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Chapter 36 [Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick]

New York Knicks general manager Scott Layden, head coach Don Cheney, and owner James Dolan sat in the best viewing position in Madison Garden.

Little Dolan spread his legs and reclined in the chair, sitting in the middle.

The whole New York City knew that he was a good boy who took drugs, drunk, raced and played young models.Before his father died, he was already a famous playboy in the upper class of New York City.

Now, the huge MSG group is in his hands, and everyone expects him not to embarrass the Knicks too much.

Sitting to his left is general manager and club executive president Scott Layden.He is a famous second-generation ball... His father is the former Jazz coach and general manager Frank Layden, and this kind of nepotism is common in the NBA.It is common for one person to be the head coach and the whole family to receive salaries.

Scott Layden has a solid résumé, starting in 1981 as a scout for the Jazz and then as an assistant coach.In this process, he made great achievements. In 84, he selected John Stockton, who was not well-known in college basketball, with his unique vision, and then selected Karl Malone in the second year.The two helped the Jazz enter the playoffs for 18 consecutive seasons, and won the Western Conference championship in 97 and 98.

Since 88, he has gradually moved away from scouting and teaching assistant work. He first became the director of the player personnel department of the Jazz, became the director of basketball operations in 92, and became the vice president of basketball operations in 96.Then in 1999, he came to New York.

His resume looks rich.However, it cannot withstand scrutiny.

Since his father, Frank Laydon, was replaced in 1988, he left the front line of the Jazz to become the club's operations staff.

After he arrived in New York, he first gave the madman Sprewell a five-year contract extension of 5 million US dollars. Sprewell's skills and temper are directly proportional, and he is a locker room bomb.Then, he gave Kurt Thomas a three-year, $6190 million contract, and then traded Patrick Ewing... broke the hearts of old fans.

Then Nene was selected and traded away in exchange for Antonio Davis.Then, accept former Jazz guard Eisley's 7-year 4100 million contract, and another former Jazz guard Shanton Anderson's 6-year 4200 million contract.The most incredible thing is that he gave Alan Houston a six-year, $6 million contract extension.

The Knicks were bound to death by him in the future.

But his reputation has not completely collapsed. Anyway, in the future, there will be someone who will take over his mess and use a series of sassy operations to bring all the troubles to himself.

Despite spending so much money, the annual salary expenditure exceeds 8000 million US dollars, far exceeding the NBA luxury line.But they have already started preparing for the new season... It is only the end of March, and they are sure to miss the playoffs.

Coach Don Cheney didn't struggle at all, he was open-minded, and he sat to the right of James Dolan.

Don Cheney's resume is even more 'rich' than Scott Wrighten.

Don Cheney played at the University of Houston in his early years. He was teammates with Hall of Fame player Elvin Hayes, and followed Elvin Hayes to obtain an excellent college resume. Selected by the Celtics in 1968.Known for his defense, he was selected to the All-Defensive Team five times in his career and helped the Celtics win two championships.

The coaching career started with the Clippers, first as an assistant, and then to succeed Jim Lynam.At that time, he was the 12th black head coach in the NBA, 10 of them were players, and 5 had played for the Celtics... This shows the complexity of the NBA coaching circle.

He coached the Clippers for two seasons without any bright spots.In the first full season, he won 32 games, missed the playoffs, and had a fight with rookie Benjamin Benoit.His second full season was a disaster, as he went 12-70, the second-worst single-season record in NBA history.

After being fired, he went to the Rockets to replace Bill Fitch, who was also fired.With the help of Olajuwon, his record was not bad, but he never made it past the first round.It is worth mentioning that in his third season of coaching, he missed 25 games due to surgery.Under the leadership of assistant coach Tomjanovich, the Rockets achieved the best record since 86, ranking among the top five in the league.This earned him the head coach of the year award.

Then he coached again in the playoffs and was swept by the Lakers 3-0. In 92, he was fired by the unbearable Rockets management. After Tomjanovich took over... the Rockets rose.

