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Eight days later, the Lakers' training camp at the Palm Springs Resort ended as scheduled.

Louis gave the players a day off and then led the team back to Los Angeles.

Before the preseason, Kobe had a little problem.

Because he was too excited and the amount of training increased, he twisted his foot.

After diagnosis, the team doctor and doctors agreed that he needed two weeks of rest to fully recover, but Kobe believed that one week was enough and he wanted to play in the preseason.

"You are no longer at Lower Merion. No one should take responsibility for your mistakes. Just take responsibility for yourself. I won't let you play in the preseason." Louis' smile was heartwarming. "I hope you will continue to work hard and become the best player in the world."

The other foot is also injured, so I don’t even have to play in the regular season.

Kobe walked out of Louis' office angrily.

The Lakers will play four preseason games against the Knicks, Kings, Warriors, Pacers, and Cavaliers.

A few days later, the Lakers traveled to Washington, D.C., to play their first preseason game against the Knicks at a neutral venue.

Although it was only a preseason game, neither side was careless.

The Knicks are serious and so are the Lakers.

Judging from the game, the internal chemical reaction of the Knicks was simply a mess, and they did not look like a defending champion at all.

It's no wonder that Dolan Jr.'s unfavorable operation has brought the Knicks a luxury tax of 300 million US dollars, which is unbearable.

The superiors want him to reduce taxes, but how?

Little Dolan did not consult with the experienced Buford, but patted his head and came up with a very clever idea - he contacted the players, moved them with emotion and reason, and let them know

The team is facing difficulties and hopes to renegotiate the price.

As for the players, almost all of them had an attitude of "It's none of my business if you want to reduce taxes", which directly angered Dolan Jr. and clamored to trade all those who didn't cooperate.

But you want to get a tax cut after all, right? What's the use of trading those people? Because now there is no surplus in the salary cap of each team, and it is impossible to get a big contract, so they have to be traded at equal value.

If it is an equal-price transaction, then the Knicks' current pressing tax reduction issue has still not been solved.

It is these reasons that have led to internal turmoil in the Knicks.

The turmoil stemmed from management's stupidity, and the consequences were even greater than what Louie experienced in the 1992-93 season.

Louis really doesn’t understand why Little Dolan doesn’t let Baylor negotiate?

Baylor's abilities in drafting and trading are average, but he is an expert at bargaining.

If he were to come, not to mention paying cabbage prices to those players, it wouldn't be a problem that the contract per player except Miller would be reduced by 1/3.

Baylor was able to lower the contract to a price lower than the player's level, but Dolan Jr. offered a premium contract that exceeded the player's value. This is the gap.

Due to contract disputes, Sam Cassell, Alan Houston, Scottie Pippen and others did not appear in the preseason game against the Lakers.

Even without these people, the Knicks still played in a panic.

Ewing looked distracted, and even one of his sure dunks missed.

"Patrick, haven't you eaten? You can't even score?"

Ironic Louis is a passive skill on Louis, which is triggered whenever he sees something.

Ewing did not quibble, but said something unexpected by Louis: "After you left, I realized how important a smart management is to the team."

It seems that he was also very troubled by the little Dolan incident.

It's no wonder that Ewing's position is definitely the most embarrassing.

First of all, he has the highest salary in the league. If he joins the players in rebellion, he will be criticized by public opinion.

No matter how unkind the management was to those people, it was also extremely kind to Ewing.

If Ewing sides with the management, then this team will not be able to lead.

You have an annual salary of 20 million, but you refuse to give your brothers a piece of cake. Are you really the boss?

So the only thing Ewing could do in this matter was to be an ostrich and pretend that nothing happened, but there was always an undercurrent within the Knicks, and in the end, no one could avoid this problem.

The Knicks, who were in poor condition, lost to the Lakers by 14 points, marking the beginning of the new season (this chapter is not over yet!)

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Ji got off to a bad start.

"Lu, if it were you, how would you save this situation?"

Tomjanovich knows that the Knicks have encountered their biggest crisis.

If it is not handled well, the team will soon fall apart, let alone compete for the championship.

How else can this matter be solved?

Seeing the contracts of those people and the fact that no team has the space to absorb those contracts, Louis feels that the Knicks have reached a dead end.

