"Michael, long time no see, you're still so handsome!" Seeing D'Antoni walking towards him from a distance, Li Chen naturally stepped forward. "Looks like you're having a good offseason?"

Because he knows that D'Antoni has made a lot of efforts to support his own position, Li Chen's attitude towards this old guy has always been very good, although he does not agree with D'Antoni's coaching level of advocating small ball, but he is still quite happy to stay under a coach who is willing to support him.

D'Antoni smiled noncommittally, and it seemed that he had a good holiday. "Because the team has a good lineup this season, my vacation has been very comfortable, of course, it is still far worse than you!"

Like other familiar people, D'Antoni also began to experience all kinds of big events that Li Chen did during the holidays.

"A few of my kids are all your fans now, because they know you're in the Knicks, and a few of them have been clamoring to come over and meet the real person, and to be honest, I love all the other songs except for that rap song, you know, I'm not a young person after all!"

D'Antoni touched his shiny head, as if to signal that he was no longer young, "Of course, the music video for that song is really good, no wonder Stern wants to use him as one of the NBA promo films this season." ”

Yes, for various reasons, the MV of Li Chen's "Notafraid" is his personal highlight last season, and the end of the short film is the shot of him lifting the MVP trophy in the finals.

"Also, I heard that you signed a contract with Pepsi a few days ago, yes, and the Sony of Ben, and the supercar that you tweeted about from Italy, obviously, you made a lot of money on commercial contracts this holiday!"

Li Chen smirked, he didn't want to talk much about the issue of income, for men, this was **, he wanted to laugh it off.

"I just heard the staff say that you came on the team bus, do you know what they say about you?" D'Antoni imitated the appearance of others and said, "Oh my God, Li Ke is the MVP of the finals, a billionaire worth tens of millions, he actually took the team bus, he is really a simple guy, compared to those role players who look like nouveau riche, he is simply a few streets stronger!" ”

The old guy seemed to be a little jealous of Li Chen's treatment, and he scolded indignantly, "Damn little guy, you can even get people's praise for taking a bus!" ”

Li Chen touched his nose embarrassedly, "Michael, I didn't expect myself to be so popular, it's amazing!" ”

After a short confrontation with the head coach, Li Chen began to greet his new teammates one by one, because because of the latest relationship he came, all the players of the team for the new season had arrived.

The people in the training hall clearly stood in three waves, the first wave was the original Knicks party led by David Lee, whose core members included Larry Hughes, who won the steal king, and Crawford, the best sixth man of the Hawks, these three are all guys who have a certain strength and are not easy to admit to cowardice, and they are not happy to let Li Chen, a rookie who has only played for a year, take the position.

Even if he is a rookie who has won the MVP of the finals, no matter how he is, he is still a rookie after all, just like the previous Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler, no matter how much potential he has, he can only honestly serve tea and water to the old players as a newcomer, and now Li Chen obviously doesn't know how to do anything, and he is already thankful that he doesn't ask others to be a waiter for him.

In addition to these three people, there are several other members of the small team, the most well-known of which is the old cat Catino Mobley from the Clippers, who was sent to the Knicks in the "rotten tofu" trade last season, but Tim Thomas, who came with him, sadly became a trade chip again, and this item became an addition to the plan to trade Larry Hughes.

Jarred Jeffries and Tony Douglas and Potato Nate Robinson Jr. are also members of this small team, and they are some of the old people in New York, and although they haven't been around for a few seasons, they have been a long time compared to the others.

The others are nobodies, obviously trying to catch the last train of the team's roster for the new season, and a little mention of it is Marcus Landry, the younger brother of the Rockets god bird Carl Landry, who later mixed in the CBA, but also belongs to the soy sauce party.

The second wave of people gathered together was not the original Knicks, except for Tyson Chandler, who came over last season, the others were either rookies selected by the team this year, such as Stephen Curry and Marcus Thornton, or new players who were traded in the summer.

The first to bear the brunt is the perfect warrior of the Rockets, Sean Battier, the New Yorkers almost sold Gallinari and Dujon in exchange for Batman, and the old Barry who came with him has already been cut by the team, obviously, the New Yorkers were just thinking about how to send Gallinari away, and the Rockets can be said to have picked up a big bargain.

Another player with a lot of fame is our 03 Platinum Generation Show, as a super inside line sandwiched between James and Anthony, two peerless talents, the past of the human cigar Mirisic can only be described as unbearable.

In particular, in his two years with the Pistons, he only got a total of 96 appearances, each time only a measly five minutes, and most of that time was in garbage time when the Pistons had already sealed the win, so some compared him to "Cardinal" Auerbach's cigar that was lit at the winning time, and gave him the nickname "Human Victory Cigar".

Subsequently, Mirisic spent two more years with the Magic and Grizzlies, and during these four years, his playing time increased significantly compared to the past, but due to the most important rookie stage, the human cigar could no longer find the glory of being elected to the 03 list, and he completely declined.

The highest scoring average per game in the season was 8.0 points per game in the 06-07 season, but he played 24 minutes at the time, and the highest rebounding average in the season was 6.1 per game in the 07-08 season with the Grizzlies, and again, the playing time was about 24 minutes, obviously, this is an ordinary blue-collar worker.

Now, Mirisic has once again become a bargaining chip, with the New Yorkers trading the fattened Quentin Richardson from the Grizzlies in order to fill the void on the inside and slim down on the crowded outside.

