"What? Is there a problem?" Yang Mo looked up at Isiah Thomas and asked...
"Harrington only has one year left on his expiring contract. I think he was the best offensive player on the entire team last season. If he leaves, the team will not have a real scorer."
Isaiah Thomas truthfully stated what was in his heart.
Hearing this, Yang Mo looked at the lineup carefully again, frowned even more, and said: "To be honest, I really don't know what D'Antoni is thinking. Six of the twelve players are forwards, and including me, there are seven."
That’s it. There is only one center forward who can stand in the penalty area, Milicic. This is so unreasonable.”
When Isiah Thomas heard this, he shook his head in distress and said, "I don't know what the plan is in his head. I only know that now we must tear down and rebuild."
"Can all these players be replaced? I think this is a terrible lineup." Yang Mo said very directly.
"Um...this is very difficult, man. When the training camp starts, you get in touch with them first. If you don't like anyone, I will trade them away. Everything is up to you, and I will be responsible for the specific operations. How about it?"
Isiah Thomas clarified the division of labor between the two of them very directly, acting like the best partner.
"That's all we can do. I hope these guys can give me a little surprise and don't let me kick them all away." Yang Mo muttered and put the player list in his pocket.
Then, after a few words of greeting, he turned and left. When he walked out of the door, he happened to see D'Antoni walking towards him. Yang Mo wanted to chat with him a few more words, but in the end, this guy just smiled at Yang Mo and then left.
It is not difficult to see from this action that D'Antoni does not like Yang Mo. There is no place for Yang Mo in his tactical system. I don't know if it is because Yang Mo taught him a lesson when he led the Heat last season.
In this regard, Yang Mo just shrugged his shoulders and didn't take it seriously at all. He was no longer a young guy who just entered the NBA. If D'Antoni really wants to go against Yang Mo now, he will definitely be the one to leave with everything covered.
, after all, Yang Mo is a shareholder of msg, and the team has established that he is the core. These days, it is not uncommon for stars to drive away head coaches. D'Antoni really has nothing to show for it, he only plays with a run-and-gun tactic.
In the world, strictly speaking, he is not even a first-line head coach. What a shame?
D'Antoni is not really disgusted with Yang Mo. After all, the healthy Yang Mo is indeed a quasi-first-line star who can single-handedly reverse the course of the game, and his talent in running and gunning is amazing.
So he had a grudge against Yang Mo entirely because of Isiah Thomas. He regarded Yang Mo as Isiah Thomas's man. But Isiah Thomas was the one who took away his position as general manager. He was previously the Knicks' general manager.
The head coach also serves as the general manager and has full control over the life and death of the team. Now, Isiah Thomas is back. His status has plummeted and he has become an ordinary head coach. It depends on Isiah Thomas's face.
Said son.
Under such a strong gap, it is impossible not to have some negative emotions. After all, he is not a saint or gentleman.
Three days later, the Knicks players officially assembled, which meant the new season had officially arrived, and media interviews were opened that day.
After taking a family photo of the team, Yang Mo was surrounded by the huge New York media.
As the largest city in the United States and even the world, New York's reporters are inherently arrogant, so their first question was to Yang Mo in a very critical tone: "Yang, now the Knicks
You have established yourself as a new core player, do you think you have the ability to carry the hopes of New York City on your shoulders?"
"Of course, why not?" Yang Mo tilted his head and asked, "I'm here just to lead the Knicks to glory. Although everyone now thinks the Knicks are a bad team, it doesn't matter. After you have me,
, it will become a championship-level team within three years.”
"We will get LeBron James next year, so I am very confident that you will become a championship-level team in three years." Immediately, a reporter below said this.
Obviously, the Knicks reporters still do not regard Yang Mo as the savior of the Big Apple City. In their view, Yang Mo is at best the Robin next to Batman. They position Yang Mo as a second-in-command, nothing more.
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However, Yang Mo did not come all the way here just to be the second in command. Moreover, mentioning LeBron James's name in front of him was really impolite and unfriendly. At that moment, he said: "LeBron James can't save New York.
Only I can do it. In a month, you will find out how stupid you are now!"
With that said, he turned around and left.
Yang Mo is not afraid of offending this group of uncrowned kings. Anyway, he has already fallen out with the group of basketball commentators. He does not expect to see any positive news about himself from sports newspapers. These reporters still want to give him
It would be a big mistake to show off one's power by oneself. Other players may be afraid of the media's criticism, but Yang Mo does not accept this trick. Hasn't he been scolded by the sports media a lot in the past year since his debut? The result is that he has been having sex all the way.
Those idiots who slapped each other have faces like pig heads?
Yang Mo left the training hall without looking back and went directly to the locker room. He lay down on the comfortable massage chair and closed his eyes to relax. He didn't pay attention to the reporters outside who were complaining and scolding loudly. They could do whatever they liked. They were angry anyway.
It wasn't Yang Mo's body that was bad.
Yang Mo lay on the massage chair and hummed for a while. Rookies Jordan Hill and Tony Douglas, who wore afro hair, walked in first. After all, they didn't have any reporters. When they came in, they saw Yang Mo lying there humming.
They looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then ran over to say hello: "Super-yang, my name is Jordan Hill (Tony Douglas). Please give me your advice in the future."
Yang Mo opened his eyes and looked at them, nodded and said, "Are you the rookies this year? I was just like you last year, I hope you can..."
Before Yang Mo could finish his words, an angry shout came from the door: "Rookie, hurry up and buy me some water. I'm dying of thirst."
The two of them glanced at the door and then at Yang Mo who was interrupted.
Just when they were about to go out to buy water, Yang Mo slowly stood up and turned around, only to see Eddie Curry standing at the door with his eyes wide open and a fierce look on his face.
When Eddy Curry saw Yang Mo, he subconsciously dodged and did not dare to look directly at him. After all, when the two met last season, he was dealt with badly.
"Are you thirsty?" Yang Mo glanced at him sideways and asked in a neutral tone.
"Cough." Eddy Curry pretended to cough and said calmly: "I have a little dry mouth."
"I'm thirsty too." Yang Mo said still indifferently.
When Eddy Curry heard this, he thought about it with his fat head, and quickly shouted to Jordan and Hill: "Why don't you go buy water quickly? The boss is thirsty, didn't you hear?"
"Okay, okay." The two rookies quickly agreed to buy water. At this time, Yang Mo stopped them with his hand and turned to Eddy Curry: "I mean, you go buy water."
"Ah? I'm going to buy water?" Eddy Curry didn't react, and tried to correct Yang Mo's thinking: "But according to the rules, it's the rookies who buy the water."
"My rule is, whoever is the fattest gets to buy water. Aren't you convinced?" Yang Mo's tone was still very calm, but subconsciously he was already cracking his fingers, making a loud crunching sound, and the sound penetrated into Eddie Curry's voice.
He was so frightened that he thought the violent demon Yang Mo was going to blow his head off, so he nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, okay, I'll buy it, I'll buy it."
With that said, he quickly turned around and left.
After driving away the annoying guy Eddy Curry, Yang Mo lay back on the massage chair.
"Thank you, super-yang!" The two of them quickly expressed their gratitude to Yang Mo.
"You scoring more points on the court is the greatest thank you to me." Yang Mo said with a smile: "In my eyes, you are people who can contribute to the team, so I favor you. As for the fat guy,
He will be pardoned in a few days so as not to pollute the fresh air in our locker room."
"Well, we will definitely play well." Both of them nodded, and they subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the legendary violent devil is not so scary. In the past, they thought that playing under Yang Mo would be very unpleasant.
Unexpectedly, Yang Mo was so kind and even helped them speak up. Immediately, they felt good about him and their loyalty surged.
After a while, other players came back one after another. Some came to say hello, and some ignored Yang Mo who was lying on the massage chair. Obviously, there were still people in the team who were not particularly convinced by Yang Mo.
Yang Mo didn't speak immediately, correcting the attitude of those people, until the panting Eddie Curry bought the drink back.
The moment he took the drink from Eddy Curry, Yang Mo stood up slowly. After looking around, he patted Eddy Curry on the shoulder and said, "You did a good job. Remember, I'm the one."
The leader of the team, unlike some people, does not understand the importance of status."
As soon as Yang Mo finished speaking, his eyes glanced directly at Jared Jeffries and Larry Hughes. As soon as these two people came in, they were joking very loudly. Sometimes they greeted this person, and sometimes they asked the rookie to carry the bag.
He acted like a big brother and didn't take Yang Mo seriously at all. He even provoked Yang Mo intentionally or unintentionally. They seemed to want to find out Yang Mo's true identity through their first meeting.
Yang Mo looked at the two people, and the two people looked back at Yang Mo, their eyes were very sharp, and they looked tit for tat.
"Team leaders are not made by words, but by playing games." Larry Hughes responded with disdain: "When I was in Cleveland, even LeBron James respected me very much. What are you putting in front of me now?"
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"Very good." Yang Mo nodded, clapped his hands, gave Larry Hughes a thumbs up, and said, "I like people like you who speak directly. Well, if you two losers can
Defend me once in three attacks, and I will listen to you from now on. If you can't guard me, how about you sit on the bench from today until I am traded?"
As soon as Yang Mo said this, there was some uproar in the locker room.
Are you going to challenge one against two? Although Jeffries and Hughes have passed their prime, they were once defensive masters after all. Hughes also won the title of steal king. Isn't it too arrogant for super-yang to challenge like this?
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Other teammates thought Yang Mo was arrogant, but Yang Mo was completely sure of himself. Today, he was here to show his authority. If he didn't scare these guys the first time, he couldn't expect them to obey his orders in the future.
"Okay, let's do it!" Jeffries slapped the cabinet and stood up, as if he was going to kill Yang Mo directly.
Larry Hughes also looked eager to try: "Since you want to humiliate yourself, then we will help you. When the time comes, don't lose and cry."
"Oh, come on then."
Yang Mo sneered, turned around and walked towards the basketball court.
Larry Hughes and Jeffries quickly followed.
The rest of the team members also quickly caught up. They were not just joining in the fun of this duel, after all, it would also determine who would be the boss of this team in the future.
