NBA: No. 1 Forward Chapter 154
The Knicks replaced the bench lineup with:
Tony Douglas, Larry Hughes, Danilo Gallinari, Jeffries, Millsap.
This time, Jeffries was also sent by D'Antoni, mainly because the management hoped to trade out the bad contract left by Thomas when he was in office.
Speaking of Jeffries, he has a very good personal relationship with Thomas, and both of them are from Indiana University, so they have long been looking forward to working together.
Therefore, when the Wizards offered a six-year, $33 million contract, Jeffries refused.
After the Pacers offered a five-year, 30 million contract, Jeffries also hoped that the Wizards would not respond and let him go. The Wizards finally got what he wanted and let Jeffries join Thomas.
The Knicks signed Jeffries with a 5-year, 30 million contract, but at that time the Knicks had exceeded the luxury tax ceiling and were destined to be fined "one for one". Spending 60 million yuan can be said to be a lot of money.
Due to injuries and lack of contribution, Jeffries is not on the court for more time. When the Knicks already have Marbury, Francis, Crawford and Ah Q Richardson, Jeffries can still What are you doing?
When Randolph also joined in, and the manager and coach led the players to make the locker room noisy, Jeffries still had no mood to play well.
Over the years, his skills have not improved at all. In his best year with the Knicks, he averaged only 5 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist per game.
Jeffries has two years left on his contract with the Knicks, worth $12 million, and the Knicks hope to trade him to create cap space for 2010.
He was also activated by D'Antoni in December, because the Knicks needed to trade him, so he needed a beautiful stat.
After all, his contract expired in the summer of 2011, and his salary next season will reach 6.9 million, which directly affects the Knicks' 2010 plan.
So why did you **** him from the Wizards with a five-year, 30 million contract in 2006?
Oh, it turned out that Thomas did it. He used 30 million to sign a guy who only scored 20 points in 2 games in 490 career games.
There is another player who is very similar to Jeffries, who also belongs to the Knicks, and is also a bad contract left by Thomas, Eddie Curry.
The character of this person can be described in one word lazy. He avoids all content that requires hard work. Relying on a slightly more correct defensive attitude and game focus during the contract year, Eddie Curry successfully confused Thomas, and then Thomas still gave him a fat contract.
Originally, when Eddie Curry was coached by Thomas in 2006, relying on his extraordinary offensive talent, he played more than a dozen good games, and the statistics were also very beautiful. But Thomas traded to attack the black hole Randolph again, and the two fat guys fought for the right to attack. Eddie Curry lost slightly in it, maybe he was too lazy to grab it.
Sit back and watch Randolph take away his offensive power completely.
From then on, Eddie Curry was finally useless, and the laziness in his bone marrow finally made him no longer want to play hard.
Then relying on the tens of millions of annual contracts given by Thomas, he ate nonsense every day. This guy's current weight has reached 350 pounds, which is 40 to 50 pounds heavier than O'Neal.
With this weight, let alone bombardment, walking is strenuous.
However, all teams in the league do not want this mascot now. It can be said that Eddie Curry has no transaction value now.
Although the Knicks replaced the bench lineup, under the leadership of Millsap, the Knicks' firepower remains undiminished.
In the second quarter, the Knicks pressed the Suns' substitute hammer for a while.
Especially Danilo Gallinari, who hit three-pointers from the outside one after another, and rushed to the inside, causing Lou Amundsen to foul.
At 7 minutes and 31 seconds, Alvin Gentry had to put Nash back on the field and replace Dragic.
Hill also replaced Richardson who played 18 minutes.
Nash's playing stabilized the Suns' offense and sent out assists one after another, assisting Grant Hill to score four points in a row.
The Suns, who even chased for four points, also chased the score to 51-44.
The Suns also brought the score back to within 10 points.
D'Antoni also waved at Lian Dao and Milicic.
Lian Rice replaced Larry Hughes, and Milicic replaced Millsap.
As soon as Lian Dao came on the court, he hit a three-pointer at 45° outside the three-point line.
Immediately afterwards, he intercepted Nash's pass to Grant Hill and assisted Jeffries for a layup.
