Chapter 436: No scruples
In just three years, Wu Huang has accomplished achievements that most players have achieved in their lifetimes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info But the good news is that he doesn't need to be embarrassed by his own success, because the NBA has produced a lot of talents in recent years, and James and other Mesozoic stars are also staring at him with red eyes, even if Wu Huang doesn't take these people in his eyes now, he can also compete with the ancient legends in the air, and those ancient gods have created a cheating record, it is estimated that he will not be able to challenge his entire career, so he will not wash his hands early like Jordan.
After the Knicks' goal of winning consecutive championships was achieved, Wu Huang's next task was the "Olympics", and this has been a problem that has plagued him for three years, because he has never wanted to represent the United States, which is a kind of resistance from the bottom of his heart, and there is no reason to find it.
"Why wouldn't I want to play for Team USA?" Emperor Wu found that he couldn't explain this himself, but he just didn't want to enter the Dream Team.
It stands to reason that Emperor Wu is a Chinese who grew up in the United States, and so are his parents, and after two generations of changes, Emperor Wu should not have much affection for distant China.
In fact, Wu Huang only went to China once after he became famous, and until now his Chinese is not good, so even departments like the CIA do not think that Wu Huang has any pro-communist channels, as for why he has been reluctant to participate in the dream team, this is not understood by the American media, and Wu Huang himself does not understand, anyway, he just doesn't want to join.
After winning the championship this time, Wu Huang had the confidence to refuse the invitation of the Dream Team, and he publicly said before the training camp of the American team: Dream Ten already has Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Russell Westbrook in the No. 1 position, and Kobe and Wade in the No. 2 position, and this team does not need a guy like him to dominate the ball at all.
"Honestly, I don't think they're going to really give me a hand, and I don't think I can be the heart of this team, but I refuse to give them a hand." Emperor Wu clearly pointed out that Meng Shi didn't need him as the number one active soldier at all, and also explained why he didn't respond to the call. "And I know very well that I have a very tense relationship with the players in this dream team, and most of the people here don't shake my hand after the game, so I'm not going to be ostracized by them. Of course, if I can replace all of these guys, I can consider leading the team. ”
Wu Huang did not shy away from explaining on his Twitter why he didn't join Dream Ten, and directly pushed all the members of the Dream Team to his opposite. This kind of taboo-free attitude caused an uproar in global public opinion for a while!
"That's a little too arrogant, isn't it?" No one thought that Emperor Wu would say these words so blatantly, the Holy Sect Master really did whatever he wanted, and even his 60e fans were stunned by his unscrupulousness!
"What's this, Lao Tzu is now the first in the world, of course, there is nothing to be afraid of, now I want to say anything, just say anything, who can?" Wu Huang didn't take these things to heart, the current dream team was indeed his enemy, basically the guys who didn't shake his hand after the game, so why did he have to care about the thoughts of these people?
Indeed, the Dream Ten team now gathers James, Kobe, Anthony, Durant, Howard, Paul, Wade, Rose, Westbrook, and Bosh, all of whom have a lot of grudges against him, especially those absolute main forces, who have long torn their faces with him.
In this case, if Wu Huangzhen goes to the dream team, won't he be excluded?
Some people may say that Coach K has promised to take him as the core, but he can listen to these things, and when he really goes to London, will Coach K offend the remaining 11 because of him?
Wu Huang made the problem clear, and it was not impossible for him to join the "Dream Ten", but James and others had to get out, this team had to replace at least half of the players, and they had to replace the younger generation who had a good relationship with him.
However, even if Lao K agrees to this kind of thing, Nike and Adidas will not agree, don't think that the US men's basketball team is really the old K coach in charge, whoever sponsors has the right to speak, and Wu Huang's endorsement of UA is the object of collective exclusion by the two sports giants, so don't say that he has a tense relationship with the whole team, even if he has a good relationship with these people, it is difficult to become the core of the team, so Wu Huang's reason for refusing to call is still very sufficient.
With his unscrupulous style, the Holy Sect Master finally succeeded in turning down the invitation of the American men's basketball team, because because of his requirements, it was impossible for Coach K to meet him.
American fans can't say anything anymore, because Wu Huang himself confessed that he didn't participate in the national team because of popularity problems, and this explanation is very convincing.
