Forward to the basket

New York, the city of the Big Apple, as to why it is called the Big Apple, it is said that there are many theories circulating in the market, but in the NBA world, there is only one popular explanation for calling New York the Big Apple.

That is, the Knicks team that Dolan spent a lot of money to build is like a big apple that looks very delicious, no matter who it is, they want to take a bite.

This delicious and beautiful big apple, not only everyone wants to take a bite, but also many teams can bite. This is the most important thing. When encountering a soft persimmon, ordinary people want to squeeze it.

Bad, can be used to describe a team's situation is very bad, but when describing the current situation of the New York Knicks, you have to use very bad to describe its state.

It's hard for you to imagine that a team with Marbury, Francis, Richardson, Eddie Curry, and so many stars in Crawford can only win one game in the preseason.

Don't say what they are doing training, Thomas can't wait to send the main force to play in every game.

But the facts have proved that you can't win the game with a group of capable players. Even if you use the main lineup in the preseason, you may not be able to win. Everyone can see the chaos of the Knicks.

It is estimated that only Dolan, the prodigal son, can pay a large sum of luxury taxes so calmly without changing his face.

However, Dolan's waste of money is still a mess. It can be said that since Pat Riley and Van Gundy left New York, the Knicks' performance has been in a state of accelerated decline.

The money has been spent, but the results are still hanging by half-dead. Even if they can make it to the playoffs, it is still a round trip. Want to go one step closer?It is estimated that they have this plan themselves, and their opponents do not agree.

The former Jagged New York disappeared after Ewing and his team retired. Larry Johnson said this complaint more than once when he gave Chen Feng a special training.

"What Dolan cares about now is just how much revenue and attention the team can bring him. That guy doesn't care about the spirit of New York. The current Knicks can no longer create a black-eight miracle."

Although Larry's tone seemed to have nothing to do with him, there was still a hint of regret in his words.

After all, that was the place he couldn't let go of the most, and now that it's like this, he won't be in a good mood.

Dolan will not hear the voices of these former veteran players. He is just a businessman, and he only has the word profit in his eyes. History is meaningless to him, and making money is the real thing.

It's just such repeated investment, constant spending, and then buying a lot of good players who are not very aggressive. Dolan is more like running an NBA nursing home in New York.

Occasionally, there are two good performers, and it is because the contract year is up, and they risked their lives for the sake of profit. Most of the rest of the Knicks players are just dawdling.

For example, when the Knicks signed Francis, someone publicly said in the newspaper, "The New York Knicks have harvested another big name that is not aggressive this time, but Dolan doesn't care about it."

"Dolan only cares about whether the first few rows of Madison Square Garden can be filled with stars and famous directors at each home court. As for what the fans are shouting, he probably can't hear it long ago."

Regardless of what Dolan thinks of this team, New York fans always hope that they can recreate the glory that the "Black Pearl" Monroe and Redd era brought to the Knicks.

It's just that the hopes of the fans and the real situation will always run counter to each other, and the Knicks are still sinking.

This season even ushered in two consecutive losses at the beginning of the season, and they all lost by big scores in away games.

The away loss to the Phoenix Suns may be justifiable, but when they lost to the rookie Bobcats in the nba, even Thomas couldn't find any reason to explain it.

And in that game, they fell behind almost from the first minute until the end of the game.

With a score of 95:75, Thomas couldn't even find an excuse. Losing to a rookie team was such an ugly loss. Naturally, the Knicks were met with ruthless criticism.

The local media in New York even bluntly pointed out that Thomas' ability to control the team has gone wrong, and no one can quell the chaos in the Knicks locker room.

Although the conflict between Marbury and Thomas has not been made public, everyone can see that Thomas doesn't like Marbury's current playing style, and he hopes that the opponent can take on the task of possession of the ball.

Don't let Marbury focus on the offense, but let him organize the offense. I really don't know what Thomas' change will do, but the other party has clearly expressed his dissatisfaction.

"I'm more suitable to play shooting guard, but I will also pass the ball to my teammates." Marbury may not have reached the point where he has to fight Thomas, but at the moment the two sides are already a bit antagonistic.

Now Thomas is already a bit battered, especially after losing to the Bobcats at home, he urgently needs a victory to get rid of the current predicament.

At least one victory at home, otherwise, the only thing waiting for him is the fate of dismissing get out of class immediately.

Dolan was not that patient, even if Thomas had a good personal relationship with him.

But in the face of the anger erupting from the entire New York fans, even if Dolan wants to keep Thomas, he has to consider the issue of home attendance.

Last season's 23 wins and 59 losses have made the Knicks a garbage team in the eyes of New York fans.

