Chapter 136: There is still a gap
On December 1, 2009, the New York Knicks announced that they had reached a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers to send Darko Brown. Milicic + Wilson. Chandler + J.R. Giddens + Eddie. House + 2010 first-round pick, acquired Andre from the 76ers. Iguodala + 2010 second-round pick.
After the major media got the news, they immediately realized that this deal is not surprising and surprising at all, and the 76ers have welcomed a new coach this season. Jordan, but his main Princeton was out of place with the 76ers, causing the record to plummet, and the locker room conflict also erupted, and it was no accident that Iguodala was traded.
The next morning, Iguodala's agent came forward and said: "I spoke to him about early in the morning and he said he was fine, he also likes to play with Hugo, where the pace is fast. ”
Iguodala was in the hotel in Dallas in the morning, and learned the news of his trade from a phone call from his agent, and he was still in a trance for a while, because this happened too quickly, he was supposed to play with the team on the Dallas Mavericks away tonight, and when he woke up, these teammates were no longer teammates, and he couldn't participate in the night game, which came a little quickly.
The NBA trade stipulates that once the two teams complete the trade, the players involved will not be able to play for the original team, so Iguodala can no longer play for the 76ers at this time.
In the morning, Iguodala was interviewed by some media outlets, and he has already been in contact with the team's top management to learn some details of his trade.
In an interview with reporters, Iguodala said that he was somewhat "immune" to a trade, "because I have been rumored to be a deal like this for a long time." Rumors have always been part of the game. So. I'm not surprised that I've been transferred. With the way the NBA is run right now, you don't wonder what happens, you have to think about things that you didn't expect at all times. I don't want to say too much about that, I'm just focused on my future career, I'm still young and I want to try to win the championship. ”
A reporter asked his next team, the Knicks, if he liked this team. Like Hugo?
Iguodala did not refuse to answer the question. Many people say that Wu Huang is a typical ball bully, he still wants to show favor to the new boss, he is not stupid enough to think that the Knicks are asking him to be the boss, but the new team will be put in small shoes, he said: "I am happy to play for the Knicks, I think that's why I was traded to go there, I can adapt anywhere, I can play well anywhere, I will continue to do so." Hugo is a fantastic player, he doesn't look like a rookie at all. He's taken the team to fourth place in the East, something I've never been able to do. ”
76ers manager Rhodes. Thorne also came forward today to clarify some of the reports. He said he spoke to Iguodala two weeks ago, and most of the rumours about Iguodala's transfer are not true, Iguodala is a very professional player, and he has never asked to be traded.
When asked if there had been "a lot" of conversations with other teams about trading Iguodala, Thorne said that wasn't the case, and that in fact they were only talking to the Knicks about that, and that both sides ended up making a deal when they felt the price was right.
Jordan is eager to take out two guns to kill the entire management of the Knicks in Charlotte at the moment, and the bastards in New York have fooled him a lot this month, and he has already started real negotiations with the 76ers in private, so hasn't he become a common price raising tool for both parties?
Larry. Brown is stealing joy at the moment, and the deal didn't work out, but it's good news for the Bobcats, who are confident of bringing the Bobcats to the playoffs this season, but they can't be sure after the trade.
In particular, what kind of virtue is that Milicic, can he still not know?
If you run into a dictator, a tyrant, and a poisonous tongue, your majesty will be crippled the next day by someone in a sack!
New York Knicks lineup after the trade:
PG: Wu Huang, Chris. Duhon.
SG: Andrey. Iguodala, Larry. Hughes, Danny. Green.
SF: Danilol. Gallinari, Bill. Walker.
PF: Qian Ning. Frye, Al. Harrington, Jared. Jeffries.
C: David. Lee, Eddie. Curry.
The Knicks' lineup has once again had a big change, their first game in December was on the 2nd, this month's schedule is still not very good, 15 games a month to play, back-to-back is naturally indispensable, four games a week is also commonplace, the slightest carelessness will plummet, completely back to the pre-liberation.
Before getting the news of the team's trade, Wu Huang first received the news that he had won the "Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month" in November. But there is really no suspense about this, although Jennings has that wonderful performance of 50+, but the overall performance is still several levels behind him, and the league will not award this award to anyone except Wu Huang if he is not blind.
