After the game, D'Antoni went to Mills 'office.
Mills and Grenward were discussing something.
Seeing D'Antoni come over, Mills immediately waved at him." D'Antoni, you came at the right time!”
D'Antoni was confused.
"The new season is about to start. We want to make a giant poster and hang it outside the stadium as the team's signboard.”
"Which player do you think is better, Harrington or David Lee?”
D'Antoni knew about this. The team's higher-ups had mentioned it before.
The team members seemed to have gotten wind of it and competed to show off.
He shook his head, indicating that he was in a difficult position." This is a business activity. I only know how to play basketball. I don't know either!”
Mills spread his hands and smiled bitterly."Grenward, look, this old man doesn't want to offend the players, so he pushed the matter back.”
Just as Mills said, this decision wasn't easy to make.
It would be fine if it were any other team.
Kobe was the boss of the Laker, James was the boss of the Cavaliers, and Wade was the boss of the Heat.
As long as it was related to the team's image and the team's representative, they would definitely be the first.
But this was difficult for the current Knicks.
Last season, the team had Randolph and Harrington, two big players in the paint. It was hard to say who was the boss.
This season, Randolph was gone, and David Lee had improved again. He was on the verge of replacing Harrington.
Both of them could be said to be the core of the team, but it was too difficult to choose one.
He chose one of them, but the other was not convinced.
"If you ask me, it's Harrington! He was older, after all, and his statistics from last season were better.”Mills said.
Grenward shook his head repeatedly." No, no, David Lee is more suitable.”
"He's a little better looking, and he's relatively younger. The Knicks need him more in the future than Harrington.”
The two of them continued to argue, and in the end, both of them sighed repeatedly.
This candidate was indeed too difficult.
Mills sat down and lay back on the chair.
He looked at D'Antoni nonchalantly." D'Antoni, why are you here?”
At this moment, D'Antoni finally had a chance to speak. He immediately revealed a mysterious smile.
"I have good news to tell you!”
"Good news? What is it?" This piqued Mills 'curiosity and he immediately asked.
D'Antoni took out a piece of paper with two numbers written on it.
"This is the score of the starting team and the reserve team in today's training match!”
Mills took the piece of paper and tilted his head." The substitutes only lost by three points. It looks like they've trained well in the summer. This is good news!”
But it was obvious that Mills didn't care.
Now that the team did not have any big names, even if they had the best reserve team in the league, it would not make the tickets for the home game sell better.
He could not allow the team to make it into the playoffs. He was now considering whether to ruin the team.
However, D'Antoni shook his head, his face still mysterious." This is not the good news I said.”
"And the winning team is the substitute team!”
Hmm?
Mills was even more curious and leaned forward.
"Hey, don't keep me in suspense. Hurry up and tell me!”
"Alright then!" D'Antoni smiled and took back the piece of paper." I found that the team has found a treasure!”
"In this game, he defeated the starting lineup almost by himself!”
Hearing this news, Mills and Grenward instantly perked up.
Mills narrowed his eyes." You're saying that one of our rookies this year defeated the starter by himself?”
"Yes!"
The New York Knicks had two rookies this year, Jordan Hill and Yang Xu.
When Grenward had been selecting rookies, he had strongly recommended Jordan Hill. Now that he had heard of a rookie showing off his might, the first rookie that came to his mind was Hill.
At this moment, he could not help but ask for credit.
"I told you, Hill is a good seedling. It might be the next Duncan!"
Before he could finish, D'Antoni shook his head again.
"It's not Jordan Hill!"
"Not Hill? Could that be Yang Xu from China?”Grenward immediately asked back.
"That's right, it's Yang Xu. His physical fitness was explosive. He was proficient in breaking through and shooting, and his defense was also excellent.”As D'Antoni spoke, he recalled Yang Xu's performance in the game and was satisfied.
"I think he definitely has the potential to become a star player!”
After D'Antoni finished speaking, Mills and Grenward were in disbelief.
The Blazers 'second-round player was a player from China.
To be able to perform so well and have the potential to become a star player?
They were deeply suspicious.
"Are you serious?" Mills narrowed his eyes and asked.
"Believe me, maybe after a while, you won't have to worry about whether to use Harrington or David Lee, because Yang Xu is more suitable!”
Mills still couldn't believe it. He smiled and shook his head.
He teased," You just watched a training match, and you're so sure that he'll do well. How can you be so sloppy? You're an old coach!"”
Of course, it could be a coincidence that he played well in a game.
However, there were many things that were displayed in the competition that were definitely not luck.
For example, physical fitness, shooting choices, defensive footwork, and so on.
"Since you don't believe me, I won't explain anymore. In the next match, you will naturally understand when you go to the stadium.”
D'Antoni stood up and said confidently.
Mills thought for a while before agreeing." Alright, I'll go watch the next match.”
It wasn't like there weren't cases of players becoming star players in the second round.
But Mills was unwilling to believe that this would happen to Yang Xu.
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