God of basketball

Chapter 266 0267: [Emotional Intelligence, Swift]

The press conference was very successful and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

The New York media, which is known for its viciousness, did not block Li Chen, who had just arrived, and did not even ask any targeted questions.

After all, the situation in New York is too bad right now.Except for David Lee, no one in the whole team is a normal person they recognize. They hope that Li Zhen, a top student with excellent character and learning, can improve the image of the team.

The only irritating question in the audience was probably the sentence raised by the New York Times reporter: Did you choose to wear the No. 8 jersey to express your dissatisfaction with Kobe Bryant?Eddie Griffin previously claimed you were kicked out by Kobe Bryant jealousy.

Li Zhen shook his head helplessly. He said: "I have a very good relationship with Kobe. I chose the number 8 jersey because the number 8 represents wealth in China. I hope to make more wealth in New York."

Um...get rich?

Then, the reporter began to tease him: "Do you need to find a financial advisor from Wall Street? They were quite critical of your purchase of a large number of Apple stocks some time ago."

"Oh. No. I still like my stream of consciousness stock trading. I don't like looking at all kinds of complicated financial statements. If a company appears in my dream, I will buy it. This is my way of investing."

Hahahaha!

There was laughter at the scene.

This is really the first time in history that stream of consciousness stocks.

"Hope you don't go bankrupt before your career is over," Swift interjects, speaking earnestly and wishing well.

But... this sentence fully exposed his EQ and IQ.

Well, for the sake of him taking the initiative to stand up.The reporters finally remembered another player who was still sitting here, Mr. Swift.

The Knicks team reporter asked him: "How do you think about joining the Knicks?"

"I will fulfill my talent here, and I will impress the whole world. Believe me, I am the hope of the Knicks' revival!" the slam dunk beast said with his hands on his chest.

Forehead….

The reporters in the audience felt that he was a little too serious.

The No. 2000 pick who joined the league in 28 is now [-] years old. How much talent can he have at the same age as McGrady?

Isn't this a joke!

In order not to hurt this newcomer, the reporter of New York TV began to ask some questions about the rumored female star.

Subsequently, they also gave the ranking given by the Knicks reporter.In the rankings, Elizabeth Olsen topped the list, followed by Ashley Olsen, then Hilary Duff.Next up are Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.

What makes Li Zhensheng most emotional about this list is: the fans in New York really enjoy themselves.It's not good for you to bundle the two sisters together. ,

Of course, he just brushed off this question.

Next, Isaiah Thomas, who accompanied the press conference, emphasized: "We never intended to let Bruce start from the bench. He has already proved himself as an elite player. He is already an unbreakable All-Star starter."

Um...yes.

As Li Chen moved from the West to the East, he immediately became the second most voted player in the East.And it is far away from No.2. He already has more than 68 votes. The scene of him beating McColler two days ago made his popularity soar. Coupled with his transfer to New York, he mobilized the Knicks fans' desire to vote.He is now only tens of thousands of votes away from LeBron James.

As for Mr. Arenas, who had been occupying the starting position of the guard before... he fell off the cliff innocently.

Although based on his performance this season, it is not a big problem to be voted into the All-Star team, but starting and substituting are ultimately an irreparable honor.

And Arenas, the famous big mouth in the NBA, has long been talking nonsense: "This is a disgrace to the NBA!! The Knicks think they have picked up a treasure, and soon they will suffer the consequences. Bruce will never be the hero who saves the Knicks."

Obviously, shutting up Agent Zero is going to be tough.Even if Li Zhen killed him in front of Staples last time.

And no matter what kind of cold water Arenas is throwing, he is still eating sour grape skins.Now at least the Knicks coaching staff has confirmed that Li Zhen will quickly rise to the top, and he will become the new core of New York's perimeter.

And, after the press conference, Isaiah Thomas personally promised Li Zhen: "Next, we will play a fast attack according to your rhythm."

Li Zhen thought for a while, but did not answer.He knew what Thomas was thinking. Thomas said that he wanted to play a fast offense because he wanted to support the young and strong faction.

The current situation of the Knicks is almost like a pool of mud. The locker room of the Madison Garden home team has hoarded the most junk contracts in the league.It is extremely unlikely to make them run at high speed.

In fact, during the long flight from Los Angeles, Li Zhen had already carefully checked the videos of his future teammates.

