The Rest, Only Noise

"Coach Lu, do you have anything to say about the allegations that you deliberately favored your players in the All-Star Game to help them get better numbers and win the AMVP?"

"A little disgusting."

"nausea?"

"Yes," Louie said aggrievedly, "the arrangement of playing time is all about the performance of the players themselves, and there are many teams who don't want their players to play too long in the All-Star Game. This is a rare break. Chances are, and we're the favorites for the championship, what reason do you think I have for my players to play more?"

"For AMVP?"

"Haha!" Louie laughed disdainfully. "When you discuss the legacy of a great player, do you take the honor of AMVP into account?"

AMVP is a big plus for Wilson.

On-court bonuses are almost non-existent, but off-court, his commercial endorsements have increased several times during this period.

Like when Ewing won the AMVP last year, the off-court bonuses are almost non-existent.

The bonus on the court also waited until he achieved the achievement of the 3 MVP in a single season, and no one thought that he was another Knicks center after Willis Reid who had a season grand slam.

At the trade deadline this year, nothing major happened.

It is worth noting that Joe Barry Carroll was traded again, and Rod Strickland, a talented guard from New York, was stupidly sent by the Rockets to the Phoenix Suns for Byron Scott.

The rest is nothing to see, the strong teams are satisfied with the status quo. .

The Knicks stood still and waited quietly for the holiday to end.

Rudy Tomjanovich is happy these days.

He was technically knocked out by Buster Douglas in the tenth round after his lifelong foe Michael Tyson had a major upset in the title fight in Japan.

Since Tyson killed Spinks in less than four minutes in 1988, Tomjanovich and his Liangzi have been officially married.

As long as Tyson has a game, Tomjanovich will definitely support his opponent.

As a "winner", Louie doesn't like Tyson, but he likes the strong. So of course he has to support Tyson.

Louie wins streak against Tomjanovich in a private bet around Tyson's boxing match.

And this time, Tyson finally lost.

Tomjanovich won $3,000 in cash from Louie, which was nothing compared to the money he lost to Louie.

But it was enough to make him happy.

When Tyson lost the game, Louie was in Miami for All-Star Weekend, and he didn't even have time to watch the game. Still, Tomjanovich reminded him of that fact with 20 calls.

Louie was surprised by Tyson's failure, but after learning the inside story, he was relieved.

It's the '90s, and the invincible Iron Fist Tyson is a thing of the past.

More importantly, the influence from off the field.

Tyson parted ways with his mentor, and then every month there will be some negative news, less and less time to practice boxing, unable to concentrate on preparing for the competition, throwing parties day and night, and losing aggressiveness and hunger.

What about his opponent Douglas? He lost his mom before the Tyson game. He regarded this game as the most important battle in his life, and he wanted to console his mother by winning, so he insisted on training and watched Tyson's game video every day to study his weaknesses.

In the end, with a little flaw (1), he won a battle that will surely be remembered in boxing history.

If the enlightenment of why Tyson failed is not deep enough, then the story of his opponent Douglas rising in a flash and then falling at the speed of light must be a warning in professional sports for future generations - Douglas, who defeated Tyson, was Thought it would be the Tyson of the 90s, but after wearing the crown for less than a year, he mastered all of Tyson's negative buffs: complacency, lack of training, ecstasy, endlessly rambunctious, eight months later The poor state was easily ousted from the throne by the challenger Holyfield (my dear friend whose ear was bitten by Tyson).

There are more people involved in professional basketball than in the boxing ring.

There are not a few people like Tyson and Douglas who are willing to fall, and Louie has always avoided this kind of thing.

So when he drafts, he will favor players who have less trouble off the court.

That's why he was so hesitant to choose Kemp in the first place.

Because he knew Kemp had the same thing as Tyson—brilliant talent and self-destructive tendencies.

February 13

The Knicks played against the Eagles in a healthy state.

Currently, the Eagles are at the bottom of the league.

This team, whose future was indirectly destroyed by Louis, is still looking for their future.

The Knicks' ruthless style of play allowed the Eagles to score only 79 points.

