The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 354 Meeting Anthony Again

The small forward position is Li Xun plus Derek Williams.

This Derek Williams was the No. 2011 pick in [-].

Irving, the current No. [-] pick, is now an All-Star starter, and Williams is becoming less and less present as he plays.

In the first two seasons, he played fairly well.

He averaged 8.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in his rookie season, and he averaged 12 points per game in his sophomore year.

But then it began to plummet, and the main reason was actually that he was a little bit nonsensical.

During the NCAA period, he was known as a combo forward capable of both inside and outside, just like Li Xun.

But after arriving in the NBA, how can he have the capital to be able to be inside and outside, and his body can't reach that level at all.

In addition, the technique can't be said to be very good, and the body has no advantage, so of course he can't play anything.

The shooting guard positions are Booker, Efflalo and Vujacic.

Afflalo also had a bit of glory in the past few years. He once averaged 20 points per game.

But these years, he seems to be a bit possessed by Jiba, and he always has conflicts with his teammates in the locker room, so he changed teams one after another.

In the six or seven years since leaving the Pistons, he has changed four teams.

Li Xun joined the Knicks, Afflalo is undoubtedly the most excited person.

He played together with Li Xun, but Li Xun is getting stronger and stronger, and his alliance status is getting higher and higher, while himself is getting worse and worse.

Now on the same team as Li Xun, he feels that he may not have to continue wandering in the future, and he can stay in the Knicks safely.

His strength is actually not bad. Even now, he still has a good shooting efficiency. In addition, his defense is not bad, at least it is at the middle level of the league.

Such a player, in terms of immediate combat power, must actually be higher than Booker.

But there is no way, Booker has a lot of potential, and Afflalo doesn't have any potential now.

So no matter which team it is on, Booker must be the starter.

At the point guard position, there are only Sun Yue and Calderon, which seems a bit shabby.

No way, a decent point guard in the league is really expensive.

The Knicks have no leverage to trade, even if it is a free agent, the Knicks actually have no salary space to sign.

The main reason is that the Knicks signed too many junk contracts in the past few years.

To know Xiao Luo's level, he could get a contract of 1300 million US dollars in the Knicks last season, and Li Xun's maximum salary last season was only 1700 million.

Like Kevin Seraphim, Lance Thomas, etc., these cannon fodder players, Li Xun doesn't even remember that he has played against them, and they can even get a contract of about 300 million in the Knicks.

It's outrageous.

There is definitely no way this year. If you want to clear the contract, you have to wait until next season.

Soon, the first game of the preseason will start.

The Knicks are at home against the Los Angeles Clippers.

One of the benefits of joining the Knicks is that most of the opening games don't have to go to the away game.

Because the Knicks are the largest team in the league, of course the league hopes to play high-profile games at the Knicks' home court.

As for this preseason game, the attention is actually very, very high.

The reason is simple, because Anthony is now playing for the Los Angeles Clippers.

This offseason is not just the sensational event of Li Xun joining the Knicks.

There are countless top stars in the league who have changed clubs.

The first is Anthony. He failed to stay with the Mavericks, but chose to join the Los Angeles Clippers.

It's not that Anthony doesn't want to stay with the Mavericks, but that the Mavericks' salary can't keep him.

Unless Anthony is willing to take a pay cut.

The Mavericks can choose one of Klay Thompson and Anthony to give the maximum salary.

That idiot knew it was Klay Thompson.

You must know that Anthony is not young now, because of the bird rights, he can sign for five years.

The devil knows what state Anthony will be in these five years.

Maybe just after signing the contract, the direct strength will not work.

And Clay is still so young, the key is that he is still a core member of the Mavericks dynasty, so the Mavericks must of course choose Clay for the maximum salary.

In this way, Anthony could only continue to wander and came to the Los Angeles Clippers.

With Anthony's current strength, it's certainly not that no one wants him.

On the contrary, there are actually quite a few teams in the league who are willing to give him a maximum salary, such as the two well-known local rich teams in the league.

Portland Trail Blazers and Clippers.

Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen and Clippers owner Ballmer are both worth tens of billions of dollars.

