The Knicks defeated the Timberwolves to celebrate a three-game winning streak!

Although three consecutive wins are not big news, after eight consecutive defeats in the opening game, the team's three consecutive wins can still make fans rejoice.

Li Wei was more surprised that the next day Dennis Johnson came to him with a frown: "David, we now have a chance to get Stephen Marbury!" ”

"What, Stephen Marbury?"

Dennis Johnson nodded: "Yes, Marbury wants to go back to New York to play and has decided not to renew his contract with the Timberwolves." My old friend Kevin McHale asked me what chips the Knicks could offer! ”

Li Wei was a little speechless. In his previous life, Marbury was reluctant to play with Garnett, because Garnett's salary was high, but now Garnett is in New York, but he wants to come and run!

"How did you answer?"

Dennis Johnson said: "Alas, don't mention it, I happily went to President Xia to discuss, but President Xia rejected the deal!" ”

Li Wei forcibly held back a laugh.

Marbury is indeed a genius, but his "lone wolf" style of play is not suitable for the Knicks system that pays attention to sharing the ball, let alone the Knicks organizing guard position with Nash!

Some people may want to say, there is no fear of Nash, Marbury can be a substitute!

This is impossible, Marbury's rookie contract is about to expire, and he must be renewed with a maximum salary to keep it, and even if the Knicks have any money, there is no need to keep a replacement with a maximum salary!

Besides, even if the Knicks are willing to keep him at the top salary, is Marbury willing to play Nash off the bench? It's no wonder that there is no problem in the team's dressing room!

Xia Cuirong turned down the deal, which was actually very wise, but Li Wei couldn't talk to Dennis Johnson about that. After all, in everyone's eyes, Marbury's talent, ability and potential are far superior to Nash!

"President Xia actually rejected Marbury's deal directly? This is not appropriate, at least you have to ask the price. You wait, I'll go talk to her! ”

"Okay." Dennis Johnson nodded.

Now in the management, the only one who can change Xia Cuirong's mind is Li Wei, no one else can intervene, Dennis Johnson can only count on Li Wei to turn things around!

When Li Wei came to the president's office, he saw Xia Cuirong studying hard.

In her previous life, Xia Cuirong loved to study very much, and after graduating from secondary school, she took self-examinations all the way, and finally even got a doctoral diploma from a prestigious school. She has always been a role model for Li Wei, and it is because of her help that Li Wei was able to be admitted to a very good medical university and become a doctor.

After recovering the memories of her past life, Xia Cuirong enrolled in the Department of Management at Columbia Business School last fall. I chose Columbia, of course, because of its proximity to home.

However, she prefers to study in her office rather than going to school, because Li Wei will come to her office from time to time.

"Wait a minute, I'll finish this note." Xia Cuirong said.

Li Wei closed the door and hugged her whole person: "Remember it slowly in my arms!" ”

Xia Cuirong threw the book away and said lightly: "I hate it, you hold people like this, how can I remember?" ”

Two hours later, Li Wei helped Xia Cuirong tidy up her clothes, and at the same time turned on the air conditioner to remove the strange smell from the office.

Xia Cuirong held her cheeks at the table and said, "You are really going back more and more, you can't go to the bedroom next to you, you have to be in this room?" ”

Li Wei said: "I like to press you on the desk!" ”

"You're just naughty! Everyone else was naughty when they were young, but you just happened to be the opposite, obedient when you were young, and naughty when you grew up. ”

Li Wei smiled, hugged her for a while, and then came out of the office.

Dennis Johnson had been waiting in Li Wei's office, and when he came out, he hurriedly said anxiously: "David, what did President Xia say over there?" ”

Li Wei was stunned, and then remembered that he had just found Xia Cuirong to discuss Marbury's deal.

You see, you can do it, and forget about it completely!

He had no choice but to clear his throat and say, "Dennis, I discussed with President Xia for a long time just now, but she still doesn't like Marbury, so forget about this deal!" ”

Dennis Johnson sighed: "Alas, what does President Xia think? If Marbury had been here, how would we have started an eight-game losing streak? ”

Li Weidao: "It's a pity, but she is the president, and the transaction is decided by her." Personally, I think that even if we don't trade, we can still compete for a championship by developing our existing roster. ”

After rejecting a trade from the Timberwolves, the Knicks faced the Celtics back-to-back that night.

Li Wei took a break from Alan Houston, and the Celtics broke out in an all-round way, beating the Knicks badly.

What made Li Wei even more depressed was that Bruce Bowen couldn't prevent people on the court, and he injured himself!

"Knee injury? This disease can easily affect an entire career! Li Wei looked at his medical report and said.

Bowen said worriedly: "Coach, I think I can insist on playing with injuries!" ”

Li Wei shook his head and said: "No, you still listen to the doctor, recuperate for 2 to 3 months, maintaining a healthy body is more important than anything else!" ”

Bowen burst into tears.

His performance this season is not good, and after two or three months of recuperation, the season will be over!

That's the rhythm of the season!

Will he be able to get another contract with a base salary next season?

The road ahead is dark, and he can't see a glimmer of the future!

On Feb. 28, the Knicks lost to the Pistons, losing two straight games, and the entire February game was over.

Due to the shutdown, November, December and January awards were not available, and the league canceled the All-Star Game scheduled for Philadelphia.

Paul Pearce won the Rookie of the Month award. The 10th drafted has been holding back a wave of anger and daring to fight, averaging a staggering 20.4 points per game, in addition to 7.1 rebounds.

Compared to Pierce, the other rookies are much inferior. Vince Carter is the second brightest player, and the Raptors want to develop him as an ace, but he wasn't the team's top scorer in college, so he's struggled to adapt to his role, averaging only 15 points per game so far.

Jason Williams averaged 14 points per game and Reeve Lafrentz averaged 13 points per game, but unfortunately lost early in the season. Further down is Bibby, averaging 12 points and 7 assists per game, while top pick Michael Olovocandi is only averaging 9 points and 7 rebounds per game.

Nowitzki of the Knicks is currently 7 points and 4 boards, ranking outside the 10th on the official rookie list, and Da Yao is averaging 4 points and 2 boards per game, which is even more inconspicuous. As for Rashad Lewis — no one pays attention to this first-round finalist who was drafted as the Knicks' professional water cooler manager.

The Player of the Month award went to Aaron Iverson.

After a very bad season, Larry Brown has finally found a way to use Iverson.

Brown believes that this point guard, who is only 1.83 meters tall, is not a point guard at all, and it would be a disaster for him to organize the team's offense.

So he boldly put Iverson in the shooting guard position, without him having to organize and pass. After scoring full-time, Iverson's scoring ability was unleashed to the fullest, averaging 28.5 points per game this month, leading the league.

Of course, with a 1.83m man playing a point guard, it is a big problem defensively. With such a short height, it's too short to play a playmaker guard, who can you defend against when you play a scoring guard?

To compensate for Iverson's shortcomings on the defensive end, Larry Brown deliberately used the tall, defensively aggressive Eric Snow as playmaker. Although the 1.91m guard is also short when defending against other team's scoring guards, he can make up for his height with a tenacious defensive style.

The new lineup allowed the 76ers to win three in a row at the beginning, and then Big Z was injured, and they still played a wave of five consecutive wins at the end of this month!

The Philadelphia team, led by Larry Brown and their talented champion Iverson, has risen!