"If it were me, I wouldn't let that idiot James Dolan negotiate the contract." Louie asked, "How did Elgin do it? Let a layman do their job?"

Tomjanovich said with a wry smile: "Mr. Dolan insists on doing this, and there is nothing they can do."

Baylor is the vice president of the Knicks and the de facto top management person. Buford is the general manager and can be regarded as the core of Baylor's think tank. He usually makes decisions and Baylor operates.

Now these two people can't influence a young Dolan who has a temporary job at MSG?

Fortunately, I left early...

Louis sighed with emotion. To Rudy, he could only pat him on the back and signal that "it will get better."

But will it really get better?

No one can give such a guarantee, because no matter from any angle, it will be difficult for the Knicks to turn around in the short term.

Afterwards, the Lakers returned to California for their second preseason game against the Kings.

The Kings, who have been bad for many years, have slowly built up a lineup that looks just okay.

They have Kendall Gill as the core, paired with BJ Armstrong, Danny Ferry, Doug West, Lamond Murray, Billy Owens, Sharif Abdul-Rahim and other good players

, preparing to launch a sprint to the playoffs.

The problem is that Gil's core strength is too poor.

There is no gap in quality between him and other players on the team.

If Louis was their manager, he would sell all these people into draft picks, and then risk everything to win next year's No. 1 pick. Although it has been confirmed by the Lakers, they don't know that people still have to have dreams.

Kevin Garnett performed well in a low-confrontation preseason.

The day before yesterday, he played against the Knicks with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Tonight against the Kings, he showed his versatility.

A weak white insider like Danny Ferry can't stop him at all.

Garnett played 29 minutes, scoring 32 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal, without making any mistakes.

"Is Kevin Garnett the next Ralph Sampson?"

The Los Angeles Times posed this question and asked readers to vote.

Tens of thousands of readers voted in favor.

Being the second so-and-so doesn't sound good, but the second Sampson? Damn, that's Mr. One!

Since the 1980s, only David Robinson and Danny Manning have been dubbed the next Sampson.

But after they entered professional basketball, Robinson did not transform into Mr. One II at all, and Manning even went his own way. Although he and Sampson have similar attributes, the two are not the same type of players at all.

Let Garnett become the second Sampson? Louis has no such idea at all.

Although 95% of Garnett's hardware meets this requirement, there is still something missing.

In the third preseason game, the Lakers and Pacers had a tough battle.

In terms of the intensity of the game, it's not what a preseason game should be at all.

Hank Gathers played 29 minutes.

When he was traded to the Pacers by the Heat, he was in a slump for a while, then accepted the reality and became Indiana's leading brother.

In order to become the absolute core, Gathers developed his own independent offensive skills. Facing Garnett tonight, his turnaround jump shot was extremely accurate.

At critical moments, Garnett's habits and playing style since childhood made him tend to fly kites from the outside, but when he missed repeatedly, he did not dare to shoot again.

How do you describe this phenomenon?

Is Garnett a softie? Why can't he bear the pressure of crucial shots?

This is unexplainable and difficult to solve. (This chapter is not finished yet!)

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At the same time, this is also the reason why Garnett cannot become the second Mr. Only.

Sampson wanted to play every key ball by himself. He would only retreat to the third line next to Bird and Thomas. This is because he trusted Bird and the Assassins.

If that unprecedented dream team is forced into a desperate situation and needs to shoot a buzzer-beating shot, (if the difference is 1 point) Louis will assign the key ball to Sampson, not Jordan or Wilson.

The Lakers lost this preseason game.

Garnett scored 21 points, but shot less than 40% from the field.

“Kevin Garnett’s next Ralph? A Ralph who shot less than 40% from the field in a single game during the preseason? This is a joke.”————The Boston Globe.

Louis will not underestimate Garnett because of this.

His key shots are unreliable, that's all.

However, how many stars in the history of the NBA who are reliable in key shots can remain calm and perform their best in the most tiring, nervous and intense moments. This in itself is a monster-level mentality.

This is also an important factor that distinguishes those people from others. No matter how Miwa Hakumine adjusts her internet celebrity face, her manners and performance will never reach the level of Asami Ogawa. This is the reason.

After that, the Lakers defeated the Cavaliers and ended with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss.

In a few days, it will be the regular season opener, and the Lakers will challenge the Spurs away from home.

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