The rest is just noise

There may never be another gorilla so gentle and grateful.

That night, Louis was also very emotional, thinking of the more than ten years he and Ewing worked together. Now it seems that it was undoubtedly the most interesting, challenging and magnificent period of his career.

Ewing's retirement speech was sincere and full of gratitude from beginning to end.

The person he thanked the most was Louis, followed by John Thompson.

In this speech, Ewing reviewed all the controversies of his career, especially the most sensitive ones, the conflict with Benj, and the break with Kemp.

Today, Ewing admitted his mistakes in front of Benj: "Looking back now, if I could put aside my trivial self-esteem and talk to you calmly about what we each wanted, maybe we would be together.

To the end. I apologize for everything."

Louis didn't know what others thought, but Benj liked it anyway. He and Ewing hugged each other with red eyes, as if they had completed the reconciliation of the century.

Finally, an apology to Kemp.

Kemp was the only member of the Knicks dynasty's core team not present.

The breakdown of his relationship with Ewing was one of the most dramatic things at the end of the Knicks dynasty, especially when people think about how Kemp followed Ewing around like a little brother in the early days.

Shi's fate has reincarnated.

O'Neal's worst defense was Ewing's lifeblood.

A benchmark for reverse Barkley.

Most importantly, Wilson didn't know why O'Neal thought he could do this.

At the press conference, Pitino only did two things: whitewash himself, and criticize and accuse everyone except himself.

But Paul Allen came out and slapped Pitino hard: "Michael is the only player who doesn't want Rick to leave."

Jordan has never responded to Pitino's accusations.

At this point, Ewing's speech should have ended, but he still made the last joke of the night.

If a future star player fails to win the championship after guarding his home team for many years, someone will use Jordan's deeds to warn him.

"If you expect that fat guy to become Patrick, you might as well expect him to maintain a normal weight before the new season." Louis complained.

O'Neal had the same behavior in his previous life, but he argued with Kobe and won three consecutive championships, and then took advantage of the tail end of his peak to hug Wade's thigh and win another championship. In this life, he does not have such good luck.

Wilson really felt deeply, especially after being teammates with O'Neal, he found that Ewing's shortcomings were not unacceptable.

Finally, Ewing said: "After tonight, my name will be history. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who has helped me over the past 17 years. Without their help, Hakeem and I would not be any different."

I hope all fans can continue to support the Knicks in the future. Even if we old guys are gone, they are still great. Tracy and Grant will definitely make the team win the championship again."

Ginobili has signed a five-year rookie contract with the Celtics, and he will officially play for the Celtics after the start of the new season.

"I know who directed Mr. Allen to interfere with my plan," Pitino said. "This is the man you never dared to criticize in the newspaper. He accomplished nothing but won more than a championship."

With a good reputation, many players and coaches left because of him, but the Blazers were never able to succeed. He was always right and always invincible. It was only us who failed."

"Due to irreconcilable differences, I have decided to end this journey early."

No matter how old he is, he should be as positive and positive as a young man.

"If you want to know how satisfying it is to win the championship, you can look at Charles Barkley. If you want to go all the way to the dark side, you might as well think about the ending of Michael Jordan."

However, the retirement of Ewing's generation of players gave Louis a clear signal that the people and things he had invested his efforts in will eventually grow old and decay, and will either be forgotten or become history, just like him.

"I used to hate Patrick." Wilson said, "Later, I gradually understood Patrick. After working with Shaq for a few years, I discovered that my biggest wish is to make the insiders around me become Patrick."

O'Neal seems to be the better big man, but Ewing won almost all the rings on his hands.

Hate Ewing, understand Ewing, and become Ewing. What kind of devil's trilogy is this?

Jordan, who has no hope of winning the championship, seems to be setting himself up as a benchmark.

The blue-collar job that O'Neal hated the most was Ewing's favorite.

A benchmark for racing down the wrong road.

Everyone knows Jordan is the ultimate loser, but Pitino doesn't.

"I believe them, but if they fail to live up to their expectations, you can jointly write to me and I will once again 'bring basketball back to New York'⑴."

Hearing Louis' words, Wilson smiled bitterly.

"So, there's a reason why that damn fat guy hasn't won a single title yet."

Regardless of the first round or the second round, it takes five years.

In the final analysis, this reason still lies with Louis.

