Chapter 7 Initial Press Conference

And on this night, the entire American basketball media went into a frenzy.

At 21 o'clock in the evening, Yahoo first announced on the official website that the New York Knicks had signed a Chinese coach. "The Chinese coach is here in Madison! It is reported that James Dolan has signed a basketball coach from China. The coach's age, coaching experience, etc., is unknown. Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, the Knicks will hold a press conference to introduce the new coach to the media. ”

As soon as the news came out, the American media blew up first, and Yahoo's more than 30 PR calls were always busy. You want to first check whether the Yahoo website has been infected with a virus, or the editor's brain is in water.

When it was learned that the news came from Donnie Walsh himself, there was a brief gap of about ten minutes in the American media.

"Chinese? How is it possible, they will play basketball? More fans focused on the Knicks' official website, and the number of forum logouts peaked almost instantly.

A few minutes later, the Knicks' official website really posted the news that they decided to sign Wang Xiaomu from China as the team's head coach. The following is Wang Xiaomu's resume.

Thanks to the popularity of the name Wang Xiaomu, there is really such a person who serves as a coach in a certain corner of the junior college, but the team of that junior college is nominal and mainly makes up the numbers. In addition, Wang Xiaomu's master did part of the work, and Wang Xiaomu's resume turned out to be decent. I guess the person on the resume has at least changed his surname.

Of course, regarding the part of the coaching team, Walsh can only keep it blank and pretend to be mysterious, otherwise according to Wang Xiaomu's 20-0 record of coaching the CUBA qualifiers, the entire Knicks team will have no face to go out.

"From a Chinese university team? Do the Knicks need math to save the team's fortunes? A well-known commentator in New York exclaimed on his Facebook.

"Chinese Kung Fu? It seems that in the future, the players should wear iron crotch on the field! Mark Ksla, a columnist for the Denver Post, wrote.

Almost without exception, all major media outlets are full of ridicule. Thanks to the Knicks owner being James Dolan.

After announcing Wang Xiaomu as the head coach of the Knicks on the official website, Knicks owner James Dolan was interviewed by ESPN's local radio station at the same time.

When talking about Wang Xiaomu's status in the team, Dolan said that Wang Xiaomu will have absolute rights in the team.

"What if he decides to let Anthony go?" The beautiful reporter straightened her already obvious breasts.

"Then that's his decision, and I agree with him." James Dolan's eyes were deep-set, and he said with a smile on his face that he had rehearsed the haode script.

When it comes to his relationship with current general manager Donnie Walsh, Dolan believes that there are no serious issues between Wang Xiaomu after he takes over the Knicks. "Didn't you even post a picture of their harmony!"

Dolan also spoke about the decision to sack former boss D'Antoni. He said: "We chose a different direction in Xiangshang, the team builder, and he refused to agree with my direction. ”

Faced with more questions about Wang Xiaomu, Dolan really couldn't answer, and then he thought of Wang Xiaomu's famous saying, "What I need is to win." ”

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When the first rays of the morning sun illuminated the Statue of Liberty, Gao Yuanyuan woke up from his sleep.

"We slept here last night?" The tall beauty's mouth is big enough to fit into a fist.

Wang Xiaomu learned the shrugging of an American yesterday, which is very appropriate at this time.

“oh,mygod。 Are the security guards blind? Gao Yuanyuan quickly got up and cleaned up his crumpled uniform, "Oh, shit, our press conference!" ”

Fortunately, it is less than 1 hour by car from here. Gao Yuanyuan smoothed her hair back, and suddenly she realized that something was wrong, where did they still have the money for the ride?

Fortunately, this is the rush hour at work, and through Miss Yuanyuan's coquettishness, the two successfully hitchhiked.

"Haha, you're going to Madison Gardens! Today it was lively, I heard that the Knicks signed a Chinese coach. James Dolan's head is full of! "The owner of the car was a black teenager who looked very rocky, driving with a bumpy body.

The two of them have a black line.

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The press conference room, which could only accommodate a few dozen people, was temporarily converted into a large conference room, and nearly 200 reporters flocked to Madison Square Garden, it seems that not only Chinese like to be lively.

