143. A call from across the ocean

AC Milan have been impressed by their attacking firepower and the energy of many young players this season, but at Highbury, everyone has reintroduced the team.

Jiang Qi has been deliberately adjusting the intensity requirements of the team's defensive system, and when facing the Gunners, the rookie coach finally tightened the intensity of the defense and successfully limited the movement space of Arsenal players, Wright Phillips is the epitome of this.

The substitutions did not have the desired effect, and Wenger's brow was still not unraveled, but the house leak coincided with overnight rain, and Pire strained his ligament twice in a row during a breakthrough, and had to be forced to make substitutions, and Wiltord, who replaced the left winger position, has been in mediocre form this season and still cannot help the Gunners change the situation. AC Milan's counter-attack was swift and daring to commit troops, like a sword of Damocles hanging over the Gunners' heads, making people in a dilemma.

The much-anticipated game ended in a dull second half, with Thierry Henry's penalty and Andrea Pirlo's free-kick becoming the talk of the game for the rest of the game.

"Milan's tactics were very targeted, except for the first 20 minutes, our attack was almost completely limited, unable to effectively pass the ball into the box, and the few chances that looked good were created by long-range shots." Arsene Wenger looked regretful, "The penalty?" You know, there are a lot of incredible things happening every day in football, and it's a pity that we happened today. ”

Compared with Mr. Professor's emotion, Jiang Qi did not say much at the post-match press conference, praised the performance of his own players and complimented the opponent, the two-legged format God knows what the next result will be, but with an away goal in hand, AC Milan's position will undoubtedly become more active.

The repeated away battles made Jiang Qi, a guy who only watched the game on the sidelines, feel physically and mentally exhausted, not to mention the consumption of the players, the home game with Roma at home at the weekend was the battle of the Rossoneri this season, so after returning to Milan, Jiang Qi canceled the next day's training, and the whole team had only one theme: rest.

After another sleep until he woke up naturally, Jiang Qi walked out of the bedroom refreshed, and there was no sound in the house, only the food in the incubator proved that Xue Bing was careful and meticulous.

But halfway through the meal, the phone rang at the table.

"Hello?" , Lao Jiang greeted him vaguely.

"You kid woke up." , hearty laughter came from the other side of the microphone.

"Well, as the boss, you old man should understand the hard work of the employees below!" , In the face of Geddes's ridicule, Jiang Qi began to complain, "Playing in the league and encountering a convulsive team, playing the Champions League and encountering a strong opponent that you have to grit your teeth to deal with, and you have to fly ......around all day and night."

"Stop!" Over there, Geddes should have moved the earpiece away from his ear slightly, and your voice shrank a little, "Anyway, you can draw up a plan for the distribution of bonuses after the season, and then bargain and complain to me, now I have something to do with you." ”

"Good! You say! After Jiang Qi received an affirmative answer, he changed the topic with a dry smile.

"Well, this year's NBA Draft lottery is about to begin, do you have any requirements for a signing?"

"This ......", Jiang Qi didn't expect Geddes to say this matter, at the end of the season, he had already forgotten all about the things on Midi's side, and the days were counted, the playoffs on the other side of the ocean started, and the team that didn't get mixed in began to try the game of luck, of course, luck is such a thing, it is better to pray to the goddess of fate than to talk to the little old man named David Stern, "Who have you been in contact with?" ”

"No, it's a cryptic message from the Alliance."

The Hawks have been hovering outside the playoff door for years, which has to do with Turner's decline since the MGM acquisition, as well as the Hawks' poor transfer and draft picks. In many online novels, Billy Knight, the general manager of the Hawks, is described as "a man with a quirk of hoarding swing people over 6 feet 8 inches." ”

But look at Billy Knight's team-building ideas, find a coach who focuses on defense, and hoard big swingmen to average out the roster and make it more athletic...... This combination of Pistons success and Pat Riley's five-swingman roster vision lasted six years, and the Hawks not only made the playoffs, but also played seven games in the first round of the playoffs against the Green Shirts who won the championship in '08......

Is this a success for Billy Knight?

But think about the trade and draft he made in '04, trading Jason Terry for Anthony Walker, a fat-headed classmate who was only willing to float on the perimeter, and Josh Chadris, who few people remember a few years after Madison drafted him with the No. 6 pick...... The end result is that the Hawks will have a very successful swing next season, with a 13-69 record and a 13-69 record nailed to the bottom of the East.

Jiang Qi recalled the 2004 draft signing, "According to the results of the Hawks this season, the No. 6 signing is not low, and how high can it be, and the champion signing ...... I hope it? ”

The top pick signings mean that you will get the most outstanding center in the next ten years against the background of the scarcity of big men in the league, the Warcraft Dwight Howard, you must know that a certain manager of the Bobcats took a lot of effort to get Howard's classmates, and forged a series of false evidence to succeed, but unfortunately this move was too hurtful, and later ...... Later, he entered the palace......

"It's unlikely, this year's record is not the worst in the league, and we just bought it, I'm afraid there will be a lot of eyes on us, even Stern won't be so obvious, although he has already conveyed the idea of wanting to cooperate with us to develop the European market and the Chinese market."

"The Chinese market?" , The European market is easy to understand, although Gedis is not Uncle Pei, he controls the media industry in Italy, but he also owns shares in the media industry of many European countries, and more importantly, his own influence in Europe, even if Jiang Qi can only glimpse the tip of the iceberg, he can vaguely guess, at least the identity of the former chairman Uncle Pei is now an "old friend" and "what a fan" is very surprising.

"As the representative of the board of directors to the front of the NBA, you have more influence in the world than any player on the Hawks right now, and even if your focus is still on Milan next season, and you will be happy to fly in and show up from time to time during the holidays."

"Uh......", Lao Jiang was a little speechless, he has been a head coach for so long, and it is the first time that someone has mentioned his identity as a public star, he is usually a little peaceful, and he has not realized too much that he has been superimposed on another role, "So, next season?" ”

"It's going to depend on the team's results in the new season."

"The Hawks have a terrible foundation, and even if they can find a suitable head coach and get potential players who fit the team's tactical system in the draft, there is still not much hope of a playoff season." , Jiang Qi shook his head.

"We'll talk about it then." , Grdis finally replied meaningfully.

Originally, in time and space, although the Hawks' record was rotten, it was the Bucks with a probability of only 6.3% who finally got the top pick, of course, the big man Bogut with a weak IQ picked by the Bucks should be very in line with Uncle Stern's taste, Jiang Qi felt that it was a good thing to let out the limelight, as long as it was enough to ensure that the top three picks were enough to pick a super point guard to lay the cornerstone of the team.