Chapter 797: Potential and Response (1st Update)

For the Knicks, challenging the Nets is quite fun and fulfilling. They've played against a lot of teams this season, but some of them have been able to win and some of them have not been ideal. But under Porzingis' leadership, New York has changed a lot from what it used to be.

First of all, Porzingis is a player whose individual ability is basically one that is rarely criticized. This may be an opportunity for the Knicks for years. Use a player and a few tweaks to get the team back to the competitive team it was before 2000!

Since 2000, the New York Knicks have felt like a team that occupies a good geographical location but can't play well. The word "downturn" is mentioned a lot.

In February 2012, when the team was injured and asked for leave, Coach D'Antoni replaced the bench Jeremy Lin with a 99-92 win over the New Jersey Nets. Jeremy Lin scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in the game!

Since then, the Knicks have been on a winning streak! It felt a little unreal to the Knicks, but it just happened. Then the stars returned, and Rin's playing time was limited and he was subsequently traded.

New York are trying to play well, but they still can't seem to find the feeling. Just last season, Zen master Jackson, who was still the president of operations at the time, seized the right moment when the Nets cut Chen, and Jackson signed a non-guaranteed contract with him after telling management that Chen Yinan was a potential coach for several months.

Under Chen's leadership, the Knicks quickly became the top 4 teams in the East at the beginning of the season! And their momentum is growing! Look at this posture is about to go to the first or second place in the East!

And after some games, President Jackson's contract expires, and the team has no intention of renewing his contract. For Jackson, he sought a position as a team executive himself, as a coach, and perhaps as required in his planning.

But he had the impression that he had used his coaching skills for the executive position. There's been a lot of complaints in this position, whether it's New York signings or from management.

The relationship between the melon and the Zen master at that time was also relatively stiff, at least the two of them always quarreled when playing. New players or players who left directly in the negotiations also said in media interviews that sometimes in this team there is no sense of sincerity from the management.

Because Chen was holding the position of interim head coach at that time, the contract was also insecure. So the team cut him right away. There are some new managers, coaches, assistant coaches, and the position of president of operations.

As a result, Chen Yinan led the Brooklyn Nets to win the championship last season! And the New York Knicks didn't even make the playoffs...... The Knicks also have their flashes, and I wonder if their owners will think about the few flashes of brilliance that have occurred since 2010.

Chen didn't come, and when Jackson was still on the team, Porzingis, who was quite young at the time, disagreed with the coach in New York. But Boshen still played well. This young man, who is highly praised by the media, loved by fans, has relatively comprehensive skills, has sharp offense, can grab rebounds, speed, dribble, vision, and ball quotient is good in the New York team, but he feels that he is dispensable.

But at that time, the Knicks were still in a chaotic, disorderly, and sometimes uncomfortable state of playing. It was as if the players were clocking in and out of work every game, which meant that basically losing a game to the other side was over.

Porzingis was unhappy with the atmosphere. At the same time, after gaining some fame, he also showed a somewhat domineering side in the team. Whether it was the Zen master or the coach, some of the meetings with him and many of his suggestions were not adopted.

It didn't take long for the conflict between him and the manager to erupt, and Porzingis even took a leave of absence for some games. But after a long time, the manager still had to bring the team as well as possible, and Porzingis also returned to the team.

When there are melons, Porzingis has not played much time, but his efficiency has been good! The biggest headache for the Knicks management at that time was the arrangement of this team in the future.

At that time, there were two kinds of differences. One is that Anthony can't let him organize the team, just let him attack by himself! Porzingis and the two of them lead the team together. Another idea is to get Melon out of here and rebuild the Knicks with Porzingis leading the way!

During that time, rumors that Porzingis was about to be traded kept coming and going. Everyone is speculating about where the Knicks will end up. The Rockets quickly signed Melon after finding out that he was free! And the team's future path is also becoming clear. This time, they did not miss Porzingis.

"I feel like the other side's momentum can't be good all the time. They're fighting with us with a great lineup right now. And let's spend it slowly with them," Jim said to Chen after watching the game in silence for a while.

Chen glanced approvingly at Jim. But the opponent obviously focused his eyes on the game, and his ears were waiting for Chen's response. Staying in such a team makes Chen Yinan sometimes have a sense of crisis.

If he is sick, takes a leave of absence, or leaves. Jim will start coaching the Nets right away, and he believes they can make the playoffs as well. Not to mention the Knicks, the Nets' downturn in those years was not good in the team's operation, player selection, and coach selection.

The players who worked hard to get it didn't work out in the end. During that time, the Nets' management felt that everything they made was wrong. In fact, there are better methods and ideas, although they sound simple and not easy to do. It's about looking for great players, and the team is developing a few core players in the future.

Although it has become history, Lopez can be said to be very hard working in Brooklyn. He has also established himself as a star center in the league over the years!

'Yes, but the score is still important. If the opponent exerts his strength at the end, he can't say who will win the game in the end. They're now basically moving between 8-11 from 13 or 14 in the league at the moment. This shows that their strength has increased to a certain extent. They fight with us, we don't need to fight each other......"

The Nets now have the strength to play like this with the other side. The team's current excellent players, who have also been conditioned by Chen Yinan, want to make their results look better, and the players on the fringes of the team have not given up this season!

Not long ago, Chen also had a chat with Nick and Doyle. These two players were greatly moved by this conversation! For Doyle Chen, I don't have a lot of impressions of him. Nick's words in the media for what he thinks are the ceiling is a blue-collar guard who is okay. But Chen feels that his potential may not be there.

"Well, it's really intense," Jim replied as he watched the players on the field begin to walk back.