If this poor performance continues this season, not to mention the fans scolding, I am afraid that even Dolan himself will have to scold him.

The team, which cost nearly [-] million dollars to build, is playing like this. If they lose at home again, Dolan may really replace the entire lineup in one go.

It wasn't the first time Dolan had done this anyway, and now Thomas had to fight his back.

If there is really a three-game losing streak, counting the preseason games, the New York Knicks have almost lost ten games in a row. No one can stand this!

Just facing a group of Celtics who came to the door just after killing the Hornets, Thomas is also a little bit frightened now. He asks himself that he doesn't have the strength to bloodbath the New Orleans Hornets now.

The current Celtics team is not the last team in the league last season. Pierce scored more than 30 points in the first game, coupled with Jefferson's strong performance on the court.

Even Thomas sighed helplessly after watching the game video, if he had such two guys under him, maybe everything would be different, at least he wouldn't be as embarrassed as he is now.

The Knicks don't lack talent, they just lack a spirit, a spirit that doesn't want to lose to others.

But now Thomas can only bite the bullet and go straight forward, he has no way out.

And in an interview before the game, Thomas could only grit his back molars and said fiercely.

"Madison Square Garden is our home, so the Knicks will defend the dignity here, and now the team is running well, we have the ability to win the game here, the Celtics performed well in the first game, But this is not North Shore Gardens, this is our place."

Thomas was tough when he was interviewed, or at least it seemed that way at the time.

Looking at his imposing appearance, it seems that he is already sure to beat the Celtics at home, but the previous poor results made the New York media a little less confident in his declaration of war.

And Thomas' assistant is also analyzing the pros and cons of the Celtics' first game with the head coach.

"The Celtics killed the Hornets in the third quarter, so we should also pay attention not to make mistakes at this time point. Now Pierce's touch may be very hot."

"If there was a possibility of a deal, I'd really be willing to trade half the team for this guy."

Thomas has watched the video of the game twice, so he is deeply impressed by Pierce, the core role of the Celtics team, especially Pierce's ability to fight alone, which is even more amazing.

Although Pierce's statistics were good a season ago, his style of play was a bit depressed.

But now, any fan who watched the preseason and Game [-] can feel the guy's resurgence.

"Isiah, don't just pay attention to Pierce. The Hornets collapsed in the third quarter. The big Asian man is the key player. He tore the opponent's inside in the first 5 minutes."

The assistant coach reminded Thomas not to ignore the big guy who got West out.

"I've read his profile, a wild boy who was excavated from the streets of New York, he's nothing special, West's luck is not very good, and that kid broke the inside line of the Hornets because he was facing the same guy If a first-year rookie has been playing against West, I don’t think he will be able to take advantage of it. Don’t forget, our insiders are Lee and Curry, and they are very experienced.”

Although the assistant coach still tried to say something, Thomas still waved his hand vigorously, "I don't want to discuss what threat a rookie can bring at this time. I don't deny that he has performed well for a few minutes, but he didn't play well." Blame West, so even if he plays, Curry and David can deal with it, compared to this kid, I'm more worried about Pierce and Jefferson."

"Also pay attention to that kid named Rondo, he has good skills in organizing offense and defense, especially in passing, he is very talented, and his playing style is also very selfless."

Although refusing his assistant to talk about Chen Feng's problem, Thomas still pointed out Rondo's name. It may be because he is also a guard, Thomas is a little sensitive to Rondo.

"If Marbury can be like him, maybe I don't have to worry about it. I really don't know when this guy will learn to pass the ball selflessly instead of doing it alone every time he gets the ball!"

Thinking of these things that bother him, Thomas always feels like his chest is tightly pressed by something. If Francis and Marbury are as selfless as Rondo, maybe everything will be different.

As for the Asian bald boy, Thomas glanced at the picture on the TV screen again, and did not continue the topic of the insider, "How big a storm can a wild boy who comes out of the street cause?"

The stubbornness in Thomas' character made him froze the relationship between himself and the players, but what he didn't expect was that this kind of stubbornness would not only bring such harm...

While Thomas and his assistants were analyzing the Celtics' weaknesses, the group of big guys who killed from Boston were looking down at the night view of New York from the passenger plane.

This is the first road trip of the new season. If you want to conquer the East, start by conquering the Atlantic Division.

Sitting on the seat, Chen Feng looked at the extremely gorgeous city in the night, and stretched his body vigorously, "New York, I'm back again, but this time my battlefield is in Madison."

There may still be many people who don't know that the guy who killed the Quartet in Rock Park a few months ago has returned with great vigor, but this time he is going to kill the New York Knicks...

(First update, from today onwards, behave well and seek everyone's forgiveness, you must let me go!!!)