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"Come on, Patrick, 10 laps to go."

On the second day of training camp, the Big Shoulders came back with a win.

This time, it was Jamaica's turn to run the lap.

The Jamaica team also has the same old guy.

Danny Ainge also shouted tired, but no one was willing to help him run laps. This **** off Ainge, clamoring for a trade, and threatening Ewing that if he didn't trade him to the Big Shoulders, he would be the best sixth man on the court for the Big Shoulders.

Seeing this, Wilson opened up to Ainge, saying that as long as Ainge resolutely implements his undercover behavior, whenever Jamaica loses, he will not be punished.

This forced Ewing to spend a meal to "buy out" Ainge and make him a free agent to join the Giants.

Why a buyout and not a deal? Because the Big Shoulders thought it would be better for them to keep Ainge in Jamaica, they didn't want to trade. Since the other party does not trade, Ewing can only give up Ainge, and then select Lionel Simmons to join the team.

Angie's joining the Big Shoulders also gave the team a serious guard. Although it's not a pure point guard, it's better than having Wilson and Reggie Williams as the point guard all day long.

The competition is the highlight of the training camp.

Every day, the two teams will play with sparks.

The growth of players can also be seen through high-intensity competition.

Wilson's improvement is in the confrontation, Ewing's improvement in the offense, and Rodman's rebounding and defense improvement have brought his play style closer to the standard of the four. It's hard to see if Miller's three-pointer has improved, and his figure has not changed, but he will usher in a contract year in the new season, and even for next year's new contract, he has to play hard.

In addition to these few, there are two players who have improved significantly.

That's Shawn Kemp and Doug West coming into their second season.

The most notable characteristic of star players is that they progress much faster than their peers.

For example, Karl Malone averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game in his rookie season. He averaged 21 points and 12 rebounds per game in the second year. After that, he averaged 27 points and 11 rebounds per game in the third grade. He has remained at this level for more than ten years.

In Camp, there is a similar improvement.

Kemp sometimes didn't even get a chance to play last season.

He took his few chances and averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds per game.

This summer, Ewing took him to train. In addition to strengthening his physique and losing excess fat, he also refined his techniques. Through several months of training with Ewing and Mutombo, he became accustomed to facing high-intensity Offensive on defense.

This is why Ewing will let him join the Jamaica team, he definitely saw the potential of Kemp in those few months of training, so he will take the initiative to win Kemp.

In the training camp, the energy that Kemp burst out, and the sudden increase in combat power brought about by the improvement of game experience and the increase of confrontation ability, shocked everyone.

He has developed a paint-covered jumper, and can roll over like Ewing when he's in the low post, but what's even more powerful is his turnaround and face-to-the-basket run to the line. If the defender guards his upper line, he can flexibly use a devastating turn layup like Siakam to force points; if the defensive card goes off the line, his explosiveness will directly destroy the opponent's defense; if the defender defends both on and off the line, Using his body to defend against his lower plate, he also stole a rabbit jump shot from Ewing.

Willis Reed's rookie season on him, also began to play a role.

Kemp has everything a power forward should have, his position, screen, full of detail, and daring to fight. Assist defense, switch defense, supplement defense, rotate, protect the basket, and are extremely threatening.

He still has many problems, such as not predicting when rebounding, relying too much on physical talent, although he can block people, but his skills are not enough, defensively fierce, carved out of the same mold as Ewing, so he often controls like Ewing. Keep your foul count.

As you can see, his problems are numerous, but they are all fixable.

What will happen once he fixes these issues, overcomes his inner demons, and turns the accumulation of the first few years of his career into a manageable force?

Couldn't he be like Ralph Sampson in 1984, hiding the front for four years and shaking the world after the explosion?

Like what Louie saw with Kemp in his rookie season.

He has all the assets a perfect power forward should have.

As for whether Camp can still destroy himself due to inertia and dissolute private life like in the previous life, Louis is not sure.

While Kemp's improvement was within the coaching staff's expectations, Doug West's was unexpected.

Kemp is the team's long-term plan, West is not.

So last season he, like Brad Rohos, bought a house in the DNP position.

Tomjanovich's adjustment to the flank is amazing, and the strong competition in the Knicks team indirectly promotes West's improvement. Coupled with a group of defensive elites as teammates, West was fascinated and improved quickly.

