At this time, Billups, who came with Lamar, couldn't help but preemptively say: "Chris, Lamar has already thought of a way for you, you won't have to be a sparring partner soon, and you don't need to torture yourself alone!"

Anderson's face was shocked, and then he was overjoyed: "What is the solution?"

Lamar paused and said: "I think during the ban you can go around Europe and go around there, where you can improve yourself and learn a lot of different things, I think. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info。。。。。 ”

"I'm sorry, Lamar!" Before Lamar could finish speaking, Anderson interrupted him, and he said with some disappointment, "I don't want to go to Europe!"

"Why?" Lamar found it incomprehensible, in his opinion, the first thing Anderson needs to solve now is to have the ball to play, and as for the return to the NBA after the suspension is over, he can only think about it later.

After all, if a player has no ball to play for a long time, there is no way to ensure his competitive state, so what can he say about returning to the NBA!

Anderson hesitated and said, "I don't think European basketball is for me, and I want to continue playing in an environment that I am already familiar with." ”

"Hell, what's wrong with it?" Lamar was a little anxious, "Do you want the league to lift the ban on you now, or are you afraid that you will forget about you as an All-Star slam dunk king if you go to the NBA?"

"I think with the Knicks' global reach, there's no problem finding the right team for you. At the same time, it will also make it easier for the Knicks to keep an eye on your status at any time, and it will be much easier to return to the league when the time comes. ”

This is the most crucial step in Lamar's thinking, they believe that the Knicks will help with this, and with Dolan's financial resources, they believe that they will not care about paying an extra base salary player. And those European teams who have the opportunity to own a championship-caliber player for free will definitely be eager for Anderson.

"That's not what I meant!" Anderson said, shaking his head, apparently Lamar's words didn't impress him, he had his own ideas.

"I just don't want to stay away from this league and away from the basketball culture in the United States. I don't know what I'm going to be like over there in Europe, at least it won't make my defense stronger! Lamar I'm not 18 or 9 years old, do you think it's too late for me to reinvent myself? I need to continue to build on the old ones and make myself stronger, not become a flop with the lazy air of a European basketball player!"

Lamar is still trying to convince Anderson: "But the question is, isn't it because of your experience in different basketball cultures that you have that you have gradually accumulated because of your experience in different basketball cultures? I think you can learn a lot more in the European leagues now and get the most out of your game. The most important thing is that in Europe you will have enough opportunities to play. ”

Anderson looked at Lamar and suddenly smiled: "Lamar, I appreciate everything you have done for me, but I still decided to stay and wait for my opportunity." ”

"Okay!" Lamar said helplessly: "Since you insist, I have nothing to say! I will let Morey arrange it for you, but I don't know if the current level of the Development Alliance can still satisfy you." ”

The Knicks still have a lot of interest in Anderson, and Jeff Van Gundy, as a coach with excellent defense, does need a defensive stalwart like him, although his factory date will be two years away.

But who cares about an investment in the future? At least Mr. Dolan, who has deep pockets, doesn't care about the money.

For Dolan, he doesn't really care if Anderson can continue to play as he did last season after two years. He just knew that in Anderson's most difficult time, he reached out and that such a move would win Lamar's friendship, which was what he cared about the most!

James Dolan, after getting along with Lamar these days, knows very well that Lamar is a very emotional player. Otherwise, he wouldn't have fallen out with the Lakers after Anderson's accident and let the Knicks take advantage! Such a person would never betray the people who helped him.

Sometimes the management of the New York Knicks acted so quickly that the day after Lamar made a request to the team owner, the New York Riots announced (made up) that they would sign power forward Chris Anderson, who had just been cut by the Lakers, to a two-year contract with an annual salary of $200,000.

As a team that has been in the league, the annual salary of 200,000 can almost be used to recruit enough people to organize a new team, and the Rioters did not hesitate to spend money to recruit Anderson, which really scared many people.

But if you think about it, you can understand the mystery of this, and the Riots, as a team in the New York Knicks' Development League, are not a big deal to develop players for their parent team. What's more, they can also get a championship-level power forward, and as for the 200,000 annual salary, it will naturally have to be paid by a large amount of Dolan.

"Father, I really don't understand why we have to spend 200,000 yuan a year to raise a player who can't play for us for two years? Don't you know that many of our decisions over the years have become a laughing stock in the mouths of other teams? I also don't understand why it would cost such a big deal to make a comeback on someone who is going to be 25 years old in two years."

Speaking is the youngest son of Knicks owner James Dolan, who is the team's vice president Dolan Jr., many people know that when Dolan Sr. retires from the position of president of the club, he will definitely be the successor, and he really doesn't know much about his father's salary for Anderson.

"Do you really not understand?" Dolan looked a little disappointed when he said this: "Your eyes can't just be fixed on the present, there are some things I can't tell you directly, you need to observe and think for yourself." Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get the Knicks into your hands. ”

For the little ninety-nine in Dolan's heart, naturally he can't hide it from everyone's eyes, everyone knows what he is thinking, and for Dolan, a trivial base salary contract, can completely tie Lamar, a superstar, to his battleship. In this way, this deal is simply too good a deal.

Anderson is happy with where he will be for the next two years, although he doesn't know what kind of team the thugs will be joining right now. But as long as there is a ball to play, and there is no too far from American basketball, everything is acceptable.

Before joining the NBA, he spent a period of time in China's CBA, and it was his outstanding performance there that made him gradually famous. Valued by Lamar, he entered the NBA.

The journey that is about to begin for him is at most a different experience. He was able to go from the CBA to the NBA in one fell swoop when he was not at a high level, and now that his strength has improved greatly, Anderson believes that his future is still bright.

After Desen's matter was settled, Lamar threw himself into preparing for the battle.

At this point, the NBA's summer league had kicked off, but the Knicks' interest was clearly not on it. Pre-season in a month is what they're looking for. Although the team has a lot of potential at the moment, the lack of major tournament experience will not be solved in a short period of time, and when the regular season begins, the team can still rely on star players like Lamar.

It's just that Lamar alone can't pull the wave of Knicks revival, when he was with the Lakers, he also had Shaq and Kobe Bryant by his side, and now to the Knicks, the main helper around him has become the newly signed big contract mid-range king Alan Houston and his old brother Chancey Billups who defected together.

Lamar and Houston also played each other twice last season, when the Lakers completely dominated the court, and the Los Angeles Lakers swept Houston's New York Knicks in the regular season, although it was mainly because of the aging of the Knicks lineup and the decline in overall strength, but Houston is not a qualified leader is also an unavoidable reason.

However, compared to Shaq's frontcourt partner who shares the offensive pressure for him on the inside, Lamar hopes more for an outside scoring machine like Houston. Only such a partner can help him on the outside to the greatest extent possible, and can also convert his passes into scoring again and again.

Lamar clearly remembers that in his previous life, the Warriors won the championship with a group of top shooters on the perimeter, and also broke the Bulls' record of 72 wins the following year.

Originally, Lamar thought that Houston would not be able to return to the team to practice with everyone until the start of the preseason, but he didn't expect that at this time, Houston, like him, couldn't wait for the new season.

Although it was not the first time they had met, Lamar couldn't help but feel excited when he met Houston in the team's training gym. Otherwise, New York would not have renewed his contract with a six-year, $100 million contract this year, but unfortunately, Houston began to suffer injuries in the second year of the contract extension, making this contract that was originally worth the money become a well-known garbage contract in the NBA.

When they met before, they were just rivals on the field, but now that they meet again, Lamar can already point to Houston and say, "Look! (To be continued.) )