After the press conference, Li Wei officially became a Knicks player, and he is also the shortest player in history!

Inspirational Gnomes! 》

"Mr. Li Wei will donate all his salary to the disabled, and he will donate an additional 10,000 yuan for every game he plays!" 》

"America's New Idol, Gnomes Play Basketball!" 》

The major media have reported on this matter in a positive way, and many people believe that it is impossible for Li Wei to persist in the alliance full of elders, but this courage to challenge is still worth learning from.

Li Wei has a very tight time now, and the situation in Southeast Asia needs to be paid attention to, and he has to learn a lot of tactical theories, in addition to shooting training.

As soon as he returned to the office, he picked up the tactical materials, and before he could study them, he saw Chuck Daly walk in.

"Chuck, you've just arrived, I'd like to ask for the details of this rotation."

Chuck Daley raised his eyebrows and said, "David, let's talk about tactics later, let's talk about the construction of the team!" ”

Li Weidao: "Isn't the situation of the team very good? The newcomers are working hard, and the old ones are happy to guide them. ”

Chuck Daley said: "But we still have one more problem to solve, and that is Charles! ”

"You mean Charles Oakley?" Li Wei's eyebrows twisted.

After the shooting, he pondered selling Oakley, but now no team is willing to take over the injured player!

Chuck Daley said, "I know you have an opinion about Charles, but he's not the villain you think he is. This guy is a straight man, he doesn't have a lot of heart, I talked to him, and he wants to apologize to you. ”

"He apologized to me?" Li Wei blinked.

Chuck Daly laughed, "What, you don't want to forgive him?"

As a manager, you should be generous. The Knicks are a traditional powerhouse, the veteran players have a tough style, and Charles is also a double-edged sword that can disturb the locker room and teach the youngsters how to play.

If you're really thinking about this team, try to get Chucks into the group and bring the old with the new so that the Knicks legacy continues. ”

Li Wei smiled: "Chuck, I'm not a person with a small belly, but do you really think that Charles and I can reconcile?" ”

Chuck Daly said, "Absolutely, he's going to be friendlier than you think." ”

Li Wei said: "Okay, I'll go to the hospital to see him." ”

At noon, Li Wei and Chuck Daly came to the New York Special Surgery Hospital together.

As soon as he entered the door, Daley shouted, "Charles, I brought David here, what to do next, it's up to you!" ”

"Huh?" Charles Oakley on the hospital bed seemed to be very nervous, scratching his head vigorously, and he didn't hold back a word for a long time.

Seeing his miserable appearance, Li Wei didn't bother to care about anything, and walked forward and said, "How is the injury?" ”

Oakley smiled, "It's okay...... Hey, David, you beat people really hard, I'm Charles who doesn't convince people in my life, so I'll obey you! ”

Daley shook his head and walked forward, "You, you won't even apologize!" ”

"Hey, hey." Oakley smiled again, "That, Mr. Li, in the future, you will be the boss in the team!" ”

Li Wei said: "Listen to your tone, do you still want to stay in New York?" ”

Oakley hurriedly said: "If you don't trade me, of course I have to stay, my old bones can still play!" ”

Daley said: "David, I will intercede for Charles, you can keep him." He will use his experience to teach young people. ”

"That's right, that's right!" Oakley nodded.

Li Wei is not a person who is unforgiving, he looked at Oakley for a while, and said slowly: "Since Chuck has said so, then you can stay in the team, I look forward to your performance next season!" ”

"Oh, thank God!" Oakley breathed a sigh of relief, and then shouted, "Brothers, come out, Mr. Li forgive me, it's okay!" ”

"Haha, I knew it was going to be fine." A tall black man walked into the room first and greeted Li Wei with a smile, "Introduce yourself, I'm Herb Williams, I wanted to visit you a long time ago, but it's a pity that something happened to Charles, and he is my old brother." ”

"Oh, Herb, I'm David." Li Wei smiled and shook hands with him.

This Herb Williams, Li Wei has heard of it for a long time. He joined the league in '81 and played for the Pacers for nearly a decade before being traded to the Mavericks. Signed with the Knicks in '92 and has been playing Ewing off the bench since then, until today.

Herb Williams, who has played in the league for nearly two decades, will be forty years old next year, and his role on the court is minimal, but he is the boss of the team's locker room and the captain of the New York Knicks!

