Chapter Ninety-Nine: Take Control of the Locker Room
In August, most of the Knicks' players have joined the training camp, and Wu Huang has also had a general understanding of his teammates in the past few days.
Fans who have been following the NBA for the past few years should know that the Knicks' locker room has been the most chaotic place among the league's 30 teams since Ewing's gorilla left. However, with the departure of Marbury, Randolph, Crawford and other cancers last year, the atmosphere in the Knicks' locker room has become much more harmonious, and the most active person here is currently Nate . Robinson, this guy is a typical chatter, he looks very aggressive, but he is actually very scheming, and Emperor Wu can see that he is a guy who likes to gang up.
Most of the black players in the NBA like to gang up, which is directly related to their growth environment, the black community in the United States is mostly chaotic, very poor security living areas, where gangsters are rampant, crime rates remain high, so that the black people living here have developed the habit of ganging together to bully others or protect themselves from an early age.
Nate. Robinson is a typical example of this, but unfortunately he is not destined to be the locker room leader of any team, and he will definitely be sent away this season, because his positions and functions overlap with Wu Huang, and the Knicks cannot let him stay in the team for too long, and the contract extension negotiations between the two sides are currently deadlocked, and Xiao Tudou may be seduced by offers from other teams at any time.
After Wu Huang practiced with the team, he first recruited Danny, a rookie who joined the team with him. Green, the second target is the newcomer Channing. Frye, both of whom are new to the team and need to be taken care of. Emperor Wu smoothly allowed himself to have two younger brothers. Get rid of the situation of the commander of the light pole.
Subsequently. According to Wu Huang's observations for a few days, he found that Chris. Du Hong is a typical stuffy jar and belongs to the non-partisan person; Jared. Jeffries is whichever way the wind blows, he will fall, belongs to the wall-riding faction, you can put it aside first; Nate. Robinson and Wilson. Chandler has a good relationship and has not yet joined the training of Al. Harrington and Larry. Hughes should be one faction with them; Danilo. Gallinari and David. Lee a faction.
With such an analysis, Wu Huang found that as long as the team made a transaction. Send Nate away. Robinson or Hughes, Harrington, etc., then the new players will naturally join his faction. In this way, his power will immediately become the dominant force of the entire team, and the right to speak in the locker room will naturally be controlled by him.
"So, there must be a deal, this is the quickest way to break the inherent power, I don't want to spend time slowly subduing these guys, they are not worth it for me to do this." Emperor Wu has now put all his energy into training and his two sisters, how can he have the kung fu to play palace scheming with this group of people in the locker room. Or just cut through the mess with a quick knife, and send all the disobedient ones away. For example, Nate, who always pretends to be a big brother in front of him. Robinson, Emperor Wu is too lazy to deal with such an inadequate person.
This thing. Wu Huang didn't move his mouth at all, he knew that the shrewd general manager of the team would get this matter done, otherwise what was the use of him as a manager?
On August 3rd, Wu Huang was invited to his boss James . Dolan was a guest at home, and the evaluation of the brain-dead boss of the Knicks in front of the media and fans could not be lower, but in fact, people are not brain-dead at all. Wu Huang found out when chatting that his boss just doesn't know much about basketball and is easy to be fooled by the manager in transfer operations, but in terms of business operations, his boss is a few streets better than the Lakers' little Buss. This is from the Knicks' performance is bad, but the annual revenue has always ranked first in the league, and in the context of the economic crisis, the Knicks' income has grown faster than other teams, which shows that James. Ran's ability in this regard.
On August 5, the Knicks quickly signed a one-year, $4 million contract extension to Nate Anderson. Robinson, and then at a faster pace with Nate. Robinson and Carl. Landry's younger brother Marcus. Landry, from Celtic to Eddie. House, J.R. Giddens, and Bill Walker.
The purpose of this deal is obvious, the four players that the Knicks have exchanged are all in the final year of their contracts, and they can be used if they can be used, and if they are not used well, they can all be thrown in the trash next year. And the Celtics used three players who were about to expire to exchange for a suitable substitute for Rondo, and it was also a one-year contract, and if it was not used well, it could sweep the trash can, and it was not a loss.
After this trade, the Knicks' roster suddenly became bloated.
PG: Wu Huang, Chris. Du Hong, Eddie. House.
SG: Larry. Hughes, Danny. Green, Bill. Walker, J.R. Giddens.
SF: Danilol. Gallinari, Al. Harrington, Wilson. Chandler.
PF: Qian Ning. Fry, Milišić, Jared. Jeffries.
C: David. Lee, Eddie. Curry.
At first glance, the Knicks are now outnumbered, and all of them exceed the league's highest 15-man rule, but there may not even be half of them who can play, most of them are expiring contracts that the Knicks got to empty salary space in the summer of 10, and if you use the words of fans, these are all CBA players.
Wu Huang saw such a team lineup, and he knew it in his heart, the Knicks wanted to use this lineup to enter the playoffs, but they could only see if these bad teams in the East would not give face.
But even in the Eastern Conference, which is not competitive enough, it will be difficult for the Knicks to make the playoffs. Lee has both played star stats this season, and if young players such as Chandler and Gallinari can improve significantly from last season, the team chemistry is excellent, and fortunately not suffered injuries, then the Knicks may still have a chance to make the playoffs.
Throughout August and September, Wu Huang actively engaged in training while attracting new players, leading by example to tell his teammates what NBA professional players should be like and what it should be like to be his teammates......
