After a two-day break after the preseason, the regular season will officially begin. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was a busy two days for the uniforms, signing players, promoting the game to the fans, determining tactics, summarizing pre-season wins and losses, etc......

Unfortunately, the Knicks rookies didn't get much of a chance to play in the preseason, and the only thing Van Gundy used was Ben Wallace, who played as a backup center after Ewing went off.

Van Gundy liked Chuck Hayes when he saw him when he was with the Rockets, and asked him to partner Yao Ming as a starter, who was just a weakened version of the big book. is also a rough brother, Big Ben beats the floor-flowing Hayes in terms of controlling rebounds, resisting, blocking, etc., and Van Gundy loves him to death.

Yang Rui feels that if Van Gundy's wrong thinking is not corrected, the Knicks will not be able to beat the Bulls even if they have a team of All-Stars, because Van Gundy likes to rotate seven or eight people to death, and he can't play the offensive strengths of the players at all.

Like the majority of Chinese fans, Yang Rui was extremely disappointed in Van Gundy during the Rockets in his previous life, he let Yao Ming gain weight and hit the low post, so that Maddie had the opportunity to pull out the big shot, and the others watched the excitement outside, and the Rockets never passed the first round of the playoffs.

In the preseason, many newcomers actually played less than 10 minutes per game and had no chance to perform. A player of Bowen's type, he doesn't even have stats at this point.

Atkins and Jackson were the worst, averaging less than 5 minutes per game. Van Gundy hates their style of play, and the tempo of the offense is bound to affect the defensive intensity, and he is prone to turnovers.

For the sake of defense, he abandoned it, and he ignored the advantages of both of them.

The most embarrassing thing is Chris Mills, who is already middle-class in this era with an annual salary of 3 million, and ranks fifth in the Knicks in terms of annual salary, but he has to share playing time with Starks, Houston, and Johnson, and he only plays 15 minutes.

Since it doesn't matter if there is Mills or not, what is the management poaching him for?!

Before the start of the regular season, the NBA officially announced the first phase of the power rankings, and the Knicks were obviously not favored, only ranked tenth. This is still because the Knicks have a luxurious lineup, and the performance in the preseason will probably be lower.

To Yang Rui's relief, although Van Gundy's last two games gave the veterans a lot of time, manager Ernie Grunfeld did not ignore the potential of the youngsters, and the five players he drafted for the summer league were all retained, and with this impressive performance, he will be more comfortable in management.

The five newcomers have their own strengths, and the good quality and low price are the main reasons why they get the contract.

Ernie and Van Gundy have different ideas, in addition to looking at the players' game experience, he also needs to consider the salary match and think about the future of the team.

Also a tall and skinny big man, veteran Herb Williams asks for $770,000 and Moore only needs $270,000.

Although Herb was able to score 19.9 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists at his peak, that was 12 years ago, and he was born in February '58 and will be 40 years old in the season, and he can't run at all.

Jackson's $270,000 value for money is far better than the experienced, unpromising Anthony Bowe, who has the advantage of being able to play the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 positions, and when he is a cameo power forward, he can help the team with super mobility.

Bowe's physical fitness and shooting are not as good as Jackson's, and it makes sense to be eliminated.

Ben Wallace is Van Gundy's favorite person, and he signed a four-year contract with the team at once, $740,000 in the first year, increasing year by year, a total of about $3.4 million.

Ernie is very financially savvy, Ewing is old, with an annual salary of $20.5 million this season, and his form cannot be maintained for a few years, what the Knicks need most at present is to develop a successor to the center.

Bowen signed a one-year salary of 330,000 yuan, because of his desperate defense, Van Gundy also looked at him more pleasing to the eye.

Atkins signed a two-year contract after the summer league and barely played in the preseason, and if it weren't for Ernie's attention, he would have been the easiest to get out of this summer MVP, with Van Gundy barely giving him playing time, let alone arranging tactics.

For this reason, Atkins approached Yang Rui several times, hoping that he could say a few kind words and convince Van Gundy to send him on the field. Yang Rui could only let him practice three points and wait patiently.

The Knicks' 14-man roster for the new season has been confirmed, leaving a vacancy that can be targeted in the free market in case of injury.

Centres: Patrick Ewing, Ben Wallace, Buck Williams.

Power forwards: Charles Oakley, Mickey Moore, Larry Johnson.

Small forwards: Stephen Jackson, Bruce Bowen, Chris Mills.

Shooting guards: Alan Houston, John Starks.

Playmaking defenders: Chris Childs, Charlie Ward, Chaggie Atkins.

The coaching staff was not idle, and the four of them gathered in the office to find the root cause of the preseason loss.

Van Gundy blamed the star's poor form for the loss, and Thibodeau and Sharman agreed, completely unthinking.

Yang Rui really wanted to tell Van Gundy that "you lost because you were brain-dead", but then the two might have fought directly, so he thought about it for a while and decided to express his thoughts in a more gentle way.

"I think the root cause of the Knicks' poor offensive performance is the habit of the players, and if you want to play well on offense, the top priority is to disrupt the lineup and boldly use new players."

Van Gundy frowned, incredulous. "What habits?"

Yang Rui quickly drew a tactical map on the tactical board, did a good job of player numbering, and said: "Larry Johnson should attract the defense in the bottom corner, attack on the strong side, Ewing air cut misplaced offense, attract the bag clip can share the ball to him, but he can't stand at all, and after a while, he rushes to the basket and hits his back." Ewing knew his habits, so he was not active in the air cut, and he mainly made jumpers on the perimeter, and at this time, the cover did not come out. ”

The three older coaches thought about it and couldn't raise any objections.

Yang Rui continued: "Ewing and Houston off-ball screens are average, and another reason is that Childes habitually passes most of the ball directly to Ewing, and then it forms a heads-up, he ignores Houston's running position, passes slowly and half a beat, and is not as good as Jackson, so I suggest that the point guard change Ward to start." ”

"But he's better defensively." Van Gundy shook his head.

"So we're never going to do it?" Yang Rui rolled his eyes.

If Yang Rui was the head coach, the preseason would have been sprayed by Childs a long time ago, how many times have I said that it has been passed to Houston? You don't understand human language, do you? You can only see Ewing in your eyes, right? Ewing is your wife?!

Then, Childs may be very aggrieved and say, "Who would dare to look at Ewing if she were a woman?" ”

Childles is a defensive point guard with poor organization, decent mid-to-long-range shooting, and inconsistency. Van Gundy actually insisted on starting this product for one season, and he deserved to be eliminated by the Heat.

Van Gundy frowned, feeling powerless, but didn't want to show it, the management had put pressure on him to come up with a plan as soon as possible and step up the attack.

He can't do it himself, and he doesn't want to listen to Yang Rui's arrangement on the offensive end, so he screws it.

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