The Rest, Only Noise

The latest website: Also for the scoring title in the team, Wilson seems to have more burdens than Ewing.

In addition to scoring, he also has to take care of Reggie Miller and other people's emotions.

Ewing is not.

In any era, the interior is the end of the offensive end, they are responsible for the end.

There are only a few centers who can handle both the start and the end like Walton, Sabonis, and Jokic.

Although Ewing has a lot of assists (for a center), Louie did not give him a rigid support task.

If he wants to pass the ball, he will pass the ball, but he will not pass the ball when he feels inconvenient.

Wilson is well aware of his weight and how badly it could affect Miller if he pursues individual scoring as heavily as Ewing.

Time entered December, in order to stabilize Miller, Louis notified Baylor, contacted Miller's agent, and started negotiations for an early contract renewal.

Entering the Knicks for three seasons, Miller's scoring average rose from 10 points in his rookie season to the current 18 points, second only to Ewing and Wilson in the team, hitting at least 3.4 three-pointers per game. In terms of output and production, he is already on a par with the Hornets' leading scorer and the league's top scorer, Dale Ellis.

At first, Miller and his agent insisted on a 10-year, $36 million contract.

Beller got angry when he heard that.

"What the **** would Patrick think if he signed this?"

After all, Wilson was the first player in the league last season. Miller's status in the Knicks team is comparable to that of Rodman. An "replaceable" shooter is worth so much?

Louie heard about Miller's asking price. What he thought of was not Ewing's reaction, but how Miller would regret the contract in the future.

What does a 10-year long-term contract represent?

an era

Three TV deals, everyone knows a new one equals a salary cap hike.

Signing this contract, Miller can only be happy for two or three years. Within three years, he'll find that there are a lot of people who aren't as good as him but are making more money than him, and he'll have to hold on to that contract until 2001. At that time, won't he have a similar psychology to Ewing?

Ewing's contract has a player option in the seventh year, but Miller doesn't have it.

Louis specifically asked Miller to enlighten him and persuaded him to give up the idea of ​​signing a 10-year long-term contract.

Miller eventually signed a six-year, $20 million extension with the Knicks before Christmas.

Although the Knicks' salary cap can no longer fill this contract, Miller has been in the league for three years, and he can activate the Bird clause, so the Knicks can sign him smoothly.

Miller's contract marked the end of the Louis-era Knicks' child labor contract benefits.

In the past few seasons, although Ewing's large contract accounted for a large part of the salary cap, the Knicks have many rookies, but the contracts are not large.

Now that the team has officially taken shape, the future stars that Louis has selected into the team have also reached the age to sign a second contract.

No matter how the salary cap goes up, the Knicks won't have any extra room.

They have officially entered a new era in which they can only sign people in the free market through drafts, trades, and minimum salary.

At the same time, although Miller's new contract tripled his rookie contract, his salary can only be ranked third in the team, not higher than Ewing.

It also preserved Ewing's self-esteem.

Although the annual salary is only a few hundred thousand more than Miller, it is still a lot. You must know that his contract was signed in 1985.

Once Miller's contract was finalized, he didn't think much about the data.

Before the extension, Miller would get mad at not getting the ball, blaming Wilson, and now even if he doesn't get the ball, he just spits trash at opponents.

After all, I have money, so I am afraid.

christmas eve

The league arranged for the Portland Trail Blazers as the Knicks opponent.

Drexler's negative effects are spreading from the field to the field.

He frequently disclosed the whispers of the Blazers locker room to the public, revealing Jordan's tyrannical side on the training ground to the eyes of the world.

For a time, trading gliders became the most urgent thing for the Blazers.

However, Barkley in the East was temporarily calmed down by the team's large contract. Isiah Thomas was in a winning team. Although he wanted to leave, he was still reluctant to be where he became famous. The Green Army is in excellent shape, making a last-ditch effort.

As a result, the glider has nowhere to go.

Teams that can give peer-to-peer exchange chips have temporarily closed the trading channel.

