The Way of the Center

　　 "The contradiction between Anjie and Kalesimo broke out, and the two sides were already at odds before the start of the season."

　　 "The Caleximo training ground scolded An Jie loudly."

　　 "Angel and Kalesimo broke out in physical conflict"...

　　 The next day, the news in the newspaper did not mention the Thunder's victory, but instead focused on Calesimo and Angel. Looking at each of the headlines, An Jie could only secretly scold these reporters who added jeers in his heart, and at the same time had to admire the brains of the people who wrote these articles.

　　 Although his tactical philosophy is not in line with Kalesimo, he is still far from reaching the point where the contradiction breaks out. Calesimo won't show An Jie too much, and An Jie won't do anything that doesn't respect Calesimo. But the media just like to exaggerate facts, the more eye-catching the better.

　　 In the last game against the Timberwolves, although Anjie was abandoned, the Thunder won the ball, which undoubtedly gave Carlesimo a shot in the heart. Now he can confidently say that An Jie is not suitable for the Thunder's tactics. Do you think others can win the game according to my schedule? It means that there is definitely no problem with my arrangement, and the problem lies with An Jie.

　　 Faced with this kind of ending, An Jie can only take the bitter fruit. The team won the game without much playing, which can only make his status in Carlesimo's heart lower and lower.

　　 Catherine couldn't help covering her mouth while looking at the scary headlines. She bought back all the newspapers about An Jie, only to realize that the situation in each newspaper was quite different. As a result, she felt even more worried. How was An Jie's life alone in Oklahoma City?

　　 An anxious Catherine directly took out the phone and called. It took a long time for Anjie to get the phone through.

　　 Anjie got up listlessly, facing the empty house where he was alone. He suddenly felt that his surroundings had become very depressed, and when he read the newspaper that had just been delivered, he was suddenly enveloped in bad mood. At this moment, Anjie's phone rang, it was Catherine.

　　 "Good morning, Catherine." Anjie's voice was lifeless.

　　 "How are you in the team, Ann? Are all those in the newspaper true?"

　　 "Newspaper?" An Jie raised the newspaper in his hand and glanced again.

　　 "Don't listen to them, these are compiled out of context by the media." After speaking, Anjie directly threw today's Oklahoma Daily into the trash can.

　　 "But you were yesterday..."

"Yesterday it was the first time I played a back-to-back game, and my physical fitness problems, so the coach didn't let me play much. Don't worry, Catherine, don't think too much, everything is normal in the team." Anjie didn't want to Let others worry about themselves.

　　 Such an answer made Catherine unable to refute, except to choose to believe, what can she do?

　　 In order not to upset Anjie, Catherine hung up after saying a few casually. But even through the phone, she was still very worried for An Jie. You said, what if she could be with Anjie now?

　　 An Jie’s mood did affect his competitive state. In the daily confrontation training, Westbrook and Durant clearly discovered that An Jie was not as good as before. But the more Anjie was like this, the more Caleximo had an excuse to abandon Anjie. He even began to question the general manager's vision of Presti in his heart. You must know that Jeff Green is now shining in the Kings, and An Jie has not even been able to integrate into the team so far.

"Hey, don't worry, I know your abilities. The head coach is just used to using experienced centers. As long as you perform well, you will definitely get a chance." Even Westbrook has to say a few words. To remind my good buddies, if he continues like this, he may really be unable to enter the rotation lineup.

　　 After listening to Westbrook’s words, Anjie nodded mechanically, and then he made another mistake on the training ground...

　　 Anjie has gone through two days in such a muddle-headed day. The quality of his training in these two days is very bad, and his state has almost fallen to the bottom.

　　 Over time, two days after the team's first victory, the Thunder ushered in an attack by the defending champion Boston Celtics at their home Chesapeake Energy Arena.

　　 Although the Thunder just won a victory, the Celtics had just faced a defeat. But no one is optimistic about the young Thunder. Everyone believes that the old spicy Big Three will make these little guys a deep understanding of what is called the NBA.

　　 There were no accidents, the Celtics played very easily on the court, and Durant and Westbrook on the Thunder team tried their best to barely bite the score.

　　Finally, under the excellent performance of the Celtics Big Three, the Celtics overtook the Thunder with a 96-83 victory. After defeating the Timberwolves, the Thunder once again fell into the vortex of losing.

　　 Durant scored a team-high 17 points in this campaign, while Westbrook only scored 13 points. Anjie ranked directly behind Johan Petro and became the third center in this game. He scored 4 points and 2 rebounds in just ten minutes.

　　 After Durant and Westbrook's performance gradually became prominent, Anjie has now slowly faded out of people's field of vision. Can you just trade Jeff Green for this Chinese? Maybe this deal was a mistake from the beginning.

　　 After a day off, the Thunder went to Salt Lake City non-stop to challenge the Utah Jazz. Faced with the paper-like inside defense of the Thunder, Carlos Boozer and Mehmet Okur became the two happiest people. They scored 23 points and 18 points respectively, and Keling's Collison and Petro had only scored 8 points in total.

But Durant and Westbrook, who refused to accept the defeat, burst into their own strength. Durant 24 points and Westbrook 22 points. However, when other teammates could not play out, the Thunder still lost 7 points. Points, unfortunately defeating Utah.

　　 An Jie still got the chance to play, but in 13 minutes, An Jie scored 5 points and 3 rebounds and continued to play the role of soy sauce. But it is worth mentioning that when Anjie was on the court, Okur's shooting percentage dropped significantly.

