On October 3, the preseason is about to start, and there is a tense atmosphere throughout the team, and there have been more and more trade rumors recently, except for Zhang Yu, it seems that anyone can be traded.

Back in the summer league days, the New York Knicks were already peddling four players: Marbury, Randolph, Richardson and even Crawford.

Randolph didn't want to leave, he was doing well in New York, where the rich nightlife made him feel like he had found home, and even invited Zhang Yu a few days ago, hoping to start with the new core of the team and keep himself in the team.

It's a pity that he saw the wrong person, Zhang Yu is not so easy to talk to in the past few days, and he will not be so easily fooled, of course he will not appreciate such a good thing as eating and drinking for nothing, and he spent Randolph 20,000 US dollars a night, but he just didn't give Randolph an actual promise, and he was depressed enough to choke on the rotten tofu.

Randolph wants him to put pressure on the team?

It's a good calculation, so he has to feel that the other party's strength is enough first.

Regardless of Zhang Yu's character, there is one thing that deserves to be supported by New York as the core, and that is his desire for the championship!

He wanted to get that ring, so long!

So it's impossible for him to put pressure on the team to keep a teammate who doesn't train hard and doesn't defend seriously on the field, no matter how much Randolph shows goodwill, he still has his own decision in mind. What's more, Randolph still has the second highest salary besides Marbury, he is not worth such a high salary now, if he is replaced by Yao Ming, Zhang Yu is confident to lead the Knicks to the finals!

In the past few days, his favorite players are Crawford, David Lee, Wilson Chandler and Nate Robinson, all of whom are players who usually train hard and are active on the field. Sadly, Randolph was not one of them.

This guy is lazy when defending, training is not serious, and he always calls him to go to a nightclub at night, although he has strength, but his impression in Zhang Yu's heart is not good.

But it's not the preseason yet, and it doesn't hurt to go to a nightclub, so the two get along very well on the surface!

Zhang Yu's status is very high in the Knicks, thanks to the favor of the boss.

For the sake of his already unstable position as manager, the Smiling Assassin had to take the initiative to communicate with him often, even at the cost of a little sycophancy.

Zhang Yu inadvertently revealed his appreciation for these players, which was a way for him to show his attitude to the team's management. Although he could go directly to Dolan and say who he liked and hated, who he wanted to stay, or who he wanted to get out, Dolan would definitely try his best to meet his request, but it was too brainless to do so.

Once he finds Dolan, then it must be when he has an opinion about Thomas or D'Antoni and wants them to get out!

As the pre-season approaches, the atmosphere of trade in the team is getting stronger and the rumors are spreading. At this time, some rumors are not groundless, and before the preseason has even begun, New York has indeed ushered in its first blockbuster trade!

All New York fans thought that the first person to be traded away would be Marbury, who had already been incompatible with the whole of New York, or Richardson, who clashed with Zhang Yu, but they didn't expect Eddie Curry to be the first to go!

Eddie Curry played in just 59 games last season, averaging 13.2 points and 4.7 rebounds in 26 minutes per game. Compared to his high salary of $9 million a year, this watch is not very good, and the team has long wanted to trade him.

The Knicks have always been very interested in Al Harrington of the Warriors, and back in the summer league, New York offered to trade Eddie Curry for Harrington.

But the Warriors are not interested in Eddie Curry, they want to see Crawford and intend to trade Crawford.

However, neither D'Antoni nor Zhang Yu wanted to trade the two-way guard who was in his prime, and Thomas could only press the trade for the time being.

Thomas is interested in Ellington's upcoming four-year, $35.2 million contract, which is very beneficial to New York's pursuit of James in 10 years, and he still hopes to bring in stars like James or Anthony in 10 years.

The Warriors didn't like the little sharks, and Thomas thought that Eddie Curry would not be traded in the short term, but the Bobcats came to hear the news and intended to trade Gerald Wallace for Knicks center Eddie Curry and the Knicks' 2009 first-round pick.

When Thomas received the trade report, he immediately became entangled again.

Although Gerald Wallace is good, if he is traded for Wallace, it will conflict with the Knicks' plan to vacate salary space in the summer of 2010 to chase LeBron James and other 03 golden generations!

Isiah Thomas has stepped down as head coach of the Knicks, and this summer New York hired NBA coach of the best in the NBA D'Antoni to replace him in command.

D'Antoni is interested in the trade, and he is reluctant to trade Crawford, who is suitable for run-and-gun tactics, and in his eyes, Crawford is the best sixth man to choose from.

Zhang Yu's height has grown to 201cm, and if he increases his weight, he can be used as a swing person. And Eddie Curry, who only transforms when the weather is good, when the mood is good, and the coach likes it, and he doesn't fit D'Antoni's tactical system. Since Boss Joe wants to challenge Dolan's status as the first brainchild and is willing to take over the big burden of Eddie Curry, of course, such a cheap thing must be agreed to immediately.

While it's a bit of a flirtatious to pick up next year's draft pick, Wallace is an instant hit, and if this deal results in a great record this year, then the deal is well worth it.

Although Gerard Wallace has average offensive talent, he is proficient in jumping, speed, dunking, and is very well-rounded, making him a rare forward player.

Most crucially, he is one of the best forward defenders in the entire league, and his defensive ability is not inferior to that of Marion, his proud disciple of the Suns.

Thomas's position in the Knicks at this time was extremely unstable, and the media broke the news that James Dolan was going to fire him all day long, which made the smiling assassin have to take a cautious attitude towards every transaction, and finally decided to use the safest way to directly send the two choices to the brain-dead boss Dolan in front of him, and let his own boss make the final decision.

