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D’Antoni approached Li Zhen to talk to him about tactics for the new season.

After passing the rookie stage, Li Zhen gained different privileges in the Knicks than the calves.

In Mavericks, Carlisle will not discuss tactics with Li Zhen, what he wants Li Zhen to do is execute.

In the Knicks, Li Zhen’s rights are very large, and D’Antoni also values Li Zhen.

D’Antoni watched most of Li Zhen’s games, and he believed that Li Zhen was the number one defender in his mind!

Can pass, score, defend!

“Li, what position do you want to play?” D’Antoni asked.

“It’s okay, listen to the coach’s arrangement.” Li Zhen replied.

D’Antoni is very satisfied with Li Zhen’s humble attitude, although he knows that Li Zhen is only polite, but this politeness is also very important.

People respect each other, D’Antoni said in a deliberative tone: “I think about it this way, in the new season, you come to play point guard, push fast counterattack and run bomb, and increase the number of rounds of the team…”

D’Antoni talked about his proud run-and-bomb, and he believed Lee could do what Nash did.

Li Zhen proposed after D’Antoni finished speaking: “Coach, I think we need to increase the team’s three-point shooting and blocking applications, and the shooters in our team can be mobilized.” ”

“How many three-point shots do you think we need to go up to?” D’Antoni asked.

“Forty times or so, we have enough outside range.” Li Zhen replied.

Li Zhen, Danny Green, Gallinari all have good three-pointers, and Xiaosi can also go and develop it.

“What about the blocking?” D’Antoni asked.

“I can have a strong deal of confidence with Tyson or Amare blocking, which focuses on attacking the basket or pulling out to finish the three-pointer…”

“In terms of efficiency, the basket and three-pointers are the most efficient in scoring, and the mid-range is the least cost-effective.”

Li Zhen also told D’Antoni about his proud three-point and basket-based efficiency.

Li Zhen’s idea of a small-ball tactic is subversive, more thorough than D’Antonis, but also in line with D’Antonis’s coaching philosophy, D’Antoni is not very difficult to accept such tactics, he also feels crazy.

“What do you think of defense?” D’Antoni continued to talk about defense.

“Our defense also needs to emphasize the change of defense, we now have enough talent in the configuration of each position defensively, outside me and Tony, Danny can change several positions, inside Tyson is dominant, he will freeze the paint area, as long as our tacit understanding increases, we can use defense to defend the vast majority of the team’s attack.”

D’Antoni kept nodding, and he felt that communicating with Li Zhen was the right choice.

Li Zhen’s statement not only fights running and bombing, but also adds the flaws of running and bombing.

In this way, the deficiencies of positional attack and defense have been supplemented.

Li Zhen felt a little funny when he saw D’Antonis’s thoughtful look.

This in itself was the tactical philosophy of D’Antoni when he was in charge of Harden in a previous life.

Using his ideas to convince him is a wonderful feeling.

After D’Antoni finished chatting with Li Zhen, he went to the coaching staff to ponder tactics.

Li Zhen gave him a lot of new ideas.

On the first day of training, D’Antoni did not arrange any confrontational training.

He just arranged for each player to gradually adapt to the intensity of the training.

The main task of the Knicks team today is to shoot makeup photos for the season!

Lee Zhen, Smalls, Tyson Chandler, Felton, Gallinari, Danny Green, Tony Allen, Livingston, Fields, Mozgov, Douglas, Mason, Bill Walker!

This is the Knicks’ main rotation and bench for the new season.

There are still a lot of unknown players on the team to compete for the remaining two team spots!

The Knicks’ roster is worth looking forward to.

On paper, there are Lee Zhen and Xiaos, and Chandler, Gallinari, Tony Allen and others have proven that they are good role players.

In this way, there are still many players who can play in the new season for the Knicks.

But in fact, except for these few people, the rest of them are almost all players below the level, what Douglas, Roberts, Li Zhen’s impression of them is average.

When taking makeup photos, the original veteran only Gallinari was the core to take pictures with three new reinforcements.

Gallinari is a big man with outside range and is shooting nearly 40 percent from three-point range, averaging 15 points per game with the Knicks last season.

Gallinari felt lucky not to be traded by New York.

After experiencing the lights of New York, he was reluctant to leave here.

Gallinari is also looking forward to the new season, and in his opinion, Li Zhen may not have enough leadership skills, and he will need to step up at that time.

Li Zhen, Chandler, Gallinari, and Xiaosi came to take pictures as the core of the Knicks.

After taking makeup photos, Li Zhen went to the news interview hall under the leadership of the director of the public relations department!!

“Click!!”

Crowds of reporters filled the interview hall.

From the number of media, you can see the impact of Li Zhen’s joining New York!

This is the first time in nearly a decade that New York has ushered in a supergiant!

Li Zhen is not a player who has not seen the world, and he accepts everything calmly.

ESPN’s reporter was the first to ask: “Lee, what is your goal in coming to the Knicks?” Are you sure to beat the Heat at this stage? ”

Li Zhen replied: “I came here to lead the Knicks back to the stage of competing for the Finals, this is the world’s largest metropolis, if you run as a supporting role for a long time, it will be a harm to New York fans, I am looking forward to the battle with the Heat, as for whether it can be beaten, no one is absolutely sure, the NBA has no weak brigade.” ”

Li Zhen’s words were very polite, he was not afraid of the Heat, but respected the NBA.

The reporter asked: “What did you learn from the experience of the finals?” ”

Li Zhen said with a smile: “Maintain a growth mentality, have the will not to give up, no matter the outcome of winning or losing, you need to grow and learn to change what you are not doing well in the next game.” ”

The reporter asked: “What do you think of James joining the Heat. ”

Li Zhen said: “This is his choice, but if I were him, I wouldn’t go, of course, maybe I didn’t understand the feeling of longing for the championship, after all, I have already won it, and the feeling of getting the championship is actually average.” ”

Li Zhen’s attitude made reporters write hard to write.

How does it feel like winning a championship?

It’s the same as Mr. Ma’s “I’m not interested in money” attitude!

The reporter asked, “What prompted you to leave the Mavericks and come to the Knicks?” ”

Li Zhen smiled and said, “Challenge! I want to really lead a team to success, it’s not difficult to win a championship around Dirk, I have little interest in championships, mainly to challenge the challenge. ”

As last season’s championship winner and finals MVP, Li Zhen pretended to say.

The reporter asked: “What do you think of the current Knicks?” Do you still need reinforcements? ”

Li Zhen replied: “My teammates are great, as for whether to strengthen or not, you need to talk to Donnie about this.” ”

The reporter asked: “There are rumors that you manipulated the Knicks management to operate? ”

Li Zhen shrugged and said, “It’s normal to discuss the formation of the lineup with the coach and general manager.” ”

The reporter asked: “What do you want to say to Knights fans?” ”

Li Zhen shrugged and said: “No thanks” for leading the Knicks to success, Dolan has already paid for it, this is what I should do.” ”

Very pretentious!

If you haven’t succeeded, let’s say no thanks!

Li Zhen said and smiled.

He coped with the media more and more easily and freely.

Throughout the interview, Li Zhen brought a touch of “compulsion”!

As a champion member and Grand Finals MVP.

This feeling of pretending is really cool!!