Louis was also surprised when he heard that Jordan had renewed his contract.

If it was Benj in New York, he would never be able to coexist peacefully with O'Neal.

The 39-year-old Michael Jordan responded to his boss's support by extending his contract with the Trail Blazers for another year at a price of $10 million per year.

Louis is starting to like this era of rookie contracts.

Just as Louis was chuckling over Ginobili's arrival, a piece of unsurprising big news came from Portland.

Pitino criticized Paul Allen for breaking his promise and repeatedly interfering in team affairs, preventing him from letting go. Then he began to worry about the future of the NBA, because current players simply cannot understand his tactical intentions, and those that made him in

The winning formula for success in college basketball no longer works in professional basketball. This is definitely not because his tactics are only suitable for college basketball, but because NBA players are blinded by money and they no longer play as purely as they did in college.

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Louis indirectly increased the difficulty of winning the championship. O'Neal's lack of professionalism is very likely to make him a modern version of Chamberlain. However, Chamberlain has two championships. It doesn't matter what you, a pig, want.

Do you dare to force yourself?

As soon as Louis returned to Los Angeles, he received the good news from Chris Wallace.

Even though you know you can't do something, you still set the standard.

A benchmark for one person, one city.

⑴ When the Knicks won the No. 1 pick in 1985, Stern said: "Basketball is back in New York."

"Looking at you, you seem to be impressed by Patrick?" Louis asked on the plane.

After receiving Ewing's education and reshaping his personality through meditation, Wilson could calmly accept O'Neal's series of unprofessional baby behaviors and princess-like coquettishness.

After attending Ewing's retirement night, Louis invited Wilson to take his private jet back.

Hearing this, Wilson's mood became even more bitter: "Coach, to be honest, what you said is very unrealistic for Shaq."

For a player like Ginobili who has immediate combat potential, signing a five-year rookie contract can really confuse people.

The longer he was separated from Ewing, the more absurd this idea seemed to him.

Seeing Ewing retire with his own eyes made Louis feel a lot older.

In a press conference that was nothing short of disastrous, the Trail Blazers hastily ended the Rick Pitino era.

Wilson has partnered with many super insiders. If you put aside his short-term teammate experience with Sampson in the Dream Team, the best inside teammate in his career is Ewing, the best inside teammate with whom he gets along is Duncan, and the worst and least

The inside teammates who are easy to get along with are all O'Neal.

If it were O'Neal, the Knicks could still win a few championships, but they would never win the one in 1993.

In his opinion, the only people who can replace Ewing are Duncan and Sampson.

That championship was the foundation for establishing the culture of the Knicks dynasty. Without that championship, everything after 1993 would have had a different outcome.

Just like Ewing couldn't handle his relationship with Benj, he couldn't handle the rift between himself and Kemp, which eventually led to the gap getting bigger and bigger, making it difficult to heal.

Rick Pitino, who was talking nonsense at first but now talking nonsense, held a press conference and publicly announced his resignation from all positions in the Trail Blazers.

Although Ewing is mean and difficult to get along with, he is really hard to fault during the game.

"This is the problem with the Trail Blazers, we are the only ones who failed."

He looked at Lao Qiao's statistics and didn't expect that the 39-year-old Dadan could still average 35 minutes per game in a sample of 80 regular season games, scoring 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Although he was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs,

Sweep, but facing the powerful Lakers, he averaged 30 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in four games.

In the past, he liked to flaunt his youthful mentality.

After finishing this contract, he will be 40 years old.

Finally, Pitino also satirized Jordan in a weird way.

During the period when Wilson hated Ewing the most, he once agreed with a certain extreme black point of view, that is, if Ewing from the Knicks dynasty was replaced by any of the top insiders of the same era, the Knicks would also win those championships.

champion.

Why do you have to stay in Portland when you can still compete?

Is your self-esteem so strong?

Louis believes that if Jordan left Portland to work for anyone in the Generation of Miracles in order to win the championship, public opinion would not criticize him harshly.

A 39-year-old veteran wants to win the championship, what's wrong with him?

That's what Karl Malone did.

He demonstrated how a veteran's championship speed car should be ridden. Jordan could have done the same thing, but he chose to stay and have fun with the Trail Blazers.

Just for this reason, Louis respects him as a man.