprofessional to admit it.

Walsh thought that the two would reach an agreement, so he said directly: "In the next game, let him be the starter, if we give him enough opportunities, he will definitely bring us more surprises!" ”

"Nope." D'Antoni vetoed it outright.

"Why?"

"It's too early." D'Antoni became serious, "I have my own arrangements for him, the regular season has only started for less than a month, and he is not suitable to be a starter right now. ”

Walsh was a little displeased: "Fields's unexpectedly unfortunate guy can be a starter, why can't he?" You can make him a starter like Fields, and then let Wilson Chandler play longer, or you can just put him in the No. 1 position. ”

"No, absolutely not, Raymond Felton must not waver in any way." D'Antoni was also emotionally excited by these suggestions, "Donnie, you shouldn't interfere in my business, who to use as the starter is not your responsibility!" ”

The atmosphere in the office became solemn, Walsh never expected the two to quarrel because of this, he sat in his seat and smoked two cigars, let the room quiet for a few tens of seconds, and then, he relieved his mood and said to D'Antoni: "You should have heard of Bennett Miller's name, he is a New Yorker like me, he is making a sports movie called "Moneyball", and he has Brad Pitt to star in it, I think you will be interested in the story of this film, I can tell you about it." ”

D'Antoni sighed, knowing that Walsh was about to start a tirade again, and said, "You'd better give me a cigar." ”