The rest is just noise

"Little Lu lets us know that as the head coach of the Stars, if I don't like the media you represent, I can not let you play, even if you have 540,000 votes."

"Politicians can do anything for 500,000 votes, but Little Lu only gave Bernard 2 minutes and 50 seconds of playing time."

The New York Times blasted Louie like a bitch in their newspaper.

This was something Louis had foreseen long ago.

Words stick in people's mouths, and they can say whatever they like.

The Boston Globe gave him a few words.

However, they look more like adding fuel to the fire.

They believed that Louis must have a deeper intention in letting Bernard King play for 2 minutes and 50 seconds.

So they traced Louis' cultural roots.

They knew that Louis was born in Hong Kong and had a British colonial passport. He was half British, but culturally he was completely Chinese.

And what does 250 mean in China? It’s not difficult to get the answer.

"Coach Lu is a great master of satire, and even Bernard's playing time is part of his entire satirical performance."

The outrage of the New York press and the hatred of Bernard King had little effect on Louis.

At most, the league can try to avoid Louis, this vicious tiger, when selecting the head coach of the Stars in the future.

There are many coaches who go against star players, but there are only a few who do things as well as Louis does.

Louis' approach is in line with everyone's unanimous impression of him.

From the moment he started coaching, he gave the impression that he was both arrogant and arrogant.

He despises rules and regulations, disrespects old coaches, plays dirty tricks in garbage time, and treats sportsmanship as nothing. If someone criticizes him, he usually does not accept it humbly.

Almost every once in a while, a conservative old coach would jump out and scold him.

It would be okay if the old coach is no longer coaching in the NBA. If he is still coaching in the NBA, the Mavericks' 81-point massacre has not been over for long. Just look at what happened to Dallas.

In early February, no big deals happened.

The current trade deadline is different from the future. The rosters of strong teams are basically fixed during the offseason.

At best, you can only see strong teams signing certain role players for relative supplements. Few teams will choose this time to make large-scale reinforcements.

The Lakers didn't move, the Celtics didn't move, the 76ers didn't move, the Bucks didn't move, everyone didn't move.

Louis got up early. Lorraine was not in a good mood yesterday. She had been like this since she came back from Denver.

I don't know if it was delayed by altitude sickness or something else, but she suddenly entered sage mode.

This kind of thing is very common. When Louis was having various romantic affairs in his early years, he often met Gao Wan, a motorcycle girl who was satisfied once and urged him to withdraw quickly.

Louis went straight to the Greek Academy, entered Auerbach's office, and asked to expand the coaching staff.

"Aren't you doing well now?" Auerbach was very satisfied with the current situation of the Celtics.

Louis retorted: "It's good, but it could be better."

"How good do you want it to be?" Auerbach asked.

"There's no dead end," Louie said. "I want Nate Thurmond on the coaching staff."

Auerbach couldn't help but frown, "Is Dave bad?"

Even if there is an expansion, Auerbach prefers to use his own people, and Thurmond has no interaction with the Celtics.

"Dave is okay, but I need Nate's experience. If Los Angeles is our biggest enemy, how to defend Kareem is a topic we must study." Louis said clearly, "And Nate is all defensive

Karim does the best job of all."

When Auerbach was coaching, he didn't even have assistant coaches.

The logistics are all handled by the players.

What he is most proud of is that when he was a coach, he did everything by himself.

But he also knows very well that now is completely different from the era he coached. Although his era was only 20 years ago, fans in 2020 cannot imagine how Jordan played 22 years ago.

Time is enough to change all the rules in the memory of the older generation.

"You already have a vacant assistant coach position, don't you?" Auerbach acquiesced.

Louis smiled and said, "I'll just assume you agree."

"You are trying to make the team better, how can I disagree?" Auerbach thought he was not a rigid old man, "Just go ahead and do it."

With Auerbach's permission, Louis contacted Thurmond.

Louis doesn't know much about Thurmond's career. Thanks to the late statistics on blocks, he became the first creator of a quadruple-double in history. Chamberlain and Russell should both have many due to the lack of statistical statistics on blocks and

Quadruple-doubles that were stolen but not recorded in history are all blamed on lazy statisticians⑴.

Apart from the fact that he was the first Mr. Quadruple-Double in history, Louis knew almost nothing about Thurmond. When he came to Cleveland to play for the Cavaliers in his later years, he had degraded to the point where he could only play as a substitute.

As for his claim that he was the best player against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, whether he was exaggerating and boasting, or whether it was true, Louis needs to verify.

After investigation, Thurmond did not brag. In the 1971-72 season, when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was in the strongest offensive state, his two lowest points were 17 points in the away game to the Warriors, a season low, and 21 points in the Warriors' away game to Milwaukee.

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In these two games, he faced Thurmond and played his worst offensive state of the season.

Even Chamberlain said that Thurmond was the strongest defender he had ever encountered (Russell:???).

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a detailed description of Thurmond's defense. He said that Thurmond sweated during the game, and then made his opponent sweat a lot. Does this mean that this person is very grinding? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar does not like confrontation.

