The rest is just noise

Chapter 128 Duplicity

The Celtics have appointed a new head coach to prepare for their new season, and the Philadelphia 76ers are moving full speed ahead in the NBA playoffs.

The 76ers had almost no problem sweeping their semifinal opponents, the New York Knicks.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, they met the Bucks, who fought hard to eliminate the Celtics.

This is the furthest Bucks core player Bob Lanier has ever gone in the playoffs.

The Bucks' defense played an important role in their resistance to the 76ers. In the first game, they lost in overtime.

At a critical moment in the second game, a controversial penalty occurred.

This penalty will be remembered by Lanier for many years. He insists that the referee made a mistake.

However, the referees are the gods on the field, and you cannot question their decisions.

Lanier is injured and cannot play much, and he is the only Bucks player who can face off against Moses Malone.

Facing a team of destiny like the 76ers, the Bucks are powerless.

At least they broke Malone's curse and didn't let "FO-FO-FO" become a reality.

The fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, a stupid schedule, is still back-to-back.

Louis still can't understand why the NBA likes to arrange back-to-back playoffs so much. For a veteran like Lanier who has had 5 knee surgeries in 13 seasons, it is no different from torture.

Moreover, this was the only back-to-back game Lanier played this season. He almost relied on his own will to let his team win, preventing the Bucks from becoming one of the "FO"s.

The 76ers are not called the team of destiny for no reason.

They're really the only team ready to win a championship.

Luck was also on their side in the Finals, as the Lakers suffered injuries, and highly anticipated superstar Dominique Wilkins missed the playoffs due to injury.

Another competitive team, the Nets, also jumped out of the car midway after head coach Larry Brown said, "I'm tired of you stupid idiots making mistakes over and over again." The Nets were finished.

The Celtics blew themselves up due to internal reasons.

Coupled with the labor dispute that lasted the entire regular season, only the 76ers were ready to play in the playoffs and compete for the championship.

The Lakers lost 4-0. The 76ers were obviously the better team. Even if Wilkins could play, it would only affect the number of games in the finals, not the result.

Just like that, the 76ers won the championship.

Dr. J broke the curse, and Moses Malone became the fourth player to win MVP+FMVP in the same season.

This year is different from any other year. Almost every playoff game is broadcast on CBS, and others are broadcast on USA and ESPN. Members of the NBA public relations department are involved in the Western Conference Finals and NBA Finals.

Playing an important role in the finals greatly increased the exposure of each playoff team.

With the signing of the collective bargaining agreement, the salary cap will be introduced next season, and a new era is coming.

After Louis signed the contract with the Celtics, he began to prepare for the new season.

Currently, the Celtics' biggest problem is that there are too many available players within the team.

Bird, Thomas, Sampson, Maxwell, Laimbeer, John Long, Rick Roby, Chris Ford, Archibald, Carr, Buckner... when a team

With 12 guys who can play, what do you think as a head coach?

ecstatic?

Shouting this is the trouble of happiness?

If this trouble can destroy the team, do you still think it is happiness?

Greedy for more than not enough, this is an eternal lesson. It is exciting to have 13 people who can play, but you only need nine people to win, and you cannot meet everyone's needs, which means that more than half of them will

Not satisfied with his playing time.

These people who are dissatisfied with the status quo will destroy the team. Even if you have no coaching experience, as long as you have played 2K's dynasty mode or manager mode, you should know what this means. Of course, what you face in the game is flawed.

AI, and in the Celtics Louis has to face a group of living people with different personalities and needs.

On the first day of the offseason, Archibald announced his retirement, ending his career.

This is really a pity.

Because he can still play, because the Celtics can no longer accommodate a veteran who needs a lot of possession of the ball.

Archibald spent most of his career playing for uncompetitive teams, and the Celtics fulfilled his championship dream.

Now, the team that made his dream come true wants to eliminate his influence, and he is unwilling to make do with a team that cannot win the championship.

The star's temper and self-esteem make him unwilling to be manipulated and become a profit-making tool for the Celtics.

Therefore, he decisively chose to retire.

Louis listed a protection list of players he wanted to keep.

Bird, Thomas, Sampson, Maxwell, Laimbeer, Long, Gerald Henderson, Carr.

There are only eight people, which means that if the transaction can be carried out, the others can be sent away.

This includes three players.

