Buddha's light illuminates NBA

Chapter 14 The Knicks' 15-man roster for the season, and the Flash who gave the coaching staff a headache

Before the start of the regular season, the New York Knicks finally determined their 15-man roster.

Center: Darko Milicic, Earl Baron, Eddie Curry (this guy needs to lose some weight first).

Forwards: David Lee, Jared Jeffries, Danilo Gallinari, Al Harrington, Marcus Landry, Patrick Ewing Jr.

Guards: Chris Duhon, Wilson Chandler, Nate Robinson, Larry Hughes, Tony Douglas, Ming Lu.

Tentative starting lineup: Darko Milicic, David Lee, Danilo Gallinari, Lu Ming, Chris Duhon
After the New Yorkers beat Isiah Thomas with sticks high, they welcomed Master-Lu triumphantly, but they found that the Knicks in front of them didn't seem much better than before?
However, after just six preseason games, the Knicks' regular season is not without something to look forward to.

For example, Danilo Gallinari, D'Antoni's nephew, showed his potential as a top shooter in his rookie season last year. After 28 games, he averaged 6.1 points per game and made 44.4% of his three-pointers.

In the preseason of this season, with Lu Ming starting, he averaged 8 shots per game and scored 12.5 points, which was extremely efficient.

So this season, he has the strength to compete for the title of top scorer.

Another example is David Lee.

Since being selected by the Knicks with the 05th overall pick in the first round of the 30 NBA Draft, in the past four seasons, his contribution to the team has improved visible to the naked eye.

Last season, he has been firmly established in the team's starting lineup and shot 54.9% of the field goals - more than 16% of which are mid-range shots. He averaged 11.7 points per game and grabbed [-] rebounds. He is more like a center than Eddie Curry.

Also in the preseason, in less than two quarters, he efficiently scored 18 points and 10 rebounds. For a power forward/center who doesn't like to take off very much, the sense of rebounding is really a bit scary.

Anything else is worrying.

For example, will Darko Milicic be just a flash in the pan?Going back to the sequence of human victory cigars and parallel imports?

Like Eddie Curry, a player who should have been the Knicks' X factor, will he suffer from various obesity syndromes again?
Finally, it was Lu Ming himself.

Although his performance in the preseason was enough to amaze Knicks fans, can he adapt to the intensity of the NBA's regular season, and can he lead the Knicks out of the quagmire as a core player in the 82-game regular season?
It's not that they don't believe it, it's that the Knicks' quagmire is too deep!

Of course, in addition to this, the Knicks are not without a little advantage.

At least after the arrival of Donnie Walsh, he quickly cleaned up the heavy assets left by the smiling assassin Isiah Thomas, and possibly during the season, shot Eddie Curry and Jared Jeffries. These two people can at least get Lu Ming a reliable helper.

The Knicks' center position, in their opinion, is too weak.

It is estimated that David Lee will have to play the center position for a long time.

ESPN predicts that the Knicks will have a record of 35 wins and 47 losses this season, only three more than last season.

Ranked fourth in the Atlantic Division and tenth in the East.

"ESPN is horrible! They only ranked us tenth?"

On the Knicks private jet to the Miami Heat, Darko Milicic, who had already dyed his yellow hair back, punched the newspaper with the ESPN report on the table, his face full of anger.

"It's already very good. It was second to last last season." Nate Robinson closed his eyes to rest, and did not open his eyes while speaking.

"Boss, ESPN doesn't take you seriously at all!" Milicic, who had been in the NBA for seven years and only learned the fun of the game with the help of Lu Ming, really couldn't tolerate ESPN's approach.

"Dako, it's useless to be angry." Lu Ming put down the newspaper, just smiled, and didn't correct him. He didn't know who he learned the Chinese boss pronunciation from.

"But it's really too much, boss!"

"When everyone is not optimistic about you, all you can do is to do your best, and then use your grades to slap him in the face!"

"Hmm!" Milicic swung his fist fiercely, making boxing movements.

Nate Robinson just opened his eyes, seeing this scene with a sneer on his face.

"It's really too much, Lu, I doubt their professionalism!" At this time, he picked up the newspaper and flipped through it twice, but he still didn't find Tony Douglas whose name was mentioned by ESPN. He was a little unhappy.

At least, it should be predicted that he will become the Knicks' back line defense gate, right?

Didn't even mention a word?

unacceptable!

When Lu Ming heard his complaint, he just smiled, and then saw D'Antoni, who was sitting in the back of the coaching staff, discussing something in a low voice with the chief assistant Kenny Atkinson.

The plane is very stable in the stratosphere.

Lu Ming unbuckled his seat belt and walked over gently.

"Lu, you didn't rest for a while?" Kenny Atkinson knew Lu Ming better than D'Antoni.

"Everyone is looking forward to the first game of the regular season." Lu Ming sat next to Atkinson and glanced at what the two were discussing.

It was originally studying the opponent.

D'Antoni drew several circles where D-Wade was written, with a sad expression on his face.

He glanced at Lu Ming, then lowered his head again, and repeatedly tapped the pen on the place where D-wade was written.

Dwyane Wade, who just won the league's scoring title last season, is known as the Flash who is five centimeters shorter than Jordan. He is the core of the Heat and the arrow of the offensive system.

Any team will have a headache defending him against the Heat.

Wade is extremely capable one-on-one. Although his height is short for a shooting guard, he has obvious advantages in confrontation.The upper limbs are very strong, the start is fast, and the breakthrough is extremely sharp. It belongs to the top of the league. After the first step, more than [-]% of the opponents in the league are already behind.

He is not afraid of speed guards, such as Chris Duhon and Nate Robinson, because he is not as strong as him, and he is not afraid of tall guards, because he is not as fast as him.

Lu Ming is not as fast as him.

"Lu, what do you think about facing Wade?" Atkinson saw D'Antoni's embarrassment when he wanted to ask but couldn't ask, and asked Lu Ming with a smile.

Well, they are all shooting guards. Lu Ming is indeed likely to face Wade many times in the game.

But, more, it should be about letting the point guard guard him.

Although you still can't guard against it, after all, there are some people that you can guard against if you don't want to.Therefore, for Atkinson's question, Lu Ming could only shake his head.

"If we don't get rid of Wade, it will be difficult for us to win this game."

D'Antoni put down his pen, raised his head and said seriously, "Since the preseason, the team's morale has actually been much better than last season. Especially players like Darko, they are too eager to prove themselves in the regular season. If they lose in the first game, Lu will actually be very unfavorable to the team."

Lu Ming nodded, agreeing with D'Antoni's point of view.

As a mage with a thorough understanding of human nature in his previous life, he could see that Milicic was the only one in the team who most wanted to prove himself.

At the same time, he wants to prove himself too much, and these days, the team and himself have given him too much hope, so his whole body is too tense.

If the first battle fails, the blow to him will be unprecedented.

As his only real younger brother in the current team, Lu Ming cannot let this happen.

"Wade's words, although we can't defend against them, doesn't that mean that the Heat are invincible?" Lu Ming said, pointing to the four letters of the Heat on the tactical board.

"Huh?" Atkinson frowned.

"Lu, you mean?" D'Antoni's eyes lit up.

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