As we all know, Wu Huang's trash talk is famous all over the world, and everyone knows that his relationship with active stars is very tense, and he has long had contemptuous titles such as "the first villain in history" and even "nasty ghost". Now many people believe that he was a man who would do anything to win. And such a person will only be liked by his own fans, and the enemy is basically hated to the core. There are also malicious speculations that Emperor Wu does not go on vacation in the summer, probably because he is worried that he will be caught and beaten once he leaves New York, so this guy is still very self-aware.
Wu Huang still didn't leave New York this summer, he took a bunch of young players to start his training camp when James and others were competing in the Olympics, and by the way, he also let these free laborers go around China to promote his basketball school for free.
This summer, he opened a lot of basketball schools in China, and this time he didn't even have to pay for it himself, Ajiali, who had been sticking upside down, once again took out a bunch of small money to smash it at Wu Huang, and the basketball school he built in China has always been a large part of Ajiali's funds stolen from her father, including his video website, and even his hemophilia charitable foundation, which can also get a large amount of donations from India every year.
Speaking of which, in the past few years, the Indian girl has really contributed a lot of money and effort in order to lie on the big bed of the Holy Sect Master, and seeing that the little girl is almost an adult, this persistence should also be rewarded.
So this summer, Ajiali finally got what she wanted, and Emperor Wu took so many benefits from others, and it was indeed unreasonable not to sacrifice it.
The Knicks weren't idle in the summer, and this year they only had a 29th pick in the first round, which they got from the Spurs, and they didn't even have a draft pick. However, in the draft, the Knicks made a trade with the Spurs, in which they gave Danny Green, who had been unavailable, to the Spurs for almost free, in exchange for an expiring garbage contract and a draft pick at the end of the first round.
The loss-making trade is a tribute to Danny Green's quiet efforts over the past two years, a brilliant role player who has barely played since last season, but has never complained and has been at ease guarding the water cooler for the Knicks.
However, Danig Lin also has his own pursuits, and he also wants to make money, and he can't play like this, and it will be scrapped after a long time, so the Knicks happily agreed to Danny Green's request to turn back, and also found a good place for him, so he did not hesitate to make a loss-making deal.
The Spurs traded almost just one draft pick at the end of the first round for a practical defensive striker, and the deal was definitely a no-brainer.
Although the Knicks gave away a utility player for nothing, the deal had no impact on their strength, and they had no place for Danny Green, even after the trade, the Knicks' forward line was still a little bloated.
The Knicks used the trade to select senior forward Draymond Green from Michigan State University.
Draymond Green in front of the TV was very pleasantly surprised that he could be selected by the championship team, his interior technology, the height of the No. 3 position, is the most embarrassing existence of all draft players, let him play the No. 3 position is not enough technology, play the No. 4 position is not tall enough, and the athleticism is not top-notch, this kind of non-trivial player is the most unmarketable, so no one cares about the Knicks' draft, and even they themselves chose Green with the idea of choosing a new water cooler patron saint to replace Yi Jianlian.
This year's Knicks don't need to make too many changes to their roster, in addition to signing rookie Draymond Green, they also brought in free agent Stephen Novak, but it's only a base salary contract, and it's still for the water cooler. Then the Knicks signed veteran Jerry Stackhouse, which is another veteran base salary to fill the vacancy after Danny Green's departure. In the end, the Knicks offered Gallinari a four-year, $38 million contract extension. Although the contract is not a huge amount, it is actually worth the price considering the Italian's performance in the playoffs. If anyone is willing to pay a higher price, then just come and quote, anyway, there are a lot of guys outside who are willing to hug their thighs in line.
Not to mention, there are really people bidding for it, for example, the Nuggets proposed a 5-year 50 million contract, and the Magic team also made a 4-year offer of 42 million, many teams have given more contracts than the Knicks, but Gallinari still rejected these seemingly large contracts, because he can get a lot of endorsements from China and Italy in the Knicks, and these incomes are enough to make up for the salary gap of two or three million. And how can the exposure of playing in New York be comparable to that of these small city teams? Gallinari is well aware that once he doesn't play in New York and loses the shelter of the championship team, many endorsements will leave him, and the loss is too great. So unless a team offers him a maximum salary, he will definitely stay in New York.
