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Louie sat home and then changed the 1984 draft and the fortunes of multiple teams.

Two of the Knicks trades were his suggestions.

They did, it was a nomination, and the Knicks proved how eager they are with their actions.

Jordan went to the Blazers, Barkley went to the Bulls, Bowie went to the 76ers, and Stockton went to the Knicks.

What kind of butterfly effect these drafts will have is something that Louie can't predict.

He stopped watching after seeing Stockton being drafted by the Mavericks. He knew that the Mavericks' draft picks would be traded with the Knicks, and he knew that his plans behind the scenes had all come true.

Now, what he has to do is to prepare for the speech of the championship celebration, and then make a high-profile announcement to become a free agent to see if there is a more suitable team than the Knicks. If not, New York is his next stop.

On June 22, the Celtics held a championship celebration in Boston's Downtown Plaza.

Also in attendance was their draft pick this year, Jim Peterson.

They took Louie's final advice into consideration and brought in a solid backup for the team's interior.

Seeing the Celtics take Peterson, Louie was a little frightened. Getting Peterson means the Celtics have no dead ends in their roster.

Sampson, Laimbeer, Maxwell, Bird, Peterson, five people are enough... Well, if Bird is not counted as an insider, there are only four people, which is still a bit thin.

But in Louie's system, Bird played 10-15 minutes per game at the 4 position, and sometimes, he would make things up and let Bird play center.

The effect is surprisingly good, so even if Louis is gone, his successor should not foolishly overthrow his system and rebuild it.

Does anyone really think they can build a better system than 87-12? Can't.

The current offensive and defensive system of the Celtics is the hard work that Louis spent six years condensing since he entered the industry in 1978.

After many trial and error and adjustments, the best solution was integrated.

The only flaw at the moment is that there is no offensive system that Sampson drives alone when Bird and Thomas both go down to rest.

This is the matter of the successor. If he does everything, why would he leave?

On the same day, Louis came to the stage to give a speech, and the whole process was unscripted.

"In the summer of 1978, I was just a college student who didn't know anything. I came to Boston with a dream, eager to get into professional basketball, and then I saw radicals and conservatives fighting in the streets. It was so lively."

The first paragraph of his speech amused everyone.

"I want to thank K.C. He gave me 10 minutes, those crucial 10 minutes, that changed my destiny." Of course, it also changed the destiny of the Celtics.

If you extend it a little further, what changed in 10 minutes is the fate of the entire league.

"I want to thank K.C, I can't be here without him; I want to thank Reed, there will never be a second general manager who would let a 23-year-old kid be the head coach of the NBA; I want to thank Bill Fitch, he Taught me the most important lesson as a head coach, not to be too conceited; I want to thank my players, who humbly accepted my coaching, put up with my bad habits, and I am grateful to everyone on this journey to get here. "

Louis finally said: "These six years were the best six years of my life, and I will never forget them."

Only Louie made the speech at the championship celebration look like a farewell speech.

Older people have heard another meaning of his words.

After the championship celebration, Louie signed with a professional agent.

His name is Marcel Thielen, a young professional manager whose main business is in the NFL, and Louie is the first NBA coach under his banner.

On the same day that Louis announced the signing of the agent, he also announced that he would jump out of the existing contract and become a free agent to accept the market price.

In an instant, all the teams with vacancies in the head coach position made offers.

Teams such as the Pacers, Clippers, Bullets, and Cavaliers want to have formal negotiations with Louis.

The Celtics' high-level officials knew that today would come, and several of the core layer knew that Louis would leave, but externally, their tone was that they would stop at nothing to keep LittleLu.

"Lu is part of our family, he's a great coach, and for whatever reason, we're going to keep him in Boston," Celtics PR told the Boston Globe. ."

Then, Louie's agent Tyron received an offer from the Celtics.

$1.8 million over 5 years

This is an unbeatable offer, not as rich as the Knicks, nor as big as the Clippers.

Since then, Louie accepted an exclusive interview with the "Boston Herald" and said that he would carefully consider his future.

He didn't give a definite answer on whether he would stay in Boston.

