When the bell rang in the early hours of July 1st, Black Dolan walked out of the car on the roadside, picked up his suitcase, straightened his tie, and walked towards the house opposite.
This is Charlie Ward's home in New York. Ever since this loyal veteran was drafted by the Knicks in 1994, he has made his home here.
As an unwritten rule, in order to show respect or attention to a certain player, in the early morning of the first day when the offseason trade market opens, the team's managers will appear outside their homes with contracts and ring the doorbell.
, sign the contract.
For Blake Dolan, Charlie Ward has contributed everything to the Knicks. The only thing he can do now is to give him a superficial respect, because in the box is the cheap five-year 1,500
Thousands of contracts.
When he rang the doorbell, it took a long time for Charlie Ward to appear in his pajamas. Seeing Black Dolan outside the door, Charlie Ward felt a little dizzy:
"Blake, you got lost on the streets of New York late at night?"
Blake Dolan raised the suitcase in his hand: "I'm here to sign a contract with you. Aren't all those managers like this? Showing up at the player's doorstep with a contract at twelve o'clock in the morning?"
Charlie Ward opened the door, a little surprised, then shook his head and turned around and walked inside: "That's a privilege only those big-name players have. You don't have to do it because I was frozen into frozen chicken. It's very cold outside. What do you want to drink? It seems.
Only coffee.”
"In my mind, you are no different from those big-name players, Charlie." Blake Dolan said with a smile while sitting on the sofa.
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When the door to the trading market was completely opened, everyone saw the methods of the Knicks' young careerists.
Almost on opening day, the New York Knicks sent Corelence Witherspoon to the Los Angeles Clippers, and the return was only a 2005 second-round pick and a 5.5 million trade exception.
They sent a forward who averaged 7+7 per game to the West, but they didn't care about the return at all!
People immediately linked the draft trade between the Clippers and the Knicks a few days ago. Unexpectedly, it was no wonder that Bulls manager John Paxson complained about the internal trade between the two teams. This is simply the draft between the Knicks and the Clippers.
The interception killed the Bulls.
But this trade prevents the league from making any penalties at all, because it complies with all rules. The Clippers' salary allows them to get Corelence Witherspoon almost for free, and the New York Knicks can also release salary pressure. All we can say is
The Knicks cleverly stole a trade exception.
Just before experts from ESPN and NBA could write a few words of praise for the young Knicks, the Knicks had already started their second trade.
Last season, the Knicks' starting power forward, Kurt Thomas, and backup center Michael Doriak were sent to the Houston Rockets for center Kevin Cato and power forward Eddie Griffin.
As a result, those experts who were still preparing to write words of praise immediately changed their tune and believed that Blake Dolan's trading of Kurt Thomas simply to release salary tax avoidance was a foolish act. Without the tough Kurt Thomas inside, the Knicks will become the leader of any team in the league.
The bedroom of a team's interior player.
Knicks fans are obviously dissatisfied with the team's move to trade Kurt Thomas. In their view, if there is no Kurt Thomas, who will compete with Shaquille O'Neal next season? Kurt Thomas is the only face in the league
One of the players who can face O'Neal head-on. There are not many players who work so hard and are willing to do heavy work.
But the Knicks' trade was obviously not over yet. Just when the team's rookies were playing in the Las Vegas Summer League, they made another three-party trade, and the Portland Trail Blazers sent Scottie Pippen and Antonio Daniels.
, the Sacramento Kings sent Martin Cliffs and Gerald Wallace, while the Knicks sent starting point guard Ellis Howard and small forward Shanton Anderson, as well as two 2005 draft picks.…
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The final result of this three-way transaction is that the Trail Blazers received Martin Cliffs and the Knicks' 2005 lottery-protected first-round pick, and the Kings received Antonio Daniels and the Knicks' 2005 second-round pick.
The team acquired Scottie Pippen and Gerald Wallace.
As soon as this deal came out, everyone thought the Knicks were crazy. Do they want to buy out Scottie Pippen's last year of his contract worth US$12 million? New York fans have already begun to show up outside the club with banners and signal.
Blake Dolan gets out of the Knicks!
The Knicks' most important trade came amid a storm of anger. The Knicks sent Sprewell, the creator of the Black Eight Miracle and New Yorkers' favorite Knicks player, to the distant Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.
team, acquiring Jazz center Greg Ostertag and a 4.8 million trade exception.
After the news that the Jazz acquired Sprewell, Karl Malone, who had expressed his frustration in front of the media several times, immediately changed his face and was willing to continue working hard for the Utah Jazz to win the championship. The entire league was disappointed with the Knicks.
This move expressed shock. They almost did whatever it took to clear their salary. They sent an All-Star player directly to the West, so that the aging duo of the Utah Jazz received strong reinforcements! It was like giving the Utah Jazz a shot in the arm.
Needle!
In New York, countless fans have appeared outside the Knicks club, holding banners with words like idiots and dismissed.
Stimulated by this trade news, the other two Knicks news seemed inconspicuous. The New York Knicks signed 21-year-old point guard Jose Calderon, who previously played for the Spanish club Tau Ceramics.
9 million for three years, with an annual salary of 2.5 million in the first year.
The second item is that the New York Knicks offered Stephen Jackson a four-year, $12.5 million contract. The Atlanta Hawks did not match it. Stephen Jackson is about to pass to the Knicks uniform, and the first year of the contract will be paid $2.5 million.
After several transactions, those NBA experts discovered that the Knicks team had been purged of most of their players by these transactions, especially after Sprewell's salary of 13.5 million this season was cleared, plus the acquisition of
With the two special trading cases, the Knicks' bloated salary last season was effectively released!
After this series of purges, the Knicks' current lineup has been streamlined a lot. Most importantly, the age of the entire team has been reduced from the previous 28 to 25. They look younger, just like the team's main player.
Same goes for coach Blake Dolan.
Center: Kevin Cato, Greg Ostertag
Power Forward: Eddie Griffin Osela Harrington
Small Forward: Scottie Pippen, Gerald Wallace, Luke Walton
Shooting Guard: Alan Houston Stephen Jackson
Point Guard: Charlie Wardcock-Hinrichmo Williams, Jose Calderon
On July 23, except for Alan Houston, Osela Harrington and Charlie Ward, almost all the remaining Knicks players attended the new aid conference held by the Knicks. There were as many as ten players' new aid conference.
This is the first time in NBA history.
At the press conference, Blake Dolan and Sam Presti were all smiles, not caring that when they walked into the press conference, the New York fans outside the stadium held up banners that read "Go to hell! Idiots!"
"We are on the right track." Blake Dolan said at the press conference.
(Going crazy, I overturned it four times, and the next thing I wrote was still this pile of shit. A cold is a huge torture for coders. Fortunately, these transactions don’t look so bad, and everything is not what other team managers think.
Such an idiot, I would like to express my special thanks to Cup Children's Shoes. These transactions have helped me a lot, and I guess this guy has dark circles under his eyes now. Cup, who is eating American rice and I have jet lag, yet he has to help me look up information, including various information in 2003.
Players’ annual salary, including statistics, etc. Although we are old friends, I still want to thank you for your hard work, cup boy shoes.)
