The Rest, Only Noise

UPDATE: Playing for a big city has its pros and cons.

However, under the same conditions, for example, winning the championship on behalf of the Lakers and winning the championship on behalf of the Celtics, the impact on personal life cannot be generalized at all.

To put it bluntly, bringing back an NBA championship to Boston is actually like that.

But in big cities like Los Angeles and New York, winning a championship is a big deal.

Especially for the Lakers, the hard times have passed for a long time, and the past two generations have almost forgotten the taste of winning the championship.

Therefore, the impact of the Lakers crown on the entire city is amazing.

The Los Angeles Daily News reviewed the season with a super-long article titled "Best Year Ever."

It can be seen from the title that the Los Angeles media, who were so happy that they lost their minds, called the 97 Lakers' season performance the best in history.

This kind of thing happens in every media, needless to say.

In the article, Louis is officially called "LegendLu" by the media, which means that "LeaderLu" has become history.

The article praised everyone on the team.

This is a glorified bureaucracy, and then there is the impact of the championship on the player's personal reputation.

Benjamin Wilson was dubbed "The June King" by Sports Illustrated in a feature article.

Wilson won this title not only because he won the eight finals in which he participated, but also because he is the kind of player who performs better when the stage is bigger.

Take this year as an example, he averaged 28 points per game in the regular season and soared to 34 points in the playoffs.

Not only this year, but every previous season of Benj, the data performance has this trend.

The winning rate of the finals is 100%, and the bigger the stage, the better the performance. It is not surprising that the media praised this.

In Louis' impression, Jordan in his previous life had the nickname "Mr. June", but now this title falls to Benj, which is also a manifestation of the butterfly effect.

On the second day after winning the championship, Barkley announced his participation in the Oprah show next month, and, in an interview, openly expressed his disdain for his predecessor.

"This is the happiest season I've ever had. No one forced me to do this or that, no one asked me how many donuts I ate, and no one restricted me to what I wanted to do. I was just being myself, and then I Just won the championship." Barkley said eloquently, "I don't have to listen to those people's **** anymore, you say I have no professionalism, I don't look like a star, I'm a bad guy, you say I don't know anything. Well, you're right, but I won the championship."

"What does this mean? If you want to win the championship, the key is not how you fight, but who you fight with."

Interested people will use this to provoke the relationship between Barkley and Jordan, but as long as fans who know a little background story, they will know that Barkley is firing at Riley.

Moreover, the intensity of his firing was smaller than expected.

When Riley dumped Barkley to the Clippers like trash, he openly declared that he was a player who would never make it.

Barkley just mentioned his predecessor insinuatingly today, which is considered very restrained.

As for why Barkley didn't face Riley, it wasn't because he was kind.

It was Riley who quit basketball after announcing his resignation not long ago.

Not long ago, some media revealed that Riley was receiving psychological treatment, and some tabloids even said that he had mental problems.

Although Barkley is a carefree and straightforward character, he will not make trouble for a half-mad person.

Then there's another Lakers focal point, Irvin "Magic" Johnson, who announced his retirement again after winning his third career championship.

"First of all, I want to apologize to Coach Lu. I didn't discuss this matter with him in advance." The magician said sincerely, "After the final whistle sounded, I knew this time, my time has really come. For this championship , I have given my all, and this result is very satisfactory, enough to comfort all those who support me."

"18 years ago, when I first stepped into the professional game, I knew that sooner or later I would leave. I am lucky, at least I can still leave at the most appropriate time, and this time I will leave the court completely , away from the game I love so much, thanks to my teammates, thanks to our amazing coaching team, thanks to Dr. Buss and his family for supporting me, and thanks to those who have been with me all the way, this is the sweetest time I have ever had season."

In this way, the magician announced his retirement on the night of winning the championship.

This result is not surprising.

When a reporter asked him about his life after retirement, he smiled slightly and said, "This is a secret, but I promise you will see me again soon."

In addition to the magician, the speeches of several other veterans were equally impressive.

