Bai Feng received most of the recognition, but it was not without negative news.
The day before the start of the new season, the team's top star, Stoudemire, complained to the head coach, D'Antoni, about his unhappiness.
"Coach Mike, I say, why doesn't our team's rookie point guard Bai Feng like to give the ball to me? I'm the only offensive core of our team. You should give him more reminders!”
In the previous preseason, although the purpose of this game was to warm up the players for the new season and to play a role in the lineup.
The Knicks also triumphed all the way. Even against strong teams like the Hawks and Pacers, they still won.
It could be said that the entire team looked very good.
With Stoudemire as the only core, he felt that with this configuration, the team's offense would definitely revolve around him. As a point guard, his choice in most situations was to give the ball to him.
However, Bai Feng was not like that. Many times, even if Stoudemire was stuck in his position and opened his hand to ask for the ball, it would not be given to him. Instead, it would be passed to a teammate in a better position.
Bai Feng was definitely not the type of point guard who liked to stick to the ball and not share it.
If that was really the case, the coachman would directly start scolding and would not give face to the rookie.
The problem was that Bai Feng did not stick to the ball and played very well as a team. Moreover, his passing was also very reasonable.
Stoudemire could not find anything wrong with him. The only thing wrong was probably that he did not pass the ball to him.
Therefore, he could only express his dissatisfaction to the coach.
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D'Antoni's understanding was similar to Stoudemire's. Although he had been in the Nets for a season, all of his players were traded away last season, and this season was a new lineup.
The most familiar player on the team was, of course, his old partner on the Suns, Stoudemire.
In a situation where the team had not formed a mature system and Stoudemire was the only core, D'Antoni could think of an offensive strategy that revolved around Stoudemire.
He could either play solo, create opportunities through simple pick-and-rolls, or score through Stoudemire's quick cut.
The previous preseason had followed this pattern.
Stoudemire would take the initiative to play a pick-and-roll with Bai Feng. After the pick-and-roll, Stoudemire would cut into the basket.
It should be known that Stoudemire was the player with the highest level of penetration after the pick-and-roll in the entire league. As long as the ball could be passed, he had a high probability of scoring.
Because of this, Steve Nash and Stoudemire could be said to have achieved each other.
Today's Stoudemire, although due to age and injuries, his dominance was not as good as when he was at his peak. He was traded by the Suns, but compared to other centers in the league, his ability to cut after pick-and-roll was still first-class.
There was no problem with Bai Feng's pass after the pick-and-roll. In the beginning, Stoudemire praised the rookie player and even encouraged Bai Feng by saying,"" It's okay, Bai. Make bold moves and pass the ball boldly. I think you'll become the next Steve Nash.”
But soon, the coachman's troubles came.
Not every time after a pick-and-roll, Bai Feng would choose to cooperate with him. Sometimes, Bai Feng would pass the ball to Gallinari, who had a chance to shoot in the bottom corner.
Sometimes, he would use a feint to pass the ball without looking at the player and pass it to Wilson, who was running and cutting in the air on the other side.
There was no problem with such a pass. Bai Feng did not make any mistakes, and Gallinari and Monica Chan scored the ball many times. However, Stoudemire was unhappy. After the pick-and-roll, he spared no effort to cut and position himself, but the ball was not passed to him?!
As the team's number one star player, he was too embarrassed!
Moreover, this affected his average score per game.
Originally, Stoudemire's statistics had declined due to injuries in the past few years, and he was eventually traded away by the Suns.
The outside fans 'evaluation of him also began to decline. They all said that Stoudemire could not do it anymore and could not return to the past.
This gaze would affect the future of the coachman!
He was only 28 years old, the age to be beaten!
Although the Knicks were in a mess, Stoudemire was willing to come to this quagmire. Was it really just because it was a big city and the market was big?
It was all because he could get more possession of the ball here and have an explosive season. Then, he would let everyone see that he could still return to the peak and pull up his market.
If the rookie point guard didn't pass the ball to him unconditionally, he couldn't stand it.
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Regarding this, D'Antoni personally talked to Bai Feng.
After Bai Feng considered it seriously, he replied solemnly,"" Coach Mike, I know what you're saying, but the situation at that time was that Amare was caught in a fight with the opponent's inside line under the basket. The auxiliary defenders on both sides were eyeing him covetously. If they passed the ball to him, he would be surrounded. That wasn't a reasonable way to pass. In contrast, the empty bottom corner and the empty cut at the third position were more difficult for the opponent's defense to deal with, so I think there was no problem with my pass.”
D'Antoni was speechless.
It was because Bai Feng's words and actions were indeed correct.
As a manager and a core player, it was hard to say: "Stoudemire is our only core player. We have to feed the ball to him and let him handle it. This is more important than playing reasonably!”These words.
Because once that happened, such news would be negative for both the players, coaches, and the team.
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