The rest is just noise

The Knicks will set up this year's preseason training camp directly at the Blue Palace.

The coaching staff usually arrives earlier than the players.

Louis came early.

After the arrival of Doug Mo, Zhao Yuanzheng's functions have undergone some changes.

At the beginning, the team's defense was coached by Tomjanovich and Billy Donovan, and the offense was coached by Zhao Yuanzheng. Although he was not a professional offensive coach, he had a good sense of field offense and could accurately

to find the fault.

Now, as soon as Lao Mo comes, Louis directly asks Zhao Yuanzheng to step down from the offensive coach's job and dedicate his time to managing the scouting department, formulating game plans, and being his first assistant.

Sometimes, Zhao Yuanzheng is not like an assistant coach, he is more like a management executive.

Among the entire coaching staff, except for Louis, only Zhao Yuanzheng travels among various departments.

Now, Zhao Yuanzheng came to Louis' office to report on what happened this summer.

"Although all parties have made a lot of noise, except for the Lakers, there are no large-scale transactions."

This is also a strange feature of this year's offseason.

Barkley of the Bulls, Drexler of the Trail Blazers, and Isiah Thomas of the Celtics were all clamoring to be traded, and teams also wanted to trade them, but the trade did not happen.

They all want good assets, but where are there so many good assets?

During this period, Celtics general manager Jan Walker even called the Knicks and offered to trade Thomas for Stockton + Rodman.

With this kind of suggestion that treated people like fools, Baylor didn't even think of giving feedback to Louis, and asked him to leave on the spot.

The Blazers' attitude is the most subtle. They want to trade Drexler, but who should they trade?

Barkley? What the Trail Blazers don't lack most is wings.

Isiah Thomas? This is a good solution, but they don’t really need Thomas that much. They have above-average Terry Porter at the point guard position. Promoting Porter to Thomas is certainly a huge improvement, but they

Porter's contract still needs to be dealt with in the follow-up. Porter has a good relationship with the big guys in the team, which involves all aspects of human relations and sophistication.

The Trail Blazers and Celtics are both the Knicks' main competitors.

If they keep the bomb and don't trade it, it will be a good thing for the Knicks.

In this way, they only need to care about the Lakers.

The Lakers may be the winners of this year's signing season.

They dealt with Kevin Johnson at the end of the season. Although they suffered some losses, the capture in the free market was enough to recover the losses.

The Lakers signed Jeff Hornacek with a seven-year, $14 million contract.

Signed Sam Perkins for 6 years and 21 million.

They made perfect use of the skyrocketing salary cap in the summer and effectively strengthened the team's lineup.

The Lakers' reinforcements are so strong that their lineup looks very strong.

The reinforcements of Perkins and Hornacek are aimed at the losing points of the top finals.

Hornacek does not occupy the ball, can play two guard positions, and developed a strong three-point shooting skills in the Knicks; Perkins is the earliest space five in history, and can play in the twin towers with David Robinson

, can play high and low with Divac, and is even more suitable with a big ball-handling core like Divac who dreams of space.

"We won't play the Lakers in the Finals for three consecutive years, right?" Louis asked with a smile.

Zhao Yuanzheng couldn't laugh out loud: "It's very possible."

"Yuanzheng, it's a good thing to have opponents, be happy." Louis couldn't help but say when he saw Zhao Yuanzheng's bitter face.

"Actually, I'm not worried about the Lakers." Zhao Yuanzheng said, "I'm worried about ourselves."

"What happened to ourselves?"

"Benj's new contract brings a lot of unexpected consequences."

"Oh, you're talking about this."

Louis took out a bottle of Coke from the vending machine.

"Lao Lu, don't you think the atmosphere in the Blue Palace has changed a bit?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked.

Louis had foreseen what Zhao Yuanzheng was worried about when Wilson signed the contract.

"Expedition, don't worry about internal changes. In fact, what I'm most afraid of is the lack of internal changes." Louis said unexpectedly, "A few years ago, our team was a bunch of new recruits, and none of them had won their own rights in the league.

Position, there is no such big salary cap today, everyone is starting from scratch. Moreover, we are facing the Celtics

Behemoth. Now, we ourselves have become a behemoth. You, me, and them are all champions. Champions have the benefits of being champions, so Jeff signed a big contract and went to Los Angeles. Benj will become the highest earner in the league in the new season.

