NBA: Start with 2 billion, buy the Knicks

Chapter 125: Li Kaier, the first step to strengthen the men’s basketball team, naturalization!

It seems that the Knicks' perimeter defense is still good now. Youth is strength. Harden's take-off height is obviously smoother and faster than Kobe. Coupled with Beverley and Danny Green's defense, Kobe doesn't say it.

My body is still very uncomfortable.

The main reason is that he was not fully prepared. It was very easy for him to come to this arena in his career, whether it was veteran Alan Houston or Marbury and others... Maybe it was because he was getting older.

He felt that the perimeter defense he encountered today was the most intense.

James Harden scored 17 points, 6 assists and 2 rebounds. He was also locked up by Kobe for several rounds, but he also appeared in a famous scene, that is, he beat Kobe from behind and succeeded in a fadeaway mid-range shot.

Fuck Kobe the Kobe way!

The two of them are like looking in the mirror, their playing styles are similar, but the young Harden plays more "jumping" together and looks more energetic, while Kobe is the type who has reached the level of experience and rhythm.

You may not score a goal, but being handsome is a lifelong thing.

This is what it's like when you watch Kobe Bryant play. He may turn into an iron king, but his movements will never be deformed due to tension and exhaustion. Being relaxed and handsome comes first.

But neither of them is the protagonist tonight. Odom is the protagonist for the Lakers, with 13 points, 11 assists and 9 rebounds. The economical triple-double is outstanding. It is typical that the east is not bright and the west is bright. When Kobe is being taken care of, this

It's great to be able to support a forward who can control the ball.

Then Okur was the most stable on the Knicks. He made 5 of 7 three-pointers and scored 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. This led to the Knicks never being widened. Yi Jianlian had 9 points and 6 rebounds. The Knicks'

The rebounding basically relies on these two, and because Gasol and Bynum can't guard them, they still have a lot of opportunities, but they are not all accurate.

But this has nothing to do with Jiang Chao and Max. If you lose, you lose. If you can't beat the regular season, even if you get to the end of the Eastern Conference, you will still be beaten 100%. This is Kobe!

You can't guard Kobe every game like he did today. You can't always encounter him in the zone state and shooting in any state.

What you can do is score more points than them and increase your offensive vitality.

Add a defender to hold the ball, a striker who can break through in the low post, or a center who can post up. This is Jiang Chao's final starting point for one star and four shots!

Jiang Chao was already thinking about it when the team's record was not good before. Now that the record is good, he wants to make changes even more.

It's too painful to face the Lakers and be suppressed by everyone. Since they are sixth in the Eastern Conference, why not try a change?

What if it succeeds?

Promise the New York fans, promise the beautiful people that the Knicks will be the last to go, now we have to take action.

But what is more uncomfortable is that the Knicks roster is already full. With Eddy Curry and Tim Thomas joining the rotation, the Knicks have 15 players, including Matthews, a two-way contract player.

"So we can't sign in the free market?"

"Yes, and you don't like the remaining players in the free market. You don't even want to invest in veteran Marbury's basic salary."

"Haha, yes, is the deal okay?"

"The transaction is OK."

If the roster is full, it can only be done through trade. For example, they have discussed Eddy Curry and Larry Hughes before, and Tim Thomas is already a player on the shelf. If it can be exchanged with other teams,

Nothing better can be said about players who are useful to each other.

The result is that Sean Marks and D'Antoni found that these plug-and-play players either had high-quality contracts that could not be balanced, or they were not for sale for each team's stable rotation.

And if you want to exchange it for something that is not for sale, you will have to bleed.

Therefore, the trading method has been abandoned. This is why Sean Marks sent a scout to contact Howard to watch the game tonight. We can only wait until this offseason to catch the big fish.

In addition, these guys on the Knicks’ shelves are no longer as popular as the guys at the beginning of the season. They are not given many opportunities and their statistics are average. Those who exceed expectations are rookies. Rookies will not be traded, and veterans’ statistics are age-related.

He will suffer from any disease. What the opponent wants is the peak combat power of Nate and Harrington, not the peak and tail-end combat power of Eddy Curry.

So it's very embarrassing. The Knicks have very little room for maneuver in the middle of the season.

The season was too bloated at the beginning, and the Knicks did not compete for so many useful role players in the free market. For example, the two current Lakers players, Odom and Bynum, are both good players who can be used inside.

Another example is Toronto Raptors big man Jermaine O'Neal and Oklahoma City forward Wilcox. They are both very good players.

