NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 252: Queue up to apologize to Jiang Chao!

Jiang Chao put out his cigarette, and ESPN's summary of the season was playing on the projection TV, showing the drastic changes in each team after the regular season.

And finally their predictions for the playoffs.

This is a farewell season. The end of the Yao-Mai era, the decline of the Spurs and the Pistons. Fans have long been mentally prepared. When it comes, they will inevitably feel sad. Some farewells are like Allen Iverson's retirement and comeback.

Leaving the team again makes people feel panicked and at a loss as to what to do.

There is also the prediction that Arenas, who was optimistic about the Knicks before the season, will also retire with the Wizards... There will no longer be Agent 0 on the court.

In terms of management, the old Dunleavy was quickly laid off after the Clippers failed to make the playoffs. The Clippers have the intention of being the Knicks in the Western Conference. They only made it to the playoffs in the 2005 season. Perhaps it was the achievement of the white owner Jiang Chao that Dunleavy was eliminated.

It opened directly.

The Timberwolves also fired McHale, who had served in various positions with the Timberwolves since 1993. It is probably because he was still at the bottom of the Western Conference despite having two lottery picks this year, which caused dissatisfaction among all parties.

This can be regarded as the end of an era. We can no longer look at the draft with the same old eyes. Jonny Flynn and Rubio are just smoke and mirrors from the past. From the perspective of God now, McHale can obviously get Coha easily...

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Why this year is said to be farewell is also because the golden generation of 1996 is sadly receding.

This can be seen from this year's All-Star Game. The Platinum Generation officially dominated the league in 2003. Wade won the championship in 2006 with the help of the Olympic Sharks. James also entered the Finals in 2007. Anthony Bosh also proved his superstar status...

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Jiang Chao touched his chin. This was actually paving the way for James to win the MVP award, including creating suspense for the Rookie of the Year award.

Finally, Jiang Chao also listened to the predictions made by these so-called experts, and basically he was not optimistic about the Knicks. The reason is: new.

Too new.

More than half of the team has no playoff experience, and even if it does, it is only a little. Both Turkoglu and Okur have been labeled as insufficient superstars.

"Let's get killed by the Heat in 4-1 or 4-2."

The predictions of espn experts are that a sweep is unlikely. After all, the Knicks are also fourth. Fourth place is not brought by strong winds, but it is too difficult to defeat the experienced Heat.

So it seems reasonable and reasonable. Yang Yi Smith of the United States is also a Knicks fan, but he also feels that it is too difficult to play in a tiebreaker or even beat the Heat. The Knicks are all new from the coaching staff to the management, and the Heat are too old. He means the same.

Try to accumulate experience as much as possible this year, and the Knicks will be much more mature next year.

"This part is also shown to the players."

"Haha, okay."

"Let's go, go home and rest."

The older ones left first, and Jiang Chao also drove his supercar to the villa, humming a song on the way and couldn't help laughing.

Is the Knicks playoffs coming?

No, no, no, the Knicks’ No. 1 overall pick is coming too!

With 27 wins and 55 losses, the Big Bird is worthy of being a Big Bird. In the end, they lost 12 consecutive games and finally overtook the Pistons and became 13th in the Eastern Conference. This made Jiang Chao unable to help but laugh every time he saw this record.

Don't underestimate this pick. It's third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference, according to Downey Jr.'s analysis.

In addition to the 11.90% chance of the No. 1 pick, the chance of the No. 2 pick is 12.59%, and the chance of the No. 3 pick is 13.29%. Among the top 7, the Knicks have the highest chance of being in fifth place, reaching 35.01%, and the lowest chance of being in seventh place.

Only 1.26%.

So Jiang Chao has thought about it, okay? If he really finishes fifth or fourth, it would be perfect to find a way to package it up and get George Hayward. Hayward probably won't be in the top 10 this year.

This solution is really possible.

Because the fact is that this year's No. 1 pick is not the Nets, who have a 25% winning rate and are extremely bad, but the Wizards who have a better record than the Nets, Timberwolves, and Kings. Therefore, the Knicks still have the possibility of winning the championship in the playoffs.

of.

"Uncle Bird, I admit that you are indeed a big bird, and you are really decisive in this act."

