While the Raptors were having lunch and preparing for the afternoon practice, the reporters in North America had already done their work, written a press release about Xu Yi becoming the acting head coach of the Raptors, and sent it out.

"A record! The new acting head coach of the Raptors is only 27 years old! ”

"The man who beat Stephen Marbury became the new head coach of the Raptors!"

"The new coach of the Raptors is not ashamed to say that he wants to lead the Raptors to the playoffs!"

To sum up, these media reporters exposed Xu Yi's previous resume, gave a detailed description of Xu Yi's brazenness and arrogance, and at the same time mercilessly ridiculed Xu Yi.

It was originally just a trivial matter for the Raptors to change an acting head coach, but it suddenly became a major event that was hyped by the media and hotly discussed by the whole of North America.

Xu Yi finished lunch early and returned to his office, ready to get the Knicks' scouting report, this kind of thing should be handed over to his assistant coaches, but who made Xu Yi know too much about the Knicks?

Turning on the computer, Xu Yi had the intention not to read the media reports about him, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help it, first clicked on Yahoo Sports' website, Xu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, Yahoo Sports actually didn't scold him, as Yahoo Sports's reporter with the Raptors, Ryan Walstadt is a Toronto man, he is a fan of the Raptors, so in the press release he sent back to Yahoo headquarters, there was no ridicule and abuse of Xu Yi.

Ryan Walstadt only introduced Xu Yi as a coach in multiple ways, while expressing doubts about Xu Yi's playoff goals.

However, when Xu Yi turned his head and clicked on the ESPN official website, Xu Yi was about to explode.

The screen is full of ridicule, criticism and even abuse of Xu Yi! What Raptors head coach shows off the lower limit, what Raptors head coach is arrogant and rude, and what thorn becomes the head coach of the Raptors, the Raptors may fall into the abyss

Anyway, as long as it is a bad word, they all use it, Xu Yi still remembers that the head of ESPN's Toronto office seems to be a reporter named Mark Stein, Xu Yi flipped through it and turned to the manuscript written by this reporter.

"Arrogance, this is the most intuitive feeling of all the reporters present on the new Raptors coach, modesty makes people progress, this is a wise saying of the new Raptors coach Xu Yi's motherland, and the Chinese in our impression seem to be modest and cautious, but in Xu Yi, we can't feel this. He hasn't played a full game as a head coach yet, so he is so arrogant that it makes one wonder what he can achieve with the Raptors, and I don't think it's going to be too good. ”

"Xu Yi shouted out the goal of the playoffs, and I think soon, reality will give him a stick. In 3 days, the Raptors will challenge the Knicks away, and I think, as Xu Yi's teacher, Lenny Wilkens will let the new Raptors coach know that he still needs to learn; And as the enemy of the new coach of the Raptors, compared to Stephen Marbury, he will not be soft in the face of the Raptors, right? ”

Xu Yi finished reading the report, but he laughed, Knicks? It's funny.

Xu Yi held his chin and thought about it, the two-step defense against Stephen Marbury that was determined before seemed to make Stephen Marbury a little too easy, which was not good, Xu Yi felt that he had to make some changes.

After thinking about it, Xu Yi closed the door and went downstairs, ready to go to the team to discuss with a few coaches.

At present, among the Raptors' seven assistant coaches, except for two trainers - Scott McCollo and Alex McKikrie, the remaining five have been called aside by Xu Yi.

The two defensive coaches are Belbeno and Nickerness, an offensive coach named Jesse Memos, and a tactical coach is Tom Steiner, plus the chief assistant coach Kevin O'Neal, five plus Xu Yi, a total of six people gathered on the sidelines to discuss Stephen Marbury's defensive strategy.

Originally, according to Xu Yi's idea, he would put two steps directly, so that Stephen Marbury would be easy, but the game was easy to win because the other players of the Knicks were easier to lock. Now, after reading the ESPN report, Xu Yi feels that he has to make Stephen Marbury miserable.

But the Raptors don't have a defensive point guard, if the old point guard Rodstrickland is allowed to defend alone, it will definitely be burst into a sieve by Stephen Marbury, this is the original idea of the Raptors, and now Xu Yi is not ready to give Stephen Marbury a chance, so it is natural to discuss a defensive strategy.

"Then what's there to discuss, we can wrap up the tactics!" Tom Steiner shouted directly, Xu Yi frowned slightly, everyone knows the bag and clamp tactics, but how to do it exactly?

Xu Yi looked around, especially the two defensive coaches, but no one spoke anymore, Xu Yi looked at it for a while, helpless: "Then how to do it?" ”

Xu Yi actually has a general idea, but it is not perfect, he wants to get a more perfect idea from these coaches under him, and when this question is asked, no one answers.

Belbeno hesitated for a moment and said, "Just wrap it up and don't let Stephen Marbury get the ball." ”

Xu Yi was about to laugh out of anger, this Nima is an NBA-level defensive coach? No wonder the Raptors have a poor record, it turns out that the coaching staff is all mixed coaches!