Knicks General Manager Donnie. Walsh would go to the Knicks' gym for some fitness activities around 7:30 a.m. every morning before putting on his suit and starting work, and for most of the summer, Wu Huang would start training earlier than him.
Every day of the summer. Emperor Wu would come to the training hall before the sun rose. Journalists from New York visited the camp. I did witness Wu Huang doing boring ball control, coordination, and weak-side hand dribbling training there, and he was full of horsepower, and he stayed in the training hall for half a day.
New York Times writer Da. Sabi sighed in his column: It's hard for you to imagine that a young man with a contract with an annual salary of 6 million can work so hard in the summer. But for Hugo, persistence is perhaps the most indispensable word in his dictionary, and it is also the way he succeeds.
Wu Huangcai was not so great, and his efforts were because he saw the crisis. He knows what will happen if he doesn't work hard, but when facing these reporters, Wu Huang of course said shamelessly: "Training is boring, but it excites me because I like challenges, I want to do my best, I can't let my fans down, which means I have to be ready at all times, both physically and mentally." At the same time, I would like to thank the trainers of the team who helped me train better. Also starting the day early, which helps me a lot. I'm going to keep training and keep improving my abilities. ”
Emperor Wu is pretending to be quite good, and his example is indeed the best way to establish his prestige. Green, Bill. Walker and other young players quickly followed in the footsteps of Wu Huang, not because of how high their consciousness was, but because Wu Huang was very demanding of his own faction of players, and whenever they were late or absent from training, Wu Huang would mercilessly criticize this lazy behavior.
That's right, he has strict requirements for his teammates, and he can't just follow him by slapping him on the back, which is also the prestige that a team boss should have, otherwise it is not enough to grasp the authority in the locker room. The team boss who treats guests to dinner and takes his younger brother to a nightclub will definitely not be able to lead the team to win the championship.
In addition to boring training day after day, it is a test and exercise of physical fitness, at this time it can show Wu Huang's physical advantage, he can still run around in the house of two girls under such hard training, a two-eight flick around, it is still very strong, such a recovery ability is simply a fight with a stallion.
The New York Times did a special issue on Wu Huang in early September, which was full of praise and praise, especially for his efforts and the changes he brought to the Knicks.
Reach. Sabi wrote in the report: Since Hugo must start training before 7 o'clock every day, a group of young players of the Knicks have gradually kept up with the rhythm of the team's new core, and we have witnessed Chandler, Gallinari and others gradually join the Knicks' dawn training camp. Li and other veterans also joined such training after returning to the team.
The New York Times didn't say anything, David. Lee and Ellington joined the team at the end of August, and Wu Huang had already subdued Chandler and Gallinari with his own actions, and now the team has basically submitted to his leadership position, except for a few old guys and a few bastards who really have no intention of playing.
This is not just something that can be done by example, this is only one of the reasons, the bigger reason is that Wu Huang showed his ability in the team's training games, especially in the firepower output on the offensive end, Wu Huang showed the ability to break down a whole team by himself, which is the real reason why everyone recognizes his core, after all, this is the NBA, a place where the strong are king, and the effect of his example is to make everyone convinced.
Knicks head coach D'Antoni also ended his vacation in August, and Wu Huang is now coached by him, and the mustache has not made a bunch of new skills for Wu Huang to train, this season Wu Huang is still focusing on the ball control, ball protection, dribble shooting, and drifting and step-back shooting that he has been doing in college.
In the first season, D'Antoni didn't plan to let Wu Huang train new skills, but first honed what he was good at to the point where he could play in the NBA and be invincible, and then consider training other skills, which was a really pragmatic choice.
What is Emperor Wu best at?
Of course, what he is best at is all kinds of shots - fast shots when he dribbles, fast shots after blocking, quick shots after breaking, quick shots when covering without the ball, quick shots when chasing down, and fast shots when facing packs......
What D'Antoni needs most now is this, as long as Emperor Wu can give full play to his strengths, he will already be able to occupy a place in the alliance. Otherwise, as long as he can pass the ball to a pick-and-roll teammate when he is caught in the bag, that would be the minimum required of D'Antoni, and the mustache doesn't expect Wu Huang to reach the point where Nash does in the first two seasons, which takes a lot of time to do.
August and September were months of time for the Knicks, and there was nothing to talk about other than training for training. The team has not made any further trades, and while the Knicks have always been rumored to be the most traded team in the league, they really don't plan to make any big moves this year.
Wu Huang's show is a little more than the team, and not so long ago Emma. Roberts and he discussed plans to set up a live video site, and Lori wanted to build a video site that focused on live game streaming. If you put it mildly, this is a live streaming video platform for video games.
Emma. Roberts is now the most clicked competitive game star player on YouTube, and the number of fans worldwide is not much less than that of Wu Huang. Roberts's fan base, may I ask you on a global scale: Do otaku like to play games more, or do they like basketball more?
It is knowing its own advantages, so the original intention of the design of the website is to create an e-sports video platform, video gamers can watch the game of other players in real time, this platform will become the most popular gathering place for gamers, because it can not only see the game match on it, but also learn game strategy from other players.
Emperor Wu listened to Emma. Roberts thought that this new website was very lucrative, and now he was already discussing with Brandon how to invest in it. However, he didn't know that the reason why the plan for this live video site was born was more because of Emma. Roberts in order to build a bridge of contact with him. Since Wu Huang was drafted by the Knicks, his time outside of training has been filled with two girls. Roberts and Kolo. Moretz chatted, and little Lori was obviously unwilling to be lonely. (To be continued.) )