Chapter 70 This is just the beginning
"A shameful three-game losing streak! A junk team built with a $100 million! How long will the Knicks sink!"
"Madison Square Arena is crying, we have lost the courage of the Iron Blood Legion!"
"Will Dolan's anger burn Thomas' contract? New York may face a change of coach."
The start of the three consecutive losses, and the results were even more miserable. New York fans and New York media were both angry, and they used various ways to vent their anger at the Knicks.
The Knicks' official website was captured by angry hackers before the game was over. It is estimated that the initiator was still a loyal fan of the Knicks.
Because this guy filled the entire page with a large picture of Reed leading the team to win the championship.
It also included a slogan with a huge font, "We need a championship!"
As for the Knicks' forum, it has not suffered any disaster, but it has been filled with all kinds of abuse.
At this time, the Knicks' managers chose to shut up. They didn't want to be sprayed to death by a group of people.
After the game, the TV station randomly interviewed some loyal Knicks fans, but the responses received were surprisingly similar. Most of them asked, "Can I swear now?"
"Uh, it shouldn't be." The host of the TV station didn't want the entire interview to be silent.
"Then the fuck I can say nothing!" Those diehard fans stretched out their middle fingers towards the camera, and then turned around and walked away with anger on their faces.
"It seems... the Knicks fans are very dissatisfied with the team's performance..." The host could only find a way out by himself in the end, because even after watching this game, he was full of resentment.
Originally, many people were excited about the first quarter, but in the end, a bucket of cold water was poured on their heads. The worst thing was that the water fell down on the "Three Ninth" days.
You know, the Celtics' performance last season was also a mess, similar to that of the Knicks.
But after a summer break, the Celtics have already had a good start.
The Knicks are still in decline, especially looking at their lineup, the whole team is considered a maximum-paid player. No matter what aspect, the cost-effectiveness is much worse!
It’s no wonder that New York fans are desperate if they can’t make a victory after spending such a large sum of money.
“We have a bunch of players with top salaries, but we can’t get a cheap win!”
A losing streak may not be scary, but it is very annoying that the losing streak makes people unable to see hope. Now this is how the Knicks make people unable to see any hope. Most fans are about to give up on them.
Holding a handful of stars, but then playing so badly, such a game won't make people curse.
Nearly $100 million in salary! The Knicks fans really want to ask, if you spend 10 or 20 million or more, you can form another team! What are you millionaires doing?
Although the team suffered a series of defeats, Dolan, as the team's boss, did not show up after the game and said anything.
But there were still messages within the team, and it was said that Dolan had yelled very loudly.
As for whether Dolan yells at Thomas or other team managers, it is unknown.
Anyway, Thomas has become the target of New York fans. After losing to the Celtics, his voice of hope that the "Smiling Assassin" will get out has become increasingly high.
Thomas doesn't know if he really shouldn't have taken over the position left by Larry Brown. Anyway, since he joined the Knicks, all kinds of troubles have never stopped.
The loss to the Celtics made him very depressed. The process was always going perfectly, but it was the fierce bald man who changed everything.
Not only did the Knicks lose the game very much, but it also made Thomas at a disadvantage in the competition with Rivers. Their on-site command ability is a clear judgment.
When the Celtics are at a disadvantage, Rivers will try to adjust the team's tactics and personnel.
But Thomas is probably the only way he can think of bellows besides giving the game to the players.
Many people have seen this guy's loud voice on the sidelines, but such yelling can't win the game.
This is also the most dissatisfied thing about Knicks fans. Thomas' ability to adapt to the situation is completely less aura than he did when playing basketball. This guy's mind is stiff like a stone.
Although Thomas kept mobilizing personnel in the last two quarters, no matter what kind of personnel combination, Thomas could not let the players control the game.
"Maybe that guy shouldn't be the head coach at all. He really doesn't have the talent in this area."
This is a review written by the editor of the New York Times, and it has indeed won the support of many people.
If losing the game is a bad experience, then the conflict between Thomas and Marbury after the game may have completely angered the Knicks fans.
Thomas is annoyed that Marbury has been selfish in playing basketball for a long time. In the game against the Celtics, although Marbury scored first in the team in his personal score, he could not help the team at all.
Especially after he failed to assist Richardson, this guy rarely passed the ball. Basically, he just took the ball alone. When the third quarter was in the middle, Thomas had to replace him.
This also became the fuse of the conflict between the two. Marbury had no worries about it. He scolded Thomas face to face and everyone was very familiar with swearing words.
Thomas didn't make any expression at that time, but after returning to the locker room, a verbal battle was inevitable. None of the two parties involved expected that someone would expose the matter.
And most of the details happen in the locker room. Apart from the players, it is hard to imagine who did this, but no one will admit that it was done by themselves.
"It's time for the chaos of the Knicks to be demolished and rebuilt." From the conflict between Thomas and Marbury to the leak of someone in the locker room, the Knicks fans have had enough.
"It seems that our victory is a fire for the New York Knicks." Rivers' face was filled with the winner's smile when he read these reports.
Because he was going to play against the New Jersey Nets next, the Celtics chose to take a break in New York, which also gave Rivers time to sort out the gains and losses in the past two games.
Corresponding to the opponent's three consecutive losses, the Celtics won two consecutive victories at the beginning, and both games laid the foundation for victory in the first three quarters. This situation cannot be avoided from being happy about Rivers.
Especially with the experience of having been struggling for a season last year, Rivers pays more attention to his current results. He needs to see the Celtics revival in his hands!
However, compared with Rivers' excitement, Chen Feng looked depressed now. He was sitting in the "bar" in Queens and complaining to Hammond and Tarcanian.
