As the NBA's No. 1 team in terms of market capitalization, it has not even won a championship since the seventies.
As A. Smith, known as Yang Yi in the United States, said, the last time the team won the championship, he was a five-year-old kid at the time, and he is now fifty-one years old.
In the past 46 years, New York has touched the championship trophy twice, but unfortunately missed it, the first time was in the 94-95 season, the New York Knicks defeated the Bulls without Jordan, and the Rockets met in the finals with Olajuwon, and finally the Rockets led by Olajuwon fought seven games before finally losing regrettably.
The second time was in the 1998-1999 season, due to labor disputes, the season time was also greatly compressed, and the Knicks relied on Alan Houston and Sprewell's backcourt double guns, and played to the eighth place in the East to the end, and directly reached the Finals.
In these two trips to the finals, New York had a chance to reach the finals in Jordan's absence, which shows how fiercely the basketball god suppressed New York.
With the retirement of the aging Ewing and the departure of Jeff Van Gundy, New York began to sink. From the 90s to the 10s, there were actually many star players and famous coaches who joined, but they never played as well as they should.
It wasn't until 2011 that under the management of New York, Anthony and Billups were traded from the Denver Nuggets, plus Stoudemire, who had already established themselves in New York, to form an enviable triumvirate, and they gradually became the giants of the East.
Even so, the New York Knicks still suppressed the Miami Big Three in the 12-13 regular season, and Anthony also played the best season of his career, and he became the favorite for the regular season MVP that season.
In the end, the long-awaited collective fire fight of the 03 generation failed to be staged as scheduled, and the New York Knicks fell on the way to the Eastern Conference semifinals. With Stoudemire and Billups going down one after another due to injuries, the New York Knicks hit rock bottom again.
For this reason, Phil Jackson was also invited to build a triangle system in New York around Anthony, and Anthony, who is used to fighting alone, thinks that the triangle offense is a thing of the past and is unwilling to accept this way of playing.
For this reason, there was a conflict with Phil Jackson, New York chose one of the two and chose to fire Bill Jackson, and Anthony's remarks about the ball bully also spread in the league again. Anthony, who could not bear the humiliation, insisted on leaving, and the core idea of building a team with Anthony also declared failure.
Although some good seedlings were selected one after another during this time, they all left one after another for one reason or another, such as Porzingis, during which New York actually had enough chips in exchange for Durant and Irving who wanted to leave the Warriors and Celtics in 19, but for some reason, they actually gave up the pursuit of these two superstars.
This also made New York's die-hard fan A Smith, in the show he hosted, lash out at the incompetence of the New York Knicks management, and the team owner Dolan also seemed to realize the seriousness of the matter and directly fired the team's president Mills the following season.
The arrival of new president Leon Rose also brought about a turning point for the Knicks, who hired Tom Thibodeau as the team's head coach, and the assistant team also included Coach Woodson, who led the Knicks to great results seven years ago, and the following season, the team rebuilt its defensive system thanks to the efforts of Thibodeau and Woodson.
Randle played well in this system, and the team also made the playoffs, but in the playoffs, Randle did not play the regular season dominance, and the team was eliminated by the Hawks 4-1, and this round of the series also made Nick Young, and he eventually became the new public enemy of New York.
The following season, Randle failed to make another good performance and the team missed the playoffs, and the team management seemed to realize that New York might not work according to the idea of building a team according to the players, so why not let Thibodeau try it and use his team building ideas to build the team.
After all, the Bulls led by Thibodeau almost rushed out of the East, and if it weren't for Rose's injury and the Miami Big Three, Windy City might have risen long ago.
He started as a defender, and he has high requirements for athletes, that is, he must be very durable, like the previous Bulls' Noah, Jimmy Butler, and players like Gibson to meet his employment standards, as for the offensive end, when the score is stale, it is to rely on the star unlimited singles.
Sibodu's selection criteria must be above the average level of the league in defense, and the most important thing is to have good physical strength, if on this basis, he also develops a good offensive means, then he will definitely be able to play a famous role under him.
At the beginning of the 2022 offseason, Brunson was poached from the Dallas Mavericks, and after having a guard, he renewed the team's center Miro, and before the trade deadline of the season, he made a four-way trade in exchange for Josh Hart, who played for the Trail Blazers.
The management seemed to have figured out that New York's idea for building the team was already looking for players like Brunson and Hart, so they set their sights on DiVincenzo, whose Warriors' contract expired, and the four-year, $50 million contract gave the wandering player a promised place to live. Then he used the team's potential new stars, Barrett and Quitley, to trade from the Raptors for the top three-and-D Anunoby who wanted a top salary.
Brunson, Hart, DiVincenzo, Anunoby and Randle played a very high defensive efficiency in the regular season, and even after Randle's injury season was reimbursed, the team was still able to play a triumphant song and rush to second place in the East. In the first round of the playoffs, facing Embiid, who was as soft as noodles, the New York generals were also easily crushed.
Although in the second round, after winning their home court advantage first, they were stubbornly equalized by the Pacers and injured Anunoby, but New York, which has the home court advantage, has a great probability of qualifying.
Since New York replaced Barrett and Quickley, the highest salary on the team is Randle, with an annual salary of only more than 30 million, which is similar to other teams, and the current salary level in New York is maintained at a healthy level.
The four-year contract signed by the team's boss Brunson has only been two years, and the last year is a player option, which means that there is one more year left next year, acting as a cheap labor in New York, DiVincenzo has just signed and will not change much in the next few years, and the most capable iron man Josh Hart has extended his contract with the team until 2028 in advance.
The only variable is Anunoby, according to his level, he must want to pay the highest salary, New York gives him a maximum salary at most, and now New York has such a salary space, and before Brunson's contract expires, he can sign a maximum salary player from the free market.
In the next few years, New York can be said to have a large number of high-quality assets, with more than a dozen draft picks, depending on how the team management operates, while retaining the Villanueva Three Musketeers and Anunoby, and then finding a few players to carry the game, Coach Thibodeau, who has plenty of money, will definitely be able to do a lot in the East.
But there is a premise here, and that is to build the team according to Coach Thibodeau.
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