Because of Yi Jianlian's outstanding performance in the playoffs, Downey's work in the free market is going well, and the "quagmire" that the big guys were originally very reluctant to reject has now changed, and more players are willing to come to New York and play behind Yi Jianlian.

Of the ten lists, Downey was the first to sign Jeremy Lin, who was waived by the Bucks, and came to Yi Jianlian's side by accident, and more importantly, he came to New York.

Originally, he played "Lin Crazy" in New York, under D'Antoni......

Now he has come to New York, a little earlier than the original time, but Yi Jianlian believes that he will have no problem coming to New York at this time, after all, D'Antoni is here now, and it was D'Antoni's words that made Jeremy Lin master the players of the New York team, and then played "Lin Crazy".

Run-and-gun tactics suit Jeremy Lin, there's no doubt about that.

And signing such a player with a one-year base salary, Downey's first deal is qualified in Yi Jianlian's opinion.

Downey then made another deal with the Mavericks, trading Tyson Chandler to the Mavericks.

The deal was supposed to happen, but it was when the Mavericks won the championship, and Tyson Chandler's asking price was too high for the Mavericks to be reluctant to match the championship hero's contract, and it also allowed the New York team to pick up the league's best rim protector during this period.

It is said that it was his arrival that played a tacit understanding with Jeremy Lin, which made the latter so threatening.

He also has credit for the appearance of "Lin Crazy".

After all, the main players who were the core of last season were all 33 years old, and no one would believe that they would be able to maintain such competitiveness in another year, at this time, the team rebuilding is inevitable, and the first step in the rebuilding must be to clean up the old guys from the team.

Tyson Chandler has no affection for the Mavericks, so naturally it is the first series.

New York traded him, also because he didn't win the championship, Tyson Chandler's confidence was a little less, and he didn't dare to ask for 56 million for 4 years like the original, and they finally signed a 4-year 40 million contract, 10 million a year, judging from the rise in the salary cap of the entire league after the league signed a new broadcast agreement, the 4 million in the back can be said to be cheap enough to be a cheap contract!

Downey's second deal is still very reasonable.

In fact, Donnie's ability is not bad, even if he was the original, he brought Xiao Si to the Knicks, Tyson Chandler, and Carmelo Anthony, all of which were snatched up like tigers.

If it weren't for the fact that all three guys were frequently riddled with injuries, the Knicks would not have been able to play all these years.

Of course, Carmelo Anthony's character is also a big problem.

In short, if you look at the operation of bringing in players, Donnie has no problem, which is why he was able to grab Yi Jianlian in last season.

The team's record did not shine brightly on the otherwise decent general manager.

Kupchak, who is better known to most people, became famous for bringing in Pau Gasol, but no one knew that he was forcibly fired by the Lakers, and in the last two years of his career, he could be described as inactive.

This guy hurt the Lakers a lot in those two years.

However, the chaos of the Lakers also has a lot to do with the death of Buss Sr., and the death of the helmsman has brought the heads of those with evil intentions to the fore......

Downey then made another move, taking 22 million from the Pacers, a decent power forward in the league.

He, along with Tyson Chandler and Amarestad Mayer, will form an iron triangle that will also be the backbone of the New York team's interior line in the new season.

Three players were added in an instant, bringing the number of players in the New York team's roster for the new season to eight.

But that's just the beginning.

The day after Downey signed three orders on Dec. 5, he continued the trade and traded the Clippers to the Cavaliers' Baron Davis to the roster.

The "Bearded Generation" has now completely slipped from his prime, but his experience can certainly help the team, which is why Donnie chose him.

Neither Jeremy Lin nor Dragic are very experienced players, and they need a veteran to support them.

Moreover, the current Baron Davis is not without the strength to fight.

Immediately afterward, Downey officially signed Thomas Jr., the second-round pick they selected this year, with a two-year final salary.

The Knicks have not signed Thomas Jr. since they drafted him this summer, and they are not in a hurry anyway, there is no human right in the second round, as long as they don't give up, then others will never be able to sign this player, which is why the Lakers did not sign Marc Gasol that year, and the latter could only stay in the Euroleague.

With this deal completed, the No. 1 spot for the New York Knicks is also considered full.

Downey also immediately dropped the head of the gun and began to strengthen the second and third positions.

Speaking of which, the Knicks don't have a pure starting No. 2 spot on the team, let alone a No. 2 bench.

So the first thing Downey started to strengthen was the No. 2 position.

Downey quickly locked on the target - Petrus, the defensive titan of the Magic team back then, and now the latter is on the Suns, but this year's Suns have begun to gradually tear down and rebuild, and Petrus is the target they need to eliminate the most.

Downey was very quick to bring to the New York Knicks on a two-year, $10 million contract.

The Knicks officially have the first player who can play the No. 2 position.

In fact, Downey still has a target to sign, and Charon Butler, who was reimbursed for the season due to injury with the Mavericks last season, also entered the free market, but unfortunately before he could make any moves, the latter was first signed by the Clippers for 3 years and 24 million.

Now that the 30-year-old Kaloon Butler is judging from the past data, 3 years and 24 million is not bad, but no one knows the state of his return from injury, which is why Donny did not participate in the snatching of him, for Donnie, 3 years and 24 million to Kaloon Butler is a bit too risky, he can't let the team have another garbage contract born, but anyway, they have just climbed out of the quagmire, too risky or too unknown players, it is better not to offer.

Of course, if Kalombbutler only needs 10 million in 3 years, he may try it.

Downey is ready to use another $3.5 million or so to sign a backup shooting guard...... So Shannon Brown came into his sights.

The Suns made an offer of 3.5 million for Shannon Brown, and Downey thought about it and added 500,000 more, bringing the guy to New York for 4 million.

At this point, the New York team's lineup has perfected a lot:

Centres: Tyson Chandler, Stoudemire;

Power Forward: David West;

Small forwards: Yi Jianlian, Champbert;

Shooting guards: Petrus, Shannon Brown;

Point guards: Dragic, Thomas Jr., Jeremy Lin, Baron Davis;

The New York Knicks' 15-man roster has only four slots left in the final four.