Don Cheney went to coach the Pistons in 93. He was ambitious at the time and said that he would bring Detroit back to the Finals.However, it didn't take long for civil unrest to break out in the locker room he controlled.Isaiah Thomas and Lambiel fought, Thomas suffered a broken hand and Lambiel retired.The team spent one losing streak after another, and in the end they won only 20 games that season, and Isaiah Thomas retired.In the second season, the Pistons won 28 games.The unbearable Pistons fired him.

Last season, he finally found a job as an assistant head coach for the New York Knicks under Jeff Van Gundy. On December 2001, 12, as luck struck him, Jeff Van Gundy resigned, citing inattention.Don Cheney took over.The team was 10-10 when Jeff Van Gundy left.Under Don Cheney's active coaching, the final result was 9 wins and 30 losses.Creatively won an 53-game losing streak and missed the playoffs for the first time in 18 years.

But in this way, Don Cheney is still sitting next to James Dolan, still serving as the team's head coach, and before the end of this season, he started preparations for next season.

James Dolan has such a crouching dragon and phoenix young assistant, and his mood is still not affected.It can be seen that the damage to his brain caused by his early drug experience is irreversible.

Today, they came together to inspect Carmelo Anthony.

Wolongfengchu firmly believes that the Knicks have a great chance to get the top three picks. Carmelo Anthony from Syracuse University in New York State will quickly become a box office star and save the Knicks from suffering.

Although James Dolan has a bit of irreversible damage to his brain and is easy to trust others, he is not stupid. He said: "Even if we put five pigs on the court, Madison Garden will be overcrowded every night. Should we worry about the box office?"

Old Dolan opened a bank in his early years, and he probably knew that his son was a prodigal son, so the bank would go bankrupt sooner or later.So in the second half of my life, I changed all my property into fixed assets, such as Madison Garden Arena, New York Knicks, and some hotels and TV stations.In these industries, as long as they sit there and collect rent and sell tickets, they can make a lot of money.

The love of the parents is far-reaching.

After the game started, Wolong and Fengchu have been promoting Anthony.

"Look, what a wonderful jumper Anthony made."

"This triple threat is definitely at the master level."

"Wow, this turnaround jump shot is amazing..."

"We should elect him. We are about to usher in a new era. He will become the Ewing of the new era and lead us to a better future."

"..."

They've been instilling that in James Dolan.

This is how they bewitched James Dolan before. James Dolan, a rich second generation, can be moved as long as he speaks nice words.He didn't want to really lean over and run the team.

Therefore, space was given to Crouching Dragon and Phoenix.

However, James Dolan looked very boring tonight, and he didn't like Carmelo Anthony that much.He said: "If Anthony is as good as you say, why is Syracuse still behind?"

"We don't have room for him at all. Didn't you say before that we have Alan Houston and Sprewell, and there aren't enough swingmen in the entire league for us to play?"

"This McNabara isn't much better either."

"Who is Suzy the lamb? Why are they all calling this strange name?"

James Dolan asked a lot of rhetorical questions.

This caught Wolongfengchu by surprise.

Then, McNabara was injured and Suzy came on.

When Suzy blocked Killingsworth, James Dolan, who was still reclined on the chair, was shocked, and he stood up: good shot!

"The point guard tops the big mac, I like it." James Dolan said: "Do you think this guy deserves a lottery pick? Our fans like him very much. He is more like a savior than Anthony!"

kindness? ? ?
Crouching dragon and phoenix chicks turned pale with fright, they were afraid that the boss would do whatever he wanted.Scott Layden quickly said: "Boss, this newcomer is very ordinary. I know him well. He was brought into Syracuse University by Reggie Weems. His high school career was ordinary..."

"Then how can he withstand the inside line? Who did you mention just now? Reggie Weems?" James Dolan remembered a distant name. "I know Reggie Weems well. Is it the one who got into a car accident? I like him very much... Since it is a player recommended by him, there must be nothing to say."

James Dolan watched the Syracuse University game last year, and it was also the top 8 game, which also started at the Madison Garden Arena.James Dolan and his crouching dragon and phoenix are sitting in this position today.

