The rest is just noise

"Head...Head coach?"

Tomjanovich was extremely surprised.

"You look surprised." Louis didn't want to be polite to Rudy, "Do you plan to be my assistant coach for the rest of your life?"

Tomjanovich's answer moved Louis very much: "It's not impossible."

"Listen, Rudy, if Jeff, Billy, and Phil can coach, so can you, and you'll do better than them."

Louis doesn't want to see this famous coach who left famous quotes in NBA history and can only be an assistant coach for the rest of his life because of his time travel.

This is unfair to him.

Tomjanovich guessed that Louis had prepared a good place for him.

“Where do you want me to be the head coach?”

"Right in New York."

Tomjanovich said in disbelief: "New Jersey?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Does New Jersey count as New York?" Louis said disdainfully, then solemnly, "The New York I'm talking about is the New York Knicks."

A breeze blew just in front of Louis and Tomjanovich.

"Today is not April Fools' Day."

"You know I hate this stupid holiday."

Tomjanovich said seriously: "I hope you're not joking about this."

"I'm serious, Rudy."

"I can't understand it, Louis, if you're kidding, it's not funny. In my opinion, there's no reason why you should quit coaching the Knicks. You built this team and you took the Knicks from disgrace to New York City."

It became an iconic professional sports team with a joke that even behemoths like the Yankees are worried about. They are afraid that the Knicks will take away the Yankees' status in New York."

Louis listened silently.

"This team has been fighting for years, and although it has aged to a certain extent, a few days ago, we defeated Portland again and won the sixth championship, and the sixth consecutive championship! Louis! You

Do you want to leave a team like this behind?"

Louis still didn't answer Tomjanovich.

"You asked me during the game, how are you going to keep this team and now it's still intact and you're giving up on them? What's going on?"

Tomjanovich said a lot.

Louis thought it made sense, but these words could not move him.

"Rudy, why do you think I came to New York from Boston?"

"You went to become someone like Reed, and now you are."

"Yes, that's what I thought at first."

Louis does not deny his original intention.

But the reason why the original intention is valuable is that it is difficult to remain the same.

"But now, I have some new ideas. My current idea is that as the coach of this team, I have won everything I should win. In this process, I have tried my best, tried my best, and lost everything.

A lot of things. I lost the edge I came with, I lost my drive, and worst of all, I lost myself."

Louis thought of many things that happened this season. If he were in Boston to deal with it, he might use thunderous means to cut off the source. However, during the season, he only wanted to maintain stability and balance, causing conflicts within the team.

Turn into the team's competitiveness.

To put it bluntly, this is burying the thunder deeper and deeper. The only difference is whether it explodes early or late.

Young Louis would detonate a mine the moment he discovered it and then reassemble the broken pieces.

Louis wouldn't do that now.

As Louis said, while he was making great achievements in New York, he also lost himself.

Six consecutive championships is the limit he can achieve, and he is also satisfied with this result.

There won't be a better outcome.

That's why he had to hit the pause button.

People must know how to choose and how to advance and retreat.

"You let me think about it." Tomjanovich said, "You also think about it carefully. You have to know that this decision is not only about you and me, but also many people will be awake at night because of it. Think about Patrick, think about it."

benj, think about Dennis, think about Sean, think about Jack (Kruger), think about Zhao, think about the fans in New York..."

"I'm lazy and don't want to use my brain so much. They will understand when the time comes. You just need to be prepared."

In the end, Louis gave Tomjanovich no room for bargaining, but gave an order.

"If I don't want to, even you can't force me."

"If I were you and had the opportunity to coach this team after being an assistant for more than ten years, I would agree without hesitation. You have to know that coaches who want to coach the Knicks can go from my house to your sewer.

"

Even if Louis said all the soft and hard things, Tomjanovich did not agree on the spot.

This made Louis very unhappy.

Because if you want to choose his successor, Rudy is the only option.

Over the years, Rudy has played a great role as his chief assistant. The Knicks' daily training sessions are always hosted by Rudy. He has unmatched prestige among the players. At the same time, he has followed Louis for many years and played against the ball.

The team knows the team well and is familiar with every player, and even a tough guy like Rodman respects him.

There are indeed many people who want to be the Knicks coach.

But only Tomjanovich has this qualification and ability.

