The rest is just noise

Chapter 1469 The complete record of the birth of mythical stories

Ernie Johnson discovered that in addition to criticizing underperforming players and stupid coaches on the show, Coach Lu had a new habit.

Recently, Louis often tells stories on TNT programs.

When a reporter asked Louis why he did this, he said poetically: "We tell stories to keep ourselves alive."

There is no habit for no reason. Louis suddenly likes to tell stories, mainly because he often attends luncheons.

Now, Louis is a regular guest at the luncheon.

At first, Louis didn't like luncheons because he had to fly to Washington every week and listen to the old men bragging and it was boring.

Later, he discovered that the people who came to the luncheon were not ordinary people, and he expanded his network at the luncheon, especially in the Washington area.

For a person who has lived in a foreign country for a long time, having one more outlet may provide one more solution to the problem at critical moments.

The focus of the luncheon is chatting, and a dozen men always have something to talk about.

The topics range from sports to current social affairs and all kinds of dirty gossip. They are all-encompassing.

Having coached and managed the team for a long time, Louis, who has been in a tight state for a long time, especially enjoys this kind of life.

Allen Iverson personally took the game ball to Sampson's hands, and then made a few jokes to make the other party laugh.

Storytelling also has skills.

The game entered the third quarter, and the Spurs led 79 to 61.

Auerbach smiled mysteriously and looked at Louis: "You tell me the rest."

The screams and cheers belong to Mr. Only.

That person actually used a behind-the-back pass to serve a key ball at a moment of life and death. The result is self-evident. He paid tribute to Curry in a high-profile manner for more than half a century, successfully passed the ball to the opponent's hands, and also sent away the team's victory.

Hope of winning the championship.

Louis talked about his 81-point victory over the Dallas Mavericks on the road in the 1983-84 season.

Sampson broke the record at the perfect time and then announced his retirement at the perfect time.

After listening to Robinson's praise of Sampson, his first thought was whether this guy had any grudge against Ewing? What does it mean that he never mentions orangutans but never leaves them?

At the end of the month, the NBA will usher in a night of history.

The Spurs won the game and Sampson accomplished his mission.

When Louis talked about this, everyone's eyes lit up.

Because that night, the Mavericks were defeated by their opponents.

Louis felt that he might be too sensitive.

Iverson said directly: "I say that Ralph is the number one center in history. No one should object, right?"

Auerbach's rustling voice brought everyone back twenty years ago.

For example, Auerbach's best friend from school days, Hemi.

This is the truest aspect of competitive sports - the first person to arrive has everything, and the second person to arrive has nothing.

Everyone is telling stories, and Louis can't lag behind.

But what everyone likes most is when Auerbach tells stories.

Last year, Louis led the Lakers to another 81-point tragedy in the playoffs, but the Mavericks are still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Louie's hurtful yet humorous comments have led to more and more viewers subscribing to TNT's television channel.

As a legendary figure, he has countless stories to tell.

Popovich said: "Ralph is the kind of player who only comes out once every 30 years. I'm honored that we can be a part of this historical moment."

At this time, everyone suddenly realized that the key figure who prompted Sampson to participate in the 1981 draft was not Reid, but... Louis, who was only 21 years old at the time.

At that time, Sampson was only 11 points away from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's total scoring record, which put no pressure on the only man who could still average 5% points per game.

"I have no fucking idea what that son of a bitch is thinking!"

This is indeed a famous game in NBA history. When a team loses by a big score, someone will think of the Mavericks.

Auerbach acknowledged that Hymie would have accomplished more than he did if he had chosen to pursue a career in sports instead of joining the military after high school.

Bodiloga, who scored 40 points in a triple-double, angrily tore up his jersey.

Auerbach mostly listens, but when he speaks, everyone listens carefully.

This goal meant that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's position as the all-time scoring champion, which he had firmly held for nearly seventeen years, was finally out of the question.

The last time Louis attended the lunch meeting, Auerbach told his high school story. At that time, there was no concept of state championship in high school basketball games at that time, and each city's high school basketball game was dominated by its own. Auerbach's

The team reached the finals, and the suspense lasted until the last second. Then, the head coach inexplicably sent a well-connected person backed by a congressman father to serve the key goal.

