The Rest, Only Noise

Before Game 2 of the NBA Finals, a bizarre rumor appeared in New York.

"Leader Lu will be the general manager of the New York Yankees because the Messiah in basketball will be the Messiah in baseball."

This news is outrageous because the probability of it being true is not even 0, but a negative probability.

The news came out because the current general manager of the Yankees, Bucky Dent, was fired.

Sounds like no logic.

Why is there gossip about Louie and the Yankees? Not to mention Louie did a great job with the Knicks, he can't change anything, if he really wants to, he shouldn't, he's an expert in basketball, not necessarily better than the Yankees on Madison Avenue in baseball. specialized.

This is just like those who heard that a certain female star was divorced, were overjoyed and threatened "then don't I have a chance?", kind netizens will verbally announce that they will wake you up with urine, and kind and considerate netizens will Lies that he has diabetes to let you know that he uses urine to wake you up while taking into account the taste. There are also some netizens who are not kind enough. They are not worldly and can't see that your self-righteousness is just a common protective color of contemporary second-rate netizens. , so there will be a sentence: "What's the matter with you?"

Although disrespectful to Louie, in this matter, the logic is the same. It is indeed a bizarre rumor that he is the new coach of the Yankees.

Outrageous, outrageous, for now, no matter how outrageous the rumors are, the reason this rumor spreads is because the Yankees have been outrageous enough in recent years. .

After winning the last world title of the Bronx Zoo ⑴ era in 1978, they changed 17 general managers in 12 years.

It can be said that fat, short, tall, thin, beautiful, ugly, handsome, smart, stupid, self-contained, Hall of Fame-level, potential cutting-edge... All kinds of talents, any posture - this is the greatest baseball team in the history of baseball. The wealthy teams have used all means to wave the pennant again, but they just can't stand on the top podium again.

The boss is impatient, and high-level changes are frequent, so it is difficult to have stable long-term planning.

The nickname "Bronster Zoo" became a veritable nickname.

In the 1980s, the Yankees weren't uncompetitive either. They put together a strong lineup that won 103 regular-season games in 1980.

But year after year, the Yankees lived like the New York Knicks of the '70s.

Gone are the days of the '40s and '60s when you paid big bucks to poach good players from other teams to form galactic fleets that swept the league.

They were still rich and powerful in the 1980s, but they spent the most money and suffered the most beatings. They look good every year, but not the best of the year. There's always a team or two that's better than them, like the Red Sox or the Blue Jays.

In recent years, the Yankees' desire to get stronger has grown stronger.

The New York Islanders in the early 1980s created a dynasty in the NHL, but the Yankees at that time still had the remnants of the old dynasty in the 1970s, and the fans had a solid foundation. In recent years, the Yankees have been getting worse and worse, while the Knicks have risen strongly, getting stronger year after year.

The Yankees’ home attendance dropped by 35%, and the Knicks’ season tickets have been robbed every season. No matter who they are playing, home and away game tickets are hard to come by. Soaring, the commercial value has achieved unimaginable growth like the soaring professional basketball.

The Knicks won't take off out of thin air. Anyone who has followed them can clearly tell where the dividing line is.

That is, the moment Louie moved from Boston to New York in 1984.

The "Messiah", which was originally a black name similar to "Bronster Zoo", has now become a nickname that is so noble and solemn that it can only be mentioned on a very important platform.

Therefore, such outrageous rumors are spread.

Since the Knicks marketing department intends to use this hype, they choose to fuel the flames in private.

What really caught Louie's attention was Jerry West's phone call.

The other party asked Louie if he wanted to apply for the general manager job of the Yankees.

Only then did Louis hold a press conference to refute the rumors before the second game of the finals.

"About my application to the Yankees, it's purely a rumor, please stop spreading it, I don't know baseball, I don't even understand curveball and curveball, this kind of rumor embarrassed me and made the Yankees It's embarrassing for the staff." Louie doesn't want to offend the Yankees, no matter how good the Knicks are now, the other party's hard work in New York for more than half a century, the fan base, media support, as a city and even the United States' trademark facing the world One, it's not something the Knicks can touch in the short term.

This embarrassing rumor came to an end with the Yankees' emergency announcement of their 18th general manager in 12 years.

June 7, 1990

GuThe second game of the finals, the Knicks, who have lost home-court advantage, can be said to have lost their way out.

The second home game must be won.

Pat Riley demanded humility from his players, insisting that the Knicks weren't doing their best in Game 1 for some reason, but his players didn't think so.

Scottie Pippen said after Game 1: "I believe that people who watched this game will no longer be afraid of the Knicks. They also played the same game as we were, and then lost."

The Lakers' super sixth man, Kevin Johnson, is completely in a tails of excitement: "I've said before that they can be defeated, many people don't like us, the more we do this, the stronger we will rebound, and we will be in Winning the New Yorkers in the series, you better remember my words!"

The three referees who enforced the law tonight were made up of one old man, one middle-aged generation and one young man.

The head referee is former referee union president Darrell Garretson, the assistant referee is Hugh Hollins, and the young referee is named Jack Madden.

Louie was unfamiliar with Madden, and the other two were old acquaintances.

Garretson is a typical bureaucratic referee. He is very imposing on the court. He will not accept protests when he is given a penalty. If someone protests, he will decide whether to send T according to the attitude of the opponent. Hollins has an even worse reputation, known for stealing scenes at key moments.

"Hopefully this game is good enough."

Louie and these two have unpleasant pasts, but that unpleasantness is often caused by the referee himself. Although they don't think so themselves, they only think that Louis is ignorant.

But Louie is not the kind of performance coach who just grins and screams when he is called for a technical foul. Both Garrelson and Hollins have learned his methods.

If their enforcement content cannot be approved by Louie, Louie will relinquish control of his players if he can't stop them.

The consequences of giving up control are naturally scenes of conflicts that they don't want to see.

It's a potential threat, and it's how Louie plays with the referee.

Either they unify the standard, or they relax the scale, they want to control the field, they want the game to look good, and they want to make someone else suffer, but they don't think about it.

It's okay for him to get bored by someone, but don't think your game looks good, and it's impossible to control the field.

Therefore, Garretson didn't have a good face at all when he heard Louis's words: "I hope your players are honest in the finals."

"That's right, isn't it too idealistic, Your Excellency?" Louis called out for the players, "If you guys think my players are dishonest before they start, when the game starts, no matter what happens, as long as something goes wrong, don't you? Won't inappropriate allegations be made against my players without evidence?"

"Joke! I have worked in this industry for more than 20 years, and I have never been ashamed. As long as you are honest, I will not embarrass you!"

Garrelson was making a statement, and Hollins didn't come to communicate with Louis.

As for that Madden~www.novelmt.com~, he even kept his distance from Louis.

Before the opening, Louis called the main players to his side.

"Looks like we're not going to be able to take a lot of physical action against the Lakers tonight as planned."

Louie has no confidence in those two referees.

"Plans changed?" Stockton asked.

"The plan remains the same, but the plan belongs to the plan. Even if the coaching staff thought about all aspects when making the plan, there are many accidents in the game. I allow you to act according to the circumstances. As long as there is an accident, you must make changes, through changes. , let the plan catch up with the changes!" Louis said heavily, "A few minutes before the opening, we will increase the intensity according to the original plan, and first test the scale for tonight."

After all, the Knicks starting five tigers, the classic Stockton, Miller, Wilson, McHale, Ewing debut.

(1) "Bronster Zoo" is actually a book that chronicles the 1978 New York Yankees season, including the conflicts between players in the 1978 World Series. The Yankees were once called the "Bronster Zoo" in the early 1980s due to their excellent writing and high degree of dissemination. Later, due to the confrontation between the title of "Zoo" and the bleak reality, this title became more and more black. Said, gradually no one called again.

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