The rest is just noise

When Louis gave his speech, the Celtics fans present had mixed feelings.

They wanted to boo Louis, but this was a sacred moment.

There are many people who have been booed at this moment. Compared with those people, Louis has made an indelible contribution to the Celtics.

Perhaps because of Louis' past achievements with the Celtics, fans did not choose to boo him at this time.

This allowed Louis to tell his story with Bird normally like everyone else.

Then, with everyone watching, Bird accompanied his wife Diane, held his son Connor, and watched his No. 33 jersey slowly rise.

This is Bird's farewell ceremony and the Celtics' way of making money.

Although Louis won't get their bill, judging from the audience and the sold-out souvenirs, Larry Bird Night will bring them more than 2 million in revenue at least.

Players are the assets of the team, and it is right to squeeze out the value.

But Louis doesn't think he would treat Wilson and Ewing this way.

This is not a question of revenue, this is a question of how management views the players.

Celtics players in the Auerbach era would not treat heroes like this. Although this approach is not a degrading act, it makes the sacred retirement ceremony smell of copper.

It would be understandable if this retirement ceremony could double the Lakers' financial report like Kobe Bryant did in 2016, but it was only $2 million.

This amount of money can't even sign an average starter.

Dave Gavitt completely regarded Bird as a tool to make money, even if it was just a small profit.

When it was all said and done, Louis asked Bird out to a bar where they used to go.

"Are you still drinking Heineken?" Louis asked.

Bird shook his head and said, "I don't drink much anymore. It's not good for my back."

Back injury is the only reason Bird would choose to retire at this time.

Louis once thought that the influence of his butterfly would change the outcome of Bird leaving due to injury, but perhaps it was because he left the Celtics too early, and Bird did not escape anything.

Although Bird still had Sampson by his side, it only allowed him to persist for one more season.

Now, he couldn't bear it anymore.

"What are your plans next?"

Louis knew that Bird would be an excellent practitioner even if he didn't play basketball.

"Dave wants me to stay and shine," Bird said. "That's my plan."

Bird respected Gavitt, but Louis couldn't feel Gavitt's respect for Bird.

Even Bird's retirement ceremony was turned into a money-making party. Although this proved his business ability, it also exposed his indifference to Bird and other Green Kai's achievements.

What future can there be for following this kind of insect?

"What are your further plans? I don't think you can reach a high position in Boston's front office." Louis said, "Dave Gavitt only cares about petty profits. What he wants is your reputation, not your reputation."

Your abilities."

Bird asked: "What do you want to say?"

"If you plan to coach, you should go to the best coaching staff to learn from experience."

Bird looked at him playfully: "Are you talking about the Knicks? Are you not coaching anymore?"

"What are you thinking about? I just want to rest for a while, it's not like I'm retiring."

Bird's attitude made Louis see the possibility of poaching.

"If you take a break, who should I study with?" Bird asked arrogantly.

"Hillbilly, you are so arrogant! You may be the goat among the players, but coaching is a completely different job, let alone me. Even the worst coach in the league is more capable than you, let alone in the league.

In New York, the person who takes over the coaching job is Rudy. You always know Rudy, right?"

Bird said softly: "Compared to running errands for Rudy, the job Dave arranged for me seems more promising."

"What did he ask you to do?"

"Be a player development coach."

"Oh, the worst job ever."

"Weren't you also Ralph's development coach back then?"

"Oh? Then I would like to ask, Larry Legend, who do you want to be the development coach of the Celtics? Billy Owens?"

Bird was speechless.

But for him to leave Boston and join his mortal enemy, the psychological hurdle is not something that can be overcome immediately.

"You should give up. I will never work for New York. Even if I am a gatekeeper at the Greek Academy, I will be more satisfied than being a coach in New York!"

Bird is now the most loyal to the Celtics and will not listen to anything Louis says.

Louis is not in a hurry, time will prove that he is right, and when the time comes, even if he throws a bone to Bird, he will pick it up.

Arrogant country bumpkins always need to be severely beaten by city people before they change their minds.

Louis did not try to persuade Bird anymore, and recalled the story of the year with him in the bar, and then they went back to their respective homes.

In mid-August, Louie appeared on the set of Ewing's autobiographical film.

He has said that he will not play himself in the movie.

However, he can be an insignificant passerby as an Easter egg in the movie like Stan Lee.

Louis plays a mean fan who strongly criticizes Ewing's performance on the court: "Patrick, you didn't improve at all in college. You don't get stuck, you don't rebound, you only make jump shots with funny postures."

, I really don’t know what John Thompson taught you!”

Ewing responded in the play: "I've had enough of your baseless accusations, fuck off!"

This is a tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's famous movie "All the Time".

When Louis saw this conversation, he wanted to hug the screenwriter and kiss it. It was so well written.

The film was directed by Miller's lifelong enemy Spike Lee.

Because of Lee's presence, Miller declined to participate.

Louis, who had no acting experience, asked the director how to act like a mean fan.

Director Li Da said: "It's just like how you usually stand on the sidelines and scold Patrick, but you have to be more restrained."

Louis had reason to suspect that Director Li was a fan of Ewing, and used this to express his bad attitude towards Ewing.

"I think your attitude towards Reggie is quite mean, and since you are a fan, I think it would be more appropriate to imitate you, right?" Louis asked with a smile.

"No, you can't imitate it."

The great director became serious.

Can't imitate? Is he looking down on me?

"Why?"

"Because I hate Reggie from the bottom of my heart, and this can't be imitated."

"After Reggie saved us in game 6, do you still hate him?"

"Yes."

Although Louis plays a passerby in the movie, he is a significant passerby. There are many shots throughout the movie, but basically whenever he shows his face, he is complaining about Ewing.

The only direct conversation he had with Ewing was the one above.

It took Louis three days to complete the project.

In the words of a great director, his performance was perfect.

Those comments about Ewing came completely from the heart, and there was no trace of performance at all.

On the day Louis wrapped up filming, Ewing threw him a party in a bar half a kilometer away from the set.

Attending the party were Spike Lee, Camp, Reggie Williams, McHale, Rodman and other crew members from the set.

As the game got more exciting, they started naming Ewing's movies.

McHale played with homophonic jokes: "How about "You Begin and End"?"

"good."

"It just doesn't sound like a sports movie."

"Where's 'Jamaica Monster'?"

"What do you mean? Am I a monster?" Ewing glared at Rodman.

"You look quite like a monster now."

Louis didn't comment because he didn't even know the plot outline.

You can call it whatever you want, it doesn't matter to him anyway.

It was obviously a party held to wrap up his scene, but Louis was the most silent one. When the others were halfway through playing, Huahua couldn't hide his anger.

Rodman dragged the two flesh and blood away.

Kemp said he needed to use the bathroom, but half an hour later there was still no sign of him.

Director Li Da took the actresses in the play to the VIP room to review their lines.

McHale was busy confronting the DJ in the bar. He thought the DJ played too bad songs, so he had no interest at all.

Only Ewing and Louis were left in the large box that was originally full of people.

"Where is your female companion?" Louis asked.

"I've been abstinent lately," Ewing said.

"Did it succeed?"

"We just failed yesterday, so today is a new beginning."

Obviously, Ewing's abstinence plan, like Louis's weight loss plan, will fail due to the weakness of personal will.

Louis was speechless, and Ewing was speechless.

"When do you plan to come back?"

"Do you mean?"

"Come back and be a coach."

This amused Louis.

"Are you trying to persuade someone who is enjoying his vacation to go back to work?" Louis scolded with a smile, "You are such a heavyweight bastard!"

7017k

Please remember the first domain name of this book:. Mobile version reading URL: