basketball kingdom

Chapter 76 The Big Apple
Founded in 1946, the New York Knicks were one of the first eleven teams to join the NBA and have won two championships in team history.This team has a long history in New York, and has always played its home games in this city since its inception.

After a long period of precipitation, Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks, is not only famous in the history of basketball, but also spans the fields of boxing and music, becoming one of the cultural symbols of the United States.Therefore, Americans seldom say the full name of Madison Square Garden, they simply call it "MSG" or "Garden".

Although the Knicks are a wealthy team, it does not have many iconic stars. Only three people in the long team history are qualified to represent this team.

Willis Reid and Walter Frazier were Knicks stars in ancient times. They led the team to help the team win the only two championship trophies, which is enough to be the iconic star in team history.

But to say that the Knicks' most well-known star still belongs to Patrick Ewing.

Ewing is one of the four major centers in the NBA90s, and his career is full of tragedies.He has only won one championship in his basketball career, and this championship came from the NCAA.

Ewing represented Georgetown University in the NCAA for four years, reaching the finals three times, but only won the championship in 1984.At that time, Georgetown University defeated the University of Houston led by Olajuwon and "Glider" Drexler in the final and won the championship that year.

In the 1985-86 season, the New York Knicks used the No. [-] pick to pick Patrick Ewing of Georgetown University and included this talented star under their command.

Ewing spent 15 seasons with the Knicks, during which he reached the Finals twice, but both ended in failure, and ultimately failed to win the coveted championship trophy for the Knicks. In the 00-01 season, Ewing left for Seattle.

That year, the Knicks made it to the playoffs [-] times in a row, but were eliminated by the Raptors in the first round. Since then, the Knicks have been in a slump.

01-10年这段时间，尼克斯经历了漫长的低潮期，期间只在03-04赛季打进过季后赛。直到10-11赛季，安东尼和昌西·比卢普斯的到来才终结了连续五年不进季后赛的境况。

In the 11-12 season, the Knicks had a bad start and faced injuries. Jeremy Lin stepped out of the bench at a critical moment.Starting from the game against the Nets, he scored 20+ in five consecutive games and led the team to seven consecutive victories.

At that time, Jeremy Lin was a marginal player on the team. Coupled with the situation that he was about to be waived, the salary he received was not enough to pay the rent. The night before his crazy performance, he still slept on the sofa at the house of his teammate Landry Fields.

Jeremy Lin's identity as a Chinese American and the background of the Jedi's counterattack magnified his performance, creating the "Linsanity" phenomenon that was all the rage.

After the 12th season, the Knicks encouraged Jeremy Lin to seek other teams to offer him a contract.Rockets manager Darrell Morey offered him a contract with an annual salary of 500 million and 522.5 million in the first two years, and a contract with an annual salary of up to 1480 million in the third year, forcing the Knicks to give up the match.

Jeremy Lin had to accept the reality of leaving Houston, announcing the end of Lin's crazy period.

In the following seasons, the Knicks' record returned to a tepid state.

The situation intensified last season, with a record of 17 wins and 65 losses in the regular season, ranking at the end of the Eastern Conference.The bad record brought another kind of good news to the Knicks-they got the No. 4 pick in the first round.

Knicks president Phil Jackson used this pick to win center Kristaps Porzingis from Latvia against all odds.

Although Porzingis' performance since the start of the game has not reached the level of Xu Tian and Downs, his physical talent has been fully revealed, giving New York fans a long-lost hope.

With the sudden emergence of Porzingis, Anthony's position in the team has become a little embarrassing, so that in recent games, the smile on his face has been much less.

The head coach of the Knicks, Derek Fisher, besides being able to pick up Matt Barnes' ex-wife, really can't see the ability to coach, let alone deal with the emotions of the players, so he has to let the players handle it by themselves.

Anthony called Kobe early this morning, and the two met at the food center on Madison Square Street to discuss his recent troubles and Kobe's decision to retire.

Alice did not go back to Boston, but took the opportunity of coming to New York to take a boat to visit the Statue of Liberty.

Xu Tian was soaking in the Knicks' training hall, conducting boring routine training.

Both Curry and James were in an extremely hot state at the beginning of the regular season, which put a lot of pressure on Xu Tian and forced him to work harder.

Nick Young asked Scott in the locker room last night to cancel today's training plan, so there is only meritorious trainer Gary Vitti in the training hall except Xu Tian.

Gary Vitti is responsible for helping Xu Tian pass the ball and defend, and at the same time point out his minor flaws in offensive skills.

Xu Tian focused on the details, quickly absorbed the points that Gary Vitti gave him, and steadily carried out targeted training.