It was Gallinari's psychology that Donnie had the right idea to offer him this non-consuming contract, and he also knew that the Italian would accept this contract extension that was lower than that of other teams, because he had no choice.
The Knicks' roster for the new season has not changed much after contract extensions and trades, the starters and main rotation players are still those people, and the young players have grown a lot, and the new season is still the most favored team by the media and fans.
On August 12, just as the Dream Ten successfully defended their Olympic men's basketball title by defeating the Spanish men's basketball team by an undisputed margin in London, someone finally began to attack the Knicks' potential stock.
Whiteside's contract is only a base salary and only for one year, so he is a complete free agent, and this guy has not negotiated a contract with the Knicks until now, because there has always been a competition for him, and this person is Morey, the manager of the Rockets who is very familiar to Chinese fans.
The Rockets offered Whiteside a three-year, $25.1 million contract, including $5 million and $5.22 million in the first two years, and soared to $14.9 million in the third year. For the Knicks, this contract is like a "depth charge", and once they match, then the salary space of the team in the third year will be greatly limited. It's worth mentioning that the Rockets just used this similar poison contract to snatch Jeremy Lin from the Dallas Mavericks.
Knicks fans will be scolding the Rockets for being sinister, Morey originally offered Whiteside a contract of 4 years and 28 million US dollars, although this contract still feels too high, but the Knicks still plan to match after careful consideration, who calls it difficult to find outstanding potential centers in the league now.
As soon as the Rockets saw that the Knicks were going to match, they immediately changed the offer to this poison contract, which made the Knicks scold their mother!
According to this new offer, Whiteside's third-year salary would obviously put the Knicks' recruitment in jeopardy. In other words, as long as the Knicks match this contract, they will not have room to operate if Whiteside can't play by then. And three years later, Gasol and David West will definitely not be in their current state, but the Knicks have no room to bring in any more reinforcements, because the salary is blocked by this contract, and the team will be in a dilemma at that time.
The Dallas Mavericks and the New York Knicks will be scolding the Rockets for being shameless, and many fans may not know how this poison contract is poisoned? To put it simply, whether Whiteside is in the Rockets or the Knicks, the salary of 25.1 million in 3 years is paid according to 1488w. But the difference is that Whitesel's salary is calculated differently as the amount of salary space used by the team.
If he is in the Rockets, Whitesel's salary will be calculated on the basis of 10,000 dollars.
And in the Knicks, it is calculated in terms of 10,000.
It is precisely because there is a big difference in the salary space occupied by the team in the third year that there is a saying that the team space in the third year is blocked. If the Knicks match, although the first two seasons are worth it, the last season is a big loss. Unless Whiteside really plays at the top salary level in his third year, but now no one thinks he has that potential, everyone thinks he's at most an interior blue-collar similar to Jordan Jr. of the Clippers, and it's impossible to be worth that much money.
However, the Zen master said, "We are a match! ”
Yes, you read that right, on August 5, the Knicks suddenly announced that they would no longer renew D'Antoni's contract and instead hired Phil Jackson, who was idle at home, as the team's new head coach.
Mustache's four-year contract with the Knicks, which began in the summer of 2008, has now expired. The Knicks did not choose to renew his contract, but hired Phil Jackson as the team's new coach with a three-year, $30 million contract, and announced the news in early August.
What's more interesting is that D'Antoni, the famous coach who helped the Knicks win the championship twice, also got a 3-year 30 million contract from the Lakers as soon as he turned his head, and he switched roles with the Zen master.
Now D'Antoni is not worried about his next home, two consecutive championships have made him one of the most well-known head coaches in the league, and his bombardment tactics are also sought after by fans around the world, as can be seen from the contract offered to him by the Lakers, D'Antoni is now enough to get the same salary as the Zen master, which is also a reflection of the secret competition between the two teams, and the collision between the Lakers and the Knicks in the new season will surely become one of the biggest attractions.
Wu Huang now does not resist the Zen master to come to Nix for advice, anyway, he has led the team to win two consecutive championships, and no one can steal his light.
Phil Jackson is also hugging his thigh, even if this guy can help the Knicks complete the dynasty, but that is not the credit of his coach, after all, the first two championships have nothing to do with him, which can only prove the greatness of the Holy Sect Master, proving that no matter who is the coach, he, the king of New York, can help the Knicks win the championship.
