The rest is just noise

On August 1, the Knicks announced that Louis would stop exercising his powers as head coach and begin an indefinite rest.

The Knicks' head coach position will be taken over by Rudy Tomjanovich, Louis' top assistant.

Director of Personnel Buford said: "We hope that the fans can support Coach Lu's decision. He has worked intensively for this team for nearly ten years."

It's a done deal, fans have to support it even if they don't support it.

Moreover, the official only said that Louis stopped exercising the power of the head coach and Tomjanovich was the acting coach.

In other words, after Louis has rested, he will come back.

This not only gives fans hope, but also prevents Louis from being too decisive.

In fact, the reason why Louis stopped exercising the power of the head coach instead of giving up the position of head coach is because he still has a contract, and his contract is not small.

Although he has given up his pick now, the Knicks still have to pay his salary.

Louis accepted this arrangement based on the principle of not using the knife for nothing.

Since then, Tomjanovich has stepped into the forefront as acting coach.

Behind this is 13 years of hard work.

The rewards Rudy received were generous enough.

What Louis left him was a team with no solutions.

Especially after the summer operation, the Knicks' talent and immediate combat power have been overflowing. How to arrange the rotation in the new season and who to enter the DNP before the start of each game will all test the coach's coaching ability.

On August 11, Louis flew to Boston.

Since 1984, Louis has not been to Boston except for away games during the season.

This is where he became famous.

It stands to reason that when he returns here, it should be as natural as returning home.

But it's a pity that no one here treats him as family. If any basketball fans see Louis on the street, they may even cause trouble for him.

Because in the eyes of many Bostonians, the main culprit for the Celtics' decline is Louis.

He left without a second thought during the franchise's prime, then spent three years building a terrible team to end the Celtics' dominance, then famously traded for Chris Jackson

Make a lot of money from it.

And what did Boston get?

They got the news that Thomas was traded.

They got the news that Reggie Lewis was traded.

And these two transactions eventually brought them the so-called Sad Bird combination-Gan Fucking Billy Owens.

Last season, Reggie Lewis and Steve Smith became All-Stars, while Owens has stalled since his rookie season.

To be fair, Owens is an above-average starter.

He's not a star, but he's a useful player.

It's just that the cost for the Celtics to acquire him was too heavy.

Owens' hype went bankrupt, which meant the Celtics were doomed to squander the final peaks of Sampson and Bird.

After the 1992-93 season, Bird announced his retirement.

The Celtics are not going to let Bird retire like this. He is a goat after all. Even if he wants to retire, he must retire in glory with the cheers of the home fans, not with a funeral face after being blown away in the playoffs.

He ran to reporters and muttered, "I don't want to play anymore."

Therefore, in this boring off-season, the Celtics did not sit idle and held "Larry Bird Night" while the heat was still there.

Louis was also one of the invited guests.

A night like this is a specialty handed down from the 1970s. The specific process is a bit like the Spurs GDP jersey retirement ceremony.

Find a bunch of old friends to come and tell the story about yourself and the person involved in front of everyone.

Louie attended Nate Thurmond Night at Ridgefield Coliseum in 1977 and became a scout for the Celtics the following summer.

The Celtic meal was uglier than Louis imagined.

Not to mention that admission tickets are expensive, souvenir merchandise for all spectators is also ridiculously expensive.

It was a painting by Leroy Neiman, a sports painter who specializes in various art paintings of sports stars.

Tonight, the protagonist of his painting is of course Bird.

The painting sold on site was a replica, but it had Bird's signature on it.

This kind of painting, which usually sells for 20 US dollars, is considered expensive by some people. Just because it has Bird's signature, it actually sells for 1,030 US dollars.

There were many guests present, but Louis was the only one who received boos from the audience when he came on stage.

"Coach Lu, I really hope to be hated by them like you."

The tragedian who was also invited to the scene had a bitter expression.

When the tragedy maker came on the stage, the Bostonians at the scene were as excited and cheered as if they were seeing their relatives, as if they had never been hurt by the opponent on the court - whether it should be said or not, it really wasn't.

Louis spread his hands and said: "Who asked you to retire early? If you had retired later, the Lakers should be able to win every matchup with the Celtics by now."

"Then what's the point?" the tragedy master shook his head.

The Celtics have undoubtedly become his personal demon.

But he and the Lakers seem to have no chance of revenge against the Celtics.

At least this generation of Lakers will definitely not be able to take revenge on this generation of Celtics.

Because they no longer have the top competitiveness, the two key figures have also retired.

Celebrities from Boston and Bird's best friends came to the center of the venue to give speeches one after another.

The representative chosen by the Celtics is naturally Auerbach.

Auerbach is very familiar with this kind of event because he has participated in it many times.

Every time, his lines would include this sentence: "Although I have been a coach, it was many years ago. It is the biggest regret in my life that I have not personally coached Larry, because he is the greatest player."

Auerbach's speech received thunderous applause.

Then it was the turn of the tragedian.

The atmosphere instantly became weird.

Although the tragic man was wearing a Lakers jacket, Bird saw that he was wearing a Celtics T-shirt underneath, so he stepped forward and pulled open his Lakers jacket, exposing the Celtics T-shirt underneath.

In front of everyone.

The audience in the garden burst into laughter, and the tragedian also laughed.

Then, he used his rare eloquence to praise Bird in all directions.

The final ending is also the most classic in the audience: "Larry Bird once said...there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, never, never be another Larry Bird."

Byrd."

Louis was one of a dozen guests sitting at the venue. He felt very special watching the tragedy master confess his love to the enemy who had suppressed him all his life.

He watched Bird and Tragedy enter the league.

It seems like yesterday that Bird signed with the Celtics, when he was just a small scout under Jones.

14 years have passed and many things have changed.

The era of the Lakers and Celtics has long ended, and teams such as the Knicks and Trail Blazers are the main theme of the new era.

Byrd and the Tragedy Master retired, and something in Louis' memory seemed to disappear with them.

As the black and white heroes prepare to start a new chapter in their lives, Louis' heart is also filled with hidden turmoil.

Does this also mean that he is also preparing to start the next journey of his life?

After all, no one can go all the way.

What's more, what about Louis, a fickle man?

ps: There is only one chapter today. I had a fever yesterday and worked hard all day. Let’s recover well today.

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