　　 It's a pity that Carlesimo will choose to ignore it even if he sees it. An Jie is not the player he wants. He is already very kind if he can give An Jie more than ten minutes of playing time. Had it not been for the pressure of the general manager, he would have let An Jie sit on the bench long ago.

Two days later, on November 9, the Thunder will face the Atlanta Hawks, who have not yet tasted a defeat since the start of the game. In this game, only two-thirds of the people in the Chesapeake Energy Arena were seated, Oklahoma. The fans of the city have lost faith in this team that has been defeated and defeated.

　　 Sure enough, under the excellent performance of Joe Johnson and Mike Bibby, the Eagles won the Thunder without any risk, and made a strong five-game winning streak at the beginning. The Thunder have lost three games in a row.

Now, An Jie will never be besieged by reporters anymore. After each game, only a few Chinese media will come to interview An Jie. Other media are now a little interested in the third center of the Thunder. No. What if he scored 15+10 against Yao Ming, the famous parallel No. 1 pick Kumei. Hasn't Brown also had the experience of slashing large double-doubles. There are many such short-lived players in the NBA, and there is no shortage of An Jie.

"I said Anjie, don't be discouraged. The first year of a rookie player is always suffering. You have to believe that gold will always shine, don't worry, you will definitely get a chance as long as you keep working hard." This is Wu Hua After the interview, An Jie's personal advice to An Jie, but in his opinion, An Jie did not listen to much at all. Wu Hua shook his head helplessly. The former An Jie who didn't give up seemed to have disappeared. Now sitting in front of him is nothing but an "other" with An Jie's shell.

Just one day later, the Thunder faced the Indiana Pacers back-to-back. Kevin Durant and Danny Granger fought fiercely. In the end, Durant scored a game-high 37 points and 8 more. With rebounds and 3 blocks, he can say that he completely beat Granger.

　　 But four of the Pacers scored more than 14 points, and the Thunder, in addition to Durant's 37 points, Westbrook's 14 points is already the second highest score. Anjie had 3 points and 5 rebounds, still the same as disappeared. 99 to 107, four losing streak!

　　 Callesimo is now anxious. The fans have pointed the finger at him as the head coach, thinking that he is not qualified to coach the original Thunder team with unlimited potential. However, the fans still couldn't be the master. Just under this scolding, Carlesimo took the Thunder on another road trip.

　　 Orlando Magic, this team has become a strong team in the East under the leadership of Dwight Howard. Facing the Thunder's like a chicken-assisted inside line, Warcraft did not have any softness. He severely trampled Collison and Petro with a large double-double of 30 points and 19 rebounds.

　　 An Jie played against Warcraft for a few minutes, but it was surprising that An Jie was not completely suppressed by Howard, but instead completed one or two defensive defenses on the defensive end. But it is a pity that Calesimo took An Jie down again before his body was getting hot.

　　 Anjie really wanted to rush over and punch Kalesimo in the nose. He kind of understood why this guy was locked in his throat by his players before. An Jie clenched his fists, but he still couldn't do that kind of thing.

　　 109 to 92, the Magic won the Thunder just like a game, without any pressure.

　　 Five consecutive defeats, this is not over. In the next half month, the Thunder's performance was as stable as ever. Apart from losing, they did not contribute any other results.

　　 Presti could not stand such a result for a long time, and the culprit for this result is the tactics that Kalesimona did not match the Thunder players at all. Although Callesimo has not been fired yet, he has identified several candidates for the new coach early. In Presti's mind, Calesimo's dismissal was already a certainty. He didn't want the team to fall into chaos without a coach after Calesimo was dismissed, so he looked for a head coach candidate early. Once the candidate is determined, he will immediately fire the self-righteous coach.

"You should know that I haven't coached a team for a while." In Presti's office, a middle-aged man in a black suit sat across from his desk~www.NovelMTL.com~ I know you took a break for a while, sir, but that doesn’t affect your coaching level. "Presti is still so good at negotiating.

　　 From the beginning of the season to the end of November, Carlesimo only brought the team a victory, that is, the narrow victory against the Timberwolves. After that game, the team has lost nine games in a row!

　　 Not only Angel, Westbrook and Durant also failed to show their full strength under his training. The reason why they were able to score high scores was all based on shots. wait? If you wait any longer, the league will be at the bottom again!

　　 "It is really risky to list me as one of the reference persons." The man in the black suit looked at Presti and smiled.

"No, sir, you are the first person in my heart. Other talents are for reference only. Other talents are your substitutes." If Presti can successfully win this guy in front of him, the Thunder will definitely usher in. change!

"This is not a trivial thing, you know I almost decided to go to ESPN to be a commentator, but I think the Thunder really has potential, and your three boys are also quite suitable for my style." The black suit man squinted. Eyes, "Let me consider how many days?"

　　 "Of course, we open the door to you at any time." For this candidate, Presti has been screened for a week without sleep. Now he is the only person who can sign the most suitable team.

　　 When there is a conflict between the coach and the players, one of them will inevitably go away. It’s a pity that in the eyes of Presti, the person who had to break up with the Thunder is Carlesimo who feels good about himself~www.NovelMTL.com~ Welcome to visit and read, the latest, fastest and hottest. The serialized works are all at ~www.NovelMTL.com~ For mobile phone users, please go to read.