How does the new Shogun series compare to the original with Richard Chamberlain?

Much better, and the original was good!

A year later, another deal made from the wreckage of the Nets — the Phoenix Suns acquiring Kevin Durant — buried analysis of the New York Knicks flipping one of their first-round picks to the Portland Trail Blazers for Josh Hart. The Knicks, like Boston when the Celtics struck the White deal, were barely over .500. Despite their hoarding extra first-rounders, an average New York team trading its own pick for a shaky-shooting role player seemed to some rival observers as overexuberant.

Hart, like White, was 27 at the time of the trade. He instantly became a defining Knick. New York was confident it could re-sign Hart on a long-term deal; Hart had told Portland the Knicks were his preferred destination, and the Blazers worked to send Hart there — never opening trade talks to the entire league, sources said.

One thing I noted was that Hart came cheaper than White. The Celtics traded a top four protected first round pick and two players for White and one of those players was later traded for four first round picks. That’s more than a single lottery protected first round pick. And White was a shaky shooter when he was traded too. It was only later he got better.

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/40197976/lowe-boston-celtics-derrick-white-small-trades-turn-good-teams-nba-champions

You simply have the Anjin get into trouble with the government and wind up following a philosophically inclined young samurai he meets on the road and getting into adventures

sounds like a role for david carradine or the guy on Warrior…

The point is, that ruthless, cold-blooded asshole will absolutely drive the price up, especially considering that we are a conference rival who just eliminated his team. He will likely make a monster offer to OG, and will hope the Knicks either blink or drastically overpay for him.

What price is an overpay for a guy who takes a .500 team and makes it elite (or at the very least massively better) when he plays? Serious question.