Chapter 33: Famous Places Gathered
"Isn't it hard to solve? Vivi, you're amazing! Li Wei took Luo Wei's little hand and kissed her fiercely on the back of her hand.
Growing up, he shot and shot iron, and then shot and then iron, and kept shooting iron, and his teammates laughed at him, his opponents laughed at him, and everyone laughed at him.
Although he kept saying, I'm used to it, it doesn't matter, but what person who loves basketball doesn't want to be a marksman?
How many times in his dreams, he dreamed that he could hit every shot!
Now this problem that has plagued his previous life is expected to be solved, and it is no wonder that he is not happy to die!
"It doesn't have to be two days, it may take longer to find a solution." Luo Wei said.
Li Wei said: "It's okay, as long as I can have hope, I will be satisfied." Vivi, in fact, there are too many magical things in this flying saucer, all of which are more important than whether my shooting is accurate or not, you have the talent to study those more important things. โ
Luo Wei shook her head slightly, pointed to a strange symbol and said, "I can only understand part of the content of life support, and I can't understand the rest." โ
Li Wei said: "Anyway, you can pick the important research yourself, and my business can be put later." โ
Luo Wei blinked and said softly, "Your business is important." โ
The next day, Li Wei got up early in the morning and started practicing shooting again.
Although Luo Wei said that his inaccurate shooting was congenital, the problem of the cerebellum is impossible to shoot accurately until the problem is solved. But over the years, he has developed the habit of practicing, and when he wakes up, he wants to have a good shot.
"Ahem, you can't vote anyway, then, the old rules!"
Li Wei's old rules for practicing the ball are naturally fast shots, high shot points, high parabolic arcs, and of course, the most important thing is that the posture must be picturesque!
Don't say it, as soon as this demon is gone, his posture is really getting more and more picturesque, and of course, the sound of striking iron is getting louder and louder.
Dangdang! Dangdang!
After smashing the basket all over his body, the president finally went to work in good spirits. Before leaving, he didn't forget to pull Luo Wei and wanted to go with her. Unsurprisingly, the girl insisted on staying in the flying saucer.
When he came to the president's office of the New York Knicks, Li Wei found that the old assistant coach Jeff Nick had arrived early, and there was an old man with him.
"Mr. Nick, morning. Who is this gentleman? โ
"Just call me Old Jeff, not sir. You finally don't know this one, right? Haha, Dick, you're still not famous enough! Jeff Nick laughed.
"Another Dick?" Li Wei raised his eyebrows.
Yesterday, Li Wei met a famous Dick - Dick Barnett, the main small forward of the Knicks' 70-year championship, and his No. 12 jersey has been retired from the Knicks.
"That's right, it's another Dick, and his jersey has also been retired from our team!" Jeff Nick said.
Li Wei suddenly realized: "You are Mr. Dick McGuire?" โ
The Knicks have seven retired numbers, but eight retired jerseys because the number 15 was retired twice!
The first retired No. 15, Li Wei had already seen yesterday, was none other than Earl Monroe, the defender who formed a Rolls-Royce luxury backfield with Walter Fraser and won the championship in '73.
Monroe is one of the NBA's 50 superstars and played for the Bullets, later known as the Wizards, before coming to New York. His other No. 10 jersey was also retired by the Wizards (Bullets).
Dick McGuire was a point guard for the New York team in the '50s and has been working for New York since retiring from the sport. In '92, he was so old that he decided to semi-retire, and the Knicks retired his jersey in recognition of his contributions.
This is the second time the Knicks have retired the No. 15 jersey, as the No. 15 retirement ceremony was held for championship guard Monroe six years ago. It's not uncommon for a number to be retired twice in the NBA (the Celtics' No. 18 was retired twice).
Dick McGuire, now semi-retired, has a senior advisory role on the team. I heard that the team has changed owners, and he doesn't mind, anyway, he can't be a consultant, if the boss doesn't need him, it's not appropriate.
