Li Wei rushed to Germany because Nowitzki informed the Knicks that he had no idea of playing in the NBA for the time being.

This is not good, Nowitzki is not as young as Da Yao, he is already 20 years old, and it will be difficult to miss the best age for raising skills, and it will be difficult to play well in the future!

In order to move Nowitzki, Li Wei organized a luxurious visiting team. The delegation was headed by Knicks general manager Dennis Johnson, who was accompanied by Li Wei himself, Chuck Daley, Kevin Garnett, Da Yao, Nash, as well as Sylvia and several German translators.

Kevin Garnett frowned and said to Li Wei: "David, I really can't imagine that the team will actually sell Big Z and then use the No. 8 pick to select such a German!" ”

Li Weidao: "Do you think foreigners don't know how to play? ”

Kevin Garnett said: "Not really, Big Z is playing very well, I don't think there will be anyone outside the United States who is better than him, we shouldn't sell him." ”

Li Weidao: "There will be someone better than Big Z, and this person is Dirk Nowitzki." Kevin, in fact, the team didn't want to sell Big Z, but before Big Z came to the Knicks report, he had a big injury for a whole year. After asking many professional doctors to analyze, President Xia believes that there is a great possibility of recurrence of his injury, and Nowitzki is the safest choice for us. ”

Garnett sighed, "I hope he can be half as powerful as Big Z!" ”

Li Weidao: "Maybe he is not as powerful as Big Z this year, but he will definitely be better than Big Z in the future." Kevin, do you remember, when you reported to the team on the first day, I told you that you were going to be Larry Bird. ”

Ganedh nodded: "Remember, I've been working in Bird's direction and now I'm more accurate with three points than I was at the end of the season!" ”

Li Wei said: "That's great, but we can't win the championship with Bird alone, Nowitzki is your McHale, a McHale who can be pulled out to shoot three-pointers!" ”

Garnett wrinkled his nose and said, "Are you sure he can be McHale?" ”

Li Wei said: "I firmly believe that he will be stronger than McHale, just as I firmly believe that you are stronger than Bird!" ”

Garnett said, "I hope what you say is true." ”

Li Wei said: "We don't just have McHale, have you seen Da Yao?" He is your Robert Parish. ”

In the 80s, the Lake-Kai matchup, the Celtics' three frontcourts were small forward Big Bird Bird, big forward McHale, and center Robert Parish, this combination is also known as the most powerful forward combination in history!

Li Wei thinks that the trio of Garnett, Nowitzki, and Da Yao has grown up and can fight with the legendary frontcourt of the Celtics!

"He's too skinny." Garnett looked at Da Yao Dao.

Li Wei smiled: "Not as thin as you!" ”

Garnett said: "Make no mistake, I'm a small forward, not a center!" ”

Li Wei said: "Haha, Da Yao is only 17 years old and turned 18 in September, and Nowitzki is 20 years old this year. Give them two years to grow and you'll have the strongest arm to win championship trophy after championship, and our goal is to surpass the New York Yankees! ”

"Hahaha!" Garnett laughed, "That's too unrealistic. ”

The New York Yankees are one of the most successful teams in the United States, if not the world. As a New Yorker, you don't know what the New York Knicks are, but you can't help but watch a New York Yankees game.

The finals of the professional baseball league are not called finals, but the World Series, and the champions are called world champions.

The Yankees have won 23 world championships so far, and if there is no accident, the next world championships in 98, 99 and 00 will still be taken into the arms of the Yankees!

The Yankees are the home team of all New Yorkers, and it is simply impossible for the Knicks to surpass it!

"What are you talking about?" Dennis Johnson leaned in.

Li Weidao: "I'm telling Kevin that the Knicks want to surpass the Yankees!" ”

Dennis Johnson laughed and said, "David, wake up, it's dawn!" ”

Li Weidao: "I don't believe it, do you?" Let me tell you, let's set a small goal first, which is to surpass the Bulls, then set a medium goal, surpass the Lakers, and then the big goal, surpass the Celtics, and finally the ultimate goal, which is to surpass the New York Yankees! ”

Nash also leaned over at this time and chuckled: "David, I think a small goal is enough for us to fight for a lifetime, and the Bulls have 6 championships." ”

Li Wei said: "Steve, you don't want to have too short a goal, as long as we can unite and play well, there will definitely be a championship!" ”

Chuck Daley said: "David is right, when I was coaching the Pistons, no one was optimistic that we could win a championship. You're more talented than my kids, and if you work hard, you can win the championship! ”

Nowitzki came from a sports family, his father was a professional handball player and his mother was a professional basketball player. His parents passed on good genes to him and her sister, who were both athletic geniuses.

When Li Wei came to Nowitzki's house, his mentor Holger was also there. Finding Chuck Daley in the accompanying team, Holger was immediately shocked, held the other party's hand tightly, and let go for a long time.

Unexpected, but reasonable. In the international basketball circle in this era, who doesn't recognize the coach of the dream team?

Maybe they don't know Phil Jackson, they don't know Pat Riley, and even Cardinal Oakbach doesn't know, but for the head coach who led the Dream Team to sweep the international basketball scene, it must be like thunder!

Li Wei said: "It's great that Mr. Holger knows Chuck." Chuck is our head assistant coach and has a lot of experience and is the best at developing young people, and I hope Dirk will get into the NBA sooner rather than later, so that Chuck and my team of assistants can help him adapt to life in the U.S. as soon as possible.

Also here today are Dennis, as well as a couple of key players from the team. Dennis is our general manager, and if you watched the games in the '80s, you know that the Celtics were one of the biggest teams in the league, and the point guard for Dennis's big team. ”

Nowitzki, of course, knew about the Celtics, and he went to the NBA draft because the Celtics instigated it. At this moment, I saw the championship defenders who helped Celtic win the championship in the 80s, and they all came over to shake hands.

Li Weidao: "I told you on the plane that I want to make the Knicks the Celtics of the 80s. And in this new Celtics team, Kevin is Bird, Dirk you are McHale, Da Yao is Parish, and Nash is our Dennis Johnson! ”

Nash smiled modestly, "I can't compare to Dennis!" ”

Dennis Johnson said: "No, you have to be better than me, the team has to count on you to win the championship!" ”

Nowitzki's family chuckled in unison as they listened to the translator's translation.

Li Wei said: "Dirk, what I said is so, you must have understood, right?" You're a key part of our team's future and I want you to be Garnett's strongest assistant, like McHale next to Bird. If you and your family are willing to accept such a role, then you must hurry up and go to the United States early! ”