Hymie claimed that he still has scars from his bullfight with Auerbach on the court more than half a century ago.

"In terms of technique, he is no match for me at all, so he only uses those bad moves and scratches. There is nothing he dares not do!" Haimi complained.

David Robinson doesn't know if he wants to disgust Ewing or what.

From improving his salary to increasing Louie's right to speak in the show, he gave up everything that could be ceded, but Louis has no intention of changing his current living situation.

There is more than half of the regular season left, and every game played by the Celtics after that is Sampson's retirement tour.

There was no suspense in the game that night, and the outcome was not what the audience cared about.

If Reid failed, how could Ralph enter the 1981 draft?

This also made TNT work hard to improve Louis' attendance rate.

Auerbach's words brought back fond memories of the past in Louis.

"Dejan must know that he is no longer a member of the Lakers. The situation in the past where he couldn't lose even if he wanted to lose was just a specific situation. Losing and winning, crying and laughing are the characteristics of competitive sports.

Reality, and he has to adapt because he's joining a team that lost 81 points in a game."

After the game, Sampson announced that he would retire at the end of this season.

Shortly after telling this story at the lunch meeting, Louis repeated it at the Mavericks game.

Popovich took the initiative to call a timeout so that the more than 40,000 fans who paid three times the ticket price for this moment had enough time to congratulate Sampson.

It's not that Auerbach didn't want to say it, but that he didn't know the details of how Louis persuaded Sampson to participate in the draft.

Too bad Dallasites don't like "everything" they have that much.

Although he is less than half Auerbach's age, he has accumulated enough stories.

Celtics vs. Spurs away from home.

"Ralph and we were never of the same species. He was Mr. One. No one could copy his style. In his prime, I had to pray to God every time before I played against him. I hope that Ralph

Be nice to me and let me finish the game with dignity. Thank God, Ralph never embarrassed me, which is a luxury for many centers of his generation."

Sampson grabbed the ball with one hand at the free throw line, used his best ability to hold the ball and attack the basket, threw it high over David Robinson's head, and hit the board!

That was Mr. Only's 12th point in a single game.

The hateful college professor and the hesitant Sampson left the luncheon guests angry and suspicious.

In addition to Auerbach, others can tell stories.

In order to infinitely magnify the commercial value of this night destined to be remembered in history, the Spurs deliberately temporarily moved their home court to the Alamodome, which can accommodate more than 60,000 fans.

In order to welcome this brand new Bombardier Global Express, Louis also spent millions of dollars to acquire a piece of land near Sunset Hills as an airport and crew maintenance aircraft and usual duty location.

Perhaps the topic of Sampson was too hot. At the lunch meeting that week, Auerbach told the story of how he and Louis persuaded Sampson to participate in the draft early.

"I never thought I could play for such a long time, and I never thought I could go this far... Anyway, I have done the best I can, and I am grateful to everyone who has helped me along the way.

Man, my time is up.”

As long as there is a show with Louis attending, the ratings will always rise. When there is a focus battle, whether Louis attends the show will even become the vane of the audience's choice of viewing platform.

More than sixty years later, Auerbach is still very angry when he tells this story.

In mid-January, Louis received a new phone.

It can be explained in detail, it can be briefly stated, or it can be based on facts and tell a myth.

The story of lobbying Sampson to run for office is boring in itself. Louis didn't want people to know that in order to do this, he deliberately pretended to be a sports reporter and called Sampson's teammates to inquire about the situation, and then stayed in a restaurant that Sampson frequented.

It took several hours and countless cokes to "arrest" him.

Louis smiled: "The story is very simple. I met with Ralph in private and explained to him in detail the disadvantages of staying in college and the advantages of entering professional basketball early. Finally, I put Zhang Yiyi in front of him.

A dollar bill and a can of Coke. If he stays in college, his future will be like Coke. Although it tastes good, it will never be on the market. But if he enters the NBA, his prospects are worth $100 million."

"You all know the result. Although he has not earned 100 million U.S. dollars after playing in the NBA for 20 years, he believed in the blueprint I drew for him." Louis said jokingly, "This story tells us that if we cannot

Offer a price that the other party can't refuse, and you can also make one up now, as long as the other party believes it."

(End of chapter)