The Celtics' lineup in the new season is slightly weak.

Although they extended Sampson's contract for two years in the summer (including player options), the retirement of Bird and Laimbeer made this team a substantial one-man team.

Just like Shohoku when Takenori Akagi was a freshman and sophomore in high school.

Of the Celtics' entire lineup, except for Sampson, only Billy Owens is somewhat famous. The rest of the lineup raises a lot of questions, like cats and dogs.

The worst part is that they were unable to select good players in the draft and failed miserably in the free market.

They originally wanted to acquire Moses Malone in the free market, but even though the prophet had entered the twilight years of his career, Dave Gavitt offered him a higher-than-market price of 14 million over three years.

As a result, Malone would rather get New Jersey's three-year, 10 million offer than Boston's three-year, 14 million offer.

From this point we can see how disadvantaged the Celtics are.

They had money but couldn't spend it. The first-round picks in 1994 and 1996 (top-20 protected picks) were in the hands of the Knicks.

Although there is no hope of competing for the championship, Mr. One can at least take them into the playoffs as long as he stays healthy.

Louis attended the game.

He received his seventh championship ring from Stern, and then watched the ninth championship flag in the history of the Knicks go up to the ceiling.

The fans are very excited.

But Louis didn't have so many feelings. To them, these superficial forms were just smoke after the fact.

The time for real excitement has long passed.

Before the game started, Ewing called his teammates, "We want to win another ring!"

"Is one enough?" Kemp asked with a smile.

Ewing, however, looked serious: "Don't be so ambitious, Sean."

"Yes, our goal now is to win another ring, so let's crush the Boston people first!" Miller said arrogantly, "Kill them!"

It's painful to watch the 33-year-old Sampson single-handedly support the team.

If you were a fan of his, you would want him to run away from this team right now.

This summer, he has a chance to leave.

But after months of negotiations, he chose to sign a short-term contract.

It's like giving myself and the Celtics another chance.

If it doesn't work, just leave.

The results prove that it really doesn't work.

Today, Sampson is no longer able to exert force on both offense and defense at the same time. He can only output selectively.

But the Knicks didn't give the Celtics a chance to breathe.

Kemp outplayed Doug Smith, the lottery pick who came to the team with Owens that year, at the fourth position.

Owens is a C-*** with bankrupt potential and strength but cannot reach the level of hype he had before entering the league, so Smith is a standard parallel import.

He has talent and potential, but he just can't make it.

The Celtics have decided that this man's potential will always remain on paper. But so what? They still have to put this man on the roster in the first season after Bird and Laimbeer retire, and

Expect a miracle to happen and see if this person will turn around.

As a result, he allowed Kemp to score 42 points and 8 rebounds on his head.

At the end, 127 to 89, the Knicks defeated the Celtics with a huge advantage of 38 points.

Sampson played 39 minutes and scored 29 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. His performance was comprehensive, but it was of no use.

In the words of his teammate and NBC commentator Laimbeer: "Judging from the scene, Boston has no chance from beginning to end. Unless Ralph can multiply his data by two, even if he plays another hundred games,

The Knicks will win."

Ewing couldn't remember how many times he had played against Sampson.

The opponent won the data and lost the ball as before.

Although Ewing also scored 19 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, he was basically at a disadvantage whenever he faced Sampson.

"Ralph is still the number one center in the league." Ewing said, "It would be great if he had a good team."

The Knicks' acting coach, Rudy Tomjanovich, won the sixth game of his career.

Why not Game 1?

Because he has also coached several games in Louis' absence over the years.

However, this was the first game he officially won as the team's head coach.

A good start is half the battle.
Chapter completed!