At the time, James Dolan was impressed by Reggie Weems.In fact, Wolongfengchu also likes Reggie Weems very much.If Reggie doesn't have a car accident, the Knicks will most likely use his seventh pick to trade up. It may be difficult to change the Rockets' first pick, but to change the Bulls' second pick... the maneuverability is great.

In this way, the Knicks will not choose the Brazilian Nene, let alone trade him for Antonio Davis... Now there is no need to prepare for next season in advance.

"This guy has nothing but strength."

Don Cheney said: "Based on my many years of experience, it is very likely that he will not even be able to connect the ball normally."

Crouching dragon and phoenix chick are afraid that James Dolan, the prodigal son, will get hot and make crazy moves.In case James Dolan really uses the lottery to choose this lamb Suzy.Something went wrong, he became a parallel importer, the boss was fine, but the two of them were the ones to blame.

So, they frantically persuaded.

At this moment, Carmelo Anthony executed a free throw for a technical foul and sent the ball to Suzy.

Suzy got the basketball, and Auburn University's tall point guard Stephen Levine stepped up.

He spreads his arms to form a huge defensive wall.

However, Su Xi went straight to meet him. Su Xi's speed was not fast, but her footsteps were firm and her strength was very strong... When he squeezed up, Levin backed up again and again.

Su Xi pushed him into the three-point line, and then suddenly stopped, Levin stepped forward to press, but when he stepped forward... bang!

Su Xi quickly changed direction, his majestic explosive power completed a sharp cut, and his explosive power supported him to complete the transition from left to right in an instant...Levin remained in place, Su Xi had already entered the penalty area.

Killingsworth quickly came up to help defend, and he set up a posture to knock Su Xi over.Su Xi suddenly made a pass inward, and Auburn University's defense quickly shrank...but Su Xi passed the basketball to the weak side in an instant.

Carmelo Anthony is absolutely open, and his defenders are going to fill in for Hakeem inside.

Anthony made an open shot... Shua!hit.

The difference of 5 points is only 1 point.

Su Xi rewrote the situation when he came on the field.

Coach Jim's eyes were dimmed at first, but now they glow with new life.He realized his stupidity again: Why did I just bench Jack?Why do I have to stop him from going to the NBA?He didn't say he had to go to the NBA.

When Jim is excited and painful.

James Dolan clapped his hands, his eyeballs were shining, and he said to Don Cheney: "With this level of passing, you actually said that he can't connect? Jason Kidd is nothing more than that. No-look-pass, I can see it."

Forehead….

Don Cheney didn't expect it. He didn't expect Su Xi to have such skill in passing the ball.

It made it difficult for him to get off the tiger.

Feng Chu on the side hurriedly added: "This kind of pass is just a basic operation, boss. It can be passed in the NCAA, but not in the NBA. The NBA is a monster with exploding physical fitness, and anyone in the NCAA is a random kill. I think the real problem with this guy is defense. His ability to withstand the inside shows that he has excellent strength. But... the main job of a guard is to defend the guard."

"NBA guards are horrible."

Feng Chu said so.

James Dolan put away some excitement, he frowned: "Is this really the case?"

kindness!
Crouching dragon and phoenix chicks nodded in unison.They want to stop this 'stupid' boss from making decisions without authorization, and they don't want to take the blame that doesn't belong to them.Use the lottery to draft this yellow-skinned guard, go crazy.Neither Michael Jordan nor Elgin Baylor were that blind.

At this time, the frontcourt matchup was formed again.

When Syracuse University was defending the zone defense, Daniels, the main scorer of Auburn University, was receiving the ball on the flank. He made a surprise move past Duany, and Su Xi quickly moved up to block his breakthrough route.

Daniels stopped, and he began to change direction in front of Su Xi. His technical movements were very detailed.

He is good at fooling his opponents, and his talent level is not low. In the NCAA level, every item can enter the advanced level.

Now, he is facing the sheep Su Xi who is chanted by the fans.

He suddenly became interested, and he wanted to blow up this highly anticipated Syracuse University substitute player.

Killing him would mean destroying the confidence of Syracuse University to resist.

They must not let them think that they still have a chance to come back!

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