And in the end, Sean Marks also reminded Jiang that the second-round pick was likely to be among the top three picks, because the Nets' worst second-round pick of the season was also in the hands of the Knicks, and was the product of the Yi Jianlian trade at that time.

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The next day.

Knicks team meeting.

It was like summarizing the conversation between the big guys last night and the players.

Then Dayao was very embarrassed, but he was also a responsible person. He took the initiative to express his apology to the whole team and waved the towel with the highest salary. He was too upset.

But Sean and others don't mind this. The management all know Jiang Chao's thirty-six strategies in the All-Star Game. If Yao Zhen comes back, now the Knicks are completely worthy of the Heat, right?

And originally, Dayao and the Rockets should still be at odds with each other. The NBA does not only play for one year. In the long run, a healthy Dayao is more effective than half of the players on the team combined.

The press officer came over to announce the specific rules, and the fight officially started four days later.

Best of 7 games, 2-2-1-1-1, the Knicks have home field advantage.

In the playoffs, you can take the initiative by putting pressure on your opponent first, so the first two home games are very important.

Stevens' initial strategy for the Heat is to defend Wade alone outside the three-point line and double-team the defense once he gets inside the free throw line, determined not to allow him to break through and open up space.

Then Messina also said to everyone:

"The Heat's advantage is physical strength and intensity. They have the strongest defensive toughness in the league. This is what we need to strengthen recently. These days, swimming and long-distance running are arranged. As a young team, we cannot lose in terms of physical fitness!"

Turk Drew: "Yes, the Heat have always prioritized physical fitness and attitude when recruiting players. We need to learn from their team cohesion."

Everyone's eyes were filled with determination when he said this. After hearing what Sean Marks said about a lot of the grievances and grievances between the Knicks and the Heat, can you not get excited?

Curry said directly:

"Without further ado, how about blowing them up!!!!"

Harden was also made very gay by Curry:

"I'm still with you!"

Ibaka: "And me!!"

"I!"

"I!"

"I!"

"For the Knicks!"

"It is our duty to restore the glory of the Knicks!"

Beverley is Jiang Chao's old horse boy. These words made Jiang Chao hide his face in embarrassment. Jiang Chao said these words on the first day he came to the Knicks. Now Beverley said them exactly as they were, and he could listen.

The creator of this famous sentence is very embarrassed.

But the effect was very good, everyone shouted along. Indeed, when the victory of a series is related to the history of the team, the sense of honor suddenly rises.

Even Yi Jianlian raised his hands and shouted, Jiang Chao laughed out loud at his awkward movements.

For some reason, the reserved and restrained personalities of Asians are incompatible with these people, but Dayao blended in very naturally and raised his hands very high.

In fact, Jiang Chao is not so high before the game. He belongs to the chicken soup style. He is at his highest stage when he enjoys watching the game at the end.

Then he immediately shouted:

"Knicks championship!"

"Obligated!"

Fuck the Lakers championship, after he comes, the slogan will be the Knicks!

After the players and management chatted, everyone turned to look at the legendary boss who had been sitting there. Jiang Chao hadn't gone anywhere recently. He was just quietly preparing for the team. Everyone wanted to hear a few words from him.

D'Antoni: "Boss, can you say a few words?"

Curry and others all looked at Jiang Chao in high spirits.

When it comes to talking about the King of Chicken Soup, the person in front of me has not spoken, so no one can say that he is the King of Chicken Soup.

The new members of Dr. Carter's team looked at each other in confusion. Why did they feel that they were looking at Jiang Chao as if they were looking at a priest...

Jiang Chao smiled and waved his hand:

"No, you have already said it for me. Everyone has played hard in the regular season. Then, adjust your condition well in the past few days and don't practice extra without permission. Your health is the most important thing."

Then he suddenly got serious:

"In the end, I don't want the playoff team to have any violations. The playoffs are the real beginning of the season. I don't want the team to go out in the first round and ruin a season's hard work, you know?"

"Know!"

"clear!"

The players all nodded heavily, and the agent was very leader-like at this time. He stared directly at everyone and said:

"Did you hear that? Prepare for war with all your strength and don't make any mistakes!"

It smells like Jiang Chao's first agent.

