The Rest, Only Noise

The latest website: On the eve of the GM summit, Louie took Jim Bass and met his old friends.

There are Knicks representative Buford and James Dolan, who is also a long-term veteran;

Earl Monroe in Detroit; John Nash in Orlando;

Kevin McHale of Minnesota; Danny Ainge of Vancouver;

Lewis Shafir of Miami…

They can be consistent with Louis without compromising the interests of their respective teams.

This is the benefit of networking.

Little Bass behaved fairly decently, and did not do anything that would embarrass Louis. Instead, Little Dolan, who came with him, often made frowning remarks.

For example, Dolan Jr. would be provocative when he met with the president of the Heat, Lewis Shafir.

Because the Heat are the Knicks' main opponents in the East, the rivalry is a matter of course.

Little Dolan believes that the Knicks' championship this year proves that the Heat just took advantage of the Knicks' transformation to win the championship last year. Moreover, the Knicks have ten championships in the history of the team, and the Heat only has one, which is nothing special.

While Shafir had a smile on his face, he did not refute this.

"There are quite a lot of Knicks championships, but they are basically won under the leadership of Coach Lu? Without Coach Lu, you are nothing special."

Bass's just speech won him a lot of goodwill.

Little Dolan snorted softly: "Then what happened after you signed Coach Lu? Two years have passed, still haven't received any grains?"

"Even Coach Lu, he worked hard in New York for three or four years before he succeeded. Now is only the first year of his comeback. We are not in a hurry, but New York. After losing Messiah and Benj, you guys Isn't it funny how the championship window is closing and you act like the Knicks are still in their prime?"

"I don't have time to argue with you about that," Dolan Jr said angrily. "You just need to know that we're the champions this year, and no matter where the coach is, he's more likely to be successful in New York than in Los Angeles. Much bigger, what if a cursed team like yours has a coach? You don't have any chance of greater success than New York!"

The two dudes quarreled and gambled with each other inexplicably.

They're betting on who the Lakers or the Knicks will win a bigger championship in the future.

This is still difficult for the Lakers.

The last time they won the championship was in 1982, a full fourteen years ago.

The Knicks won the 10th championship in team history this year, and it can be said to be the best team in the league at present. On the other hand, the Blazers are obviously aging, and the Heat's big insiders have broken, and they have a good chance to defend the championship in the new season. of.

Louis didn't stop Little Bass, and no matter how noisy it is, it's only between two dudes, no one will bother him with this matter.

The most important thing tonight is meeting old friends.

Angie seems to have a lot of worries. As a fledgling he did not do well in Vancouver. There are many quick successes. At present, the team lacks basic competitiveness and will not make the playoffs in the new season.

What made him nervous the most was that he gave the Lakers a first-round pick for next season early on.

In other words, if the new record is not good, it will be a wedding dress for the Lakers.

Compared with Anji, Shafir's troubles are more advanced.

After the Heat's defeat in the Eastern Conference Finals, Shafir didn't even have time to be disappointed because he had to choose between Manning and Sampson.

Choosing between a 36-year-old and a 30-year-old superstar should have been a no-brainer, but Sampson has held up too well.

Shafir wants to have all of them, but Manning has already stated that they will not coexist with Sampson.

Undecided, Shafir consults Louis on the matter.

Louie said: "If I were to make a decision, I would not hesitate to keep Ralph. Danny Manning is good, but he has a bad mind and is not reliable in key games. Ralph has Proving in the Finals that at 36, he's still the best big man in the world, you just have to play around him, and Manning never proved he was at that level."

Shafir said helplessly; "However, Ralph is 36 years old this year, and in a few years, maybe the situation will be completely different."

It is about the future and destiny of the Heat. Louis only gave advice and decided to let Shafir do it himself.

His suggestion was to keep Sampson and trade Manning.

Assuming Sampson can maintain his form until the age of 38, the Heat have at least two years of the championship window.

