As soon as the free market opened, the Knicks immediately announced the deal for Eddie Currie and Chris Wilcox in the first rotation——
"The Knicks completed the deal with the Thunder. They traded Eddie Curry, who has a $30 million contract for the next three years, plus the first round pick in 2012, from the Thunder for Chris Wilcox.
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For this transaction, Bill Simmons has a B grade.
"Being able to clean up Eddie Curry's super-long and super-large garbage contract is already very good, but after taking the first round in 2012, there is a big problem. The Knicks gave away too many players.
draft picks, this will become a hidden danger in the future."
Steve Mills contacted Kwame Brown, and after some negotiations, he completed a contract extension with a two-year, $19 million contract.
This 2-year, 19 million contract, with 10 million US dollars in the first year, fully guaranteed, and 9 million US dollars in the second year, only 2 million is guaranteed, as long as the Knicks waive Kwame before the trade deadline of the season -
Brown has only $2 million included in salary space.
In other words, the Knicks retained Kwame Brown with a two-year, $12 million contract.
Then came James Posey and Donnie Walsh, who took the lead in the negotiations without spending much energy and quickly reached a two-year, $10 million contract.
Immediately afterwards, it was officially announced to the outside world.
Bill Simmons spoke highly of this signing: "Obviously, the main theme in the Eastern Conference in the future will be the confrontation between the three top star wing players, Lin Yu, LeBron James, and Paul Pierce, while James Posey
The existence of such a top wing defensive player becomes quite important."
"The Knicks have undoubtedly made an outstanding signing. Now, they have three outstanding three-position players in Wilson Chandler, James Posey and Renaldo Backman. LeBron -
James and Paul Pierce are obviously going to feel a lot of pressure."
Bill Simmons mentioned Buckman.
The Knicks officially announced their deal with the Nuggets the next day.
"The Knicks completed the trade with the Nuggets. They sent Renaldo Backman and Marty Collins, and received Steven Hunter from the Nuggets, as well as two future second-round draft picks."
The deal went through some haggling, and the Nuggets originally wanted to trade their starting point guard Anthony Carter from last season for Backman.
But Lin Yu feels that they already have Lowry and Chalmers and there is not much need for point guards.
On the contrary, he feels that expiring contracts and draft picks are more important.
Steven Hunter had $3.8 million left in the last year of his contract. The Knicks initially asked for a first-rounder, then were counter-offered for a second-rounder, and finally settled for two second-rounders.
Therefore, this transaction is equivalent to the Knicks exchanging Backman and Marty Collins, who is completely a plus, in exchange for an expiring contract and two second-round picks.
Regarding this deal, Bill Simmons' question is: "Renewed Kwame Brown, kept Nazir, signed rookie DeAndre Jordan, but the Knicks got Steve through another trade.
Vin Hunter, why are they hoarding so many centers?"
Of course, the Knicks will not announce it to the outside world. They are preparing for a mid-season trade.
Counting Steven Hunter, the expiring contract that the Knicks can take out in the middle of the season has reached more than 20 million U.S. dollars, plus a 3 million U.S. dollar trade exception, and the return of Nazr Mohammed.
Considering the high-quality contract, a total of 30 million US dollars is enough even if Rasheed Wallace and the Sharks are taken over.
Basically, when the free market reaches this stage, the Knicks' key signings are over, and they only need to make minor repairs.
In the stage of minor repairs and repairs, Lin Yu played a very important role.
He made a call to Ricky Davis. This guy's contract with the Timberwolves had just expired. Due to personality issues and the problem of improving statistics with a bad team, he was in a stage where no one was paying attention.
To be precise, it's not that no one is interested, it's just that the quotes he got were all with basic salaries, such as those from the Clippers and Heat, just to try his luck. After all, last season, even if he was brushing up on statistics, Ricky Davis was
He averaged 13.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
As soon as Lin Yu's call came, Ricky Davis agreed without hesitation.
In this way, the Knicks completed their third signing in the free market, acquiring Ricky Davis with a minimum salary.
If Lin Yu's memory is correct, the fuel in Ricky Davis's tank can still last him for another season.
Bill Simmons still praised this signing:
"Originally, I was worried that the departure of Renaldo Backman would make the Knicks no longer have the advantage of wing depth, but now, the addition of Ricky Davis has solved this problem, and this guy is still
The Knicks are short of ball-handling spots, and next season, Hollins will have happy troubles in arranging wing players."
Lin Yu then contacted Donyer-Marshall.
He and Marshall had worked together for a while in the Cavaliers and were considered acquaintances.
Marshall has completely entered the end of his NBA career, averaging only 3.8 points per game last season. Basically, the new season will be his last.
Lin Yu chose to sign him for the Knicks just to fill the 15-man roster and add some tactical changes. After all, space-oriented fourth positions like Marshall are still very scarce in the current league.
The last signing was Donnie Walsh, who was joined by veteran point guard Anthony Johnson, who had worked with him in the Pacers.
At this point, the Knicks’ 15-man roster is filled——
Point Guard: Kyle Lowry, Mario Chalmers, Anthony Johnson
Shooting guard: Lin Yu, Shannon Brown,
Small forward: Wilson Chandler, James Posey, Ricky Davis
Power Forward: Zach Randolph, Chris Wilcox, Donyel Marshall
Center: Nazr Muhammad, DeAndre Jordan, Kwame Brown, Steven Hunter
Except for the shooting guard position, which has only one backup, the depth at other positions is optimistic.
At the point guard position, Lowry will be the starter. Chalmers' immediate ability is worthy of trust. Even Anthony Johnson, despite being 34 years old, still averaged 5.6 points and 3.8 assists per game last season, and 45.2 assists per game.
% three-point shooting percentage, although he didn't shoot many.
At the shooting guard position, with Lin Yu there, the substitute does not need to be too strong, a Shannon Brown is enough.
At the small forward position, Wilson Chandler will be the starter. He has been improving and his performance is getting better and better. James Posey will be the main rotation.
And Ricky Davis will not lack playing time. He will be the Knicks' substitute ball-handling point, playing as a substitute shooting guard most of the time.
This is why the Knicks are not worried at all when they only have one backup shooting guard: Ricky Davis can play as a guest at the second position.
At the power forward position, Randolph will be the starter, Wilcox will also get some playing time, Donyel Marshall will sit on the bench most of the time, and the playing time at this position will also be occupied by Posey and Will.
Chandler split some.
As for the center, Kwame Brown will be the main player and Nazr Mohammed will be the substitute. The rotation order is similar to last season.
Compared with last season, this lineup has obviously improved the depth of the bench. The only drawback is that they still lack a qualified starting center.
But with the depth of the bench, ball-handling points like Ricky Davis, and playmakers like Anthony Johnson, Lin Yu doesn't have to play so tired. This is the biggest improvement.
