NBA: Fusion of two talents to dominate the entire league

The first game of the New Year was arranged at the Knicks' home court without any suspense. This is the advantage of big teams and the sadness of small teams.

No matter how good or bad the results are, small cities will always play supporting roles.

NBA is a business league, not a charity league.

Business is the first driving force for the league to develop to this day.

The whole of North America is on holiday. For a New Year's game, tickets for the Knicks' home court are hard to come by and have been overcrowded.

In the first row of the sidelines, political and business celebrities can be seen everywhere, as well as film and television stars like crucian carp.

This is the biggest vanity fair in the NBA, a social occasion. Many people are even proud of having a package ticket for the front row seats of the Knicks.

Among them, the most famous is the Knicks' top fanatic director Spike Lee. As a black director who has lived in New York for a long time, he has almost become one of the Knicks' business cards.

A Knicks fan for decades, his sidelines can even be published in a biography.

As long as he is not working, he almost grows in the Knicks' exclusive seat.

If tickets can accumulate points and have levels, then Spike Lee's level should be full of stars!

Unfortunately, even such a fan, who has followed the New York Knicks through ups and downs for 30 years and spent tens of millions of dollars just watching the game, was still kicked out of the stadium by the Knicks in 2020.

Before the start, there was a grand entrance ceremony, and even Beyonce was invited to perform as the opening guest.

This is simply the treatment of the All-Star Game, but it is common here.

Since the draft, Roy has come to this historic stadium again.

Although his history is not too rich, he is rich.

Since Roy watched the game, the Knicks are almost synonymous with stupid people and a lot of money. In the past ten years, it has been a distribution center for junk contracts.

As a bottom-ranked team in the East, the Knicks shouted who else but me!

During the warm-up phase, Roy had already seen several celebrities.

McGuinnis was indeed curious and looked around, and he had no intention of warming up. You know, one of his idols, Spike Lee, was sitting in the seat.

As one of the most famous black directors,

he is almost an idol of black Americans, including McGuinnis.

While warming up, he was thinking about finding an opportunity to ask for an autograph.

Roy looked at the Knicks lineup on the opposite side.

It can be said that there are many talents, and there are many talented people, but there are also a lot of garbage contracts and retirement teams.

Marbury, the star player, is needless to say. Beijing fans must understand it very well.

This is his first year with the Knicks. He brought a well-organized Suns team with Stoudemire and Marion.

He was heading for the lottery zone, and was directly swept out by the Suns at the end of last season.

Speaking of Marbury, we have to talk about the little story of his swap with the Nets star Kidd.

Kidd led the team to the playoffs for five consecutive years, while Marbury led the Nets to the Eastern Conference lottery.

The owner of the Suns was attracted by Marbury's youth and drive. Although the team's performance was very good,

he resolutely chose to swap. It may be that Kidd was eliminated in the first round for five consecutive years. The Suns manager did not even say hello to the star Kidd in advance when making the trade.

Of course, everyone knows the result. Marbury really broke Kidd's performance and did not lead the team to the first round, but directly failed to enter the playoffs.

After the trade, Kidd led the Nets to the finals twice in a row.

After that, Marbury experienced this situation again.

This year,

After Marbury led the team to 36 wins and was kicked out, Nash, who had just joined the Suns, led the team to 62 wins, which was another slap in the face.

But Nash was a free agent and did not involve Marbury's direct trade, which barely made sense.

Kidd was a direct exchange trade, which made Marbury unable to raise his head and was laughed at by everyone in the league.

Now the new hatred and old hatred are settled together today!

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"Hey, Asian boy, New York does not welcome you, get ready to accept failure!"

The fanatical Spike Lee has already started to use his interference tactics.

The referee seems to be used to it and signaled the centers of the two teams to jump the ball at the midline.

If it were according to Chandler's statement, it would be better to give the ball directly to the Nets. The short and strong center Komohammed on the opposite side is only 2.08 meters tall, and he really has no interest in it.

The Knicks' starting lineup: "Lone Wolf" Marbury, "Mid-range Shooting King" Alan Houston, Tim Thomas, Kurt Thomas, and Muhammad.

Jamal Crawford, "Penny" Hardaway, "Drunkard" Vin Baker, and later Rockets gold medal scorer Ariza sat on the bench.

With such a team lineup, it is difficult to achieve outstanding results.

Carter looked at the Knicks' lineup with his eyelids twitching and a look of disgust. If...When the Raptors agreed to the Knicks' trade request, he would have to play with this group of people.

The thought of it makes Carter feel scared. He thinks he is likely to sink like them.

He still likes the current atmosphere of the Nets more, a team that can see hope and tomorrow.

In the current Nets, Carter has the confidence to challenge the entire league.

The fight for the ball was indeed a foregone conclusion. Chandler flicked the ball to Jefferson.

Jefferson dribbled the ball across half court to Carter.

The one defending Carter was Alan Houston, known as the "mid-range shooting king".

Since the serious injury, his knees have been getting worse day by day. He is already 34 years old, and only has the last year of his contract left in the NBA.

His pace couldn't keep up with Carter, especially on the defensive end. His lateral movement was quite bad.

Carter accelerated and left this "mid-range shooting old man" behind.

The Knicks' defense was as bad as ever, and Tim Thomas's defense was at least two beats slower.

Carter easily found shooting space in the mid-range,

and the basketball was easily hit!

2-0

"Jason, it's not as difficult as you said. Why do I feel like we're clocking out in the third quarter?"

Carter looked at his partner Kidd and said.

"Don't worry, you'll know later." After saying that, he glanced meaningfully at the Knicks' bench.

Marbury took the ball and advanced quickly. The confrontation between him and Kidd started from this round.

In terms of NBA-level leadership ability, Marbury did not have it. He started from the Timberwolves and played in various teams until he finally found the trick of leading a team in the Beijing team in his later years. Unfortunately, it was too late.

Fortunately, the CBA championship at least proved that he was committed to the great Eastern country and was considered a very successful foreign aid.

Kidd, known as "Kidd does not attack", can leave a name in NBA history. As one of the 75 great superstars, in addition to the historical assist ability, there is also his defense.

9 times selected to the best defensive team and 5 times in the first defensive team, all show that his ability is not in vain.

I still remember that Kidd defended James in the finals in his later years. The effect was incredible.

Kidd's close defense made Marbury very uncomfortable, especially in the playoffs last season.

In 4 games, Kidd put great pressure on Marbury on the defensive end. The New Jersey Nets led by Kidd directly crushed the Knicks where Marbury was 4-0.

This time, Marbury still didn't get what he wanted. His dribbling was almost intercepted by Kidd, but fortunately he got it back in time.

After pulling away, Marbury started again and used his speed to force past Kidd.

Facing Carter's help defense and Houston in the open space,

The Lone Wolf still chose to face Roy's help defense by himself.

"Snap"

No matter how you dodge and move, you still can't escape Roy's height and wingspan.

Mid-range shooting king Alan Houston shook his head and turned back to defend.

This is his last season. He feels a little bit disillusioned with the world. His obsession with shooting has weakened a lot.

The Nets' fast break saw Carter, who picked up the basketball, pass half court and pass Alan Houston in one step. The Knicks players didn't even have the desire to chase and defend.

Carter performed a windmill dunk to the New York audience on the first day of the new year.

4-0

The two teams played for 5 minutes,

The Nets led by a big score of 17-9,

The old coach of the Knicks, Wilkens, called a timeout, and he replaced Alan Houston with Jamal Crawford.

Kidd said to Carter: "See, trouble is coming."