Chapter Twenty-Five: The Disappointed Ones of the Platinum Generation

The NBA's draft year is always compared by the media and fans, so there is the so-called draft year and the draft year, the draft year tends to gather a large number of talented and superstar players, on the contrary, the draft year players will appear to be less talented as a whole. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Perhaps the most memorable for fans are the Diamond Generation of '84, the Golden Generation of '96 and the Platinum Generation of '03, and Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James alone are enough to show the quality of these three draft years, not to mention the players who have joined forces to rule an era, such as Hakiem Olajuwon, Allen Iverson and Dwayne Wade, as well as the superstars who have been inducted or will be inducted into the Snayss Hall of Fame.

Carmelo Anthony is the leader of the 03 platinum generation, in college, Anthony led his alma mater Syracuse University to win the first NCAA league championship in the history of the team in the NCAA league, and was also awarded the MOP of the year, and was sought after by the media as the favorite for the draft pick that year.

Although he was only picked by the Denver Nuggets with the third pick, this did not affect him to become a dazzling superstar, in addition to leading the Nuggets to the playoffs in the competitive West every year, and also teamed up with Chauncey Billups to reach the Western Conference Finals in 09, and finally played 6 games with the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant, and unfortunately went out.

Anthony is an extremely diverse player with extremely diverse offensive means, whether it is physical fitness, ball handling, offensive skills or basketball awareness, he is at the top level, and has the honorable title of "offensive kaleidoscope", which has been a nightmare for countless defensive players.

However, such a shining superstar has become the most frustrated one of the 03 platinum generation, not to mention being squeezed behind by LeBron James in the draft, and the honors won after entering the league are also far behind James and Wade, not to mention the championship ring that he can't touch, which represents the halo of the highest honor in the player's career.

Despite traveling from Denver to New York, Anthony could only watch James, Wade and Bosh form the Miami Heat Big Three, standing on the stage of the Finals again and again, holding the O'Brien Cup and crying with joy, while he could only hide in the corner and silently count his loneliness.

In recent seasons, the Knicks management's rebuilding decision has made Anthony not see the slightest hope of winning the championship, but in the past summer league, Porzingis's super performance still impressed him, as the star of the house, the team boss, Anthony still showed great enthusiasm and took the initiative to attend the signing ceremony to show a warm welcome to Porzingis to the Knicks.

As for Wang Zhuo, Anthony didn't even know when the team's coaching staff would have such a Chinese member, so when he saw Wang Zhuo, his attitude was not salty or light, and he didn't say anything at all.

The signing ceremony was held at the Madison Square Garden Arena and was attended by a large number of media and reporters, including Fisher, Rambis, Wang Zhuo and Zen Master, at which Mills and Porzingis faced the media, smiled and shook hands, and showed the media Porzingis' No. 6 jersey, and the media took pictures of this precious moment.

Then there's Jerry Grant, who wears the number 13 shirt and has significantly less attention than Porzingis.

"Welcome to you, Kristaps!"

After the media interview, Anthony walked up to Porzingis and gave him a warm hug.

"Thank you, please advise me in the future!"

Porzingis looked flattered by Anthony's welcome, full of polite words.

The Zen master also said that he would give Wang Zhuo a signing ceremony, but Wang Zhuo felt that it was completely unnecessary, because he did not think that he was a very influential person, and he only received an annual salary of 200,000 US dollars, which was not even a fraction of that of Jerry Grant.

Of course, Wang Zhuo does not think that the annual salary of 200,000 yuan is very small, and the return that a person gets is often not proportional to the effort he has made, but once his value is recognized, then his return will be ten million times the original.

"Now reveal the last easter egg of the day!"

Although Wang Zhuo made it clear to the Zen master that he did not want the so-called signing ceremony, the Zen master did not seem to take his words to heart, or perhaps out of respect for Wang Zhuo, just when the media dispersed and everyone was about to leave, the Zen master walked up to the stage and announced in a rare enthusiastic tone.

"Let's welcome Wang, who has been unanimously recognized by Knicks management for his coaching talent in Summer League, and will be an official member of the Knicks starting today, so let's welcome him!"

Just when everyone showed an unknown expression, Wang Zhuo felt that something bad was going to happen, and sure enough, the good spirit was not bad, and the Zen master still held a simple welcome ceremony for him.

"A Chinese kid who has not dried up, I don't know what Phil is thinking in his head!"

Just when Wang Zhuo reluctantly walked up to the stage and shook hands with the Zen master, Anthony stood under the stage and said angrily, obviously he didn't take Wang Zhuo in his eyes.

Wang Zhuo stood on the stage and took Anthony's words in his ears, but he didn't show any expression, in comparison, Anthony is indeed older than him, and he is a superstar who has been famous for many years, it is normal not to take him in his eyes, Wang Zhuo does not plan to worry so much about him.

"Cameron, you can't say that, but I heard that when he was in Las Vegas, he knocked down dozens of mafia members by himself, and even Kyrgyz was beaten by him to the point that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen!"

Fisher was jealous of the Zen master's favor for Wang Zhuo for a day or two, and when he heard Anthony's words, he suddenly thought about it and whispered in Anthony's ear.

Fisher's purpose couldn't be more obvious, he wanted to intensify the conflict between Anthony and Wang Zhuo, and with the obstruction of the team's big boss, he wanted to see how Wang Zhuo still gained a foothold in the Knicks.

"Shutup, Derek, if fighting can bring a championship, I bring in Michael Tyson as the head coach, won't I be able to win the championship every year!"

Although Anthony is 31 years old, his unruly character never seems to change, in his heart, Fisher is not qualified to be the head coach of the Knicks at all, since Fisher became the head coach, Anthony has never expressed his support for Fisher in public, which is enough to show that he has never recognized Fisher's coaching ability.

Fisher touched his nose and turned his head sheepishly, regaining his innocent expression.

Anthony seemed to be very satisfied with his words, and his face was smug.

"Cameron, put away your damn expression, remember, respect your coach, otherwise, you'll never win the championship!"

At this moment, Wang Zhuo, who was standing on the stage, suddenly spoke, and it could be seen from the serious expression on his face that he was really angry.