The rest is just noise

At the end of August, the league and the players union announced that they had reached a tentative agreement and decided to extend the old labor agreement for one year in accordance with the original agreement.

Although this approach is not thorough, it is much more mature than MLB and is a rational and prudent decision.

Throughout August, Louis kept hearing people complain about how greedy MLB players were.

It is common for leagues to be suspended due to conflicts of interest, but it is rare for leagues to prevent the finals from being played. And that is the story that happened in MLB.

Unable to reach an agreement, this year's World Series was canceled.

Another major event was that the Los Angeles police announced that they had collected OJ Simpson's DNA sample from the murder scene. In the eyes of the public, this was a sure kill.

Simpson appears to be culpable.

"I would be surprised if OJ doesn't end up in jail."

Jerry West said while chatting with Louie.

"What if he doesn't actually go to jail?"

"I would be very disappointed in this country."

It seems that this country really has to deeply disappoint the silent generation represented by West.

In early September, Zhao Yuanzheng led the team as the head coach for the first time. With the help of Louis, he established a luxurious coaching staff.

The Lakers' lineup also looks good. Although it can't compare with the Miami Heat's lineup that wants to end the season, it can be considered a top team in the Western Conference.

"Sports Illustrated" will comment on the strength of each team before the start of each season.

The Lakers are ranked second in the Western Conference, higher than the upstart Warriors, and second only to the Trail Blazers led by Jordan and Olajuwon.

Jack McCallum said: "I wouldn't be surprised if the Lakers finally reach the Finals. Their biggest problem is how to coordinate the various internal needs, and whether Coach Zhao can finally be the leader he was in the 1983-84 season."

Control the team like that."

The question is, can Zhao Yuanzheng control the Lakers?

This is difficult.

It's not that the Lakers are difficult to control, but that Zhao Yuanzheng himself has problems.

Louis believes that Zhao Yuanzheng has far greater prospects as an administrator than as a coach, because he is very good at discovering new people and has a keen eye for surfing the sand.

In terms of coaching, he has similar problems to Louis.

Because he is not a professional player, Zhao Yuanzheng has made no achievements in training. He desperately needs professional assistants to help him train. But no matter how poor Louis' professional skills are, he still has shooting skills and advanced knowledge from the future to impart to the players.

The expedition was nothing.

Organizing training may be Louis' only shortcoming as a coach, but it is one of Zhao Yuanzheng's shortcomings.

He also has a bigger problem, which is difficulty speaking.

If the team needs him to give a speech in front of a crowd, he will be nervous and unable to say what he wants to say.

He is not like Todd Edson in "Dead Poets Society" who dared not read poetry in front of others because of lack of self-confidence, but a pathological self-restriction.

If he can't solve this problem, he won't be a good head coach.

The Lakers' preseason training camp is also different from other teams.

Most teams will choose a professional training camp to spend the entire pre-season time.

Not so with the Lakers.

Because Jerry Buss said that staying in one place for too long will make you feel bored, so the Lakers change places every training camp.

This year, the Lakers' preseason training camp will first spend a week at the Santa Barbara campus, then go to San Diego for another week, and finally go to the famous Palm Springs resort for 10 days of training.

The first few days of the Lakers' training camp in Santa Barbara are generally focused on relaxation.

But this year they unfortunately welcomed the "Volume King" Benjamin Wilson.

When Zhao Yuanzheng said, "You can do whatever you want," Wilson suggested, "Let's go play ball."

No one wanted to leave the impression that "I don't like playing ball" in the mind of this soon-to-be true-core boss, so most of them agreed.

Seeing so many people agreeing, Pippen and Robinson could only agree.

As usual, Zhao Yuanzheng allowed the players to form teams freely and prepare for a match.

Pippen decisively stood with Robinson, saying that the veteran players would work together to beat Wilson and the outsiders together.

"We are all teammates, there is no need for this."

Robinson was a saint who had escaped from vulgar taste. He didn't know where Pippen's hostility to Wilson came from.

"David, if we give in today, it will be difficult to change the situation in the future!"

Pippin was anxious.

"Scotty, Benj is a winner in New York, and he wants us to be winners too." The extraordinary admiral began to recite scripture, "bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, endure all things."

Robinson's character once made it easy for Pippen to dominate the team, but now, seeing that he didn't care about Wilson's move to seize the position, Pippen was angry.

"How can you be sure that he can lead us to victory? He can succeed in New York because he has Patrick Ewing next to him. Because he has gone too far, that's why he will be pushed out of New York. If he is against us

Doing the same thing?"

Robinson said without any desire: "Don't worry so much, Scotty, just as the Lord forgives our sins, you must also forgive the sins of others."

