Li Wei thought for a moment and said: "I think we should put some burden on Kevin on the offensive end and let him organize the offense more." ”

Scott Brooks said, "Kevin's side should be burdened, but your side also needs to fight." All along, our Knicks' system has been able to function normally because of the dual core of Garnett and Nash, when one organization point is not working, the other organization point can still support the whole team's offense, making the opponent unable to figure it out. ”

Tom Hiberdough said: "Yes, if you put the burden on Garnett, it's easy for us to see through our tactics and it's easier for the opponent to target, which is one of the reasons why we lost the first three games. ”

The wisdom of one person is always not as good as the wisdom of the collective, and the Knicks' teaching assistant team is a gathering of future coaches, and soon put forward a lot of excellent suggestions.

On January 19, the Knicks sat at home to face the Nets, although Stephen Marbury was very good, Li Wei decided to play a few more minutes for good or bad, face the difficulties, and really contribute to the team.

However, the plan did not change quickly, and when it came to the game, Li Wei only played for 5 minutes!

Because this game took one section!

Da Yao, Garnett, Maddy, Houston, Hornacek, the five main players of the Knicks played the Nets 38:16 in the first quarter!

Garnett scored 18 points in a single quarter and also handed out 5 assists!

Nets head coach Don Casey looked helpless, and Li Wei played 5 minutes in the second quarter and felt that it was not interesting, so he let Kerr and Boykins play.

With so much lead, the manager is still fighting on the field, it's not worth it, Kerr and Boykins are the choice to pass the garbage time!

The Nets were trying to chase the score, but they didn't get it back in the whole game, and in the end, 89:109, the Knicks who were fighting at home won big!

On January 22, the Knicks flew to Texas to take on the San Antonio Spurs on the road.

After the Spurs reached the Finals last season, the Beal County Government held a referendum to build a stadium for the Spurs by increasing taxes, after all, it was a bit too embarrassing to watch basketball games in a stadium designed for football all day.

Beale County is the county where the city of San Antonio is located, and San Antonio is the county seat of Beale County.

However, the new arena is not something that can be built, and this season's Spurs game will be played at the Alamo Dome.

In the summer, the Spurs' genius Tanhua, kidney fighter Sean Elliott, had a kidney replacement operation, and his brother Noel Elliott donated a kidney to him, and most people thought that Elliott would not be able to play anymore.

With the loss of an All-Star, the Spurs' strength plummeted, and Popovich found himself in the dilemma of having no reliable small forward available.

In fact, Popovich's dilemma is also the dilemma of most strong teams. Teams with good records only have draft picks at the bottom, usually can't pick up strong rookies, and it's hard to really strengthen the free market by relying on middle-class exceptions.

Then again, the NBA's system is that the emperor sits in turn, and when he comes to my house next year, they can't make the strong stay strong. Therefore, the strong team will always be the losing side in the rules, and eventually become the weak team, and the weak team will always be the most advantageous side, because everyone has to take turns to sit on the pile.

That's why teams sell their stars to rotten, under these rules, you can only be strong if you're bad enough!

Of course, if it is a coincidence, a strong team can also get a top draft pick, but this kind of opportunity is usually rare and unsought, and every time it appears, it will be remembered by the media for decades.

Before the game, Popovich complained loudly to Li Wei: "David, I listened to you, and as a result, I was scolded by the fans in San Antonio for a whole summer, and now I regret it so much, what do you say to do?" ”

"You!" Li Wei shook his head.

This summer, the Spurs traded their No. 4 pick, Antonio Daniels, for a Grizzlies draft pick traded to the Pistons and another role player.

Johnson, the young general, is old, and Daniels was supposed to be the future of the Spurs point guard position, but he was suddenly traded, and San Antonio fans couldn't figure it out, so they kept scolding Popovich.

"Bobo, if you don't think you can make it, we'll swap with you, how about Rashad Lewis? We used Rashad to trade you for the Grizzlies' signing, isn't your team short of small forwards, Lashad's potential can be seen by everyone. ”

"Phew!" Popovich gasped.

Rashad Lewis was a high school student who was picked up by the Knicks at the end of the first round in '98, and judging from his performance this season, New York has picked up a treasure!

The Knicks were willing to trade Rashard Lewis for the Grizzlies' pick?

After thinking about it for a long time, Popovich still shook his head and said: "I think you are a very calculating person, and it is more likely that you will lose money by trading with you, I will see the situation of the Grizzlies in two years, let's talk about it again!" ”

"You just make a cheap profit, and you have to sell well!" Li Wei gave Popovich a blank look.

If the Grizzlies' business idea is the same as in the previous life, this draft pick is a proper lottery pick, even if it is not a list, and this signing, the Knicks have wanted it for a long time, but they can't change it.

Garnett, Nowitzki and others are the favorite players of the Pistons, but Li Wei can't trade them, and as for the others, the Pistons can't look down on them and shout a sky-high price, and the Knicks can't give it.

The Spurs got this sign and definitely made a lot of money!

Maybe the spurs in this life will be even more terrifying than in the previous life!

However, even if the Spurs become stronger, it will be a matter for the future, this year's West belongs to the Lakers and the Trail Blazers, and it is difficult for the Spurs with only the twin towers to break through.

Li Wei's focus is mainly on the Heat, Pacers, Trail Blazers and Lakers, who are the Knicks' big enemies. Popovich didn't regard Li Wei as an enemy either, the teams in the East and the West are too difficult to meet, and if they want to meet, it will be the Finals, and now the Spurs are thinking first about how to break through from the West.

The two head coaches talked nonsense together for a long time before they walked into the players' tunnel, and when Li Wei walked into the players' tunnel, the San Antonio fans booed together!

"Hahaha!" Hearing the boos of the fans, Li Wei chuckled.

The Knicks and the Spurs were opponents in the finals last season, and what is even more excessive is that the championship should have belonged to the Spurs, but because of Duncan's accidental injury, it ended up with the Knicks.

The game has begun, and the Knicks' starting five tigers are still Da Yao, Garnett, Maddy, Houston, and Hornacek!

The Spurs' starting five for this game are Avery Johnson, Mario Elie, Chaki Brown, Tim Duncan, and David Robinson.