In the end, Anthony decided to choose the Clippers.

On the one hand, Los Angeles is a bustling metropolis, on the other hand, he wants to join forces with his banana boat brother Paul.

With the joining of Anthony, the Clippers' combat power is now extremely amazing.

I just don't know if they will be sluggish when it comes to key games, as in the past.

After a few months, seeing Li Xun again, Anthony felt very complicated.

He should be grateful to Li Xun, because Li Xun took him to win the first championship of his career.

Now the core players of the 03 class, only he and Wade have won the championship.

But after winning the championship, Li Xun came directly to occupy the magpie's nest and stole Anthony's hometown, which made Anthony somewhat unacceptable.

But after thinking about it carefully, Li Xun couldn't be blamed for this matter, who made himself less valuable than Li Xun?

If I were the president or owner of the team, if I had to choose between Li Xun and myself, I would definitely choose Li Xun.

This is a choice any fool can make.

Now after joining the Clippers, his life is still relatively happy. On the one hand, the team's combat power is indeed good.

You must know that Paul and Griffin are all All-Star starters. Anthony was also an All-Star starter in the Eastern Conference before.

With three top players on a team, it seems that there is no big problem in dominating the West.

On the other hand, he is very familiar with Paul. After joining the team, there is no need for any running-in. It is directly brother basketball.

"Li, long time no see."

Anthony stepped forward to say hello to Li Xun.

Li Xun looked embarrassed, now he really didn't want to see Anthony, and always felt that he was sorry for him.

"Long time no see, old man."

"Li, you don't need to think too much, this kind of thing is inevitable."

"Joining the Clippers now is not necessarily a bad thing for me."

"If I still go back to New York, in case the record is not good, I will still be the one who gets scolded."

"Now in the Clippers, when being scolded, at least Chris can share with me."

Anthony also noticed that Li Xun blamed himself a little, so he simply joked.

What he said was actually correct.

With the current lineup of the Knicks, if Jokic and Booker are not counted, they really don't have much left.

There is only one Yi Jianlian who can fight.

Yi Jianlian's partner Anthony, it seems that the two really can't play anything.

You must know that Yi Jianlian is now Durant's template. He wants to have the ball, and Anthony also wants to have the ball.

After all, there is only one basketball, and the two may quarrel over the possession of the ball.

"You Clippers have looked good this season."

"Maybe we can meet in the finals."

Li Xun said with a smile.

Anthony nodded, "I hope so, you have to work hard, the East has changed a bit now."

"The West side has become weaker this season."

During the offseason, apart from Anthony joining the Clippers, the Cavaliers were actually the most sensational.

James left the Raptors and joined the Clippers as a free agent.

The Timberwolves traded Love to the Cavaliers as usual and replaced Wiggins.

The Timberwolves may do this because they feel that there is no hope of winning the championship, so they might as well continue to recuperate and wait for the opportunity.

When the new champion Downs rises, plus the original Zhuang Shen and the traded Wiggins, there is still hope for winning the championship.

The Cavaliers rose directly in a wave, and the Big Three lineup took shape.

Li Xun's little butterfly has changed a lot of the historical pattern of the NBA, but in the end it still failed to stop the birth of the Cavaliers' Big Three.

Li Xun didn't think it mattered, this knight team was indeed a bit of a headache.

But it didn't reach the point where he could really decide the New York Knicks. If he beat James, Li Xun still had a lot of experience.

"Dudududu!"

With the whistle of the referee, the game on the field began.

Even though tonight is a preseason game, the Knicks still place a lot of emphasis on it, and immediately lined up the team's official starting lineup at the beginning of the game.

In the first offensive round, the Knicks began to attack.

After Sun Yue took possession of the ball at halftime, he handed the ball to Li Xun.

It is said that Sun Yue is the team's starting master, but in fact he is more of a tool man, a bit similar to Ron Harper of the Bull Dynasty.

The biggest role in the game is to control the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, then defend desperately, and shoot three-pointers from time to time.

It was Li Xun who really organized the team's offense.

After Li Xun received the ball, he singled Anthony.