But yesterday, at the old Knicks' championship team party, Li Wei specially hired the meritorious veteran Holzman as the honorary chairman for life, and also hired the big D-Dave Debusscel who couldn't work at all due to heart disease as a senior consultant, so McGuire, a real senior consultant, came over to see what the boss's attitude towards him was.
"Mr. McGuire, please come in." Li Wei hurriedly opened the door of the office, "I have always heard your name, but I just didn't have a chance to see it." If you want to stay with the team as a senior advisor, I would welcome that. โ
Dick McGuire laughed: "I'm too old to contribute to the team, but at most I'll give you some advice when things go wrong." But I heard old Jeff say, you like to raise white-collar wages, so you came over cheekily! โ
Li Wei smiled: "Mr. McGuire, if you want a white-collar salary, then I am very welcome, my favorite thing is to pay money!" โ
"Hahaha!" The crowd had a great chat.
A moment later, the Knicks' general manager, Dennis Johnson, also arrived. When he found someone in the president's office, he was a little hesitant and didn't know whether to enter or not.
"Dennis, come in. Come, see who this is? Li Wei shouted.
"Mr. McGuire, you're here, it's a pleasure!" Dennis Johnson really deserves to be a celebrity of a generation, and he recognized McGuire immediately.
"Mr. McGuire is our team's senior advisor, and I have also hired a generation of famous coach Holzman as the team's honorary chairman for life, and another famous big D will also be our senior advisor. โ
Dennis Johnson's eyes widened.
Unexpectedly, in just one night, the short president dug up a group of old guys!
The new general manager said: "David, speaking of which, I also have something to discuss with you." Yesterday, you asked me to hire some Celtic management talent......"
Li Wei raised his eyebrows: "You really invited Mr. Auerbach?" โ
"How is that possible!" Dennis Johnson shook his head, "I was looking for my old coach Kยท C. Jones is my deputy, I don't know if you think it will work? โ
"KC Jones? Lord of the Rings KC Jones? Absolutely. If you see fit, he can even be the vice president of our team! Li Wei said.
The current Lord of the Rings in the NBA is KC Jones. He had eight championship rings when he was a player, two when he was an assistant coach, and two more when he was head coach, for a total of twelve!
In Li Wei's previous life, a generation of famous coach Phil Jackson successfully broke the KC Jones record in the 21st century, and finally held 13 championship rings, but now, the 12-ring KC Jones is a myth!
Of course, if you count the rings of the team's management, then the best person is Cardinal Auerbach. When he was a coach, he took nine, and when he became general manager and president, he took seven, for a total of sixteen!
However, although KC Jones won two championships as head coach, the media unanimously agreed that the gold content of these two rings was not very high. Because these two championships are very similar to the two championships of the later Heat coach Spoelstra.
First of all, they all have a group of players who are against the sky, KC Jones has Bird, McHale, Parish, Dennis Johnson, and Spo has James, Wade, Bosh and so on. Secondly, behind these two champion coaches, there is a president-level emperor who is strategizing. The Celtics are Cardinal Auerbach, and behind Spo is the god operator Pat Riley!
However, even if KC Jones is not capable, he is famous enough, and with twelve championship rings on the table, who is not afraid to see it?
How could a young president turn away such a figure?
Dennis Johnson listened to Li Wei's words, and said with a smile on his eyebrows: "David, you mean that you can let my old coach be the vice president?" Great, I was still thinking that the position of assistant manager is not easy to talk about, after all, he is my old coach, if he can be the vice president, it is too suitable! โ
Li Wei hurriedly said: "Dennis, it is no problem for Mr. Jones to be the vice president, but you have to tell him in advance, he only has the right to suggest the team's affairs, and the real decision is in the hands of you and me, and the two of us are the top level of decision-making!" โ
Dennis Johnson said, "I understand. Actually, I have never been a general manager, and I am confused about a lot of work, so if I can invite my old coach to guide me, it will be easy to get started. โ
"Haha, then you go and please!"
Li Wei smiled on his face, but he was secretly thinking in his heart: Dennis really can't hide the character in his heart, so he will tell the truth. In the future, it seems that important decisions cannot be revealed to him in advance, otherwise it will definitely be known all over the city!