Chapter 100 D'Antoni Joins the Knicks

The same Craig Sager who was always a little bit on him published another article titled "Suns, made a stupid choice!"

He said in the article: "Give up the best rookie, a promising inside player, a future All-Star, a future Hall of Fame superstar, and choose an undrafted pick with almost no scoring ability. Colangelo is crazy! He must Will ruin the Suns. The Suns locker room will be the messiest locker room in the league, no doubt about it!"

Likewise, Kristen Laidlow, probably bought by Bill Duffy, posted an article titled: "An Inside Monster Is Born, and He Will Be King of the Paint!"

He said in the article: "Going into the sixth game in the league, he grabbed 28 rebounds, which is the most rebounds in a single game this season, and it is also the most offensive rebounds in a single game this season.

Do you know what is the highest number of rebounds in a single game by Big Ben? In the 2000-01 season, he scored 28 rebounds against the Raptors.

And more importantly, this is not the performance of the hammer highlight.

He played 6 games this season, averaging 23.8 minutes per game, scoring 5.8 points, 14.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 3 blocks, 3.3 steals, 0.3 turnovers and 1.2 fouls.

Look at this data, do you know what it means?

He has almost no turnovers, and he doesn't give free throws a chance.

His steals currently rank first in the league, and he is a center, not a guard. Ranked second is Baron Davis, the data is 2.4 times.

His blocked shots are currently ranked second in the league, second only to Leo Ratliff's 3.6 times, which he just defeated.

Look at the rebounds, this is the most important. Well, the league is first, and Garnett is second, with a data of 13.9.

But pay attention to his average playing time. If he averaged 35 minutes or more per game, how terrible will he play?

So, don't dwell on his scoring.

My opinion is that even if he averages zero eggs per game, he will still become a superstar on the defensive end of the league, even a superstar.

The last thing I want to say is that as a defensive player, the playoffs will be his paradise. "

"Haha, do you know? Now I want to know how much Duffy paid him?" After reading the article, Li Ba laughed loudly.

"Tsk tsk, first in steals and rebounds, second in blocks, Li Ba, you are too strong!" Chen Hong praised excitedly.

"Haha, don't worry, I will take the first place in blocks and rebounds. This season, my personal honor goal is DPOY and all individual defensive data kings."

Li Ba laughed.

Although Li Ba seemed a little brash, Chen Hong became more and more excited the more he heard it, and asked, "Can I report what you said?"

Although they lived together, they had agreed in advance that they could not write indiscriminately, such as Li Ba's fly-catching training, which is still unknown to the outside world, so he would ask Li Ba in advance about what he could write.

"I usually talk less and do more. You can write after half of the competition schedule." Li Ba said "modestly".

"Alright." Chen Hong said.

After lunch and recovery training in the afternoon, Li Ba went to the team training ground ahead of time to do some strength training and pace movement training.

Outside headquarters, he met agent Bill Duffy, who had just arrived in Phoenix.

Taking Duffy into the headquarters, Li Ba told Duffy what he wanted to know along the way, and the latter was a little dumbfounded.

"You said the team recognized you?" Duffy asked.

"I still have to use my strength to prove that I can." Li Ba said modestly.

"Haha!" Duffy laughed heartily twice.

Then Duffy went to communicate with the management, and Li Ba continued his training.

He was the only one on the training ground, and no one else came in advance. The training was all voluntary.

The so-called iron-clad soldiers, now the Suns players, as Stoudemire is about to be traded, some of them will definitely leave.

He didn't do any strength training for big sports, just half an hour of jogging, one hour of bottom line recovery running training, one hour of 40-yard sprint training, one hour of flexibility training, one hour of defensive skills training, half an hour of Free throw drills.

At three o'clock, the league announced a news, and the list of candidates for this season's All-Star was announced.

Bill Duffy came over and told him the Suns had recommended him.

"And your teammates Marbury and Marion have entered the list of candidates. After the voting starts next month, you can figure it out." Duffy said.

"I will canvass for them, there is no doubt about it." Li Ba laughed.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, others came.

Marbury and Marion have already known the news of being selected as All-Star candidates, and they are very happy.

"What do you want to say?"

Li Ba smiled when he saw the look on their faces that I wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

"Hammer, your country has a lot of people, so please canvass for us." Marbury said with a smile, and Marion nodded beside him.

"Don't worry, you guys will be in the All-Stars, we will try to start." Li Ba said.

"Oh, that's great!" Marion and Marbury exclaimed excitedly.

In the following training, Li Ba began to do shooting training, as well as observing other people's shooting parabolas and the rules of rebounding.

But Frank didn't come to the training ground until five o'clock in the afternoon, bringing the big news that Stoudemire was officially on the shelves.

"confirmed?"

Penny said in surprise.

"Yes. In addition, Mike went to the Knicks, he will be the new head coach of the Knicks." Frank said seriously.

"Will Mike take Amare to the Knicks?" Marbury said.

He is a New Yorker, and that is his hometown team. He once thought about being selected by New York, but unfortunately he did not achieve this wish.

"It's possible. Colangelo promised Amare to try his best to let him go to a team he wants to go to. But everything depends on the bargaining chips in the deal. Our needs come first." Frank said.

Other players also gathered around, including Penny.

This transaction is likely to involve some of them, and everyone knows it.

"Frank, do you know the specific situation?" Penny asked.

Frank hesitated, and said: "Not so fast, the Knicks don't have the players we want too much."

Nodding, Penny felt that he might be involved.

The Hammer is only a 1+1 contract with the team option in the second year. Of course, the Suns will implement the contract, but they also need to prepare for the contract renewal in the following year to expand the salary space.

Moreover, if the team wants to introduce a good power forward to make up for Stoudemire's position, it also needs salary space.

But Stoudemire is still on a rookie contract salary, and there is not much space, so his big contract may need to be cleaned up.

He took a look at Tom. He still has two seasons of contract, so he probably won't be able to escape. The Suns don't need to keep him. Even if you don't get traded this time, you won't be able to run away next time.

"Stephen, do you think D'Antoni will take you to New York?" Li Ba joked while watching Marbury shoot.

"boom!"

Marbury threw a ball on the backboard, glared at Li Ba angrily and said, "He's crazy, I'm not the type of point guard he likes."

"Do you know which type of point guard he likes? Gloves? Kidd?" Li Ba said.

"I don't know, I have a bad relationship with him and have no communication." Marbury said.