The Knicks boss, who has become a fan of Zhang Yu's brains, immediately made a decision and traded Eddie Curry, who spends two months a year to lose weight, for Gerard Wallace.

As for Gerard Wallace's big contract? Will it affect the recruitment of James in the summer of '10?

No kidding, it's enough for us to have Zhang Yu, we don't need any golden generation, we just need to find a suitable helper for No. 14, and Wallace is a good helper

The Smiling Assassins finally figured out what the boss was thinking, and on the day of the preseason on October 5, there was a blockbuster trade in the league, with the New York Knicks trading their starting center Eddie Curry + a first-round protected draft pick in '09 for Charlotte Bobcats' starting small forward Gerard Wallace.

In the eyes of the media, this is a direct contest between the two most brainless bosses in the NBA, maybe after the start of the season, it can be seen whether the brain-dead Cheng Dù of Jordan's deal can be comparable to Dolan, who is the most brainless team owner in the NBA?

Gerard Wallace, the star of the Bobcats, averaged 19.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.1 steals and 0.9 blocks in 38 minutes per game last season.

As soon as the deal was announced, most of the media felt that New York had made a good deal this time, and the New York media gave a rare thumbs up to the smiling assassin, which is rare, and the topic that the media shouted the most all day was to fire Thomas, who was as brain-dead as the boss.

As early as a month ago, the Bobcats were rumored to trade the core of the team, but no one took it seriously. Now it seems that there may not be no reason, but reporters are very puzzled, why did Jordan trade such an outside defensive giant? To change to a dead fat guy who has to lose weight for several months every year to participate in the competition?

When Gerard Wallace learned that he had been traded by the team, the New York Knicks player said that he couldn't believe it when he learned that he had been traded to the Knicks by the Bobcats, and that the team had told him that he would never be traded!

On October 11, the Knicks will have their first preseason game, and they will face the Philadelphia 76ers on the road.

Although after the transaction, the salary in New York is still the highest in the league, reaching $130 million, and even Zhang Yu, who pays the luxury tax, feels sorry for Dolan! However, what is cold and shattering is that New York is still the highest-paid team in the league, and it cannot be said that New York is really stupid and quick to make money!

The New York Knicks currently have a total of 14 players, center: David Lee, Randolph Morris, Jerome James, power forward: Zach Randolph, Jared Jeffries, Malik Rose, small forward: Gerald Wallace, Wilson Chandler, Marty Collins, scoring guards: Zhang Yu, Quentin Richardson, Jamal Crawford, point guards: Stephen Marbury, Nate Robinson, Chris Duhon.

The strength on the books in New York is not bad, but there are many players in the team who receive tens of millions of salaries but only use their minds on doughnuts.

Last year, the Knicks were in such an atmosphere, and it is no wonder that the team can have good results.

Zhang Yu regretted a little during this time, because although his teammates had a good relationship with him, they would not play the court because they had a good relationship with him.

Fortunately, most of these bastard players' contracts will expire in '09 and '10, and the Knicks now have a rebuilding core, and they are not in a hurry to clean them out like the original plane.

In this game, the Knicks started point guard Chris Duhon, scoring guard Zhang Yu, small forward Gerard Wallace, power forward Zach Randolph, and center David Lee.

Marbury, the team's highest-paid salary, still hasn't shown up a few times, Zhang Yu has seen him a few times in so many days, the lone wolf has been suspended by the team indefinitely, Dolan and his buyout negotiations have reached the last moment, and the fans of the entire New York are waiting for this lone wolf to get out of here!

D'Antoni came to New York with the halo of the best coach, and the New York media were unanimously optimistic about his success in New York, although he did not have the golden partner of Nash and Xiaosi here, but New York's new champion is also good at blocking and fast breaking, and Stanford University played in the NCAA is blocking and dismantling cooperation, and the offensive and defensive conversion speed is very fast.

D'Antoni is good at small-ball tactics, and when he comes to New York, he still plays a whirlwind style of fast play, players must run and play, block and dismantle, 3 points, burst points, and attack every ten seconds!

Zach Randolph originally thought that Zhang Yu was good, and he himself was reluctant to accept the colorful nightlife of New York, so he wanted to rely on Zhang Yu to stay. But after more than ten days of tactical training, Rotten Tofu felt that it was better to trade away, and D'Antoni's style of play was too cruel for a fat man.

D'Antoni is also troubled, he is without Nash in New York and has been looking for a replacement.

In Summer League, neither Dujon nor Nate Robinson had enough passing aura and skill to act as tactical initiators. It wasn't until he saw Zhang Yu's organizational ability and passing skills in these ten days of training that he suddenly came up with a new solution, that is, to move his role as a point guard in the Suns' small-ball tactics to a point guard, and the point guard players were only regarded as outside batteries and defenders.

In this way, the team's organization and offense will be moved to Zhang Yu, and the requirements for him are very high.

D'Antoni experimented with this tactic in the team's training matches, and Zhang Yu played well, he has the height of the second and third positions, the speed and flexibility of the first position, the ball control skills, the passing ability and the awareness of the ball are good enough, and he can become the team commander like Nash. But whether it can be played in the official game still needs to be tested in the official game, and the intensity is not particularly large in the preseason, which is just a good training ground!

PS: The Bobcats did negotiate a trade with the Knicks at the beginning, but it seems that it didn't happen because of draft picks. Jordan always wanted to trade Gerrard, but eventually traded away, proving that he really doesn't like the defensive giant. (Also, continue asking for favorites and recommendations!) ）