If Thurmond is really a tormentor in the penalty area like Moses Malone, then these statistics will not be surprising.

The comments made by these famous celebrities are considered fart by Louis.

Chamberlain is a famous talker. He brags without drafting and farts without taking responsibility. Saying that Thurmond is the best defender is just a roundabout way of disgusting Russell⑵.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s theory about sweating is even more hilarious. It’s hard to run a full basketball game without sweating, right?

Thurmond's defense is indeed very good, but Louis doesn't like to understand other people through their quotations, or let him see the content of the game instead of watching the data.

Since the data showed that what Thurmond said was true, regardless of how he did it, even if there was only a 1% chance, Louis had to try.

He didn't want to reach the finals and find that they couldn't handle Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's offense.

Louis called Thurmond, who was currently living in seclusion in San Francisco.

After retiring, Thurmond and his wife opened a restaurant in San Francisco to live a small life.

The old man was invited by the league to play in the Legends Game some time ago. The old man happily accepted the invitation, but unfortunately his strength could no longer match his seemingly strong-looking Mediterranean hairstyle.

Upon receiving Louis' invitation, Thurmond did not agree on the spot. He claimed that he would consider it for a few days.

Louis believes that such old comrades who have nothing to do after retirement and are quickly forgotten by the world will definitely not want to be lonely.

A few days later, Thurmond gave him an answer.

He agreed to serve as the Celtics' assistant coach, but asked for an increase in his monthly salary from US$7,000 to US$10,000.

Obviously, he doesn't know enough about the current market situation.

Today’s assistant coaches’ average monthly salary is more than $15,000.

But after all, he has been out of the game for many years, and it’s hard to say how much ability he has left. The game concept is definitely out of touch with the contemporary era. What Louis wants is his experience in defending Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. However, his understanding of defending Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, can he be able to defend him today?

This goggles + stockings + shiny bald version of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is impossible to say.

Therefore, taking $10,000 is considered a risk-controllable investment.

On the eve of the game against the Lakers, the Celtics suffered their fourth defeat.

The team that made them lose was the New Jersey Nets.

This team is extraordinary and a potential seed in the Eastern Conference.

There are strong players on the back line and on the wings, and there is also Michael Ray Richardson on the bench who is in uncertain form.

Tonight, the Celtics lost because of him.

Richardson's defense had a serious impact on the Celtics' perimeter. Isiah Thomas' performance was seriously abnormal. In addition, Bird's touch failed to return, and the team's double insurance failed at the same time. Sampson

Unable to break the game, the game dragged on until the last moment and lost by 2 points.

114 to 112

After this battle, the Celtics' record became 45 wins and 4 losses.

They are still in a league of their own, and the team that is about to come to them is the Los Angeles Lakers, who are currently 40 wins and 9 losses.

In terms of record alone, the Celtics and Lakers are both in the same league.

The Lakers are slightly worse than the Celtics.

On the eve of the game against the Lakers, Louis spent a long time in Lorraine's apartment looking through data and was so nervous that he couldn't eat.

He knows the Lakers are the only team the Celtics are paying attention to this season.

But the strength of this Lakers team is much better than the team he knew in his previous life.

Like the Celtics, both teams were affected by the butterfly effect caused by Louis' crossing, and each of them strengthened.

Finally, Louis decided to do something else to relieve his stress.

He touched Lorraine's bed where she was reading.

When his salty hand stretched out, Lorraine grabbed his hand and put it on her stomach: "No!"

Her tone was like a master training a dog.

"Why?" Louis asked coquettishly.

He never thought that Lorraine could express thunder in a gentle tone like him.

"I am pregnant."

Louis got out of bed.

"Why are you going?" Lorraine asked.

"I want to sue Durex!" Louis roared angrily, "Why do they think I sacrifice my sense of experience every day to carefully put on a hat for my second brother?!"

Lorraine asked: "Aren't you happy?"

"I..." I can't say that I'm unhappy, but I want to say that he is happy...? How is that possible? He is only 24 years old, his career is on the rise, and Lorraine is going to attend New York University next year. Whatever they do now is suitable.

, just not suitable for giving birth/bringing up children.

"Happy."

Louis' smile looked forced.

"Come back when you're happy."

Louis returned to bed. He didn't know what to say. According to normal people's approach, if something like this happened, he would either abort the child or take responsibility.

But he didn't want to get married just like that. He wasn't ready yet, so how about aborting the child? This idea disappeared in an instant.

"The doctor said you can't do that thing in early pregnancy." Lorraine rolled her eyes at Louis, "You can control yourself."

⑴ In the 1960s, the league wanted to add shot-blocking data to the statistics table, but was scolded by record representatives because it would increase their workload, so it was ignored.

⑵ After Russell retired, he criticized Chamberlain's aggressiveness many times, and the relationship between the two deteriorated. They did not speak for more than ten years. Later, Russell somehow figured out that he should not use his own standards to demand Zhang, so he took the initiative

Apologize and the two reconcile.