The rest is just noise

Louis severely humiliated John Kirilla at the briefing.

But Auerbach didn't care about this. He felt that professional people do professional things. If another professional person hinders you, you must either shut him up, persuade him, humiliate him, or be successful by him.

The ground hinders you.

Louis convinced everyone and silenced his opponents by humiliating them.

Every decision made by the management will affect the future of the team. This is a serious place where you can express your thoughts in a humiliating tone.

Everyone was deeply impressed by Louis.

He is only 18 years old?

This is amazing!

After Louis finished speaking, Kiriglia had nothing more to say. Auerbach concluded and asked deputy general manager and senior scout Jan Walker to draw up a trade plan.

The ventilation session ends here.

"Did you notice the way Reed looked at you at the end?" K.C asked with a smile.

Louis said uneasily: "I saw it, full of murderous intent. Did I go too far?"

"Exactly!" K.C said firmly, "Reed admires you very much!"

For now, Auerbach only admires Louis.

With his eloquence, his thinking, and his courage, he may not know that he is taking risks. If he gives the team a wrong idea, his scouting career may be over.

No one wants to believe an 18-year-old kid, unless he is as logical and eloquent as Louis.

Management is a place where seniority is required, but if you can achieve results quickly and let others see your ability, promotion will only be a matter of a thought for those in power.

Three days later, on June 9, 1978, this year's draft was held at the Plaza Hotel in New York.

Before the draft started, the Pacers, who held the No. 1 pick, exchanged trades with the Trail Blazers' third pick in the first round.

Then, after it was confirmed that Bird would return to college for his fourth college season, the Trail Blazers chose to give up what scouts considered a once-in-a-century talent and selected Mychal "Klay, I'm Your Dad" from the University of Minnesota.

·Mychal Thompson C/PF.

There are some similarities between this year's draft and the 1972 draft. When Bird announced that he would play his senior season, the teams with the top five picks felt boring. Six years ago, the Trail Blazers with the No. 1 pick

I didn't negotiate a good price with Bob McAdoo, the most popular player at the time, and was threatened by the other party, "Either you give me money, or I go to the ABA and you get nothing", so I had no choice but to choose LaRue.

LaRue Martin C.

This Martin has played four seasons in the NBA, averaging 5 points and 4 rebounds per game, with a shooting percentage of 40%. To be honest, in an era when the NBA mandates that players must complete four years of college before they can participate in the draft, being able to be selected with the No. 1 pick

Getting such parallel imports is not a difficult operation that ordinary people can complete.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the Blazers choosing Thompson this year. If they can't get Bird, they have to respect tradition and give priority to big men. They are determined to get out of the shadow of Walton's farce and restore championship glory. Considering that they won the No. 1 pick

The third pick was exchanged, considering that their third pick was exchanged for the signing rights of Moses Malone, and considering that the No. 1 pick in Thompson was selected after they gave up on having "Prophet" and Bird -

You really have to give a thumbs up to the management of this team and their ability to dodge the right answer every time.

Next, ignoring the four players who have stories but do not have as many causal backgrounds as Klay's father, with the sixth pick, the Celtics selected Larry Bird as if they were destined.

This story will be exaggerated to become more and more magical in the future. What coach told the teams that they were not allowed to choose? What coach took advantage of loopholes in the rules to make the teams angry - because of various writers' comments on Auerbach.

Myth/demonization makes the story of the Celtics locking Bird in advance like a robbery become all kinds of weird.

The specific reasons have been introduced in the previous article, so I will not elaborate more here. It can only be said that Auerbach is standing on the fifth level. From the moment he got Bird, he was preparing to build a competitive team for Bird.

Strong team.

Next, the Celtics went step by step.

They contacted Atlanta to discuss a trade.

This made the senior management of the Eagles very nervous. There were rumors in the world that if Auerbach took the initiative to call you, it must be out of good intentions.

When they learned that the Celtics only wanted their third pick in the second round, they immediately relaxed.

The specific process is unknown. The Celtics finally sent away Joe-Jo White, who had been losing his temper, and received the Hawks' third-round pick in the second round and a third-round pick in 1979.

Just as the Celtics decided at the briefing meeting.

They selected John Long with the third pick in the second round and Maurice Cheeks with the eighth pick in the second round.

The 76ers management in Philadelphia were surprised to see Cheeks snatched away by the Celtics.

"This is not fucking right!" McMahon yelled.

He has obviously described Cheeks as a cancerous player on the phone. Why do the Celtics insist on going their own way? Are they crazy?

This result disappointed the 76ers, but this disappointment was only temporary.

Even they didn't know how good Cheeks' future would be, they just felt like they were missing out on something.

Only McMahon was unwilling. He had previously sold the scouting report containing Cheeks to K.C Jones, but he was 100% sure that Jones would not find Cheeks in it.

Because that scouting report was lackluster.

How could anyone be interested in a guard from a small school with no game tape?

This thing haunts McMahon like an inner demon.

He thought of that phone call. Could it be that the Celtics had already taken a liking to Cheeks? Was the call just a test?

If so, everything makes sense.

The worse he said about Cheeks, the more the Celtics looked at Cheeks.

McMahon still couldn't understand. As far as he knew, all the Celtics scouts were focusing on Larry Bird and Freeman Williams. How could anyone pay attention to Cheeks?

"Damn K.C. Jones, when did he become so cunning!!!"

K.C. Jones, an honest man, ultimately bore everything on his own shoulders.

When the draft results came out, Louis was working out at the Greek Academy, and his first phase of work was over.

The Celtics have no habit of tracking high school students, and he has nothing to do before the start of the new NCAA season.

However, if you are conscious, you can study the junior players who will graduate next year in advance.

But Louis didn't have this consciousness. He was working hard on John Long and Cheeks. He had been working at a high intensity during this period, and he wanted to relax.

Therefore, in the next week, he hung out in bars and nightclubs and explored each other's body secrets with seven women.

His stress was effectively released.

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