The Rest, Only Noise

It is difficult for people outside the United States to understand why Oscar Robertson has such a high place in history.

Louis didn't understand it before, and he didn't bother to understand.

Through Robertson's antitrust lawsuit, the product that delayed the merger of the NBA and ABA by four years, laid the foundation for modern free agency.

For players, this merit is not comparable to the championship, which is produced once a year.

Louis drank cup after cup of coffee in the coffee shop, got a general understanding of the results of the Robertson case and the new agreement that was derived, and then began to read Jane Volcker's memorandum.

Volcker met M-L Carr three times in succession.

Except that the first two times were mainly about understanding and understanding, Louis carefully checked all the information of the third meeting word by word.

Volcker mentioned Carl's anxiety.

"He looked upset and seemed worried about the Pistons lions opening up."

"If other teams don't satisfy the Pistons' appetite, he may not get his next job."

"I promise we'll sign him."

It appears that Volcker's memo has no news worth exploiting.

Louis was not discouraged, he sorted out the information in his hand, and immediately rushed back to the Greek Academy to ask Walker for information on the operation of the Pistons in recent years.

"What do you want these for?" Volcker thought the deal was done.

Louis won't say anything until it's done.

"Just curious." His curiosity was no longer news on the team.

As a senior scout, inspecting players seems to have become his secondary job. In the recent major events in the team, Louis has been featured in almost every project.

Volcker gave Louie the Pistons operation information file.

Louis returned to his office with the document.

He hasn't slept all night, and now he doesn't have any sleepiness. When he carefully checked these files, he found a problem.

"I just said, how can the stupid force team not do stupid things?"

Louis scolded vulgarly in Chinese.

From 1976 to 1979, in the past few years, the Pistons deliberately raised the price of compensation four times to scare off opponents, and the record of player signing was wasted in vain.

The problem is, those players didn't end up with the Pistons, but instead signed with other teams before training camp started.

After depleting players' value and preventing them from going where they want to go, the Pistons have nowhere to go.

As if, they were just enjoying the process of blocking players.

This is a serious breach of the agreement reached after the Robertson case.

If it was just an accidental case, the league wouldn't make a big deal, but it's four cases, and Louie isn't sure if the Pistons had any other violations before M-L Carr became a free agent.

In order to find out about this, Louie found Carl's contact information through the information on Volcker's memo, and called the other party's home.

"Hello, who is it?"

From the first sentence you can see what a lively person Carl is.

"Hello, my name is Louis. I'm a Celtic staff member. I need to consult you about something. Do you have time now?"

"Didn't you all ask clearly?"

"It is precisely because the follow-up review found that it was not clear enough, so I made this call." Louis's ability to talk nonsense has reached its peak. "Carl, please cooperate with me, so that the signing can be completed as soon as possible."

With his future still up in the air, Carl cooperated.

"Just ask what you want to ask, I will definitely know everything, even if it is something I don't know, I will know it by changing the law!"

"Don't, just say what you know!"

"Okay, what do you want to know?"

"About the Pistons and you." Louie's pen was already in his hand, "Did the Pistons violate the rules in the execution of this contract?"

"This... should not be..."

"should not?"

Louie was skeptical about all the uncertain answers.

"My salary is paid normally, that is..."

"What is it?"

"Just a little problem...my contract is over, but my bonus hasn't come through. They said they wanted me to sign a new contract to get the money into my account, which my agent thought was There was a problem, but he was worried about causing other problems, so he didn't let me say it."

"Then why did you say it now?"

"Aren't I going to be a 'Glorious Celtic' soon?"

"Yeah, you're right, you're going to be a Celtic soon."

"This situation is very important, thank you for your cooperation and look forward to your joining."

Louie hangs up and turns his pen excitedly, now with two Pistons infractions on his hands. If those records were reported to the league, they would be subject to draft deprivation and six-figure fines.

The opportunity could not be missed, Louis's adrenaline made the already exhausted body move more and more vigorously.

He rushed to Auerbach's office as fast as he could, eating the fried noodles that had just been delivered.

"Didn't you go home to rest?" Auerbach took a mouthful of oil and put down the fried noodles.

"The people of Detroit deliberately didn't let me sleep, and I can't help it." Louie put his notes on Auerbach's desk. "I found something new about Carl's compensation deal."

Louie handed the Pistons offense to Auerbach.

When the old guy saw the content, he immediately realized what it would bring if it was true.

"Is the information reliable?" Auerbach asked.

"Illegal obstructing players from participating in the free market comes from their own operating records, which are irrefutable and irrefutable." Louie laughed, "I just called to confirm the Carl thing, and UU www.uukanshu.com will pay the bill when the time comes. Take it out and take a look, the natural truth is revealed, and they also have no need to deny it."

Auerbach was surprised and delighted by Louis's radiant look. What kind of kid is this? This **** is clearly a little devil!

In Auerbach's view, Louie is simply a born professional sports manager.

He can spot good players, he can negotiate, he has great eloquence, a humble smile, and most importantly, he's cunning enough to spot opportunities and track down any clues.

Seeing Auerbach's excited expression and twitching lips that didn't know how to praise Louis.

Louis smiled; "I really have to go back to rest this time."

"I'll have someone take you back."

"No, I have a car."

"No!" Auerbach said loudly, "You are too tired now. Safety is the most important thing. I will ask Volcker to take you home."

Just as Jan Volcker was on his way to drop Louie home, Auerbach called the Pistons' Dick Vitale again.

When the Pistons' records of irregular operations were faxed to Vitale's office, Vitale sat stunned, considering the price they might have paid.

Unable to think calmly, Vitale is like being slaughtered by Auerbach's limbs.

In the end, they reached such a compensation deal that shook the league.

As compensation for the signing of M-L Carr, the Celtics sent Bob McAdoo to the Pistons in exchange for two 1980 first-round picks, a 1981 first-round pick and a second-round pick and $50,000 cash.

The sensational deal was heard by the sports reporters of the "New York Times" and presented to the public with the headline "Auerbach rips Detroit's skin".