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After Louis returned to the locker room, he informed the players of the accident in the media access room, let them understand the seriousness of the situation, and unified everyone's voice.

Whoever was interviewed had only one response to this: "I need to know more to comment."

This is a mature answer.

Just like when James was forced to take a stand on the African incident in 2007, when Mo Laogou's tweet pushed the Sino-US basketball connection to the abyss of doom, he responded in this way. Although this answer does not seem to offend anyone, the Chinese are not grateful that he is neutral on an objective standpoint, while the Americans treat him as a **** because he does not stand in line.

"It's not been a day or two since Muhammad did this, and it's simply not convincing to say we don't know what's going on."

Stockton is still that Patriot.

"I didn't ask you to support mar, and we can't convince anyone." Louis looked at the confrontation in Stockton's eyes and said firmly, "No one will really believe that you don't understand this matter, but your mouth is long. In ourselves, everyone is waiting for us to fall, which means that no matter what we say, the outside world will not be trusted unless..."

Louis paused, not confident in what he was going to say next.

"Unless we give up mar, we openly oppose what he does, don't agree with his values, deny him everything, then the Knicks will be saved, the only one who will be affected is mar, all of you will be fine, We will still be a team that looks very united." Louie looked at Stockton, "provided we refuse to admit that mar is one of us."

Wilson stood up at the right moment and took Louis's words.

"It's Muhammad's freedom to love this country or not," Wilson said. "I just know he's still one of us, and even if we can't support him on this, we shouldn't be openly opposed to him."

"I don't know what he's doing."

Wilson exclaimed.

"That's the only thing I would say in front of reporters."

Then there is Rodman, who has long been dissatisfied with some hypocritical temporary patriots: "Before his accident, I hadn't seen any patriot on the team who opposed mar, and now that something happened, he wanted to put himself Clean, why, do some people's patriotism change with the change of the environment? If so, then I can only give these people a thumbs up, they are always patriotic when it is time to be patriotic , so they will always be a noble patriot."

After that, even Stockton changed his opposition to Raouf.

All took Louis' rhetoric and practiced Tai Chi in front of reporters.

However, the interview accident caused by Raouf was enough to get the Knicks into the cbs "60 Minutes".

The next day, in addition to the local media in New York, other big media without exception attacked the Knicks and Rauf.

Raouf's collapse in front of reporters unexpectedly became a media event in the 1990s.

The incident alarmed the Knicks headquarters.

Jack Kruger personally called to ask.

After Louis made the whole story clear, Krueger said in a heavy tone: "It's been a big deal, and it must be resolved as soon as possible."

"It can't be solved."

"Is there any difficulty?"

"There are two difficulties, we need Raouf very much, and the trading window has been closed, and after he made these things, there is very little transaction value left, and we can't exchange him for valuable assets."

In fact, Kruger's idea is that as long as Raouf can be traded, even the backwards are worth it.

He just wanted peace of mind.

And a style like Louis's that doesn't make a profit or a loss, how could it be possible to give away Raouf in vain?

Louis ignored Kruger's desire to clean up Raouf.

Because it really can't be cleaned up now.

Kruger's words contained the idea of ​​rescinding Raouf's contract, and Louis naturally took out a labor-management agreement to let him know that this was not feasible.

Therefore, Kruger can only pretend to care about the Knicks playoffs, and then hang up.

There are plans to sell the team above, so all the negative effects that may depreciate the team must be minimized.

The Knicks have appreciated in value over the years.

But all of a sudden, Raouf had a big deal.

Never before has an NBA team been pushed to the cusp of the storm and criticized by the nation.

Kruger also wanted to clean up Raouf for this reason.

This is both lucky and unfortunate for the Knicks.

They were destined to carry the pressure that Raouf carried with him.

After Louie hung up on Kruger, he asked himself a question.

Would he trade Raouf if the trade window didn't close now?

He didn't answer.

Probably not, because at this stage Raouf cannot make an equivalent exchange.

However, the pressure from the outside world and the pressure from above may force him to make a deal forcibly, just for the sake of peace.

This is what makes Louis suffer so much.

During his years in New York, he seemed to have gone so smoothly that he forgot what a complicated team he was from.

A smooth career has slowed down his reaction, so that he didn't deal with such unexpected events in the best way. Now he closes his eyes and looks back on the past. Many things have been raised as early as last year, but he did not invest too much. s concern.

He was busy negotiating with Kemp's agent at the time, ignoring potential problems.

But what he didn't deal with at the time was more than Raouf's radical tendencies?

Ewing's insecurities, his fraught relationship with Wilson, and even Stockton's distaste for him—after Stockton's injury to the Olympics, Louie didn't specifically talk to him.

Losing the draft due to injury is a natural result, because Stockton's competition is Pippen, and the Dream Team does not really need him as a pure point guard.

If Stockton hadn't been injured, Louie would have used his connections to force him in.

His injury was like providence, and Louie couldn't make the selection committee ignore the decathlon Pippen and make the injured Stockton the 12th man on the team.

Maybe it's too late, but Louie wants to sit down and talk with Stockton.

On this day, the Knicks are being denounced all over the United States.

Louie chose to cut out these voices and drove to the Blue House to have Stockton come to the office for a man-to-man conversation.

After a while, Stockton came.

The atmosphere in the office was dull, but the kind of dullness that made people feel embarrassed.

Louie was about to make a joke at Stockton's poker face, but now is not the time.

"John, have you been in New York for ten years?" Louis asked.

Stockton corrected: "Eight years and 11 months to be exact."

"You even came a few months earlier than me." Louis said slowly, "I have always regarded you as an indispensable member, and you have repaid my trust with your excellent performance."

Stockton wisely chose not to answer, letting Louie continue.

"But recently, I found out that we have some small problems." Louis asked knowingly, "Do you have an opinion on me?"

Stockton didn't hide the tuck: "Yes."

"why?"

"Because you don't trust me."

Stockton's answer surprised Louie.

"I often just sit off the field and watch the game in the final moments."

"This has nothing to do with trust. If you are fit to stay on the court, I will let you stay on the court." Louie said disappointedly, "I always thought you only cared about winning. Now it seems that I am wrong?"

"No, you're right."

"I do care."

"If you can win, it doesn't matter who plays at the crucial moment." Stockton paused, "but why is it Muhammad?"

Louis said calmly; "Because he is more suitable than you in certain situations."

Louie's answer did not surprise Stockton.

"I'm most disappointed," Stockton's tone changed ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ a little more excited than before, "you didn't do more for me to compete for the dream team roster. , I didn't have a chance to be selected, you gave me hope and inspired me all summer, but in the end I passed it, which was the most painful experience of my life."

Now, Louie knew where Stockton's grievances against him came from.

He kept asking himself when did he start losing absolute control of the team.

Now he knew that it was these seemingly inconspicuous little things that derailed the Knicks.

The team has changed, and so has he.

The players became more selfish, and Louie became more cautious.

"If you have a problem with me because of these things, then I can tell you, I don't care." Louie raised his voice, "I don't care what you think, I don't care if you're hurt, if you're jealous of Muhammad, find a way Train yourself to shoot better than he does; if you hate me for not letting you be on the dream team with an injury, I can tell you for sure, you don't deserve the injury, you have to blame You yourself are out of luck."

Louis sneered indifferently: "John, are you waiting for me to apologize to you?"