“Fuck!!!!!”

When this scene happened, Louis was standing on the sidelines.

He hated Robinson when he was coaching the Dream Team because he was so devout in his faith that he was almost hypocritical.

But now, this situation left him speechless.

What is the real Holy Mother?

If Ewing had this kind of character, Benj would probably die in New York.

Robinson's Virgin Heart made Pippen very defensive, but he still insisted on being teammates with this saint, because if he didn't become teammates with Robinson, Robinson would have to be teammates with Wilson.

He still understands the principle of choosing the lesser of two evils.

In the end, Pippen, Robinson, Green, Cedric Ceballos (sf), and Slater Connor (lester er sg) formed the white team.

Wilson, Ellis, Cole, Polynice, and Divac formed the black team.

In order to understand the players' status and technical characteristics as much as possible, Zhao Yuanzheng added 10 minutes to the regular 20-minute match, with 15 minutes in each half.

As a result, the game time is close to 3/4 of the official game. In order to avoid injuries and excessive consumption, the intensity of the game needs to be controlled.

Everyone understands the truth, but Wilson habitually uses the intensity of the Knicks' intra-squad games to make Pippen treat the game with a more serious attitude.

"Scotty, relax, there's no need to be so serious."

Wilson greeted cheerfully.

In Pippen's eyes, Wilson was already a tiger with a hidden knife in his smile.

You are already so intense, why do you still want people to relax?

"You're the one who should take it easy!"

Pippen used a top-five defense in the league to steal the ball from Wilson, dunk on the counterattack and then spat out trash talk.

Wilson served the ball to Ellis, but heard these words from the opponent: "Did Patrick drive you out of New York?"

"Fart!" Wilson said as if he was allergic, "I wanted to leave on my own."

"Can't compete with Patrick?"

Ellis is really good at finding Wilson's sensitive points, and he can make him mad in just a few sentences.

"Dale, if you don't know something, don't talk about it. Just focus on this game."

"I was asked to focus on the game after being tackled in front of me. Are you focused?"

Now, everyone knows there's a reason why Ellis' reputation in Charlotte is so bad.

He does this to Wilson. Who among the young men in the Hornets team can’t be criticized? This is definitely a workplace PUA!

"Is this what Dale actually has?"

Ellis has been away from New York for six years, and Zhao Yuanzheng has forgotten what he was like in the beginning.

The Ellis in Louis' impression is not like this either.

"People will change, just like Patrick. If you think about how much that guy has changed, how can Dell be like this? But that's okay."

Ellis is essentially supervising his teammates and getting them to correct their attitudes.

This method can easily make young people have a rebellious mentality, such as the Hornets.

For a guy like Wilson, you only need to remind him once, and he will let you know how valuable a serious roll king is.

Pippen's strength lies in defense. On the offensive end, he is comprehensive but not specialized. Such characteristics can easily be restricted.

After several rounds, Pippen was guarded and couldn't see the basket, so he could only give the ball to Robinson to attack the basket and finish.

This is the right thing to do, Divac and Polynice's defense is like a toy in front of the general.

The outcome of the match is not important, Wilson just doesn't want to lose.

So he would do a lot of unplanned things, such as locking up Pippen and then coming inside to double-team Robinson, causing the opponent's mistakes.

Then, he passed the ball to Ellis, who hit a three-pointer.

If Cole is given a pick-and-roll, the opponent's open shots will not let down the trust of his teammates.

The black team's offense increased steadily and became unstoppable in the second half of the game.

Pippen was unable to do anything, and Robinson had no immediate desire to win, allowing Wilson to dominate the game.

No more suspense.

Louis believed Wilson was getting closer to the blueprint he had drawn for the other party.

McGrady with the ball, Durant without the ball.

Today, Wilson is so skilled in holding the ball that he can play point guard. As a point forward, he can send out 7 assists per game. As a scorer, his upper limit is to score 66 points against Jordan in the Finals.

And this is still not his limit.

He has not yet reached the peak of his personal abilities.

According to the plan, Louis will take up the coaching staff again next year.

By then, how to build a system with Wilson as the core will be his new task.

He won't be able to use the triangle offense like the Zen Master.

The system is not suitable for the Lakers. He has already achieved the ultimate in exploring defense in New York.

Maybe it's time to change the direction. Even if the current rules are still extremely favorable to the defense, the development of the offensive system in the contemporary era is far from enough.

Louis was sitting in his office, thinking deeply about the team's future system planning.

1 People born between 1925 and 1945 are called the Silent Generation in the United States. Most of this generation are educated in a country known for traditionalism.

ps: Today is Louis’ birthday, give his character Kirby a heart.

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