After taking a closer look, it really did make you wonder.
With a Knicks roster this flashy but lacking substance, it was hard to say how far they could go in the end without Chen...
Luckily, there was no "what if"!
Now that Chen was here, anything was possible!
Time passed slowly. For fans who loved basketball and lived for the games, every day of the off-season was agony.
Time also passed quickly. For Chen, who had settled into a new life and brought his family to live with him, those happy days seemed far too short.
In the blink of an eye, the sweltering month of August slipped away without a sound.
September followed, marking a turning point.
In early September, Chen Xi still spent his days going back and forth between home and the training facility.
By mid-September, he was once again busy with commercial engagements, accompanied by Moon's team.
Before long, golden September was gradually drawing to a close.
The New York Knicks' training camp was finally about to begin.
September 20.
It was reporting day for the New York Knicks' preseason joint practice and training camp.
With a fresh new look, Chen Xi drove the Urus that had been air-freighted from Oklahoma to Tarrytown, nearly an hour from the city center. (A village.)
The team would spend nearly two weeks practicing here, getting its new roster to gel.
There was no helping it. Madison Square Garden might be their home court, but it wasn't just the Knicks' home court.
It was also home to the New York Rangers, and it frequently hosted all kinds of events.
Over the course of a year, it held close to three hundred large-scale events of one sort or another.
There was hardly a day when something wasn't going on.