The rest is just noise

Why do you always look so happy?" West asked a question that left Louis speechless. Is he always so happy?

Is this true? To be fair, these six years with the Lakers are far more enjoyable than the nine years with the Knicks. However, if you compare the first six years with the Knicks and the six years with the Lakers, Louis would choose the first six years with the Knicks.

Since Duncan and Bodilloga decided to leave the team early, the Lakers' power transition was not as tragic as the Knicks, and Louis did not need to be distracted.

But it would be wrong for West to say that he is always happy. Louis did not refute, but just smiled: "Because I am a baby boomer, and John Lennon made my generation understand early on that the true meaning of life is to let people

Make yourself happy."

West stared at Louis closely, as if trying to find something in his eyes.

He found nothing because he couldn't read minds.

"Speaking of happiness, Jerry, you said winning as a player and a team manager doesn't make you happy, so I want to know, is there anything in your life that truly makes you happy?"

West thinks back on the big moments he has experienced, most of which involve failure.

Frustration drowned out those moments of triumph, and when he did succeed, people around him were laughing, and he was just barely smiling.

The end of this memory lane is before he actually became Jerry West—before he

, the man who gave him life, Howard West was drunk as always, so he wanted to commit violence against him. West decided to end this life, and he took out the gun hidden under the bed and pointed it at him

That drunkard, he let the other person know that if this life does not end, he will end the other person's life.

Howard West never abused his son again, but the trauma had taken hold and Jerry West would never be a cheerful child again.

The unbearable memories made West's hands tremble, and he shook his head and said: "No, if I had to find one special thing from my memory, it should be the night I retired... Russell came to the scene,

He said some nasty things, and that was important to me because in those days, as a professional player, the highest honor you could get was respect from your opponents.

Louie knew what West was talking about.

Now he can be regarded as an expert on the history of professional basketball. On Jerry West's night that year, Bill Russell became the second (1) Celtics player to confess to West.

He said to West in front of tens of thousands of Lakers fans: "Jerry, I love you and hope you will always be happy."

"Times are really different." Louis lamented hypocritically, "I can't see this kind of pure love among players now. Patrick Ewing just wants to kill his opponents. Benj doesn't care about anything except the championship. I

It's hard to imagine them saying they love you to their opponents.

West couldn't help but roll his eyes at Louis.

Anyone can say this, but Louis is not qualified to say it.

After the 1993 Finals, Louis made a curse to Jordan who was crying, "You will never win a championship in your life." It has become a classic NBA story.

Ewing may be mean, Wilson may be a fiercely competitive triumphalist, but Louie is the bastard who has no respect or love for his opponent.

asshole.

West really had a hard time imagining what kind of bastard would say that hurtful thing to a person on the verge of collapse.

Even the most basic decency is gone!

Afterward, Louie and West talked about regrets.

This is another topic that easily makes West suffer from PTSD. Louis' biggest regret is that he did not play more Temple tactics with the Lakers.

In fact, he almost failed, if not for the Knicks' rise in the last game,

There was no chance of building a temple. This regret sounds more like Versailles.

West's regret is that he lost many key games, while Louis' regret is that he is not satisfied with the winning process.

Today, West said one more thing.

his legacy

The regret is not only the failure on the court, but also the many unfinished words hidden in his heart.

"I was upset when Elgin left early in 1972, and I could never accept the absence of his mark on my championship journey. But I never told him how I felt." This was something Louis had known for a long time.

Mitt Washington was a promising player who would have been even better if he hadn't thrown that punch, and his actions in that era made his life difficult, and I understand that, but I don't

Talked to him before he left..."

West said a lot of things he could have done but didn't do. "That's one of my big flaws, I can't always say how I feel before it's too late."

Louis teased, "For someone as legendary as you, your understanding of yourself is really strange. I've never seen a superstar look down on himself like you do."

West smiled slightly, he could hear that Louis was complimenting him.

This didn't make him happy.

In fact, even today, he doesn't know if he deserves the life he has now. He is richer than he ever imagined, but he can't find a reason to convince himself that he deserves it.

This makes him unable to cope with praise from others.

He would feel uncomfortable when someone complimented him because he never got any approval from the people he most wanted approval from.

West thought of many things. After his father passed away, he watched a movie for a month. The movie was called "I Never Sing for My Father" (1970). There was a line in it: Death is the end.

lost a life, but

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year it will not end for a period

In the minds of the living,

Holding on, moving towards an exit that may never be found. His father's abuse and a series of defeats against the Celtics are destined to become a shadow that will haunt him for the rest of his life.

West remembered Louis' previous advice, but he always felt that he could do more. However, when things were irreversible, he would still choose to punish himself and ask himself again and again, "What else can I do?"

?". He didn't even dare to face the really cruel and painful problem.

The question is, what else can he do to win his father's love? His favorite son David has gone with the wind, and the good-for-nothing Jerry can never satisfy him. Whenever he thinks of this, he will

He has the urge to commit suicide, but when he wakes up, his innate imagination and endless curiosity will push him to persist, maintain energy and positive attitude, and devote time and a lot of energy to work to make himself alive.

long enough

Long enough to see how things develop.

This means that Jerry West has given up on reconciling with himself, and he can't find an exit from the shadow, but he still

His exploration of life and his self-destructive tendencies formed a strange and fragile balance in him.

Leaving the Lakers is the beginning of a new life for West.

At the end of the private meeting, West asked Louis, "What are your plans for the future?"

Louis said: "After finishing my work with the national team, I will take a break. What about you?"

West said: "I will go to South Korea with Karen." "South Korea?" Louis asked unexpectedly, "Are you going to travel?"

"No, I just want to visit the land where my brother once fought.

Looking at Louis' confused look, West explained: "My brother, David West, served in South Korea... No, it should be called North Korea at that time. David is the most talented of our brothers.

One, the whole family is proud of him, he can do his best no matter what he does.

Louis asked softly: "How is David now?"

"He died." West calmly recalled the morning that changed the West family forever, "He died in North Korea."

Now, Louis finally knows what is going on with the vague hostility he has felt in West in the past six years. Louis believes that there are many things happening to West that he does not know about.

thing, but knowing this is enough.

(1) The first Celtics player to confess his love to West was Havlicek. After defeating the Lakers in the 1969 Finals, Hondo said to West: "Jerry, I love you, you

He is a true champion." ps: I read a lot of basketball articles before I wrote the basketball articles. All the previous basketball articles were basically the same in portraying the logo man as an approachable person, and also had a positive attitude toward Chinese/Chinese/Asian people.

The protagonist has a favorite celebrity, but I did the opposite in the Lakers article. During the serialization of Noise, I read a lot of information, articles about West, especially articles written by the media when he was a player.

, often said that he was "always unhappy." I was very surprised at that time. I was unhappy all day long. Could it be Yuyu? As a result, I read West's autobiography. He was really depressed, and he was depressed for a long time. In his childhood

Being domestically abused by his cheating father resulted in a flawed character, extreme emotionality, and a perfectionist (how perfect? ​​He forgot his achievements on the court, but remembered a stupid mistake he made decades ago),

His playing career was accompanied by a large number of imperfections, which aggravated his mental internal friction.

Personally, I am not satisfied with the portrayal of West in the Lakers episode, and I hope to have the opportunity to do it again in the future.

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