That afternoon, Edison brought George Wood to the training ground and introduced him to everyone calmly.
But everyone is not a fool. Everyone knows Edison's level and ability. He was the best coach in the league last season. He also has Thibodeau, the best assistant coach in the league, to assist him. What kind of tactical consultant is needed? If so,
If you are worried about his lack of experience, you should find a head coach who has coached in the league instead of an NCAA coach.
So no one said anything on the surface, but in their hearts they knew that things were definitely not as simple as Edison said.
There is no airtight wall in this world. Although neither Otis nor Edison deliberately spread any information in order to maintain the stability of the team, a club is only that big in total, and the total number of personnel is only a few dozen.
Moreover, the sudden addition of someone to the coaching staff was so obvious that the media with keen sense of smell soon noticed the changes within the Magic team.
There are only things in this world that reporters are not allowed to tell, and there is nothing that reporters cannot find out.
Soon a series of changes within the Magic team were exposed, and then the weird side of the city of Orlando was exposed. The "Orlando Sentinel", which has always been a fan of Edison, actually conducted an investigation inexplicably, "If Edison leaves,
Do you think it would be better for that coach to take over the Magic?"
In fact, this is not the first time the media in Orlando has done this. They had done similar things before the Sharks and before Howard left. The result was that the players were completely sad and disappointed and no longer had any interest in this place.
Nostalgic, and then left resolutely.
That is to say, Edison knew how pissed the locals in Orlando were, and was mentally prepared in advance, so he didn't pay special attention to it.
But this also caused an uproar throughout the league. For a while, many clubs couldn't sit still. Even the Cavaliers, who had always been against Edison in the past, urgently contacted Edison to see if it was possible to recruit this hot coach to their team.
Therefore, in the opinion of many experts, the Magic have reached a very critical moment. The team's performance has just started to improve. If civil strife occurs at this time and the players' mentality changes, then there will be no need to play the remaining games.
Although there are mountains and rain outside, the wind is filling the building, or the dark clouds are overwhelming and destroying the city, the situation within the Magic team is not as serious as others thought, and the team is still very stable.
First of all, Edison is stable. He really likes this team and intends to make the greatest contribution to the team. Therefore, he thinks clearly that the team can be unkind, but he cannot be unjust. He still leads the team in training in a down-to-earth manner.
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And Edison's prestige on this team is far beyond what many people imagined. From the coaching staff to the players, he found almost everyone single-handedly, so if he is stable, others will be stable as well.
The new George Wood is also trying to win over a few people in the team and make some small moves. Of course, it would be best if he can directly remove Edison.
Generally speaking, to form a clique, you need to find people who have conflicts with Edison or who are dissatisfied with their current situation, but there is really no magic for these two types of people.
Although Edison usually scolds players harshly, he scolds everyone evenly, so no one feels they are being harshly criticized. In addition, he gets along with everyone in life, so there is no conflict.
As for players who are dissatisfied with the status quo, there are players on every team, and they should be easy to find, but the Magic's weird age composition has made a big difference.
Generally speaking, those who are easily dissatisfied with the status quo are Mesozoic players around 25 years old. Old players over 30 years old have more experience and can understand everything. Although young players are young and energetic, they have no fame or confidence.
The positioning given to oneself is low. Even people like Kobe Bryant were honest in the Lakers when they were young and never made trouble. Only those in the 25-year-old age group will value playing time more and want to express themselves because of pressure from all aspects.
It is easier to become dissatisfied with the status quo.
But the Magic players are now old, young, and young. There are only two players in the Mesozoic generation, Brand and Gerald Wallace. Brand is now the core of the team's inside, and he can only rely on to move up.
With his own performance, the team can no longer help him much. Although Gerald Wallace does want to play more, he has a better personality, so he still wants to fight on his own and does not want to do anything wrong.
As for the veterans, Nash couldn't be more comfortable, and Hardaway is a person who can accept a salary cut in order to play, so he will naturally not make trouble. As for the rookies, let alone them, Edison will shut up when he stares.
As a result, George had been busy for a long time and gained nothing. Instead, he left a bad impression among the players. No one listened to what he said.
So when the outside world thought that the Magic was about to collapse, the team went against the trend.
First, they defeated the Bulls 97-112 on the road.
Before the start of this game, the NBA announced the Eastern and Western awards for the previous week. The best in the Eastern Conference happened to be won by Hinrich of the Bulls. The Bulls are now fifth in the Eastern Conference, beating the Magic by 0.5 wins. Hinrich every game last week
He can contribute 20.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 8.7 assists. The most important thing is to win all three games. The best in the Western Conference was taken by Duncan. The Spurs' record is first in the Western Conference. Duncan contributed 27.2 points and 11.7 points per game last week.
A rebound.
