Coupled with the fact that the team has Lamar Odom as a superstar, it makes him even more convinced that choosing the Knicks was the right decision in the first place, and that this last contract of his career will definitely bring him another championship ring. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

While the Knicks are actively preparing for the new season, the Lakers in Los Angeles, on the west coast of the United States, are also quietly honing their teeth.

After the departure of Lamar, the owner of the Lakers, Bass, fired Jerry West, who is known as the NBA "logo" man, and hired Mitch Kupchak, who has a good relationship with Bass Jr., as the general manager.

Kupchak, who has shouldered the responsibility of winning three consecutive championships in Los Angeles, is also doubly distressed after taking over the mess left by his predecessor. Because of his current Lakers' current lineup, except for Shaq and Kobe, there is no one he can look at. Sprewell's husky-like personality made him not know whether to trade this guy or keep it.

Therefore, after taking office, he spent all his time on how to repair the broken lineup, but the team's responsibility for it all summer brought him few surprises. originally fell in love with an Olajuwon, but unfortunately it was taken away by the Knicks, but fortunately, the veteran Horace Grant was left at the last moment.

But what worries Phil Jackson the most is the team's organization, Lamar and Chauncey, who were originally responsible for the Lakers' organization, are gone, and even the backup Tyrone Lue has signed with other teams, and now the Lakers' point guards are only the aging Mark Jackson and the streetball born Jamal Tinsley, Mark Jackson's body can support the Lakers' organizational responsibility is really doubtful.

Coach Phil Jackson is not satisfied with the current lineup, as the leader of the team Shaq is also dissatisfied, he is now more and more dissatisfied with the increasingly ambitious Kobe Bryant around him, and he has not become as giggling as before in daily training, talking and laughing with everyone, any mistake by his teammates may ignite his anger.

After squeezing out the team's playmaker, Lamar Odom, Bryant's self-confidence was extremely inflated, and he seemed to be on an equal footing with Shaq in the team. Young and frivolous, he can now be said to be proud, killing his competitors in his career, and reconnecting with his predecessor Brand in the love field. So in training, he began to fulfill the rights that originally belonged only to Shaq.

The Lakers can be said to be full of problems now, if it weren't for the dream of three consecutive championships and the suppression of Shaq's huge prestige, maybe the contradiction would have become public by now, which made Phil Jackson, known as a Zen master, a headache.

Elton Brand has been in a very good mood lately, after the selection of Tyson Chandler, who is known as the boxing champion, the team's interior strength has been greatly enhanced, coupled with the alien Kassel who has solved the contract problem, Mr. Captain believes that the Clippers will definitely make a difference in the new season. As for Lamar's oath, Brand never took it to heart, because he believed that all rhetoric was based on absolute strength.

As another representative of the 99 generation, Steve Francis is relatively low-key. Although he is still passionate on the basketball court and constantly impacts the audience's vision, his two-year career has matured a lot. The super-rookie who said "Memphis is too cold, I'm not going!" gradually learned how to build his roots after the team's big brother Olajuwon left.

After a long break, the NBA, the world's most famous basketball league, came alive again.

Before the regular season even begins, teams are already playing against each other on other fronts, competing for free agents, digging into each other's corners, and every day a new trade is announced, and every day a new decision is announced.

The players, who have long been accustomed to this kind of noise, don't care if they get there next season. Anyway, the NBA league is a business field, and as a commodity, the only thing they care about is whether they have a ball to play when the new season starts, whether they have a job to support their families, and as for the human touch, that kind of thing is too expensive for a commodity.

While the other teams were still intriguing around the market, the Knicks seemed calm, as if the wind and waves outside had nothing to do with them. Their task now is to prepare for the upcoming pre-season.

For the pre-season, the five rookies in the team are very excited, after all, it will be their first chance to show themselves in front of the head coach if they can perform well on this stage. It will definitely give them a lot of weight in the heart of head coach Jeff Van Gundy.

"Lamar!" Chauncey Billups couldn't help but ask Lamar on his way home after training, "Are you really going to play in the preseason?"

