Compared with the Celtics, the Knicks' operations seem mediocre and even a bit stupid.
Yes, Marbury and Francis can no longer play at the level of star point guards, but what does it mean if you are selected in the first round next year.
The key is that the two players returned are obvious problem players.
Zach Randolph, who played for the Portland Trail Blazers, experienced tense moments with the self-proclaimed "Kobe Terminator" Ruben Patterson, as well as violent confrontations with teammates.
The Blazers were known as the Portland Jail during that time.
The reason is fraud, rape, shooting, almost every type of scandal can find an exemplary representative in the Trail Blazers.
Statistics show that Blazers players spent more time in jail than playing games.
Although Randolph was later intensively trained and produced good statistics, his off-court life was still decadent.
Many sports experts even believe that Randolph's negative impact on the team is greater than the positive impact.
Ron Artest, one of the protagonists of the "Palace of Auburn Hills" incident, is known as the man who beat him from the court to the audience.
The NBA is famous for being tough and powerful, but always has a hot head.
Whether on or off the court, Artest is in constant trouble.
The Kings were actually pretty good this season, finishing last in the Western Conference, and Artest was indispensable.
Therefore, as soon as the free market opened, the Kings immediately began to sell Artest.
As a result, no other team except the New York Knicks was willing to talk.
Strong teams don't want to add a "ticking time bomb" to the locker room, and weak teams don't have stars who can handle Artest.
This is very embarrassing!
The Kings and Knicks are "poison" for "poison", but the Knicks lost a first-rounder. The only advantage is that they freed up more than 10 million in salary space.
The two problematic players in Randolph and Artest have made Knicks fans despair.
Marbury and Francis are not good, but at least they are not violent, and now these two are really worried that they will rush into the fans' stands when they get excited.
But just when Knicks fans were despairing of the new season, the next trade made them climax right where they were.
The Knicks officially released a group photo of Li Yan, James Dolan, and Isiah Thomas.
In the photo, Li Yan's face is filled with smiles, and Isiah Thomas and James Dolan are smiling from ear to ear.
Text below the photo: The son of Miracle, the youngest Finals MVP in history, arrives at Madison Square Garden, and a new era for the Knicks begins!
The Knicks' official announcement detonated the entire league.
Knicks fans are about to cry. We were able to steal Lee from the Lakers. Mom, we are successful!
Previously, no one expected that Li Yan would choose to join the Knicks. You must know that the Knicks' lineup is uncompetitive.
Fans of the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks still don’t know where they lost?
Most teams breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that Li Yan had joined the Knicks.
With this Knicks lineup, it would be great to make it into the playoffs.
Win the championship? How many dishes did you drink like this?
Of course, the media's attitude towards Li Yan's choice is polarized.
People who like Li Yan think that Li Yan has chosen the most difficult path, but it involves high risks and high returns.
The New York Knicks are rotten to the core, and they have huge room for improvement.
Li Yan chose to come here to create a miracle. Once he succeeds, he will become a hero in New York.
Those who hate Li Yan think that Li Yan chose the "Big Apple" city purely to make money, and Li Yan will soon pay the price for his short-sightedness.
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Li Yan himself didn't care about the analysis of various experts. He just listened to the experts' words as a joke.
On July 6, 2007, Li Yan flew to Las Vegas to join the Chinese men's basketball team.
Due to recovery from injury and preparations for his wedding, Yao Ming rarely participated in the men's basketball training camp, and Li Yan became the most watched player.
National team coach Yunas was extremely happy. When he became the head coach of the men's basketball team, he did not expect that the men's basketball team would be so strong.
Yao Ming and Li Yan, the two best teams, are also the strongest players at the same position in the entire NBA.
In addition to these two superstars, there are also two first-round picks, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue.
Plus Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng and Li Nan.
Isn’t this lineup strong enough?
Before, Yunus had always set his Olympic goal to reach the quarterfinals, but now he thinks that it would be an insult to his reputation to still be in the quarterfinals.
With the current lineup, even the dream team is capable of fighting.
Yunus has a dream, that is to defeat the dream team.
If Argentina can do it, then so can the current men's basketball team.
When Yunus was looking forward to the future, the door to the training hall was pushed open.
Almost all the players and coaching staff of the men's basketball team immediately turned their attention to the figure who had just entered the gate.
Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue greeted him almost immediately.
During the draft, Li Yan helped them a lot. It was more or less thanks to Li Yan that Sun Yue entered the first round.
Not to mention Ah Lian, he still expects Li Yan to take him flying next season.
Yunus has some impressions of Li Yan. This young man has been in the national team once before. He is in good shape and active in defense, but his skills are very rough.
I didn't expect that the NBA would be completely transformed within one year, and its temperament would be completely different from before.
"Hello, Mr. Yunus, nice to meet again." Li Yan looked very calm.
The strong aura even put a lot of pressure on Yunus. Yunus thought about the plot, and he felt that Li Yan's hand was a little heavy.
Li Yan looked at Yunus a little strange, why the coach didn't look very smart, he just shook hands.
After Li Yan said hello to Yunus, he also said hello to the coaching staff, Atijiang, Gong Xiaobin, Guo Shiqiang, and other teammates of the national team.
Everyone looked cheerful, and it turns out that everything they do requires strength.
After warming up for more than half an hour, Li Yan got into training.
Three hours later, only Li Yan was still standing among the players in the entire stadium.
Fuck! Is that human being? The men's basketball players collapsed on the ground in shock.
In the team's competition, Li Yan can completely defeat the main men's basketball team with just four people without training together.
No one can score under Li Yan's defense, and no one can stop Li Yan's attack.
The national players really felt that Li Yan and O'Neal's grandmother could beat them.
The most terrible thing is that after the competition, Li Yan invited his teammates to play 1VS1 with him, saying that it was to help them improve.
Except for Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu and others who sneaked into a three-pointer, most of them had their heads shaved by Li Yan.
What's outrageous is that even the inside players can't hit Li Yan from behind. Are you sure you're not using "qigong"?
The members of the men's basketball team thought that in a wheel battle, Li Yan would surrender first.
As a result, after several rounds, everyone failed except Li Sheng.
Is this the sense of oppression of FMVP?
