After "Big Shark" O'Neal signed a one-year contract worth $8 million with the Knicks, Knicks general manager Donny Walsh can finally shout: The Knicks have finally reached the NBA minimum wage!

However, O'Neal's joining is not only not favored by people, but makes the Knicks continue to be looked down upon, especially after O'Neal missed the opportunity to join the Green Army, Garnett complained: "'Shaq's ambition has been consumed in the belly of a woman, and he went to New York to fight guns!" ”

Of course, Garnett was half-jokingly complaining, because even David Stern, who was ready to support Lin Yi, was stunned, what is New York doing!

The luxury tax big has suddenly become a low-income account in the league, and everyone knows that O'Neal has limited improvement to the team now!

What is Knicks trying to do?

What about good ambitions? What about the said good Top Gun?

Even the coach of the Knicks, D'Antoni, couldn't understand the management's operation, if it weren't for Lin Yi's timely call to communicate with Lao De, plus Lao De is a person who understands football, he figured out the key after careful analysis, and Lao De's mentality would have collapsed if he couldn't say it well.

Lin Yi knows that it is strange that the Knicks' lineup is not looked down upon, the main purpose of the Knicks signing the Sharks is to get someone to make up for the salary space, and the 76ers will do the same in the future, and the core is all rookies, so Redick took the opportunity to pick up a big bargain.

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To get back to the point, when Lin Yi was continuing special training in Los Angeles, he received a call from his agent Zhong Muchen, the South African World Cup made Lin Yi a net profit of 7.35 million US dollars, Xiao Zhong Tong's shoes were very hidden, and he lost a lot appropriately according to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi originally thought that Zhong Muchen was calling to talk to him about endorsements, but he didn't expect that Livingston had no contact information about Lin Yi, so he asked his agent to contact Lin Yi.

"What's wrong? Sean. Lin Yi asked after receiving a call from Livingston.

"Lin, the Knicks made me gain weight, but I've had injuries before, so I wanted to hear your advice." It turned out that Livingston was here to complain.

"Sean, you definitely have to gain weight, your current little arms and legs, just a random guard will fly you up, of course, just gain weight properly." Lin Yi said.

"But my knees can't handle my weight." Livingston said.

"Just change the way you play!" Lin Yi smiled, yes, the current Livingston is not the Livingston in the future, the current Livingston is also a flying macho man, and they are all rushing to the inside, and the small mid-range shot has not yet been fully developed.

Livingston during this period was complained by many people as a defensive colander, but the future Livingston often came up at critical moments to help mark the opponent's core players, to put it bluntly, Livingston has height and arm span, as long as the strength is not too bad, how can it be a defensive colander?

Lin Yi has seen Livingston's weight, he didn't dare to gain weight at all after the injury, now he is only about 78 kilograms, which is too light, you know, even the Dodge's 180 cm height is 83 kilograms!

Livingston's future with the Warriors has been largely stable between 90 and 95 kilograms, not only are they injury-free, but their attendance has been very secure.

To put it bluntly, Livingston's style of play is problematic, and it is a miracle that Livingston can return to the NBA after that horrific injury, but to be truly healthy, Livingston must change his style of play.

"Sean, just don't change direction after gaining weight." Lin Yi said.

"But, I'm a defender, how can I break through if I don't change direction?" Livingston was even more puzzled.

"Who told you to break through? Dribble over half court, hand the ball to the core of the organization, and then go to the off-ball air cut, practice the mid-range shot, you have good bounce, you have height and arm span, you practice the jump shot who can cover you? If you need to attack, you just go back and play your steady. Lin Yi knows that Livingston's jump shot is not the same as others, he belongs to the second force after staying in the air, it is extremely difficult to block, in the Warriors Livingston shooting rate is above 50% all year round, and a small mid-range shot is simply inexplicable to hit the opposite small guard with his back.

Livingston's shooting method is destined to not be able to practice three points, and DeRozan is also for this reason, so Lin Yi asked DeRozan to change the way he uses his strength, otherwise it will be difficult for the "King of the North" to practice three points.

Livingston's talent is absolutely rare, if it weren't for the crooked practice, he should have developed in the direction of Durant, the Clippers are not only blind themselves, but also have problems in developing new talents.

This is also the reason why Lin Yi suggested that Yi Jianlian learn to fight and retreat, Livingston's skeleton is small, and it is destined to be only a slender template, and gaining weight appropriately can allow him to increase his confrontation, as long as he is not flew, his arm span advantage can be brought into play.

The NBA's interior line is not for anyone to enter, fighting on the inside every day, sooner or later he will be injured, Livingston has no healing skills, he is only 25 years old now, if he is no longer injured, the Knicks are equivalent to introducing a strong reinforcement.

Lin Yi will not bring substitutes in the new season, when Livingston appears on the bench, not only can he stabilize the rhythm, but once Louis Williams can't open the situation, even if the defense of Livingston is the opposite supergiant, Livingston can still use his back to create a stable output.

Now Livingston has been smoothed out by injuries, and after the phone call with Lin Yi, he is a lot more relieved, and the Knicks asked him to change his playing style, which shows that the Knicks will reuse him.

Speaking of which, D'Antoni doesn't like Livingston very much, and Lao Germany prefers the kind of guard who can shoot and rush, but Livingston is a very important part of this Knicks team in Lin Yi's opinion.

