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Although some teams do not want their players to play for the national team in the offseason, in this case, they are not allowed to refuse.

Because Louie expressed his position on behalf of the Knicks, he will fully support the formation of the Dream Team.

If needed, the entire Knicks team can represent the United States, provided that the rest of the league's stars will not have an opinion.

Since 1987, the Knicks have played at least May for five consecutive seasons. What else can the other teams say?

The resolution to allow American professional players to participate in international competitions was passed unanimously.

After that, it was about the formation of the dream team.

While professional players are allowed to join the team, there is also room for college basketball.

The members of the selection committee representing college basketball want a 50-50 mix of professional players and college students.

"Pfft~~"

Louie laughed.

"Coach Lu, what's so funny?" asked Leighton Nottingson of the selection committee.

"Actually, before I came, I had drawn up a list of players eligible for the Dream Team." Louie took out a stack of documents from the document bag he was carrying, "I just took a few copies, please everyone. Take a look."

"This is a player I think is eligible for the Dream Team."

Louie's list of candidates for the Dream Team members is passed on to everyone.

Benjamin Wilson, Patrick Ewing, John Stockton, Reggie Miller, Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Isiah Thomas, Ralph Sampson, Larry Bird, The Tragic, David Robinson, Scottie Pippen, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, Danny Manning, Hank Guy Seth, Karl Malone, Akim Olajuwon, Dale Ellis after naturalization in the United States.

This is a list of 20 people.

Nottingson's face collapsed when he saw the people on the list.

Originally, his bottom line was to let the dream team have at least three college student places, but look at the names on it...

"Coach Lu, what is your opinion?" Nottingson asked in a low voice.

"Since it's a fantasy team, there shouldn't be too many young student players. I know college basketball is the future of the league, but when it comes to national honor, the best players should be selected. As for college students... I think, at most, there is one place left for them."

After that, they began to discuss the list that Louis brought out.

Although it is not complete, it has indeed put all the players who are eligible for the dream team in.

Except for the college student who has not yet reached a conclusion, the rest of the candidates are already on this list.

Representatives of the various clubs began to discuss.

First they have to identify the top six on this dream team.

The process is not difficult.

Before the players themselves agreed, the league took the lead in finalizing six core members.

They are Tragic, Sampson, Jordan, Bird, Wilson, and Ewing.

Then, they started discussing the head coach.

In the initial conception, the coach who will lead this team should be from the university, a famous academy coach with profound tactical literacy and the ability to suppress the personality of the stars.

This has been a matter of course for a long time.

Coach K's voice is very high.

Louis was silent, he was waiting.

Then, Madison Square Garden's top executive, Jack Krueger, loudly asked, "Who says dream team coaches have to be college coaches? Can't a professional coach? I mean, don't you really feel qualified? The coach who leads this team, in the NBA?"

Jerry West reacted instantly: "What do you mean?"

"If it's a fantasy team, then it shouldn't just have a fantastic squad, it should have the best coaches. Once we get into this issue, I don't think anyone would dare to think that in the presence of the Messiah. is the best."

Messiah, a secondary nickname that lives only in Louis' news and personal feature articles.

In the summer of 1984, he came to New York from Boston and was ridiculed by countless people.

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The New York press, with whom he had a bad relationship, called him the Messiah with sarcasm, but no one expected him to change anything.

But a few years later, the word Messiah changed from a playful and ironic connotation to a sacred one, and it was quoted eagerly by sports writers and commentators in New York.

Louie's status in the New York sports world is so high that when someone calls him "LittleLu", he will be attacked.

"Coach Lu, what do you think?" Lewis Shafir, Louis' loyal dogleg, asked cooperatively.

Louie knew that this matter would not be decided in a day.

Since they are all recognized as the best head coaches in active service, shouldn't they be a bit airy?

"I think this matter should be considered in the long run." Louie smiled lightly, "I have no plans to coach the Dream Team, but who can say for sure in the future?"

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At the end of the annual meeting, Krueger asked Louie, "Why didn't you make a statement on the spot?"

Louie wants to run for the head coach of the Dream Team, only Jack Kruger and Wu De know, which is why they come to the annual meeting.

Otherwise, at the level of the annual meeting, they are not interested in mixing.

"There's a Chinese saying called 'play hard to catch,'" Louis explained. "If you want to get something, you deliberately act casually, make him relax, and then catch him."

