The storm of the league swept from the West Coast to the East Coast, and in one day, no, half a day, all the basketball fans knew about the great turmoil in the West, and everything else didn't matter, the most important thing was the super shock bomb from Los Angeles.

The dazzling starlight will burn people's eyes even when they close their eyes, even if three of these four people are not at their peak, and some are even nearing the end of their careers, but no one doubts what kind of legend these four people will be together.

Defending champion New York Knicks have been squeezed out of the favorites due to inaction so far, and it is the Los Angeles Lakers who are in first place, "Beat LA!" The sound resounded throughout the league, and even the second was not the Lakers, but the Timberwolves who strengthened the backline, although they did not defeat the Pacers in the Artest battle, but they grabbed Jason Richardson, and also turned Raga Bell out from the Jazz, for a while, the hard power of the Timberwolves faintly exceeded the Spurs and Kings, and the four major forwards in the West each ushered in their strongest period in recent years this year, especially Garnett. After many years of a round of tours, the current Garnett can be said to be proud, although the new season has not even started yet, but with a man's intuition, Garnett just thinks that I can enter the Western Conference no matter what.

The strong and powerful in the west are silent compared to the quiet in the east, and many people have even made a voice that we are going to watch the all-stars and we go to watch the games in the west, but in fact, what kind of situation is it in the east?

We can say without hesitation that the East is indeed weaker than the West, much weaker, even the New York Knicks, in the current rating, are only a notch with the Mavericks Spurs, half a notch away from the Timberwolves and the Kings, which is still a bonus after taking into account the absolute dominance of Mo Xi's current center position.

The only really strong teams in the entire East are the Knicks, Pacers, Pistons and Nets, and even the 76ers led by Iverson have begun to decline, not to mention the Pelicans, Magic, and Raptors, which are "pseudo-strong teams" for Western teams.

Whether he can stand out in the East, Mo Xi doesn't care, because he knows the current strength of the Knicks, and there is no problem at all to defend the Eastern Conference champion, but, New York, Knicks, what he needs is not an Eastern Conference championship trophy, but a championship trophy.

The trouble with New York is that they have no valuable trade partners in their hands, so they can only find people from the free agent market, which is really a headache, and sometimes even requires the team's star and captain to pull people for the team.

In fact, according to Mo Xi's real thoughts, it is natural to find some players with excellent defensive ability to play roles and bench players, but this is different from George Karl's plan, the old coach prefers those talented young lads who can run and jump.

In addition to Mo Xi, the Knicks already have Arenas, Houston, Wang Zhizhi and Anthony, they are all typical scorers, pure scorers, strong offense and weak defense, which makes Mo Xi, who has been in a high-intensity defensive system, a little uncomfortable, so he hopes that the team can have more performance on the defensive end, but at present, except for Ward and Witherspoon, the performance of others on the defensive end can only be regarded as about the qualified line, and Arenas and Wang Zhizhi are even below the qualified line. And before the official game, even the preseason games of Michael Sweetney, the younger brother of Murphy, could not tell if the overweight guy could adapt to the rhythm of the league.

Therefore, the Knicks' first task is to find a starting No. 4 spot, and at this point, George Karl and everyone are consistent, the Knicks' starting lineup does not need to add another attacker, but George Karl's pursuit of athleticism has not given up. In fact, in fact, the Knicks' No. 1 position also needs to be replaced by a starter, according to George Karl's final strategic thinking, when Arenas is in charge of the sixth man role, the Knicks need a person who is proficient in organization and defensive ability in the starting position, such as Kidd or Billups, but these two people must not be able to get their hands on it, and the matter of the No. 1 position is not particularly anxious, and the Knicks' current focus is still on the No. 4 position and Mo Xi's bench.

Rasu Nesterovic was the first choice for Isaiah Thomas, but his body was too bulky, George Karl said that if he was signed, he could play as a substitute for Moxi, Rasu Nesterovic hesitated and chose the starting position of the Spurs, maybe not for long but at least a starter.

At this time, the Knicks legend scout Dick Maguire, who is nearly eighty years old, stood up, and he directly wrote a string of names, and his son Scott Maguire handed it over to the Knicks management, Isaiah Thomas directly signed the first name on the list when he saw the list, two-time block king, Theo Ratliff, this year, he is thirty years old, and it is the last golden period of a player, and it can even be said that it is the best golden period.

Theo Ratliffe outright rejected the Hawks' $10 million contract extension, opting for the Knicks' 12 million per year offer for a three-year contract.

According to this list, the Knicks quickly finalized the next person, the No. 5 position, Moxi's bench, Nazr Mohammed, and then Isaiah Thomas showed amazing courage, he used a base salary offer of 880,000 to snatch the rebounding maniac draft pick Reggie Evans from the hands of the SuperSonics, and directly signed a five-year contract.

As for the Knicks' other big problem, the starting point guard, the old gentleman gave the answer, but it was not the answer, because there was only one name on it, Jason Williams.

The Knicks need someone to trade to get, and it's clear that if they do, Arenas, who doesn't want to be traded, will be the most important bargaining chip, and the others, whether it's Ward or Mark Jackson, obviously don't have that energy.

Isaiah Thomas sighed helplessly, he personally likes Arenas very much, he thinks that this young man has a very good appetite for himself, and even, he wants to use Isaiah Thomas as the cornerstone of the team, and this matter can only be put on hold.

However, what is surprising is that someone secretly sold the Knicks a piece of news that Jason Williams and Hubby Brown are feuding, and there seems to be a faint momentum of falling out.

The Grizzlies used a defensive coach with an offensive starting point guard, and the Knicks used an offensive coach with a defensive starting point guard, and for a while, Isaiah Thomas seemed to have discovered something.

Isaiah Thomas first pretended to be inadvertently insured and said to Jerry West, who was the Grizzlies manager at the time, "Let's change the starting point guard." ”

Jerry West naturally didn't do it, and said, "It's pretty much the same to trade your Arenas for it." ”

Isaiah Thomas laughed and said, "Huby Brown doesn't even like Williams and can look up to Arenas?" ”

Jerry West was speechless for a while, and he thought about it, but Williams' strength is there, and Ward is definitely not good, so it's better to ......

"I also want a first-round pick and your rookie Michael Sweetney."

Isaiah Thomas pondered for a moment and said, "Is Mark Jackson okay?" ”

Jerry West righteously refused: "No, no, no, Thomas, you have to know how much Williams is worth." ”

Isaiah Thomas pretended to grit his teeth and said, "It's okay to give you Michael Sweetney and a second-round pick." ”

Jerry West also pretended to be a male version, and said hesitantly: "Ward, Sweetney plus a second-round pick? Then you'll have to add some compensation. ”

Isaiah Thomas said angrily, "Damn you're not finished? ”

Jerry West also feigned anger and said, "Okay, the deal is terminated. ”

"Wait" Isaiah Thomas immediately stopped and said, "Well, you have the final say. ”

The Knicks' nine-man rotation was thus completed, and the comeback was completed quietly.