Although Clarkson marveled at the beautiful scenery of New York, he just walked around Central Park before returning to the training hall after the tour.

Nick Young didn't pay much attention to the training, so he went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to visit in the morning when there was no one there.

Hibbert's performance last night was not bad, and he was in a good mood today. He went to Times Square with Louis Williams.

Pelinka sat in the Magician's office, with him and Magic and scouting executive Jesse Buss.

Pelinka said first: "Although the Nuggets agreed to our inquiry for Nurkic, they rejected my offer for Huertas, Clarkson and the second-round pick."

While listening to Pelinka's words carefully, the magician crossed his hands and fingers together, and waited until his voice fell and said: "Is there any other team that can quickly get a center?"

Jesse Bass didn't know what to say, so he simply watched the conversation between the two quietly.

Pelinka recalled for a moment, hesitantly said: "The Mavericks mentioned a deal, they want to use JaVale McGee, Deron Williams and some draft picks, and exchange Jordan Clarkson and Knicks from us. Yang."

Jesse Bass finally found an opportunity and said: "Javier is a center with a basic salary, and Deron is no longer at the All-Star level of the year. I don't think this deal is feasible."

The magician nodded in agreement with what Jesse Buss said, and said: "Rob, Jesse, you two work harder and see if other teams have a center with a good price/performance ratio."

Pelinka and Jesse Bass heard the words of the magician and knew that the temporary meeting was declared over. They quickly walked out of the magician's office and returned to their own offices to continue their work.

Fans in the food court took photos of the meeting between Kobe and Anthony, and soon spread the video on the Internet, triggering heated discussions among reddit netizens.

The Knicks fans are very real, and they all expressed the hope that Kobe will take Anthony away and give Porzingis the best growth environment.

Lakers fans said that the team already has Xu Tian, ​​and no longer needs a star who is not good at defense and occupies the ball. They also said that the team has no salary space to accept Anthony's big contract.

Knicks fans quickly switched targets, criticizing Phil Jackson for not giving Anthony a maximum salary contract, which blocked the salary space, and now he can't even sign in.

While netizens were discussing in full swing, Anthony and Kobe were still enjoying delicious food and exchanging basketball experience at the same time.Kobe gave his suggestion to let Anthony focus on the present and not be influenced by outside rumors.

At sunset, Gary Vitti drove Xu Tian and Clarkson, who had finished training, to the famous food city to meet the teammates who had arrived there earlier.

Scott's situation is much better than last season. In order to further strengthen the cohesion of the team, he pays for the players to eat out of his own pocket.

Xu Tian has already taken control of the team, and with a good start record, the overall atmosphere of the dinner is very good.

Hibbert drank a few more glasses of wine, became lively, and hooked up with Nick Yang to discuss which nightclub to go to after dinner to have a good time.

After dinner, Xu Tian did not go to the nightclub with his teammates, but met Alice in Times Square and continued shopping with her.

Most of the New York fans watched the game between the Lakers and the Nets last night and were deeply impressed by Xu Tian's performance. Therefore, he was recognized by many people, and shopping quickly turned into a group photo session.

Alice is very sensible, standing by the side rather low-key, watching Xu Tian take a photo with the fans with a smile on her face.

American law prohibits guns, and it is not safe to go outside after nightfall. Therefore, after Xu Tian and Alice came out of the store in Times Square, they took a taxi directly back to the hotel where the Lakers stayed.

Clarkson turned on his phone while drinking in a nightclub, and the tweets he saw made him feel bad.

Woj posted two tweets not long ago, the contents of which were the trading plans proposed by the Lakers to the Nuggets and the Mavericks to the Lakers.

Unsurprisingly, Clarkson was included in the two trade plans, which made him half sober.

Nick Yang saw Clarkson staring at the phone and said, "Brother, this is a nightclub, don't keep looking at your phone. If you really feel bored, you can ask a girl to accompany you."

Hibbert hugged the beauty sitting in his arms a little tighter, held the wine glass in his right hand and said in agreement: "That's right! The nightclubs in New York are not worse than those in Los Angeles and Miami, and the girls here are of better quality, so you should enjoy them to the fullest." , I will talk about the troublesome things after enjoying it."

Clarkson was a little moved by Hibbert's words, put his phone back in his pocket, and took a glass of cocktail from the beautiful woman accompanying him and drank it.

Nick Yang had a great time, took out a few large dollar bills from his wallet, and stuffed them into the bikini worn by the beauty accompanying the wine.

Xu Tian was not as chic as his teammates. He sat on a chair in the hotel, and the video of Kobe and Jordan was playing on the computer in front of him.

(End of this chapter)