Chapter 205: Battle of the Knicks
With a three-day break, the Bulls will next host the New York Knicks.
It's also a very old NBA team, but it's just a big city for nothing, and the Knicks have only won two championships so far. And that was the decade of the 70s of the 20th century, almost 50 years have passed since now.
It can be seen how painful this team is on the road to revival.
It's not that they haven't assembled a super luxurious lineup, such as Stodameyer plus Anthony, but unfortunately the former is injured; Another example is Ross plus Anthony plus Noah, but unfortunately it still died without a problem.
In the end, they chose to rebuild, sent Anthony away, and straightened Porzingis, which is no longer known how many times they have rebuilt, and what the reconstruction can bring, it is estimated that the management itself does not know.
Even if their general manager is the famous Phil Jackson, just looking at the transactions he has made for the Knicks in the past few years, few of them can be handled.
Even if he chose Porzingis despite opposition, it proves his vision, but it is mostly more related to the manager's ability to spot the potential of the player.
In the final analysis, it has nothing to do with the general manager's line.
No, he can rise by virtue of the draft, right?
is as strong as thunder, and three rookies who have grown to the MVP level have been selected in three years, but in the end, isn't it still a bamboo basket for nothing?!
The Thunder are like this, not to mention the Knicks, who have always been a representative of people who are stupid and have a lot of money.
In today's game, the Bulls are still the same, Li Ming point guard, LaVine scoring guard, Pound Dexter small forward, big forward Mirotic, and center Lopez.
The New York Knicks, who came from afar, are point guard Jack, scoring guard Kuttney Lee, small forward Porzingis, power forward Thomas, and center Kanter.
Jack was the 22nd pick in the first round in '05 and has been playing in the league for nearly 14 years, and as a famous homeless 0 in the league, he has changed five or six teams in 14 years.
Supposedly, such a player will not be able to become a starter.
But Jack has that ability.
Because his quality is the best value for money among players with the same salary and position, he is the best choice when there is no one to use.
That's why a lot of rebuilding teams will choose him to start.
When the Warriors didn't die for five hours, he was the starting guard with Curry in the Warriors, until the Warriors chose Thompson and there was no place for him in the backcourt, and he was traded.
All in all, this is an underrated player and a good starting material in the eyes of the general manager of the rebuilding team.
The shooting guard was Kutney Lee, the 22nd pick in the first round in '08, and he was lucky enough to be a member of the Finals-caliber team when he first debuted.
Fortunately, he also got a lot of opportunities to play on such a stage, especially after reaching the finals, with excellent defense and good scoring ability, giving people a feeling of unlimited potential.
Although in the end, it didn't grow to the way everyone wanted to see it.
But he finally stood in his own position in this alliance, which is enough, the 22nd pick in the first round, what else is there to say!
Mark is like that, and so is he.
In the small forward position, it is Porzingis, the guy that the Zen master is optimistic about, and the final growth does not live up to the Zen master's expectations, the No. 4 show in 15 years.
At the beginning, looking at the thin body, the fans of the Knicks team thought that they had signed a parallel import, and almost didn't scold the Zen master, if the latter hadn't been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for so many years, it was really possible to be forced to abdicate directly.
Fortunately, in the end, Porzingis proved the Zen master's gaze with his own strength, and also proved his strength.
The guy in the power forward position, Thomas, is a very inspirational guy, and when it comes to inspirational, the origin of this guy is naturally clear.
He's a draft loser! Undrafted in 2010.
But now, he has been in the league for almost 8 years, and he has also played as a starter, no matter what, it doesn't matter if he is not famous enough, it doesn't matter if he doesn't earn enough, in short, it is enough to realize his dream!
In the big center position is N'Golo Kante, well... Produced by the Thunder, the third pick in the first round in 11, although he was not selected by the Thunder, he did play in the Thunder.
For his evaluation, it can be summed up in one sentence, when you meet a weak team, you are the king, and when you meet a strong team, you are bronze.
It's a weak team brush.
Jump ball in the middle circle.
Kante is 2.11m tall, a little shorter than Lopez, and his mobility is not very advantageous, and in the end, Lopes took the ball and handed it to Li Ming.
Because he had already said before the game that he would definitely let the Bulls restore their appearance, Li Ming played directly by himself this time, and he had to take the lead in the score before talking about other things.
In the face of Jack, he slowly dribbled the ball while leaning towards him, who was not too athletic and could play.
So there is no need to be afraid at all, and the facts have proved that Li Ming's judgment is not wrong, but as soon as he pressed his body, Li Ming rushed over directly.
He was emotionally involved in this ball, so he looked very imposing, but some people didn't notice his momentum.
For example, Kante wanted to come up and harass Li Ming, but the latter flew as soon as he stepped into the free throw line, the kind of ball in one hand, with the same hands as wings, and he could flutter.
Kante saw that Li Ming didn't take him seriously, and he didn't hide, he wanted hard steel.
"Ho!" With a muffled snort, Kanter jumped up and collided with Li Ming in the air, but he forgot one thing, that is, Li Ming came suddenly, and he still had the inertia generated when the sprint stopped.
Driven by inertia, when he collided with Li Ming, he was involuntarily hit by the latter in the direction of the basket.
"Oops!" Kante realized something.
But now he was in the air, and he might have been able to hide before he jumped, but now, he couldn't move at all unless he fell.
"Drink!" But how could Li Ming let him fall like this so easily!
If you dare to get in the way, of course, you have to prepare some price!
Kante noticed that Li Ming's body was slowly rising, and yes, he was still on the rise when he jumped from inside the free throw line.
It's too far!
"Is this guy really a bird!?" Kante is completely shaken!
And the hand flew over his head higher and higher, and finally a "bang" exploded near his ear.
Yes! He was shut-up.
And also in the event of a collision in the air!
"W-what the hell!" Landing muttered to himself, and in response to him was the cheers of the audience.