The Rest, Only Noise

At this moment, "One Eye, Ten Thousand Years" resounded in Louis's heart, and he almost excluded Sprewell from the waiting list on the spot.

Before the time traveled, Sprewell gave Louis an almost negative impression, short-tempered, selfish, strangling the coach's neck, greedy, incapable of financial management, and bleak at night. In the present after time travel, the impression the other party gave him was also bad.

Right now, no one knows what the future holds for Sprewell.

But he already had a lot of bad reputation in college, and his college teammate Robert Horry was a far better candidate than him.

The Knicks need a backup wing to deal with the Blazers, and Sprewell looks like the perfect option, "good" and cheap, but he's a problem player.

When Louie played 2K in the past, he tried to put questionable but decent players together on one team.

As long as they are not in the same position, they can play well, and if they are lucky, they can simulate winning the championship.

Because it's just games, they're just programs for AI.

In the game, they have no character, no ideas, no soul, and as long as you don't change their playing time and team status, they will never be a problem. But in reality, all the teams that tried to bring together a group of problem players didn't work out well.

The most iconic and well-known is of course the Portland Prison team.

A team can only have one problem player at most, and even Louie doesn’t think he can control two sick Rodmans.

Now, Rodman under him has transformed from the young boy who called McDaniel on the court to the great devil of the world, as well as the time bomb of Kemp and the struggle between Wilson and Ewing, he does not need more timing bomb.

Having said that, Sprewell was the best player in the workout today.

Even in the confrontation, he has brought out the characteristics that make Louis refreshing.

First is his explosiveness and first step, one of the fastest, if not the league's first, and second is his shot distribution.

A magic ball player who has almost no hand distance, and all his shots are from beyond the arc and at the basket.

In the afternoon of the same day, Louis accepted an interview with the New York Post, in which a few words stirred the nerves of the major clubs.

"Coach Lu, what do you think of Walter Williams?"

"Very good, he is a rare player who can immediately contribute to the team and I will continue to follow him."

"Apart from Walter, is there anyone else who impresses you?"

"Yeah, that kid from Notre Dame (Lafonso Ellis), I think that kid's skills are a little rough, but his physicality is impressive, a pity, a pity."

It's rare to say openly that a popular player is flawed.

Moreover, he is still a top hunter in the draft field like Louis, a player who is despised by him, isn't it going to end?

Louie's approach is not only extraordinary, but also counterintuitive.

The Knicks have no top-four draft picks. Players like LaFonso should be their focus. He directly said that this kid is not good in front of the media, which is a bit too deliberate.

That night, and the next day, the New York tabloids broke that Louie and Lafonso Ellis were having dinner and the two had a good conversation.

If Luigi really thinks LaFonso is a flawed player, why would he have dinner with him after the trial?

This kind of trick is hard not to remind people of what Auerbach did.

Auerbach often expresses disgust at his target, wants to let everyone know how disappointed he is with a certain player, and then unexpectedly select that player.

June 16

The Knicks try out Jim Jackson and Christian Laettner.

These two people, Louis knows.

So during the trial training, I just watched it for a while and then went back to the office.

He was trying to figure out how to hype Lafonso Ellis when the phone rang in the office.

The Knicks' trade calls usually go to Baylor first.

Baylor will filter out those who do not sincerely want to make a deal, and then feed back to Louie those plans worthy of serious consideration.

Anyone who can call directly to his office without going through Baylor is an acquaintance.

"Hey."

"Is it Coach Lu? Excuse me, I'm Earl Monroe."

Monroe? Isn't that the hapless guy who replaced Baylor in the Clippers' torment?

As a Knicks legend, Louie has a good relationship with him and often sits together at the annual meeting.

"My uncle Black Jesus, is something wrong?" Louis asked with a smile.

"Lu, we are our own people, gossip will be avoided, I called you, I want to negotiate a deal with you." Monroe's trading style is simply, just like his famous back turn, "I want you all 5th overall pick in the first round."

No matter how good the relationship is, the 5th pick in the first round can't add a bit of favor.

Louis said realistically: "This is very expensive."

Monroe said directly: "I'll trade Rick Schmitz for you."

Schmitz? If Ewing can have Schmitz as a backup, the Knicks have no worries inside.

But first of all, he is not a rookie. He has played in the league for several years. He is the core of the inside line. Can he be willing to accept the bench?

Moreover, compared to him, Louis prefers Yu Tiancan.

