Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

"Birdman Anderson chose to sign with the Knicks, the Nuggets gave up the matching rights, 22 million in 5 years, and Zuo Li ushered in an inside substitute!"

"Exchange clubs! Harrington leaves New York, Italian handsome Belinelli joins the Knicks!"

"Leave the team! Three-point shooter Novak chose to go to the Clippers. Novak: I will always remember everything about the Knicks. Zuo Li is the best leader."

With two trades and one outflow in one day, the Knicks finally caught up with the end of the summer, letting the media and fans who had been waiting for almost the whole summer breathe a long sigh of relief.

Finally... finally the deal was made, and I almost choked people to death.

But these two transactions...how to put it, they are far from the big moves that the outside world speculated the Knicks might make. Although Anderson and Belinelli are not unknown, they are indeed not star players.

, even at this time, the reputation of Birdman Anderson is far less than that of Harrington, the swingman who once created the legendary black eight with the Warriors. As for Belinelli, he is an average player with no reputation.

ESPN's evaluation of this transaction is B grade, which is average, with nothing eye-catching and no major problems. It is more like replacing Harrington's big contract with two more cost-effective players. Overall

There seems to be no increase in strength.

Many people are worried about this, thinking that the Knicks are going to be doomed. Although this summer's trading market is not as shocking as the Big Three in 2007, there are still many big moves, and they basically come from the East!

The ones that attract the most attention are naturally the few strong teams in the Eastern Conference that lost the playoffs. The Magic, Cavaliers, and Celtics have all made reinforcements.

The Cavaliers are especially generous here, maybe because they were stimulated by the Knicks, maybe because they got the best record in team history last season but were kicked out of the Eastern Conference semifinals. In short, they completed a few days after the end of last season.

A blockbuster deal.

On June 28, the Cleveland Cavaliers reached an agreement with the Phoenix Suns, trading Shaquille O'Neal for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, this year's second-round pick No. 46 and some cash.

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The "Shark King" combination was born!

The 37-year-old Shaquille O'Neal averaged 17.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game in the 2008-09 season. Together with the skyrocketing LeBron James, the combination of the two shocked the entire league. Although the Sharks

He is old, but even if he can maintain the form of last season, he will be an excellent supplement to the Cavaliers' inside line. The most important thing is that the arrival of the Sharks also gives the Cavaliers' inside line that was almost defenseless last season the biggest barrier.

There is no doubt that at least at this time, almost no one is not optimistic about this combination, and ESPN even gave this transaction an S-level rating.

The Cavaliers didn't stop there. On July 14, they completed another signing. Former European League MVP Anthony Parker signed with the Cavaliers as a free agent.

Parker played 80 regular season games for the Raptors last season, averaging 10.7 points, 4 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 33 minutes per game. Parker is the kind of swingman who can both shoot and defend. His emergence will make up for Wei Wei's performance.

The lack of defensive ability of Ste and Xiao Mo.

After that, the Cavaliers chose to complete the contract extension with Varejao, and then signed Bowie, the Celtics power forward who averaged 7.7 points per game last season, on the free market.

These transactions are undoubtedly the most outstanding this summer. According to Cavaliers team reporter Chris: "The Cavaliers have grabbed almost all the big fish in the free market."

This was not a big problem at the time. Although few people remembered Anthony Parker and Bowie in the era when they crossed the left, but now, they are the famous championship puzzle piece in the league, and they are the ones that many teams are chasing.

Kind of, and the reason why they joined the Cavaliers is easy to understand, it is for the championship.

After these transactions were completed, the Cavaliers' paper strength became unprecedentedly strong, and Cavaliers fans became even more aggressive. The memory of being beaten last season seemed to no longer exist, and the slogan "We are the championship" was shouted again.

The Magic, who personally ended the Cavaliers' championship dream last season, were not idle either. They also completed a big deal. One of the four shooting guards, the Nets' fig leaf last season, Vince Carter came to Orlando through a trade. The Magic only needed

Three role players, Alston, Tony Barty and Courtney Lee, completed the deal.

This allows the Magic to have four All-Star players in Howard, Lewis, Nelson, and Carter, and the lineup can be called luxurious.

The only problem is that Turkoglu jumped out of his contract and did not choose to renew with the Magic. Instead, he went to the Raptors to partner with Dragon King Bosh, which also caused the Magic a lot of losses.

But at this time, the outside world thinks this is acceptable, after all, there are four All-Stars!

As a result, the Magic also became a strong contender for the Eastern Conference championship.

The Celtics, who were eliminated by the Knicks last season due to Garnett's injury, finally ushered in the return of the Wolf King. At the same time, they also made major signings, including the former Pistons Five and All-Stars.

Players, Roaring God, Rasheed Wallace choose to join the Celtics!

In this way, the Celtics also gathered four All-Stars, plus Rondo, a quasi-All-Star, and an unprecedented super luxurious lineup was born.

Garnett, Rasheed Wallace, Pierce, Ray Allen, Rondo.

The substitutes include Daniels, who has just been reinforced, and Sheldon Williams...

No one who saw this lineup said anything about how awesome it is.

So Green Army fans were also in high spirits. Many people felt that the Celtics would return to the Finals. They even ignored the Knicks, who suffered last season, and went directly to the defending champion Lakers...

But looking at the lineup, there seems to be nothing to refute.

In addition to these three powerful teams, other teams in the Eastern Conference are also reinforcing, such as the Raptors with Bosh and Turkoglu, the Bobcats with Chandler...

Over the past summer, the Eastern Conference has become wild in an instant, and many analysts believe that the competition in the Eastern Conference next season will be unprecedentedly fierce.

At this time, on the championship list, in addition to the defending champion Lakers at the top of the list, 2-5 are all from the Eastern Conference. They are the Cavaliers of the Sharks, the Big Five Celtics, and the Magic's four All-Stars, who just scored last season.

The Knicks could only finish fifth in the Finals.

Some people think this is too high. Fans of the Suns, Mavericks, and Spurs have expressed their dissatisfaction, threatening that the Knicks will not be able to compete in the playoffs if they come to the Western Conference.

Some people seriously analyzed that, except for Zuo Li, the Knicks' lineup is really not up to the mark.

And ESPN's analysis of the Knicks is also: "With a rookie in charge, it is worrying how far the Knicks can go."

And amid such rumors and various distrustful comments from the outside world, on August 31st, the Knicks will finally assemble!