Behind Herb Williams, there was a slightly shorter strong man, he also stretched out his hand to Li Wei and introduced himself: "I am Charles Williams, with the same surname as Herb and the same name as Oakley, everyone is used to calling me Buck, you can also call me Buck!" ”

"Hello, Buck!" Li Wei shook hands with him.

Buck Williams was a '81 robe (third pick), two years younger than Herb, who was named an All-Star in his first year of debut and was named to the league's All-NBA team the following year.

In addition, he was a four-time All-Defensive team, a super-defensive stalwart and one of the best short interior rebounders in league history, and the Nets retired his jersey when he retired.

Now Buck is also in the twilight of his career, having been on the bench for Oakley last season. In his limited playing time, he is still the intimidating Buck on the defensive end and can be a considerable help to the team!

Walking behind Buck was a short man. Of course, this dwarf is only relative to Buck Williams. His name is Charlie Ward, and he is the team's backup point guard, and he is 1.88 meters tall.

"Hello Mr. Li, I'm Charlie!"

"Hello, Charlie!" Li Wei shook hands with him.

Behind Ward, there are two other people, none other than Alan Houston and Scott Brooks.

The last person to walk into the room was the Knicks' old assistant coach - Jeff Nick!

Li Wei smiled: "Old Jeff, Alain, Scott, you are all here!" It seems that you have made an appointment, and you are all waiting for me here! ”

Herb Williams smiled: "Haha, Charles's matter has not been resolved, and everyone is hanging in their hearts, so they are all here." David, even if you trade us in the future, I want you to be friends, not enemies! ”

Jeff Nick nodded: "Herb's words are very right, we don't have a deep grudge, we are a team, it should be a family, the past, let it pass, David is our head coach, we have to rally around him!" ”

"Hooray!" Oakley cheered, "Did you hear old Jeff?" In the future, everyone must listen to Coach Li's instructions, who doesn't listen, I, Charles, will be the first to spare him! ”

Herb Williams glanced at Oakley and said angrily: "You caused the matter, and you still have the face to teach others here!" David, let's ignore him, let's go to dinner together in the evening, I'll have a treat! ”

Chuck Daly laughed and said, "David, Herb wants to have a treat, but his motives are not pure. I heard that Jeff Jr. and Sterko got a promise to stay in the team, and he is also working on this idea! ”

Li Wei had never heard of Herb Williams' reputation in the coaching world in his previous life, but a locker room boss and the captain of the team, if he was willing to be obedient, he wouldn't mind raising an extra idler!

"Herb, as long as you can prove that you are good for the team, it will not be a problem to stay in the team in the future!"

Oakley said, "That's no problem, Herb likes to be nosy the most, haha." Coach, if you keep him, you can save half of your heart in the future! ”

Li Wei looked at the room full of old players, and then at Chuck Daley and Jeff Nick.

The Knicks' group of veteran players, like Herb Williams and Buck Williams, have little trade value, but if they stay with the team, it is definitely a spiritual asset.

Daley and Nick can mediate in the middle, let him and Oakley get back together, and let the old players release their knots, which is really well-intentioned!

Sure enough, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure!

These two old guys are the Knicks' Dinghai Needle!

Everyone chatted in the ward, and the more they talked, the happier they became.

In fact, except for people like Oakley, most players will be in awe of the boss, not to mention the fact that Oakley is still lying on the hospital bed.

Li Wei is very short and young, but after this battle, he has become even more terrible than other managers in the hearts of this group of players.

As a head coach, tactical ability is still secondary, the key is whether you can suppress your soldiers. Now Li Wei can already shock these giants.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a big black man suddenly walked into the ward with his head probed and said loudly: "Yo, why are there so many people?" Charles, do you live here? ”

Charles Oakley was surprised, "Oh, Ben, why are you here?" ”

The big black man named "Ben" said: "I'm coming to visit you!" I heard that you were wounded by a damn gnome, may God curse him......"

Oakley's face turned green: "Ben, don't talk nonsense, this is our team's head coach, Mr. Lee!" David, Ben can't speak, don't blame him, he doesn't know we've been reconciled. ”

"Haha, it doesn't matter." Li Wei smiled lightly, and then looked at the big black man who came to visit Oakley.

