Chapter 011 turned out to be him

"Oh, Leung, you're really great, when our head coach comes back, I'll definitely introduce you to him, and I'm sure you'll find your strengths in our Knicks." Liang Xiao listened to Doug call himself "Liang", but without a standard pronunciation, he became "Niang", which sounded extremely awkward, but it did not prevent Liang Xiao from feeling excited, and he was one step closer to his thoughts. "Liang, you go over there and do a warm-up exercise first, you wait a while, head coach Jeff is coming." Doug pointed to a cabin on the side of the court, and then chatted with Bob, who seemed to have a really unusual relationship with the Knicks leaders.

Liang Xiao walked into the training room, found the most commonly used warm-up bicycle and started riding, didn't care what the people around him thought of him, and waited for the arrival of the head coach with peace of mind, after all, the weight of a team's head coach's words accounted for the vast majority. After about half an hour, the sweater on his body was full of heat, and the sweat on his head continued to flow down, feeling almost, Liang Xiao got off the bike and walked to the sideline to get a bottle of drink. "It's really different here, everything is fully equipped."

At this time, a slightly thin middle-aged man walked into the arena, his eyes were deep-set, his nose was very high, and the most impressive thing was that there was not much hair on his slender face. When the players in the stadium saw this person walk in, the frequency of the basketball hitting the floor increased significantly, and the pace was faster, especially for the newcomers.

Suddenly, I heard an assistant coach enter Liang Xiao's warm-up room and say that the head coach had arrived, so he got up and went out.

Walking to the door and seeing a person talking to assistant coach Doug and scout Bob, Liang Xiao couldn't help but cry out in his heart, "It turned out to be him, Jeff Van Gundy, how could it be?" "Seeing this coach who kept yelling on the sidelines in the future turned out to be the coach of the New York Knicks. Because in Liang Xiao's memory, this person is imprinted in his mind like Yao Ming and Maddie, and Tianchao TV almost didn't miss the Rockets' game broadcasts during Da Yao's time with the Rockets, so Van Gundy can't forget it.

"No, it seems that my fate is not guaranteed, this guy doesn't treat new players very well, and the European MVP Spanoulis in the future is proof of this!" When he saw that Van Gundy was the coach of the Knicks, Liang Xiao couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart.

What Liang Xiao didn't know was that Van Gundy coached the Knicks for six seasons, Van Gundy studied under the old Nelson, the old Nelson left the Knicks in the 95-96 season, and Van Gundy, as an assistant coach, took over the coaching whip, and the general veterans of the Knicks, under the leadership of the bald Fan, can toss into the playoffs every season, but none of them have gone to the championship position, and the only time they have gone the farthest is the Eastern champion. What Liang Xiao didn't know was that in the 02-03 season in the future, Van Gundy was fired by the Knicks with a 10-9 opening record. Although Van Gundy did not win a championship in six seasons with the Knicks, he has to say that he is definitely an excellent coach, and he is the fourth coach in Knicks history to surpass 200 wins. Although his overly conservative tactical philosophy has been criticized, and his offensive strategy has few advantages and he is not good at winning by odds, he is one of the best defensive coaches in the league. In the just-concluded season, the Knicks reached the playoffs for the fifteenth consecutive season under the leadership of the bald Fan, setting a team history. In these seasons, the Knicks in the 01-02 season only allowed opponents to get the league's lowest 86.1 points and 41.7% shooting rate, and the opponent failed to score more than 100 in 33 consecutive games from November 11 to January 21, which also set a league record, and the Knicks' 79.6% free throw shooting rate is also the highest in the league.

"Liang, come here." Bob beckoned to Liang Xiao, who was standing in the distance, and Liang Xiao, who was stunned for a while, reacted, took three steps and two steps, and ran in front of them.

"Liang, this is our Knicks head coach, Jeff Van Gundy, Jeff, this is the Chinese guy I told you about with amazing bounce, Liang Xiao." Doug introduced Liang Xiao to the bald fan, "Oh, you guys are so difficult in Chinese. Doug, who said Liang Xiao's name awkwardly, shook his hand and complained.

"Hello, it's such a pleasure to meet you, I've seen you so often, it's so exciting." Holding Van Gundy's hand, Liang Xiao was a little incoherent.

"You always see me, do you always look like the Knicks watching the game?" Van Gundy was a little puzzled when he heard Liang Xiao's words.

"Oh no, this is my first time in the United States, I mean I always see you on TV."

"yes, Knicks games are often broadcast in China?" In Van Gundy's mind, only the giant panda and the Great Wall in China impressed him the most, and when he heard Liang Xiao's words, he wondered if the Knicks were so popular in China.

"Yes, yes" If you say a few words, Liang Xiao will definitely show his stuff, I can't say that I always saw you shouting loudly on the sidelines of the rocket before. In fact, before Da Yao entered the NBA, the NBA's ratings in China were definitely not as magical as they were later, let alone the Knicks, who didn't know where they were.

Seeing Liang Xiao with a smile on his face, Van Gundy touched his big nose and said, "Okay, let's put the other things aside first, let's see what kind of surprise you can bring us." After saying this, he asked Liang Xiao to change into a dark gray training uniform.

After a while, Van Gundy clapped his hands a few times and said to the players on the field: "Hey, guys, stop what you are doing and come here." ”

There were about twenty Knicks in total, wearing orange and dark gray training uniforms, and they all stopped what they were doing and walked to the head coach to stand up.

"Liang, come up." Van Gundy called Liang Xiao in front of everyone, "Guys, let me introduce you to this young man from faraway China." With two weeks to go, pre-season is going to start and I hope you can show what you are good at. Liang, tell everyone about yourself. ”

Liang Xiao looked at the white black man in front of him, he was still a little apprehensive in his heart, and couldn't help but calm down, "Whatever, who knows whom, these black people all look the same." "Hello everyone, my name is Liang Xiao, I'm from China, I'm not here to guard the water dispenser, I'm not here to make soy sauce, I'm just standing on Madison Square Garden and hearing the fans shouting my name."