Xu Yi turned his head helplessly, and then said directly: "That's it, I have an idea, you take the players to practice first, we use the breakthrough bag, Stephen Marbury takes the ball outside, we will defend alone, once he chooses to break through, double bag clamp or triple bag clip, understand?" ”

Several coaches nodded, Xu Yi also nodded helplessly, sighing in his heart, he didn't expect that he was actually a group of straw bales, except for Kevin O'Neal. Kevin O'Neal is also not very good at tactics, but at least Kevin O'Neal has a lot of experience in training, which is why Kevin O'Neal can become the chief assistant coach of the old coach Lenny Wilkens.

What Xu Yi can do now is to be glad that Kevin O'Neal has been retained, at least now he can be freed from training work.

Don't want to replace this group of coaches before becoming a regular, Xu Yi is already thinking about it, after becoming a regular, replace this group of coaches, and then find some capable assistant coaches to come back, otherwise he will really be tired to death.

Xu Yi decided to use the breakthrough package to deal with Stephen Marbury, and at the same time, the team played a run-and-bomb tactic, thinking that the Knicks would not be able to deal with the Raptors' onslaught, but before the Raptors went to New York, the 12-person activation list for New York still needs to be set in advance.

The run-and-bomb tactics are very physically demanding, and the Raptors will obviously use multi-person rotation, and each of these 12 activation lists is very important, and Xu Yi needs to consider it. The Raptors' previous starting five, Vince Carter, Morris Pietson, Jalen Rose, Chris Bosh and Don Yell Marshall, plus Rodstrickland, these six are definitely to be brought in.

In addition, Xu Yi thought about it for a while, and he also had to bring Roger Mason and Ramon Murray, who performed brilliantly in the first game of his return, both of whom are players with three-point firepower, and Roger Mason can even pull out to defend Stephen Marbury alone. There are also compatriots **, who can also top the Knicks' muscle-stick interior line when put on the court at critical moments.

Next, there were some bad choices, Xu Yi thought about it for a while, and decided to choose players with three-point firepower, and players without three-point firepower were directly excluded.

In this way, shooting guard Michael Curry, point guard Milt Palacio and shooting guard Dean Glover became the last three on the 12-man activation list.

And in addition to these three, the striker Jeffries was also put into the list of considerations by Xu Yi, as long as one of the last three is not in good shape, Christis Jeffries can be on top, or when encountering a team that does not need to play, Christis Jeffries can also be on top. In this way, the regular rotation of the Raptors under Xu Yi was decided.

As for the starting lineup, veteran point guard Rodstrickland will definitely occupy a spot, as well as Vince Carter and Chris Bosh will definitely occupy a spot, and the other two positions will be contested by other players, Jalen Rose, Don Yell Marshall, Morris Pietson, Roger Mason, and Ramon Murray all have a chance to start.

Of course, playing the Knicks' starters, Xu Yi already has an idea, in addition to the three confirmed, Xu Yi is ready to let Jalen Rose and Roger Mason start, with a small lineup and a bulky Knicks to speed up, and at the same time, Roger Mason's appearance can be used to defend Stephen Marbury alone, so that Rodstrickland can take on the task of assisting defense.

Three days later, on the morning of March 26, the Raptors flew directly to New York to prepare for their regular season game against the Knicks in the evening. At this time, this game has been discussed throughout North America for three whole days, and everyone is ready to see the Raptors' jokes and Xu Yi's jokes. In this game, Judd Pearson actually played away with the team, and only Xu Yi could understand the meaning.

The president of this team who is not optimistic about himself actually went to New York to see his own jokes!

However, Xu Yi is not worried at all, he is full of confidence in playing New York, he has been preparing for this game for a long time, for Xu Yi, the only possible surprise may be to be taught to be a man by his mentor Lenny Wilkens, but Xu Yi feels that with his ten years of experience, Lenny Wilkens is really not necessarily better than himself.

A good start, this is what Xu Yi will definitely win, which is related to whether Xu Yi's overall plan can be successfully carried out in the future.

Coming to New York, the Raptors rested in the hotel for an afternoon, and the team held a press conference for this game in the hotel, which was the second time Xu Yi faced North American reporters in five days, but this time, Xu Yi was not ready to ink anything with this group of reporters, if it wasn't for the mandatory requirements of the NBA, he wouldn't even be ready to hold this press conference.

Walking into the room of the press conference, Xu Yi walked directly to the microphone, regardless of the host's surprise, and said directly: "I'm here to win!" No one can stop me, and that's the end of this press conference. ”

It's over? The reporters at the scene were stunned, and it was over like this? This Xu Yi actually left like this!?

This Nima is too arrogant! The reporters were completely annoyed, they held back their energy, and waited for the result of the game, in their minds, the Raptors who were eleventh in the East could win the Knicks, who were seventh? Although the Knicks are not in very good shape, the Raptors are also in poor shape, and if you look at the rankings, you will know who will win! And the Raptors have just changed coaches, how can their combat effectiveness be compared with the Knicks?

Everyone is waiting for the game to start, they want to let this arrogant Chinese coach know that the head coach is not so easy to be, and it is impossible to provoke the uncrowned king!