At 9:00 a.m. EST, Donnie Walsh personally took Wang Xiaomu's hand and introduced him to the vast media in New York.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome the team's new head coach, the handsome Mr. Xiaomu Wang from China!"

Under the illumination of countless magnesium lights and mobile phone flashes, Wang Xiaomu smiled and made his debut, this guy was almost choked by his name just now.

Xiaomu Wang? What's that?

Originally, Donnie Walsh wanted to simply go through the motions and let Wang Xiaomu show his face. I didn't expect the media to be so enthusiastic, Hula came to a gang, although the boss is not interested in the media, but it can't be too rude.

Walsh is a senior legal talent who graduated from North Carolina in the end, and he insisted on using the Knicks' team history as a template and talked for half an hour.

"Mr. Walsh, may I ask what is the situation of Coach Wang's coaching career and achievements, can you please tell us in detail?" The New York Times reporter relied on the right time and place to account for almost the first question.

"The Knicks are a great team ~~~" Walsh gushed.

"Mr. Walsh, what are the strengths of Coach Wang that make the Knicks think he can lead the team to victory?" Washington Post reporters drove three hours from headquarters.

"The Knicks are a great team~~~" Walsh kept on and on.

"Mr. Walsh, can you ask Coach Wang to answer our questions personally?" The ESPN reporters couldn't stand Walsh's chatter.

"The Knicks? Oh, you said to ask Mr. Xiaomu Wang, okay, then I'll hand the microphone to Coach Wang. "Walsh's clockwork was too strong, and it almost got out of control.

"I'll only answer three questions." As soon as Wang Xiaomu spoke, the entire venue instantly fell silent.

It turned out that the chaotic reporters were holding their breath one by one at the moment, for fear of missing a word.

"Coach Wang only answered three questions, and hopefully they are all related to basketball!" Gao Yuanyuan took the microphone, thought about it for a while, and played it a little.

Maybe it was an illusion, Gao Yuanyuan felt that after she finished translating, Wang Xiaomu seemed to frown.

"What tactics are you going to build around the Knicks?" The reporter from Sports Illustrated USA grabbed pole position and asked a question from a professional point of view.

"We will always score one more point than our opponents." Wang Xiaomu stretched out his finger and drew the word 1, but he grasped the trick of victory.

"In the face of the team's poor record, which position of the team are you most satisfied with and which position is the least satisfied?" A female reporter's question was clearly ill-intentioned.

Wang Xiaomu thought for a moment, "None of them are satisfied at the moment, but I believe they will do better soon." “

Hearing Wang Xiaomu's answer, Gao Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly glanced at Christina, the beautiful press officer of the team on the side.

Christina stretched out her finger and nodded in the air, signaling Gao Yuanyuan to follow the team's script.

"I'm happy with every position in the team, they're the best players in the league." After quickly distinguishing the pros and cons, Gao Yuanyuan accepted Christina's suggestion and quickly gave a very official answer.

"As the head coach of the American team, you don't speak English, what impact does that have on your church?" A reporter with glasses was asked to ask a question, and the question was also not good.

"Basketball is a common language." This time, Gao Yuanyuan didn't listen to what Wang Xiaomu said at all, and came directly according to the official answer. She knows that she must not be too real to deal with this group of bad reporters.

'Then it's time for the press officer to answer questions, the team has games in the evening and we need to train. Come back in the evening to cheer on the Knicks! Walsh quickly ended the head coach's Q&A and freed Wang Xiaomu from the crowd.

And the media couldn't laugh when they looked at Christina, the smiling press officer standing in front of the stage.

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Since the Knicks are at home for the next game and the next game, the team is training at the Madison Square Garden Arena in the morning.

"Mr. Wang, that's what the press conference looks like." Gao Yuanyuan was afraid that Wang Xiaomu would be unhappy, so he followed closely behind Wang Xiaomu and explained what happened just now.

Wang Xiaomu waved his hand, as if he didn't take these little things to heart, and he could understand the scene just now.

"We need to get a good relationship with the media." Gao Yuanyuan was also relieved to see that Wang Xiaomu was fine.