"Our salary space is afraid that we can't eat Schmitz's contract." Louie wanted to find an excuse to turn it down.

Monroe went so far as to say, "You could match Kevin McHale."

McHale just suffered a leg injury in the finals, and he doesn't know if he can play in the new season.

Adding this one more player, the Knicks are not a loss, but also freed up a place.

"I would prefer Kevin to retire as a member of the Knicks." Louie said sincerely, "He is a player I like very much."

"It's said that you are a loyal person, which seems to be true."

Monroe knew the deal fell through, and Louie didn't ask Schmitz the whole time, so the Dutch seemed to him like Keira Knightley doing **** scenes for the Huns—unappealing.

"That's what everyone said casually, don't take it seriously."

"By the way," Monroe asked. "Is Lafonso Ellis really that bad?"

Louie laughed, he believed that there was more than one person trying to get his words out of his mouth.

"very bad."

"It's really that bad? Then what are you eating with him?"

"You can't believe what the tabloids say."

"Louis, you and I don't need to tell lies to fool people, right?"

To be honest, Louie hasn't made a deal with Monroe yet, so I don't know what the old man is.

"I can answer this question very seriously, but I hope you can keep it a secret." Louie didn't want to trick the Clippers into choosing LaFonso. The other party moved to trade Schmitz's mind, which obviously explained some problems.

Yu Tiancan was indeed favored by the Clippers, but they also knew that their talent in the inside line was full. To choose Yu Tiancan, they had to trade one.

It seems to be in Louie's interest to trick them into drafting LaFonso, but Louie doesn't want others to be as hostile as the general managers of the Timberwolves and Nets in future trade talks with him.

Some cheap can be accounted for, some pits can not be jumped.

"I can keep it a secret."

"The probability of other teams picking Lafonso Ellis and developing him, except me, is 0."

Louie's words sounded pompous, but Monroe didn't question him.

"So, you want to choose him?"

"No." Louis smiled sinisterly, "I never said I would choose him, I told the truth in front of the media, why don't you believe it?"

Monroe laughed dryly. Who would believe what Louis said to the media? Can you tell the truth to the media?

"Uncle Black Jesus, if you are really embarrassed about the choice of No. 4, maybe I can help you solve this problem."

Hearing what Louis said, Monroe became interested and asked, "Tell me?"

"First swap the draft picks between us."

"You mean, use our 4th pick for your 5th pick?"

Louis smiled, "That's right."

"Why would I lower my draft pick when I'm not getting any benefit?"

"This is the way to work with me, you give me a little benefit first, and then I help you." Louie said lightly, "The Clippers have been wasted by you for 6 years, I know what you do to Sterling. Being mean is disgusting, but if you can't make it in LA, you can't jump ship."

Monroe has his own doubts: "I can't change the 4th pick to the 5th pick for no reason. You have to give me a little sweetness, even if it's just a pretense."

"I can give you one more second-round pick next year." Louie certainly didn't want Monroe to be difficult.

Louie makes an offer that Monroe finds hard to refuse.

The name of "Messiah" resounded not only in the Midwest of the United States, but also among the management of professional basketball circles.

The Celtics declined after Louis left, the Knicks gradually recovered after Louis joined, and Miami, which had a good relationship with New York, entered the playoffs in just two years~www.novelmt.com~ It has only been a few years since the team was built. At the time, it has become a tyrannical power in the east.

While there's no evidence that Louie had a direct influence on the establishment of the Heat, Louie's close relationship with the Heat's top executive, Lewis Shafir, is certain.

"If I agree to work with you, will you help me as you help Miami?" This is Monroe's temptation.

He wondered if the Heat's rise had anything to do with Louie.

"Uncle Black Jesus, I don't know what you are talking about, but in this circle, there are countless general managers who are willing to cooperate with me. If you want to change the Clippers' decline, I am your shortcut."

Does Monroe have a reason to refuse? No, he couldn't refuse Louie.

He's been in L.A. for six years, getting nowhere, doing the same thing every year—lottery lottery, pick a promising talent back home, and continue to rot.

Low salaries and bad reviews, the glory of the player era has now become a shackle.

If he leaves the Clippers, he won't get the same power on other teams.

If you want to sit at the top of other teams, you have to let the Clippers perform in their tenure.

Maybe Louie is talking, but he's willing to try, maybe it's a new way of opening, as Louie said - it's a shortcut.

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