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Chapter 86: The identity of the man in black

After the game, except for Chris Paul who finished the final victory, the person who was most sought after by reporters was Anjie, who performed well in this game and released his emotions in a high-profile manner at the end.

An Jie scored 23 points and 3 rebounds in this game, with a large double-double, both of which set An Jie's career highs. If it weren't for the high shooting percentage of both sides in the second half, An Jie might have been able to catch a few more rebounds.

After nine games of downturn, Anjie has become the focus of media interviews again since the Chinese derby.

At the post-match press conference, Calesimo brought Durant and Anger to attend with him. The three of them looked bad, but the reason why Calesimo's face was not because of these ten consecutive losses.

The media hospitality area of ​​Chesapeake Energy Arena is crowded today, and major media are sitting in the audience, with a lot of problems in their stomachs ready to throw them to the three people on the stage.

"The team lost ten consecutive times. Coach Carlesimo, do you think there is any problem with your tactics?" TnT's reporter took the lead in raising his hand.

"The team is still in the running-in period, and everyone is just not familiar with the current tactics." Calesimo was embarrassed when asked. The show was very sharp since Yi.

"An Jie, who had not played much time in the past, got a lot of opportunities to perform today. Is this sudden explosion within your expectations? That's why you gave An Jie a chance to perform today?" The second person who raised his hand was the special correspondent of Sports Pioneer in Oklahoma City, Wu Hua. He also deliberately asked this question to embarrass Calesimo.

"Uh... An... His playing time in the first few games was unstable because... because he was not yet used to the rhythm of nBa's game. I think it's time for him to play, and he did a good job." After saying that, Caresimo turned his head hypocritically and smiled at Anjie, but Anjie ignored Caresimo's move of showing goodwill. He and Durant still had gloomy faces, watching the reporters tease their head coach to the fullest.

Everyone sitting below knew that Angel and Caresimo had a disagreement, and Caresimo was simply nonsense. Seeing Caresimo's incoherent embarrassing expression, Wu Hua sat back with satisfaction.

"An, your performance was excellent in this game. Do you think you can maintain this state? Or is it just that you just felt hot today?" Finally, the reporters lost interest in Caresimo and they pointed their finger at Anjie.

"I have never played a game of this level. This is not my second-year student. From now on, as long as I am on the court, I will do my best like today." An Jie is not in the mood to compete with the media now. He directly expressed his inner thoughts.

"At the end of the game, we all saw you smash the basketball to the ground fiercely. Are you expressing your dissatisfaction with your teammates? Or is you expressing your dissatisfaction with your coach?" An obese reporter stood up, and this question also attracted the attention of everyone present.

"I'm expressing my dissatisfaction with my last defense." With a simple sentence, An Jie hit the reporter.

"Kevin, today we saw you feed Anjie many times. Who do you think is the scoring point of you or Anjie in the Thunder?" A reporter from the Sun Sports asked such a question with malicious intentions.

"The entire Thunder are happy to share the ball rights with each other. I feed An An a few, but An also gives me a few passes. We all enjoy this game rhythm, and we are a real whole." Durant's answer was very smooth and did not say anything that would make everyone worth spending a lot of money on hype.

The following press conference gradually became calm, and Calesimo was already absent-minded. After the press conference, Calesimo rushed out of the media reception room and walked straight towards Presti's office.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!" Caresimo knocked on the door three times in a row. Before Presti could agree, the anxious head coach pushed the door and pushed it in.

When Yi entered the door, Calesimo saw Presti talking to Yi a man in a black suit. Most importantly, there were several contracts on Presti's desk!

"Hello, Mr. Caresimo, it's a pity today." The man in a black suit stood up and shook hands with Caresimo. This person looked younger than Caresimo, but his coaching experience as a head coach is much richer than Caresimo.

"This..." Caresimo looked at the man who shook hands with him, and then looked at Presti.

"The coach we agreed to have lost ten consecutive times, so I will replace them. Now, we lost ten consecutive times just now." When it was time to be decisive, Presti would never be soft-hearted.

Caresimo sighed and said nothing is useless now. He and the Thunder have broken their swords from now on.

"I hope you can achieve good results here." Calesimo suddenly felt relieved. This sentence was his sincere blessing to his successor.

After saying that, Caresimo turned around and walked out of the office. He no longer belonged to this place.

"So, how is the contract looking?" Presti continued to discuss the contract with the man in black after Caresimo closed the door.

"At least it's much more interesting than being an espn commentator." After saying that, the man in black suit signed his name on the contract with a smile. Presti was secretly happy, not knowing what those little guys could do under the training of this guy.

The next morning, before An Jie woke up, he was woken up by the ringtone of the phone. Look at the time, it was just half past six, who would call him at this time?

An Jie picked up his phone in a daze. "Kevin?"

"What's wrong with Kevin?"

"Do you see the team's official?" Hearing Durant's voice, he probably just woke up.

"What's wrong with the official?" An Jie was a little puzzled. What's the official look of the Thunder team? Is it a matter of how the fans scolded the Thunder team for losing ten consecutive times?

"You'll know when you go and see!"

He received a somewhat nonsensical call from Durant early in the morning, and Anjie was also full of curiosity. What could make Durant call early in the morning to share with him.

An Jie slowly searched the official Thunder team with his mobile phone, which was really good to live in such a high-tech era.

"I'll go!" Unexpectedly, when An Jie saw the official news, his sleepiness was wiped out.

"The Thunder officially announced the firing of the team's coach Peter J. Caresimo. A press conference will be held at the Chesapeake Energy Arena at 2:00 this afternoon to announce the identity of the new coach." The simple title is accompanied by a simple picture of Caresimo. But this news is destined to keep the media busy.

"Are you ready to meet everyone?" At 58 o'clock in the afternoon, the media were already waiting in the hospitality room, but Presti and the man in black suit stood outside the door.

The man in black suit sorted out his tie. He was a meticulous person. "Let's go in."

Teammates such as Angel and Durant were watching live TV in the locker room. They didn't know who their new boss would be. Angel prayed in his heart that he would stop being the best like Carlesimo.

"The manager is in!" Westbrook pointed to the TV screen and shouted, "The person behind Presty is their new coach!"

Looking at this familiar face, some reporters smiled knowingly, while others were surprised. Didn’t this guy agree to be a commentator? How could he come to Thunder to coach?

Presti sat down, with an official smile still hanging on his face. Then he turned his head toward the microphone.

"I gather everyone here just to take this opportunity to introduce the new head coach of the Thunder. If you have any questions, you can ask him directly." As he said that, Presti turned to look at the guy sitting next to him.

"Welcome to the Thunder, Mr. Jeff Van Gundy."

At this moment, Van Gundy became the second coach in the history of the Thunder.

"Hey! Didn't you reveal that you've been in contact with espn?"

"What made you willing to take over the Thunder?"

"After more than a year of vacuum, do you think you really have the ability to coach a team of NBa level?"

Suddenly, the audience burst into trouble. Presti looked at the reporters' incredible expressions with satisfaction. This was the effect he wanted.

Van Gundy slapped the microphone at this time, making sure it could sound correctly, he was going to speak!

"I believe I can stimulate the potential of the Thunder."

On 2018, 2018, Caresimo was officially dismissed.
Chapter completed!
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