But none of them mattered to Billups, an extremely mature man at heart, who was an extremely wise man who knew how to chew more than he could chew. Billups thinks he's gotten enough out of this league, and now he just wants to play the way he wants.

After leaving Brooklyn, Lamar rushes to Queens to find Battier, who is still enjoying his daddy time.

The Knicks' leading small forward is also in the spotlight, with teams such as the Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, New Orleans Hornets, and Portland Trail Blazers all eager to get smart outside defenders to bolster their wings.

Just like Billups, Lamar doesn't want the Batman, who has been following him since he joined the Knicks, to leave.

Although Battier has the shortest playing time per game of the five starters, the small forward with strong defense and a three-point skill is an indispensable part of the team. The Knicks' desire to find his replacement is definitely not something that can be solved in a short period of time.

When he arrived at Battier's house, the pitch fighter was breastfeeding his little daughter. The look of happiness and intoxication on his face looked like a different person, not at all like the Batman who blocked his opponent on the court.

"Lamar?" Battier was also startled when he saw Lamar.

At this time, Lamar had just returned to New York from the Maldives, and he should have taken advantage of the jet lag before the start of the season, who knew that he would appear in front of him.

"How did you come here? You should be 。。。。。。 by now ”

"You should go home and sleep, right?" Lamar interrupted Battier, "Sean, there's something more important for me to attend to now, and I have to come over." ”

"Sean, there's nothing to do with you! I'm here to ask you, do you want to leave the Knicks? If you answer yes, I won't blame you!"

Battier was slightly stunned when he heard this, but after thinking for a while, he immediately understood, and with a little bit of ridicule, Battier asked rhetorically, "Are you here for this? Lamar, relax, why should I leave? I have one year left on my contract with the Knicks, and I've been waiting for an early extension from the team. ”

At this point, Battier became serious: "Listen, Lamar! No one wants to drive me away, I still want to win a few more championships here! At least it can't be worse than Samuel's guy, so that he won't show off in front of me when the time comes." ”

When facing the seduction of other teams, Battier did hesitate at first, but after calming down and thinking about it, Battier made a decision and immediately rejected all invitations.

Battier is enjoying the New York vibe right now and really doesn't want to leave the Knicks. On the one hand, what he can get on other teams, he can get it all in the Knicks, and of course, the most important thing is that he is a nostalgic person.

Lamar and the Knicks put a lot of responsibility on him when he was still unknown, and even if the team traded a superstar like Grant Hill, it didn't shake his starting position. This trust will never be forgotten by Battier.

After getting promises from Billups and Battier, Lamar was almost reassured. After all, the next guys are all guys with more than 2 years of contracts, and Lamar can go to these guys' homes to find out the wind and stabilize the morale of the army.

If Lamar was a little worried when he tried to get the advice of Billups and Battier. Then for Dampot, he's really nine out of ten.

Like his Knicks teammates who were being seduced at this time, Dampot is now at a crossroads in his life. In his heart, he really wants to stay with the Knicks and Lamar to win a few more championships, but even the most innocent people will be tempted.

The Orlando Magic were originally a place in history where super centers were abundant, but they couldn't keep them if they could develop super centers. Think the big shark O'Neill was like this back then, and so was the Warcraft Howard.

In recent seasons, because of the lack of strength, the Orlando Magic's regular season record has not even exceeded 30%, even if Alan Houston and Maddy were introduced last season to form a forward duo, but it still can't change the fate of their fish belly.

Seeing that the new season is about to begin, seeing the core of the team Maddie and the team tearing their faces, and leaving has become inevitable, the Orlando Magic decided to start rebuilding.

Since they want to rebuild, then potential rising stars are the target of their attention. Going around and around, the Knicks became fat in the eyes of the Orlando Magic.

First of all, the Orlando Magic think they have a good relationship with the New York Knicks, and last season the two teams traded their own second-in-command. Secondly, the Knicks have many potential rookies, which makes the Orlando Magic greedy.

The first Orlando is eyeing Haitian Samuel Dampot.

