The rest is just noise

Lorraine discovered that Louis had been suffering from insomnia recently.

Her husband is not an anxious person, and insomnia rarely occurs to him.

Things that make him sleepless are usually very important things.

For example, his team is lagging behind in the playoffs and is about to be eliminated.

Or there may be conflicts within the team that are difficult to resolve.

But now, the Knicks' record is improving.

Oddly enough, since Mohamed Rauf was suspended, the Knicks have become a different team.

There is absolutely no team that can stop them.

This should be what Louis wants to see. Even if he is not the coach, this team is still very good.

Finally one day, Lorraine was frightened by Louis' insomnia.

Louis actually got up for a run in the middle of the night because he couldn't sleep.

When Louis returned home covered in sweat from running, he found his wife watching TV on the sofa in the living room in her pajamas.

"Marlena, aren't you already asleep?"

Louis asked unexpectedly.

"My husband suddenly disappeared from the bed. If you were me, would you still be able to sleep?"

Lorraine wanted to break the casserole and ask the question.

"I went out for a run. The sweat all over my body is the best proof."

"What are you going to do after you finish running?"

"Maybe something to eat?"

"Isn't that running away in vain?"

"I don't run to lose weight, I run because of anxiety."

"So now I'm going to overeat because of anxiety?"

Louis felt that he was a little confused. He was not so entangled when he left Boston.

No, it only took him a moment to make that decision, without hesitation at all.

"Dear, what are you worried about?" Lorraine asked.

These days, Louis has always been hiding his worries and has no one to tell him.

He suddenly realized his stupidity, and the person to whom he could express his feelings was right in front of him.

"Did you know my contract with the Knicks expires next summer?"

Lorraine never thought that Louis might leave New York, because he had made great achievements in this city and had no reason to leave.

Tomjanovich should not be ashamed that he never understood Louis, because even Louis' wife did not understand him that well.

"Don't they want to renew your contract?" Lorraine made a shocking assumption and came up with an absolutely impossible possibility.

Knicks not renewing Louis' contract?

Even if there is a slight possibility of this matter, it is not impossible at all.

Louis shook his head and smiled: "No, it's my problem that they want me to renew my contract."

"What's your problem?" Lorraine joked, "Don't you want to renew your contract with them?"

Louis' answer was enough to shock his wife for months: "I do think so."

"Well?"

Lorraine made a confused expression that she could never do in movies and TV shows.

Reality always trumps drama, that's for sure.

"Why?"

"It's hard to explain," Louis would try to explain to Lorraine. "I've reached the highest point I can reach in New York. From now on, no matter how hard I try or what I do, I can never reach that point again."

height. Because they're just standing there, Marlena, you know that feeling? I can't get to that place anymore because they're good enough."

Louis thought Lorraine wouldn't understand that feeling.

Actually, she understands, and it's not that difficult.

Lorraine doesn't understand the ins and outs of the basketball world, but she knows the plight of these geniuses who have touched the ceiling.

Just like Cary Grant and Greta Garbo, they both exited the stage when they thought they were at their best. Not everyone will take the initiative to give up the greatest achievement they have.

In Lorraine's view, the person closest to Louis' situation is Harper Lee, the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird". This is Lee's only novel, but it has become a must-read for generations.

A well-read classic. When people asked her why she stopped writing, her answer was that she could no longer enter that state and could no longer withstand such pressure and publicity.

This time, Lorraine really understood Louis.

The world always says that he is the Auerbach of New York, but he has never been Auerbach.

Auerbach is the Katharine Hepburn of the NBA. They stand at the beginning and chase the peak for a long time.

It took Auerbach 40 years to establish his immortal status.

It took Catherine 60 years to win the Oscar for Best Actress four times, and she became the greatest actress of the 20th century with unquestionable achievements.

They have their own ways of achieving themselves, and so does Louis.

Louis was luckier than Harper Lee. He was engaged in a career that allowed him to start over in another place.

