Yang Rui returned to Manhattan and changed his target to the Knicks. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Knicks are a playoff powerhouse, and the reason for this is because he knows that Jeff Van Gundy has a very solid position until the 2001-02 season, and that he is a stubborn guy who may not want to listen to his assistants.

The Knicks' strength is also obvious, and that is the depth of the roster, and from 1995 to 1999, the Knicks were always capable of competing for championships. There are a number of defensive giants on the inside, two strong scoring points on the periphery, and everything except for the point guard's handicap.

Yang Rui is confident that he can make the Knicks better, as long as Van Gundyken listens to some advice and doesn't always pursue defensive wins.

On June 20, Yang Rui came to Madison Square Garden, the "face of New York".

He didn't immediately send his resume to Knicks management, but instead worked at a nearby "homecoming snack bar." This is a shop opened by a Chinese boss, and seeing that he has a good image and does things neatly, he let him stay, and the salary is calculated according to the hourly salary.

Yang Rui has no money to eat, and if he doesn't call Thomas for help, he will starve to death if he doesn't find a job. It's a double win, and he's going to have to keep an eye on the Knicks and find the right time to go for an interview.

After the trip to New Jersey, he figured out that if he just took the certificate and went there, he would definitely not have a chance to perform, and his age and seniority would become factors in being sentenced to death.

He'll have to wait, wait for the other coaches to compete, and then make a comparison together. Everyone has a certificate, so you can't even give him a chance to participate in the discussion, right?

Yang Rui has a good memory in his previous life, and has done NBA data work for many years, and basically remembers major events. He knows what the Knicks are facing this summer, and Van Gundy isn't having an easy time.

Last season, the Knicks led the Heat 3-1 in the second round. Charlie Ward, who was 188CM in the 5th game, was picked up by PJ Brown of 211CM and fell off the court, and the two teams immediately began to fight in groups, and the melee was very fierce, after the game, the Knicks including Ewing, Starks, Larry Johnson and many other main players were suspended, but the Heat team only had Brown suspended.

The absence of Ewing and Alan Houston in the sixth game and the absence of Starks and Larry Johnson in the seventh game led to a significant drop in the team's strength. The ignition caused the Knicks to pay a terrible price for their championship rush, and the Heat were overturned 4-3.

This way out of the game made Knicks owners and fans very angry.

Knicks veteran assistant coach Rex Hughes chose to retire, and another assistant coach, Andy Greer, was out of contract and responded to Pat Riley's call to move to the Heat. With the addition of Bob Salmi, who left in 1996, the Knicks coaching staff was left with Van Gundy as the bare-duty commander.

According to the original history, Thibodeau, who was cut by the 76ers, will join and become the first assistant coach of the Knicks, and the others Yang Rui does not know. He just wanted to wait for Thibodeau and compete with it.

The vision of the 76ers management is speechless, not only did they cut Thibodeau, but also the assistant coach Ron Adams, who was also cut, was also famous, and later came to the Spurs to become a good helper for Popovich.

In addition to working as a waiter in a snack bar every day, Yang Rui also finds time to go to the stadium to chat with security guards and doormen to get first-hand information. He bribed a fat doorman named Kenning with a special snack mung bean cake, and begged him to call the snack bar when someone came to interview for a teaching assistant.

The hard work paid off, and on the 27th, Yang Rui finally looked forward to Xibodeo, and there was another person, who was open recruitment.

"Xiao Xiao, I'll go out and help me tell the boss, it's urgent." Yang Rui took off his work clothes and shouted in Chinese to the Chinese girls who worked together.

"When are you coming back?"

"Afternoon."

Yang Rui took the certificate and rode the bicycle delivered at the door straight to the stadium. The snack bar was two blocks away from the arena, and he unceremoniously used the bus for his own use.

This opportunity must be seized, or the consequences will be unimaginable. For this reason, Yang Rui has also investigated the location of the stadium office, and he is familiar with the road, and he has thought of a rhetoric when he meets the staff.

"I'm sorry, sir, you can't move around the workspace at will, do you have an appointment?" The female assistant asked.

"I applied for the Knicks assistant coach, and I was with two people." Yang Rui smiled and handed over the certificate.

He didn't say that he had an appointment, he only said that he had come to apply, playing with words, and even if Van Gundy asked, it wasn't a lie.

The female assistant had just seen two similar certificates, and she also knew that the management had called someone to make an appointment for an interview today, so she smiled and said, "Sir, please come here." ”

"Thanks, I'll go in by myself." In order to avoid embarrassment, Yang Rui deliberately opened the assistant.

He knocked on the door first, and when he heard the sound of "please come in", he opened the door and walked in, and there were four men in the room, two of whom he recognized at a glance.

With a shiny head, slightly longer hair on the sides, and a little man who looks like Heihachi Mishima in the game of Tekken, it is none other than Jeff Van Gundy, who was born on January 19, 1962, well, he is actually only 35 years old.

Another guy in a suit is Xibodeo, much younger than Yang Rui's impression, with a flat head. Thibodeau is also very recognizable, and looks like Batman's old rival "Penguin".

The other two older whites he didn't know were the team's general manager, Ernie Grunfield, and Ken Boyd, who came to bid for an assistant coach.

Boyd is a very physical white guard with a 10-year career as an NCAA coach and a brief stint in the NBA in the '70s.

"Hello everyone, my friend introduced me to the interview, this is my ID." Yang Rui smiled at Thibodeau and Van Gundy, and then handed the documents to Ernie, who was sitting in the manager's seat.

Van Gundy was the most deciding person present and had to be curry-eyed.

Yang Rui's smile at Xibodu is to confuse the public, giving everyone an illusion, Yang Rui was introduced by Xibodeo, after this face-to-face, if asked, it doesn't matter if Yang Rui said that it was introduced by other friends.

Thibodeau also smiled at Yang Rui out of politeness, and both he and Boyd were surprised because Yang Rui was so young.

Is this Asian here to compete for a coach? Just kidding, right?

Ernie asked the question that everyone had in mind. "Your name is Jerry Young, and you're only 23 years old this year? Chinese? ”

"Well, I grew up in the United States, and today I just wanted a chance to show myself and participate in this assessment, and I knew that there was very little hope left, and I was very satisfied if I could learn something. Also ask the manager, Coach Van Gundy to give me this opportunity. After speaking, Yang Rui bowed politely to the two.

From the moment he came to the stadium to the time he entered the door, Yang Rui did everything he could.

As the saying goes, you don't hit a smiling person when you reach out, why don't you put your posture so low?

Ernie nodded, as if he had been introduced by a friend. Van Gundy also ignored the detail of how Yang Rui came to be.

The Knicks urgently need to hire an assistant coach, otherwise there will be no one to lead the team in the summer league in July, and they will have to find a fringe team to scout new talents.

"Okay, let's start the assessment now, everyone listen to my questions, and everyone has to answer." Van Gundy is in the right way.

The three people who came to compete for the teaching assistant all nodded solemnly.

Yang Rui breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, for him, the most important first hurdle was successfully passed.

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