The Rest, Only Noise

LATEST WEBSITE: The Knicks own the Spurs' first-round pick this year.

This pick is also a legacy from many years ago.

For the 1986-87 season, Louie sent Manute Ball and Bernard King to San Antonio in exchange for Artis Gilmour and draft rights.

The trade not only allowed Louie to cash out when Bol was at its most valuable, it also dealt with King's contract and got a solid center backup, plus a solid draft pick return.

After Louie came to New York, he had four great things about the operation of the team.

In 1985, Cartwright was exchanged for Oakley + first-round draft picks for the next two years. The victim was the Cavaliers.

In 1986, the No. 2 pick of the year was exchanged for Kevin McHale and the draft pick. The victim was the Bulls.

In 1987, the Spurs were traded for Gilmour and draft rights with Bol, who had seen potential to develop to the end, and Bernard King after a major injury.

Then there was the 1989 trade for Wayman Tisdale for the next two most likely top-10 picks, and the victim was the King. .

Without those trades, the Knicks wouldn't have had a meteoric rise in four years.

The deal with the Spurs has far-reaching implications.

This led to the Spurs doing stupid things in a row.

For example, they won the No. 1 pick in 1987. Because they failed to sign David Robinson, they chose to trade with the Lakers because they were worried that the other party would have an accident during their two-year military service.

They sent Robinson's signing rights to Los Angeles in exchange for Dominic Wilkins, who was disgruntled at the Lakers.

Now, Wilkins has suffered a serious injury, not as good as back then. If they hadn't signed Bernard King last summer, and he hadn't played amazingly this season, maybe the Spurs would have given the Knicks an ex. Fifth overall pick.

Now that they are one step closer to making the playoffs, they only gave the Knicks a 13th pick in the first round, which is already a fortune.

Then, they can only look at Wilkins, who doesn't know if he can return to the peak, and then look at the core center of the Lakers, David Robinson.

Think again about what mistakes you made.

It wasn't until this year that the Knicks had to receive the last legacy of their deal with the Spurs that year.

This year, the Spurs are ranked ninth in the Western Conference and eighteenth in the league, with the 13th overall pick in the first round.

Now, that pick belongs to the Knicks.

Louie hopes to use this magical draft pick to pick a useful player.

In addition, "good news" came out of Minnesota.

Billy McKinney, the first general manager of the Timberwolves, who conspired with Jerry Krause to conspire against the Knicks in the expansion draft, was fired.

In addition to acting as an accomplice to Krause in the expansion draft, this incompetent general manager calculated Louie together. He had no achievements in the first two years of his career, and it was normal to be fired.

To Louie, this kind of scoundrel is not worth mentioning, and he is not even in the mood to take revenge on McKinney.

The real good news is that the man to succeed McKinney is Jerry Krause, who lost his general manager job in Chicago last year.

Sources say Krause said a lot of bad things about McKinney during the interview.

It doesn't matter whether the source is accurate or not, what matters is that McKinney was dismissed and Krause took his place.

Later, in an interview, McKinney scolded Krause for treachery. He was incompetent and lost his job, but came to Mingzhou to grab his job. Then he accused the Timberwolves owner of interfering in team affairs too much and affecting his performance.

All in all, the Timberwolves cannot develop, not because he is incompetent, but because the boss has problems and too many external constraints.

Krause, a failed professional basketball operator, was able to make a comeback in Minnesota for one reason—no one else in his high-caliber peers wanted to go to this hopeless team.

Why Krause's return to professional basketball is a good thing for Louie

Because Louis believes that Klaus will continue to oppose him.

He needs such a plaything.

By the way, he invited McKinney to work with the Knicks after he was out of breath.

Now Klaus is his biggest enemy. As Klaus's worst enemy, Louie is of course McKinney's friend. He accepted Louie's invitation to be the deputy manager of the marketing department in New York.

Before taking on the new Klaus, Louis has to do two things.

After completing the contract extension with Brad Rohos, Louie will also participate in this year's NBA annual meeting in New York.

Rohos is a lucky general.

In his four seasons with the team, the Knicks won four straight championships.

As a post, he has the same shooting range as a shooting guard, a higher 3-point propensity than Reggie Miller, and a bad defense... no, no one on the Knicks has a worse defense than him.

