All-Around Forward Swingman

New York has always been the holy land of basketball in the United States, whether it is Locke Park or Madison Square Garden, it is a relatively sacred place among street basketball and NBA players.

But New York's NBA team is a bit bleak. Since 1973, they haven't tasted the championship for 35 years.

Of course, they reached the Finals last time as a black eight, so they didn't beat the Spurs in the end. It didn't take a few years to think about it carefully, but since then the Knicks have begun to sink.

In particular, Isiah Thomas became the president of the team, relying on the owner's stupid money and signing all kinds of mindless contracts. In particular, he also likes to sign guards. For example, there were three guards in the team: Francis, Marbury, and Crawford.

You must know that these three are all teams that need the ball in their hands. It is no wonder that the team's record is good. In the end, Thomas personally served as the head coach in order to prove that his vision was right.

However, the level of signing and trading is not good. He has one thing that is still very enlightening, that is, the vision of the draft. Whether it's David Lee, Wilson Chandler, or Gallinelli, including Nate Robinson, they all played well.

It's not far from Washington DC to New York, and I had a good night's sleep at the hotel.

At around 9 o'clock, Adelman knocked on the door of Yang Shan's room.

"Good morning, coach." Yang Shan has finished washing up and is about to go to dinner.

"I'm here to tell you something. The president asked you to meet in his office at 10:30." Adel-Man looked at Yang Shan and said.

"He saw me? What's the matter?" Yang Shan froze for a moment, then asked casually.

"I don't know about this, but it's probably a good thing." Adelman said with a smile.

After a simple breakfast, Yang Shan was picked up by a car to the "Olympic Tower" building at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York.

Seeing Yang Shan, the secretary called inside and asked Yang Shan to go in.

"Please sit down, I'll finish approving this document." David Stern smiled at him, and then continued to look at his own documents.

After a few minutes, he finished the file.

"Coffee or tea?" Stern asked with a smile.

"Tea." Jiang Yixuan thought for a while and said.

"Anna, thank you for the two cups of Longjing." Stern pressed the phone, then looked at the restrained Yang Shan and smiled: "Don't be nervous, usually the players I invite have two situations, one is A Tai is the one who often makes troubles, and the other is you."

…‥ask for flowers

While speaking, Anna served the tea.

"The NBA is a business league. The most prominent word in the so-called business league is business. Like all companies, we are also a company. Our product is basketball games. The most important factor in this is the players. You also know ,As a game, there must always be gimmicks, and the NBA has always been like this, from the confrontation between the two towers in the 1960s, to the battle for hegemony in the 1970s, the black and white double evil in the 1980s, and the Bulls in the 1990s, the NBA has always been like this.”

Stern took a sip of tea and continued.

"The facade of the NBA is those superstars. After Jordan retired, I have been looking for a successor to Jordan, from Grant Hill, to Kobe, McGrady and even James. My original plan was to promote 24VS23 in the past two years. You know 23 It's not so much James, it's better to say that it's Jordan who has retired, but now it seems that my plan is going to fail."