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Given the Magic's well-known impatience and inability to develop players, they simply treated Ariza as a "thank you for your patronage" lottery ticket, and so during the offseason, they sold him for a second-round pick, simply as if they had never selected him.

As for the reason why Walsh bought Ariza, it was very simple.

Ever since the team played the most flamboyant style of play in the league last season, this guy has become addicted to it and only considers physical fitness when buying players and drafting players!

The ability to run, jump, dunk, charge, and find opportunities to get a few blood-blocking shots are Walsh's selection criteria.

He has seen through it. For a team like this, he has to run and fly so that he can have a more stable position.

Anyway, the team has Lin Tian, ​​Stoudemire and Anthony to support it, and Walsh always buys low and sells low, so he is not afraid of losses.

Next, of course, is the young dunk champion Nate Robinson, who the team selected at the end of the first round. This guy performed quite well in training camp and summer league, and there is a good chance that he can enter the team's regular rotation.

As for the introduction of the last important player, he was actually offered to him by someone else, and it was not given to Walsh, but to Lin Tian.

Just in August, when Lin Tian had just finished his vacation and was sweating in the mini training camp, Pat Riley called him.

When he received the call, Lin Tian was very surprised, thinking that this old fox was going to instigate him to do something bad again, but who knew that this old fox was sincere and low-key this time.

"Lin, I hope you can do me a favor." Riley was very humble when he answered the phone.

"You don't want me to help you revitalize the Heat and want me to play for you on your team, do you?" Lin Tian was very alert. In Lin Tian's mind, Riley was definitely one of the top five old foxes in the league. At the same time, this guy was the worst and coldest of all the old foxes.

If it wasn't necessary, Lin Tian was too lazy to contact him.

There is no way. Mr. Lin is a man of great loyalty and integrity. He values ​​integrity, bottom line and principles. He cannot get along with a cold-blooded businessman like Riley.

But this time, Lin Tian really wronged Riley!

This time, Riley, who is usually cold-blooded, showed passion for a rare time!
That’s not right. It can’t be called hot-blooded. It should be said that Riley, who has always been cold-blooded, finally showed a little humanity.

"I'm serious. I just want you to do me a favor. And it should be a favor that will benefit you and not cause any harm."

Listening to Riley's voice, which was completely different from his previous ones, Lin Tian even suspected that this guy had been diagnosed with cancer and was going to die young.

Wait, at his age, it doesn’t seem like he died young?

"If you are going to leave this world, I can help you take care of your daughter, but forget about your wife. By the way, do you have a photo of your daughter?" Lin Tian really couldn't help it. He would not feel comfortable if he didn't act like a humiliator and get scolded for a day.

"FUXX! Go to hell, you bastard!" As expected, Riley cursed angrily and hung up the phone decisively.

That's right! That's the style of 'Miami Godfather'.

Then, less than 3 minutes later, the Godfather turned into a kitten again and called Lin Tian again: "I really have something good to tell you. Can you shut up and listen to me?"

"..."

"..."

"Are you listening?" Riley waited for dozens of seconds, but didn't hear any sound from the other end of the phone, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Didn't you tell me to shut up? So I didn't say anything."

Then, Lin Tian heard heavy breathing coming from the other end of the phone. It was obvious that Riley was trying to control his anger. Just when Lin Tian was wondering if this guy would hang up the phone again, Riley finally spoke again: "Do me a favor, I want to give Alonzo a championship, you guys buy him!"

"I'll trade him to the Knicks, and you can give me some compensation as a bonus, and the deal will be done. How about that? It's a good thing for you, right? Alonzo was quite healthy last season, and he played 60 games."

"And he's in pretty good shape, averaging 2 blocks per game last season!"

"As long as the minimum salary is offered, you can get a former best defensive player who is still at his level. I really don't know why you are hesitating, Lin!"

"You look like a father who is trying to promote his unmarried daughter. I never thought you had this side to you, Pat!" Lin Tian continued his journey of being a masochist, not for any other reason, but simply because he liked it.

After another round of deep breathing, Riley was still able to control his anger: "But he is really a good boy, isn't he?"

"Who would call a 208cm tall, 110kg, lumpy-looking guy a child?"

"I! I can!"

"But we are a pure offensive team, we don't need defensive players!"

"Shut up! No team doesn't need Alonzo! Especially Alonzo who is on minimum salary! No!"

"Then why don't you send him to the Lakers? They are just one step away from the championship, and they are trying their best to win it this season! And we are just poor losers who fell in the Eastern Conference Finals!"

"You're not done yet? Do you want me to write another paper about how much I think you're going to win the championship, and the 28 reasons why I think you can dominate the league again?"

"It's not that I can't. I really like to hear people flatter me."

"Go to hell, you bastard! Anyway, I have to give Alonzo some respect now! You have to help me!"

"But I'm just an ordinary player, you should call our manager."

"Come on, don't I know what that bastard Donny is capable of? Even if I call him, he will have to call you again to ask if we can bring in Alonzo. He had several fights with you guys in the 90s! We have a grudge against each other."