"No matter where you decide to go, no matter how you decide, my children and I will not be an obstacle to you." Lorraine smiled. "The only resistance you have at home is your mother. She likes her neighbors in Manhattan so much."

Who doesn't like it? But Louis thinks that what my mother likes more is that she gets free of charge everywhere she goes.

Not many elderly people can resist the temptation of 95% free payment.

Louis smiled bitterly and said: "I haven't made a final decision yet, but Marlena, I was very touched to hear you say that."

"Do you still have insomnia?"

"Probably not, but I need to take a shower first." Louis asked affectionately, "Do you want to come with me?"

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The 1994 NBA All-Star Weekend was held in Minnesota.

Sounds funny, Minnesota?

Who wants to play there?

Since joining the NBA for four seasons, they have basically been at the bottom.

After Jerry Krause took over the management team, although he drafted talented guard Kenny Anderson in 1991, he was the predecessor of Kyrie Irving. He was a good-looking player but you couldn't count on him to lead the team to win.

What's more, his head structure is similar to Irving.

But he doesn’t have a has-been king from Akron to lead him to the championship, nor does he have a good brother as strong as Durant. He doesn’t have a strong enough religious faith to avoid the bad habits that will affect his competitive state. Ramadan is certainly not a good thing.

Habit, but as a player who consumes a lot of energy every day, if he can really adhere to Ramadan for his faith, then he can also refuse to do bad things that go against his faith for the sake of his faith. From this point of view, Irving's predecessor is after all

Not as good as Owen's.

Anderson became the first All-Star in Timberwolves history.

Klaus is very happy, he regards Anderson as his performance at Wolves.

However, people still don’t know why he passed up Laettner in 1992 and selected LaFonso Ellis. To this day, although Ellis once averaged 17 points per game, his style of play relies too much on his body.

Inevitably, he was seriously injured in the end.

All professionals know that once a player like Lafonso suffers a serious injury, he will never be the same again.

It can be said that Klaus escaped a disaster because Lafonso initially realized his talent before being injured. People would not say that he was blind, they would only say that he was unlucky.

Although Krause has been telling his boss to be patient, his boss is thinking about moving the team to another city.

Do you know how Timberwolves fans reacted to this?

A senior fan among them wrote an article, which is more like a denunciation of the Timberwolves. The core of the article is: "No one will mourn the departure of a team that loses 50 games a year. Thank you for finally leaving.

Minnesota doesn't need basketball, we have the Vikings and Twins."

Of course, Louis knew that the Timberwolves had not been successfully relocated, but he was still surprised to learn about it.

He really felt that Minnesota was not a place suitable for basketball.

Whether it is the local culture, weather or the atmosphere of white supremacy, they are not suitable for a black-dominated NBA team.

Closer to home, a total of five Knicks players were selected for this All-Star Game, namely Ewing, Wilson, Kemp, Stockton and Miller.

The selections of Stockton and Miller sparked controversy.

Because their statistics are not impressive, one averaged 12 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists per game, and the other averaged 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game. The ones they squeezed out were Mookie Blaylock and Dumars.

Lewis Shafir complained that Miami people were not loyal enough, because the current All-Star game is really a voting game, whoever supports more people will advance.

Dumas and Blaylock were eliminated simply because there were too few votes.

Compared with Shafir who blamed the fans, Indiana's Blaylock was very direct: "If I betray my teammates in front of the media, it's just because I want to prove that I am a patriot and my teammates are haters.

If I were a countryman, I would also be extremely popular."

Blaylock told the truth.

Judging from the voting trend, one month ago, Stockton's votes were higher than those of Blake Locke, and even B-J Armstrong's.

After Rauf became ill, Stockton captured the hearts of fans with his impassioned Patriot speeches and secured a spot in the All-Star Game.

Five Knicks players were selected for the All-Star Game roster, an achievement that was not achieved during Louis' coaching period.

But in the end, the Eastern Stars lost the game because they were not united enough.

The Western Conference Stars won with a 12-point advantage. Lakers forward Scottie Pippen had a triple-double and was elected AMVP.