Unfamiliar with life, Wang Zhuo didn't expect someone to take the initiative to greet him, and the moment he turned around and saw the old man, he was still slightly surprised. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The old man was about seventy years old, his face was as white as mutton fat, his heavenly court was full, his eyebrows were black and thick, his high nose bridge was a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes were deep and shining, a tuft of snow-white beard was set above his lips, his figure was slightly fat, and he could not hide the breath of wisdom in a light sportswear.

Wang Zhuo has seen this old man on TV, he is the legendary coach of the NBA, Phil Jackson, nicknamed "Zen Master", but now Zen Master is the president of the New York Knicks.

"Hi, Mr. Phil!" Wang Zhuo responded politely to the Zen master.

"I'm sorry to bother you, I have a question that I would like you to answer, I don't know if it's okay?" The Zen master is also a household name in the United States, and he is not surprised that Wang Zhuo can directly say his name.

"I'm willing to work for you, just like every basketball player wants to play under you!" Wang Zhuo's apt joke eased the slightly awkward atmosphere of the first meeting.

"Thank you, one of my Chinese players once gave me a set of Tai Chi videos and learning methods, after watching it, I couldn't help but be fascinated by Tai Chi, it's amazing, it can make me calm, not alarmed, it's really a good thing for self-cultivation, I believe you have the same feeling, but the boxing you play seems to be the same as what I practice, and it seems to be different, and it looks more complicated, why?"

Wise people do not give up any opportunity to learn, Zen masters do not have the shelf of the elderly, nor are they arrogant as well-known figures, and while speaking, they also make several gestures of Taijiquan.

Wang Zhuo saw it clearly, and he also understood in his heart that the Chinese player in the Zen master's mouth must be Sun Yue, and the Tai Chi he played was Yang's 24-style simple Tai Chi, which is currently the most popular and common practice method.

"Basketball, triangle offense, blocking, running and bombing, the tactical methods are different, but there is only one purpose, which is to throw the ball into the basket!" Wang Zhuo didn't talk about the evolution history of Taijiquan, even if he talked about the Zen master, he couldn't understand it, so he talked about people and ghosts, and answered him in the easiest way for the Zen master to understand.

"Haha", if he can't understand this in seconds, he will be sorry for the title of "Zen Master", but he didn't expect Wang Zhuo to answer like this, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Welcome to Madison Square Garden Arena!" The Zen master stretched out his arms, hugged Wang Zhuo in a friendly way, and sincerely invited him to watch the game at the Knicks' home court.

Wang Zhuo did not hug him, but politely stretched out his right hand and responded to him with Chinese friendliness, and the next sentence of "The finals are over" also made the Zen master's smile freeze on his face.

The Zen master's arms stayed in the air for a moment, then he hung down, stretched out his hand and shook Wang Zhuo, turned around and left in a hurry.

"What a special guy!" The Zen master muttered as he walked.

"Maybe there's a job that pays well." Wang Zhuo is in a different state of mind.

Wang Zhuo, who has crossed over, has nothing, and if he wants to live, a job is indispensable, and a chance encounter with Phil Jackson seems to have opened a Pandora's box for him.

Wang Zhuo's words caused ripples in Phil's heart, because he did not have a good time with the New York Knicks, but on the contrary, he felt like he was on pins and needles.

His playing career was mediocre and almost negligible, but his coaching career was like a myth, Jordan's god-like career and Kobe Bryant's torch relay were all from him, and the triangle offense was vividly played in his hands, three times in a row, one in a two-in-a-row, and 11 championship rings are ironclad proof.

At the same time, he also gained the third love of his life in his coaching career, and his marriage to Jenny Buss, the daughter of Lakers owner Jerry Buss, was also praised by the media.

But all this glory disappeared with the 2011 Los Angeles Lakers were swept out of the Dallas Mavericks 4-0, with the end of the season, the Zen master left the Lakers he had coached for many years, but this is not the end, with the 2013 Lakers owner Jerry Buss died of cancer, the struggle for power within the Buss family, and the Zen master was completely kicked out of the Lakers because of his special relationship with Jeanie Buss.

Without a Zen master, the Lakers seemed to have fallen into an endless abyss, with no signs of revival again, and even after a big trade to Howard, signing Nash, and forming a new F4, the record still struggled and was almost rejected from the playoffs.

West Los Angeles, East New York, compared to the Los Angeles Lakers' ups and downs of glory and downfall, the New York Knicks have fallen into endless darkness since the beginning of the century, and the transfer of Carmelo Anthony's hope of reviving New York has only brought a brief dawn.

The departure of D'Antoni, the departure of Mike Woodson, the imminent appointment of Derrick Fisher, and the frequent change of coach led to the lack of the team's tactical system, and the Knicks' record this season reached an unprecedented 17-65.

In the first season of his tenure, he won the worst record in the history of the team, how brilliant his past achievements were, how embarrassed the Zen master was at this moment, so Wang Zhuo's words deeply pricked the most sensitive nerves in the Zen master's body.

Not to mention whether the Zen master is in Cao Ying's heart in Han, sitting in the position of president of the New York Knicks team, and still caring about the Los Angeles Lakers, even if Jim Buss abdicates and makes way for Xian, in the league where data proves value, Jeanie Buss does not dare to put him in the position of president of the Lakers openly.

The Zen master is not inactive, at the beginning of his tenure, he also carried out a drastic rectification, the implementation of the triangle attack, the signing of five-time disciple Fisher as the team's head coach is the best example, but it did not have an immediate effect.

The bigger the market, the more complex the management, the Madison Square Garden Arena, the home of the New York Knicks, is known as the mecca of basketball, gathering the spotlight of the world.

Perhaps he still has the Lakers in his heart, and coming to the Knicks is just a stopgap measure, using this place as a springboard, a stage to prove himself, and when the time comes, he will not hesitate to return to the Los Angeles Lakers team he has shaped brilliantly.

Wang Zhuo's words stirred up a thousand waves, the Zen master was still calm as water on the surface, but his heart was already turbulent, and he couldn't calm down for a long time, and when he talked to Wang Zhuo, he seemed to see himself who had been strategizing and directing the country on the court.

This is completely different from the state of mind when meeting Jordan and Kobe, meeting Jordan and Kobe is the feeling of Bole meeting Maxima, and meeting Wang Zhuo is completely seeing another self.

When he got home, he hurriedly finished his breakfast, changed into a suit and bow tie, and like a bridegroom attending a wedding for the first time, he knocked on James Dolan's office with trepidation, and decided to give the young man he only met a chance, but his instincts told him that it was the right choice.

At the same time, Wang Zhuo had followed the police in New York back to the police station to make a detailed account of the gunfire incident on the Manhattan Bridge last night.