After the Christmas ga, the Knicks only had two gas left to play in 1997.
New York fans are still in a state of self excitent.
Every victory over Michael Jordan will set off a new round of loan frenzy.
Before the playoffs, the championship has already belonged to New York!
After easily defeating the Raptors who were diving for the No. 1 pick, the Knicks won a big away win over the Magic on the evening of the 30th.
Anfernee Hardaway was still injured.
From then on, the 1997 schedule was all over.
After flying back to New York overnight, Lee could spend his 20th birthday peacefully at ho.
Not long ago, the Knicks celebrated Charles Oakley's 34th birthday, but the old man still failed to get a contract.
Grunfeld believed that Oakley had begun to decline.
Although this operation is a bit ruthless, if we only look at Excel, Oakley's performance is indeed not as efficient as last season.
The chain reaction of Ewing's injury is that the team needs Oakley to participate more in defense and fight for rebounds more.
Too much energy was consud on the defensive end, and on the offensive end, Oakley had a diocre touch in many gas and missed all his mid range and long-range jump shots.
It is difficult to evaluate the Knicks' choice.
Giving a big contract to a 34-year-old short center does involve a lot of risks, but it is more because the owner will be completely replaced in two years.
Everyone on the Knicks team knew that Charles Dolan's good son was an out-and-out playboy.
He inherited his father's business and the team was just a transfer.
To make his statent to this person, Grunfeld did the sa thing as all the general managers in the league - save money.
The Knicks, located in New York and never having trouble selling tickets, are actually very rich, but how the new owner builds the team is not up to the general manager.
Regardless of the internal situation, the Knicks finally finished perfectly, with 26 wins and 3 losses, leading the league!
Oakley still failed to reach a contract extension with the team, which made the old guy very dissatisfied.
With Ewing absent, he even played a defensive performance, but the managent remained indifferent.
Including this season, the old guy has played for the Knicks for 10 years, during which ti his salary was not much.
In Oakley's opinion, a big contract at the end of his career is what he deserves!
Lee did not choose to have a very ostentatious birthday party.
Ewing is seriously injured, the future of several veterans is uncertain, and he is destined to get a big contract, so it is inevitable that he will be criticized.
"While the Knicks have achieved an amazing record, whether they can go further in the playoffs depends on whether Ewing can recover in ti."
"We can see that the Knicks' rebounding has problems after Ewing was injured. In the playoffs, this problem will be magnified!"
"No one will let go of such a flaw. In the high-intensity defensive playoffs, once the efficiency of Lee and Alan Houston declines, it will be difficult for them to win."
In the TNT studio, Kevin McHale spoke freely.
The legendary star was not polite and almost said directly that the Knicks could not win the championship.
On the other hand, Kenny Smith, who just announced his retirent and joined TNT, shook his head and gave a different opinion:
"The Knicks' rebounding doesn't seem to be a big problem. They are currently playing an extrely efficient offense, and with the dual cores on the outside, it is difficult for any team to really limit them."
"You may not know Lee, he is not Reggie Miller, his excellent dribbling skills can help him get to the offensive area he is good at."
"I've played against him. He's not the kind of guard we think of who just passes the ball to the big guys, nor is he a pure scorer like Michael Jordan."
"Lee can pass the ball, find his teammates accurately on fast breaks, organize the team's offense, and when the Knicks need to score, he can respond."
"In my opinion, he is more like Kevin Johnson, who scores 20 points and then gives out 10 assists, but the difference is that Lee is better at shooting!"
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In a Manhattan apartnt, Lee leisurely watched two people arguing on TV.
TNT's program is very professional, and the retired stars' comnts on the league's popular teams are even more convincing.
This year, Lee only invited Ivan to his birthday party.
However, before the party started, his friend started to lose interest:
"I seriously suspect that these comntators have amnesia. A few days ago, McHale was still saying that the Knicks were the team with the best chance of winning the championship, but now he has changed his tune."
In Hartford, as long as Ivan read the newspaper, he would see news praising the Knicks every day.
Through passive attention, he also discovered the fence-sitting nature of these dia.
Lee didn't care about it.
He was not Ewing and really liked to see these basketball comntators comnt on him.
Be it criticism or praise, as long as it brings fun, Lee thinks the show is worth watching:
"Mutual understanding, everyone wants to make money! In the future, there may be a platform where not only comntators but also fans can speak freely."
Lee suddenly missed the days of keyboard warriors, but Ivan's eyes lit up and he thought this was a good idea.
He said excitedly:
"This is a good idea. We should make it happen!"
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Lee didn't say anything, just looked at his friend teasingly.
Soon, Ivan realized that both of them were technical idiots, and imdiately changed his tone and said,
"We can invest in it! Just like investing in Yahoo, it's incredible! Their stock price is rising too fast!"
Seeing his friend getting more and more excited, Lee knew that he was blinded by the soaring market value of Yahoo again.
Jerry Yang is almost an idol for young people of this era.
Everyone loves the "Chief
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