Tony Douglas, Larry Hughes, Danilo Gallinari, Jeffries, Millsap.
This time, Jeffries was also sent on by D'Antoni, mainly because the management wanted to trade away the bad contract Thomas left behind when he was in office.
Speaking of Jeffries, he has a very good personal relationship with Thomas, and since both of them are from Indiana University, they have long been looking forward to working together.
So when the Wizards offered a six-year, $33 million contract, Jeffries turned it down.
After the Pacers offered a five-year, $30 million contract, Jeffries also hoped that the Wizards would not respond and let him go. The Wizards finally did as he wished and allowed Jeffries to join Thomas.
The Knicks signed Jeffries with a five-year, $30 million contract. However, the Knicks had exceeded the luxury tax limit at that time and were destined to be fined a "one for one" penalty. In this way, the Knicks had to pay for him.
Spending 60 million yuan can be said to be a huge investment.
Due to injuries and lack of contribution, Jeffries spent more time on the court. When the Knicks already had Marbury, Francis, Crawford and Ah Q Richardson, Jeffries could still
What to do?
When Randolph joined in and the manager and coach led the players to make the locker room chaotic, how could Jeffries be in the mood to play well?
Over the years, his skills have not improved at all. In his best year with the Knicks, he averaged only 5 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist per game.
Jeffries has two years left on his contract with the Knicks, worth 12 million, and the Knicks hope to trade him to create salary space for 2010.
He was also activated by D'Antoni in December because the Knicks needed to trade him, so he needed good data.
After all, his contract only expires in the summer of 2011, and his salary next season will reach 6.9 million, which directly affects the Knicks' 2010 plan.
So why did they snatch him from the Wizards with a five-year, $30 million contract in 2006?
Oh, it turns out that it was the smart Thomas who did it. He spent 30 million to sign a guy who only scored 20 points in 2 of 490 games in his career.
There is another player who is particularly similar to Jeffries, who is also from the Knicks and was left with a bad contract from Thomas, Eddie Curry.
This person's character can be described by the word "lazy". He avoids anything that requires hard work. Relying on a slightly more correct defensive attitude and game concentration during the contract year, Eddie Curry successfully confused Thomas.
Then Thomas gave him a fat contract.
Originally, Eddie Curry was coached by Thomas in 2006. With his extraordinary offensive talent, he played more than a dozen good games and his statistics were also very good. But Thomas traded for the offensive black hole Randolph, and two fat guys competed for the offense.
Right, Eddie Curry is slightly behind in it, maybe he is too lazy to grab it.
Sit back and watch Randolph completely take away his offensive rights.
From then on, Eddie Curry was finally useless. The laziness in his bones finally made him no longer want to work hard to play.
Then, relying on the tens of millions of dollars per year contract given by Thomas and eating Haese every day, this guy now weighs 350 pounds, which is forty or fifty pounds heavier than O'Neal.
This weight makes it difficult to walk, let alone shelling.
However, no team in the league now wants this mascot. It can be said that the current Eddy Curry has no trading value.
Although the Knicks have replaced the bench lineup, under the leadership of Millsap, the Knicks' firepower has not diminished.
In the second quarter, the Knicks actually held down the Suns' substitute for a while.
Danilo Gallinari, in particular, hit three-pointers from the outside one after another and went inside, causing Lou Amundsen to foul.
At 7 minutes and 31 seconds, Alvin Gentry had no choice but to reintroduce Nash and replace Dragic.
Hill also replaced Richardson, who played 18 minutes.
Nash's appearance stabilized the Suns' offense and sent out assists one after another, assisting Grant Hill to score four points in a row.
The Suns, who chased four points in a row, also chased the score to 51-44.
The Suns also reduced the score to within 10 points again.
D'Antoni also waved to Lian Dao and Milicic.
Lian Dao replaced Larry Hughes and Milicic replaced Millsap.
As soon as Lian Dao came on the court, he hit a three-pointer from 45° outside the three-point line.
The next step was to steal Nash's pass to Grant Hill and assist Jeffries for a layup.
D'Antoni also told Lian Dao when he played to let Jeffries score as much as possible, otherwise Jeffries really doesn't have much trading value.