Lamar didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

"I don't know what you think! With your current status, you don't need to play in person in a small scene like a preseason at all, it's just a rookie's own stage for the time being. ”

Chauncey Billups is right, Lamar really doesn't need to condescend to pre-season, and generally a star of fame like him is not willing to play in this kind of game at all. They will use this time to rest and adjust to their condition, while also avoiding injury.

But Lamar didn't think so.

"I just want to experience all that pre-Knicks are all about, and of course this preseason. ”

2001-2002 New York Knicks lineup:

Center forwards: Samuel Dampot, Hakeem Olajuwon, Jackie Butler

Power forwards: Lamar Odom, Antonio McDyce (injured), Antonio Davis

Small forwards: Sean Battier, Bobby Simmons, Byron Wayne (Soy Sauce Man)

Shooting guards: Alan Houston, Shanton Anderson, Morris Pitt (soy sauce man)

Point guards: Chauncy Billups main, Arenas, Avery Johnson

The preseason before the start of the NBA regular season is the last chance to warm up for the big guys. While many of the biggest names don't show up in this kind of game, basketball fans who have been lonely for too long have finally found a suitable place to let off steam.

Of course, the New York fans were the happiest of all, because the day before the preseason began, the Knicks finally announced their roster of players for the preseason.

Fans were pleasantly surprised to see Lamar's name on the list, which means that basketball fans in New York will soon be able to enjoy Lamar's performance.

In fact, it's not just Lamar who will appear in the preseason, all the Knicks players are the same. Especially Antonio Davis, who is having an awkward relationship with Lamar, he doesn't want to be filmed by Lamar.

In addition, this time the team was not led by the team's assistant coach Tom Thibodeau, but the balding Jeff Van Gundy. The coach's purpose in leading the team is simple, that is, he hopes to test the new triangle strategy he tailored for the Knicks in the preseason.

After much await, the Knicks' preseason game has finally arrived, and they will face the fallen giants Boston Celtics on their home court.

"Remember! Your upcoming game is not a preseason game to fool around. It's the NBA Finals, and our opponents aren't fish-breasted troops, they're the greatest Green Shirts, the Celtics! Compared to them, our history is just the most ordinary blank slate, and we have nothing to be proud of. ”

In the pre-match preparation meeting, Jeff Van Gundy stood in the middle of the dressing room and loudly admonished his players.

"Everybody has to do their best, for the sake of the team's honor, for your future in the new season, you don't have any reason to be lazy! I don't care if you're an All-Star or a rookie, everyone is equal to me right now. You have the same chance to prove that you are better than everyone else, and I'm here on the sidelines, and I'm going to keep an eye on each and every one of you and impress me with your performances to get more opportunities for you to play in the new season. ”

After Jeff Van Gundy finished speaking, it was Lamar's turn to come out. In the first two seasons, when Shaq was injured or suspended, Lamar had been in that position many times. It's just that at that time he only took a temporary stand-in, and now, this position has been branded by him.

Lamar's eyes lingered on the faces of every player for a moment, including Antonio Davis, though the other only snorted disdainfully.

"Our goal this season is to win the championship!"

Lamar's opening remarks changed the mood in the dressing room, and many people probably thought Lamar was crazy. A young army that has just been rebuilt wants to go for the championship? I have to say that this is really crazy!

But Lamar's serious expression made it difficult for everyone to stand up and speak out, not even Antonio Davis.

"Our goal every season is to win the championship!" Lamar continued, "The teams that set the ultimate goal of a season to make the playoffs are not supposed to be in this league at all, they are just wasting the enthusiasm of the fans." Those fans who like us spend a dozen or even hundreds of dollars a game to cheer us on at Madison Square Garden, not to get us to the playoffs, the only thing they want is a championship, and only a championship can satisfy them!"

At this point, Lamar pointed to Chauncy Billups: "Chauncey, why did you come to New York to play?"

Chauncey Billups was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Needless to say, I came to New York because I thought you could let me win a championship! Two championship rings is still too few for me, don't forget that I have ten fingers." (To be continued.) )