You say he's a shooting guard, but his figure doesn't allow it;

You say he is an insider, but his rebounding numbers do not agree;

You say he's a shooter, but his output doesn't allow it; you say he's a rebounding lunatic, then you must be insulting the term rebounding lunatic.

As a man who built a villa in the DNP position, he really belongs to the kind of water dispenser for the Knicks that lacks him, and has nothing to do with him.

But Louis needs a rice bucket like him to be at the bottom.

He has Matt Bonner's positive attitude and optimism of being content with the status quo and loving life.

This kind of person is an excellent activist, a pistachio in the locker room, except that he has no major role on the court, and can't find other faults.

Rohos is also willing to stay in New York, and he successfully reached a four-year, $1.6 million contract extension with the team.

Fans were not surprised by Rojos' contract extension.

It only makes news if Rohos isn't re-signed by the Knicks.

The off-court player is also quite popular in New York.

In addition to securing the extension of Rohos, the Knicks have a lot of work to do.

Like Stockton and Salley, their contracts will expire in 1992.

For the Knicks, it's better to extend the contract before the contract year, otherwise when the new season starts, there is no guarantee that they will not create a discord like Miller did in order to record good stats.

Renewal contracts, drafts, trips to China... One thing after another.

Louie has to put aside his team affairs and prepare for the annual meeting held at the King Hotel in New York on June 19.

Since the annual meeting was held in New York, the Knicks also attended to the highest standards.

Representatives of the Knicks participating in this year's annual meeting include Madison Square Garden CEO Jack Kruger, general manager Leon Wood (ie Wu De), and Knicks president of basketball operations Louie.

When the three of them arrived, they caught everyone's attention.

In theory, all representatives are equal, but the teams they represent are different, and their right to speak at the annual meeting is also different.

Representatives of teams like the Knicks, which top the league in revenue every year, often have the greatest say.

Small clubs know very well who is cutting their flesh and feeding them.

Even when the league is in progress, the two sides will not show mercy, but in places like the annual meeting, small clubs always follow the pace of big clubs without compromising their own interests.

Louie greeted Jerry West of Los Angeles, Dave Gavitt of Boston, Don Nelson of Golden State and Lewis Shafir of Miami.

In addition, Louie also met Timberwolves general manager Jerry Krause.

"I say hello to Billy McKinney, Jerry." Louie greeted like a close friend of Claus's. "You seem to have lost some weight, Jerry, have you been eating badly lately?"

Klaus asked angrily, "What does this have to do with you?"

"Why doesn't it matter? Eat, drink, sleep, and you have the energy to trouble me."

If Louie hadn't said that, Kruger would have thought the two were really friends.

"Who is this?" Kruger asked.

Wu De smiled and said, "The new general manager of the Timberwolves."

"Oh?" Kruger didn't know whether Klaus was new or not.

Seeing that he still had doubts, Louie explained in detail: "The one who gave us Kevin McHale and future draft picks in 1986."

"It's him!" said Krueger, disgustingly. "That's heavyweight. I'll give you a toast, Jerry."

Klaus contorted his face with anger and was about to leave the table.

But many decisions that will affect the future of the league will be made at the annual meeting. As the only representative of the Timberwolves, he cannot leave midway.

"LittleLu, you and I still have a lot of time to settle old accounts in the future!" Klaus said through gritted teeth.

"I don't understand what you said." Louis smiled, but what he said made Klaus sell his heart, "Everyone here who has dealt with me knows that I have always been sincere. Treating your friends, when did you owe you an old debt?"

"That's right!"

The Heat's godfather, Lewis Shafir, bluntly poked Krause's lung tube: "Even for us new teams who have just entered the league~www.novelmt.com~ Coach Lu is a kindhearted person. The most loyal person ever."

"Jerry, if your fat hasn't clogged your eardrums, listen to the call for justice."

The advantage of having more friends is that people say it smells good when you fart.

Klaus had no allies, and no one was willing to offend Louis for him, not to mention that he said that he had an old account with Louis, which was also a way of talking to cover up his failure.

What old accounts could Louis have with him?

Going forward, that is, he took the second-place pick in 1986 to pick a dead man.

This matter has nothing to do with Louis anyway. After all, Louis can't force Claus to choose a dead person.

Klaus, who was humiliated by riding his face, became the loneliest existence at the annual meeting.

For him, every second of being here is suffering.