After the draft ended, Yang Xu immediately moved to New York.
He spent every day in the stadium.
As a rookie, Yang Xu did not have the money to hire a coach, and the team did not have a dedicated person to help Yang Xu train.
His training was very simple. Shooting in the morning, strength training in the afternoon, dribbling and some footwork training at night.
Because of his injury, he couldn't do a lot of training.
This made Yang Xu anxious to death. Now, his injuries were almost healed.
Yang Xu did not dare to slack off at all. He worked day and night.
Later, the manager of the stadium even gave Yang Xu a key.
Under the effect of the strongest talent, Yang Xu's basketball level improved a lot.
In two weeks, almost every shooting technique had improved by one level.
The Las Vegas Summer League was held from July 11th to July 20th.
As a rookie, Yang Xu naturally went there with the team to play.
In the end, under the leadership of Yang Xu, the Knicks won the championship. Yang Xu was the MVP with an average of 29.3 points, 6.2 rebound, and 2.6 assist per game.
His performance overshadowed all the rookies at the time, but even so, the Knicks still did not pay attention to Yang Xu.
The summer vacation this year seemed very peaceful, and there weren't even any big fish in the trading market.
In August, the Alliance announced the schedule for the new season.
The NBA regular season officially began on October 27th. The preseason began on October 2nd.
On September 15th, the Knicks began their team training.
Yang Xu arrived at the stadium very early. When he arrived, there was no one there.
He picked up the basketball and made an empty three-pointer.
He opened his attribute panel.
Name: Yang Xu
Birthday: April 15, 1990
[Body height: 199cm]
[Weight: 93kg]
Arm span: 217cm
[Speed: 90]
Strength: 89;
[Jump: 90]
Endurance:
[Explosive Power: 90]
Agility: 90;
Ball Control: 90;
Close range shooting: 91;
Mid-range shooting: 90:
Three-point shooting: 87;
Free throws: 92;
Dunks: 91
Rebounds: 82;
Steals: 81;
blocked shots: 85;
Defense:
Yang Xu was very satisfied with his current attributes.
"The summer training was very fruitful!”
It was just that he had been training alone during the summer break, so he had not been trained in some aspects, such as defense, positioning, interpretation of the game on the field, and so on.
However, this could not be rushed. He could only improve in the competition.
Yang Xu took advantage of the time before everyone arrived to start his shooting practice again.
After about an hour, people arrived one after another.
At this time, the Knicks were almost a team with a lot of players inside, and the team's offense was slow.
David Lee, El Harrington, Wilson Chan dler, Danilo Gallinari, and other teams all had players who were more than two meters tall.
On the defensive line, the shortcomings of the two players, Bennett Robson and Chris Duhon, were very obvious.
Therefore, the team as a whole was in short supply of defenders.
Meanwhile, the team's biggest player, Tracy McGrady, was already riddled with injuries, and his attendance was not guaranteed.
Therefore, the team's results had always been ranked at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, but it was not to the point of being in an awkward situation.
Yang Xu could not understand why the team still chose Jordan Hill, the post player, during the draft.
He also traded with the Blazers for a forward player.
The second to arrive at the stadium was Robson. He greeted Yang Xu naturally.
"Hey, little fellow!"
Immediately after, Li, Joey, and the others also arrived.
At this time, the coach came to the field with his small notebook.
He clapped his hands and gathered everyone together." Guys, gather around!”
All the players stood in a row to face D'Antoni.
"A summer vacation has passed. I hope we can play better in the new season. Our goal is the playoffs!”
When they heard this goal, everyone did not think much of it.
The team's winning percentage last season was 39%, second from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.
And this season, without Randolph and Crawford, the two main players, their record would be even worse.
At this time, many media outlets even suggested that the team start to mess things up.
Of course, this was a little humiliating for a super city.
However, in the absence of a big star player, this might be the most suitable method.
D'Antoni said a lot, but it still did not arouse the enthusiasm of the players.
He had no choice but to enter training.
As everyone knew, D'Antoni's coaching philosophy was to advocate fast attacks and counterattacks, to attack for defense, to advocate players to quickly share the ball, and to maximize the ability of the defenders.
However, in such a team with a big player as the core, D'Antoni's style of play was indeed out of place.
D'Antoni divided the players into two teams and began the team match.
When they split up, D'Antoni noticed Yang Xu's change and walked over.
He sized Yang Xu up and patted his arm, his eyes full of surprise.
"Little guy, I haven't seen you for three months. You've grown a lot taller and stronger.”
Yang Xu replied with a smile.
In the end, the teams were divided into a group consisting of El Harrington, David Lee, Wilson Chander, Chris Duhon, and Jared Jeffries.
Darko Milicic, Jordan Hill, Danilo Gallinari, Bennett Robson, and Yang Xu.
D'Antoni divided the starting lineup and the substitutes into two groups. The purpose was obvious, to get used to the starting lineup.
However, such a lineup was also good. Yang Xu's team did not have an absolute offensive strength, so Yang Xu had plenty of opportunities to make a move.
While the players were still warming up, Gallinari came to Yang Xu's side.
He put his hands on his hips and put on a haughty look." Newbie, defend with all your might later. Do a good job of defending. When you get the ball, pass the damn ball to me!”
Yang Xu shrugged.
"Did you hear what I said? I'm the main force of the attack!”Seeing that Yang Xu did not react, Gallinari continued.
"I know how to play, and I know where to pass the ball!”
Yang Xu did not want to get too entangled with Gallinari.
Gallinari glared at Yang Xu.
At this time, D'Antoni blew the whistle and the game was about to begin.
Gallinari walked onto the court, but he was very dissatisfied with the rookie and kept staring at Yang Xu.
The two teams began to jump the ball. Jeffries vs Milicic.
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