Wu De smiled and asked: "So, this is your strategy?"

"It can't be considered, I just suddenly felt that the head coach of the Dream Team is not so interesting, so don't worry, I don't want to ask them to let me be the coach of this team." Louis said lightly, "Of course, if they If you ask me, I will think about it."

Kruger laughed out loud.

"You're right, what a dream team, without you, this team can't be called a dream team. If the final head coach is not you, we can make Benj and Patrick refuse to participate..." Listen to Wu De's words It sounds extremely unpolitically correct.

Louie gestured to his immediate superior to be cautious.

Louie and Kruger have worked together for six years and have developed a tacit understanding of each other. Kruger's emphasis on Louie grew every day.

Before Louie arrived, the Knicks were a profitable asset with little reputation.

After Lou came, the Knicks changed dramatically.

Their New York brand, the team's market value, and advertisers drawn to team results and superstars can line up from MSG to Central Park.

For this kind of business of kneeling and giving money, if it weren't for a big brand, Kruger wouldn't even look at it.

And such a commercial effect originally belonged to the Yankees, the Capitals, and the Islanders during the dynasty.

Now the Knicks are as popular as they are.

With other sports clubs in New York City at the bottom, only the Knicks are at the top, and their peak seems to have no end in sight.

A large number of new fans embraced the team as city pride.

Kruger, who has been the top executive of the Madison Square Garden Company for six years, is most aware of this change. He and Louie went to New York together, and saw the Knicks go from being a joke to a totem that everyone loved.

Therefore, it is natural for them to have a good relationship with Louis.

They don't understand professional sports, and Louie understands that he has no conflict of interest with either of them. The better the Knicks perform, the greater their face at the top, and this mutually beneficial relationship feeds back into personal relationships.

That's why Truger himself will give Louie a platform next year.

The NBA's lifting of the ban on local players quickly spread across the United States through the media.

"Sports Illustrated" quoted Louie's words, calling the new USA men's basketball team the Dream Team.

In 1991, participating in the national team was an elusive wish for many players.

Because professional players are banned from participating, if you want to win honor for the country, you have to stand out in your student days, and then you can be selected for the training team, and then you can be selected for the national team after fierce competition.

Celtic legend and historical blacksmith John Havlichick regards missing out on the national team as one of the biggest regrets in his life.

A professional league will undoubtedly make players consider the potential risks of participating in the national team.

But after the news spread, tragic Johnson immediately expressed his desire to fight for his country.

This made the selection committee breathe a sigh of relief. As long as there is a tragic teacher to start this, the later work will be much easier.

Louie can let go of the dream team for now.

Before deciding who to coach, they first had to convince big names to join the Dream Team.

Tragic division is a good start for them.

Louie himself, will focus his work on the 1991 draft.

In addition to Yu Tiancan's confirmation to stay in school, several other Chinese players who played in the NCAA also chose to stay in school.

Hu Weidong was the main force in his third season at Syracuse University, averaging 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game. In this draft, which is full of talents, his market is only at the beginning of the second round, so it is better to stay in school for another year and wait until his body and skills are more mature before coming out.

As for UCLA's Liu Yuqing, he has not been reused in the talented UCLA.

At 2.02 meters long, he is sometimes pushed to the fourth position. But he is a swingman in front and guard, and naturally he didn't perform well when he was pushed into an unfamiliar position.

This also made Louie dissatisfied with the UCLA coaching staff, which was not what they said when they came to recruit.

Looking at UCLA's list again, it seems understandable to let Liu Yuqing play the No. 4 cameo.

They have several NBA prospects at the 2 and 3 positions~www.novelmt.com~ but Louie doesn't think they are better than Liu Yuqing.

I just hope he can get more opportunities after the main players like Gerald Madkins SG graduate.

If Liu Yuqing still did not gain a better tactical position in his sophomore season, it would be better to directly participate in the draft.

Liu Yuqing was the No. 1 shooting guard in the U.S. at any rate in his class. No matter how fierce the competition in the team is, he can't play the No. 4 position, right?

Chinese players with draft prospects will not participate in the election. What Louis needs to worry about is the Knicks' choice this year, as well as potential trades.

Like the Celtics, after last season's flop, there's no reason for them to hold on to the flirtatious Isiah Thomas.

But at the same time, they are also reluctant to cheapen other teams.

Lewis Shafir of Miami made a special trip to speak to Louie about the possibility of a Thomas trade.