After the New York Knicks formed a lineup that shocked the entire league, other teams also seized the time to strengthen their lineups for the new season.
For the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James has become the team's new star. Although the Lakers' lineup at this time is not outstanding, there are a group of young people in the team who are fairly talented. In this regard, the Lakers' prospects are still good.
Of course, the prospects are only good. If you really want to have strong enough combat effectiveness, you must strengthen this lineup based on it.
As for the Golden State Warriors, their lineup has not changed much since they won the championship again this season. As a free agent, Kevin Durant once again chose to renew his contract with the Warriors.
This also means that the Warriors will still be one of the top teams in the league next season. Especially in the Western Conference, the Warriors will definitely become the biggest obstacle for other teams to reach the Western Conference Finals.
Back to the Knicks.
After creating a starting lineup headed by Zhao Feiyang, the Knicks made adjustments to many of the team's contracts. Previously, they had many bad contracts in their hands, including some high-paid and low-performance players. This time, the Knicks decisively chose to abandon these contracts.
If you can trade, choose to trade. If you can't trade, then buy it out. In short, try your best to free up the team's salary space.
After a series of moves solved the team's problems, the New York Knicks' salary space was suddenly freed up.
It was at this time that a familiar player entered their sights again.
Originally, the Knicks management did not intend to sign back the other party, but under Zhao Feiyang's persuasion, the team management decided to give the player a chance.
This player is none other than Jeremy Lin, who became famous in New York. Before he was laid off, he had a shocking "Lin Tornado" performance, but later had to choose to leave because of Carmelo Anthony's exclusion.
Last season, Jeremy Lin was originally trained by the Nets as one of the core members of the team. However, no one expected that after only one game at the beginning of the game, Jeremy Lin suffered a serious injury and was reimbursed for the season.
This really ruined his career!
Originally, even if he could no longer become a star, becoming a starter on a weak team was not a big problem. Even if injuries had some impact, he was still valuable.
Who would have thought that at the crossroads of his career, injuries caused him to lose his value!
Today's Jeremy Lin is not an option for most teams, and not many teams are willing to give him a chance.
If he cannot sign a formal contract after the start of the season, I am afraid his NBA career will come to an end.
In such a bad situation, the olive branch thrown by the Knicks is extremely precious to Jeremy Lin.
The two sides soon met together.
After simple communication, the Knicks are willing to sign Jeremy Lin with a veteran's minimum salary contract of 2 million a year. Although such a contract is too low, there is no extra choice for Jeremy Lin today.
The two parties soon formally signed a contract.
When New York fans learned that Jeremy Lin was back again, many Chinese fans were excited.
They all went to the Knicks' official website to leave messages.
"Jeremy is finally coming back! I'm glad to see this guy can return to his roots... He made his name here. If he can stabilize and retire here, it will be great for the Knicks." ......."
"Lin's return is of course good news! He can lead the team's second team and advance the game as the team's point guard..."
"Frankly speaking, I think Lin's body is going downhill, especially after suffering injuries... But I have to say that signing a player like this for two million is already a good deal! With the huge increase in player salaries, With prices rising today, two million is not much... What else can you ask for at such a price?"
Jeremy Lin's contract is nothing to the Knicks, who have a lot of money or money, and signing him still won't affect the team's salary space.
While the team is solving the guard problem, the selection of the head coach has also been put on the table by the Knicks.
The previous coach of the team was David Fizdale.
The head coach's coaching career was not very glamorous. After coaching an NBA team for four years, only one year made it to the playoffs, and it was his first year coaching.
That was also the only season in which he led the team with a winning percentage of more than 50%. That year he led the Memphis Grizzlies to a record of 43 wins and 39 losses. That season they finished seventh in the Eastern Conference.
And then...no more! In the first round, they were defeated by the San Antonio Spurs. They lost to the opponent by a score of 2 to 4 and left in despair.
In the following seasons, Fizdale's record never exceeded 50%, and always hovered around 30%. Especially in the season when he first coached the New York Knicks, his winning rate was actually low. To 20.7 percent.
Such poor leadership performance certainly does not apply to the current Knicks team. Therefore, after the team's new lineup was released, the Knicks immediately fired David Fizdale.
However, it is not easy to select a reliable new coach! There are many coaches in the league, but those who can truly lead the team to achieve results are still relatively limited.
Just when the team was worried about this, Zhao Feiyang, as the team leader, once again helped the Knicks recommend a candidate.
This person is Norman Thomas.
It was he who led the Timberwolves to win the championship. Although it is not entirely his fault, he is indeed a good coach. At least, he is more reliable than David Fizdale, and his record is much better than the latter's.
After winning the championship, Coach Norman was fired by the team! Later, he did not coach other NBA teams, but temporarily went to college as a head coach.
Just last year in the NCAA competition, Coach Norman led his college basketball team to the quarterfinals.
That university did not originally have the strength to reach the top eight, but it was precisely because of his training that it successfully reached this ranking.
Although it does not necessarily prove that he can lead the Knicks to good results, at least this is positive feedback and proves that he has some abilities.
The Knicks management thought twice and finally decided to invite coach Norman Thomas to coach.
The other party initially refused, but after hearing that it was Zhao Feiyang and others who requested it, they immediately chose to negotiate a coaching contract with the Knicks.
After a period of discussion between the two parties, the Knicks and Coach Norman officially signed a three-year contract worth a total of US$9 million.