Of course, the biggest reason at that time was that Jiang Chao really had no money and nothing else. He would have gone bankrupt if he had gone all-in.

So Jiang Chao said that Max, you should watch it first. It can be done anywhere in the world. Even if you want to try out Bartel and Haddadi, I support it. The requirement is to be a striker or an inside player who can play inside. You must add them.

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"It's best to be a player who doesn't shoot, so that there will be one less person on the opposite perimeter to guard the perimeter."

"Both veterans and upcoming rookies are fine. If we can't catch up this season, next season will be fine."

This sentence about not shooting reminded Sean Marks, who clapped his hands:

"Hey, boss, have you forgotten? When you were inspecting the game in Los Angeles, there was a prospective freshman who had just come to the university to play. I inspected him and he seemed to be quite capable of playing inside. He had excellent height and vision.

You seem to know him and have said hello to him?"

"Are you talking about Kyle? Human squirming essence. He really doesn't shoot much. You can call him and contact him to participate in the draft early this year!"

Jiang Chao clapped his hands, "Wang Dachui, I didn't expect Sean Marks to take the initiative to mention this player, he must be interested."

Because Jiang Chao has more than just NBA expectations for him, maybe the naturalization of the Chinese men's basketball team will also start from his side.

For later generations, Jiang Chao knew this very well about this 18-year-old high school graduate who looked very Chinese and had one-eighth Chinese ancestry.

This is a real rhythm monster, the super forward chosen by the Spurs!

Moreover, in later generations, he returned to China earlier than Jeremy Lin to worship his ancestors, and wrote his name on his ancestral homepage with Kyle Lee.

Why Sean Marks noticed him was because Jiang Chao mentioned him. The rising basketball star Jiang Chao mentioned, then he had to investigate it himself.

After some investigation, I found that it is still wider??

Kyle Anderson was born on September 20, 1993 in New Jersey, USA. He is 2.06 meters tall, has a wingspan of 2.20 meters and weighs 104 kilograms. He plays the role of small forward on the field.

Anderson is a rare all-around forward player. He has outstanding physical fitness and athletic ability. He can not only fight inside but also have good outside shooting, which allows him to score from almost any position on the court.

Anderson is one-eighth of Chinese descent. His maternal great-grandfather Li Chongxin was a pure Chinese. During World War II, Li Chongxin went to Jamaica to make a living, so he met Anderson's maternal great-grandmother Aegita. After the two got married, they gave birth to a daughter named

Marian, who is Anderson's maternal grandmother.

Anderson's mother, Susanna, grew up in the United States and gave birth to Anderson in New Jersey, USA after getting married.

Anderson's father once served as the coach of an AAU amateur sports league team. Influenced by his father, Anderson joined his first basketball training camp at the age of three and fell in love with basketball ever since.

Anderson graduated from St. Anthony High School in New Jersey, where he led the team to consecutive New Jersey state championships and was elected state player of the year in his final year of high school.

Afterwards, he actually entered the University of California, Los Angeles () in 2011 to participate in college basketball.

In the same year, the men's basketball team went to China to play three competitions, and successively defeated Qinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University with big scores.

Among them, against the Magic City Men's Basketball Team, Anderson scored a team-high 21 points and 11 rebounds.

And now this player who just graduated from high school was actually selected in 2014, which was the season when the Spurs won the championship.

At that time, the Spurs were at their peak and they got the 30th pick in the first round. Anderson was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 30th pick in the first round of the NBA draft. The two parties signed a four-year contract worth $5.58 million.

Many people don't understand the Spurs' choice because Kyle Anderson's dynamic talent is very average. He is slower than a center and shorter than a center. He has no absolute height. He is just a player who plays purely with rhythm.

But the facts prove that the Spurs' vision is not wrong.

In the 2014-15 season, Anderson played 33 regular season games on behalf of the Spurs, averaging 10.8 minutes per game, scoring 2.2 points and 2.2 rebounds.

In the summer of 2015, Anderson represented the Spurs in the Summer League, playing in 9 games, averaging 19.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, helping the Spurs reach the Las Vegas Summer League finals. He also won the 2015 Las Vegas Player of the Year award.

mvp of scottish summer league.

In the next two seasons, Anderson was still not reused in the Spurs.

It was not until the 2017-18 season that Anderson became the team's main small forward. He played 74 regular season games on behalf of the Spurs, averaging 26.7 minutes per game, scoring 7.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.6 steals, and shooting 52.7% from the field.

The three-point shooting percentage reached 33.3%.

