The rest is just noise

The 2004 NBA Finals lost suspense from the beginning.

Although the Los Angeles Lakers have two MVP-level players in Kobe and Garnett, they are divided due to internal problems. The Knicks are full of a sense of mission to win the championship.

It was 8 years ago since they last won the championship. That was in 1996.

Now, the Knicks, who have welcomed back Benjamin Wilson, know very well that there is only one way for the King of June to end with glory, and that is to win the Finals.

The morally disorganized Lakers won Game 3 of the Finals with Kobe's 44 points in a single game, but they could never unite as a team, resulting in their crushing defeat in subsequent games.

After five games, the Knicks defeated the Lakers 4-1 and won the 11th championship in team history.

Benjamin Wilson, who averaged 26 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in five games, won his seventh FMVP trophy amidst the cheers of the crowd.

Moreover, at the press conference that night, Wilson wore a championship T-shirt soaked with champagne and was interviewed by ABC, confirming that his career would end tonight.

Reporters want to know why, and so do fans.

Because the 37-year-old Wilson is still the Finals MVP, he looks like he can play for a few more years.

"This is my twelfth championship." Wilson said lightly. "I am now the player with the most championships in NBA history. In other words, I have lost the goal of playing. If I continue to play, I will win again."

Win the championship? Maybe, but what I’ve seen over the years is more self-deceiving old guys struggling to stay on the court in order to break the total data record. If they were ten years younger, this kind of record would mean nothing to them.

Worth it, but why at that stage did they devote all their efforts to hit that record? I think this is the only way for them to once again prove to the world that they are still great. I don’t want that, and I don’t need that. In an 18-year career,

I’ve played long enough and won enough, and here we are, and I’m satisfied.”

Finally, the ABC reporter asked: "Do you have any regrets?" Wilson thought for a moment, "My coach is not here."

"Coach Tomjanovich? Isn't he here?"

"No, I'm talking about Coach Lu." Wilson said regretfully, "It would be great if he were here."

In this way, the best player in history, Benjamin Wilson, ended his 18-year career.

In these eighteen years, Wilson scored a total of 35,954 points, 9,480 rebounds and 9,340 assists. He won the championship 12 times, was elected MVP 5 times, was elected FMVP 7 times, was selected to the All-NBA Team 16 times, was selected to the All-Defensive Team 11 times, and 18 times.

Selected as an All-Star... No matter how you look at it, Wilson is the greatest star in NBA history. He redefined the heroism of professional basketball, and his career spanned the 1980s, 1990s and the new century.

ABC interviewed Louie remotely. They wanted to know what the greatest head coach in history thought of the career of the best player in history who played under him.

"The rivalry between Russell and Wilt grew up with me. Hondo, Kareem, and Bill Walton shaped my view of basketball. Moggie, Larry, and Ralph brought changes to the game of basketball, but after I

It seems that none of them are superstars." Louis said, "There is only one superstar in the history of professional basketball, and that is Benj. Compared with him, other superstars are just virtual images in the mouth of critics. They are nihilistic dreams.

Benj is a real-life giant. When he leaves, the best basketball game will be lost on the basketball court, and I am sad because it represents the turning of one of the greatest chapters in NBA history."

Someone dug up what Louis said before when Ewing, Bird, Sampson and others retired and compared it, and found that Benj was the most praised. Regarding the saying that Benj is the only super giant, the most intense reaction was at that time.

Patrick Ewing, the minor owner of the Boston Celtics and the team's executive vice president.

"The only super giant? How can you say such a thing?"

Louis was dealing with another business, but there was a gorilla in human form chattering in his ears. "What's going on?"

?" Louis asked carelessly.

"I know you like Benjamin, but he is our enemy now. Not long ago, he killed our championship dream with his own hands. He beat us to tears. How can you praise him so highly under such circumstances?"

Louis discovered that the orangutan has become smarter.

It was obvious that he was angry, but he wanted to use the tiger's skin as a banner. Louis was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Did I say such a thing?" Ewing couldn't believe that this person was so disdainful.

