Chapter 1063 Players

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"Amare Stoudemire, Cypre Creek High School, 6'11" tall, averages 29 points, 15 rebounds and 6 blocks per game, and is a good seedling for center and power forward!" said Larry Brown.

Liu Dong doesn't know much about this person, but looking at his muscular appearance, he is very strong, playing inside, and his body is enough.

"We want to use our round of picks on both of them. Of course, Yao has little hope, and the one who may end up on our team is Amare!"

After one last glance at the sturdy black man in the photo, Liu Dong turned to say, "What about the second-round pick?"

Carlos Boozer, a 6-foot-9" graduate of NCAA University at Duke University, is 14.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in 101 games over three seasons. What's more, he's shooting 63.1 percent from the field and he's a very good power forward!" Larry Brown picked up the third photo and pointed to the black man with a somewhat round face.

“…… However, our second-round picks are not ideal, and we may not be able to sign each other. So, I hope that if Boozer is signed by another team, we can trade Rasheed Wallace from the Trail Blazers. In the new season, after the Sprewell trade, we need someone who can play the main role at the power forward position. And Rashid Wallace has playoff experience, which is what we need!" said Larry Brownow.

"OK, no problem, I'll pay the funds. The deal is left to Tim. No problem, right?" as an outsider. Liu Dong, who has just learned a little about the NBA, in terms of player cognition, in addition to retired superstars such as Jordan, Chamberlain, Russell, and Olajuwon, as well as active superstars such as Kobe, O'Neal, Duncan, etc., he doesn't know much about more than 95% of the NBA active players!

Therefore, he prefers to leave professional things to professional people to do!

"Of course, boss!" said Tim Thomas, who was sitting on the side.

After nodding, Liu Dong picked up the last of the four photos. Above is a white man who looks a little floaty!

"Juan Carlos Navarro, a member of the Barcelona basketball team in Spain, is 6 feet 3 inches tall, has a very good long-range shooting ability, can take on important responsibilities in critical moments, and can enrich the team's tactical ability!"

After listening to Larry Brown's words, Liu Dong nodded.

"So what do you think about the team's main lineup this year?"

After a moment's thought, Larry Brown said: "The No. 5 position has always been our shortcoming since Ewing retired, so this time I hope to get Yao or Amare. As long as one of the two of them can come to our team, then the Knicks don't need to worry about the center position for the next 10 years. Marcus Camby, who is thin and often injured, is qualified as a center substitute! Finally, with the addition of Travis Knight, the three centers can meet the team's requirements in terms of ability, bench depth and strength!

"I'm thinking about Rashid Wallace for the power forward position, and we also need to look for a potential rookie, and Nene Hilario and Carlos Boozer are good candidates in this year's draft!

"The striker number three is on the ...... I want to wait?" said Larry Brown.

In the Knicks' internal reshuffle, the No. 3 position, that is, the small forward, can be said to be the hardest hit area. There were still one or two people left in the other positions, but Larry Brown was the only one left in the third position, and all of them were put on the shelves. The most famous is Spreville, who is known as the 'madman'.

"Wait, what do you mean?" Liu Dong frowned.

He wants the team's results, and he doesn't want to wait!

"Boss, next year is a big year for the draft, and many players who are favored by many media and teams will participate in the draft, and the best of them are LeBron James, Dwight Wade, Carmelo Anthony, etc., are all very good forward talents, I think Coach Brown is trying to pick one of them, right?" explained Tim Thomas, who was sitting on the side.

"That's right!"

Larry Brown nodded, "The players who will participate in next year's draft are not inferior to the '96 Golden Generation' in terms of quality, and in order to win them to join, I want to vacate the main position of the No. 3 position!"

"Who do you like?" Liu Dong said curiously.

"Dwight Wade!" Larry Brown said without hesitation.

After the conflict with Allen Iverson, he no longer wants to coach those talented players who have not gone to college and have a stinky and hard temper, compared to the most promising LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, Wade's temper is the most acceptable to Larry Brown!