The Zen master is still very courageous, and after asking Emperor Wu's opinion, he decisively matched the offer.
As one of the coaches who are best at using the center, Zen Master knows very well that once this potential center is obtained, it cannot be easily let go, even if it is a poison contract.
Whiteside was a little depressed after the Knicks matched the offer, because the Rockets' contract made him feel very sincere, and Morey gave him such a contract, which means that he will definitely be reused, so this makes the brain-dead child who can only play as a substitute in the Knicks heartbroken. Although the Knicks gave him the opportunity to return to the NBA, no one wanted to be taken seriously, and no one wanted to go to a stage where he could show his full ability.
But if you think about it, Whiteside is not crying and shouting that he must be a rocket, and now that the Knicks have matched this contract, although he still has to play as a substitute in the new season, the Knicks, who have paid such a big price, can no longer give him such a little playing time, which means that he can at least have more playing time than last season.
The only unhappy at this time is Monroe, Whiteside's contract means that he will be squeezed out of more playing time, his stats have already dropped a lot last season, and he will continue to regress this year. And he still has two years left on his contract, during which no matter how the Knicks arrange him, Monroe can only passively accept it, which is the most unhappy for him.
But the reality is that a team can never please everyone, some players can only sacrifice for the big picture, and Monroe looks like he is going to be the one who is sacrificed.
12-13 New York Knicks lineup -
PG: Wu Huang, Isaiah Thomas.
SG: Iguodala, Tony Allen, Jerry Starhouse.
SF: Sean Battier, Danilo Gallinari, Stephen Novak.
Pf: David West, Draymond Green.
C: Pau Gasol, Greg Monroe, Hassan Whiteside.
Throughout the summer, Knicks fans were most concerned about the coach change.
Everyone thinks that D'Antoni is a good coach, and this guy took over in the most tragic period of the team, and in the past four years, he has helped the Knicks from the bottom of the league to the league's No. 1 team with two consecutive championships.
Fortunately, it is the Zen master who has taken over the Knicks now, which is very different, Phil Jackson has a lot of weight in the hearts of American fans, and this is a guy with rings on both hands, so although some Knicks fans miss D'Antoni very much, there are still more fans looking forward to how the Knicks will perform in the new season.
The Zen master's "triangle attack" has always had a lot of "flickering" elements, in fact, it is an offensive tactic composed of three players forming a triangle on one side and a "two-person game" on the other side. In attack, this tactic is characterized by a full range of free movement. Depending on the defense, the triangle offense will evolve a variety of responses, and in the words of Winter, the originator of the triangle offense, it is "to read the defense and react".
This philosophy has some similarities with D'Antoni, such as the fact that they need a spiritual core to be able to play, and this person must have enough ball-handling ability, or a great threat on the offensive end, and can score enough points in one-on-one, without which the triangle attack is impossible to play.
In short, it's another system that puts the NBA's stars first to the fullest.
What makes Zen Master's triangle attack unique is that it is a tactic that makes different adjustments by observing the opponent's defensive changes. The starting point is that the attacker's most skilled players can gain an advantage in the opposition over time, as the defender is held down by the offensive player's constant movement. In addition, Zenshi's triangle attack can make the most of the advantages of excellent low post players, especially low post players with some passing ability.
Wu Huang is undoubtedly the absolute core of this system, and all of the Knicks' tactics in the new season have only one goal, that is, to find ways to make Wu Huang have one-on-one offensive space, and Gasol is the assistant who helps Wu Huang get this space in the middle, and the two will replicate the Lakers' style of play during the two-game championship period.
At this time, there will naturally be a difference between the Knicks and the Lakers back then, and the Zen master will definitely design some playing styles that are in line with his skills according to the characteristics of Wu Huang, and Wu Huang, who has a greater offensive threat with the ball and a long-range shooting threat, is more suitable for his tactics than Kobe Bryant in the mind of the Zen master.
Phil Jackson's ambition is not small, and his goal in coming to the Knicks is not only to write an end to the Knicks' dynasty, but to lead the Knicks to another dynasty from this season. And this year's championship is just the beginning, not the end in his eyes...... (To be continued.) )