After signing Dele Curry and Earl Boykins in the summer, Li Wei renewing his contract and trading Steve Kerr with a rookie trade, the Knicks' roster has become 14 people.

Originally, the 15th person, Li Wei wanted to sign Bowen back, although his performance this year was very bad, but considering the growth trajectory of his previous life, Li Wei wanted to give him another chance.

However, Bowen has not been in contact with the team, and with his poor performance, the team will certainly not contact him in the first place. According to the latest news, he went to the 76ers' training camp.

"Maybe I'm too strict with him." Li Wei sighed.

Big Ben and Bowen were defensive generals in their previous lives, so Li Wei usually has extremely high requirements for them. Now that Big Ben has grown up, Bowen's performance has declined and he finally left the team, which is something Li Wei didn't expect at all.

"Anyway, life can't be perfect, and our team doesn't lack a fringe player, so let him go!"

Because there was still a vacant seat in the team, during the training camp, Li Wei found a few more players. In addition to the existing 14 players, the Knicks invited four more players, namely Ira Newbell, Laga Bell, Mark Blunt, and Gates Joseph, a total of 18 players.

In the offseason, the team roster can be over-formed, but after the official start of the season, the official roster of players can only have 12 players, plus the injury replacement list of 3 people, the maximum number of players in the squad is 15.

Ira Newbell was undrafted in 97, 2.01 meters tall and weighed 100 kilograms, in his previous life he was the first generation of knife guards next to James, and served as a starting point guard in the Cavaliers, with a strong defense.

On November 16, 04, in the game between the Cavaliers and the Warriors, Ira Newbell's shocking kick in the face of Dunleavy, as well as Dunleavi's wonderful expression, made him forever the undisputed boss on the "NBA Kung Fu List".

Li Wei feels that Newbell can be used as a poor man's version of Bowen, of course, Bowen in this life has no state, and Ira Newbell may become a rich man's version of Bowen.

Raja Bell is an undrafted pick this year, 1.96 meters tall and weighs 93 kilograms, and was also a defensive stalwart during his previous life with the Suns, and was selected to the All-Defensive Team twice.

Mark Blunt was selected by the SuperSonics with the 26th pick in the 2nd round of '97 and the 54th overall pick. He was the fourth-to-last rookie to be drafted, beating out Li Wei, who lost the draft.

Mark Blunt, who is 2.13 meters tall and weighs 104 kilograms, was cut during the team's training camp that year, and signed briefly with the Clippers last season, but unfortunately did not get any playing time and was waived again.

So far, Blunt has not played in any official NBA games, but in his previous life, he was signed by the Celtics in the 00-01 season, and for a long time in the Kai team as the main center, and later also in the Timberwolves, Heat and other teams, continue to serve as the main center.

Gates Joseph was undrafted in 98 and is not well-known in the NBA, but in China, he is considered one of the strongest foreign centers in CBA history, and is a household name, known as "Tarzan of the Apes".

It was the 01-02 season in the previous life, Joseph joined Shaanxi Shixi, and played an astonishing double-double of 28.2 points and 19.9 rebounds per game in the season, beating Da Yao and becoming the CBA rebounding king, and he has since won the season rebounding king one after another.

In his four seasons in the CBA, Joseph averaged 18.4 rebounds per game in 121 games, a statistic that no one has ever matched. You must know that Da Yao has played in the CBA for 5 seasons, and his average of 15.6 rebounds per game is already amazing, but there is still a big gap compared to Joseph.

In addition, he holds the highest single-game rebounding record in the CBA with 38 and has three double-double 30+ performances (35 points and 38 rebounds, 34 points and 31 rebounds, and 33 points and 30 rebounds).

Why is Gates Joseph so courageous?

Because he is 2.18 meters tall and weighs 143 kilograms, his stature and strength are highly similar to O'Neill.

However, Gates Joseph's short NBA career was quite unsuccessful because he lacked speed and couldn't keep up with the pace of the NBA game. There is strength, but there is no speed, which is also a common problem with this weight center.

Why is O'Neill a genius?

Because he has the height, strength, and weight of Gates Joseph, and at the same time, he also has lightning speed!

Why did Da Yao gain a foothold in the NBA?

That's also because he has height and strength, and at the same time, he is also fast!

Some readers may laugh, Da Yao's speed can also be called fast?

You can't compare the defenders with him, and the centers of the same level, Da Yao's speed is indeed fast. For example, if Gates Joseph races against Da Yao, he can be thrown two streets away by Da Yao.

In the training camp of 18 people, only a maximum of 15 people can be left. Li Wei eliminated Raja Bell first.

From a previous life's perspective, Raja Bale is certainly the most famous of the four fringe guys and should be the last choice for the team's squad. It's a pity that the truth is the opposite, Li Wei was the first to eliminate him!

In fact, the eyes of NBA scouts are bright, and there are three main reasons why a player will become a draft loser, the first is that his body is not good, the second is that his technique is not good, and the third is that his attitude is not good.

Like Big Ben, Boykins and others, it's just that the technique is fine, but the body is not. If Big Ben is 10 centimeters taller and Boykins is 20 centimeters taller, countless teams are rushing to get it.

But Raga Bale is 1.96 meters tall, he still plays as a defender, and he has absolutely no problem in stature, but he is a full 31 centimeters taller than Boikins, but he failed in this draft "little year"!

Why did you lose the bid?

Because his skills are not good!

In his previous life, Raja Bale signed with the Spurs in 2000, the Spurs are known to be a super defensive powerhouse, and at the request of the Spurs coaching staff, he worked defense, and finally failed to pass and was kicked out of the team!

Then he came to the 76ers. As we all know, the 76ers under Larry Brown are also super defensive powerhouses, and at the behest of the 76ers coaching staff, he worked defense. Larry Brown felt that his attitude was not bad, so he trained for two years and finally gave up.

Then Bell came back to the Mavericks. Mavericks coach Nelson Sr. is known to be an offensive maniac, so he worked three-pointers and got some garbage time to play, but that's it, not good.

At this time, it was already 03 years, and Raja Bale, who had been a fringe player for four years, was still a fringe player. But his skills have been honed almost. coincided with the lack of personnel for the Utah Jazz, and finally signed him.

As we all know, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan is also a coach who emphasizes iron-blooded defense, and the hard-fought Rajah Bell has been polishing on the Jazz bench for two years, and his defensive ability has reached his peak, and he has more and more playing time!

In 05, the Suns poached Raja Bell with a high salary, and he spent 6 years constantly improving himself, and finally sent out his own dazzling light!

It's a pity that it's 99 years now, and Raga Bell has just graduated from college, and he hasn't gone through hardships, and no matter his will and experience, he can't reach the height of 6 years after his previous life. Li Wei only needs to compare a little to see that in terms of defensive awareness and positivity, he is not as good as another fringe player, Ira Newbell.