With a three-threat shot, Li Xun made a gesture to shoot. After pointing to Anthony, he quickly rushed past Anthony and rushed towards the basket.

After reaching the basket, Griffin stepped forward to defend.

It's a pity that his deadlift failed to pull down Li Xun who was charging furiously, allowing Li Xun to complete a dunk under the basket.

"Wow!"

The fans at the scene gave the most intense applause directly.

Is this Li Xun's dominance?At the beginning of the game, he directly dunked the white monster Griffin!

Next came the Clippers' offensive round.

In the end, Paul was still fierce, and a breakthrough passed the ball to Griffin. Griffin singled Yi Jianlian under the basket and succeeded.

Because of Durant's template, the UAE's outside defense is not weak.

But he is really powerless to defend the inside, especially Griffin's explosive jumping monsters.

The two sides played back and forth, all of which were starting core lineups. In fact, it was no different from the main game.

The Knicks can't take advantage of it at all, and the two sides are basically in a [-]-[-] situation.

The main reason is that Paul is a bit fatal.

Sun Yue's defense is very good, but due to his height, his lateral movement speed is not good enough to keep up with Paul's change of direction.

Then Paul can pass the ball at will or use the pick-and-roll to shoot.

On the inside, Yi Jianlian couldn't guard Griffin, but Griffin couldn't guard Yi Jianlian much.

Like Yi Jianlian's current shooting style, it may only be his own touch that can prevent him.

After playing until 8 minutes into the first quarter, the scores of the two sides were still even.

The old Hornacek called a timeout, and the two sides replaced the starting lineup in a tacit understanding.

After all, it's a preseason game, so it's impossible to fight with real guns and live ammunition.

As a result, as soon as the starting lineup was changed, the Knicks collapsed immediately.

The few people on the field didn't seem to be opponents of the Clippers' bench at all.

The same goes for the next three quarters.

When the core players were on the court, the two sides fought back and forth.

Once the main players were off the field, the game immediately turned into a one-sided massacre by the Clippers.

This gave Li Xun a bit of a headache. The current Knicks' bench lineup is really weak.

Even when he was in the Pistons, the bench lineup was at least two grades better than it is now.

It can be said that Li Xun has never fought such a shabby battle in his life.

But if you want to improve the depth of the bench lineup, it will not happen overnight.

A strong substitute player is sometimes as valuable as a starter.

Li Xun didn't worry about this kind of problem at all before, that's because there are strong new recruits every year.

After the game was over, the Knicks lost the game.

Losing to the Big Three Clippers, although the fans were a little disappointed, it was not unacceptable.

After all, the shortcomings of the Knicks' lineup are obvious to all.

It is impossible to place hope that after Li Xun comes, he can directly lead the team to kill the Quartet.

Basketball is a five-person game, and Li Xun is only one person.

After the game, Li Xun and Hornacek discussed what to do next in the locker room.

"How about we think about a deal?"

Old Hornacek had no idea, so he could only talk nonsense.

Li Xun shook his head, "We have a bargaining chip in the deal, we don't have any bargaining chips now."

"And if we propose a deal with them, they must be regarded as treasures."

Because now that the Knicks have Li Xun, as long as the Knicks fancy a player, it means that this player must have special value.

Even if it doesn't show up now, there must be huge potential in him.

Otherwise, how could it be possible to be favored by Li Xun?

Therefore, it is not realistic at all to strengthen the team's bench through transactions.

"It seems that the newcomers in the team can only be honed."

"Accelerate their growth."

"Strive to beat them directly with the starting lineup."

Li Xun thought of the only feasible way for them now.

Booker is still a little fuzzy now, and has not fully entered the NBA state.

As for Jokic, it may be that he played too little playing time with the Mavericks last season, which made him a little unconfident.

Tonight's game against the Clippers, his role is almost negligible.

In the next five preseason games, Li Xun and Ah Lian simply didn't play much, leaving all the opportunities to Jokic and Booker.

As a result, the Knicks lost all five preseason games without even winning one.

It's a bit anxious now, and Li Xun feels that he needs to have a good chat with Jokic and Booker.

(End of this chapter)