The Blazers are very professional in their approach, placating Drexler on the one hand and promising to trade him at the first opportunity, and on the other, limiting his minutes. In each game, the glider only plays 25 minutes, no more points and one second less.

He was able to smash the numbers in those 25 minutes, and Jordan still led the team, maintaining his lead in scoring with astonishing efficiency, while developing a three-point threat on the left and right wings.

He's getting better and better, but Drexler doesn't want to help him anymore.

He is neither Scottie Pippen nor Isiah Thomas.

No, with these two, can they be willing to fight when the team cannot win the championship?

Rick Pitino, whose position was in jeopardy, saw Louis with a sad face: "Lu, if it were you, what would you do?"

"I'll get out as soon as possible," Louis said truthfully.

Louis and Pitino have always had a good personal relationship.

Considering Pitino's situation, he said this entirely from the heart.

Even he wouldn't want to stay with the Blazers. The inside of this team is rotten, Jordan and Drexler have to be cut, and the existing roster has to be reshuffled. When Pitino was on top, it wasn't enough to stabilize the locker room without a long-term plan.

Since the inside and outside are already rotten, if you don't get out as soon as possible to avoid the reputation being stinky, when will you wait?

"How can it be that easy?" Pitino is well aware of Jordan's strength.

He doesn't think Jordan is worse than Tragic, Bird, Sampson, Wilson.

Where would he go to coach a player as good as Jordan?

It's a matter of personal choice.

In the Christmas battle between the Knicks and the Blazers, Jordan had only 19 points.

He took 31 shots in the game, and under the Knicks' defense, he fell down every layup and blocked every shot.

Jordan, who didn't feel good, couldn't hit the inside line. Ewing, Wilson, Rodman, Reggie Williams, and Sean Kemp, who smashed the Blazers' second team, blocked 21 shots in the game.

"The Knicks remember who made them lose their first game of the season."

"Yes, it's a pioneer!"

"They also remember who was the key to the Blazers' win -- MJ's 61."

"That's why they were so crazy tonight, they don't accept the same player beating them the same way twice."

The bad thing is that Drexler efficiently scored 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in 25 minutes.

So, he had something to say after the game.

"If I take 31 shots and only get 19 points, guess what will happen?"

Drexler's words not only angered the Blazers executives, but also betrayed Jordan.

He can score 24 points in 25 minutes, and his hot hand is an important reason, but without Jordan's feeding, there is no sense of touch.

Looking at the way the Blazers collapsed, Louis became more and more emotional.

Jordan and Drexler were supposed to be at the peak of their careers in 1991, and if they could pull together, even with David Robinson and Pippen, the Lakers wouldn't be able to resist the Blazers' flank.

Jordan joined a better team than the Bulls because of Louie, but his career didn't get better because of it.

He was firmly suppressed by the tragic Lakers, and then he was betrayed by the second leader in the years close to his peak. The team was torn apart, and the season prospects were dimmed to the end. Any Western team may become the Knicks president. The opponents in the final, only the Blazers are impossible.

If this team is to reach the finals, Louis can only suggest that the core of the top four teams in the Western Conference retire collectively and stop playing.

From the end of November to the end of December ~www.novelmt.com~ The Knicks remained undefeated, hitting a 17-game winning streak.

"Whether oil prices fell first or the Knicks lost first, the New York Times will follow through."

The first year of the last decade of the 20th century was not peaceful.

With the end of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, the smoke of gunpowder in the Gulf, and a big news in Iraq, the Knicks, who are aiming for four consecutive championships, have erupted into a more powerful fighting force than last season under the fierce competition within the team.

In two months, they only lost one game. If it wasn't for Jordan's amazing 61 points in a single game, they might have kept the victory.

26 wins and 1 loss

For the Knicks' current record, Louie has only one word to say.

"26 wins can't even guarantee a playoff spot. When we are 81 wins and 1 loss, you will cheer again."

It seems that he has been installed again.