Isn't that the greatest undrafted pick of all time, four-time Defensive Player of the Year, Ben Wallace?

At the beginning of the 21st century, there were only two superstars in the NBA who could lead their teams to victory without scoring a single point in the game. One of these two is Kibu, and the other is Ben Wallace!

When Li Wei played in high school, his nickname was always the mini version of Wallace!

Ben Wallace didn't expect that he would be able to bump into the main owner by complaining for Oakley twice, and his face was very embarrassed: "Mr. Li, I'm really sorry, I didn't know you had reconciled." Oh, you don't know, I'm going crazy to hear the news that Charles is injured, Charles is a good guy! ”

Oakley hurriedly said: "Benben, you don't need to say it, Mr. Li is also a good person." ”

Li Wei smiled: "Charles, are you familiar with Ben?" ”

"Of course, he's been to my training camp and we've always been good friends. I taught him all his skills, and he was able to go to my alma mater, Virginia Union, and I recommended him through David Robbins! ”

Ben Wallace nodded: "Charles is my great benefactor, without him, I would not have been able to play in the NBA!" ”

Li Wei smiled.

In fact, he had known for a long time that Big Ben had a relationship with Oakley, otherwise he wouldn't have let go of the four-time Defensive Player of the Year to sign Bo Outlaw.

Outlaw is a super defensive giant, but compared to Big Ben, he is still a big deal!

Now that Oakley has succumbed and Ben Wallace has volunteered to deliver to the door, how can this be missed?

What's more, Big Ben was drafted last year, although he was lucky to stay in the NBA, his status is the same as that of Brooks, he belongs to the base salary, and he sits at the end of the bench to guard the water cooler. No one would have thought that he could grow into a four-time Defensive Player of the Year!

The hero is still reckless, and it is the time to envelop him!

Li Wei said: "Big Ben, since you are Charles's friend, you are also my friend." Do you want to come to the Knicks to play with Charles? ”

Ben Wallace said with some embarrassment: "Of course I want to play with Charles, but I have one year left on my contract. ”

Oakley was surprised: "You still have a year left on your contract?" Could it be that the Bullets have already executed the contract option? ”

"Hmm." Big Ben nodded.

After graduating from college last year, he was unsuccessful like Li Wei this year, and he was going to play in Italy, but he had an accident and almost had no ball to play.

At this time, the Bullets suddenly had a chance to try out.

In the past two years, the Bullets have worked hard, not only brought in Chris Webb, but also signed a 7-year $105 million contract with Juwan Howard, and the salary cap is full at once.

Ben Wallace has a good attitude, plays and fights, and suddenly stands out from the crowd and becomes the candidate for the team's base salary!

However, he signed a two-year contract with the bullets not for a base salary, but for a second year, with a team option.

This kind of contract is very common in the NBA, the team likes you, you have to play at the base salary for another year, and if the team doesn't like it, then they can choose not to execute the second year of the contract, where do you come from, where do you go, and you don't get the second year's salary!

Ben Wallace explained his contract and said: "The coach thinks I have a good attitude and play hard enough, anyway, the team's salary will continue to exceed the cap this year, and if I can't sign a good player, I will exercise my team option." ”

Li Wei had already guessed this result, but he still had some regrets in his heart.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I think Oakley likes you a lot." Well, for the sake of Oakley's face, I'll find a way to trade you, and then the contract will be extended for you for another two years, with an annual salary of one million per year, what do you think? ”

"Million-dollar salary?" Ben Wallace's eyes widened.

Now his annual salary is the lowest in the league of 250,000, and if Li Wei gives him one million, it will be a fourfold increase in the total salary!

As a substitute who waved a towel and guarded the water dispenser, he didn't dare to ask for more!

Oakley hurriedly said: "David, you don't have to be like this, Ben is still young, it's good to hone in the bullet team." ”

Li Wei waved his hand and said very unceremoniously: "Charles, you are too outward." Your friend is my friend, and Ben must come to the Knicks! ”

Oakley was moved to tears.

This short coach is so funny, just reconciled with him and took care of his friends like this!

Ben Wallace, who guards the water dispenser, promises a million-dollar contract renewal without even looking at it!

How could he be blind and have a conflict with such a good man?

It seems that I must play well in the future, and I can't scold people behind my back!