He was originally a physically fit man with rough skills. If he was placed on a weak team, it would be no problem to play the main force in rotation. When he counterattacked, his impact was astonishingly destructive.

For this type of player, the Knicks have a wealth of experience in training.

West through the rookie season of tempering, the defensive end of rapid progress.

Judging from the performance of the training camp, there is hope to leave the household registration of DNP locals in the new season.

Although the competition between Ewing and Wilson split the Knicks into two factions, the competition within the team was also better than before.

The penalties for the losing side of the match are also varied.

It turned out to be just running in circles, and then it became extra training, sparring, and serving tea and water to treat guests to dinner.

This latter one in particular, Louis appreciates their creativity in thinking about punishment.

Ewing talks about Wilson's salary every day.

Wilson has always avoided talking about it, because Ewing wasn't the only one jealous of his salary.

Except for Wilson and Ainge and the two new rookies, everyone else is still on old contracts.

Moreover, the two rookies were also treated extremely harshly.

The reason is simple, it is a matter of contract.

Lionel Simmons signed a four-year, $4 million rookie deal, while Elton Campbell signed a four-year, $3 million deal.

Compare the old players to know.

Stockton signed a four-year, $4 million deal in 1988, Reggie Miller signed a four-year, $4 million rookie deal in 1987, and Rodman signed a five-year, $8 million deal in 1989. contract...

With the exception of Ewing, the other veteran players stared straight at the rookie's contract.

This is the contradiction that will come after the salary cap skyrockets.

The salary cap rises, and the rookie's salary also rises. If it wasn't for the fact that Louie proposed to include the cable broadcast contract income into the salary cap a few years ago, the players union agreed to launch a standard rookie contract. The contracts of Simmons and Campbell may be higher.

But even now, their contracts are about the same as a team of meritorious players who won championships with the team.

The old teammates understand that this is a change brought about by the increase in the salary cap, but every day they watch the kid who just entered the league with the same money as themselves, can it be uncomfortable? Therefore, the unwillingness in the heart will naturally manifest.

Wilson, as the first person to eat crabs on the Knicks team, never showed off his contract, he knew that this was the elephant in the room, everyone wanted it, but it had to wait until the end of the old contract.

Only Ewing dared to openly express dissatisfaction.

The day before the media day, Louis specially convened the whole team to give lectures.

"I've seen your enthusiasm lately, and I like the confrontation and competitive desire you've shown in training camp. But I hope you can understand that some things can be said in the Blue Palace and face-to-face. , but when the media's microphone is on us, you have to estimate how much impact your words will have."

"Especially some Pepsi spokespersons who like to joke, keep their mouths open, and have a heart smaller than a **** toothpick, do you hear it clearly?"

Ewing said dissatisfiedly: "You can just call me by my name!"

"Did I make it so obvious? How did you admit it yourself?" Louie can always pretend to be stupid.

The next day, the media meeting.

Since 1988, the Knicks have been New York City's only guaranteed winning professional sports team.

Their popularity grew day by day, and so did the media that followed them.

The New York media should take the lead in making such a big noise about Ewing and Wilson.

Because of the great Yankees, the New York media always has a perverted mentality to magnify and write legends about the discord within the local sports team.

The craze for this phenomenon began during the Bronx Zoo era, when the Yankees had two representatives, "Mr. October" Reggie Jackson and the untimely Yankees captain Thurman Munson. But Jackson offended Munson by speaking in the same style as Ewing. However, this phenomenon has been magnified by the media~www.novelmt.com~ Jackson not only has a bad relationship with Monson, but he has a bad relationship with everyone. From teammates, to fans, to general managers and owners, no one likes him.

The Bronx Zoo era ended with Monson's accidental death in 1978 when a plane landed.

New Yorkers remembered that era, when Jackson became "Mr. October", and the New York media, led by The Times, shamelessly felt that they had contributed to that splendid era.

They saw similar entry points in Ewing and Wilson.

So, when a Times reporter asked Louie what Wilson's big contract brought.

Louie said sarcastically: "Bring a pack of dingoes that trailed after him with the smell of copper."

With Louie's warning in front, no one from the Knicks dared to talk nonsense.

Although Ewing said nothing, if a reporter asked him to comment on Wilson's new contract, he always smiled in confusion: "I have nothing to say."