"It's the second time he is! And I've fined me another 25,000 US dollars this time!"
Chen Feng is now holding the notification from the league to the Celtics. The reason above is also very simple. Because he has to issue a ticket because he has made a provocative move to the fans.
This is the second penalty order that Chen Feng received since the preseason, and it is more expensive at a time...
"Jim, please give me this glass of wine. I'm cleaner now." Although it's a pleasant thing to meet these old acquaintances, Chen Feng really can't stand being punished so harshly every time.
The trip back to New York was really bleeding. In addition to a few tickets worth nearly tens of thousands of dollars, I also had to pay for the move that shuts up the Knicks fans.
It is said that Spark Lee, who wears wide-brimmed glasses and a baseball cap, also said that he would fight to the end with him.
Moreover, Rivers also tugged Chen Feng in the ear after the game for at least fifteen minutes. Chen Feng swore that he would almost see the little tongue in the fat man's throat.
If Thibodeau hadn't rescued Chen Feng in time, he would have been flooded with Rivers' saliva.
"You kid better remember it for me! Next time if you are still on the court, you can go to the Development League!" People like Rivers are really popular this time.
But even if he was so angry, Rivers knew that this could only temporarily shock Chen Feng.
Even Thibodeau said, "He will definitely agree in person. As for the execution? Don't look forward to it."
"If he were such an obedient player, he would probably not have changed his tactics himself in two consecutive games."
Listening to his partner's comments, Rivers also smiled bitterly. He could only bear it when he had such a live treasure, but this kid had indeed become a key key for Rivers to win.
"It seems that I am almost the least popular among New York fans." Thinking about the booing that lasted for a long time after the game, Chen Feng found that walking on the streets of New York in the future may be very dangerous.
Because many New York fans were ruthless after the game, they wanted to teach that bald boy a lesson!
This is really possible. What if someone with a nerve problem takes out a pistol on the street?
"Don't say you know me at that time, otherwise I will have to be forced to leave my country. I still want to spend more years in New York." Hammond's skill in putting in the wrong will remain the same.
"Don't worry, I will never let others know that it was you, an old liar, who taught me to play basketball. The most important thing is that I can't afford to lose that person. You are still here to drink shamelessly. I really admire you."
The bickering between the master and the apprentice has never stopped, but anyone who is familiar with them can see that Hammond's vicissitudes of face has always been smiling since he watched the game.
Although he didn't say anything explicitly, everyone around him knew that this guy was definitely very proud at this moment.
Hammond failed to shine in the NBA, but now the animal he taught himself has done it.
Moreover, except for going to Madison Square to watch the game this time, Hammond never intended to let his gray experience affect Chen Feng, especially when this kid started to play well.
But Chen Feng did not avoid this. When he won the game and a group of reporters surrounded him and tried to interview him, Chen Feng pushed away the reporters who surrounded him and walked to Hammond first.
He stuffed a basketball full of Celtics players' signatures into the arms of an old liar and said casually, "This is what I promised to your grandson long ago, and it was specially left in the last game."
A sharp-eyed and older New York reporter recognized who Hammond was. After all, this guy was also a storied figure on the streets of New York twenty years ago, and even Kobe visited him at Rock Park.
When the reporters asked about the relationship between Chen Feng and Hammond, Chen Feng responded directly without even thinking about it, "He? The teacher who taught me basketball, or should he be my enlightenment coach."
When ordinary people face such inquiries, they may consider it. After all, Hammond was sentenced twice for drug trafficking, and it is estimated that few people would be happy to have something to do with people who have had such a criminal record.
Drug dealers, a business that sounds disgusting, may only be comparable to him.
Moreover, NBA has always been far from these marginal people. Even though many players are from poor communities and have been involved in clubs, few people are willing to put him on the table and say it.
Chen Feng has been lying on the street for so long, and he is not the kind of stupid guy with low IQ. He can hear the implicit questions from which reporters are, but he ignores what those people are thinking.
When someone asked this question for the second time, Chen Feng pulled Hammond and said to the reporters in a very serious tone, "This is my teacher, the only enlightenment coach, that's it."
At that moment, Hammond could feel that this kid was like the strong man who had already gone to heaven. They would not care about the mess else's words. They just insisted on what they thought was right. Even if others didn't think so, it would not affect their own judgment.
Similarly, Tacanian was also the one who had the same idea as Hammond. Although he had long stopped coaching at NCAA, he still recognized the old fox while sitting on the sidelines of Madison.
Facing the reporter's interview, Taganian didn't say much, but at the end of the game, Chen Feng came over and pulled the old man and ran away, which made the reporter understand the relationship between the two.
These two leaders who entered the NBA, now looked at the boy in front of him thoughtfully.
Half a year ago, maybe no one would believe that this kid could enter the NBA. Even if Tacanian believed that he had this strength, he never thought that he could really go in with great force.
And not only did he break into it, this kid won the chance to play in the regular season in just a few preseason games. As long as he is a discerning person, he can see that Rivers attaches great importance to Chen Feng.
This has nothing to do with Auerbach's choice. Whether he can fight is up to this kid's own ability. This is the street lunatic he and Hammond jointly created.
Although Tacanian once brought out the draft No. 1 pick like Larry Johnson, the old man now thinks that the most eye-catching thing he brought out in his life is this guy.
Just like the bar owner Jim saw the scene at this moment, the wild boy who used to work with him had already entered the world of the NBA with his extremely powerful style.
Moreover, he is stepping out his own footprints in the highest hall of basketball step by step.
Now, all this is just starting out, and the road ahead is still far.
No one knows how far this wild boy who came out of the street can go.
Two consecutive victories are just the beginning and just the prelude...
Chapter completed!