Chapter 018 Misfortune and Blessing Lean

Our ancestors said, "Blessings and misfortunes lie in misfortune, and blessings rely on", it seems that this is really a truth that cannot be broken. On the first day of training camp, the Knicks hit the ground running, a big man fell, and McDyes's knee was badly torn, and it was on top of the original old injury, so that the entire season was reimbursed, all thanks to Liang Xiao. That afternoon, the Knicks held a press conference to announce the painful news. Knicks general manager Scott Reden said to media reporters with a depressed face, "We lost the best power forward in the league, and Antonio's knee injury may have to rest for the whole season, which is what we don't want to see, but it's a fact, and we have to accept it." Van Gundy also said to the media with great regret: "We lost a big player before the battle started, and I feel sorry for Antonio, but on the way to the championship, we still have Alan Houston, and Sprewell, I believe that we will be able to break through together." ”

Although Van Gundy spoke in a tough tone at the press conference, he could not change the embarrassing situation of the Knicks' incomplete lineup, sharp reduction in firepower, and lack of stamina. Last season, Marcus Camby averaged 11.1 rebounds and 11.1 points per game despite only 29 games due to injury, but now he is a basketball, losing a good guard and a quality power forward.

After the press conference, Scott Rearden returned to the office with a depressed face, and Van Gundy followed him and kept telling the reality of the situation, as if telling the already exhausted general manager to immediately find a power forward like McDyce to supplement the team's firepower.

"What, you want me to give that Asian a three-year contract, Jeff, don't you think we're sarcastic enough? I just said that this kid crippled our power forward, and now you actually told me that you want me to give him a big contract, do you think I will listen to you? Scott Raiden yelled at Van Gundy, his face flushed, his hair standing on end, and a big mouth as if he was going to swallow Van Gundy's little bald head.

"Scott, now is not the time to be aggressive, you know better than anyone the predicament that the team is facing, a bunch of old and weak, do you expect them to lead the Knicks far? Even if we make the playoffs, they don't have the stamina to take on teams that keep bringing in big names, and I don't want to repeat the mistakes of last year, not to mention that we've gotten rid of a defensive stalwart like Marcus. If we don't strengthen the reserves of players now, we will only have to be more difficult to walk in the back road. "Van Gundy was also extremely upset when he saw Scott Reden yelling at him, who told you to bring in players who were so vulnerable, and now they are yelling in front of me.

Scott picked up the glass of water on the table and poured down the whole glass of water, and his rapidly heaving chest slowly calmed down. "Jeff, the Chinese guy you're talking about is really that good, I don't believe that any Asian can achieve much in basketball. If it weren't for your recommendation that the kid was talented, I wouldn't have given him a trial contract. And if someone doesn't even participate in the draft, let's not believe too much in how talented they are. ”

"Scott, did you say Ben Wallace was in the draft, and did you say that he won the Defensive of the Year award this year to prove his genius?"

"This can be compared, Ben Wallace is a black player, even if he has no draft, he has a strong body, but what can you compare to the Chinese you are talking about?"

"Yes, they can't be compared, but you have to see that Liang also has excellent bounce, soft touch, and at the same time he has a temperament that many players don't have."

"Temperament, what kind of temperament, could it be that he broke Antonio's knee is temperament." Scott listened to Van Gundy's words, and finally lost his anger, losing a player on the first day of training camp, and talking about temperament, he couldn't help but ridicule Van Gundy's words.

"Well, if I say that he has a temperament that doesn't give up and doesn't admit defeat, Scott, you can do it." Van Gundy looked at Scott, spread his hands and said, as if to say, if you don't sign this player, I'll spend it with you.

Van Gundy said these words, and for a moment the entire office fell silent. Scott put on a cigar and swallowed it inwardly, thinking about it inwardly.

"Jeff, if you have to sign him, I'll give him a one-year contract at most, the base salary, the base salary, you know, I won't give in again."

Seeing Van Gundy walk out of the office, Scott kept wondering in his heart, "Is this Chinese kid so good?" Jeff, I hope you don't let me down! ”

A scene from Scott's office, no one knows. Liang Xiao has been training all afternoon to strengthen his physical fitness and shooting, but his heart is like fifteen buckets of water, seven up and eight down. Seeing Van Gundy, who hadn't come back in the morning, I wondered if this guy really hated me in his heart, but he didn't mean to, and now he thinks about why McDyce can't be stronger, if these Knicks bigwigs don't look down on me, it's really a big loss, the trial contract, a thousand dollars a day, it is estimated that he will be enough to take a plane home by then. Thinking of this, Liang Xiaohe couldn't have time to go back, maybe he had a better chance, and he wouldn't have to prove himself so desperately.

"It's all the fault of this talent system, the first time I turned it on, I crippled others, if it gets more and more powerful in the future, what should I do, your sister's system, your sister's McDyce, your sister" Liang Xiao threw the ball in his hand while thinking about it.

"Hey, **ile, what are you thinking?"

"Tlaryl, you can't walk and make a noise, do you think you're Spider-Man?" Looking at Sprewell, who came to his side quietly, he couldn't help but be startled.

"Spider-Man, oh, **ile, you still like comics, I really like Spider-Man."

", black spider, I'm not in the mood to deal with you."

"**ile, what if I told you that the head coach is waiting for you in the office right now, I wonder if you're in the mood to deal with me?" Sprewell looked at Liang slyly and smiled.

"Wait for me, I guess you want me to pack up and go home, and I'm in no mood to take care of you?" Liang Xiao dropped the basketball in his hand and pushed Sprewell.

"Hey, you can't think better, maybe you're going to replace McDyce?"

"Thank you for your good words." Liang Xiao stretched out his hand and shook it on his head, and walked to Van Gundy's office without looking back.

"Liang Xiao, are you ready?"

Hearing Van Gundy's first words, Liang Xiao's two hands kept rubbing back and forth on his knees, and his heart suddenly fell to the bottom, "To be honest, Mr. Van Gundy, I'm really not ready?" ”

"Oh, so how can you get ready?"

"I really didn't know that my trip to the United States would end like this, and I had a dream that I could slowly take root in this land, but"

"Oh, the end? You mean the end? Oh, slow, slow, beam, I mean are you ready to play on the court in the NBA? ”

"Ah, you're not trying to drive me away, are you?"

"Who said they were going to drive you away?"

"I thought, oh, that's great, that's great." Liang Xiao heard that he was not going to rush back to his hometown, so he suddenly stood up from the chair and hugged Van Gundy's bald head and kissed him violently, at this moment he felt that this bald head was like the sun to dispel the haze in Liang Xiao's heart.

It was not easy to calm down the excitement, Liang Xiao took the pen and put his name on the 630,000 basic salary contract, watching Van Gundy holding a handkerchief and constantly wiping the saliva on his head, his mouth kept smiling, and his heart was like being filled with honey.