The Knicks' current lineup is roughly divided into two types: the first is high-salary and low-energy junk contracts, Stephen Marbury, Steve Francis, Eddie Curry, Quentin Richardson, Jerome James.These five players took 80.00% of the team's wages, but the output power did not match the wages extremely.Although Eddie Curry also averaged 19.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game this season, ... this cannot conceal his incompetence on the defensive end.

The other is child labor contracts that are cheap, durable, and occasionally perform miraculously in a certain game.Represented by Channing Frye, Nate Robinson, David Lee, and Reinaldo Balkman, but...they are all functional players, and they don't have the ability to kill all sides with the ball in singles.Therefore, the ball is still in the hands of Stephen Marbury and Eddie Curry.

In addition, Jamal Crawford and Calais' Jeffreys are rare contracts for the team to make the best use of them. They all hold modest salaries and perform competently.

However, since the team's salary structure is an asymmetrical inverted pyramid system, it is no wonder that the record is bad and no one can respond.

Just imagine when you walk into a team with a lot of ambition.A few bosses chatted with their big bellies every day, making the locker room smoky, the head coach and the leader on the bright side attacked each other, and the media outside abused each other every day. Who would want to be aggressive?It is already very good to be able to get out of the silt without getting stained.

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Li Zhen walked into the team training ground at 02:30 in the afternoon. Accompanied by Isaiah Thomas, Li Zhen had a first meeting with his teammates.

There is no imaginary tension, and there is no conflicting plot in the TV series.

Everyone's grown up, and it's just a job...even some players don't see it as a job anymore.

For example, Stephen Francis, the guy who is called the boss of Fu by Chinese fans is now skinny, with dark circles drooping wildly.He doesn't look like an athlete anymore: Frankly speaking, Li Zhen feels very sorry to see him like this.What a righteous person Francis was back then, and his physical fitness was so strong that he dared to compete with Vince Carter in the dunk contest.

Interestingly, Francis was very enthusiastic when he saw Li Zhen.He even said in Chinese: Hello!

This caused Li Chen to laugh for the first time since he entered the training ground, because Francis' shaking hands and saying hello were so funny.

Laughter brings everyone closer.

After shaking hands with the players one by one, Li Zhen finally came to Stephon Marbury's side.

Marbury didn't refuse, and even bumped Li Zhen's chest hard, and said in his ear: "Boy, I watched your game when you were in high school. You defeated my alma mater. You took those funny rich kids to kill my alma mater!!"

"But I was killed by the team led by your cousin. We only won the runner-up in New York State that year." Li Zhen recounted the history sincerely.

Marbury smiled slightly, and then said: "Don't be provoked by those media, I don't hate you. You look much more pleasing to the eye than that self-righteous Isaiah Thomas."

This surprised Li Zhen a little.Because now almost all New York media are advocating an atmosphere, that is: Bruce Lee is about to replace Stephon Marbury.

However, Marbury actually told himself publicly that he did not regard himself as an intruder.

He is very calm.

Li Zhen likes to deal with calm people.

Even conflicts are easier to resolve.

It only took about 30 minutes for Li Zhen to get acquainted with all the players.

This was beyond the expectation of Isaiah Thomas. He originally thought that it would be difficult for high-achieving students with good character and learning to integrate into this group of 'street fighters'.

But now it seems that whether Li Zhen chats with David Lee, who is also from a well-known family, or with street veterans Francis, Marbury and others, it is very natural.You can see that he doesn't delve into the dirty stuff like 'woman poses, leaf flying techniques', but everyone accepts him.

And also willing to play some jokes with him.

"Hey, Quentin. You gotta learn from Bruce how to get along with female stars!"

Eddie Curry soon teased Quentin Richardson, the team's three-point shooter, because Quentin Richardson once crazily pursued "Kobe's first love", and was also a singer, actor, and a black female star in the entertainment industry.Even spent millions to buy a diamond ring, but divorced after less than a year.

Quentin Richardson looked embarrassed and even laughed at himself: "I don't have his musical talent. You know, with my appearance, ball skills, and Bruce's musical talent, I can even sleep with Britney Spears or Beyoncé."

Forehead….

This sentence is unacceptable.

However, another new member, Mr. Swift, who had been left alone for a long time, bravely picked it up. He said solemnly: "I think your appearance is not as handsome as Bruce, and your game skills are not as good as him."

Forehead…….

The originally familiar scene calmed down in an instant, and it was embarrassing on the spot!

EQ.

beep! !

Isaiah Thomas hurriedly blew the whistle and called the players to do full-court training.

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(End of this chapter)