"You said it yourself on live TV yesterday, and now you don't admit it?"

"No." Louis looked at Ewing helplessly, "Even if I say it, what does it mean? Do you think I am God? Is what I say the only truth? Didn't I say you were the number one center in history when you retired?

? Just tell me whether you recognize it or not."

Ewing said humbly: "I don't admit that Bill Russell is the number one center in history! This is the biggest problem with your sentence. You can say that he is the only superstar, but he cannot admit the result.

, he seemed to be enjoying it."

Louis discovered that the orangutan's ability to confuse people had also become stronger.

Does he really think Russell is Shi Yizhong? Not necessarily, but if he thinks he is Shi Yizhong, Sampson's supporters will come out to bite him. No matter what he says, there will be people who object, so why not just put The Lord of the Rings

Pushed to the front of the stage.

"Okay, everyone has retired, why don't we allow them to enjoy themselves? We have to look to the future instead of living in the past." Louis casually gave Ewing a heartbreaking message, "Besides, Benj doesn't intend to be a condescending person.

Dog, according to my source, he has reached an agreement with the Charlotte Bobcats' board of directors. If nothing else, he will become one of the owners of the Bobcats, and he will be the real power directly involved in the operation of the team.

boss."

Hearing this, Ewing became even more unconvinced, "Why? Why was he allowed to become the owner of the Bobcats?"

Louis teased Ewing in a weird way: "Maybe it's because he chose the right side in the labor war." "!#￥＠!%" Ewing said angrily, "I fucking knew there was something wrong with him!"

"Okay, I have another fun here, do you want to hear it?" "Yes."

Louis smiled and said: "The consortium that owns the Bobcats has a complex composition. They have many owners. In addition to Benj, there is also an acquaintance of your good friend Michael Jordan, who is also one of the owners of the Bobcats."

"Can Benjamin and Michael work together?"

Imagine Jia Nailiang and Butt King talking about Xiaolu’s hair?

Can you also imagine Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston playing good sisters in a movie? Or imagine Tian and Dob joining hands to sing "Friends" in a KTV?

(PS: Welcome to add more "good brothers/good sisters" cases)

Ewing's face showed the "gossip" look that Louis often saw on his wife. "Can this team be good?" Ewing asked with a smirk.

"I don't know, but I wish Benj good luck, what about you?" Ewing smiled even more wickedly: "You know what I think."

In addition to having fun with the Bobcats, Louie has an important job to do with Ewing and the Celtics coaching staff.

When next season begins, the Bobcats will join the NBA family as the 30th team, which also means that before they can join, the league must first hold an expansion draft.

After discussions between Louis and Bird, combined with the opinions of other assistant coaches, the Celtics selected a protected list of eight players: Lu Wuxia, Wade, Yao Yueban, Gasol, Ginobili, Boozer

, Parker, Kirilenko.

This also means that Gerald Wallace, Kyle Korver, Brevin Knight and others are all outside the protected list. Fortunately, the Bobcats can only choose one.

For this reason, Louis made a special call to discuss it with Wilson.

According to the result of the negotiation, the Celtics sent their 2008 first-round pick to ensure that the Bobcats would not select Gerald Wallace and Kyle Korver.

However, Jordan is a variable.

When he heard that Louis was not interested

When the Bobcats selected Wallace and Korver, he took a look at their data and directly made a proposal at the Bobcats' expansion draft meeting to select Gerald Wallace, because this was the second consecutive year for LegendLu.

Everyone wants to protect them.

Wilson didn't want to break the agreement with Louis, so he had a big fight with Jordan. After that, he called Louis again. After learning about the situation of the Bobcats, Louis smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, just listen to Michael."

Bar."

"Is it okay?" Wilson asked doubtfully.

"No problem." Louis smiled lightly, "Tell Michael that his judgment is correct. I admire him very much and wish him good luck in the future." After all, the Celtics failed to keep Gerald Wallace.

De felt melancholy for a while.

"Don't look like you're desperate. There's an inexhaustible supply of good players. Let's prepare for this year's draft." Louis nodded to Bird and turned everyone's attention to another major event.