When there was an opportunity, of course they could try to seize it. But when there was little opportunity to be found, maintaining the team's stability was also an essential skill for general managers.
So, judging from the Heat Team's current situation, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the team was "on the rise"~~
Looking at the New York Knicks in turn, their approach to running the team was completely different from the Heat's.
Compared with Miami, the Knicks' team-building philosophy could be described as remarkably lavish.
As long as management approved of a player, they generally never hesitated to offer a massive contract.
After all, no matter what happened, the team would never be short on ticket revenue~~
So management was truly brimming with confidence.
As one of the most valuable teams in the entire League, the New York Knicks lacked only one thing: results.
Especially after the management group led by Leon Rose officially took over the team's operations in 2020, all of their high-profile moves over the past few years had been for one goal—an NBA championship!!
Compared to the neighboring Celtics and the Lakers across the country, fellow historic, old-established League franchises, there were simply far too few banners hanging above Madison Square Garden...
And now that they had more or less completed the construction of a new championship-contending roster, the Knicks entered the new season filled with ambition.
Though their goal in the Pre-season was likewise merely to test and develop the roster~~
Chris Murray, Max Strus, Tari Eason, Al Horford, Steven Adams, along with several ten-day contract players serving as roster fillers, were all players the Knicks needed to evaluate carefully during the Pre-season.
Even though these new arrivals had more or less adapted to and integrated into the Knicks' system