The rest is just noise

After the All-Star Weekend, who is in the best shape?

There is only one answer, and that is the Knicks.

Although they had to face a tough opponent like the Pistons in the first game after returning from the holiday, they adjusted their mentality well and performed extremely well in the game.

The Pistons are an "outside" team, and it's not easy to beat them.

The Knicks lasted four quarters and ended the game with Stockton's buzzer-beater.

This seemed to open a door.

The Knicks effortlessly defeated the serious Cleveland Cavaliers, beating the Nets with 20 points and defeating the Pacers with 30 points. They unexpectedly had a hard fight with the Kings, but with Ewing's dominant 30 points, 20 rebounds and 8 blocks, including

A block shot and a 2-point victory.

It was like they didn't know what defeat was, and they won seven games in a row.

Although the overall quality of these seven teams is not high, they also include the Celtics, who are number one in the league.

In contrast, the Celtics are not the team that poses the most challenges.

It would be an understatement to say that the Knicks' process of winning the game was dull.

The two sides fought and fought until it was over. It was a rare match that did not have the flavor of a mortal enemy.

Louis noticed the problem. While guarding Bird, Rodman brutally attacked the latter's back, which seemed to trigger the injury.

Bird's injury affects the hearts of Bostonians, who find it difficult to focus on meeting the challenge under such circumstances.

As of February 23, the Knicks currently have 37 wins and 13 losses.

The 25th is this year's trade deadline, and the Knicks have nothing to do because they have stopped all negotiations.

Dale Ellis remained on the team, accepting a substitute role averaging 20 minutes per game.

This was unexpected by outsiders and was considered by many critics to be a shameful waste.

If Ellis himself has no opinion, others can't say anything.

There were many trades that took place on the trade deadline, but there was one that Louis couldn't understand the most.

The Suns made a trade, and their trade target was the Lakers.

Kevin Johnson, a player drafted by the Lakers but traded to the Suns, has now been traded back.

The capital Jerry West paid was former Knicks player Dell Curry, who played well in the Lakers. This was a one-for-one deal.

Judging from their performance this season, the Lakers still suffered a loss.

KJ was acclimated in the Suns, but Curry turned into a Byron Scott who shot more accurately, averaging 16 points per game, which was very good.

As a result, West didn't even frown and made the deal, even if Magic strongly opposed it.

Louis knows what KJ's future will be and how profitable this deal will be, which will be known in a few years.

However, KJ, including Scottie Pippen who is already with the Lakers, is not that suitable for Magic players.

The Pippen that Louis is familiar with started to take off after absorbing the ball rights transferred by Jordan in 1991.

And KJ, judging from his performance in college, is no different from Derrick Rose in Louis's eyes. The subtle difference is that his organizational skills are better, and Rose has more tricks to finish in the penalty area. KJ is not a rod maniac like Rose.

But their offensive tendencies are very similar. One likes to play extreme moves, and the other likes to dunk when he sees a big man.

KJ is Derrick Rose with Westbrook's offensive tendencies. This kind of guard must have the ball in his hands.

Magic, Pippen, KJ, and a core ball handler can all make up a mahjong table.

Each of these three people can lead the team to the playoffs when they are at their peak, but what if they work together? It seems wonderful, as if anyone can play, but it is like what if the evil empire went crazy one day and let

If Rion, Hitomi, and Arisu Hanahi come to perform together, it will definitely be too much for you.

If your talent in a certain area is too overwhelming, it will overflow.

So Louis is not optimistic about the future of the Lakers' lineup.

Then, West's actions were not over yet.

He began to operate on Dennis Johnson, Magic's other great treasure.

Johnson was sent to Chicago along with Artis Gilmore and a 1994 first-round pick.

The Bulls have now fallen into the lottery zone, and Jerry Krause is unwilling to take advantage of Louis. Reinforcing the lineup is what he needs to do most now.

In order to get Johnson, who has passed his prime, the Bulls need to swallow Gilmore's garbage contract. The Lakers' 1994 first round seems too far away, and there is no hope in the short term. Therefore, in fact, West is borrowing from the Bulls.

Two veterans with big contracts were purged from the team.

Acquired from the Bulls are the zombie-like George Gervin, seven-foot small forward Brad Sellers (SF/PF/C), and veteran Dave Corzine

C).

West ended his performance, the Lakers didn't get much, and the deal looked more like a deal to deal with a junk contract.