"Take it one game at a time, analyze your opponents well, and in the playoffs, I will be with you in every game, for the Knicks!"

"For the Knicks!"

"For the Knicks!"

Jiang Chao finally motioned for everyone to put their hands down:

"Well, the last is an extra reward. Thank you everyone for finally entering the playoffs with the fourth record in the Eastern Conference. As a reward, each person will receive a bonus of 100,000 US dollars and 100 tickets for all Super Entertainment movies next year. Remember to share them with relatives and friends.

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“The boss is mighty!”

“The boss is awesome!”

"Thank you boss!"

A classic bite of honey with one fist!

Jiang Chao's experience as a manager is getting richer and richer, and he is an old capitalist. I warn you in advance and let everyone feel refreshed at the end.

Matthews, whose annual salary is only hundreds of thousands, is the most surprising.

Until now, he has not made 100,000 US dollars. This is the first time in his life that he has seen so much money. He almost cried when he thought about this.

What I'm crying about is why Jiang Chao didn't join the Knicks last year. He found himself last year, and he didn't have to live a hard life for another year!

100,000 US dollars, for Jiang Chao, this money is like running water.

But it was an extra surprise for everyone present.

Including Sean Marks:

"Um...do we have it?"

Stevens and others also raised their heads, their eyes filled with anticipation.

"have."

"Long live!"

"Long live the boss!"

"Boss Jiang, we are not following the wrong person!"

Clifford shouted yes and looked at each other with Turk Drew. Damn it, the Magic boss is not as generous as Jiang Chao at all. He shouts more energetically than the players.

"Boss, can you please leave it to Coach Clifford? He wants to buy defensive equipment again to torture us!"

I don't know who shouted something in the crowd.

Clifford squinted his eyes and stared at the players:

"Who said that?"

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Next, it depends on the performance of the players at that time. It is no longer something Jiang Chao and the management can change.

Jiang Chao had nothing to do. He locked himself in the study room of his villa like a coder, wore headphones, listened to music, and wrote articles. From time to time, he would video chat with Pei Xiuzhi, talk on the phone, and learn Korean.

Pei Rabbit is finishing work on "Introduction to Architecture" recently, and is waiting for Jiang Chao to set a release date.

Jiang Chao was not at all anxious about this, and would wait until his chaebol trip, no, South Korea trip. In the video, Pei Rabbit rested his head on his hands and looked at Jiang Chao with a look of resentment, which reminded him of the Internet cafe Internet dating back in the day.

But at this moment, a piece of NBA news of special concern popped up on the lower right side of Super Chat, that is, the NBA regular season awards were also released.

This is the final answer sheet for all players. They are usually selected before the first round of the playoffs. It is considered a year-end summary.

Some players' self-confidence will indeed become very different after being blessed with honors.

And Jiang Chao saw the column for Best Rookie at a glance:

No. 3 pick James Harden!

"I guess Harden beat Griffin and Evans?"

Jiang Chao was stunned for a moment, how cool is that?

This kind of good thing must be appreciated slowly and finally.

"Pei Rabbit, let's not chat for now. Let me see who the MVP is."

"Humph, Oppa doesn't like me."

"Who said I like you&..."

"But I like you!"

"Have a good time filming and don't think too much."

"I want to be by your side like Sister Hashimoto and watch football with you..."

Seeing Jiang Chao's eyes completely fixed on other parts of the computer, Pei Rabbit stared at Jiang Chao as he read the article seriously. He was so mesmerized that he almost laughed out of her soft lips.

The flow went down.

MVP winner: LeBron James.

After the US media broke the news in advance that James had won the MVP, today it was officially announced that LeBron once again "dominates the world."

"The Emperor" also officially became the 10th player in history to win the regular season MVP.

In addition to James, Russell, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Bird, "Magic" Johnson, Jordan, Duncan and Nash have all been elected as regular season MVPs...

Averaged 29.7 points, 8.6 assists and 7.3 rebounds per game, which is really top-notch data.

Then the best defensive player was given to Howard of the Magic, which is reasonable.

Howard's defensive statistics this season are 13.2 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game. He is the league's rebounding leader and block leader. In the history of the league, the only players who have topped these two statistics in a single season include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton.

