NBA: The opening game gets a death entanglement

Three consecutive news items on the Knicks official website were issued.

Immediately caused a very big sensation.

ESPN: “Crazy Knicks, three big deals in a row, team rebuilding!” ”

SBNation: “Is it crazy, or is it faith?” Knicks send team All-Stars away! ”

BleatherReport: “Rotten or rebuild?” Knicks surprise three deals! ”

SportsIllustrated: “All-Stars are rookies, and Knicks management’s approach is puzzling! ”

The four mainstream media of the NBA all reported on the Knicks’ three-match trade for the first time.

But almost unanimously, all are not optimistic.

Especially the use of David Lee to trade Curry is even more puzzling.

And open sports news, about the Knicks trade coverage.

It’s also about half of the page.

“Send away Harrington, send away David Lee, send away Chandler, Knicks shuffle!”

“Knicks build an alternative roster and go after a five-shooter!”

“David Lee for Curry, what kind of idea can make such a bold operation?”

“Don’t understand? The Knicks sent away the team’s three main players, for what? ”

TNT News that night also made a special program about the deal.

Barkley and Smith co-hosted.

Speaking of the news about the Knicks, Barkley looked particularly excited.

“Hello everyone, I’m Barkley, and we’re going to focus on analyzing a big event on tonight’s show.”

“Regarding the three trading news released by the Knicks on the official website today, the news of the Knicks has been a bit much recently, haha.”

“David Lee for Curry, Harrington for Dior, Chandler for UAE.”

“The previous three were all main players in the Knicks, averaging more than fifteen points per game, and David Lee had just been selected as an All-Star.”

“What do you think about such an operation, Smith?”

Barkley looked at Smith.

Smith suddenly showed a strange smile.

Then he immediately adjusted his expression and became serious.

“Oh… How to say it? The Knicks sent Harrington away, I guess a lot of media, including fans, have already guessed. ”

“After all, the team has just been on track and has a seven-game winning streak, but Harrington affects the team’s unity and sending it away is almost inevitable.”

“But David Lee has just been selected as an All-Star, and he is also the team’s scoring leader (Lin Dong has too few games to count), the core of the team’s tactics, but he actually changed to a rookie with the Warriors.”

“Although Curry has performed well, his thin body and injury-prone physique have put a question mark on the player’s future.”

“So this deal is really debatable.”

“As for Chandler, he is also a good striker, and the UAE is soft, and obviously does not play his value.”

“So the latter two transactions, I can’t understand.”

After Smith finished speaking, Barkley pulled out a data table.

Show it to the audience in front of the TV.

“Maybe this form can help you find a little reason.”

“Curry, this season, shot 43.7 percent from three-point range, the UAE 36.9 percent from three-point range this season and Dior from 36.8 percent from three-point range this season. This is the only thing these three players have in common. ”

“And the three players who sent away barely shoot three-pointers, or have a very low three-point shooting percentage.”

“If you look at it from this point, the Knicks are likely trying to build a three-point team. Haha…”

Speaking of this, Barkley couldn’t help but laugh.

In this era, the concept of defending to win championships is still implemented.

And three points is not the preferred way to score.

Smith chimed in at this time.

“Maybe they want to imitate the Magic team, you know, the Magic team is a star.”

“The Magic have the highest winning percentage in the league so far, so they want to emulate that roster model.”

Barkley interjected.

“There are many factors that contribute to the success of the Magic, first of all, they have Howard as a super interior lineman.”

“And the Knicks don’t have it.”

“What about Lin Dong?” Smith said.

Talking about Lin Dong again, Barkley’s face did not look very good.

“Hmm… To be honest, Lin Dong is a very good player, he has used seven games to prove to everyone. ”

“However, his current offensive ability, dominance on the court, is still a long way from Howard.”

Smith pretended to be helpless and shrugged, “Okay then! ”

Barkley continued: “Secondly, the Magic’s shooter players are not simple shooters, they all have excellent ability to share the ball, and the Knicks, these new traded players, seem to be stronger than Curry. ”

“Especially the UAE, his style of play is too soft and he can’t even defend the average center on the inside.”

“So overall, I’m not optimistic about their deal.”

“If I have to analyze the purpose of their wave of operations, I can only think of one.”

“That’s when the team goes into a rebuild and goes all out to build the Knicks with Lin Dong as the core.”

“All players who are not suitable for Lin Dong’s style of play, players who are not satisfied with Lin Dong, will all be sent away.”

Barkley’s view, Smith very much agreed.

When Barkley made his point, he nodded uncontrollably.

“I can’t think of any other reason than that.”

“As for whether Lin Dong is worth doing this for the Knicks, it is also debatable.”

Finally, Barkley concluded.

“Overall, this deal for the Knicks is a risky deal, but also a losing deal.”

“Maybe some Knicks fans disagree with me, so let’s wait and see.”

……

Even when many players heard the news, they also shouted in disbelief.

“Is Nix crazy? Didn’t you just have a seven-game winning streak? How can you make personnel adjustments to the team like this. ”

“David Lee, swap Curry. I don’t even know who Curry is? ”

“Did the Knicks management suddenly want to mess up, that’s why they did it, otherwise I can’t figure out the point of doing this.”

In short, after this incident.

Almost the entire NBA is talking about this trade.

Then the argument is almost identical, which is that the Knicks management made a very stupid decision.

In the Knicks general manager’s office at this time, Mills and D’Antoni sat together.

Mills held his forehead.

“Just now the team shareholder called me and asked me if I took too much medicine? Whatever I explain, I don’t listen. ”

“If the team doesn’t play well, maybe we’ll have to leave class!”

Instead, D’Antoni was steadfast.

“Believe in ourselves, believe in Lin Dong, the Knicks will definitely soar to the sky!”