This makes many people anxious.

On June 27, Bird and Ranbir came uninvited.

"Rare!" said Louis unexpectedly.

He invited people in and asked his mother to cook a good meal.

"These two are big figures with seven figures, so they can't be neglected," said Louis.

Ranbir said embarrassedly: "Don't bother, I'll just eat whatever I want, not picky eaters."

Bird was silent at all times except to say hello when he entered the door.

When Li Xuanbing walked away, Louis sat down and brought them wine and opened a bottle of Coke himself.

"Are you really going?" Bird asked.

"Are you so direct? Don't say anything else, just talk about something after the question?"

It's not that Louis didn't expect Bird to go straight to the point, he just didn't expect Bird to tell the truth before Ranbir knew how to call Ranbir, the ten thousand-year-old fairy, to come with him.

Then why did you call Ranbir? Confront my kitchen?

"What do you want to talk about?" Bird asked bluntly.

Louie wanted to pick his feet when he heard it. He looked at Ranbir: "Can I find a tape to cover this man's mouth? I can't talk about him talking like this."

Ranbir laughed, took a sip of wine, and said, "Coach, we shouldn't have let you down, right?"

Louie asked him: "Do you think anyone will be disappointed with an 87-12 team?"

"Then you didn't have a good time with us?" Ranbir asked again.

"Is it unpleasant? How can it be? Although most of you have abnormal brains, I just like the thrill of IQ crushing. It is definitely a pleasure to be with you." Louis said jokingly.

Ranbir didn't understand at all.

"Since we didn't let you down and you had a great time in Boston, why do you want to go?"

In fact, Louis didn't want to tell them about this, it was difficult for them to understand.

In a sense, there is no difference between Louie and Isiah Thomas.

They are eager to make a mark and have their names pronounced in bold letters in praise.

However, in the Celtics, Thomas was under the pressure of Bird, and even Sampson's popularity was much higher than him, and Louis, like his predecessors, was shrouded in the shadow of the cardinal.

He was so sure of his success elsewhere that he had to leave.

How should I tell them about this?

They won't understand.

"I haven't signed with another team yet, why do you think I'll go?" Louie asked.

Bird snorted coldly: "If you don't want to leave, why would you declare yourself a free agent after the championship celebration?"

"Because I'm going for higher pay, Larry, you're also a contract year, don't you want to make more money?" Louie asked.

Bird could not answer.

"So, you will renew the contract with the team?" Laimbeer continued.

"I can't guarantee this."

"Then don't you still want to go!"

Louie said realistically: "Whether I go or not is decided by the market, whoever has the higher price. If Reid only gave me a contract of 1.5 million, but another team gave me a contract of 3 million, should I stay? "

Ranbir said embarrassedly: "You think so... there is a reason."

"Can money mean everything?" Bird decided to come by himself, seeing that Ranbir couldn't make sense.

He absolutely overestimated himself.

A hillbilly, who is Louie? After living for two lifetimes, what scenes have you never seen after a hundred battles?

Louis scoffed, "Can't you?"

"Money can't buy happiness." Bird wanted to say that money couldn't buy them players, so it was a bit too hypocritical to say that, so I changed it.

Louis laughed out loud.

"If you think money can't buy happiness, I can only say that you are using the wrong method." Louie said sharply, "You can use the money to eat the feast you want, to travel around the world, to see Madonna and MJ's At a concert, go to a **** and pack all the women to dance on your lap, and ask the 10 most beautiful local girls to accompany you for the night... As long as you are willing to spend, money can not only bring happiness, but also It can bring a lot of happiness you can't imagine."

Byrd also ran out of words.

Suddenly, Ranbir added, "Money can't buy Larry Bird to work for you."

Who needs Larry Bird?

That's what Louis meant to say, and he glanced at Bird.

His relationship with Bird was complicated. They were neither friends nor foes, and Bird hated Louie talking about hillbillies, and Louie happily annoyed him. They built a season of ingenious chemistry, and every time Louie angered Bird, it was at the cost of Bird spreading that anger on his opponent.