If he doesn't accept it, Louis really can't just quit.

The next day, Louis' life was still peaceful.

This offseason, he wanted to take a good rest, so he canceled the annual meeting (letting Baylor attend on his behalf), canceled his annual trip to China (Luyuan's plan to study abroad in the United States remains the same), and only worked until the end of the draft.

After this year's draft, he will take a long vacation for himself.

Compared to last year, this year's offseason has been quite quiet.

Phil Jackson would still call and discuss Webber with Louie.

After Louis' enlightenment, Jackson put aside his prejudice against Webber and fought against all opinions, causing the Magic's top management to give up the plan to trade the No. 1 pick.

This is also the most reasonable choice.

In Louis' previous life, the reason why the Magic traded away the No. 1 pick in 1993 was because O'Neal liked to play with Hardaway. Who doesn't like a defender who can pass the ball to him? There was another important point. At that time, the league had not yet introduced standard rules.

Rookie contract. This was an era when rookies dared to say "Give me $100 million", and as long as a player like Webber enters the league, he will definitely receive a maximum starting salary.

Hardaway does not have such troubles. Although he is also favored by scouts, his market price is not as good as Webb's.

In the current situation where Louis is living, the standard rookie contract was officially introduced in 1988 under his promotion.

This changed the rules of the game in the offseason, turning the rules into a giant butterfly flapping its wings, which brought about many unexpected changes.

The night before the 1993 NBA Draft, Louie attended the Juneteenth Party hosted by Madison Square Garden Company Entertainment in New York.

This party was held to celebrate the Knicks' championship.

The players and coaching staff were all present.

MSG's top executives, headed by Jack Krueger, also came.

"Dennis, don't you think the white hair style doesn't suit you very well?"

"Fuck you, my one-of-a-kind brain can control any look!"

The players' foul language added a touch of air to this apparently high-end party.

"Lu, I have good news for you."

Kruger's face glowed.

Louis asked: "Is it possible that the higher-ups decided not to sell the team?"

"Yes, but not entirely right."

Louis instantly knew what was happening.

"They decided to sell some of their shares?"

"That's right." Kruger smiled, "Although the NFL's cake is huge, they are not sure whether they will be greeted by another Knicks, because the NFL team waiting for the new owner is another New York team.

Jets."

The Jets are to New York what the Clippers are to Los Angeles.

Mention it, and everyone will frown and feel disgusted.

It's certainly good news that the old club changed their plans and decided to keep the team, but it is no longer that important to Louis.

In addition to successfully handing over the whip to Rudy, Louis also has to seriously consider his future in New York.

He has been thinking about this issue recently, whether it would be good or bad for him to stay in New York.

There is no doubt that if he stays here, he will become New York's Reed Auerbach, ruling this team until he is as old as the old man he is now.

This means that he will have the power of life and death for the Knicks.

Sounds cool, but Louis isn't excited about it.

Senior Japanese movie fans usually don't bother with Marseille.

But they attach great importance to the "scale" of celebrities.

If a star chooses to unlock forbidden areas in order to stimulate fans, such as playing with black people, opening the back door, or playing Kled dismounting like an old driver who newbies love to see, their interest in the actor will be greatly reduced.

The reason why some things are valuable is because they are precious. If you get them easily, you will no longer value them as you did before.

Therefore, Ai Uehara is an epoch-making monster. She can guarantee the output of at least five or six classes every month. At the same time, she has a wild way to have strong tastes, but she has not affected her own popularity at all.

This is a selling point, and no one will be rejected, eventually achieving the status of a prolific and popular queen.

Now it's not a question of whether Louis wants to be New York's Auerbach, but that New York wants him to be Auerbach.

But Louis, like thousands of senior Japanese moviegoers, has a pig's hooves nature, and the more easily available things are, the less he cherishes them.

The thing is, he could say no to New York and become the city's Reed Auerbach, but why? There has to be a reason.

What's wrong with New York?

There's absolutely nothing bad about New York for the winner.

So, this is what troubles Louis.

He felt like the protagonist in a Japanese epic that was praised to the world. After the world was destroyed, the person explained the reason why he did this: I don't know, I just wanted to do it.

Well, that's so right.

Louis didn't know why he thought so, but that's what he thought.