The Rest, Only Noise

In September, NBA teams start preseason training camps.

This year's Knicks are different from last year's.

Before preseason training camp started last year, the Knicks' roster was already full. So they didn't invite those on the fringes of the NBA to participate in trial training, but determined the roster for the new season from the beginning of training camp.

This year, Ellis and Song Tao both missed the training camp for some reason, and it is certain that they will also miss the first month of the new season.

So the Knicks invited some fringe people to try out.

At that time, they will sign a player or two on short-term contracts in case they are needed.

Such contracts are not guaranteed to them.

But as long as you can play in the NBA, it's worth it for some people.

In the new season, Louie saw that Ewing's physique was getting stronger and stronger. He strengthened the training of lower body strength in the offseason, and the muscles in his thighs were obviously more developed than the last time he saw him.

Wilson has also put on a lot of weight, and the hairy boy from last season is now clearly able to hold up his clothes.

There are also their three new members, Michael Cooper, Reggie Miller, and Brad Rohos—the last one, Louie also gave him a Chinese name based on the homophony, called Rohos.

Although he doesn't understand it now, he will like it later.

"Before you start this new season, I want to say a few words." Louis looked at the crowd, and then said, "I know that the union is negotiating with the league, and there is a risk of the league being shut down in the future, but you don't need to worry too much, you don't When a person serves in the union, all they have to do is play seriously and do their own thing well. If there is any irreconcilable conflict between the union and the union in the future, and you have to obey the union's instructions, please rest assured, on behalf of the team, I solemnly You are committed that the actions of the union have nothing to do with you personally."

This means that if the players union chooses to strike in order to force the league to compromise in the future, the Knicks executives will not blame the players who responded to the call.

What Louis said was not impossible.

Just in recent days, the players' union has announced that it has withdrawn from negotiations. They will take the league to court in the name of antitrust, demanding the removal of the salary cap and a series of league-related regulations that do not comply with the law.

The conflict between the two sides is so great that it seems that there is no possibility of any reconciliation.

Louie had been through 1983, and he knew the gang.

Now it's all about lifting the roof.

After a period of time, there will always be someone who can calm down and think carefully about the interests and the interests, and then realize that the roof is really lifted, which is not good for both parties.

So the final result is nothing more than taking a step back and giving up some interests within an acceptable range in order to reach a new consensus.

Controversy between the players union and the league has historically been nothing but this.

Louis' words calmed the hearts of the army, and the preseason training camp officially started.

Cooper, who just arrived, is the only veteran in the Knicks with championship experience. He must first confirm his position in the team, so he invited Wilson to fight with him.

Wilson knew Cooper was in the first defense last season, so he embraced it.

In Louie's vision, Cooper's arrival would turn the Knicks' murder rush into complete form.

Cooper is an elite defender with a solid foundation.

Talking about the average steals per game is less than 1.6, and talking about the average blocks per game is less than 1, how can such a person be selected for the best defensive team for seven consecutive years?

The answer lies in the magician.

Many people don't know enough about Magic's defense.

They thought Magic was just too big to guard against guards who were shorter than him.

In fact, Magic's entire understanding of defense is problematic.

His defensive awareness is poor, his defensive skills are unfamiliar, and his willingness to defend is average, coupled with the cliché that he is too tall to guard against short guards. These factors make him an extreme defender.

He's probably the worst All-Star starter in the NBA in isolation, and watching him alone is as uncomfortable as listening to the Canadian Electric Eel sing.

But that doesn't make him a defensive black hole like Kevin Love, hated by Emperor fans.

Because of the physical condition, and the way Pat Riley usually trains. Magic has a higher value on defense, and maybe he's a player like Kevin Durant who can play better on defense if he wants to.

But who knows? His archenemy Larry Bird was selected for the second defense in a row when his athletic ability was at his best, but Magic was never associated with the defense.

That's what makes Michael Cooper great, and why he's been on the defense for seven straight years.

Ideally for the Lakers, he would never be a starter.