, Olajuwon and Ben Wallace.

"So this guy must come into his arms." Jiang Chao couldn't help but applaud after seeing Howard, who was playing happily, still being the best defensive player. He actually couldn't wait for his arrival next season.

Sixth Man of the Year: Crawford

Most Improved Player of the Year: Brooks (Rockets). It was because of McGrady’s injury that Brooks averaged 19.7 points per game, an increase of 8.4 points compared to last season, ranking first in the league in improvement. In addition, Brooks’s performance this season

The number of assists has reached 5.3, and he is the only three players in the league whose assists have increased by more than 2 times.

Coach of the Year: Brooks (Thunder)

This is quite reasonable. After all, the Cavaliers' winning rate has nothing to do with the coach. However, Brooks can coordinate the young players to be second in the Western Conference, which is still very good.

Jiang Chao was also very happy to win the General Manager of the Year award, Sean Marks.

Comfortable, but the media commented that half of this award was also awarded to Knicks owner Jiang Chao, which suddenly raised the Knicks from fourth from last to fourth last year. Who else?? It started operating this year, and finally

The best general manager must belong to the Knicks.

All-NBA first team: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade, Howard, of which James and Howard have perfect scores.

"Dianwei is in a hurry. I want to see if you can pass our test on a single core."

It can be seen from this that the league is a bit even-handed, and David Stern has always been very good to Wade, with someone selected for every team.

The All-Defensive Team is composed of the league's best defensive player Howard, MVP James and last season's Finals MVP Kobe. In addition, Celtics point guard Rondo and Bobcats forward Wallace were also honored to be selected to the first team.

In addition, the Rockets' Battier and Ariza also received votes, but no one from the Knicks received votes. Is this looking down on the Knicks' defense?

But it is true that at this stage, the Knicks do not have any particularly outstanding defensive players, and Beverley, who will be particularly outstanding in the future, is only a marginal substitute...

But but!

It seems that the players have no chance to compete with the Knicks, but for the next two rookie awards, Knicks players can get all they can!

The Rookie of the Year option clearly says: James Harden!

In fact, Jiang Chao has thought about it, because Harden's statistics have surpassed Evans, and coupled with the Knicks' record, Harden, the Knicks' starting shooting guard, really deserves this award.

However, ESPN rated him higher. He averaged 20 points per game and was the fourth rookie in the past ten years to score 20 points in a rookie season!!

Harden's assists per game are also far ahead among rookies, followed by Evans with 5.3!

"Congratulations, Harden."

The super chat player group has already been talking about it. Harden's award is the first Knicks player to win this season.

The second one is right behind.

Stephen Curry!

All-Rookie Team: Evans (Kings), Harden, Curry, Griffin (Clippers), Gibson (Thunder)

First of all, it is indeed the year of guards. In fact, three of the best rookie teams are guards. Curry squeezed out Jennings and DeRozan.

But no one pays attention to whether it is the Year of the Guard.

Everyone only knows that the Knicks are really having a youthful storm this year, and the two major lottery picks have been selected for the All-Rookie Team!!!

Who else!!

This is the true talent of the draft.

There are a bunch of people in the forum who follow suit:

“Line in line to apologize!”

"When I came here, I knelt down for Jiang Chao. Is it too late to kneel down now?"

"I apologize!"

"I'm in line! Miane!"

"sorry!"

"Sorry!! Best Rookie, Best Rookie Team!! The Coha team is invincible!"

"The best two-man backcourt in 2009!!! Can they surpass Wade who was in the best team?"

"Try it!! Anyway, I apologized first! You guys keep up with me!"

And it’s a very exaggerated thing that only Detonator knows.

That is, Gibson was also recommended by Jiang Chao.

In other words, when only 5 of the 60 rookies last year could be selected for the All-Rookie Team, Jiang Chao guessed 3 by himself????

wtf???

Boss Jiang is making a lot of money!!

After seeing the Best Rookie Award, Mr. Pu couldn't sit still. He couldn't help but call Jiang Chao directly to congratulate him and flatter him a lot.

The last sentence came:

"Brother, are there any good rookies this year that you would recommend me to choose? It's okay, we only know about it, and I'll pay for your knowledge!"