activa-t Chapter 170 The Beginning of the New King
Chapter 170 The Beginning of the New King
Chapter 170 The Beginning of the New King
Seeing that the new season is about to start, Isaiah Thomas only spent 580 million dollars to buy two leftovers that no one wanted.The assassin stopped laughing in a hurry, his eyes were red, his mouth was blistered, he couldn't sleep, his urine was yellow...
Isaiah Thomas, who was hungry, panicked, and rushed to the doctor, finally remembered the magical and perfect roster of last season.
As a life-saving straw, Zhao Ke was helpless when he received a call from Isaiah Thomas. He really wanted to say, I only remember players at the All-Star level.
Of course, he couldn't say that.
If Zhao Ke is the pick, Isaiah Thomas will probably let himself go, come up with a wave of coquettish operations that no one can understand, buy a bunch of useless guys, and kill Zhao Ke next season.
But Zhao Ke really doesn't have any good suggestions. He only has a little impression of last season's assist king, Andre Miller, but I don't know if this sharp guy was selected as an All-Star in another time and space.
In the end, Zhao Ke recommended Andre Miller. At worst, he couldn't buy it, and there was no loss.In addition, Zhao Ke also suggested that Isaiah Thomas try to collect the draft picks of other teams in 2004. The reason is that next year is the draft year, and the draft picks of each team are relatively tight.The actual situation is that the general managers of the top-ranked teams in the 2003 draft were all open, and almost none of them were eye-catching, and there was absolutely nothing to pick.
Zhao Ke didn't help Isaiah Thomas solve the substantive problems, but he seemed to bring a little good luck to the poor general manager.
Word finally came from the sprawling scouting net the Knicks had spread out.
Article 3: The Blazers are planning to sign the Clippers' starting point guard Jeff McInnis for $1000 million over three years.
Isaiah Thomas lost all the face of being run on by the Blazers before, but now his enemies are extremely jealous when they meet. Relying on the advantage of information, he cut off the Blazers at the buzzer with 3 million dollars in three years, without giving the opponent time to react.
Article 4: The Jazz offered the 1800ers starting small forward Matt Harprin for 76 million in four years.
Isaiah Thomas directly increased by 400 million, and quoted 4 million in 2200 years. The Jazz, who has always been careful about budgeting, immediately gave up the competition.
Article 3: The Wizards offered Golden State Warriors shooting guard Larry Hughes for 1500 million in three years.
The owner of the Wizards is the same as the owner of the Jazz. The stingy guy even cheated Jordan. How could he spend millions more for no reason?
Therefore, the same method of throwing money at people, the Knicks won Larry Hughes for $3 million in three years.
Finally, Isaiah Thomas has his eye on a wandering, unwanted free agent: LaGabel!
Next, last season's "Best General Manager" began to show micromanagement.
In the first deal, small forward Brian Russell (280 million) and point guard Jeff McInnis (380 million) were packaged and sent away from the Washington Wizards for Jerry Stackhouse (638 million), which they had just exchanged from the Pistons for Richard Hamilton.
The original wishful thinking of the Wizards was: use Larry Hughes as a guest point guard and Jerry Stackhouse to form a backcourt double gun, and partner Michael Jordan as a guest small forward to form the outside trident of the Washington Wizards.
But the despicable New York Knicks robbed Larry Hughes, and the Wizards had let go of the main point guard Chris Whitney in order to make room for Larry Huston. Now they lack both a starting point guard and a starting small forward, but they have two shooting guards.
The two people traded by the New York Knicks are simply calculated, and they hit the Wizards' weakness.After deliberating for several days, the Washington Wizards still persuaded Jordan to give up his junior and accept the Knicks' poison deal.
Just after the transaction was completed, the Cleveland Cavaliers came to the door and named Jerry Stackhouse, who was not hot yet, from the New York Knicks.
It was sleepy who came to send pillows, both sides had ulterior motives, the Cavaliers wanted Jerry Stackhouse, the Knicks wanted Andre Miller, and the deal was quickly concluded.
But Andre Miller's salary next season is too low, only $246 million, and the deal is unbalanced. The Cavaliers had to send the eighth pick last season, center Desa Gaina Diop (198 million), the first round pick in 2004, and $200 million.
Isaiah Thomas casually threw Desa Genea Diop to the Wizards, replacing their rookie Brandon Haywood with the 20th pick in the first round last season.Desa Genea Diop looks a lot stronger than Brandon Haywood, and his shot blocking is better, but the latter is actually better developed.But being pregnant is the same as being pregnant, how can you tell in the early stage?
The Wizards were afraid that the Knicks would not let him go, so they actually presented another 2004 first-round pick.
In one last trade, Isaiah Thomas consulted with Gerald Wallace, sending him to the Toronto Raptors, who lacked talent at small forward, to pair with Vince Carter.
But the despicable Raptors didn't want to send anyone, after several rounds of negotiations:
The Knicks sent the newly acquired point guards Travis Best (300 million) and Gerald Wallace (86), and got the Raptors from the Lakers for Lynch Hunter (387 million) plus the 2004 first-round pick.
Gerald Wallace was a strong contender for the best rookie last season, but he was only worth a first-round pick. Isaiah Thomas was also very helpless——
Money can't buy me, I'm happy, Gerald Wallace insists on going to the Raptors, what can I say.
With the last deal finalized, the New York Knicks' lineup for next season is also "Page":
Point Guard: Andre Miller, Lynch Hunter
Shooting guard: Zhao Ke, Larry Hughes, Lagabel
Small forwards: Matt Halprin, Tayshaun Prince, Matt Barnes
Power forwards: Kurt Thomas, Reggie Evans, Udonis Haslem
Centers: Nene Hilario, Chris Anderson, Brandon Haywood
The total salary of the Knicks is 4163 million U.S. dollars, and the salary cap for next season is 4027 million U.S. dollars. Isaiah Thomas has successfully completed the task of James Dolan——
The team will have to pay the luxury tax next season!
But such a lineup did not satisfy James Dolan and the fans.
In this 14-man roster, Andre Miller won the assists title last season, which sounds a bit familiar. Larry Hughes and Matt Harprin seem a bit familiar. Who are the rest?
Will the Knicks really rely on these first- and second-year rookies to defend their title next season?
Disappointment has led more and more fans who had fantasies about the Knicks to defend their title to join the ranks of "barbarian" fans. The calls for trading the "cancerous" Zhao Ke and dismissing the "brain-dead" general manager are getting louder and louder.
(End of this chapter)