Chapter 192: New Season
This summer, due to injury, Lehi spent most of his time working on his upper body strength, so he became stronger. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Knicks' summer league had a good record with sophomores like David Lee, but no new talent emerged.
Barria's side went relatively well, as he played well in the summer league and had already signed a contract with the Mavericks, so that the first three clients of the economic company were signed.
The Knicks have no plans to make a big move this summer, and the core personnel of the team to win the championship have not changed, except for the rookies selected, they only plan to make minor repairs and small refills.
Lehi is recovering well from his injury, but he won't play in the preseason just to be on the safe side, and the November game will depend on the situation, and the exact time of recovery has not been announced by the Knicks.
Until he returns, Quentin Richardson will be used at the No. 3 spot, with the rest of the starting positions remaining unchanged: Francis, Marbury, Channing Frye and Eddie Curry.
Crawford is still the sixth man, with Nate Robinson, David Lee and Marcin Gortat on the bench, and the Knicks still have a large number of young players.
The Knicks' goal this season is to defend the title, and when interviewed by reporters, everyone did not hide it and expressed their determination.
So this season is different from last season, they will be the target of other teams, it will be more difficult to play, and you have to work harder to get the results you want.
The training camp held by Marbury and others this summer still kept many members of the team in shape, and Francis's physical condition has completely recovered to the best level, especially Eddie Curry, who made him lose a few pounds in the summer without losing shape, but Marbury spent a lot of effort.
The Grizzlies sent Battier away this summer in an attempt to make the team more offensive and the Rockets to get what they want, but the outcome will depend on the season's record.
In the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies still played very ferociously, and Mike Miller, who turned from the team's sixth man to the starter, hit three three-pointers to help the Grizzlies end the first quarter with a five-point advantage.
But from the second quarter, the rhythm of the game was gradually mastered by the Knicks, Crawford, Nate Robinson and David Lee came up with continuous scoring, Gortat also improved a lot, he can bring the Knicks just enough hard defense, this is also because of the needs of the team, Gortat's life trajectory has also changed to a certain extent.
The Knicks' ability to fully grasp the advantage from the second quarter is related to Eddie Curry's state, after the championship bonus and the hard work of the summer, at least he has a stronger performance in offensive and rebounding protection, even in the face of Gasol, he is not at all behind.
Seven players went in double figures, and the Knicks won a 108-99 away victory over the Grizzlies.
On November 3, they met the Hawks, who were still in the rebuilding period, and the Knicks had another six-man double-double, winning two straight away games 102-92.
Without Lehi, the Knicks are still strong.
Facing the reporter's question, Li Hai did not feel embarrassed at all, "Of course I am happy that the team has a good record, so that I can rest at ease, and the feeling of lying down to win is still quite refreshing." ”
"I'm almost recovered, and soon you'll see a new me, don't believe me, look at the muscles in my arms."
"If someone has a different opinion, it will be good to see you on the field at that time, so I don't want to talk about it."
Injuries are the great enemy of athletes, and naturally there will be some remarks against Lehi, but he doesn't care, he knows best how his body feels, and as he said, it is not a bad thing to completely solve the hidden danger of the ankle this time.
But the Knicks did not continue their winning streak after all, and when they returned to their home court, they met the Pacers but were overturned, and the Pacers traded for Al Harrington with the Hawks this season, plus the growth of Danny Granger, their main lineup offensive power has also become very strong, and the Pacers have ideas this season.
Channing Frye is much more immature when he meets Al Harrington, an equally capable forward, while Eddie Curry meets O'Neal Jr., and his defensive weaknesses are exposed.
95:101, the Knicks, who didn't have Lehi, lost on their first home court of the season.
The fourth game against the Spurs, it's the same problem, even if Larry Brown has been emphasizing, the Knicks have not been able to become the Pistons, they have a lot of talented players on the offensive end, and they are a little weaker on the defensive end, and they have no problem dealing with average teams, but the problem will be exposed when they encounter the top strong teams in the league.
Without Lehi as a defensive general, the problem of offensive and defensive imbalance is even more obvious.
Interior defense, Eddie Curry really doesn't have any genes in this area, and if he can be stable on the offensive end, the Knicks don't plan to demand so much from him.
So for a few rookies, Channing Frye, David Lee, Gortat and others, the team's defensive requirements for them are different, and when the team's offense is guaranteed, whoever defends well will be able to have more opportunities.
Channing Frye is a bit better off as a starter, while David Lee and Gortat, including this year's rookie Reinaldo Balkman, are at least exceptionally good at gun rebounding.
Even in the two games they lost, their rebounds were dominant, but their single defense ability and defensive awareness were not so easy to improve.
After two losses, the Knicks went to the road to play a strong game, and when Eddie Curry was in foul trouble, they still had six double-doubles, giving the Nuggets three straight defeats.
The Nuggets are also ambitious this season, but it always feels wrong, and Anthony is under a lot of pressure, every year is the same, far worse than the outside world's expectations of him, and he also loses on the international stage, and he also loses when he returns to the Nuggets.
Seeing Lehi, he also complained a few words, but he didn't expect that without Lehi's Knicks, the Nuggets would still lose, even if he scored a game-high 37 points.
Two days later, the Knicks came to Houston, but they lost to the Rockets.
After Eddie Curry met Yao Ming, he was beaten back to the prototype, and Yao Ming was almost stupid, Lehi sat on the bench and shook his head in a suit, Yao Ming was very happy, but Eddie Curry was also a little disappointed, he preferred the team to have a tough center, Eddie Curry's desire to win was not up to standard at all.
The next day, the team lost to the Spurs in the first back-to-back away game, and seeing the team's second consecutive defeat in the new season, Lehi finally couldn't control his eagerness to make a comeback.
After communicating with the team and passing the physical examination, Lehi's comeback was put on the agenda. (To be continued.) )