Chapter 44

"What? Tickets are all sold out for this game? ”

Raptors manager Glenn Gruward listened to the report of assistant manager Jimmy Walker and was pleasantly surprised, and some couldn't believe it was true. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Glenn is a man of few words, with blond hair and blue eyes, glasses, slightly chubby, and an image like an ordinary college teacher. After the departure of Isaiah "The Assassin" Thomas, he became the successor to the management and was responsible for cleaning up the mess.

Since the start of the game, the Raptors have won 0-6, and they are still those players from last season, and the start is even worse, and he is anxious.

The hearts of the people are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.

The Raptors' home attendance is down another 17% from last season, and they have no fan attraction at all, and their offense and defense are poor.

The two main players, Stoudamire and Camby, have publicly disagreed with the team's summer operations and want the management to trade them out. These two high-ranking rookies were cultivated as the core of the team, which broke the hearts of the management.

Camby, in particular, was the role model of the golden generation in 1996, a talented player with super physical fitness, and the management did not want to give up. But once the rookie contract expires, it is very difficult to keep him.

As soon as he heard that the tickets were sold out, Glenn concluded that it was the Knicks. "Could it be that some Knicks player is very popular here?"

"Maybe it's not the players, I've heard that there are a lot of Chinese people buying tickets for this game, maybe they are supporting the assistant coach...... I guess. Jimmy wasn't sure.

Glenn fainted. "Just kidding, huh? What's so nice about an assistant coach? ”

"He is the first Chinese coach in NBA history, and there are rumors that he has made the Knicks offensive stronger this season." Jimmy spread his hands, also with a look of disbelief.

Yang Rui is not very famous in other places, just a casual mention of the news.

Glenn sighed: "The gossip may not be credible, if he is really capable, how can he be unknown before?" It's all because of that discrimination incident, right? ”

"He's only 23 years old, how did he become famous before? He joined the Knicks as the No. 1 assistant coach this year as soon as he qualified as a coach. Jimmy despised Glenn in his heart, and as the general manager of an NBA team, he didn't even know this.

It's no wonder that Glenn, who has been scolded by his boss since he took office, is full of thoughts about how to make trades, and has no time to pay attention to other teams.

This season, his main job is to send Stoudamire away as soon as possible and exchange it for someone useful.

"Little Flying Squirrel" arrogantly believes that he is a star of Iverson's type, and the Raptors are sorry for him if they don't find someone to assist him. In fact, in the eyes of the boss, he is just an undefensive brush. Last season, he averaged 40.9 minutes per game and scored 20.2 points, which is not a big deal.

Jimmy asked, "Any other instructions?" ”

"It's okay." Glenn shook his head. The team is rotten this season, and the Grizzlies continue to be difficult brothers.

Jimmy was about to go out when Glenn stopped him. "Let's go to the game together in the evening and see who the fans are supporting."

Glenn didn't believe that the fans were supporting Yang Rui, so he went to the stadium at night and saw a lot of Chinese.

He was a little confused, was he really here to see the assistant coach?

He deliberately found a seat in the front so that he could observe the opponent's bench, and saw Yang Rui sitting on the sidelines, smiling and talking to Ewing.

Many Europeans and Americans have a magical natural skill, that is, to look at Asians the same, and Glenn is the same.

He became very interested in Yang Rui, because the coaching industry does not rely on his face to eat, and he can hold a tactical board to explain tactics to Ewing, which is definitely not an ordinary person.

Van Gundy knows that he is not as good as Yang Rui in helping stars brush data, and if he communicates with Ewing, he has to learn from Yang Rui first, and then convey it, so that if he goes around in a circle, it is better to let Yang Rui go directly if he is not clear.

Yang Rui focused on drawing off-ball screens and runs on the left two points on the tactical board, as well as covers in the middle. "Patrick, you're very experienced, I'm sure you can do a good job of organising, pay attention to the two points on the left, and don't run in the bottom corner of the right. Every time the ball passes through your hands, you play when there is a misalignment, and you grasp the weight of shots and passes. ”

"Jerry, thank you, I love this tactic and it's ready." Ewing laughed horrically and hammered his chest muscles with one hand.

Yang Rui suddenly had the illusion that he was ready to climb the Empire State Building to jerk off for Van Gundy.

After the players warmed up, Van Gundy once again emphasized the matter of catching the ball, mainly telling Johnson that he likes to dribble the ball, and the other three generally catch and throw.

Johnson nodded solemnly and did not raise any objections, and the only possible player for the Knicks to compete for MVP was Ewing, who was excellent on both ends of the floor.

The Knicks started five: Ward, Houston, Bowen, Johnson, Ewing.

Raptors five: Stoudamire, Doug Christie, Tracy McGrady, Oliver Miller, Marcus Camby.

After the start of the game, Ewing happily brushed up the data, and after covering in the middle, Ward led the inside line away, and it became Stoudeyer to change Ewing.

"Little Flying Squirrel" has suffered from Ward's figure, how can he defend against the center? Ewing can easily make a jumper in front of him with the ball.

Canby can't do it if he doesn't change defenses, Oliver, who partners him on the inside, is a slow-moving fat man, any defender can play with him, and Ewing only needs to pass the ball to his teammates is a chance.

Yang Rui is a little puzzled that a person like Darnell Walker can be the head coach of an NBA team, and it seems that he doesn't understand basketball at all.

The Raptors lineup is actually not bad, Christie, Maddy, and Camby all have potential, but Darnell has two blue-collar interior players who can't shoot to start together, and they can't play at all.

POWER FORWARD OLIVER IS 206CM TALL AND WEIGHS 127 KILOGRAMS, SO HE HAS LITTLE EFFECT EXCEPT FOR RELYING ON HIS BODY TO ATTACK THE BASKET. Against a large and four-small lineup like the Knicks, the small forward who is more than two meters above two meters and can shoot is better than him in the No. 4 position, at least the offense is much better.

The unlucky Camby, who is obviously suitable for the position of center, but has to accommodate the incapable Oliver, who goes out to block and dismantle after the opponent covers, it is difficult to grab rebounds and obtain luxurious data. When attacking, Camby also had to pull out to cover, showing his ugly, weird jump shot again and again.

It's no wonder that Camby doesn't want to stay in the Raptors, he is the leader of the 96 golden generation, the coach doesn't arrange tactics, he still has to do the blue-collar work of his teammates, Oliver is standing near the restricted area and doesn't need to run, but he can't even grab rebounds, who can stand this positioning?

After Ewing hit a mid-range shot and scored eight points in a row, Darnell shouted from the sidelines for Oliver to help defend Ewing.

On the side, Houston and Johnson began to exert their power again, and Ewing attracted the defense to the perimeter, and the two of them each shot a three-pointer.

14-4, the Raptors were forced to ask for a timeout, only played more than three minutes, Ewing 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, brushing up!

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