Not only is Dampot a good interior player, but he also has a good relationship with Alan Houston, one of the two cores of the Magic's current team. They believe the Haitian can form a weakened version of the OK combination with Alan Houston, and for that reason he has offered Dampott one of the team's two core positions and some of the right to speak.

The Detroit Pistons, a former league powerhouse, also hope to complete a rebuild as soon as possible after losing Ben Wallace. The Pistons management, eager to regain the power of the Five Tigers, has now turned their wishful thinking on Dampoter. They also value the Haitians, believing that the arrival of Darmsport can make up for Ben Wallace's position, and the terms for this are similar to those of the Magic.

The only difference between the two teams is in terms of strength, although the Pistons are declining, but the overall strength is still obviously more attractive than the Magic.

The Chicago Bulls are the bottom of the regular season this season, but unfortunately they only got a pick. Youth is their greatest asset!

Their conditions are similar, but they're in a significantly better position on the team right now than the Pistons. Everyone knows that the core of the Pistons is not good, but the Bulls are different, all of them are young players, which is obviously more conducive to Darmshoe's prestige.

Of course, there are many other teams that have their eyes on last season's best defensive second team, but Darmsport has never responded publicly, and his agent has been in contact with these teams in private, and he has obediently stayed aside.

In fact, Darmsport doesn't really want to go, although in the Knicks, although he will never be able to touch the position of the team's boss, and even the core position has been threatened by Hilario, but the boss is not the boss, he really doesn't care very much. And Dampot has been with the Knicks for three seasons, New York is where he started his career, and the fans and Lamar have been very nice to him.

What's more, Dampot feels comfortable playing next to Lamar. He was always a little scared about the future, and he didn't know if he would be able to have a teammate as good as Lamar in his new team if he did leave. Even if there were, can two people really get along?

So after much deliberation, Darm Porter ordered his agent not to contact any team from now on, and he wanted to concentrate on staying with the Knicks and winning more championships with Lamar.

Just when Dampot had made up his mind, Lamar's call actually came. As soon as Lamar spoke, he was fiercely pushed back by the Haitians who had been distraught for the past few days.

"I'm not going anywhere! How did you promise me, do you remember? Don't want me to go! I'm not going anywhere, I'm not going!" Dampotter threw away the phone, his mood suddenly became very relaxed, and he shouted and rushed to his girlfriend Barbara, and then Barbara hit the left hook and knocked him down on the bed.

Lamar on the other end of the phone froze, and Dampoter reprimanded him before he could finish his sentence.

Van Gundy looked at Lamar's appearance, thinking that something had happened, and his heart was also up and down. Although his team is formed with Lamar as the core, Dampoter's status in it is also very high, and without Dampoter sitting under the basket, the Knicks' interior line will have a vacuum.

"What does this guy Samuel say, does he want to leave too?" Van Gundy said without waiting for Lamar to reply, and suddenly became indignant, slammed the table and shouted, "Damn! That bastard didn't want to leave so easily, I would never let him get his wish." Damn, which team is approaching him? I'm going to file a complaint with the league arbitration committee, I'm going to sue him!"

Lamar looked at Van Gundy and quickly explained, "Calm down, Jeff! Things are not what you think, Samuel will not leave! Nothing has happened!"

Van Gundy also froze, looked at Lamar and wondered, "Then why did you have that expression just now?"

Lamar smiled bitterly and repeated what Dampott had just said, and Van Gundy laughed out loud to hide his gaffe: "That bastard, you still have a little conscience! Fortunately, I didn't see the wrong person at the beginning." ”

Darmsport chose to stay, and with the addition of old players such as Lamar, Billups, Battier, Wade, and Anderson, the basic framework for the Knicks to win the championship can be regarded as retained.

Of course, the Knicks could use the Knicks to tie other players whose contracts haven't expired, but Lamar doesn't want to do that. In response to Van Gundy's question, Lamar replied in the affirmative: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and the twisted melon is not sweet!

The good news doesn't stop there, and after a while, the Knicks players who have been plagued by trade scandals have also stepped up to respond.