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Media day, also known as media meeting day, is a time when players and coaches compulsorily let the media take pictures for interviews.

Team personnel must accept interviews, let the media film the team's training, and answer questions raised. Basically, it is a rigid rule, and it is a measure for the league to establish a good relationship with the media.

After Yang Rui arrived at the arena, he greeted the players.

The five members of the Summer League were very close to him. Bowen, Jackson, and Atkins all reported their training results to him. They regarded him as a thigh and planned to hug him tightly.

Ewing, Oakley, Johnson and other veterans just nodded their heads and it was over. They are all high-paid stars. Although they are players, they don't pay much attention to assistant coaches.

NBA coaches are playing with a group of rich people, and it is not easy to convince them. For example, Ewing's salary this season is 200 times that of Yang Rui.

Usually, the focus of the media day is on big-name players and head coaches. This time, with the exception, reporters from many media interviewed Yang Rui. The previous racial discrimination incident made his name known throughout the United States.

"Jerry Yang, are you confident to be the team's first assistant coach?" the reporter asked.

"Yes." Yang Rui despised this reporter from the bottom of his heart, this is nonsense, who would say no?

"Many people think that the Knicks played well in the summer league because of the strength of their players, not their tactics. What do you think?" the reporter asked.

"Did anyone say that before the summer league?" Yang Ruixin thought it wasn't for him, these five people couldn't get together. "Of course, what others think is their business. What I have to do is to help the team win, and the record will tell everything."

The reporter asked: "What do you think the Knicks will achieve in the new season?"

"I don't know. The opponents are very strong. We will work together to defeat those powerful opponents."

The reporter asked: "On the Internet, the coach who graduated at the same time as you said that you are introverted and not gregarious, which caused your relationship to be bad. Do you have anything to say?"

After the incident of discrimination, in order to reduce the impact, several coaches joined forces to accept interviews anonymously, saying that Yang Rui was out of gregarious.

Yang Rui smiled and said: "When I couldn't find a job, many people laughed at me. When I found a good job, they began to say that I was not gregarious. I want to say, students, don't be jealous. Even if I am gregarious, treat you as your own sons." The same love, so what? You can’t be NBA coaches because you have no ability, not because you don’t have a good father.”

The reporters were all startled, big news, this is clearly abusive abuse without swearing.

It is certain that he does not fit in with others, but no one believes that Yang Rui is introverted. Which introverted person dares to say that?

Yang Rui dared to take the camera to expose, so naturally he didn't mind making up for it. What's the use of being on good terms with those people? When he was down and down, he made trouble one by one. Could it be that when he is developed, these bastards will be enlightened and become good balls?

He doesn't deliberately make enemies, and he doesn't need to be polite if he is already an enemy, let alone talk about truth, goodness and beauty.

As for how to view the players, Yang Rui said all good things, including the five people who worked with him in the summer league, and he also praised them. As an assistant coach, it is inevitable to interact with the players, and you can't talk nonsense.

The Knicks preseason seventeen-man roster is released.

Centers: Patrick Ewing, Ben Wallace, Chris Dudley, Buck Williams.

Power forwards: Charles Oakley, Mickey Moore, Herb Williams.

Small forwards: Larry Johnson, Bruce Bowen, Anthony Powe, Chris Mills.

Shooting guards: Allan Houston, Stephen Jackson, John Starks.

Point guards: Chris Childs, Charlie Ward, Chucky Atkins.

The Knicks' goal this season is only the championship, and Mills can only play as a substitute when he joins. It is insurance to prevent Johnson from being injured. Yang Rui is full of confidence in preventing the Bulls from defending their title this season.

The depth of the team's lineup beat the Bulls, which can be called the Super Knicks.

You can see how strong they are by looking at the makeup photos of the core players. Ewing, Oakley, Johnson, Houston, and Starks are all very strong.

On the 26th, the team opened the training session, the media and fans could visit the venue, and the arena was full.

In addition to watching the training game, the audience will also receive a short-sleeved T-shirt printed with the Knicks team logo as a souvenir. Hunter-Johnson came with his childhood friend Jill, and the ticket was given by Yang Rui.

Before training, Oakley and Ben Wallace were chatting on the sidelines, and Van Gundy asked curiously, "Why, do you two know each other?"

"He participated in my training camp in high school, and I recommended this kid to go to college." Oakley smiled and talked about the interesting things they met.

At that time, Oakley saw a vicious-looking guy in the training camp. He didn't look like a good guy, and his figure didn't even look like a high school student, so he asked this guy to practice alone and wanted to teach him a lesson.

Oakley didn't expect that this kid would dare to confront him head-on. Oakley knocked his lips away, and he broke Oakley's nose. This kid was Ben Wallace in high school.

Later, Oakley asked Ben Wallace, who was struggling financially, to work in his car dealership, taught him to play, and recommended and funded him to go to school and play at his alma mater, Virginia Union University.

Therefore, during the growth of Daben, Oakley was everywhere, with tough, steel-like muscles.

After listening to the introduction, the more Van Gundy looked at Big Ben, the more pleasing he was. He likes people who can defend. "You play well in the preseason. As long as you have 80% of his defensive skills, the team will definitely sign you with a long-term contract."

Van Gundy still underestimated him. Now that he is more powerful than Oakleigh, he must win big. His running and jumping ability is amazing, and what he lacks is experience. Just looking at rebound protection, he is no worse than Oakley.

The players ran laps with the physical trainer first, and then warmed up by shooting. Van Gundy and Yang Rui chatted on the sidelines.

"Mix the players for a while, you and Tom lead a team, let's play a match, let me see your skills." Van Gundy suggested.

Yang Rui smiled slightly. "It's okay to fight against me, but if the players are mixed, you can't see my ability."

"Oh? Then what do you say?"

"I'll take the five players from the summer league, and pick two substitutes. As long as Alan Houston starts one, eight players will have nine players on your side. How about that?"

Van Gundy frowned. "Why, do you think you have a chance to beat me?"

Yang Rui explained with a smile: "No, because the core of my tactics is to attack from the outside in, so I want you to see the effect of this."

This is a nice way of saying it, but in fact Yang Rui asked Houston to come over because Van Gundy didn't know how to use it.

Houston was the second head of the Pistons in the 1995-96 season. He averaged 19.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3 assists in 15.2 shots per game, 2.3 three-pointers in 5.5 shots, and a 42.7% three-point shooting percentage.

In the Knicks, Houston averaged 12.7 shots per game, the data dropped to 14.8 points, 3 rebounds and 2.2 assists, and his three-point shooting percentage dropped to 38.5%.

The person with the most accurate shots in the team only had 12.7 shots and no special tactics. Under Van Gundy, Houston, who was originally the "three-pointer king", just transformed into the "CIC king", which is a waste of resources.

Yang Rui wants Van Gundy to see what it's like to be the core of the outside line!

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