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Backed by New York, a megacity of more than 20 million people, the Knicks have a huge ball market.

The purchasing power of New York fans is also among the top in the league. This makes the Knicks the best team in the league.

Player salaries can break 100 million dollars casually, the salary cap is exceeded every year, and they have to pay a sky-high luxury tax every year.

But the boss doesn't care, anyway, relying on the big market in New York, the Knicks have money. Even Madison Square Garden is one of the best stadiums built in the league.

The only thing that upsets New Yorkers is that the Knicks haven't won a championship for a long time. It's been so long that New Yorkers have forgotten when the last NBA Championship Parade was.

It also reflects the fact that New York fans are the most loyal and at the same time the least loyal in the league.

They say they're loyal because the Knicks have the most lucrative market of any NBA team. No matter how bad the game is, there are always fans who are willing to pay to watch the Knicks play. Buy the jerseys of the Knicks stars.

New York fans are the most disloyal because as long as the away team plays a good game. Then the New York fans will applaud the visiting team, and even boo the Knicks players when the Knicks are not doing well.

It's not like this hasn't happened before. So New York fans are arguably one of the eccentric fanbases in the world.

Obviously, the team didn't play well, and there were still a lot of people who spent a lot of money to watch the game. You must know that NBA tickets are not cheap, especially in the playoffs.

New York fans obviously feel uncomfortable watching the Knicks play, but they still go to the scene to watch the game to make themselves uncomfortable.

Maybe there is inertia in being abused? Being abused by the Knicks' results and abusing them began to get used to it. Knicks fans are about the same as fans of the Chinese national football team.

Of course, Madison Garden won't be idle during the NBA suspension.

Including the NBA Development League and the preseason game, it is always going to be played. But these two games are so watery that there are basically not many fans willing to watch them.

Those who came to watch the game were either true love fans, or the tickets for the NBA main game were too expensive. Buy this cheap ticket specifically to experience the fun of watching the game live.

However, compared to those development league competitions that are not watery, the National High School Summer League every summer is also quite eye-catching.

In fact, in the United States, where basketball culture is quite developed. The level and intensity of the high school league is comparable to that of many other national team competitions.

In particular, the matches after the quarterfinals are more watchable. Because winning the honor of being the No. 1 high school student in basketball in the United States is something that few young people refuse. Everyone is doing their best in these competitions and trying to win the championship.

It's a kind of hard work that the Development League and the NBA preseason can't match.

Especially in this year's Summer League, New York's local Mets High School reached the top eight and has a strong hope of winning the championship.

Power forward Thompson is a very well-rounded player, and scouts have already approached him in the NBA.

As long as he goes to college for a year, then he can participate in the NAB draft. (The NBA rules that high school students can't participate directly in the NBA draft and must go to college for a year or something.) ）

A lot of scouts give Thompson a template for the player to be LeBron James. It can break through the ball and attract the bag, has a mid-range shot and has good accuracy, and can also pass the ball to organize the attack. It can be said that the evaluation given to Thompson is quite high. Thompson now has a bright future, much better than his stepfather, who won only one career Sixth Man of the Year award.

Manufacturers of basketball shoes are ready to sign an endorsement contract with Thompson after he wins the championship and MVP. Even if it doesn't land in the NBA until next year, there are manufacturers willing to pay a year's endorsement fee for nothing. If you sign with Thompson now, it will definitely be much cheaper than signing with Thompson after he becomes more and more famous. Even a year's worth of contract value is worth wasting.

Because there are local high schools in New York that make it to the quarterfinals and have a chance to win the championship. There was a sizable number of fans in New York who came to support the Met's game. After all, if you can win the summer league championship, it is also a championship! It's much better than the Knicks' first-round tour, two-round tour, or even not making the playoffs at all!

So Madison Garden, a stadium that can accommodate more than 18,000 people, has a pretty high attendance today. Although it was only the quarterfinals of the high school league, it was at least 80% attended, and almost 15,000 fans packed the entire stadium.

This is yet another example of the spending power of New York fans. Even in high-level sports leagues, they are willing to pay to watch them. Of course, part of the reason is that there are no other major sports competitions in New York City today. Baseball and football were not scheduled for this weekend.

That's why many fans and sports enthusiasts choose to watch high school football games to pass the weekend.

Li Jie, who was sitting on the sidelines, glanced at Peter and Harry next to him, pointed to the front and said, "Look, the man in the first two rows of us seems to be the assistant coach of the Knicks." I've seen the guy on TV, and he's come to see Thompson play. ”

"I've heard the Knicks have spoken to Thompson. They want Thompson to join NYU for a year, and then the Knicks will draft him in next year's draft. The Knicks have a first-round pick and a third-round pick. If Thompson really listened to the Knicks' advice, he would be able to land in the NBA next year for a draft spot. Peter glanced at the Knicks assistant coach in front of him and said to the two.

It seems that after reconciling with Thompson, he and Thompson have a lot of rapprochement. Even Thompson told Peter about this kind of thing.

Today's match against Metropolitan High School is the veteran high school powerhouse, the Oaks High School basketball team. Metropolitan is a rising star team that has never won a championship. Oak High School is a veteran powerhouse that has won many championships in history and has produced many outstanding NBA players.

