NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first time I saw you was when I was a kid.

Chapter 97 I’m new here, please give me more advice

Madison Garden.

After D’Antoni entered the stadium, he quietly admired the stadium under the guidance of his assistant coach.

In fact, D’Antoni is not unfamiliar with this stadium.

He visited here when he was a player and when he coached the Nuggets, but his mood at that time was completely different from now.

When he was still coaching the Trail Blazers, he came here once as an assistant coach for the visiting team, so D’Antoni is not unfamiliar with Madison Garden.

But now tell him that this magnificent stadium will soon be his home stadium for coaching, and it will become his second home in the next 365 days.

D’Antoni couldn’t help but feel a little emotional. After entering the stadium, he saw those familiar faces.

Nash, Houston, Kurt…

These familiar faces made D’Antoni sigh.

It was such a roster that looked broken, and it was all a group of middle-aged and elderly people who had cut a gap in the East.

12 consecutive wins!

Even when D’Antoni coached in Italy and Europe, he never had such a smooth start.

Now that he has taken over the Knicks, D’Antoni still feels a little timid.

On the side.

During the window period when Don Cheney left, Herb Sendek worked for the Knicks as the acting head coach for a while.

Now that the Knicks have parachuted in a young assistant coach from a certain team, he is a little disdainful in his heart.

He is worried that this Italian guy named Mike D’Antoni is also a washed-up old man like Don Cheney.

That bad and out-of-touch tactical concept might make this new tactical assistant coach angry.

Although he was dissatisfied, when D’Antoni actually came to the scene to observe the training, Herb Sendek still arranged the team in advance and let the players greet the new head coach.

After a simple self-introduction and mutual understanding, D’Antoni officially became the head coach of the Knicks.

Then.

The Knicks had a hearty team training match.

Looking at the motivated Knicks players, D’Antoni seemed to have found the feeling when he first entered the NBA as a coach.

As early as when he was a player, D’Antoni stepped into the mysterious stage of the NBA, but his mediocre talent and touch made him unable to stay in this fertile soil after several twists and turns.

He had no choice but to travel to many places, and finally went to Italy and Europe to play.

He proved his player ability in Europe, and after retiring, he returned to the NBA to start his coaching career.

After so many years, D’Antoni still remembers his original intention when he returned here in a different identity.

Just like his slogan when he was a player, he wanted to become the best guard in the NBA.

Now this slogan has become to become the best head coach in the NBA!

“It really deserves to be the first in the East!”

At the end of the training game, D’Antoni couldn’t help but sigh.

He took the initiative to reach out and shake hands with the team’s assistants one by one, and stopped in front of Herb Sendek, saying with a smile: “Mr. Herb, it’s our first meeting, I’m glad to meet you!”

Herb Sendek politely reached out his hand in response.

The impression left by the team’s new coach was not abrupt, and even looked a little warm.

Before D’Antoni officially joined the Knicks, there were all kinds of rumors about the coaching staff.

But this exposed gentle temperament really surprised Herb Sendek, the acting head coach.

However, if you want to completely convince him and admit that the other party is not impeached as the head coach, it is obviously not enough to just keep a low profile. You still have to look at the coaching level.

“I have heard of your name for a long time. I have read many stories about the legendary NCAA coach’s counterattack to the NBA. I hope you can give me more advice in the future.”

Herb Sendek, who was blown up by rainbow farts, was a little overwhelmed.

Before D’Antoni came to the stadium, he thought countless times about how to make a bad face to drive the new coach away.

But the other party’s attitude… Humility is the best stepping stone no matter where you go.

The humility shown by D’Antoni was not only unanimously recognized by the Knicks coaching staff.

Even the players’ bench who had just finished the training game were hotly discussing.

“Wang, do you think the new coach’s coaching level is higher? Or is Don’s coaching level higher?”

Kurt Thomas looked at the strange atmosphere of the Knicks coaching staff and couldn’t help asking

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Wang Song didn’t have time to speak.

Alan Houston on the side answered:

“Come on, Kurt, I don’t know this new coach very well, but I know Don Cheney very well. Once the game is behind, that guy will only yell stupid things like (give the ball to Lan), (you must be resolute in playing this ball against Latrell), (the team’s offense is up to you).”

Nash smiled bitterly.

During this period, he didn’t feel deeply about Don Cheney’s coaching style, but just felt a little strange.

However, after Houston’s pause, it seems that there is a reason why the Knicks’ record was at the bottom before he came.

After the discussion, several people were looking forward to Wang Song’s opinion.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Wang Song saw that the topic could not be avoided, so he had to speak: “Mr. D’Antoni is a very promising coach. Compared with his coaching level, I want to know more about whether he will focus more on the outside or inside in the Knicks?”

Recalling D’Antoni, Wang Song’s most profound impression is still his coaching of the Rockets.

The Magic Ball running and gunning style was brought to the extreme. At that time, the Houston Rockets could be said to have a first-class spear, and almost pierced the champion Warriors that year in the Western Conference Finals.

Now that he has come to the Knicks, the firepower from the outside is equally fierce. What kind of results can D’Antoni train?

Thinking of this, Wang Song is somewhat looking forward to it!

“Is there any need to say this, Wang? I think no coach will bury the inside line of the Knicks!”

The Son of Wind patted his chest and promised.

Wang Song smiled and did not deny it.

That being said, no one can be sure how D’Antoni, who prefers the outside line and the team’s offense, will make decisions.

The Suns’ seven-second running and gunning created by D’Antoni coaching Nash is also a classic!

However, the Son of Wind in front of him seems to have no idea what kind of reborn performance he can play under this new coach.

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Madison Garden.

After two days of adjustment on the rest day, the Knicks ushered in their first game after the coaching change at home.

Against the Detroit Pistons!

The so-called second and third pick competition originally did not make fans too excited about this game, but the topic of this game was hyped up by major American media before the game.

They mainly focused on the Knicks’ coaching change and the Knicks’ winning streak!

As for Darko Milicic?

No one cares about this Serbian white guy who can’t even keep his rotation position in the Pistons.

What’s more, the third pick of the Knicks is not the target of this year’s rookie, but the top player in the league.

(End of this chapter)