But he didn't mind because he knew coach Pat Riley would call him on the court late in the first quarter or earlier if things didn't go well.

If Magic's defense gets busted, Riley will put him on the floor. He's the team's defensive finisher who tends to play against the opposing team's best offensive player while wiping Magic's ass.

He's been everywhere, just not on the scoreboard. Besides Magic Johnson, Cooper is the most invisible influencer in the Lakers game.

In his duel with Wilson, Louie saw the best of him. He's not the type of defender who is a big threat to basketball. His defensive style is rare, mostly about forcing you to do things you're not good at. If you don't like to shoot, he'll entice you to shoot, if you don't like to drive, he'll push you to drive.

He's a psychic guru, and unfortunately Wilson is an offense and defense machine.

With this kind of player, his style becomes rough.

His roughness also aroused Wilson's enthusiasm.

Wilson carefully chose the offensive line, made a pull-up jumper, turned his back and leaned back, and made a breakthrough dunk after a fake shake.

Cooper's offense, in turn, wasn't as good.

Although he can dribble and shoot better, and his range can be extended beyond the arc. Is the Lakers' most reliable 3-point shooter other than Magic, but he's not a consistent ball-handler.

Such a player doesn't have much advantage in heads-up, the only thing he wants to do is to torture the attacker with his defense.

However, Wilson is also much better than last season.

11 to 3

Of the 3 points Cooper got, 2 points were for Wilson to let the ball on purpose, and 1 point was for Louie to signal to release the water, so Wilson made a defensive look, and his acting skills were so fake that he chased Zhang Yining to let the ball - rushing to the basket for Cooper to dunk .

"Amazing, Benj!" Cooper is fine, it's his voice...

How should I put it, his voice sounded a little like Stern, but a little different.

Stern's voice sounded soft and sissy. But when he is angry, you will find that he is not a mother at all.

Cooper's sissy voice has a unique charm, it is a strange feeling, like the kind of tone that the eunuchs in the film and television dramas deliberately pick up. Louie hadn't seen the eunuch, he didn't know how the real **** spoke, and he was glad Cooper was American and chose to play basketball.

Regardless, Louie is excited to have him on board.

Next season, the Knicks' murder press lineup will look like this: Cooper, Stevens, Rodman, Salley, Oakley, and Wilson and Ewing, ready to join.

Typically, the original idea of ​​a murder press is five people, as Pitino did in college.

Louie opted to expand that to seven, make sure someone could rotate, and increased the time to 8-10 minutes for murder presses that use up to half a quarter in a game.

Pitino envied his cards.

Although the talent pool in college is shallower, and the probability of using full-court press to kill opponents is higher, only in the NBA can you have the best full-court press in the world.

After a season, Pitino's experiments in college were ignored, and the Knicks' murder was well known.

"You're one of the best defenders I've ever seen ~www.novelmt.com~" Wilson praised.

Cooper was very hard to bear, and he was beaten by a hairy boy when he first arrived.

After Cooper's bullfight, Louie called the three new recruits, including him, to his office.

"Would you like something to drink, I have everything in my office." Louis laughed.

Cooper could see that the two rookies were cautious, and he was a veteran, so he took the lead to break the state of the chat: "Coach, if you have anything, just say it directly, we still have training."

"Are you in such a hurry? Well, there's nothing else to ask you to come here. I just want to tell you the positioning of the three of you in the new season."

Cooper asked curiously: "Isn't this kind of thing not decided until the end of training camp?"

Because they haven't attended a training session now, why does Louis arrange positioning?

"I have a general idea of ​​your strength. Unless you raise a level in the training camp, nothing will change."

Louie first said to Cooper, "Michael, you're not going to get more time here than Los Angeles. But I'm still going to reuse your defense. I need you to be the leader of the press."

Cooper himself has no objection. His playing time with the Lakers is also declining year by year. Now the Knicks are even more unlikely to start. There are too many young people here.

"Coach, I know my place."

"Very good..." Louie glanced at the two young people beside him, "Michael, you go first, I want to chat with these two rookies alone."

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