The game was very intense from the start. The Mets play the run-and-gun tactics that are now common in the league, with a fast-paced high score. This makes the Mets High School game extremely spectatory.

Oak High School, on the other hand, is a textbook positional battle. Because high school players are not NBA players after all, the run-and-gun tactics still have relatively high requirements for team players. Although the score is high and the viewing is strong, it is easy to make various mistakes because the pace is too fast.

Oak High School wants absolute victory, not simple spectacle. So they'd rather play a full 30 seconds per quarter (30 seconds per offense in high school and college games, not 24 seconds in the NBA). The whole game was ugly and unwilling to speed up the tempo.

This style of play bit slowed down the rhythm of the game at Met. Since the center's jump ball win, the Mets opened the game with a fast-break score.

The rest of the time was disrupted by Oak High School's full-court pressing. The score of the two teams was 23-18 after the entire first quarter. Metropolitan High School is five points behind. This slow-paced offense was extremely ugly, and the fans throughout the stadium booed Oak High School.

But the coach of the opposing team doesn't care, as long as he can win, what does it matter if he plays ugly?

"Come on Thompson, beat those guys, show the momentum you beat me up again!" Peter, who was seated in the fifth row, shouted at Thompson that the Mets players could hear.

This time, in addition to ordinary fans, there were many students from Metropolitan High School who came to watch the game. Everyone is supporting their school team. Peter's shouting inspired many of the other students to cheer.

Near the start of the second quarter, the entire arena began to cheer strongly. Perhaps it was the cheering of classmates that began to make the Metropolitan High School varsity team, which was originally a little lost, find its way.

Thompson, who was not in any form in the first quarter, began to exert his power, and used his sharp breakthrough to attract the opponent's bag in the opening game, and the bottom corner three-point line ended to leak defense. A nice feint by Thompson tricks two defenders into jumping together.

He was a back-to-back pass to a teammate at the bottom corner three-point line. The water splashed and hollowed into the net. A very nice three-point.

Ever since the first beautiful assist, Thompson has been unstoppable. Just a minute and a half into the second quarter, a three-step layup created a foul. Played a two-plus-one.

After that, Thompson was like a divine helper, shooting from the middle, breaking through, dunking on the spot and back-to-back singles. Anyway, how to fight and how to have a hot hand. The team's coach also saw that Thompson was now starting to feel hot and jerky.

So he directly arranged unlimited shots for Thompson, and the whole team surrounded him as the core offensive point. As long as the other party dares to wrap Thompson, it will definitely leak people. Thompson is a big forward with passing ability and a wide field of vision. As long as Thompson is clamped, then he will definitely pass the ball and assist.

If he hadn't pinned Thompson, none of the Oak High School defenders would have been able to prevent him from hitting him one-on-one. If you play a small man, Thompson can eat hard with his body, and when he hits a big man, he will directly pull it out and shoot it. In the second quarter alone, Thompson alone scored 19 points, five rebounds, and five assists. It detonated the enthusiasm of the fans in the stadium.

And the assistant coach of the Knicks nods frequently, as long as such an excellent player is cultivated a little, he can become the core of the Knicks' rebuild in a year or two.

By the second half of the third quarter, the score had become sixty-five to fifty-five, and Mets High School had already surpassed by 10. The coach replaced Thompson, played 25 minutes, gave him a break, and replaced him on the bench.

By the time Thompson was off the court, he had 27 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists. And the game time is enough for him to hit a triple-double.

When the competition was not so intense, Li Jie glanced at Peter, who had just cheered for the school team, but his voice was almost hoarse, and asked, "Do you two want to have a drink?" ”

Harry: "Sprite, thank you!"

Peter said in a hoarse voice, "Gatorade, thank you." I feel more tired from cheering on the sidelines than playing on my own. ”

Li Jie reluctantly walked out of the audience and went to the vending machine in the empty passage corridor outside the venue to buy drinks. And just as Li Jie left to walk out of the audience, a girl who had been observing Li Jie from a long distance also walked out of the audience with Li Jie's footsteps. She is none other than Roland, whom the Night's Watch has been helping the captain secretly protect.

And today, as a match for the Metropolitan High School team, she was also pulled by her friends to cheer for the school team. And far away in the audience, Roland could see Li Jie. Or more accurately, the chaotic cobweb-like timeline on Li Jie's head.

When Li Jie was about to buy Sprite and Gatorade, the girl named Roland suddenly walked up to Li Jie and said, "Jason Lee." You're one of the people sent to protect me in the shadows, aren't you? ”

Roland spoke in a soft tone, but what he said startled Li Jie: "What did you say?"

"Don't be surprised, Captain Rogers will let you secretly protect me, trust you to be someone you can trust. And I'm protected by them, aren't you curious why they want you to protect me?" Roland said to himself, completely ignoring whether Li Jie was listening to her or not: "If I say that there will be a huge and terrible accident in today's ball game, do you think you can believe me?"

Roland looked at Li Jie with sincere eyes, and the two of them looked at each other simply in the corridor of the passage of the five. Li Jie felt that he must be crazy, or that his ears were broken.

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