Chapter 388: Many Doubts
The Knicks' relapse into the quagmire was a bad thing, and the box office success of OO7 was a good thing. However, when these two things happened to the same person, Yang Mo immediately attracted a lot of inexplicable criticism.
It’s not so bad in the film industry, after all, the box office is there, Yang Mo is a top superstar with great box office appeal, no one can say anything. But it’s different in the basketball industry, because Yang Mo’s dominance in the basketball industry is not as strong as in the film industry. Basically, Yang Mo’s box office appeal in the film industry is already the first among male actors, although he has little experience, but the film industry is such a place where box office is the only criterion for heroes. In addition, with entertainment oligarchs like Baofeng Agency behind the scenes, who dares to go against Yang Mo?
However, the basketball world is different. Although Yang Mo is already good enough, he is not good enough to make everyone shut up. It is true that he has been getting stronger, but... there are still many players ahead of him. However, the money and fame he has now obtained have exceeded the sum of all the top 10 players. The tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Yang Mo has obtained too much, so of course some people are envious and jealous.
"That guy should obviously be making movies, right?" Raptors power forward Chris Bosh said sneerly in front of the camera: "He is more suitable for the film industry, not the NBA. In the movies, he can play an omnipotent hero, but in the NBA, he can't. He is still a weakling. There is no way he can lead the Knicks to glory!"
Chris Bosh's words revealed not only envy, jealousy and hatred, but also more implicit self-promotion. Everyone knows that next year is the contract year for the 2003 class, and everyone knows that New York has money. His implication is that Yang Mo can't save New York, but I can, Chris Bosh can. Knicks uniforms, come talk to my agent!
Chris Bosh was one of the key targets of Isaiah Thomas. Chris Bosh is one of the best big men in the league in mid-range shooting. He can make up for Yang Mo's shortcomings and there will be no problem of fighting for the ball. However, once he said this, it meant that he was out. Because the Knicks are Super Yang's team, no dissenting voices are allowed in this team.
Chris Bosh's sarcasm basically represents the attitude of most first-tier superstars. Few NBA players would feel a little happy about the huge sales of 007, let alone be proud of it. The so-called "competitors are enemies" means that they can't stand seeing others do well. This is probably what it means.
Yang Mo simply ignored the criticisms from the basketball circle. Let these guys be jealous, because the box office dividends will not go into their pockets, but will only increase the numbers in Yang Mo's own account. The benefits are the most important, and it doesn't matter whether they accept it or not, because in the end they will kneel down at her feet and sing "Conquer". Yang Mo is very confident about this and has never wavered.
Yang Mo has great confidence in the future, but now he has faced a big problem.
In the away game against the Philadelphia 76ers, he was very uncomfortable. Iguodala and Thaddeus Young double-teamed him the whole time. This was the first time he encountered a super-superstar-level double-team. In this situation, his first five shots all missed. Although he got his touch back in the sixth shot, the pit he dug before was too big.
Therefore, the game was seriously out of Yang Mo's control in the fourth quarter. Although he was still able to grit his teeth and put the ball into the basket. But his teammates couldn't provide him with any help, including Milicic. Although Milicic worked much harder than before and his attitude was much more correct. However, his hands and feet that had been abandoned for too long could not give him a long-term efficient performance. Under the targeted defense of the 76ers, although he did not disappear completely, he was not far away.
As for the other players, although they wanted to play well, they were always out of touch and couldn't find the right rhythm to win.
With five minutes left in the game, Stan replaced Yang Mo. Although he still scored 32 points, his shooting percentage was a bit bleak, and he lost the game, which made him unhappy.
After the game, all kinds of criticisms came in, mostly criticizing Yang Mo for his selfish playing style.
Yang Mo did not respond to this. He thought these criticisms were correct. Although he was not selfish, he was indeed selfish in his performance. He had no way to create chemistry . The basketball was either handed over to him to solve or to Larry Hughes and others to finish. There were few combination chain attacks. Because the Knicks really don't even have one person who can pass the ball.
The team fought on their own, and everyone's first thought when holding the ball was to attack the basket.
It’s that simple.
If it is a run-and-gun style, this is called offensive decisiveness. But switching to a half-court offense system is called selfishness and lack of chemistry.
Yang Mo knew where the problem of the team was, but he had no way to correct it. He was powerless because he didn't know how to pass the ball. His passing ability was almost zero.
So on the night of the loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, Yang Mo immediately called Isaiah Thomas and told him to find Stockton within a week and ask him to teach him how to pass at all costs.
Isaiah Thomas' heart skipped a beat when he heard the phrase "at any cost". He then asked tentatively in a low voice, "What if he offers 10 million US dollars?"
"I will give it to you as you wish." Yang Mo answered decisively: "Remember, I will do it at any cost!"
For Yang Mo, 10 million US dollars is nothing. His only pursuit now is to become the king of basketball, or the god of basketball. He didn't dare to think about surpassing Michael Jordan before , but now he has put this matter on the agenda.
When fame, wealth and women have everything, becoming the best in a certain industry is undoubtedly the best way to satisfy ambition. Otherwise, life would be so lonely like snow!
After Yang Mo called Isaiah Thomas, she specifically found Stein on the plane to Chicago.
Stan didn't seem as nervous as Yang Mo. After all, he had been a basketball coach for most of his life, and failure was not something unacceptable to him.
"Man, we have to make a change." Yang Mo's first words after sitting down were: "If we continue like this, failure will still chase us."
"I know." Stan nodded, showing no extra surprise.
This made Yang Mo even more surprised. He widened his eyes and said, "Are you kidding me?"
"Of course." Stan said with a smile: "Our team doesn't have any passers at all. If we continue like this, we will definitely be followed by failure."
"Then let's switch back to the run-and-gun style of play. This will bring us closer to victory." Yang Mo said impatiently. He really couldn't stand the endless failures. He had become accustomed to the fireworks of victory!
"This will indeed bring us closer to victory, but will also take us further and further away from success!" Stan shook his head and said slowly, "My goal is not just to bring this team into the playoffs every year. I hope this will be a dynasty team. Therefore, I don't care about temporary victory or failure at all. I care more about you."
"Is it me you care about?" Yang Mo frowned. He felt that Stein in front of him was a little silly. Was he joking? Was he discussing some kind of Zen?
"Yes. Don't you think you can learn more from adversity?" Stan still kept smiling and said lightly: "You have been too smooth all the way, you need some setbacks. I hope to see your comprehensive offensive skills in the next game. Regardless of selfishness, take out all the weapons in your arsenal and sharpen their skill points to the top level. In this way... our failure will have greater significance than victory."
"So, you mean to sacrifice your achievements to promote my growth?"
"Of course. You are the most important cornerstone of the dynasty." Stein said with a smile: "Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have both gone through a long journey of selfishness. This is why they were able to dominate in the end."
Hearing this, Yang Mo nodded thoughtfully and said, "I think I understand what you mean."
"I understand ." Stan laughed and narrowed his eyes.
At this moment, Yang Mo suddenly felt that the image of the guy in front of him overlapped with Phil Jackson.