The same goes for Lian Dao, who constantly creates open opportunities for Jeffries and helps Jeffries get the cake.
In the second half of the second quarter, under the leadership of Lian Dao, the Knicks once again expanded their score advantage.
At halftime, the Knicks established a 17-point lead at 75:58.
In the third quarter, after all the main lineups were replaced, the Knicks also completely entered scoring mode.
Lian Dao, Chandler, and Millsap once again transformed into the Knicks' three-point team, hitting three-pointers from the outside one after another.
Throughout the third quarter, the Knicks shot a total of 19 three-pointers and hit 12.
The Suns were beaten by the Knicks and called two timeouts, but to no avail.
The whole Knicks team is hot, but they can't shoot from the outside.
After three quarters, the Knicks entered the fourth quarter leading the Suns by 34 points, 110-76.
In the fourth quarter, Alvin Gentry looked at the Knicks and sighed helplessly.
Put on the substitutes and declare surrender.
The Knicks also put on a bench lineup.
Alvin Gentry looked at Lian Dao sitting on the bench, his mouth watering.
He is particularly envious of D'Antoni now. When he was with the Suns, he had Nash and Stoudemire. He originally thought that he would have to lurk for two seasons after going to the New York Knicks.
Unexpectedly, the Knicks were so lucky to draft Lian Dao, who was dubbed by the media as a genius with no template.
Then this season the Knicks emerged strongly.
Although the newly rebuilt Knicks lineup is still immature, as long as it is slightly strengthened next season, it will definitely be a favorite team in the league playoffs, and may even become a favorite team to win the championship.
Not to mention Suns head coach Alvin Gentry, coaches from other teams also secretly cursed the Knicks for being so lucky.
At the same time, I also regret that they didn’t perform well last season, especially the Spurs. Popovich originally wanted to find a big player, but unfortunately he really didn’t have the heart to perform poorly last season, which resulted in them not only being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.
, and he also lost an opportunity to hug his thigh.
Seeing that Duncan's thigh is getting older and older, he can't wait to find a new one for himself.
And if we say the two most successful people in the league recently, they should be Donnie Walsh and James Dolan.
As the general manager of the Knicks, Donnie Walsh has been receiving trade requests from more teams recently. Although Donnie Walsh said that cheap rice is not for sale, there are still some teams that want to try their luck.
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Among them were Rudy Gayin and Gasol proposed by the Grizzlies, but they were directly rejected by Donnie Walsh.
James Dolan, the bitter owner of the Knicks for many years and the biggest punching bag of Knicks fans, unexpectedly received praise from Knicks fans this year.
In particular, James Dolan was browsing online comments while looking at his cigar. Lian Dao's outstanding performance also earned James Dolan unanimous praise.
Eight years, do you know how I spent these eight years? I was criticized every day and scolded every year, but finally I received praise from fans. It was not easy!
James Dolan's original idea of waiting for the news to pass before inviting Thomas in as an honorary manager was instantly extinguished.
What kind of Thomas, what kind of good friend, is it important to have the approval of Knicks fans?
Since accepting the Knicks, this is the only time James Dolan has felt a sense of accomplishment.
After all, choosing LianDao at that time was a matter of my own decision.
James Dolan also pays more and more attention to LianDao.
At the same time, he also affirmed Donnie Walsh's work and told Donnie Walsh that Lian Dao was not for sale by the Knicks.
Not only that, but we must completely rebuild with Lian Dao as the core, and ask more about Lian Dao's intention to cooperate with the reinforcement of players.
James Dolan's words also made Donnie Walsh wipe his hands in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he strongly rejected the offers from other teams, otherwise he would probably get out.
At the same time, Lian Dao's status has also been raised to a higher level in Donny Walsh's heart.
Of course, Lian Dao still doesn't know that he is valued by his boss.
He's now waving towels with players on the bench.
Although he doesn't play in garbage time, there is no lack of passion on the bench.
At the end of the game, the Knicks defeated the Phoenix Suns, who currently have the first record in the Western Conference, 126-99.
Ending their five-game winning streak, the Knicks also stopped their five-game losing streak.