The vice president and general manager of the New York Liberty team is Carol Brezezawski, a Polish-born woman who played in the American women's basketball team in the 70s, and was also selected for the U.S. national team and won the world championship.

In '80, she became an athlete in the Women's Professional League of the United States, but unfortunately, the league went bankrupt in '81.

When the NBA was founded, Carol was hired by the management of the New York Knicks as vice president and general manager of the New York Liberty team.

"What, sell Rebecca Lobo? You guys aren't crazy, she's the backbone of our inner line! Carol screamed.

This aunt in her forties is 1.78 meters tall and still in good shape, but the voice of the male duck in the style of breaking the gong makes people chill.

Xia Cuirong glanced at Li Wei, and then said lightly: "Carol, don't get excited, I think the Freedom Team needs to be rebuilt, and we can't accept mediocrity." Rebecca is our best bargaining chip, and we can trade her for draft picks. ”

"Oh my God, we almost made the playoffs last season and I think the management needs to be patient!" Carol Road.

In the previous life, the Liberty team reached the finals in '97 and lost to the high-flying Houston Comets, and in '98, they did not make the playoffs.

But in '99, they made it to the Finals again, losing to the Houston Comets again, and then in '00, they continued to reach the Finals, they continued to lose to the Houston Comets, and in '02, they still made it to the Finals, but this time they lost to the Los Angeles Sparks.

Four overall runners-up in six years, this is New York Liberty. I hate to press the gold thread year after year, and make wedding clothes for others.

In this life, the NBA has only been two seasons, and the 99 season has not officially begun. The Liberty team was in the same situation as in their previous life, finishing second overall in '97 and tied for second in the Eastern Conference in '98, but failed to make the playoffs due to wins.

That's right, the second place in the division didn't make the playoffs. In '98, the NBA had a total of 10 teams, and the playoffs were only the top two in the East and West regions, with a total of four teams participating, so the Liberty team was out of the tournament in a tie for second place.

Li Weidao: "Carol, after studying with President Xia, I believe that the current Houston Comets are very strong, and they will build a dynasty with the current lineup of the free team, which is not enough to pose a threat to them, so we should focus on the future." New York Liberty's goal isn't just for the playoffs. ”

Carol said: "Coach Li, with all due respect, there is only one championship, BA's business situation is very bad, once we sell the stars of the team to rebuild, then our just improving market will encounter another winter!" ”

Li Weidao: "We understand the difficulties of the Liberty team, so President Xia didn't let you sell Rebecca Lobo and Teresa Wittespo. As for the impact of the star leaving the market, of course, it can't be avoided, but I think we can afford to wait a year or two. ”

The NBA is an emerging league, and Carol, the general manager, is not a senior person, and since the management has made up her mind, she can only obey the president's arrangement.

"Okay, the team is yours, after selling Rebecca, this year's ball market is sluggish and the record is not good, please don't blame me."

Xia Cuirong said: "Of course I don't blame you, this is my decision." ”

Li Wei said: "President Xia and I are not optimistic about next year's batch of rookies, so we hope you can trade the first-round pick in '01." ”

"A first-round pick in '01?" Carol raised an eyebrow.

"That's right, you can do it." Xia Cuirong said.

Li Wei's deepest impression of the NBA star is Australia's center Lauren Jackson, who is 1.96 meters tall and was once Da Yao's rumored girlfriend. And that super center is the champion show in 01.

Li Wei felt that if he wanted to trade draft picks, he would trade 01 years, and if he could become the top pick, he would make a lot of money. He has never heard of any of these people in 00.

Carol was very capable and it didn't take long to close the deal.

Last year's newly formed Washington Mystics had a very poor record, with only 3 wins and 27 losses, the league's bottom-to-bottom, and this year won the top pick, and selected the top swingman Chamick Hodsklaw, who is 1.88 meters tall and known as the female version of Jordan.

In his previous life, although Hodsklaw was the first player in the history of women's basketball to be hailed as "Female Jordan", with outstanding ability and dazzling data, he never reached the heights that people expected.

In this life, the Washington Mystics specially sent the first-round draft picks in '01 and '04 to exchange super center Rebecca Lobo to assist this Jordan!

The Liberty team's sending away of their star didn't cause much repercussions, as the women's basketball team had a small audience, the team failed to make the playoffs last season, and fans felt that the team needed to change.

Of course, trading Rebecca Lobo for two first-round picks feels a bit of a loss, but in the newly established NBA, there are not many people who are willing to sell their own stars, and they can only ask for some draft picks and focus on the future.

When Team Liberty made a deal with Team Mystic, Li Wei was already in Miami.

The Knicks are about to play a life-and-death battle with the Heat, win the Black Eight, and go home if they lose!

This season, the home court of the Heat team is still at the Miami Coliseum, and the two commentators on the sidelines are still Heat voice Eric Reed and historical coach Jack Ramsay.

Eric Reed said: "Jack, I really didn't expect that the Knicks dragged us to Game 5 again this year, do you think they have any hope of doing a miracle like last year?" ”

Jack Ramsey said: "This is very difficult, the last game our team had a very harsh home whistle in New York, Alonzo Mourning only played more than 20 minutes and committed 6 fouls, I don't think the referee can blow like that! ”

Eric Reed said: "Yes, it's ridiculous that the referee actually blew a one-time defense, quasi-MVP candidate to commit 6 early. If they dare to blow like this in this game, I believe that the fans of the Heat will definitely be able to block them in the parking lot! ”

Jack Ramsey said: "You are not right to say this, at no time can we solve the problem by violent means!" ”

Eric Reed said: "I didn't say the fans would use violence, but they blocked the referee in the parking lot to ask for autographs, which was a great way to protest! ”

"Haha, Eric, you're so witty!" Jack Ramsay chuckled.

The two commentators teased the home whistle at Madison Garden for a moment, then analysed the game.

In the eyes of many fans of the Heat, the reason why the team lost on the court was also because of the big loss at the whistle. If it weren't for the brutal home whistle at Madison Garden, the Knicks would have gone fishing.

On the sidelines, Li Wei kept frowning.

In the last game, he did take advantage of the home whistle advantage of Maddison Garden and played more breakthrough tactics, resulting in 6 fouls by Mourning, and the team won a big victory. But this one, it's not so easy to win.

Why are there so few Black Eight in NBA history?

First, the team in first place is strong, and it is difficult to win in eighth place. Second, if it is a battle of life and death, the referee's whistle will definitely be very biased!

Every referee understands that fans will take it for granted to let the first place qualify, but if the eighth place is qualified, every time they make a decision, they will probably be observed under a magnifying glass!

In this kind of game, you have to give the home whistle and you have to take care of the team that goes first!

With an unprecedented home whistle, it's really hard for an away team to win!

However, no matter whether they can win or not, the Knicks have to fight, how do they know that they will lose if they don't fight?

"Yao, Dirk, Kevin, Alain, Charlie, cheer me up, we want to win this victory, we want to create the Black Eight Miracle!" Li Wei said loudly.

Kevin Garnett thumped his chest and roared, "That's right, we can't afford to lose to the Heat, we could beat them last year, and we can do it this year!" ”