Because both Gervin and Kershin are veterans who have passed their prime and have no future. Sellers is known as a seven-foot small forward, but he is not the type of Kevin Durant, and he was a rookie in 1986.

, is now 26 years old, averaging 9 points and 3 rebounds per game in the Bulls. You say he is like a small forward, he only scores in the penalty area. You say he is a center, his rebounding is worse than Zhou Qi⑴.

It can be said that this is a lottery ticket that has been scratched 95%, and people can already see "Thank you for your patronage".

The Lakers have had enough, the Bulls haven't.

Krause was determined to strengthen the Bulls, so he set his sights on Golden State.

Nelson is actively selling Joe Barry Carroll, a guy Krause doesn't like either, but he is at least a quasi-All-Star insider.

No matter how bad his attitude is, even his combat prowess cannot be compared to Gilmore's.

Krause took a big step and took out the No. 4 pick Dennis Hopson (SG/SF) who had a poor performance in his rookie season. This person reminded Kraus time and time again of the fact that he missed Pippen.

I've long been unhappy with him. In addition, he was clearly a rabbit-headed all-around swingman in college. When he came to the NBA, he only had fast-break dunks and lost all his shooting ability. It's really incomprehensible. He must be on hiatus.

What's the point of being a salty fish who has committed the crime of laziness and thinks that he doesn't have to work hard to get into the NBA?

Hopson is still attractive to Nelson due to his reputation as a potential No. 4 pick.

Gilmore's contract is used to match Carroll's, which is just right, because his contract is expiring. The Warriors only need to wait until the summer to get rid of him.

The two parties successfully reached a deal.

The Bulls formed a short, fat, and thin Big Three at the trade deadline.

This lineup looks awesome, but if Louis is a Bulls fan, he won't be happy.

A pockmarked dwarf who is past his prime;

A fat man who has serious problems with self-discipline and is on a rapid rise;

And a skinny guy with a reputation of not caring about anything, who played in the NBA for 8 years but achieved nothing.

However, Louis admitted that this lineup can improve the Bulls' strength in the short term, and it is possible to escape the lottery zone.

The drama between the Lakers and Bulls is over, but the Suns are not satisfied yet.

They didn’t know they were sending away the first player in team history⑵.

Kevin John was able to successfully join the Suns, and they avoided the butterfly effect created by Louis who knows how many times, but in the end, they gave him away.

After sending him away, he was still not satisfied.

Michael Thompson is the second person to leave at the trade deadline.

He was traded to Milwaukee for Paul Plessy.

Another one-on-one transaction, another transaction that Louis couldn't understand but was shocked by.

The Suns want Plessy and they can't understand it, and the Bucks want Thompson.

Plessy being trained as a point forward by Nelson was a major initiative in the history of the league, but do the Suns lack organizers?

Brad Doherty is a center who averages 5 assists per game, and Fat Liver is a point guard who averages almost double figures in assists per game.

They have no shortage of playmakers;

Do the Bucks lack insiders? Absolutely not.

Moncrief's aging and injuries have accelerated the Bucks' decline, but the top two players on their team are inside players.

The leading scorer, Terry Cummings, is an inside man who can play two positions.

The low-level grandmaster Jack Hikma needs no further introduction.

With these two insiders, and under the premise that Moncrief could not guarantee his health, Plessy was sent out.

Who can understand? Who can understand?

Anyway, Louis didn't know what these two families were doing.

Compared to these people, Louis is much more conservative.

He didn't make any deals, and New York was calm and peaceful.

In addition to the above teams, no other teams have conducted transactions.

In fact, there are not many teams that are willing to change their lineups at the trade deadline. The Bulls have a strong need, the Lakers are intentional, Buss is very generous, but he does not want to waste money, and the Suns and Bucks are sick together.

Especially for the Suns, their operations in the summer could have shone in team history, but the two transactions made on this day will definitely become another pillar of shame for them.

How long will it take for Kevin Johnson to make them realize they screwed up?

It won't be long.

On February 27, the trading window closed, and the regular season officially entered its final stage.

The Knicks, who are riding a winning streak, are ready to challenge the Bulls, who have made huge adjustments to their lineup.

On the road, at the Chicago Coliseum, the venue that had hosted the All-Star Game not long ago, a hostile game awaited.

Louis took his players into the field half an hour early to familiarize themselves with the environment, and some fans began to boo them.

⑴ Averaged 3 rebounds in 27 minutes per game. Mr. Zhou averaged 1.2 rebounds in 6 minutes per game in his rookie season.