Louie is a "come here" and he knows that the chance to coach Bird is what many coaches dream of.

Would anyone really turn down the chance to continue coaching Bird and choose to be his opponent?

Louis smiled bitterly: "Yes, this is a fly in the ointment."

Louis left Bird and Lambiel at home for dinner, and he gave them an answer.

If he leaves, it must be for economic reasons.

The answer was basically telling them that the Celtics couldn't keep anyone.

Only a place like the Knicks, which has been stupid and rich since ancient times, would spend 2.2 million to hire a coach.

As long as Laimbeer leaves the stadium, he is basically a gentleman. After all, he comes from a high-class family, and he has no shortage of conversation and etiquette. Bird is more autistic.

After they had eaten and left, Louie was alone in the room he usually used to plan games, when an unexpected person called him.

"Who called?"

"I didn't ask, but it's a little strange."

Louie answered the phone, "Hello, who's there?"

"it's me."

If it was someone he didn't know and suddenly called, Louis would definitely not be able to hear it. But this voice, he had heard too many times in the past few years. He realized who the other party was almost instantly, and was surprised: "Isaiah, I didn't expect you to call me. This seems to be the first time you called me, right?"

Thomas didn't even have the mood to chat with Louis, and asked straight to the point, "Are you leaving?"

Since he asked directly, why not simply answer Louis.

"Yeah, will you bless me?"

"why?"

"Huh?" Louie didn't seem to hear what he said, "What?"

"Why are you leaving?"

It is possible for anyone to call to keep Louis. The only thing Louis never thought was that Isaiah Thomas, who had been scolded by him from the preseason training camp to the end of Game 3 of the finals, would actually call to keep him. Generally speaking, when he hears he's leaving, Thomas isn't at home on the rails to celebrate, right?

"Why should I leave? It's a good question, but I didn't know how to answer you." Louis thought for a while, and decided to maintain the "I value money more than honor" in front of the players. Let's say, "I've been in Boston for six years and have achieved a lot. Now I want to pursue a higher income. Is this difficult to understand?"

As soon as Louis finished speaking, he heard Thomas gasping for air on the other end of the phone.

"After you've done so much,"

"After you said so many high-sounding things,"

"After you convinced me to be Larry's shadow, you **** told me you're going to give it up to make more money? What the **** are you kidding!"

Louie was silent for a few seconds, thinking that someone like Isiah Thomas would never be able to understand in a doomed world like Scottie Pippen, Dwyane Wade, Havlicek, and others. In a great team, selfless sacrifice is more important than dedication. Now this guy is calling to say he's decided to be Bird's Shadow?

Did I see him wrong? Louis thought.

"Since you are determined to pursue the answer, then I will tell you the answer."

Louie thought ~www.novelmt.com~Isiah Thomas was the only problem he couldn't solve with the Celtics. After he's gone, this man will be a ticking time bomb. When he was about to leave, he found that the problem could be solved. Is he going to fix it? Or leave the conundrum to K.C? The Celtics in the Finals were a perfect team, but for the most part, they're not perfect as long as Thomas doesn't exorcise his demons for a day and focus on fighting for glory.

Even with the hidden danger of Thomas, Louie feels that this Celtics team has no other team to beat. Their strongest point just restrains the strongest point of the Lakers. If the only Lakers who can challenge them are restrained, what about other teams?

"Because I think you can't succeed without me."

"What did you say?"

Louie laughed: "Am I not being clear enough? You can't be successful without me. Because Larry is an arrogant hillbilly, he will be considerate of you and will not take care of your emotions and feelings, even if you are with me. Talk beautifully, but over time your **** vanity will make you do some ugly things. Of course these problems will be covered up with me, but as long as I'm not around, you hypocrite The **** will show the fox's tail, don't put on a **** face in front of me, you are this kind of person, if you have any objection, prove it to me, use your actions, not your mouth."

"Okay, you wait and see! Let's see who can't live without who!" Thomas hung up the phone angrily.

Let me see, Isiah.

No one can beat you, no one but me.

Louis leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes with a smile.