The rest is just noise

Chapter 1424 Is it a blessing or a curse?

At the end of the season, the Lakers won three consecutive championships, and Louis won rings that could be worn on both hands, making him surpass Reed Auerbach as a coach and become the coach with the most championships in NBA history.

Benj successfully advanced to GOAT this year, and Louis has also quietly climbed to the top coach in history.

However, given Louis' current level, most people would not simply characterize him as a coach.

A more appropriate term for a person like him is Godfather.

Louis may be the best coach in history, but he is not yet the greatest godfather in history. What stands in front of him is the old man who lives in Washington.

Although Louis personally participated in the formation of three dynasty teams and was the chief architect of two of them, as the godfather, the point of competition should not be whether he can succeed in different environments, but the ultimate victory.

How many championships have you won?

As the godfather, Auerbach won a total of 17 championships.

In this era where the world's moral standards have not declined enough to halve the value of honors in the 1960s and 1970s, Auerbach has more top-notch hard goods than Louis.

Therefore, although Louis is the best coach, he is not the first godfather.

But this kind of seating arrangement is usually a trick for the media to attract attention, and Louis himself doesn't care about disputes between fans.

Negotiations between labor and management have broken down. When the draft is over, the two sides will conduct final negotiations. If no result is reached, the game will be suspended.

After communicating, West almost fell into depression.

With the Lakers, that's impossible.

This is the general offseason process.

When West reported the news to Louis, Louis asked indifferently: "Do you believe this kind of emotional reaction? The price of becoming a lifelong Laker is to lose tens of millions of dollars in income in the next ten years, even if it's just one head."

Pigs know what to do too."

Winning three consecutive championships with the Lakers did not satisfy him.

The two parties reached an agreement and the transaction was immediately pushed forward. Two days before the start of the draft and on the night of the Lakers' championship parade celebration, Alvin Williams, who held two championships, was sent to the Clippers.

This made Louis suspect that perhaps a perfect temple and a perfect lineup are inherently at odds with each other.

The big brother from the same city gave the Lakers the 15th pick in the first round of 1999. In addition to Alvin Williams, they also wanted Wang Mukong, which Louis didn't understand.

At the end of the season, prepare for the draft, and then move on to the offseason.

The good news is, he doesn't have to move, the bad news is, he's about to play for the worst team in the history of professional basketball.

Louis didn't see that kind of heart-to-heart feeling in them.

The NBA's suspension allowed him to focus on the men's basketball team.

However, appearance superstars are something that can be encountered but cannot be sought. A draft with such depth is a carnival for the management.

For him, if he had to choose between a job with the Lakers and the national team, he would definitely choose a job with the national team.

In a flash, we came to the eve of the draft.

Little Bas still wants to do things himself, but after a few years, he will know the benefits of having someone help him do bad things.

The person responsible for communicating with Williams was Jerry West.

Moreover, Yao Yueban also led Wake Forest University to this year's Final Four.

In the past few years, Louis has only seen the "Temple" once, and that may be just the prototype of the "Temple".

But he performed impressively enough in his limited playing time.

This conclusion left Louis helpless.

This made him the hottest prospect in college basketball.

It may be right, or it may be wrong. Because the Lakers can still play with this lineup for another season, and until the last moment arrives, it can never be said that they are not the right five people.

Next year is his contract year, whether it is for his future consideration or for internal stability, trading in the old for the new is a wise move.

As soon as Alvin Williams was put on the shelf, a bunch of teams came to inquire about the price.

If you need to play perfect tactics to win, it means that the lineup often has obvious flaws.

Especially after traveling through time, he gained a deeper understanding of NBA history, and gained a greater understanding of the overall depth and thickness of the 1999 draft.

Through the Lakers roster, Louis selected the bargaining chip for the trade - tall point guard Alvin Williams, who was in the same class as Duncan.

However, there is no benefit in thinking about it now.

Do the Clippers lack people to watch the water cooler? Otherwise, what do you want Wang Mukong to do?

In his sophomore season, Yao Yueban has fully adapted to the intensity of the NCAA competition and was given a higher tactical status by the team. He then averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks per game. This is the core data of both offense and defense. .

The Lakers, who wanted draft picks, rejected most of the offers and selected the most generous, the Los Angeles Clippers.

These are the best starters in the NBA today, but not the five most correct.

The Associated Press once published a special article on "The Ten Most Underappreciated Players in Professional Basketball", and Alvin Williams ranked fifth.

However, the most important thing now is to seriously prepare for the 1999 draft.

Bass followed Louis' suggestion and took the people-friendly route. He wanted to be a manager who is close to the players. This means that in the future, like Louis, he will push all the dirty work to his colleagues and then do the same. Acting as a good person in front of the stage, while behind the scenes asking your subordinates why they don't go to work.

That was the game where Magic broke out in the 1997 Finals.

Williams said bitterly that he wanted to be a Laker for life and that he wanted to stay with the team even if he was making a minimum salary.

Can't we just let that heartless dandy Jim Bass go?

This really doesn't work.

Two seasons have passed, and Williams only plays less than 10 minutes per game, but his data is very comprehensive. If he is given more time, he can bring more contributions.

Once the game is suspended, in addition to the daily quarrels between stakeholders, other players and staff involved will face mid- to long-term unemployment.

Although the Lakers did not have Duncan and Bodilloga at the time, and Kobe was still very immature, he was able to play basketball with unlimited possibilities with limited resources.

Why do I say "again"? Because this is the third time that Yao Yueban has been on the cover of the pictorial in the two years since he came to the United States.

On the contrary, he felt a little confused.

Although the Lakers have a complete lineup, a fixed starting lineup, and sufficient manpower on the bench, Louis still wants to make a difference.

Louis casually picked up a copy of the latest "Sports Illustrated" to read and found that Yao Yueban was selected for the cover again.

If you have a perfect lineup, you can easily win without having to play a perfect game.

But in terms of overall depth, the only ones that can compare with it are 1970 and 1985.

But this year is different.

Throughout NBA history, the only draft years that can be compared with the 1999 draft are 1970, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1996, 2003, and 2009.

He originally came back for "Beautiful Basketball". Now, the Lakers are indeed synonymous with beautiful basketball, but they have never reached the perfect state designed in the "Beautiful Basketball" system.

Louis was impressed with this draft.

Louis is not that worried because he still has a job with the national team.

Bodilloga, Kobe, Wilson, Garnett, Duncan.

Various quotes are available.

Affected by the team's lineup, Williams has been unable to display his talents in all aspects.

However, Louis will not send Wang Mukong to play for someone like Donald Sterling for a mere No. 15 pick - he has to get a lottery pick no matter what? Is my Mukong so worthless?

After wrangling for a long time, Louis changed Wang Mukong to a second-round pick in 2000, and the Clippers readily accepted it.

West knew that Louis was right, but he was just angry. Why should this kind of thing be his fault?

However, these three drafts are not as good as 1984, 1996, 2003 and 2009. Although they produced enough All-Stars, they did not have a historical superstar who could support the appearance.

Now, although they have a higher player configuration, stronger strength, and more powerful tactics, along the way, players have always used their own personal abilities to interpret tactics.

Some people say that if he chooses to participate in this year's draft, he will be the No. 1 pick without any doubt.

Louis feels that the praise given to Xiao Yao by all walks of life has gone too far. Of course, this is not a bad thing.

Yao's upper limit is almost that of a superstar, but the current level of hype for him is based on people like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sampson, Ewing, and O'Neal.

Is this a blessing or a curse?

(End of chapter)