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"What? The tickets for this game are all sold out?"

Raptors manager Glenn Gruward was pleasantly surprised by the report from deputy manager Jimmy Walker, and some couldn't believe it was true.

Glenn is a man of few words, blond hair, blue eyes, wearing glasses, slightly fat, and looks like an ordinary college teacher. After the departure of "Assassin" Isiah Thomas, he became the successor of the management team and was responsible for cleaning up the mess.

Since the start of the game, the Raptors have 0 wins and 6 losses. They are still those players from last season.

People's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.

The Raptors' home attendance rate has dropped by 17% compared with last season. There is no place to attract fans at all, and their offense and defense are very poor.

The two main generals, Stoudemire and Camby, were publicly dissatisfied with the team's summer operations and hoped that the management would trade them out of the team. These two high-ranking rookies were trained as the core of the team, which made the management worry.

Especially Camby, he was the second place in the 1996 golden generation, a talented player with super physical fitness, and the management did not want to give up. But once the rookie contract is over, it will be very difficult to keep him.

Upon hearing that tickets were sold out, Glenn concluded it was the Knicks. "Is a Knicks player very popular here?"

"Maybe it's not the players. I heard that many Chinese bought tickets for this game. They may be supporting the assistant coach...I guess." Jimmy was not sure.

Glenn fainted. "Are you kidding? What's so good about an assistant coach?"

"He is the first Chinese coach in NBA history, and there are rumors that he made the Knicks' offense stronger this season." Jimmy spread his hands and said, also with an expression of disbelief.

Yang Rui is not very famous in other places, just a few casual mentions in the news.

Glenn sighed: "The gossip may not be credible. If he is really capable, how could he be unknown before? It's all because of the discrimination incident?"

"He's only 23 years old. How was he famous before? He joined the Knicks this year as soon as he got his coaching qualification and became the first assistant coach." Jimmy despised Glenn in his heart. As the general manager of an NBA team, he didn't even know this.

No wonder Glenn, he has been scolded by the boss since he took office, all he thinks about is how to make a trade, and he has no time to pay attention to the affairs of other teams.

This season, his main job is to send Stoudemire away as soon as possible and return someone useful.

"Little Flying Squirrel" arrogantly believed that he was a star of Iverson's type, and the Raptors were sorry for not finding someone to assist him. In fact, in the eyes of the boss, he is just an undefensive brush. He averaged 40.9 minutes per game last season and scored 20.2 points, which is nothing special.

Jimmy asked, "Any other instructions?"

"It's okay." Glenn shook his head. The team is doing badly this season, and they will continue to be brothers and sisters with the Grizzlies.

Jimmy was about to go out when Glenn called him over. "Let's go to the scene to watch the game at night and see who the fans are supporting."

Glenn didn't believe that the fans were supporting Yang Rui. He went to the arena at night and saw many Chinese.

He was a little confused, did he really come to see the assistant coach?

He deliberately found a seat near the front so that he could observe the opponent's bench, and saw Yang Rui sitting on the sidelines, talking to Ewing with a smile on his face.

Many Europeans and Americans have magical talents, that is, Asians look the same, and so does Glenn.

However, he became very interested in Yang Rui, because the coaching industry does not rely on face to make a living. It is definitely not an ordinary person to be able to explain tactics to Ewing with a tactical board.

Van Gundy knew that he was not as good as Yang Rui in helping the stars to collect data. If he communicated with Ewing, he had to learn from Yang Rui first, and then pass it on.

On the tactical board, Yang Rui focused on the off-ball screens and running positions of the two points on the left,

And the cover in the middle. "Patrick, you have a lot of experience. I believe you can do a good job in organizing. Pay attention to the two points on the left side. The bottom corner on the right side does not run. Every time the ball passes through your hands, hit when there is a chance of misalignment. You control the proportion of passing the ball."

"Thank you, Jerry. I like this tactic very much, and I'm ready." Ewing smiled terrified, and hammered his chest muscles with one hand.

Yang Rui suddenly had the illusion that he was ready to climb up the Empire State Building to jerk off for Van Gundy.

After the players warmed up, Van Gundy once again emphasized the matter of catching and shooting, mainly telling Johnson that he likes to dribble, and the other three usually catch and throw.

Johnson nodded solemnly and did not raise any objections. The only Knicks who may compete for MVP is Ewing, who is excellent on both offense and defense.

Knicks starting five: Ward, Houston, Bowen, Johnson, Ewing.

Raptors Five: Amare Stoudemire, Doug Christie, Tracy McGrady, Oliver Miller, Marcus Camby.

After the game started, Ewing happily collected the data. After covering in the middle, Ward led the inside line away, and it became Stoudemire to switch to Ewing.

"Little Flying Squirrel" is at a disadvantage against Ward, how can he defend against the center? Ewing can easily shoot jumpers in front of him with the ball.

Camby can't do without switching defenses. Oliver, his partner inside, is a slow-moving fat man. Any guard can play with him. Ewing just needs to pass the ball to his teammates.

Yang Rui didn't understand that someone like Darnell Walker could actually be the head coach of an NBA team, and he seemed to know nothing about basketball.

The Raptors' lineup is actually not bad. Christie, McGrady, and Camby all have potential, but Darnell let two blue-collar insiders who can't shoot together start together, and they can't play at all.

Power forward Oliver is 206cm tall and weighs 127kg. He has no effect except to attack the basket with his body. To deal with the Knicks with a big team and four small lineups, the last two-meter-old small forward who can shoot at the 4th position is better than him, at least the offense is much better.

The unlucky Camby, obviously suitable for the position is the center, but he has to accommodate the incompetent Oliver. After the opponent screens, he goes out to defend the pick-and-roll, and it is difficult to grab rebounds and get luxurious statistics. When attacking, Camby also had to pull out to cover, showing off his ugly, weird jumper time and time again.

It’s no wonder Camby doesn’t want to stay in the Raptors anymore. He is the second place in the golden generation of 96. The coach doesn’t arrange tactics, and he has to do the blue-collar work of the useless teammates. Oliver doesn’t need to run near the penalty area, but even Uncle who can't grab rebounds, who can stand this position?

Ewing made a mid-range shot, and after scoring 8 points in an air cut, Darnell shouted from the sidelines to ask Oliver to help defend Ewing.

On the side, Houston and Johnson began to show off again. Ewing attracted the defense to pass the ball to the outside, and the two each made a three-pointer.

14 to 4, the Raptors were forced to request a timeout and only played for more than three minutes. Ewing scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

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