The Western Division shared this honor with him naturally by Terrick. Evans, the current rookie of the year battle is a war between the two of them, and neither Jennings nor Curry can keep up with these two.
If the hapless Griffin is not reimbursed for the season, he may be able to add some more variables to it, but it is a pity that the White Monster has not yet proven itself and has come to a "die before he gets out of the school", which is also one of the major regrets of this season.
After the Knicks trade was completed, Wu Huang also took the initiative to show favor to Iguodala, he first accepted a telephone interview with the New York Times, and said on the phone: "Andre is a low-key person, he doesn't say some big things to steal the limelight, there have been no conflicts with others on the court, and the number of shots has been reduced again and again." I've always loved watching him play and his great dunks...... And, of course, his enviable muscular lines. ”
What Wu Huang said made the reporter on the other side of the phone awkward, are you always praising people? How does it sound more like accidentally exposing your true thoughts?
Of course, the New York Times can't publish it as Emperor Wu said, and they still have to polish and embellish what he said, otherwise Iguodala will listen. Maybe you think you're going to be a mother?
But then again. Iguodala is a very professional player indeed. The deal was only completed by the No. 1 team, and he had already arrived in New York that night and stayed in a local hotel, leaving his family in Philadelphia to take care of the move.
The Knicks had to arrange a medical check-up for Iguodala the next day, and Wu Huang and all the players on the team first threw a capitalist party for Iguodala in a fancy nightclub that had just sent Wu Huang a diamond VIP membership card.
Speaking of this nightclub in Manhattan, New York, there is also a little story, which has just appeared on the cover of many gossip magazines in New York not long ago.
This nightclub was originally famous in New York. It is also located in Manhattan, where every inch of land is valuable, and it is a gold cave. Not long ago, one of the nightclub's strippers said they were willing to provide him with special services for free as long as he stayed at Knicks for a day.
Emperor Wu was not less jealous of Taylor because of this. Swift complained that several of the club's sexy strippers publicly stated: "As long as Wu Huang continues to give great performances to the New York fans, they will make him as happy as possible, and as long as Wu Huang is in the Knicks, they are willing to dance on Wu Huang's lap for free and enjoy their special services." ”
If this is a normal person. For example, people who are not determined to be strong like Kobe and James have long been enthusiastic. But Wu Huang didn't appreciate it, he said in a high-profile manner: As long as the Knicks can't win the championship, he won't go to a New York nightclub to watch a striptease.
Although there was a lot of pretension in these words, they did make New York fans applaud, and Wu Huang also did his part as the boss of the team, and in his own way.
Most NBA players like to go to nightclubs, which is not new news, Wu Huang is actually no exception, his heart is always itchy, and who would not want to go to nightclubs to be chic...... But he understands better that the Knicks, who have long been hard to return, want to take on a new look, and must not use a small fire to slowly boil, he planned to cut through the mess from the beginning, no matter who is in the team, as long as he is disobedient, he will get out, nightclubs, and even less if he can go less, he must lead by example.
His vigorous demeanor made the Knicks players quickly feel the change in the direction of the wind, and at the same time, they quickly stood on the line. There are only a few disobedient people left. Even if there are still some voices attacking him as a "tyrant" and "selfish", and spreading rumors that the Knicks now have no human rights and no freedom...... However, the Knicks' record is obvious to all. The team has a new atmosphere, which is also a fact that New York fans can see, and the ordinary people of capitalism are not all blind.
Iguodala came to the Knicks and said in an interview, "I like the atmosphere of the Knicks and the way this team plays. "It's not just flattery, although there are many playboys in the NBA, there are also many honest players who don't want to go out and fool around, and Iguodala still likes this kind of team atmosphere.
The welcome party was attended by a number of people, including coach D'Antoni, and Iguodala felt that the party was much more harmonious than the one he had when he was a rookie and the 76ers were led by Iverson. From this alone, he can see that Wu Huang's style of action is very different from Iverson's, and it can also make smart people realize what the internal environment of this team is.
