Just as Mo was struggling for a happy life in the future, the Knicks management in New York also started their war.

As a condition for the exchange of interests, coupled with Stern's feeling about the development of the current economic system, and the growing contracts of superstars in the league, Stern began to adjust the salary cap, originally in the shrinking season, Stern has made an adjustment to the salary cap, but the Knicks' recent sky-high contract to Houston is too terrible, the most important thing is that Houston's current contract is higher than Moxi's, so the problem is, when Moxi's current contract ends, How much should the contract be for him?

The Knicks are not worried about the luxury tax, but in this way, the overall salary of the players is bound to rise, so with this golden opportunity, the Knicks management decisively asked Stern to adjust the salary cap again.

Stern originally had some of this plan, and now he simply did a favor, and at the same time assured the Knicks that the league would not "interfere" in the Knicks' trade and signings, which is very interesting, Stern, who has always pursued balance, seems to be planning to open up to the Knicks?

However, Stern is very good at reading people, the management of the Knicks has always been a guy with a short circuit, since they won the championship this year, they must think that their lineup is already so strong, and there is no need to strengthen it, it is estimated that if it is not for the retirement of a veteran, I believe that the Knicks will not make any big moves this summer.

The Knicks now have only nine rookies on the team, including this year's rookies, and they are still a long way from the 15-man roster.

Center: Mothedan Gazuric (Rookie)

Power forward: Kurt Thomas

Small forward: Ratril Sprevelmat Barnes (rookie, no mistake, Lao Ba is the second-round pick this year)

Shooting guard: Alan Houston

Point guard: Gilbert Arenas, Mark Jackson, Charlie Ward

Today's Knicks are very different from previous years, the most significant point is that the Knicks' backcourt is fully staffed for the first time, but the front line and interior line are the other extreme, if you don't make targeted reinforcements, it will be difficult for Mo Xi and Thomas to play an average of 40 minutes per game.

The first signing finalized by the Knicks was last season's bench small forward Clarence Witherpombaugh, as a small man who is very good at rebounding, the New Yorkers saw in him the figure of the "boxing champion" Mason Jr., but there is also a small drawback, the Knicks are too short in the third position, except for rookie Matt Barnes, who has just passed two meters, the remaining two are only more than 1.90 meters tall, but it doesn't hurt. What really gave the Knicks a headache was their interior line.

Think about the luxury interior line of the Knicks, who dominated the entire league last season, and now they are facing a situation where no one is available, and the management of the Knicks is also very embarrassed. According to Van Gundy's usual standards, the Knicks first need a good defender, although their rookie Gazuric belongs to a blue-collar interior line, but the best season of his career is only an average of 7+8 per game, which is a little worse than the Eight Wise Kings.

For Van Gundy, what he wants most is the Turkish Turk Tekoglu, although he is not the kind of player who Van Gundy likes to use the most, and it can even be said that his defense is a little bad, but people can grab rebounds, and organizational skills, this is simply the type of player that the Knicks lack the most, but unfortunately, how can the Kings assist one of their biggest opponents next season, plus Tekoglu is really good, which type of player is Adelman's favorite, The King decisively executed Tekoglu's second-year option.

Knicks management simply retreated to the next best thing, rebounding and interior defense, and the Knicks had to find one of those players first.

However, according to the meaning of the New York executives, if the Knicks can get Chris Webber over, then the Knicks' lineup can be said to be flawless, although it may still be, there is no rebound.

The Knicks' highest target is Theo Ratliffe, the Hawks' injury reimbursement last season, the former league's best blocker even pressed Mutombo under him for a time, but after being signed by the Hawks last season, he was reimbursed for the season after only three games, and no one knows what his current state is, but for New York, as long as it's a matter of money, it's not a problem, it's a big deal to buy a few more. But the Hawks are not willing to trade Ratliffe, to be precise, the Knicks now lack the bargaining chips for the trade, the captain Houston and Mo Xi can be said to be sure that they will not move, although Sprewell can, but New York still wants to use Sprewell to repay a ruthless man, then only the Knicks' world-famous weak No. 1 position remains, old and young, unless it is someone who wants to gamble, no one will want to make such a trade, even if Arenas has gradually proven himself in the playoffs, But no one thinks this second-round show will be any bigger improvement.

The troubled Knicks had no choice but to set their sights on the free agent market.

Is Van Gundy happy to see his manager so focused on finding good players for the team (pause)?

Okay, I want an interior player who can grab rebounds and defend, how about you signing me a Tony Kukoc!

Although this European Jordan can go from the second to the fourth position, putting him on the second team can indeed fill the firepower of the Knicks bench bandits, but what about defense?

The management of the Knicks sneered, doesn't this open up the European market? I'll look for you again.

As the champion of last season, and this season exposed his biggest flaw in the free agent market, the Knicks naturally wanted to be targeted fiercely, so the Knicks simply acted a trick and attacked wildly, making people not know who their real purpose was.

When the news was sent, people were shocked.

The Knicks have reached out to a veteran, at least for now there is no one older in the entire league, and even in the entire history of the league, when he retired, there was only one person older than him, and the Knicks snatched Kevin Willis from the Spurs. Kevin Willis's interior defense is not very good, but his rebounding is excellent, even if he is forty years old, but ordinary young men are still difficult to be his opponents, especially offensive rebounding, for the Knicks, who rely more on jump shots, this is simply a stroke of genius, but the embarrassing problem is that the Knicks' lineup is still very old......