Of course, the mediocre statistics are related to the Spurs' team basketball. Later, after he left and got a big contract, Kyle Anderson's statistics increased explosively.

On July 10, 2018, Anderson joined the Memphis Grizzlies with a four-year contract worth $37.2 million, with an annual salary of $9.3 million.

After playing for the Grizzlies for three seasons, Anderson has always been the team's absolute main force.

Before Jiang Chao crossed over, Anderson reached the peak of his career. He played in 69 NBA regular season games, all of which were starts. He averaged 27.3 minutes per game, scored 12.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals, and shot 36% from three-point range.

He made 1.4 three-pointers per game, and both his points and assists hit career highs.

In early August 2018, Anderson accompanied his mother Susanna to Shenzhen, China, to recognize her ancestors. Xinmu Village in Shenzhen was exactly where Anderson's maternal great-grandfather Li Chongxin lived.

Susanna was very excited when she returned to her hometown. While talking to the old man, she heard a lot about her grandfather's past. She couldn't help but shed tears and wiped her tears with tissues from time to time.

At that time, Anderson's cousin Li Tianping also gave Anderson two Chinese names, called "Li Kai", and officially wrote them into the Li family tree. The custom here in Shenzhen is that all descendants of the glorious ancestors can enter the ancestral home.

With Anderson's achievements, he can naturally enter his ancestral home.

Anderson's mother and son's trip back to their hometown was warmly welcomed by the family. Anderson was very affectionate towards his hometown. He also brought photos of his maternal great-grandfather Li Chongxin back to his hometown, which was considered a return to his roots.

Therefore, Jiang Chao always felt that he was more "patriotic" than Jeremy Lin, because Jeremy wanted to make money, but he did not do anything related to profit. He simply did the work of recognizing his ancestors and returning to his clan. After doing so, he looked like the Spurs.

Leave quietly.

This is indeed the case. Anderson has a strong sense of belonging to China and is willing to play for the Chinese men's basketball team.

During the 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup, Anderson cheered for the Chinese Men's Basketball Team on social media platforms many times.

Anderson is an excellent forward player who is good at positional warfare. He has excellent back-up ability and long-range shooting ability. He plays smart and has a high intelligence. His playing style is very consistent with the characteristics of the Chinese men's basketball team.

You must know that although he is not a defender, his dribbling can easily solve the problem of breaking the full-court press, which is a big problem for the Chinese men's basketball team. It is not a problem at all.

Anderson is a mixed-race player, so it should be easier to naturalize and be accepted by Chinese fans. Moreover, he was not yet 28 years old before Jiang Chao traveled through time, so he can play for the Chinese men's basketball team for a long time.

If Anderson can be naturalized successfully, his ability will be in no way inferior to Neon's Rui Hachimura, and the Chinese men's basketball team will continue to dominate the Asian basketball world!

And this year, he is only 18 years old!

If Jiang Chao plans for him now, the men's basketball team won't have to worry about starting a forward in the next 15 years, right?

Unlike the foreign players who were naturalized from other countries later, this one is really of Chinese descent. To put it funnily enough, Kyle Anderson would never recognize that he is an American in the Chinese team, unlike Rochel who is playing in the South Korean team.

Here, that dark skin looks fake at first glance, and he is a perfect foreign aid.

He is the first step towards Jiang Chao's goal.

Naturalization, youth training, future.

Without naturalized players of this level to train with, how can the national team improve???

And this is also a potential stock. He can also cultivate his own level in the national team. Only with this kind of talent can he become a locomotive, and only then will the youth training be motivated, and only then will there be people who want to enter such a powerful national team, so that the future will never stop!

"But why did this kid come into your sight so early, Sean? He shouldn't have."

Jiang Chao remembered that he just said hello to him at that time, because he couldn't talk much in front of the camera, otherwise it would not be good for other teams to notice this one-eighth Chinese, and he had to do it in private if he wanted to get close.

So what's interesting is that Sean Marks definitely didn't bring it up again because Jiang Chao and Kyle Anderson had said hello before.

This means that now 18-year-old Kyle Anderson has the ability to play in the NBA rotation?

You must know that he only entered the NBA in his junior season. Are you already interested in him before he is a freshman?

Can this really change the Knicks??

The players Jiang Chao and Sean Marks discussed before who could be strengthened were all NBA's main rotation players!

"I can still see a high school student like this who leads his team to consecutive New Jersey state championships."

Jiang Chao smiled on the surface, but secretly complained: Sure enough, people from the Spurs team observe potential players 1-3 years earlier than other teams.