The original bosses of the Knicks team all like to hang out in all kinds of striptease nightclubs, in contrast, Wu Huang only occasionally accepts invitations to some parties, or goes to various fashion weeks at the invitation of the Metropolitan Theater, or politely pretends to be a high-class person at the door of the Metropolitan Theater to talk to people, although he falls asleep as soon as he enters, but isn't this grade suddenly raised?
What Emperor Wu did after coming to the Knicks even made the famous talk show host David. Littleman jokingly said, "Since Hugo joined the Knicks, I can't joke about this team anymore. By the time Wu led the team to fourth place in the East, he had become the number one player in New York basketball and was helping the star junkyard clear the sadness and confusion of the past.
Some old fans in New York really don't want the team to get any more so-called superstars like James and Anthony, who knows what the hell they will bring to the Knicks?
After Iguodala met with Emperor Wu this time, his biggest feeling was: Emperor Wu didn't seem to attach as much importance to him as he imagined, but he didn't neglect him too much, anyway, it's not easy to describe.
Wu Huang treated Iguodala at the welcome party as if he were teaching a junior: "Andre, you have to know that New York fans are notoriously difficult to deal with, difficult to satisfy, they always think that they know a lot about basketball, they know how to play, and they will constantly output their opinions, and everything you do will be put under the microscope, so you have to make your skin thicker, you have to learn to ignore their criticism, and play according to your habits." ”
What he said actually contains a lot of meaning, but what he really wants to say is nothing more than this: You should continue to cut down on the number of shots in the future, and put all your energy on defense and back-up, so that you can have a future.
Iguodala feels right, Wu Huang of course welcomes him infinitely in his heart, but he feels that being the boss of the team must first be fierce and even paranoid in personality, and he can be like Isaiah. Thomas is as cunning, as aggressive as Jordan, and as chattering as Bird...... But you must not be too mediocre, or too approachable, that kind of boss is never a good boss.
Of course, you can say "treat your teammates like brothers", but you must not do it, otherwise you will be stupid.
Over the years, there have actually been few real bigwigs in the league, O'Neal counted, and Kobe Bryant later went from imitation to transcendence. The rest, maybe Duncan, Iverson, Wade, Nowitzki, Paul, and maybe a few that haven't been mentioned, but strictly speaking, James and Garnett aren't really big guys - they're both people who need to be perfected, even if they are no one else in ability, but they don't have all the things a boss should have when it comes to personality and managing the locker room.
In Boston in 2008, Garnett finally waited for the most important partner in his life - Pierce.
Without Pierce, Garnett still can't win the championship, he needs support, he needs acquiescence, he needs companionship, Pierce sublimated Garnett, but that year's Finals MVP Pierce rode a bicycle off the court, igniting Boston to kick Los Angeles, this is the strength of the backbone, the mental force, and the irreplaceable breath.
Wu Huang has not really seen that kind of big scene yet, but he has at least some character traits that have become the boss of the team, such as being extremely difficult to serve, special ball tyrant, special selfishness, and special arrogance......
The Knicks player has a boss like Wu Huang, in fact, it is not bad, he is scolding the Knicks senior at home, and at this moment he has begun to scold the high-level family members of the Qiao gang leader, who was called the real difficult to serve, the real ball bully, and the real arrogance......
When His Majesty Flyer first entered the NBA in his early years, he was extremely domineering and pointed fingers at the old players in the team, of course, Wu Huang also did this; His Majesty the Flyer also had a rough move with his teammate Cole later, this is Wu Huang who didn't do it himself, but he instigated Gallinari to do these things, and the means were more clever, and in fact, he did it; The flying man also bombarded the head coach for being stupid, this Wu Huang really hasn't done it, so there is still some gap with His Majesty the helper, this is the gap!
Wu Huang is still far from reaching the level that the young players in the team have to be cautious when they see him, and those coaches who are not strong enough to see him have to walk on thin ice, even a superstar like Pippen has to look at his eyes, at least Iguodala doesn't need to see Wu Huang's face so tragic now, so Wu Huang still has a lot to learn, and the trapeze often even the scolding of his father and mother is even more disdainful of Wu Huang, this scolding is so uncultured, let Gallinari scold...... (To be continued.) )