"Instead of being humiliated by you at that time, I might as well just come to your door and let you, a bastard, humiliate and tease me as much as you want. At least, if I do this, I won't have to endure stupid Donnie anymore, right?"

"As expected of him, he is the 'divine calculator'! As expected of him, he is Pat Riley!" Lin Tian praised him insincerely: "He has made every possible plan! He is a genius! He is really admirable! He is the number one wise man in the league! Or..."

"Can you just shut up?" Riley found that he really couldn't stand this bastard Lin Tian!
He began to regret it. Why did he make this call? Lin Tian was thirty times more of a jerk than he had imagined!
If I had known this would happen, I would have called Bass, who had already fallen out with me! At least I would only be embarrassed, but Bass would not take advantage of the situation and make fun of me like crazy!

Bass is still a human being, but this Lin is not a human being at all.

"Okay, I'll ask Patrick, Charlie and Alan for you first. By the way, was Alan there when you were fighting with us? If not, I won't ask him. My old face is gone! I'm going to lose everything for you, Pat Riley!"

"You're still ungrateful!" Riley, who had suffered so much humiliation, finally heard Lin Tian say this. He was relieved. At least, his anger was not in vain, right? This was also in line with his perception of Lin Tian.

Lin Tian will definitely take advantage, but after taking advantage, this guy will definitely do the work he is supposed to do.

Based on Riley's understanding of Lin Tian and Ewing's gang, as long as Lin Tian comes forward, Ewing's gang of old guys will definitely not interfere and will definitely agree.

After all, there are few people in this league who really hate a real man like Mourning. The only person Ewing and others hate is Riley.

In fact, since Riley re-signed Mourning last year, he has had great aspirations in his heart! His team now has young talents such as Hinrich, Butler, Odom, plus veterans such as Mourning and Walker. At the same time, he has also tried every means to clear a maximum salary space for the team.

This summer, he has made many offers to the big fish in the free market.

But unfortunately, no matter whether it was the best players of the 01 class such as Yao Ming and Gasol, or good players in the free market such as Larry Hughes, they all rejected Riley without exception.

no way.

Riley's reputation for being cold-blooded and ruthless is too well-known in this league. Players of the previous generation would fall for Riley's tricks, but there are very few players of this generation who will fall for Riley's tricks!

It is really difficult for Riley to build a team that can compete for the championship now.

It was after he found himself unable to put together a roster strong enough to compete for a championship this summer, and found that he could not win the championship relying on Odom, Hinrich and others, that Riley began to think about trading Mourning.

This is the disciple who gets along best with him and the one who trusts Riley the most.

There were actually some gaps and conflicts between the two of them. They traded Hardaway, sold Mashburn, and did not renew Maalley's contract...

Mourning was actually not satisfied with many of Riley's actions, including the time when Riley asked P.J. Brown to defeat Charlie Ward and let the Knicks beat up Brown, but did not let Mourning go up to help. Mourning was also very unhappy about this.

This kind of insidious off-court tactic is not Mourning's style. In comparison, Mourning would rather smash Ewing's nose with his punch and then be suspended with him.

This is the style of a tough guy.

Even when Mourning retired briefly due to kidney disease, Riley was still unwilling to give him a contract. He always hoped that he would retire and choose to retire for his own health. That was when the relationship between the two was the most tense.

But in the end, when Mourning resolutely chose to come back, and when Mourning was not reused at all in other teams after his comeback and was getting further and further away from the championship, Riley still took action.

It was Riley who brought him to the Heat, gave him opportunities, gave him time, and gave Mourning dignity.

These two guys are definitely each other's best friend. And now, it is the last time for Riley to do his best to help Mourning.

As for the final outcome, Riley can only do his best and leave the rest to fate.

Two days after this phone call, Lin Tian called Riley and told him that everything was settled. Ewing and Ward both welcomed Mourning's arrival, and Downey would call him to discuss the details of the transaction.

Lin Tian made the matter sound quite difficult, so difficult that it looked as if he had to use all his words to finally convince them.

But in fact, because Lin Tian specifically asked them, these two people felt that they were very valued and were so happy that Ewing even specially treated Lin Tian to a happy occasion!

Riley also knew that Lin Tian was talking nonsense, but he didn't want to argue with Lin Tian anymore. He still had to form his own team! So after a perfunctory conversation, Riley said, "There's actually not much to talk about. Just ask Donnie to prepare something to balance it out."

"What? You want us to prepare something? You actually want something in return? Isn't it a free gift?"

"Do you have any shame?" Riley was really angry this time and started cursing.

"You have no shame!" Lin Tian didn't want to be acquitted and said, "I helped you, and I didn't ask you for a draft pick in return. It's good enough. You still want benefits from me?"

Riley felt like a mouthful of blood had already reached his throat. He thought that if he continued to talk to Lin Tian, ​​he would definitely be pissed to death, so he said directly: "No need to prepare the balance bonus, I will think of a way, you just give us the lowest grade bonus according to the rules, for free! I will send Alonzo to New York!"