Dumas' desire for revenge that got what he wanted was visible to the naked eye.

"This championship doesn't define me, it just proves that I'm a great piece of the championship puzzle, but in Miami, no one realizes that." Dumars said, "Hopefully this result will make them realize their mistakes. "

An honest man is an honest man. If Barkley were to take Dumars' place, Lewis Shafier's mother would be gone.

Buck Williams gave a moving speech.

Dale Ellis said that it feels good to win the championship, and it would be even better if he could play a few more minutes.

The veteran's words are like old wine, the longer the time passes, the stronger the taste will come back.

Young people don't pay attention to these things.

The speeches of Garnett, Nash, Daben and others were all thanks to XX for his words.

Kobe even followed the advice of his agent, talked about his offseason training plan, and began to look forward to the new season.

The fame brought by the championship will be directly converted into benefits by them.

That's the perk of being successful in a big city.

However, this benefit only belongs to the players.

A hard-working coach like Louis seems to have no benefit other than getting a nickname.

However, does he lack this nickname?

Forget it if there is no benefit, the day after the end of the season, he devoted himself to the intense preparations for the offseason.

The top priority of the offseason is the draft. Since the Lakers have this year's No. 1 pick, it is not difficult to complete this task.

The specific operation is to pretend to try out Deng Xiaodai, and then select candidates with closed eyes in the draft, and then randomly select someone in the second round, and it is almost all done.

Are things easy? It's really easy.

As far as the operation of the Lakers is concerned, it is very easy.

But there are still a bunch of people outside who are looking for him for help.

Kevin McHale personally came to Los Angeles to ask Louie who to choose.

Elgin Baylor wonders whether to send Kemp away.

Lewis Shafier, who has become the target of public criticism, wants to know how to deal with Manning and how to use Petrovic to negotiate signings with other teams.

Danny Ainge feels that he has worked so hard to bring the No. 1 pick to the Lakers. His future as an NBA executive is at stake. Can your coach save him?

After Jeff Van Gundy resigned from the Clippers last year, he is currently out of work. He wants to apply for a job, and there is no shortage of contracts, but he doesn't know which team to go to.

Tomjanovich is a little hesitant in the face of the Knicks' terrifying sky-high contract extension. ,

You thought this was the end?

Wang Zhizhi has officially participated in the draft, and the market is good, so I have to ask, right?

In addition to Wang Zhizhi, there are other international students from the Road School, and many of them have signed up for this year's draft. Louis must take care of it to some extent.

Then Louis also received an invitation.

As we all know, on the 1st of next month, Xiangjiang will return to China, and on the 2nd, in order to celebrate this grand event, a large-scale cultural evening will also be held in China.

Although Louis is just an ordinary sportsman with mediocre achievements, he is also one of the invited guests.

So, here's the situation.

Today is June 23. Although Louis is on vacation, he calls home for help one after another, and the quality of rest is extremely low.

Tomorrow the Lakers will start a closed trial training for Duncan ~www.novelmt.com~ It is basically just a formality, even the residents of the madhouse in Los Angeles know that Duncan is going to play for the Lakers.

The day after tomorrow, we will try out the second-round rookies on a large scale.

Then, a few days before the start of the draft, Louis needs to finalize the team's draft goals, trade as many unused players in the lineup as possible, and solve the troubles of your friends by the way, and then participate in the championship parade celebration at the end of the month. On the 1st of the month, I will return to China with my family, and on the 2nd, I will attend a party. During this period, there will be countless entertainments.

The itinerary was well arranged, and Coach Lu, who had been cultivating himself for many years, couldn't help becoming irritable.

PS: In my current situation, the general comment is four words, groggy. In the past two days, 80% of the time was spent in bed, and I fell asleep as soon as I fell down, and I slept for several hours. I want to cheer up, I feel weak all over, my back is sore, especially when I cough, it's really terrible. In the last few days of this month, let’s save manuscripts to pad it out.

(end of this chapter)