Rick Roby, the No. 3 pick in the same draft as Bird, was sent to the Celtics by the Pacers after a few months of testing.

Although he cannot play as a starter or sixth or seventh man in the Celtics, he is a solid inside man and is in his prime. There is no doubt that he is a very popular item in the exchange.

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Chris Ford, who hit a key three-pointer in the 1981 Eastern Conference Finals.

Quinn Buckner (PG) was transferred from the Bucks to the Celtics through a trade last season.

He is also one of the players who has been buried in the Celtics because he needs to compete with three other guards who are younger than him for playing time.

Because Buckner is also an important official in the players union, his relationship with the team is very difficult.

The Celtics' coaching staff and players are so separated that Buckner's role cannot be ignored.

Although the new trade agreement has been signed, Louis does not want this time bomb in the team.

Louis locked down three players in the draft.

The number one target is University of Houston star power forward Clyde "Glider" Drexler, Laimbeer's junior, Notre Dame's John Paxson (Clyde DrexlerPG) and Doc Rivers.

These three are all his "acquaintances".

Not to mention Rivers, Louis knew Paxson because of Jordan.

This person was the Bulls' starting point guard for the first three consecutive seasons. He has beautiful shooting skills and is in line with Louis' team building philosophy.

Rivers was the next pick. Although he was very familiar with Rivers as a coach, Louis really had no clue about this guy's playing days.

Watching the game video, Rivers doesn't look like he can shoot. He has average speed, but he is fierce and aggressive in defense, has broad vision, and dares to pass the ball.

These are all his strengths and likable points, but the Celtics don't need a backup point guard with so many strengths.

Paxson, who specializes in shooting, is more to Louis' liking.

During the briefing meeting, the Celtics' scouting department selected Greg KiteC, a star center at Brigham Young University and a white monster who led the team to a championship in high school. He could compete with Sampson, Sam...

Figures as famous as Bowie, Worthy, Wilkins and others.

Unfortunately, his reputation continues to prove that commentators, media and scouts have a serious filter when it comes to white players.

When he entered college, his mediocre athletic ability, poor physical condition and lack of stable shooting touch outside the paint were all exposed, and they were not solved in four years of college.

"If we need him, do we have to trade Rick Roby?" Louis asked the scout with a smile.

The scout responded: "Rick is dissatisfied with his playing time, which is why we want to trade him."

"I would rather coach a dissatisfied but useful player than a affable but useless player." Louis said domineeringly, "We can't have this guy!"

Lately, Louis' true nature has been exposed. He didn't bother to reason anymore and just named people to choose.

Auerbach asked: "Who do you want to pick?"

"Considering that we need to send away two or three players, I think the two positions we need to supplement most are forwards and defenders."

"Clyde Drexler?" Auerbach said comically, "We don't have a draft pick that high."

Louis jumped back to the prophet: "It doesn't have to be too high, as long as it's higher than Portland's pick."

"Clyde's prospects are not that bad, what if we don't get him?" Auerbach asked.

Louis didn't really want Drexler that much, he just saw that the Trail Blazers only had the 14th pick in the first round, so he assumed that the former was really only worth that price.

You can get a superstar at a position other than the tenth pick. If you don't try this kind of thing, you will be sorry to your time-traveled self.

However, Louis still didn't have such high expectations for this matter.

Because the Celtics are already strong enough, it has never been his goal to build the Celtics into an invincible galactic battleship. What if the Green Army becomes his opponent in the future.

Therefore, although he proposed to trade to a higher pick than the Trail Blazers, his attitude was not firm and he did not insist that Auerbach choose him.

The only thing he clearly wanted was John Paxson.

Therefore, when the day of the draft arrived, Auerbach alarmed the Blazers when he tried to ask for the 11th and 12th picks in the first round.

Rumors also leaked within the Celtics.

So the Blazers traded up, got Detroit's ninth pick, and used that pick to select Clyde Drexler.

Louis and Auerbach were in the draft preparation room when this scene happened.

Louis said leisurely: "Hopefully this guy won't become Andrew Toney 2.0."

At the same time, the Celtics made a deal with the Bucks who eliminated them last season.

The Bucks, who were in urgent need of insiders, were eager for Robbie. The two sides hit it off immediately. The Celtics traded Robbie for the Bucks' first-round pick and second-round pick this year, and chose John Paxson, Louis' favorite.

and Guy Williams, whom Auerbach admired

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