The Rookie of the Week award is very interesting. Although many people thought before the start of the season that this year would be dominated by the North Carolina Gang, they were not the best in the Eastern and Western Conferences in the first month. It was Paul and Bogut. Now the third
There is nothing to do with them in the first week of two months. The West is the Hornets' Paul, and the East is the Magic's Roy. Roy had amazing performances in several games last week, even more impressive than Paul.
In the game, Hinrich, the Bulls' leading point guard, took the limelight of the Weekly Player of the Week and performed extremely well. However, he pricked his finger midway through the game and only played 29 minutes. However, during his playing time, he made 9 goals in 18 shots, plus
He made free throws and scored 25 points.
Hinrich played well, but the performance of other players was not satisfactory. The Bulls' second scoring point, Ben Gordon, had no touch when being defended, but this guy was also very stubborn. The less he missed the shot, the happier he was. After the game
According to the statistics, he only made 5 of 20 shots, 0 of 7 3-pointers, and finally managed to score 14 points through free throws.
On the other hand, the Magic played a consistent statistical style, with 5 players on the team scoring in double figures.
Martin, who came off the bench, once again set off a scoring storm. He made 12 of 19 shots, including 3 of 4 three-pointers. Plus free throws, he scored a game-high 32 points and was elected the best of the game.
The Bulls don't have Curry inside who can't defend well. Although the current power forward Darius Songela works hard, he is not talented enough to stop Brand. The captain scored a stable 23 points and 10 rebounds.
Likewise, Magic's backup big man Josh Smith also scored 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Nash continued as usual, not attacking himself but helping his teammates, and scored 10 points and 15 assists.
After Roy's outstanding performance in several games, other teams began to pay more attention to him and their defensive intensity increased. However, he still relied on his comprehensive skills to score 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
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However, not everyone is proud of the Magic. After Howard met Big Ben in the last game, he met Tyson Chandler again in this game. He was also defended and had no chance to perform.
After beating the Bulls, the Magic didn't have any time to rest and went to play the New Jersey Nets in back-to-back games.
The Nets management now particularly regrets sending away Kidd last season. After Kidd left, they fell directly from a stable top four in the Eastern Conference to now fighting for playoff tickets.
In this game, the Nets' big man, Martin, was unable to play because he sprained his ankle before. As a result, their inside line was completely destroyed by the Magic.
Howard, who had been depressed for two games, finally released all his energy. His 16 points, 21 rebounds and 6 blocks made the world see the horror of World of Warcraft again. In his eyes, the Nets' insiders were like ** and drank sleeping pills.
Loli didn't make any difference, and she completely let him do whatever he wanted. In the second quarter, there were even two instances where he grabbed three offensive rebounds in a row under the basket.
Howard's performance made Buck Williams, the Nets legend who appeared as a guest commentator, denounced it as "malicious data brushing." Of course, it was just a joke. He mainly wanted to express his dissatisfaction with the Nets insiders.
The Nets could only rely on Carter, who could no longer fly, to support themselves. Although he was defended closely by Iguodala and Gerald Wallace, he still scored 28 points, but
Unfortunately, other teammates are really not good enough.
The Magic defeated the Nets by 30 points 122-92 in the end, and performed amazingly in the second game of back-to-back games.
After playing against the Nets, the Magic players rested for two days to face the Nuggets.
Although Melo performed bravely and once again showed his singles museum style, scoring 36 points, the Magic still had the last laugh with their superior team performance.
104-101, Melo was outstanding throughout the game, or conversely, Iguodala, who had nothing to do with Anthony throughout the game, performed a miracle at the last moment. He miraculously succeeded in stealing the moment before Anthony took action, forcing
The Nuggets fouled. Then they deliberately missed the second free throw, leaving the ball in the air and running out of time.
After the game, Edison, who had been holding back his resentment, couldn't bear it anymore and raised his arms and roared on the sidelines.
The Magic's three-game winning streak also shattered some teams' attempts to take advantage. It was only then that they realized that this Magic was no longer the Magic at the beginning of the season. They were now very strong and no longer knew what was happening.
It feels like it has climbed to third place in the Eastern Conference.
But the most important thing is that Edison's three-game winning streak has made all those within the Magic shut their mouths, and they have lost their reason to blame Edison.
However, the good times did not last long. Just when the Magic were planning to further win in a row to boost their morale, they encountered the powerful Heat.
A year later, Howard was still a child in front of O'Neal, and World of Warcraft was just a bubble of fantasy in front of the real sharks. It was only in front of Wade that Roy realized what the top NBA superstars were like.
98-107, the Heat won. Throughout the game, the Magic never took a lead and were suppressed by the Heat. Every time the Magic finally launched a wave of offensive Chao and tried to overtake the score, Wei
De always uses unreasonable actions to score points, pushing the magic that he just wanted to breathe back into the water again.
After the loss, the people within the Magic began to stir up troubles again. For a while, the words "according to the Magic's internal staff" flooded the NBA sections of various media outlets.
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