After saying this, Riley quickly hung up the phone.

I can’t say any more, it will shorten my life.

But fortunately, Morning's problem has been resolved.

As for how Mourning rushed into Riley's office in a rage and made a big fuss, and then how the two of them locked the door and talked in a low voice for two hours, and then Mourning walked out of Riley's office with red eyes and bowed to Riley at the door, I guess no one is interested in this plot.

Just pretend it never happened.

Anyway, it was something like "You actually sold me out!"

What "I'm doing this for your own good!"

"I'm the best when I'm by your side!"

"But I can't give you what you want!"

"Without you, what does it matter if I get it! Being with you is what matters most!"

"But that's your dream! I've already wasted half your life! I can't continue to be selfish!"

"You are my dream!"

"But it is my dream to help you achieve your dream!"

"You are selfish!"

"The only time in my life that I wasn't selfish was when I sent you away!"

"So, we can't go back?"

"Go ahead."

"last question."

"Loved."

Ok……

The latter part seems to be a bit off track?
But it doesn’t matter, the plot is basically the same anyway.

No matter what kind of relationship it is, in the end, it’s all the same, with just a few lines!
Whether Mourning was willing or not, he became the 14th player on the Knicks roster.

It seems like the topic has been digressing for a long time and is somewhere far away?

Where were we just now?

correct!

The Knicks' intra-team competition!

In this game, it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, or who has the upper hand. What’s important is that this game can test the strength of all Knicks players and the results of their hard training in the summer!
The results are quite encouraging!

First of all, there is Stoudemire. Lin Tian doesn't know what method Stoudemire used, but he only took one summer to practice his mid-range shooting. He doesn't know if Stoudemire has four good friends known as the "Amare Army" training with him, and he doesn't know if Ewing's sister helped in this training.

But in short, Stoudemire's mid-range shooting is very good and of a very good standard!

Not only that, after developing his mid-range shooting, with Stoudemire's physical fitness, his threat of breaking through the basket after receiving the ball will increase exponentially!
After catching the ball and making a fake shot, would you stick with it or not?
贴？
Stoudemire can get past 99% of the league's inside players in one step.

Not sticking?

A middle distance to teach you how to be a good person!

Now, Stoudemire has finally reached his maturity. How terrible is a Stoudemire who can shoot, break through, and hasn't suffered a knee injury? Just ask Duncan!
Stoudemire beat Duncan terribly in one series. He was the guy who averaged 37+10 per game in the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs!
Then there is Anthony. This guy actually asked Barkley for special training in the summer! It can be said that his imagination is quite unique.

A small forward who makes a living by shooting and skills actually seeks special training from a well-known big-butt power player.

Really insightful.

However, Lin Tian guessed that Anthony sought special training from Barkley mainly to learn how to finish.

He certainly doesn't want to continue to be nicknamed the 'King of Blocked Shots'.

This summer, Anthony and Barkley learned a lot of back-to-the-basket skills. Because Barkley's back-to-the-basket skills are so practical, Anthony's other technical moves have also become simpler and more efficient!

Anthony has abandoned many of the fancy but ineffective dribbling and turning techniques in his previous career. He is more likely to use direct jump shots after catching the ball, tentative steps after catching the ball, and shots or breakthroughs to complete his offense.

And if he is allowed to play one-on-one, Anthony, who successfully gained 4 kilograms in one summer, can teach 90% of the No. 3 players in the league a lesson with just his butt.

At the same time, while increasing his back-to-the-basket skills and weight, his mid-range and long-range shooting did not decline, but instead steadily improved.

Both Stoudemire and Anthony have completed significant evolution, which is consistent with their talents and abilities that are one level higher than others.

Apart from these two, the rest of the players certainly have made some progress.

Okur's three-pointers are more accurate, and he makes more small movements when positioning himself for rebounds under the basket. Needless to say, this is all thanks to Charles Oakley.

Barnes' shooting and cutting awareness have also steadily improved. Wallace, who was originally just a rough guy, has developed a short-range lob and some ball-handling offensive skills.

Smith and Nate became new good friends. They studied dunking moves and techniques every day and were the team's happy pills.

As for Smith's improvement in basketball skills, well, it's pretty average.

There's no way around it. This guy is known for being as good as James below the brain level and a fool above the brain level. If he meets a coach who teaches defense, he can still practice defense well and get some blocks and steals.

But when he met old Nelson, this guy was left with only his sporadic shooting and the league's top dunking skills.

As for Lin Tian himself?

He doesn't need to improve anymore, there is no room for him to improve anymore.

He regained his body shape from last season, lost weight and regained his form, that's enough!

Although the room for improvement for each player on the Knicks varies throughout the summer, Lin Tian absolutely believes that if they were allowed to play another round with the Pistons and Celtics as they are now, it would not be a question of whether they advance or not.

That’s a question of whether we can crush and sweep the entire city!

Anyway, Lin Tian has 100% confidence in beating these two teams! (End of this chapter)