Suhi is a man of his word, and in his first game back in New York, the Knicks started Milicic and sent him a lot of basketball, letting him play singles, letting him string, and letting him show his talents.

To be honest, Milicic did have some timidity and his technical moves didn't let go.

The first game was a terrible one.

Like a rookie who has just come to the NBA, although his physical confrontation ability has adapted to the NBA, his mental and technical level has not yet adapted well.

In this game, the Knicks won hard, and they defeated the Milwaukee Bucks, a team that is in contention for the top pick.

Milicic was beaten up by Bogut in the matchup with Bogut.

Bogut had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and although Bogut is now blue-collar, he still has the advantage against Milicic.

Milicic only had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and although it was also a double-double, he took 22 shots, which is the highest turn-to-play ratio on the team.

After the game, Milicic blamed himself and apologized to his team-mates at half-time. However, what he didn't expect was that the Knicks' teammates did not blame him, and even did not criticize him harshly in the criticism and self-criticism session, but said that he did not cooperate well with his new teammates.

This is something that Milicic has never felt in either previous team.

He realized that he had really come to a big family of love, a united team.

Compared to the Knicks, the previous two teams were like gangsters.

If you don't play well, you will be thrown to the bench, and no one will forgive, and no one will even care.

Milicic is a highly sensitive person, and he came to the league at the age of 17, and he couldn't speak English at that time, so he suddenly fell from the pride of the sky to no one's attention, and it is very normal to have a bad and evasive mentality.

"You're playing well." Suhi said to Milicic: "At least you always dare to shoot, give you the ball and you can deal with it. If you don't dare to connect the ball, if you don't want to, that's the real disappointment. It shows that you still want to be a better player. ”

Suxi patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, take your time, you will succeed." ”

Suhi gave Milicic great encouragement.

And, when Bogut taunted Milicic after the game, the Knicks, from Isaiah Thomas to the bench players, were in unison with Milicic.

"Milicic is just a parallel commodity and it's stupid for the Knicks to try to use him to stop me," Bogut said after the game. And even if he wasn't a parallel import, I was the first pick in 2005, and he was only the second pick in 2003. In the field of white centers, I am the supreme god of the NBA, and even the number one in NBA history! ”

"The Knicks must have made a mistake in this deal, Milicic can't even stop me, expect him to fight Shaq O'Neal? Comical! ”

"If the Knicks get me, they can really beat Cleveland."

Bogut has always been a big mouth, and he likes to talk about it.

He was beaten up by Su Xi a few times, and now he is very honest on the issue of Su Xi, and he doesn't dare to bare his teeth at Su Xi at all. However, as always, he bullied the soft and feared the hard, and this time he aimed at Milicic, thinking that he had pinched the soft persimmon.

He even wanted to send a signal to the Knicks: Trade me, I'd love to play in New York, and I'd love to help you beat the Cavaliers.

However, Isaiah Thomas after hearing the description from reporters after the game. He raised an eyebrow: "Bogut? Who is he? What qualifications does he have to compare to Dako? Eagles sometimes fly lower than sparrows, but sparrows never want to fly higher than eagles. ”

"Dacko is certainly an eagle that flapps its wings for nine days. Andre Bogut? He's just a low-level blue-collar player. ”

'Time will tell you exactly what kind of player Milicic will be. He's just been delayed for a few years, and he'll get to where he's supposed to be. ”

"Because now he has come to Sushi the goat, and to Isaiah Thomas, the great teacher."

Isaiah Thomas did not forget to put gold on his face.

However, his words were not without purpose.

He saw the potential of Milicic, despite the poor game.

But... He still sees the sparkle of light.

Milicic has the ability to handle the ball, his dribbling is even solid, which means he can actually trade the ball above the three-point line, he also has excellent passing vision and passing ability, he can even make jumpers in the high post, and he also has back-to-back singles skills in position.

It's just that in the past, the team either let him specialize in one or didn't give him a chance to make mistakes.

He missed out on three and a half precious years, but he's still only 21 years old.

And the body is stronger than when it was 17.

The Knicks are willing to give him the ball and are willing to develop his confidence.

And the Knicks have Susie, who is a strong and versatile player who can accommodate Milicic's immaturity.

Isaiah Thomas had a lot of bright moments tonight, and he even thought that if Milicic was fed, the Knicks would be in a stronger situation than ever.

One Milicic will play more than Eddie Curry, Tony Barty, and Jerome James combined last season.

Sushi also noticed this, so he encouraged Milicic.

He even said to Milicic: "Forget about being the second in 2003 and forget everything that happened in the last three and a half years." You're the player we picked with the second pick in the 2006 Draft, and we're going to give you the development that the second pick deserves. ”

Susie's words are a gift of knowledge to Milicic.

How many people will have the opportunity to do it again?

How many people can still be cultivated as rookies or even super rookies after three and a half years?

When the Knicks use the psychology of developing rookies to develop Milicic.

Everything changes.

In the next game, the Knicks completely gave up running and shooting in the first half. They had Suhi, Randolph, Stephen Jackson and Gary Payton work with Milicic exclusively.

This nanny lineup is simply impossible to find if you look at the entire league and the long history of the NBA.

Throughout February, March, the Knicks continued to develop Milicic's spirit.

In the process, Millsap has gradually settled into the starting line for the Magic, and he has played very, very well, and Jeff Van Gundy has also switched to a four-forward strategy as everyone speculated.

Hardaway, Hill, Turkogru, Millsap plus Howard the Monster.

The Magic went 19-2 after the trade.

Quickly rushed to second place in the East.

