The older superstars of the NBA

The New York Knicks' trading plan went very smoothly. After announcing the signing of Zhao Feiyang, they became one of the league's favorite teams in the playoffs. Regardless of whether Zhao Feiyang is suspected or not, it is an undeniable fact that he once led the Timberwolves to win the championship.

Now that the Knicks have poached three core players from the Timberwolves, this lineup is enough to ensure that the Knicks easily enter the playoffs.

After cleaning up the team's various crappy contracts, the current Knicks team is simply perfect.

In addition to Zhao Feiyang's starting lineup, the team also has organizational guards like Jeremy Lin on the bench, as well as Dennis Smith Jr., Kevin Knox, Noah Vonleh and Danian Dotson. With players such as Mitchell Robinson.

Although these names are not very famous, most of them are young players, and occasionally some are a little older and are in their prime.

A group of veterans with championship experience lead a group of young role players. No matter how you look at this lineup, it is worth looking forward to.

More importantly, the annual salaries of these players are not high, basically hovering around two to three million. There's no pressure at all for the Knicks.

Precisely because of the team's abundant salary space, as the offseason is coming to an end, they have caught another big fish from the free market. This time, the person attracted is not an ordinary player, but a player who has just joined the Los Angeles Clippers. DeAndre Jordan ends his contract.

At this time, Jordan was only 30 years old and at his peak. Last season he averaged 12 points and 15.2 rebounds per game with the Clippers.

For the Knicks, such an inside player is exactly what they need. Even if Cousins ​​and others are unable to perform well, at least Jordan will be able to take his place.

Perhaps putting Jordan in the main lineup and Cousins ​​in the second lineup are all options that can be considered.

As a result, the Knicks quickly announced that they had signed a one-year 2200 million contract with Jordan.

At this point, the Knicks' roster for the new season has been finalized.

For all these changes, the happiest people are New York fans. They have been waiting for such a long time. They have been expecting the team to reach the Eastern Conference Finals since Carmelo Anthony was here, and now they can finally see some hope.

Many New York fans left messages on the Knicks' official website to express their expectations for the new season.

"I don't dare to expect the team to win the championship right away, but at least it can reach the Eastern Conference finals, right? Now it seems that our lineup should not have a big problem entering the Eastern Conference finals..."

"You guys are too greedy! I'm afraid the Eastern Conference finals won't be that easy. I just hope that the team can enter the semifinals! It doesn't matter if you take it step by step, at least we can win a championship within two or three years... ..."

"It looks like New York is finally going to become a super team again after decades..."

Amid the expectations of countless fans, the offseason is finally over.

nba preseason is here.

As usual, the NBA deliberately moved preseason games to other countries in order to better promote the game. The Knicks didn't have this opportunity in the past, but it's different now. With two yellow-skinned players, they are undoubtedly the most suitable candidates to go to China.

So, amid the expectations of countless Chinese fans, NBA officials finally made a decision.

"The Knicks will go to Asia for preseason activities in two days. The officials have arranged two games for them, one in Kimchi Country and one in Island Country..."

When this official announcement came out, Chinese fans were dumbfounded. They thought the Knicks would definitely come to China, but they didn't expect that they ended up going to two other places.

Although the Los Angeles Lakers were also sent to China to participate in the "China Tour" preseason activities, there are still many fans who are not willing to pay for it.

"Holy crap! What are you doing? Zhao Feiyang won't come back?"

"Are you cheating? I was planning to buy a ticket, but neither Zhao Feiyang nor Jeremy Lin came... What else is there to see?"

"Although I have watched many games of Zhao Feiyang, this time I really want to watch the Knicks... I really want to know what kind of performance they can perform in the new season... ...Whether it can meet my expectations..."

Huaxia fans protested.

Unfortunately, the officials had already made arrangements for the itinerary and communicated with the local organizers, so the fans' protests had to be given up in the end.

In this way, the Knicks quickly traveled to the island country to prepare for the competition.

This time, officials specially sent the Washington Wizards to the island nation.

The reason is very simple. The Wizards have just selected a mixed-race player from the island country. This person's name is Rui Hachimura, and he is quite famous in the island country.

Hachimura's father is from Benin and his mother is from Japan. My father is an artist and has his own business, and is considered an elite. My mother is a middle school teacher, and her family is relatively well off.

Contrary to previous public speculation, Hachimura's parents did not inherit any sports talent from his parents.

His talent seems to be innate. When he participated in the Toyama Prefectural Games in the fifth grade of elementary school, he broke the county record in the 100-meter track and field track and field. Later, he also participated in the national elementary school student track and field competition in the island country.

When his peers were of normal height, Hachimura grew to over 2 meters early, thus officially starting his basketball career.

In his first year of high school, he entered Mingcheng High School, which has a strong college basketball team, and soon became the main force of the team. He led the high school team to win the Island College League Championship that year, and scored 32 points in the final.

In the following two years, Mingcheng University won the championship for two consecutive years.

By 2014, Hachimura participated in the U17 World Youth Championship and scored 25 points against the United States. He was also elected as the World Youth Championship scoring champion with an average of 22.6 points per game.

In 2016, Hachimura officially decided to go to college in the United States and officially had the idea of ​​​​entering the NBA to play.

Soon, he joined the NCAA Gonzaga University.

In 2017, he helped Gonzaga University reach the NCAA finals and finish second. He also officially became the first Asian player in history to enter the NCAA finals.

Such a resume is certainly unusual for the always weak island nation basketball. Even if there are always a group of people in the island nation who are very dissatisfied with Hachimura's mixed-race identity and even ridicule and insult him, it cannot be denied that the island nation basketball has a great influence on him. enthusiasm.

It is precisely with this in mind that the NBA decided to have the Knicks and Wizards play a warm-up match in the island country, which not only satisfies the expectations of the island country fans, but also takes the opportunity to promote and sell NBA peripheral products.

Game day is coming soon.

On the first day of the new season, the Knicks players finally officially gathered together for the first time. Before the game in the evening, the core players headed by Zhao Feiyang appeared in the locker room of the arena.