After all, the Knicks can't rely on Lin Yi to play alone, in addition to himself, in addition to himself, the most able to contribute to stable output is Livingston, the Knicks don't need Livingston to score too many points, as long as Livingston can score seven or eight points when he comes off the bench, the rhythm will basically stabilize.

Lin Yi believes that Lao De can understand his hard work when he sees Livingston after changing his style of play, and the most important lesson for Lin Yi to do in the new season is to let Lao De rotate, as long as the "Peach Valley Six Immortals" are reasonably matched and played separately, the Knicks' defensive intensity will always be above the opponent.

After untying Livingston's knot, Lin Yi also called the new recruits of the Knicks in turn, Stephenson's three-point practice is good, Lin Yi only let him practice two bottom corners and the front, Finson's physical fitness is good, and he also has certain basic skills in dribbling, if Wilson Chandler doesn't practice hard in the summer, he will be counterattacked by Finson in the new season.

As for Tony Allen, Lin Yi only let him practice mid-range shots, especially mid-range shots around the free throw line, as long as he doesn't get out of the way by the opponent in the offense, as for his defense? That doesn't need Lin Yi to worry about.

Whiteside strengthened his core strength according to Lin Yi, and Lin Yi asked him to control his weight at about 118 kilograms.

Danny Green is the most satisfying for Lin Yi, produced by North Carolina, basically not too much, Danny Green's three-point shot is definitely still some gap compared to "Green Fairy Tale", but as long as he can stabilize the output, his playing time will definitely increase greatly in the new season, and the Knicks have plenty of salary space, even if he plays the Knicks, he is not afraid of contract renewal problems.

Gallinari Lin Yi let him practice back playing, the "second battalion commander" has good basic skills, and he has grown a lot stronger in the summer, as long as he doesn't let Xia Ji dominate the bully, the current style of play can ensure that he has a long endurance.

Lin Yi feels that he is not only the core of the Knicks, but also half of the Knicks' coach......

However, it is true that the next few seasons are the best period to build a dynasty, and when the LOGO man becomes the Warriors, Lin Yi believes that even if he dismantles the Warriors, the LOGO man will be able to get a powerful warrior out.

Lin Yi found that the advantage of his "single core" was that everyone listened to him, whether it was the locker room or the management, no one dared to mess with Lin Yi at this time.

Even Dolan, the owner of the Knicks, contacted Lin Yi, because Dolan is really not bad for money, "Lin, I heard Donnie say that this is all your advice, but good boy, I'm really not bad for money!" ”

Dolan's meaning is very simple, what teammates do you want, say, as long as the Knicks can get it, isn't it money?

Lin Yi told Dolan that he was very satisfied with this lineup, Dolan had an urge to doubt life, the core of other people's families is to force the boss to pay luxury tax, how can the core of our family think of ways to save me money?

In fact, Lin Yi really didn't save money for Dolan, but because it was not time to spend money, if you want to build a dynasty, you must first have a benign salary space, why can't the Cavaliers be stronger than the Warriors in the future?

To put it bluntly, if there is no contract between JR and TT, it is really not a complaint from fans for the Cavaliers to sign a supergiant, so even if Milicic and Elbaron, who have a good relationship with him, leave, Lin Yi did not ask the management to keep them.

For the sake of the dynasty, you must know how to make trade-offs and forcibly keep them, then you really let them take the blame for themselves.

The Bobcats have fired Larry Brown, and as long as Milicic can play like he did in the Knicks last season, it will be much better than staying on the bench with the Knicks.

Lin Yi attaches great importance to feelings, but he is not a philanthropist, and he will not deliberately create a feeling of his "righteousness" for his "personality".

If there is a better option on the market than O'Neal, Lin Yi will not let the Knicks sign O'Neal.

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Time flies, in addition to gaining weight in summer, Lin Yi also has a compulsory subject, that is, physical fitness.

He wants to turn himself into a straight man of steel, the goal he set for himself in the new season is that he can't shoot less than 25 times per game, he has already entered the 180 club, there is no need to dare to shoot in order to keep the hit rate, he is now at a low level, and in order to continue next season, he will focus more on the face after the dislocation, and he can't guarantee the shot without physical fitness.

The boring physical training had almost tormented Lin Yi crazy, and if it weren't for his love for basketball, he wouldn't have been able to hold on at all.

The group of people who trained together in the summer admired Lin Yi even more, Lin Yi is so talented and works so hard, does this not let people play?

It's a pity that Coach K didn't have time to come to Griffin's private basketball gym to have a look, otherwise he would have sighed, the U.S. men's basketball training camp in Las Vegas is weak, okay?

Seriously, if these people really play, Lin Yi still thinks that the American men's basketball team may not be able to do this group of people, Wall, Griffin, Harden, DeRozan are ordinary people?

Not to mention Cousins, Favors, Flynn, and others.

Although Yi Jianlian, who trained with Lin Yi, is not good at talking, but with Lin Yi, he also made some friends, Lin Yi was thinking, if the Nets team still traded with the Wizards, would he be considered to have helped the UAE again?

You must know that the boss of the Wizards next season is now also Lin Yi's protégé!

July ended quickly in a sweat, Spain won the World Cup as desired, and there were many transactions in the league, and in August, Lin Yi successfully gained 1KG, and there are still 2KG to go before he can achieve his goal.

More weight also means more consumption, and just when Lin Yi was training hard, Donaldson, the third assistant coach of the Knicks, came to him on this day......