If you're lucky, this thing should be able to mix in New York, after all, the Knicks' current interior line is really a little too empty, plus Chandler and David Lee, there are only 3 people together, and they can't even get together the starters and substitutes! If nothing else, Dolan should be planning other deals.

Li Chen naturally walked into this wave of people, after all, there are still his two younger brothers, and the boxing champion also passed several phone calls with each other because of Schwertz's relationship, as for Battier, it goes without saying, almost everyone will like Battier, and Mr. Good will be welcomed by people wherever he goes.

Although Mirisic is not familiar with it, but for his pitiful sake, Li Chen decided to take him as one of his younger brothers, of course, if the team really wants to take this product, then he will not say anything, after all, his strength is really not good.

In addition to these two groups, there is another wave that needs no elaboration, every year as the new season approaches, each team always gathers a number of players from the lower leagues, who use all their strength to try to get a contract with a base salary.

Of course, most of them are returning with hatred, and this wave of people is basically the kind of people who want to return with hatred, like Marcus Landry, who has a little strength and can still find David Lee's class as a backer, but like them, no one wants to deal with them at all.

"Lee!" Marcus Thorton greeted him warmly, "Long time no see, you're still so handsome!" ”

Well, Li Chen is a little strange when he hears this, how does it sound like what he just said to D'Antoni, but there is more flattery in these words, but Li Chen will not feel uncomfortable because of this flattery, after all, he is the boss, so he must learn to accept the flattery of his younger brother, otherwise it will be bad to make the family sad.

Of course, if the sycophants were to the extent of Valejo, Li Chen would still feel disgusting. I think that at the beginning, James played very well in a game, and when he took off his jersey to celebrate, he revealed the tattoo of Chosen1 on his back, and the loyal little brother Vallejo in order to cater to the good mood of the boss, drew a chosen2 on his back with a colored pen to complement James, and his ability to shoot on the back is really unsurpassed in the NBA.

However, Li Chen obviously overestimated the IQ of his younger brother, and Suodon said very flatteringly, "Looking at the tattoo photos on your Twitter, it's so handsome, even I can't help but want to imitate it, voila!" ”

Li Chen leaned his head and looked at his little brother's neck, and sure enough, there were two Chinese characters on it, and the typography was somewhat similar, but fortunately, the characters were different, otherwise he would really be angry.

"'Awesome'?" Li Chen muttered about Suoton's tattoo, which was really straightforward, and the word "awesome" was directly written on it, and someone was speechless.

"Okay, you're amazing!"

Curry didn't say much, but after the last hospitality, the babyface was no longer nervous when facing the boss, and he hugged Li Chen warmly.

"Lee, I've been waiting for this day, I must see your shooting with my own eyes, although I don't think I can reach your level, but no matter what, I will try!"

"Alright, come on!" Li Chen and Curry clapped their hands, among the two younger brothers, he is still optimistic about Curry, no way, is his reputation outside.

The boxing king hugged Li Chen in a friendly way, and he said half-jokingly, "Hey, boss, I've been waiting for you for half a season, as your pawn, I think it's necessary for you to share some oil and water with me, I heard that you made a lot of money in the offseason!" ”

Chandler's joke made a group of people look at Li Chen with envy, he came to the NBA to make money, even if it was Mr. Battier, Li Chen has now become a hot star in the league, although its commercial value is not as good as Kobe and James, but it is not too much, there is no reason not to envy role players like them.

"No problem, I'll take you to China next year to make money!" Li Chen is also unambiguous, because this year's offseason schedule is a bit too much, so his original trip to Asia still failed to start, but he will not miss it until next year.

"Trust me! If you don't believe me, you can ask Sean! Li Chen turned his head to look at Battier, "Yes, Sean, you have always been Yao Ming's teammate before, and you know best how easy the Chinese make money!" ”

Battier shrugged his shoulders very innocently, and Mr. Good would also joke, "Hey, it's none of my business, they found me by themselves, I basically only need to pose a few to learn a few sentences of Chinese to make a lot of money, of course, I will have to follow you in the future, everyone knows that you are a China expert, except for Yao Ming, even the influence of Yi Jianlian in China is not as high as yours!" ”

Saying that, the two shook hands, and gentlemen naturally had to do it in the most gentlemanly way, even if someone's gentleman was just self-appointed.

The remaining Mirisic was very happy, everyone was new, and Li Chen was the future boss of the Knicks, and he seemed to be very kind, and the human cigar thought that he had found an organization.

"Hey, Lee, it's nice to meet you, those games with the Lakers last season gave me a full glimpse of your powerful firepower, I'm so lucky, now I'm on the side of you!"

Mirisic is also a poor baby, Li Chen naturally will not look at the other party unhappy, of course, he is still a little worried about the optimism on the face of the human cigar. Because he remembered Mirisic later spent time with the Timberwolves, it proved that he certainly didn't make it to New York.

"Hey, I wish you could mess around with the Knicks!"

Then Li Chen politely greeted everyone in the original New York Party, but with little success, the black face was black all the time, and there was no reason why those guys would immediately bow down at the feet of an alien boy.

The last remaining wave of Li Chen will definitely not go over to say hello, as the core, he will not fall to that share!

At this point, at the beginning of the training camp, Li Chen can be regarded as having a face-to-face with his new teammates!