At this time, the Knicks fell to third in the East.

They lost quite a few games, especially against the top teams in the West, where they lost almost all of them.

Because, they desperately let Milicic play alone, let Milicic handle the ball, Sushi even became a pure scorer, walking without the ball to help Milicic handle the ball.

Milicic has improved, and the progress is still noticeable.

Moreover, he gained weight.

He became more 'fat' and his body shape had a tendency to be Randolph.

His fighting ability is improving, but his coordination of movements has not decreased, and he is even softer than before.

In 16 games in March, he has averaged 16.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.5 steals per game.

Efficiency is also gradually improving.

Most importantly, his self-confidence is growing, and he is becoming more and more daring to confront powerful opponents, and he dares to show his God-given spirituality to do small tricks to tease his opponents.

This was strictly forbidden before, especially under the tutelage of Larry Brown.

But with the Knicks, he was encouraged like never before.

Even if he was stealed by Parker when he tried to wear Duncan on the crotch, the bench would be screaming.

Milicic was indeed groomed as a super-rookie.

At 21 years old, it's not too late.

As he progressed, the media's evaluation of him gradually changed from parallel goods to being useful, and then to maybe Milicic's previous training method was wrong, and maybe he could catch up with the 03 class.

Of course, because of the Knicks' decline and Millsap's success in Orlando.

Both the Knicks and him have received a lot of criticism, with the vast majority believing that the Knicks trade this time was a failure.

The only one with a comeback is that draft pick from the Orlando Magic.

But as the Magic's record gets better and better, the value of this draft pick will also decline rapidly.

This is a wonderful and happy thing for many people.

The arrogant Knicks finally have time to eat up.

A lot of people already hate the Knicks, and as long as the Knicks have a bad time, they're happy.

Larry Brown is one of those excellences.

In the game where he explained the Magic, he was crazy about the Knicks. "There are teams that think they can turn a stone into gold, but... The ugly duckling is a swan because he is a swan himself. But you can't raise a duck to be a swan, that's a basic fact of physics. ”

"Basketball is not taken for granted, you can feed a lot of balls and make his stats beautiful and confusing. However, you can't make him really combative. The forcibly whitewashed data simply does not stand up to scrutiny, and when it comes to the playoffs, it will be completely revealed. ”

"Milicic is not going to work, the whole world already knows. The draft is a gamble, and when all the cards are opened, you still think you can win. It's either the eyes or the head. ”

"Millsap is definitely going to be an All-Star, he's got a lot of quality. I think he's better than David Lee. ”

Larry Brown talks eloquently.

Next to him, Reggie Miller would always taunt him: "If Milicic is really proven to be a swan, will the person who was previously convicted that he is an ugly duckling be held accountable?" ”

He pointed the finger at Larry Brown with this sentence.

Everyone knows that Larry Brown didn't give Milicic a chance before, saying that the championship team didn't develop rookies, but they didn't win the championship, but he left Detroit in disgrace.

If Milicic is really groomed by the Knicks, then Larry Brown's reputation will be hit hard again.

His popularity in basketball was already declining rapidly, and Sushi was on the verge of losing his authority.

When it comes to the Knicks, any of his rhetoric will be used as a beacon in reverse.

This is undoubtedly a devastating blow to a senior coach who is from the academy and whose resume can reach the top of the active basketball circle.

And if Milicic, who was previously judged to be a parallel import, regains his glory under the hands of Sushi and Isaiah Thomas and becomes a soaring eagle.

Then, the rest of his prestige will also be deducted.

When the time comes, he will sit in the commentary seat, so as not to be satirized by Reggie Miller, and he will not be the object of criticism from the American audience.

In fact, Larry Brown is already panicking right now.

He secretly watched a lot of Knicks games, Milicic became more and more confident on the court, more and more brilliant moves, and more and more solid, more and more comprehensive, and began to use his energy to feed back the Knicks system.

The media praise for him also began to appear.

If this trend continues, Milicic could really break out. There is even the possibility of an exponential rise.

Can Larry Brown not be in a hurry?

But he certainly can't turn the gun around and tout Milicic anymore.

He could only go one way to the dark.

Hack the Knicks and Milicic to the end.

…

With the arrival of April, the playoffs are getting closer.

The NBA playoffs start in mid-April, around the 16th.

The Knicks have eight games to go, and they are 1.5 wins away from the Orlando Magic, who are second in the East, and two wins away from the Cavaliers, who are first in the East.

However, the Knicks did not deliberately pursue the record.

Because the Knicks, the number one in the league, have already taken it, and from the moment they decided to develop Milicic, they didn't think about it.

Because for the Knicks, it doesn't mean much.

And for Suxi, it doesn't mean much.

There are unspoken rules in the NBA, even if Sushi is now averaging 41.6 points per game, which is the best in the league. However, he also struggled to win the regular season MVP. It is impossible for a regular season MVP to be awarded to a player three times in a row.

Now, although Sushi is at the top of the rankings, the most popular ones are Stephen Nash, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

Stephen Nash has been with him for two times, Kobe Bryant has led the team back to No. 1 in the West this year, and LeBron James has also led the team to No. 1 in the East, and for good reason.

And on April Fool's Day, the Knicks ushered in the final game of the season with Cleveland.

In the previous three games, the Knicks had won.

This is the fourth.

Before the game began, Milicic suddenly approached Suhi and said to Suhi: "Jack, we must sink Cleveland tonight." I feel like I've broken through, I'm going to help the team get back to first place in the East in the last few games, and I'm going to help you get the regular season MVP! ”

Milicic's tone was very firm.

…

(End of chapter)