"No! Orlando Magic!" Lamar thought thoughtfully, "It's a good deal to swap owners with Grant Hill, maybe the Knicks can make a fortune with it!

After thinking about it, Lamar made a phone call to Jeff Van Gundy's house despite the fact that it was late at night in New York, and then said what he thought???? ?? ? ?ｅｎａ`ｃｏｍ

Now that Alan Houston has decided to leave, trading him to the Orlando Magic is definitely a surefire deal, looking at Grant Hill's injuries in recent years, the Knicks can also blackmail Orlando for a few draft picks when the two are swapped! According to the memory of the previous life, Hill and Houston will both be seriously injured this season, and Orlando also took advantage of this to get the 2004 No. 1 pick.

Alan Houston did not give an answer to Lamar's question. But Lamar knows that he and his Knicks will face a very strong opponent on the court at the start of next season.

The mid-range king, who has been working diligently by his side for two seasons, will become a sharp sword to snipe the Knicks. At that point, the Knicks' current defensive gate Sean Battier will have to face this most familiar super scorer!

However, there are drawbacks and there will be good sides, at least after the departure of the mid-pitcher king, he can free up a place in the main lineup.

With Alan Houston gone, who will bear the burden of the Knicks' outside scoring?

The Knicks are destined to turn a new page, and an era dominated entirely by young people is about to unfold in the cosmopolitan metropolis of New York. In fact, it's not just the New York Knicks, this league is also quietly changing after so many years of melee.

An era of melee warfare is destined to fade away over time. As the stars who once dominated the league grow older, a new page will be turned in the NBA.

If there is a name for this new era, Lamar prefers to call him the Warring States Period.

The NBA will always be a rich man's game, but rich people also have classifications. Some people have a lot of money that can be used to light up their heating, while some people still have to live a budget-conscious life.

Although the chairman of the league, David Stern, has been trying to control the development of the strength of each team, so that all the teams are balanced under his control, keep each team competitive, and enhance the NBA spectacle.

But in this money-oriented society, Stern's ideas are destined to be wishful thinking. Since it's a game, there will definitely be ambitious players, and there will also be the kind of little people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune and don't care if they are a supporting role.

Especially in the past two seasons, with the sudden rise of the Knicks, more and more people in the NBA league no longer believe that basketball is a five-man sport. Because the performance of various stars on the court has proven that there are some people who can change a game with their own energy, like the Knicks' star Lamar Odom.

Of course, Lamar has only one after all, but the resources of the star are still very rich. After seeing the Knicks' model, they finally understood a truth, if they want their team to produce results, good results, and even win championships, the only way is to stock up on stars.

Although this idea is a bit deformed and a little rushed, it is very crazy and exciting in the eyes of the fans.

After all, the league still needs to attract more fans if it wants to develop, although it may not be possible to achieve any good results if it continues to develop in this direction, but at least they can win the hearts of fans!

The smoke of last season has not yet cleared here, and the pace of the new game is already approaching. While the regular season isn't waiting until November to get underway, the league's biggest names can't wait to start the arms race.

For the restless transfer market, Jeff Van Gundy spoke to Lamar on the phone as soon as possible. Although he doesn't think that with the current strength of the Knicks, he still needs any superstars to help, but after all, the person who has the right to speak in this team is Lamar, and there are some things he must say hello to this boss in the actual sense.

"Hell Lamar, you really should come back and feel the temperature in the NBA right now, crazy! All crazy, I don't know what's wrong with these people? Now everyone's eyes are on the All-Stars who used to be treated like heirlooms by the teams. ”

"In the past, just an outdated Patrick Ewing was going to cause an earthquake in the league, but now I don't think it's those old guys, but tomorrow someone tells me that Kobe Bryant is going back to the Atlanta Hawks, and I don't think it's strange! ”

"No! Jeff!" Lamar finally couldn't help but interrupt Jeff Van Gundy: "Don't think about this Houston guy anymore! He's already decided to leave the Knicks! You know what he's decided, no one can change it! Just follow my plan!"

Although he already had such a premonition, when Jeff Van Gundy heard Lamar say this, he couldn't help but feel a wave of disappointment in his heart: "Damn it! Doesn't that bastard really want a future? Is that guy a little kid who hasn't grown up yet? It's ridiculously naïve!"

"Okay, Jeff, let's talk about it, what do you mean by calling?"

Jeff Van Gundy smiled bitterly for a while, and then said what he meant, and as soon as he finished speaking, Lamar couldn't help but shake his head again and again.

"As you said, although Allan is leaving, we don't need any big names in the squad right now. Even if Kevin Garnett comes, it won't make much difference! He doesn't necessarily be better than Samuel defensively, and Samuel is much younger than him!Jeff! Our dynasty is not a flash in the pan, I want the long term, you know what I mean!"

After ending the phone call with Jeff Van Gundy, Lamar couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It seems that the inertia of history is still infinitely powerful, and although there is such a variable, many things are still running as usual.

Maybe when he waits for the new season, he can see the Lakers F4 composed of Shaq O'Neal, Karl Malone, Kobe Brant, and Gary Payton, which should have appeared in the league in history.

Lamar didn't have any special ideas about this, and the appearance of strong opponents was nothing more than adding some fun to his play.

"No matter what you think, the future of this alliance is destined to be mine! If you really want to fight with me, just let it go!"

The NBA has gone through many stages in its development today. From the distant center era of Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Skyhook Abdul-Jabbar, to the battle for hegemony in the forward and guard combinations, first the combination of Jordan and Pippen against Payton and Camp, and then the Bulls Iron Triangle vs. Malone and Stockton, and the brief restoration of the four centers in between, and now it is finally time for a new page to be opened.

Just like the Warring States period mentioned before, a very vivid interpretation.

In an environment where teams are expanding their arsenal, the whole league is going crazy. For a while, almost every player who could be considered an All-Star caliber was associated with the word transfer.

The stars and team leaders who were once regarded as priceless now seem to have collectively lost trust, all taken out of the safe and used as bait for fishing.

The owners of every team know very well that whoever can step hard in the league in the first season after the start of the new era at this time is likely to become the hegemon of the new era.

The location seems so tempting that it's already driving people crazy!

Deal, deal, and now you can hear that every moment in the league, and every superstar is associated with such scandals. Maybe when you wake up tomorrow, you'll suddenly find that Karl Malone has lost his title as the Utah Twins, and he's moved to a new team to continue working hard for his championship dreams. Maybe Glove Payton is no longer wearing a Bucks jersey, away from the icy Milwaukee and going to the bustling Los Angeles to play his spare heat.

The arms race has begun, and the owners of each team have opened their wallets. For the sake of the championship, in order to occupy a place in the new era, the luxury tax that once held them off seems to be less terrible.

For such a situation, the chairman of the league, David Stern, was obviously a little caught off guard. What he fears the most in this position is that the teams in the league are strong and weak!

Because once such a situation occurs, although the ornamentation will increase, the overall competitiveness of the alliance will inevitably decline.

That's what happens in the NBA, where a team with countless superstars beats a team with a belly, and the team has nothing to fight back. This is definitely not what Stern wants to see!

The luxury tax system was originally set up to prevent a situation in the league where one team dominates, and the other teams can only revolve around one team. Who can guarantee that the owners who are disheartened with the team will not disband the team?

"We have to stop this from happening, and if the league loses control in our hands, it can only be a disaster for the NBA!"

David Stern walked up and down his office in a rage, and everyone present could feel the anger in his heart.