The New York Knicks have been buzzing lately, winning praise from fans and media for their excellent performances on the court, and off the court, there is even more news about them, with Anthony swinging, Jackson almost sacking, frequent trades, Roy's scandals, fan tearing, locker room brawls (Smith's case), and of course, the four latest additions to the team.

Putting aside the "miracle doctor" Carter, the media is very gossipy about the entry of the "Jazz Three", Phil Jackson teamed up with Jerry Sloan and his three disciples, this picture is simply picturesque. And for the Charlotte Hornets, the next opponent of the New York Knicks, it is also very suitable to continue this topic, because the owner of the Hornets is the other protagonist of the Bulls vs. Jazz that year, the real protagonist - Michael Jordan.

Speaking of this game, Michael Jordan does plan to go to New York with the team to supervise the game, on the one hand, he wants to meet his old coach Phil Jackson, on the other hand, he also wants to see how Roy has grown, from the daily NBA news and media reports, Roy played well, played very well (played 26.1 minutes per game, scored 21.2 points, rebounds 4.6, assists 5.5, steals 1.60, blocks 1.27, shooting 47.58%, He shot 46.74% from three-point range and 83.82% from the free-throw line). Not only did Roy lead the Rookie of the Year list, but he also won a Player of the Week award and made several appearances on Fridays.

It's a pity, it's a pity, every time I see the media desperately praising Roy and praising him as the next superstar, Jordan will spontaneously feel an inexplicable loss.

He was the only guy in the league or the world who knew Roy's details, and as the owner of the Charlotte Hornets, he could have had the opportunity to spend a lot of money and take Roy at all costs, but he failed.

It's true that Jordan missed Roy, but who can he blame? Blame Qiu Ruik (Hornets general manager) for being too slow? Blame Phil Jackson for snatching love? Or do you blame your team for making it to the playoffs last year for their heroic upset?

In short, Jordan and the Charlotte Hornets are missing Roy. The reason is simple, the team can't come up with enough chips to trade for a top-ranked draft pick, Nicholas Batum is too low value for money, Kemba Walker has limited potential, and the rest of Frank Kaminski, Marvin Williams, Cody Zeller is even less wanted, not to mention the depreciated draft picks due to an unexpected playoff appearance.

In fact, this is also the most embarrassing and deadly place for the Hornets right now, the results are not up or down, the players are not good or bad, and others don't want to take their trade points useful draft picks, and they keep it in their hands and use it to make do, a typical undead team.

If it weren't for the appearance of Jordan, the game between the Hornets and the Knicks would definitely not get such a high level of attention, but now it's different. When Jordan appeared at the Madison Garden Square Arena, all the cameras and all the fans focused on the old "ball king".

Reporters flocked to the scene, ready with a whole bunch of questions and now trying to get the "king of the ball" out of the way.

Reporter: "Hey, Michael, I don't know if you've heard of it, your former coach Phil Jackson recruited Jerry Sloan, Carl Malone and John Stockton as members of the new Knicks coaching staff, plus their head coach Jeff Hornacek, the original Jazz team has all the core, do you have any thoughts on this?" ”

Jordan: "Well, isn't that great, people always like to catch up when they're old, maybe one day I'll bring in Charles [Barkley], Scott (Pippen), Dennis [Rodman] to coach the Hornets, that's weird. ”

Reporter: "So do you think the Knicks will change their blocking and pick-and-roll tactics because of this personnel change?" ”

Jordan: "It's Jeff [Hornacek's] business for what tactics to play, but if I can see the Knicks play beautiful pick-and-roll on TV one day, it would feel good." ”

Reporter: "Michael, can you talk to us about Roy?" It was said that you once wanted to get Roy in the draft, would you feel sorry to see Roy's current performance? ”

Jordan (his face twitched a little): "Well, when it comes to Roy, I feel quite sorry, I knew Roy from my previous trip to China, he is a very talented player, but that is in the past. We also have our own talented youngsters, such as Trevon (Graham, who averaged less than seven minutes per game and scored two points). ”

After finishing the interview with the reporters, Jordan hurriedly exchanged a few words with Roy on the court, and then slipped back to the box, he felt that today was definitely not suitable for an interview, no matter what questions about Roy, he felt that his heart was dripping blood......

But in fact, Jordan is not the first Hornets member to be interviewed by the media, and their Asian-American general manager, Rick Qiu, was caught by the media the day before the game, and he was asked the most about his feelings about missing Roy.