D'Antoni also told him when Lian Dao was on the court to let Jeffries score as much as possible, otherwise Jeffries would not have much trading value.
The same is true for Lian Dao, constantly creating opportunities for Jeffries to help Jeffries get the cake.
In the second half of the second quarter, under the leadership of Lian Dao, the Knicks also expanded their score advantage again.
At halftime, the Knicks established a 17-point advantage with 75:58.
In the third quarter, after all the main lineups were replaced, the Knicks also completely entered the scoring mode.
Lian Dao, Chandler, and Millsap once again became the Knicks' three-point team, hitting three-pointers from the outside one after another.
Throughout the third quarter, the Knicks made a total of 19 three-pointers and made 12 of them.
The Suns were called two timeouts by the Knicks one after another, but it still didn't help.
The Knicks team, who feels hot, can shoot no matter how they shoot from the outside.
After three quarters, the Knicks entered the fourth quarter with a 110-76 lead over the Suns by 34 points.
In the fourth quarter, Alvin Gentry looked at the Knicks and sighed helplessly.
Put on the bench and declare surrender.
The Knicks are also on the bench.
Alvin Gentry looked at Lian Dao sitting on the bench, drooling greedily.
He is very envious of D'Antoni now. When he was in the Suns, he had Nash and Stoudemire. He thought that he would have to wait for two seasons to go to the New York Knicks.
Unexpectedly, the Knicks were so lucky that they selected Lian Dao, a genius who was dubbed by the media as having no template.
Then this season the Knicks rose strongly.
Although the newly rebuilt Knicks lineup is still immature, but as long as it is strengthened a little next season, it will definitely be a popular team in the league playoffs, and it may even become a favorite team to win the championship.
Not to mention the head coach of the Suns, Alvin Gentry, the coaches of other teams also secretly scolded the Knicks for their **** luck.
At the same time, I also regret that I didn't play bad last season, especially the Spurs. Popovich originally wanted to find a thigh, but he really didn't make up his mind to play bad last season. , and he also lost a chance to hug his thigh.
Seeing that Duncan's thigh is getting older and older, he can't wait to find a new thigh for himself.
And if we say that the two most proud people in the league recently, it should be Donnie Walsh and James Dolan.
As the general manager of the Knicks, Donny Walsh has recently been receiving trade applications from other teams. Although Donny Walsh said that cheap rice is not for sale, some teams still want to try their luck. .
Among them was Rudy Gay plus Gasol Jr. proposed by the Grizzlies, but was directly rejected by Donnie Walsh.
James Dolan, the boss of the Knicks for many years, the biggest punching bag of Knicks fans, did not expect to be praised by Knicks fans this year.
In particular, James Dolan looked at the cigar while scrolling through the comments on the Internet. Lian Dao's outstanding performance also made James Dolan receive unanimous praise.
Eight years, do you know how I have lived these eight years? Being sprayed every day and being scolded every year finally made me wait for the praise of the fans. It's not easy!
Originally, James Dolan wanted to wait for the wind to pass before inviting Thomas as an honorary manager, but it was instantly extinguished.
Please what Thomas, what good friend, is it important to have the approval of Knicks fans?
From taking on the Knicks, it's the only time James Dolan has felt fulfilled.
After all, the choice of Lian Dao was a matter of his own decision.
James Dolan is also paying more and more attention to Lian Dao.
At the same time ~www.mtlnovel.com~ he also affirmed the work of Donny Walsh, and explained to Donny Walsh that cheap rice is not for sale by the Knicks.
Not only that, but also to rebuild with Lian Dao as the core, and ask more about Lian Dao's cooperation intentions for reinforcement players.
What James Dolan said made Donnie Walsh sweat. Fortunately, he strongly rejected the offers from other teams, otherwise he might have to leave.
At the same time, the status of Lian Dao was raised to a higher level in Donny Walsh's heart.
Of course, the current Lian Dao didn't know that he was valued by the boss.
He's waving the towel on the bench with players right now.
Although he doesn't play in garbage time, there is a lot of passion on the bench.
At the end of the game, the Knicks 126-99 defeated the Phoenix Suns, who currently have the No. 1 record in the Western Conference.
Ended their five-game winning streak, while the Knicks also stopped five-game losing streak.