Manning can be retained, and the Heat have at least a five-year championship window.

It's just that in Louis' view, Manning's title window is much smaller than Sampson's.

But others won't see it this way, especially Shafir, who is in the game. He didn't have the guts to give up 30-year-old Manning and retain 36-year-old Sampson.

The next day, the NBAGM Summit was held in Washington as scheduled.

The meeting, Stern brought his deputy Garcia Lynn.

Louis's concept of incremental luxury tax and super luxury tax was also spoken through Lynn's mouth.

This policy caused an instant sensation at the meeting.

Discussions continued.

There are four teams that stand out against the policy.

They are the New York Knicks, Miami Heat, Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers.

It's no wonder that they are all teams that are willing to spend a lot of money to build a super team.

What used to cost twice as much to build a daunting team now costs four or five times as much to run.

However, the teams with no money make up the majority.

Even if the local tyrants are against it, as long as the majority of the teams agree to this policy, then the implementation of the policy is inevitable.

In the end, with 22 votes in favor and 7 against, the incremental tax and super luxury tax policies were passed.

However, this is only the first step, the coalition still needs to obtain the consent of the union.

If both employers and employees reach an agreement, this new policy will take effect from next season, and teams that have exceeded their salary caps in previous years will not immediately activate the super luxury tax.

The regulation that triggers the super luxury tax only after three overtaxes within four years of the new regulations take effect will be implemented from next season.

But not to mention the super luxury tax, even the "ordinary" incremental luxury tax is a pain in the ass.

Since the 1980s, the league has been dominated by superteams.

Whether it was the Lakers, Celtics, and 76ers in the early 1980s, or the Lake, Kay, Nickelodeon, and Kai in the mid-to-late 1980s, or the current Nickelodeon, Kai, and Heat.

They've all escaped the salary cap and built terrifying superteams with owners willing to invest.

Now, luxury and super-luxury taxes will essentially stop this momentum.

On the other hand, the league's restrictions on on-field violence have also become stricter.

The famous "stay-at-home" rule was introduced at the summit.

Originally, few teams supported this provision, and Louis showed his guiding ability in a timely manner.

At a time of stalemate, Louis took the lead in supporting the new rule, bringing his allies to support it.

With Louie's support, the provision was also voted on.

After that, the league tried to shorten the three-point line and promote the legalization of joint defense, but these two policies were not supported by Louis.

Shortening the 3-point line has proven to be a failed adjustment in Louie's past life, with no benefit other than tossing the player.

Legalizing zone defense is a good policy, but Louie isn't planning to make pockets a thing of the past.

As we all know, the pocket array promoted by Louis is actually a fake joint defense.

This was Louis' first widely spread defensive philosophy.

Now, every team uses pockets.

Louie doesn't intend to make this history, at least not now. Who doesn't want to see everyone go their own way?

When Louie has stopped digging into defense, others are still exploring his footsteps, and the satisfaction and pride are hard to describe in words.

The legalization of joint defense is the general trend, but now the most important thing is to disintegrate the **** of super teams. The introduction of the luxury tax has laid the foundation for this, and the next step is to see the effect.

Legalization of joint defense or something, at least until the new century.

After that, the summit came to a successful conclusion.

Although only the luxury tax and "stay-at-home" policies were passed at the meeting, it was a very successful summit for the league.

The only ones who were unhappy were the representatives of a few local tycoons. It stands to reason that Louie should also be unhappy, because he represents the Lakers.

But he really didn't feel at all~www.novelmt.com~ Because the rebuilding of the Lakers is almost in progress, the main players have basically been in place, and when he has adjusted the team well, it is time to start producing results.

When the rookie bonus of these players ends, Louis's contract with the Lakers is almost over.

Let’s not say whether the Lakers will stay at that time. The pressure of renewal of the maximum salary per capita and the unbearable luxury tax will be left to the Bass family to tangle.

After all, what you want to have, you have to pay the corresponding price, the world is very fair.

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