The rest is just noise

In addition to the Knicks, Louis also pays attention to the development of Chinese players in the league.

When Song Tao joined New York, he started a new history of Asian basketball.

After entering the 1990s, Yu Tiancan's generation set off another wave of players entering the NBA.

Currently, Yu Tiancan has confirmed his position in the Knicks.

It can be said that Yu Tiancan is the best among the Chinese players currently playing in the NBA.

Followed by Hu Weidong, he has become the backbone of the Warriors and an important member of Don Nelson's "The Blitzkrieg" system. He currently averages 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game, with an overall shooting rate of 47%.

Then there is the pioneer of them all. Song Tao, who plays for the Hornets, has passed the peak of his career and is still averaging 6 points and 4 rebounds per game as a substitute this season.

The rest, such as Wang Mukong, Du Shuai and Chu Nan, are still looking for their own positions in the alliance.

Louis occasionally talked to them on the phone, but most of the time he just observed silently.

Because when he reaches the professional stage, he has already done everything he can for them, and the rest is up to him.

After the Knicks and Rauf's "blasphemy of the Stars and Stripes" incident ended, the team not only did not have any problems because of it, but actually unified their thinking.

Except for Stockton, there was no obvious change in the attitude of others towards Rauf.

Rauf was suspended for 15 games and will disappear from the public eye for some time.

This is a loss for the Knicks, but they have enviable lineup depth.

Rookie Sam Cassel seized the opportunity and became the first of his peers on the team to get consistent playing time.

Tomjanovich was very satisfied with the Alien's defense and shooting.

This gave Tomjanovich an idea.

Why not use Cassel to replace Rauf?

There are many benefits to doing this.

For example, Cassel does not have a strange disease like Rauf. If this advantage is not big enough, then how can he not become poison in the locker room.

He won't unsettle Stockton.

Rather than causing trouble for everyone like Rauf, Cassel is more willing to bring fun to everyone.

Ewing likes to joke about his appearance, because there seems to be no one who looks more like an ET than him.

The problems Rauf brings as a player are far less than the problems he brings as Rauf.

The player Rauf is just difficult to get along with and has an indifferent personality, but he has special privileges (unlimited fire rights).

But Rauf himself is anti-Christ and anti-American.

Tomjanovich certainly doesn't want to train such a thorn in the beginning of his career.

He is not Louis, and he cannot train Thorny Tou as well as Louis did back then.

But to remove Rauf's thorn, Tomjanovich still needs Louis' support.

As far as he's concerned, this is still Louis' team.

Louis was the Auerbach of New York, and he was the Tom Heinsohn of Louis.

So, when Tomjanovich came to Louie's office to lay out his plan.

Louis hesitated for a few seconds, as if he was surprised.

"Don't you agree?"

"No." Louis shrugged, "I mean you don't have to ask me about everything, this is your team."

This statement has many meanings.

Tomjanovich replied: "It's also your team. This is our team. MAR is one of the players you admire most, but I can't get used to him."

"I know what you mean, Rudy, you don't need to care about my feelings. I said, now you are the head coach, this team is under your control, the rotation of appearances, the appointment and dismissal of personnel are all decided by you."

"It's all up to me?"

Tomjanovich was surprised.

This was not the Louis he knew.

This is not to say that Louis will not delegate power, but that Louis will not delegate power so easily.

He worked hard to build the Knicks' team. He set the atmosphere and culture of the team's locker room. Without him, the Knicks would not have become a dynasty team.

Even if he is really tired and wants to hide behind the scenes like Auerbach did, he will not turn a blind eye.

In Tomjanovich's view, Louis' reaction on the night Rauf desecrated the flag was the reaction that someone who truly cares about the team should have.

After that matter was settled, Louis also fell silent.

There is almost no news about him, and no one knows what he is doing.

People like Ewing and Wilson often went to the office to chat with him, but he would not go downstairs easily.

Because Tomjanovich needs time to establish his leadership position.

Tomjanovich knew this very well, and he was very grateful to Louis.

But now he feels more and more something is wrong.

Louis did not think of him as Heinsohn, nor did he look like the reclusive Auerbach.

Never one to pass up an opportunity to assert his presence, Auerbach loomed like a shadow over the Greek Academy and the Boston Garden.

As long as he is around, the Celtics will not sink into mediocrity.

The offending visiting team will feel fear, and the team playing for him will feel at ease.

Louie could have played the same role in New York.

But he didn't.

He's making it feel like this team can be competitive without him.

"Yes, it's all up to you." Louis said firmly, "If there are players you can't handle, or players you are very interested in, you can tell Elgin and let him help you handle them."

Tomjanovich boldly asked: "What about you? What do you do?"

"I'm responsible for taking care of things that Elgin can't handle." Louis' face was as calm as water.

Tomjanovich is gone.

He felt that he should be happy because Louis did not hinder him at all.

Should he be happy?

Tomjanovich may have never seen Louis' true face clearly, but he has been an old friend of Louis for more than ten years, and he knows what kind of person Louis is.

He believed that Louis was making the final confirmation.

He is confirming whether this team still needs him.

If they prove that the current Knicks can be successful without Louie, then there will be no need for him to stay here.

He is a fickle man and a rather conceited person, always eager for challenges. If there are no challenges, he will lose his enterprising spirit.

Reminiscent of the fact that Louis' contract will expire next summer, and now he has shown no intention to renew it at all.

Tomjanovich really feels that the brightest page in the Knicks' team history is about to be turned over.

Even though he had countless thoughts in his mind, Tomjanovich did not show them in front of the players.

Arriving in the middle of the field, Tomjanovich called Cassel.

He asked Cassel if he wanted to take on greater responsibilities.

"Coach, I have been working part-time since I was in elementary school." Cassel said confidently, "I have shouldered heavy responsibilities all year round, and I have long been used to it."

Tomjanovich nodded, "Let's go train."

Unlike Louis, Tomjanovich is not only a coach on the court, but also a coach off the court.

Louie is never seen in the Knicks' training sessions, but Tomjanovich always accompanies the players through every training session.

The players have long been accustomed to his presence, and they are still the same now, except that his status has changed from assistant coach to head coach.

Louis is tired of the boring daily life of the CEO.

The Knicks have no need to make trades in the near future, and he is no longer coaching, so he really has nothing to do.

Theoretically, he could choose not to come to work and if something happened with the team, Baylor would call him.

But he had to come here and sit every day.

Because there is always someone knocking on his door.

"Bang bang."

It's Ewing.

Louis can already tell who is coming by the rhythm of knocking on the door.

"Is Rudy's training volume too low? Why do you keep coming to me all day long?"

Louis has been suffering from the disease of "Ewing feels uncomfortable all over without talking" for almost ten years.

"I came to see if you were slacking off," Ewing said.

"What can you do if I'm lazy?"

"It's best to be lazy."

"What's the meaning?"

Ewing said with a smile: "If you are lazy, it means you are relaxed, just like before. If you are as sensitive as you are now, like a lion ready to rush out of the cage and bite at any time, then I have to worry.

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Louis never wanted anyone to worry about him, especially someone like Ewing.

"You're nothing to worry about. My life is very comfortable. I have less things to do and I don't have to face your flat faces every day. Not to mention how comfortable I am!"

"Go away, I don't want to see you now!"

Ewing took away four empty Coke bottles from his desk: "Drink less, I feel like you've gained weight again recently!"

"Does your father want to die?"

Louis' roar almost shook the entire Blue Palace.

Ewing left with a "comfortable" expression on his face.

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If the update time is not updated, it means that I have not finished correcting the typos. If there are special circumstances, I will open a separate chapter to explain it.