Lian Dao's trial training was held in the training arena at Madison Square Garden.
The New York Knicks attached great importance to this trial training. General manager Donnie Walsh and head coach D'Antoni both came to the scene, in addition to Al Harrington, who was traded from the Warriors at the beginning of the season.
When Lian Dao entered, all eyes were on Lian Dao.
The eyes of D'Antoni and Donnie Walsh were also focused on Lian Dao.
No way, some people are born to be the spotlight.
Lian Dao is the only person in the trial training today, which means that this is a separate trial training prepared by the Knicks for Lian Dao.
The trial training is divided into two parts, non-confrontation trial training and confrontation trial training.
It is easy to understand that non-confrontation is some basic abilities, such as shooting, passing, dribbling over obstacles, catching and shooting or dunking.
Confrontation training means that the team arranges personnel to conduct one-on-one, three-on-three confrontation and so on.
Lian Dao finished the first part very easily, especially Lian Dao's three-pointer. Even though D'Antoni had watched the video of Lian Dao's game, he was still surprised by the nearly perfect three-pointer.
Moreover, Lian Dao's passing also made D'Antoni's eyes shine. He has also coached excellent passing players, and Nash is one of them.
Of course, Lian Dao's current passing is not as good as Nash's, but the agility in it still allows D'Antoni to see Lian Dao's talent in passing.
In the second stage of the confrontation, D'Antoni's jaw was completely shocked.
They arranged for Al Harrington to play one-on-one with Lian Dao.
Lian Dao used a lightning breakthrough to pass Al Harrington directly on the first ball, went to the basket and dunked directly.
To be honest, Al Harrington didn't even react to the ball and Lian Dao passed it directly.
This ball also surprised D'Antoni, and then looked at Donnie Walsh, who also shrugged.
After Donny Walsh came back, he told D'Antoni about the situation, but D'Antoni was still skeptical about it.
But through this ball, you can know that Donnie Walsh is not exaggerating.
Al Harrington was also surprised by Lian Dao's lightning speed, but he was ashamed and angry.
Being passed like air by a rookie who has not yet entered the league, this made him feel a little embarrassed.
So for the second ball, he stepped up his defense, but was still passed by Lian Dao in a disguised form and then accelerated to break through and scored a dunk.
Forced to stand!
The moment Lian Dao changed direction, his center of gravity was not very low, but his ability to dribble the ball was extremely low.
This is due to Lian Dao's super long wingspan.
It also makes Al Harrington's defense more difficult.
After this ball, Al Harrington no longer regards Lian Dao as a rookie.
He was always wary of Lian Dao's lightning breakthrough, but Lian Dao made the third goal and directly made a three-pointer from the outside.
It was so caught off guard, since Lian Dao had Grant Hill's breakthrough skill package and the fastest first step badge, Lian Dao had a greater chance to score three points.
On the fourth ball, Lian Dao held the ball outside the three-point line, and the three threats pretended to shoot from the outside.
"A rookie can't think about it!"
At this time, Al Harrington jumped up like a frightened bird.
However, Lian Dao naturally took the ball back and looked at Al Harrington flying in the air.
An easy dribble past Al Harrington and a three-pointer.
On the court, the relationship between the two seemed to be reversed, as if Al Harrington was the rookie who came to try out.
When D'Antoni saw this, he and Donnie Walsh looked at each other with a wry smile.
Al Harrington is here to test the strength of the players. This is unilateral abuse.
Originally, D'Antoni wanted to call a timeout, but suddenly saw Lian Dao's fifth ball and chose to play with his back.
His confrontation against Lian Dao has long been heard, and his amazing strength is also a report given by many scouts.
But even the best NCAA players who have just entered the league will suffer in terms of strength against veterans.
He also wanted to see what Lian Dao, known for his strength, would do.
Al Harrington was also **** off by Lian Dao's back-to-back beating.
It's not enough for you to hit me with shooting and speed, and you want to crush me with strength.
What the **** is starting from outside the three-point line!
Therefore, Al Harrington also made up his mind to teach Lian Dao a lesson by defending the ball and letting him understand that a rookie is always a rookie.
However, Al Harrington soon lost the idea.
Because, he found that he couldn't support Lian Dao at all, on the contrary, he was constantly pushed by Lian Dao's strange force to move to the inside line.
Then, Lian Dao went straight up and down and scored a layup.
At this time, D'Antoni also blew his whistle.
Can't fight anymore, and if you fight again, you may **** off Al Harrington.
Although the Knicks do not have an All-Star player now, Al Harrington's scoring is still good this season, averaging 20.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.
Of course, this has something to do with the chaotic situation of the Knicks without a core, but to average 20 points per game, at least this guy still has some strength.
And from the score of 5:0, we can also see the strength of Lian Dao.
After the trial training, D'Antoni and Donnie Walsh invited Lian Dao and Guo Yuwei to dinner.
Originally, Al Harrington was also invited, but this guy was a little suspicious of his life by Lian Dao, so he refused to have dinner with him.
During the dinner, D'Antoni made no secret of his overtures to Lian Dao.
During the meal, he also discussed with Lian Dao the running and bombing tactics of USC and the "elevator door" tactics used in the finals.
Although Lian Dao is not as good as D'Antoni in terms of tactics, Lian Dao is more than 10 years ahead of D'Antoni in the development of the league.
So in some opinions, it also made D'Antoni shine.
Moreover, Lian Dao also highlighted the establishment of the defensive system and the rotation of the lineup.
Lian Dao also simply put forward his own views, whether D'Antoni would listen or not was not his consideration.
It's just eating and chatting, besides, Lian Dao is not a Knicks player now.
After tea and rice cooking, Lian Dao also ended the New York trial training.
Next, rest for one night in Tianyi Pavilion, and have the next trial training~www.mtlnovel.com~ This little guy has improved again! After the meal, D'Antoni and Donnie Walsh returned to the Knicks general manager's office.
"Progress? Didn't he say he was hiding his clumsiness?" Donnie Walsh was a little puzzled.
After D'Antoni heard it, he shook his head mockingly,
"That's because those scouts didn't have a deep understanding. If you look deeply at his game videos, you will find that he can't do that. It can only be said that this little guy has not been idle after the finals.
By the way, some time ago, I also heard that he had a training camp, and it is said that the reputation is not bad.
It can be seen that he trained harder than we thought. And the potential is definitely greater! "D'Antoni said that he was like a miner who dug gold, and he was really happy.
"Donnie, then our poor performance this season is considered a success." D'Antoni was a little excited.
But Donny Walsh did shake his head.
"It's too early to say these things. It won't be announced until May 10. You must know that President David Stern is a little disappointed with the Knicks. He still doesn't know what will happen in the lottery!" Downey said. Walsh also shook his head and sighed, the Knicks' mess is really hard to clean up.
In fact, David Stern has always wanted to fully activate the largest ball market in New York, but the Knicks have always been like a fool who cannot be supported, the management is chaotic, and the team has piled up a pile of junk contracts.
David Stern was fed up with it in 2007 and publicly criticized James Dolan: "They didn't manage the team intelligently."
It can be seen how disappointed the old man is with the Knicks.
No one knows whether David Stern is willing to give the Knicks a chance this time!