When asked about his feelings about missing Roy, he frankly admitted that missing Roy was the biggest regret of the team and himself, and he also bluntly told reporters that the reason why he missed Roy was because his team did not have enough chips to trade Roy, in turn, it was implied that his team's player value was limited, and he was really a straightforward general manager......

"Roy, Roy again, why is everyone asking us about Roy, Roy is not our Hornets player, this group of reporters is so boring."

Kemba Walker couldn't help but jump out when he saw the conversation being interviewed by team owner Michael Jordan through the small TV in the locker room.

In the past two days, many reporters have indeed asked themselves questions about Roy, including "do you like Roy", "what kind of record the Hornets will achieve if Roy is here", "Will Roy form the strongest backcourt in the league with him if he is there" and so on.

These stupid questions annoyed Walker and the others.

Why ask us? Is it a half-dime relationship with us?

With so many teams missing Roy, why are the Hornets being asked the most by reporters? The reason for all this is to blame the honest Asian general manager of the Hornets, Rick Qiu.

In other words, before the draft, the question of whether Roy, a Chinese-American guard, will be selected by NBA teams, and the number of picks in which he will be selected is the focus of many media attention.

At that time, except for Cheng Yuyang, the Chinese-American owner who bought the Sacramento Kings, who was almost determined by everyone to choose Roy, not many people expressed their optimism about Roy, and at this time, Qiu Ruike made a statement.

In an interview with media reporters, Qiu Ruike talked about the Hornets' draft prospects, and at that time, the confident Qiu Ruike bluntly expressed the team's interest in Roy, and he even generously told reporters that he would choose Roy to replace Jeremy Lin, who is determined to leave the team.

At that time, Qiu Ruike was absolutely optimistic, because at that time, Roy's mock draft ranking was still at the end of the second round, and the team owner Jordan's draft ranking prediction for Roy was also locked in the second round, so he was confident enough to win the two-way guard from China.

But things took a turn for the worse after that, as everyone knows, after Roy made a splash at the Four Nations Invitational Tournament, and after Roy joined the rookie training camp and gave him a sky-defying physical test stats, his rankings skyrocketed like a rocket.

At the end of the second round, the early part of the second round, the end of the first round, the middle of the first round, the lotto area, and the top three, Roy even challenged the top pick in the draft at one point......

Qiu Ruike was horrified to find that not only would he not be able to pick Roy in the second round of the draft, but also that the first-round draft pick was basically going down the drain. After that, a panicked Urrick began to seek a trade, but unfortunately, the Hornets, who couldn't come up with any tempting chips, could only watch as the Knicks took Roy in the pick of the flowers.

It's been a long time since the draft, but recently, with Roy's resurgence in popularity, and the rumors that Jordan had been furious after Qiu Ruike missed Roy, and once considered firing Qiu Ruike, all of this made Roy and the Hornets make a lot of news.

Of course, media reporters want to know how Michael Jordan, as a generation of "ball kings", will feel when he misses out on another future "ball king" successor, so Jordan and his Hornets players have naturally become the target of media harassment.

"Kemba (Walker), I know what you're thinking, when we get to the court, let's give this rookie a little color." Marvin Williams, who was sitting on the sidelines, was the first to respond to Walker's complaints.

"That's right, since the boss and the general manager value that kid so much, then we must not lose to him." Batum also joined the crusade against Roy with righteous indignation.

"Let me defend Roy, I'm not going to do anything else tonight, I'm definitely not going to let him get the ball comfortably." The youthful and energetic Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is not to be left behind.

"That's right, kill Roy, you have to."

"Let that guy show us what we're worth."

"Beat the Knicks and draw Madison."

At the instigation of Kemba Walker, there was a lot of excitement in the Hornets locker room, but then there was a discordant voice.

"I'm sorry, it's not me pouring cold water, do you really think you can guard against this rookie who averages 20 points per game?" In the annoyed eyes of everyone, a big man stood up from the corner, "Your level of defense can't handle Roy, if it's me, then maybe you can still guard against this hairy boy, you might as well come and ask me how to do a good defense." ”

Hibbert? It was Hibbert who spoke, why did this guy with no sense of existence suddenly come to work today?

That's right, this fierce-looking, meaty guy is none other than Roy Hibbert, the Hornets' backup center and the league's best defensive interior player ever......