Unlike many defensively strong teams, the Knicks' offensive firepower is equally fierce.

Their average points per game is second only to the Denver Nuggets and the Golden State Warriors. Once they encounter a team like the Eagles that can't attack and can't defend, there is a high probability of a tragedy.

131 to 79

With a 52-point gap, Eagles coach Mike Fratello said: "I'm sad about this game, but, walking off the court, I think that LittleLu's team once won the other team by 81 points, so When you think about it, the difference of 52 points is not so unacceptable.”

Ewing efficiently scored 22 points, 23 rebounds and 4 blocks.

This year, the Knicks' offense has shifted significantly.

The core flanks and shooters, led by Wilson and Miller, took on more of the burden.

This is inevitable, because Lake Kay is the main enemy of the Knicks, and both teams have a strong inside line. Ewing can't be as dominant as last year or the year before.

After a few days of rest, against the Rockets who own Olajuwon.

Olajuwon and Barkley are in the same predicament. They both have superhuman strength, but the quality of their teammates is so bad that they can only struggle in the middle and lower reaches of the division.

Tonight, Ewing and Olajuwon competed fiercely.

Ewing scored 32 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks, and the opposite Olajuwon responded with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 8 blocks.

In terms of counterpoint, the two are no less different.

From the performance point of view, Louie thinks Ewing is playing better.

Ewing has become a champion core center with both offense and defense under him. Has Olajuwon changed from his time at the University of Houston?

I'm afraid the only change is to adapt to the professional arena.

Others, not only haven't gotten better, they've gotten worse in some ways.

His temper, and the black hole of the ball that he doesn't want to pass when he receives the ball.

The former affects not only his own performance, but also the state of his teammates.

For example, when a veteran like Byron Scott calls him out for a pick-and-roll, he's determined to catch the ball down low.

If Scott didn't give it, he cursed on the spot.

In this way, the team's chemistry can still be good?

Ewing is not like him.

Ewing only does what he does, and Louie needs his defense, so he defends. When he needs to attack, he attacks. Occasionally he wanted to recall the hot years of his college days with Olajuwon, and as long as he could score the ball, Louie would let him be capricious for a few minutes.

But after a few minutes, Ewing himself would put down the mentality of looking back and play without needing a reminder from Louie.

Ewing knows what is good for the team and how to make his teammates comfortable.

What frightens many teams is that the Knicks, who are chasing three consecutive championships, do not have obvious internal contradictions.

All of them are a card in Louie's hand, playing when it's time to play.

If Louis insisted on holding them in the palm of his hand, they wouldn't mind.

After Ewing went down, Sam Bowie came up to hold up the second team.

Bowie's outstanding performance has made fans forget Song Tao.

Even if Song Tao performed well in the 76ers as a backup insider (averaged 8+7 per game).

In this game, Bowie played 17 minutes. Although he only scored 2 points, he had 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.

As Lou had envisioned, he became the Knicks' older Bill Walton.

Unlike the old Wharton in the Green Kai period, Bowie glass is glass, but it is not in the state of Wharton that may be scrapped at any time. As Ewing's backup, he played with ease and sometimes shined, allowing Louie to understand to some extent why Jack Ramsay insisted on picking him~www.novelmt.com~Ewing and Olajuwon Continuing the front line again, it makes people see how powerful the Knicks' lineup is.

Except for Ewing, the other Knicks starters played a maximum of 25 minutes tonight.

MVP favorite Benjamin Wilson played only 22 minutes, scoring 19 points and 4 rebounds before clocking off work.

All 13 players on the active list get the chance to play, except for rookie Doug West, all players who play have points, assists, and boards.

Louis has never been so satisfied.

"I saw a perfect team."

After the Knicks' victory over the Rockets, Louie told the media with relief.

⑴Tyson knocked Douglas down in the 8th round. The referee gave Douglas a few seconds. About 9 seconds later, Douglas started to stand up. By the time he got up, it had been 12 seconds, exceeding the 10-second limit.

(2) In 1984, Louis brought the Celtics 81 points to bloodbath the calf.