Why are they the only ones who can make big money? I believe everyone who is still holding the old contract will think so."

Zhao Yuanzheng listened silently and suddenly asked: "Then, what should we do?"

"Just wait and see what happens."

At 2:30 in the afternoon, all Knicks members gathered.

Ewing, Stockton, Alex Stevens, Kevin McHale, Benjamin Wilson, John Salley, Rodman, Reggie Miller, Brad Rohaus, Danny Ainge

, Shawn Kemp, Doug West, Reggie Williams, Elton Campbell, Lionel Simmons.

Even if the Lakers sign players, Louis doesn't think they have a chance to win.

Except for McHale, the physical condition of the other Knicks seems to be very good.

Ewing and Wilson have obviously gotten stronger.

The muscles in Ewing's shoulders are the most obvious. His shoulders were never this wide last season, and they don't even look human now.

There was another person's change that also surprised Louis.

Shawn Kemp, the talented high school student whom Louie loved as his baby last season, did not slack off during the offseason.

According to Willis Reed, he spent the entire summer as Ewing's follower.

Wherever Ewing goes, he goes.

Ewing liked to maintain his form at Georgetown University, so Kemp also went to Georgetown, and there were also interesting stories about dunking on Dikembe Mutombo.

The two new rookies looked very nervous.

They know where they have come.

"Every year at this time, I have to tell you some repetitive words. I think you are all tired of hearing them." Louis said with a smile, "I won't say any more unnecessary words. From 1986 to the present,

We all aim to win the championship. After we won the championship in 1988, the crown has been on our heads for a long time.

Many people say that the 1990s are no longer the same as in the past, yes, they are different, because those old guys who ruled the 1980s are already rusty, and we are young. This is our era, and we must hold it firmly

Holding it in the palm of my hand, I hope everyone will move towards the goal of defending the title and demand themselves with the standards of a champion."

As before, players form teams to play against each other to test the status of everyone.

Ewing's "Jamaica Star" and Wilson's "Big Shoulder Wind" determine the draft order through guessing.

Wilson won the first pick in the 1990-1991 Knicks draft.

His first pick was Rodman.

After that, Ewing's second and third choices were Stockton and Reggie Miller respectively.

"Patrick, Reggie is my true love, you can't take away others' love!" Wilson said with a smile.

Ewing said coldly: "Who told you not to choose him in the first place?"

"That's right, I'm so disappointed in you, Benj!" Miller said unhappily, "I am a member of the Jamaican team this year, and I will definitely knock you out!"

Wilson's choice was very pragmatic. The reason he selected Rodman with the No. 1 pick was because of his defense. Since Ewing took away Stockton and Miller, the Giants' back line would definitely suffer, so he simply surrounded the wings.

To build the team. Wilson's second and third choices were Reggie Williams and John Salley.

He still doesn't draft pure defenders.

This can be seen that there are obvious differences in the selection of players in the two positions.

Ewing values ​​defenders because he plays inside and he knows the importance of a good defender.

Since Wilson doesn't choose a defender, he has to leave the opponent with no defender to choose from.

The third and fourth picks of the Jamaican team are Danny Ainge and Shawn Kemp respectively.

"You two bastards don't take me as the captain seriously, do you?" McHale said unhappily, "No one wants me, right?"

"How can I, Kevin, I will choose you right now."

The two options after Wilson are McHale and Alex Stevens.

There are four players left, Lohaus, Doug West, Elton Campbell and Lionel Simmons.

No one wanted Rohaus, Ewing chose West, and the other two rookies were discarded because they were not familiar enough.

In this way, two teams formed through the Knicks' internal draft were officially established.

Once the lineup is established, there won't be any major changes.

If they do not cooperate well during the season, they can initiate a trade s

Three other undrafted players can also be recognized for their performance and join one of the teams.

This is a unique competition system within the Knicks. It clearly divides players into two factions, which compete against each other to promote each other's improvement.

"Don't be sad, those guys look down on you, and that's right. They are all champions, you have to work hard to catch up!" Lao Mo comforted several rookies.

Luo Haosi was heartbroken when he heard these words: "Who is not a champion!!!"

Chapter 2 is updated at 2pm, because the typos have not been corrected yet