The rest is just noise

In September, the Boston Celtics announced that former Lakers assistant Mike Budenholzer and former NBA Clippers head coach Jeff Van Gundy would join Isiah Thomas' coaching staff.

This incident is not surprising. Van Gundy and Budenholzer were both assistant coaches when Louis coached the Chinese team. Now that Louis has come to Boston, they have followed him.

The addition of Van Gundy and Budenholzer turned Thomas' coaching staff into a behemoth.

Counting chief assistant Bill Laimbeer, Thomas' coaching staff has six assistants, and is equipped with shooting coaches, interior coaches, trainers, and nutritionists.

On October 30, 2001, in the opening game of the new NBA season, the Celtics were scheduled to play against the Cavaliers at home. Many Celtics supporters had high expectations for the new season.

After Louis' manipulation, the team was not only full of youthful vitality, but also had a strong white body odor - something that no one dared to say publicly.

The Boston media's caliber is: All this is the result of operations.

This game was Louis' first game since he took office as president, so he also came to the Fleet Center. Of course, he didn't come alone.

Joining him on the scene was Reed Auerbach.

Louis called Auerbach the team's flag on the day he took office, and his intention is self-evident.

For such a totem-like figure, we should keep him in our hearts and respect him, instead of constantly bringing him up to make excuses. Unexpectedly, Louis broke the unspoken rule of not seeing the king today and sat side by side with Auerbach.

I still don't understand, why don't you coach? Auerbach asked, don't they pay you enough? Louis really has no desire to coach at all.

Moreover, he didn't know exactly what style of play he should use for this team.

Instead of trying to cross the river by feeling for the stones, why not sacrifice an Isiah Thomas first, wait until he has encountered all the difficulties that he should encounter, and then go out to pick fruits, which sounds a bit like Larry Brown.

In the final analysis, Louis really has no intention of coaching.

Flying back and forth every day is too tiring, and the team's private plane is not as comfortable as the family's plane.

Louis said with a stern face: I thought so too, but when I took office, Isiah secretly told me that he might be a unique coaching genius, but he just suffered from not having a good team. As long as I help him

With a championship team, he can lead the team to win the championship.

Auerbach didn't believe even a comma in what Louis said. Do you believe it? Auerbach asked with narrowed eyes.

I believe it!

Every great liar will trust himself before deceiving others. If you can't trust yourself, how can you win the trust of others? Who said Isiah is the bottom coach in the NBA? I think he is pretty good with him here

I'll be coaching from the front, and I'll be strategizing from behind, so big things can be decided.

Auerbach said angrily: Do you really think I have dementia?

Don't worry, I gave Isiah a chance. If he doesn't succeed, I will kick him into the Somali Trench.

The Celtics entered the first game of the Louis era. After discussing with the assistant coaches, Thomas sent out such a

The proportion of black people in professional basketball is getting higher and higher.

In the new century, the addition of European players has slightly slowed down the process of blackening the NBA, but the trend is irreversible. Auerbach really did not expect that the Celtics would once again become the whitest team in the NBA.

Then, he stood up.

Auerbach looked at the Celtics bench from a distance, and his face became even more ugly. The number of non-black players was overwhelming!

Louis! Auerbach instantly realized what the Chinese guy was doing. Are you really crazy? Louis smiled and said: Don't get excited, sit down and talk.

Auerbach regretted telling that bullshit story at the luncheon. He unleashed a demon!

Tell me clearly! Auerbach said, what are you doing? Louis is very frank, I really want to do that.

***crazy?!

Reed, you should know that I won't force something that is beyond my ability. If I find that I can't do it, I will stop, but you have to let me try.

Auerbach lowered his voice and said: Try? At best, you are challenging a certain historical record; at worst, it is blatant racial discrimination in the NBA!

So until I confirm that my Angels team, which is destined to make history, is capable of winning the championship, there will still be demons in my team.

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Auerbach felt chills running down his spine.

He realized that not only should he not tell Louis that story, but he should not even act as a lobbyist for Paul Gaston to get him to come out.

Maybe this bastard is really a racist!

Wasn't this revealed in a book before? He seemed to have openly called Ewing a gorilla in private?

Seeing Auerbach's blue and white patches turn on and off, Louis was a little worried that he died suddenly in the center of the fleet. Reed, things are not what you think.

Auerbach snorted coldly: Who knows what you are thinking?

If I were that kind of person, how could I have achieved so many achievements? Louis said frankly, I am just like most ordinary people, I am just a little vain.

Auerbach dissatisfied: You can have vanity, but you should not tie up the entire Celtics team as a tool to satisfy your vanity. Hearing this, Louis laughed: You don’t think the Celtics are the most suitable

Is this the team that did this? Just imagine, as the city that is most notorious for racial discrimination, but also has the most tolerant professional sports team in the United States, if this professional sports team inadvertently uses someone suspected of racism in the future

The image was successful in a black-dominated basketball game. Think how many Americans would go crazy over this? I get so excited when I think about it.

Auerbach hesitated to speak, and Louis continued: But in the end, this is all a by-product of that incident. What I pursue is just that incident.

Auerbach had mixed feelings. He wanted to stop Louis, but in what name? Besides, as long as Louis turned away and refused to recognize what he just said, everything would be over.

He no longer has the ability to stop Louis. After all, he invited Louis back.

Even if the future Celtics, under the leadership of Louis, ruin the reputation they spent fifty years building, it will be his fault because he misjudged the person.

He should have thought of it a long time ago, ever since Louis showed his enthusiasm for that matter at the luncheon that day. Thinking of the possible consequences of this matter, Auerbach felt physically exhausted.

How sure are you? Auerbach asked softly. That's what I'm talking about. The old man finally recognized the reality, and Louis smiled and replied: 70%.

Auerbach quipped: I thought you would only take action when you were 100% sure.

There is no 100% certainty in this matter. Louis said that basketball is a black sport after all. Putting them aside, if you want to win the NBA championship, you must gather the remaining elites, but this is impossible. I believe I can

Find potential talents, but I don't know if they have the ability to win the championship.

Then you still let Isiah lead the team?

This is a life that is destined to hit a wall. I can’t ruin my reputation in this life. Wouldn’t it be better to let Isiah help me hit the wall? Louis said righteously, on this matter, Isiah and I have reached an unprecedented agreement.

If we agree, we both have a bright future.

Hearing this, Auerbach gave Thomas a pitiful look off the court. He and Louis should never have such a good partner again.

Poor Isiah, how much virtue did he lack in his previous life to be able to encounter such a thing?