"Well, since Coach Brown insists, I don't need to say anything more! But we can't keep the No. 3 spot vacant for the new season, right?"

Liu Dong also likes talents, and he also hopes that there can be a superstar like Jordan in his team, but there is still a year to go before 03 years, and there can't be a player in the No. 3 position, right?

"Of course not, I hope the team can bring in Richard Hamilton of the Washington Wizards, his mid-range shooting is accurate, he can play in both the fourth and third positions, very similar to the current team's 'mid-range king' Alan Houston, but the latter is now 33 years old, and has a knee injury, is close to retirement, and the two have no competition problems!"

"Richard Hamilton and Alan Houston, with the addition of a No. 3 bench player, is enough to keep us competitive at the small forward position this season!"

"The four and five, Howard Eisley and Charlie Ward, are very good, and I want to get Chauncey Billups of the Magic, a hugely underrated talent at the No. 5 position!"

"That's all my plans for the Knicks in '02-03, if we can trade the guys we just mentioned and add some quality role players, then I promise the team will make the playoffs next year!" said Larry Brown confidently.

Liu Dong doesn't know what the strength of these players he mentioned, but since he had promised the other party all the rights to choose players when he first negotiated the contract, Liu Dong would not interfere.

It is far better to leave professional things to professional people to do than to blindly command yourself, this is the experience that Liu Dong has summed up in the past few years!

Historically, Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, did just that, and Liu Dong also studied the most famous emperor of the Liu family very deeply!

"Tim, I'll leave the player trade that Mr. Larry Brown mentioned just now to you, and I'll give you $50 million for the player trade in the new season!" Liu Dong said.

"$50 million!" said Larry Brown and Tim Thomas's eyes lit up at the same time.

$50 million can buy the top players in both leagues, and if you count the funds left by the players, then the Knicks salary space for the new season will exceed 70 million. With such abundance, Larry Brown and Tim Thomas can do as much as they want!

"Understood, boss!"

Looking at the excited looks on the faces of the two, Liu Dong nodded. Then after looking at his watch, he stood up, "Let's go, it's almost time!"

"Hmm!"

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Madison Square Garden is known simply as MSG, or simply 'The Garden', by New Yorkers. It is located on Penn Station, one of the largest train stations in the United States, and the first thing many tourists who come to New York by train see is the 126-year-old Madison Square Garden, which is the face of New York.

At the same time, Madison Square Garden is also the home of teams such as the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Liberty, St. John's University, and Red Storm University, as well as large-scale indoor events such as solo concerts and political rallies.

According to statistics, the stadium hosts 320 large-scale events a year. It is not only the NBA's "Arena Mecca", where superstars such as Jordan and Reggie Miller have left magical memories, but also "King of Pop" Michael Jackson, "Empress" Madonna, "Pop Princess" Britney and other superstars have also held their own concerts here!

Moreover, Madison Square Garden is also the 'Mecca of boxing' before Las Vegas, and it is the most active stage of boxing in the past century, hosting historical classics such as the first and second fights between Fraser and Ali, and many boxing matches by Joe Lewis.

A history of Madison Square Garden is a vivid history of American sports, literature and politics.

And today, June 26, 2002, Madison Square Garden is once again attracting the attention of basketball fans in the United States and around the world. Especially in China, I am afraid that this is the first time that all Chinese have ever paid the most attention to the NBA draft on the other side of the ocean, because for the first time Chinese have participated in it.

In order to be able to report in more detail on the grand 2002 NBA draft with the participation of Chinese and the high probability of being selected as the champion, CCTV Sports Channel sent a special film crew to the United States for the first time.

But after they set up the camera, a Chinese face suddenly appeared on the screen at the scene.

With so many people at Madison Square Garden, it's not surprising that there was originally a Chinese face, but it was strange that sitting around him were Larry Brown, coach who had just coached the Knicks, and Tim Toles, general manager.

And looking at the way the three people chatted, it was obvious that the Chinese had faintly become the center of the two! )

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