There are many summer leagues in the NBA, and there are many teams that participate, and although they are called leagues, summer leagues are basically internal training games. Usually this kind of game is used by the head coach of each team to try out new lineups, new styles of play and scout free agents.

Some of the NBA's most important summer leagues, such as the officially recognized Las Vegas Summer League, Orlando Summer League, and Utah Summer League, actually ended as early as mid-July.

The New York Knicks hosted this summer league was small, inviting only three nearby teams: the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets.

It's not long, it's three days, and it's all about playing one game per team every day.

The Knicks organized this summer league to look at free agents who have not yet been signed, so the team's main players and big guys will definitely not be coming.

It stands to reason that Roy, as this year's Tanhua Show, would not have had to participate in this kind of fun-free summer league, but the team's general manager, Steve Mills, insisted that Roy attend, which was a bit strange.

Speaking of which, this is to blame for the complex and chaotic internal management of the New York Knicks.

As a veteran powerhouse in the NBA, the Knicks have always had a special status in history, as Steve Marbury once said, "I have many opportunities to be the core of other teams in the NBA, but as the boss of New York, I only have one chance in my life, and no one will refuse an invitation from the New York Knicks."

This shows the status of the New York Knicks in the hearts of every player.

But as the saying goes: there are many people who are popular. In New York, the mecca of basketball, there are even more unnaturals.

The New York Knicks have been known as the black hole of stars for nearly a decade, and those famous stars almost immediately fell into the quagmire as soon as they arrived in New York. Smith, and these guys will be resurrected with full blood as soon as they leave New York, what the hell.

What's worse is that the management of the New York Knicks in the past two years has not been peaceful, and the owner Dolan rushed to the hospital and invited the "Zen Master" Phil Jackson to serve as the team's president, and the "Zen Master" not only did not straighten out the relationship between the team, but had a conflict with the team's star Carmelo Anthony.

The source of all the contradictions is naturally the team's poor record, and since the "Zen Master" joined the New York Knicks in 2014, he has always wanted to bring the team out of trouble. For this reason, the "Zen Master" also revolves around the leading star Carmelo Anthony.

Non-stop trading, non-stop signing, "Zen Master" changed one batch after another according to Anthony's style and requirements, however, the team's results have never improved, and Anthony even has a lot of complaints and plays a big name.

Anthony's disobedience to discipline greatly displeased the equally arrogant Phil Jackson, who repeatedly criticized "Melon" (Anthony) for his lack of desire to win, and ridiculed him as unathletic and unteachable as Michael Graham (an unknown person) who coached in the CBA league (the lower professional basketball league of the United States) in his early years.

But Anthony is a fuel-efficient lamp, and he proved his unique weird temper when he was with the Nuggets. In the face of the accusation of the president of the team, he simply broke the jar and broke it, and played "health basketball" on the court, only brushing the data, regardless of winning or losing.

Anthony's behavior undoubtedly angered the nerves of the "Zen master" even more, and after learning the pain, he gradually had the idea of trading Anthony.

Originally, if the "Zen master" trade took Anthony, all the stories would be over.

But here's the problem, when the "Zen master" of the pit father renewed Anthony's contract, he inexplicably gave him the right to veto the transaction.

What is the veto power on a deal? You have to know that this trade veto is only six players in the history of the NBA.

Who are the other five players besides Anthony? Kobe, Duncan, Wade, Garnett, Nowitzki, that is, not even James is so privileged.

And which of these five superstars who have the privilege does not have a championship ring in their hands, and which of them does not have a few MVP trophies in their hands? Compared to them, it is really incomprehensible that Anthony can get the veto of the deal.

All the problems boil down to this, the "Zen master" himself gave others privileges, and now he wants to invite others away, who will buy it? How should this hole be filled?

In order to fill the hole, the "Zen master" adopted the worst psychological oppression method, he looked for every opportunity to attack Anthony, hoping to make Anthony reborn, but Anthony was unmoved, he lived a happy life in New York, and he was willing to move his nest.

As a result, these two big names usually sneered at each other on Twitter when they had nothing to do, and the atmosphere of the team was a mess.

In the face of this conflict, the team's owner, James Dolan, wants to play the role of peacemaker.

On the one hand, he tried his best to appease Anthony, and on the other hand, he also thought about how to make Phil Jackson less contact with Anthony. Maybe reducing the intersection between the two of them can resolve the conflict? The kind-hearted Dolan did something to add insult to the problem at this time, and he set up a general manager position with Phil Jackson in charge of the team, and he was later Steve Mills.

Before Phil Jackson arrived, Mills was the executive vice president and general manager of the New York Knicks, who was the man at the time, and the black manager arrived in 2013 and wanted to make a career out of it. Unexpectedly, at the beginning of 2014, the team hired Phil Jackson as the president of the team, and his head throne was handed over to the more famous "Zen Master" before he was hot, and he was certainly unhappy.

This time, the boss Dolan asked him to return to his old business, which was equivalent to sharing the real power of Phil Jackson, which made the relationship between the two tense for a while. After that, Anthony and Mills, who were also on the same page as the "Zen master", came together.

As early as the end of last season, Anthony and Mills secretly ventilated that they would continue to mess up next season and would work together to get rid of the "Zen Master".

Of course, the shrewd "Zen master" also guessed the intentions of the two, so he made the first move, snatched Mills' draft rights, and personally lobbied the Celtics with eight draft picks in exchange for the draft picks that belonged to the Nets, and used this draft pick to select Roy.

At the end of the day, this is actually an act of revenge by the "Zen Master" against Anthony and Mills, he doesn't want Mills to choose the Chris Dunn he promised, and at the same time, he wants to develop the players he likes.

Roy was pushed to the forefront at this juncture.

Mills' insistence on bringing Roy to the preseason is obvious, he wants to kill Roy's spirit, give the players appointed by the "Zen Master" a dismount, and he wants Roy to know that the general manager of the Knicks is him - Steve Mills.

He wanted Roy to understand that he was the one who was in charge of the team right now, and that damn old man could be kicked out anytime or anywhere.

So, when Roy showed up at the Knicks' training base, he was confused.

He did his homework and looked up the Knicks before he came. Compared with the roster of the New York Knicks last season, he didn't know any of the players who trained on the court today, and even Derrick Rose, who had been tried out before, didn't show up today.

Open the "scouting tool", the data of this group of players in front of me is really miserable, no wonder they can't get a guaranteed contract, NBA professional coaches and scouts are really discerning.

In a daze, Roy suddenly saw a familiar guy.

There is a farmer-faced uncle who seems to have a little impression, yes, he is the head coach of the New York Knicks in the new season, Jeff Hornacek.

The white head coach who likes to touch his face when he makes free throws is the new helmsman for the Knicks.

Speaking of Hornacek, he was known for his accurate shooting when he played for the Utah Jazz, and was hailed by fans as one of the "Utah Three".

As a head coach, Hornacek's record may not be so impressive, as he managed the Phoenix Suns last season, winning only 14-35 in 49 games, and had to be disgraced halfway through.

He was able to get a head coach position with the Knicks this year, mostly thanks to Mills' support, of course, Mills may not be interested in his coaching level, on the contrary, it is precisely his not very good command level that attracts Mills.

Is there a better way to mess around, to get rid of Phil Jackson, than to hire a mediocre head coach?