The Rest, Only Noise

Auerbach made good on his promise, agreeing with Ralph Sampson on the same rookie contract as Bird, worth $650,000 a year.

Sampson can't ask for more because Auerbach can't give him a higher contract than Bird.

The two sides were happy, and Sampson signed his name on the contract in the presence of many reporters.

"Child, you are welcome to join!"

Auerbach looked at him like Bill Russell back then.

"It is my pleasure, sir," replied Sampson happily.

Bob Ryan, a well-known reporter for The Boston Globe, wrote excitedly in his article: "There is no doubt that this is the restoration of the Boston dynasty. People's expectations!"

Interestingly, Sampson, at Louie's suggestion, asked Ball to add an exception to his rookie contract (the Celtics agreed).

"If Ralph is injured, he can decide whether to play with the injury or not."

This is a special case for Bill Fitch.

According to Louie's experience, injuries are unavoidable for a 2.2-meter sports giant like Sampson.

They are so tall and full of athletic ability, which violates the physiological structure. Therefore, as long as there is an injury, it must be treated with seriousness.

If possible, Louie wants to implement "load management" on Sampson.

He just had the idea, but didn't implement it.

The honor of playing with an injury has been avoided by the contract, and it is necessary to miss some games in order to relieve physical fatigue when the player is not injured?

This is seriously against the will of the times.

Only when Louis is in a high position will he be able to make his own rules.

Now we can only take one step at a time.

In July, Sampson's special training has begun.

Louie followed him throughout the training like his trainer.

The most important thing Sampson needs to do right now is put on weight.

Before the new season arrives, he must gain at least 8-10 pounds of muscle.

Sampson was tortured, eating six meals a day and doing extensive strength training.

Training with the ball is greatly reduced, and Louie pays great attention to shaping his body.

"If you don't eat well, you won't be able to gain weight smoothly. At that time, anyone can knock you to the ground. I'm not trying to scare you!"

Louie would deter Sampson with an extreme tone.

Louis, who had lobbied him cheerfully the other day, became another person.

At UVa, no one treats Sampson that way.

"Know the person and the face, but not the heart!" Sampson regretted that he should stay in the university.

"Stop complaining, kid!" Louie didn't seem to know how weak he was in front of Sampson, "You make $650,000 a year, and if you take that for granted, then you're wrong, the world of adults is very difficult. Cruel!"

In order to help Sampson training, Louie also invited Dave Cowens as a sparring coach.

Cowens has been in a bad mood recently. Asking him to be a sparring coach is like giving him a chance to vent his sullenness in disguise.

Unfortunately for Sampson, Cowens' tantrums, rude posturing, and stubbornness for the ball made it difficult for him.

Because Louis asked him to use the card position technology, instead of using his talent to compete.

This limitation completely exposed his weakness of not being good at card positions.

After a month, Cowens was gone, he vented his sulking on Sampson, and then came Ranbir.

"Don't worry, I will definitely be gentle."

Laimbeer once made Sampson think he was a good guy.

In less than a day, Ranbir's little actions almost made them enemies.

When Ranbir rudely threw him to the ground, he jumped up and wanted to fight.

Louie appeared among them just in time and told Sampson, "If you're going to do something like this, I feel like you're going to fight people every game in the NBA."

"I don't believe the NBA has a more despicable opponent than him!" Sampson yelled.

Ranbir smiled and said, "That's because you don't see much, rookie, this lesson is taught to you for free!"

During those months, Sampson's weight grew to 108 kilograms.

Exactly 10 pounds.

But the weight of 10 pounds is distributed to all parts of the body of 224 cm, and it seems that there is not much change.

At the end of August, Fitch called the team for pre-season training.

In the upcoming new season, the league has changed a lot.

The Dallas Mavericks paid a $12 million franchise fee and successfully entered the NBA, and since then the league has expanded its territory to Dallas.

The franchise fee angered the Mavericks' owners for the veterans of the NBA.

Because the league is losing money, although the dividends from the TV contract can barely maintain the operation of the team, it is a fact that most teams are losing money.

Therefore, every team that wants to join the NBA has to pay a huge franchise fee.

If the owner of the newly joined team is insufficient, the franchise fee will make them unable to relax for a long time.

In addition, the league has adjusted the divisions of the four teams.

The error that almost made one suspect that the Union Office did not understand geography was dealt with.

The San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets were drawn into the West, while the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls moved to the East.

This adjustment is considered a weakening of the east and a strengthening of the west.

Because the Rockets and the Spurs are both stable playoff teams, the Bucks and the Bulls are divided from the West. Only the Bucks are a playoff team, and the Bulls are very weak.

But people are not as good as heaven. The two new teams in the East will give everyone in the East a big gift as soon as they arrive. They have strengthened their combat effectiveness through their own operations and successfully entered the playoffs in the new season.

During this offseason, in addition to paying attention to Sampson's training, Louie also watched a lot of game videos.

He recorded a lot of interesting tactics.

He also tried to read more autobiographies of coaches, but they would only tell others how they succeeded~www.novelmt.com~ without explaining their tactics in detail.

After all, it is the stuff at the bottom of the box and cannot be taken out casually.

Combined with Bill Fitch's high-post pick-and-roll offense, Louie thought of Steve Kerr's passing and cutting tactics that irritated fans.

In the 1980s, when space requirements were less stringent, pass-and-cut was an effective tactic.

Thus, Louis' "L" series of tactics came into being.

It's a pass-and-cut tactic.

One of the most famous matching routines is as follows:

The position is 3-2, the 1st dribble, the 5th raises the left flank to cover, the 1st passes the ball to the 3rd, receives the 5th to cover and penetrates into the penalty area. At this point, No. 5 gets his first chance, he can shoot, he can pass, it all depends on the situation at the time. If there is no chance, pass the ball to the right-wing 2 to stretch the space. If the tactics work well, the 1 and 4 will have a high probability of getting easy basket scoring opportunities. At this point, the No. 2 only needs to pass the ball.

It's a short, quick tactic that demands a lot on the player's ability to adapt.

It is also a signature tactic in the "L" series.

When the tactic first appeared in Celtics training camp, Bill Fitch found it to be a good fit for his system.

"Lu, you paid attention." Fitch smiled.

Louie believes that if his tactics work, the applause and praise will only go to Fitch.

But it doesn't matter, the assistant coach is a tool in the shadow and should not be the protagonist. All he has to do is use Fitch to test his tactics.

If it is useful, he will naturally be able to use it when he coaches in the future. If it doesn't work, it's Fitch who bears the consequences.

It doesn't matter at all to lose some fame and fortune for this.