The rest is just noise

"You should be more humble and listen to experts' advice!"

Lorraine's angry voice made Ewing startled.

He looked at Lorraine carefully, and he dared to say that she was the most beautiful woman he had seen since coming to the United States, more beautiful than Madonna.

However, this does not mean that she can criticize Louis from his standpoint.

"I play hard to improve my life and fulfill my talents. I will not accept any groundless accusations." Ewing said firmly.

"Unfounded accusations? You don't understand the NBA or basketball at all!" Lorraine said without hesitation.

Ewing quipped: "Well, you understand, ma'am?"

"Okay." Louis didn't get involved in the argument, and didn't say much to Ewing. He just said to Lorraine, "Let's go, Marlena."

Then they left, leaving America's young talents behind.

After watching the play, Jordan asked with a smile: "Patrick, what's going on?"

"Nothing." Ewing didn't want to say more about the matter.

Louis saw many people who took the initiative to show their kindness to him, and he responded with nods and smiles.

After a while, he came to the temporary stands set up for the Olympic selection team in the church gymnasium.

The last time Louis met Knight was when he came to the University of Indiana to inspect Isiah Thomas a few years ago.

At that time, scouting work was still the focus of his life, and he only heard about Knight but not his actions. Now, he has a deeper understanding of Knight's character.

During his long and wildly indulgent career, he was known for smashing chairs on the pitch, grabbing a player by the throat, downplaying violence and demonstrating his prowess by attacking players with a whip.

"Coach Knight, we meet again."

Louis introduced Lorraine beside him.

Knight nodded slightly: "If you had told me that you would become the head coach of the Celtics in a few years, I would have thought you were kidding me. Things are unpredictable, Lu."

"Indeed, I didn't expect to become the head coach so quickly." Louis said obediently.

Knight hummed softly: "Are you here to give me advice on my work, or are you using this as a pretense to get closer to the players you are interested in like others?"

"None of them." Louis refused to admit, "I'm here for vacation."

Knight jokingly asked: "Take a vacation with $10,000 of public funds? The Celtics are so good to outsiders? Maybe I should have accepted Reid's invitation."

Louis didn't expect that Knight even knew about his business trip expenses. It seemed that the relationship between him and Auerbach was not generally good.

"Okay, Coach Knight, to be honest, I'm just here to inspect these young people." Louis said that these people on the court who are generally 1-4 years younger than him are young people, but he doesn't find it inappropriate at all.

Knight didn't find it strange either.

He asked: "What did you see?"

"Since the Soviet Union has decided to boycott the Los Angeles Olympics, the gold medal is actually in the possession of the American team." Louis said with certainty, "They will definitely be able to keep the championship in the United States."

What Knight wants to hear is not this kind of situational talk, but something that is useful to him.

"If you were the coach, how would you design the tactics of this team?" Knight asked.

"It's hard to say, I'm lazy." Louis joked, "If I had an overwhelming advantage, I might not even call a timeout."

Next, their eyes turned to the court, where another match began.

The list of participants is star-studded.

Jordan, Perkins, Ewing, Stockton, Malone, Barkley, Danny Ferry, Turpin, Alvan Robinson.

Louis also saw Rod Thorn, the general manager of the Bulls. He looked at Jordan longingly, wishing to record every wonderful moment of the Flyers on the court.

However, Buckley is the most dazzling person on this set.

Especially in the confrontation with Ewing, he had the upper hand. His strength, skills and maturity were all stronger than those of the gorilla who had been cared for in the "greenhouse" for three years.

He grabbed an offensive rebound, charged at Karl Malone, knocked him over, and dunked.

It's almost like watching a Zion Williamson who is more flexible, explosive and bounces down a notch.

Next, he violently ravaged Danny Ferry, a talented high school student with the reputation of "the second Bird". He probably knocked Ferry over four or five times, and you know that Ferry's father was at the scene.

He made no accusations of Barkley's atrocities and accepted the fact that his son was tortured by Barkley on the court with some calmness.

Louis knows that a mismatch monster like Barkley has the power to dominate the game in FIBA ​​games.

In his previous life, when he was working in the CBA, he saw many great foreign players who were neither good nor bad and were eliminated by the NBA.

The most typical example is Jared Sullinger. Due to injuries, he did not stay in the NBA. Then once he came to the CBA, he became an invulnerable monster. Unfortunately, injuries prevented him from performing well in the CBA.

As the extreme existence of this type, Barkley will have greater power.

The problem is, Knight doesn't like him.

"I see in Charles the strengths and weaknesses of Marvin Barnes and Spencer Haywood."

Knight was very forthright about his thoughts on Barkley.

For a talented person who has not yet entered the NBA, it would be a bit dangerous if someone puts you together with the above two people.

Just like before Cousins ​​entered the draft, everyone would compare him to Michael Beasley, Derrick Coleman, and former rookies Zach Randolph and Rasheed Wallace.

Whenever you put these people together, you will naturally think of a few words.

Unprofessional, immature, restless, and his ability to cause trouble off the court is as great as his potential.

"If I want to ensure the gold medal, I will put him in the squad." Louis said matter-of-factly.

"No, if he is still like this, I will not put him on the roster." Knight said firmly, "I only want obedient players."

After Barkley abused his opponent, Jordan also completed a beautiful high jump shot.

"How about Michael?" Louis just wanted to reconfirm the top coach's judgment on Jordan's potential.

Knight smiled and said: "He should be the number one pick in this class."

"How do you say?" Louis asked, "Is he better than Patrick?"

"Much better. He will be able to show his value as soon as he enters the league, while Patrick is still a rough diamond and needs to be carefully polished by an experienced coach." Knight is a potential Joe, "Michael will dominate everything."

Approved by "Sports Illustrated", recognized by scouts only after Ewing and Olajuwon, and praised by countless coaches like Knight, the Portland Trail Blazers are probably the only team that can't get Ewing.

Because of the situation with Olajuwon, why don’t you want Jordan’s team?

Louis kept his secrets well hidden. He wanted to change the 1984 draft, especially the second pick. Because as long as the Blazers' selections were changed, the subsequent series of drafts would be changed.

Regarding this year's draft, the more he learns about it, the more he feels that the Blazers' management is stupid.

Especially when Stu Inman came to the scene in person, how could he ignore Jordan's performance in the selection camp? Did he think this kind of performance was common?

This is really incomprehensible.

Louis stayed in Indiana for three days. In the afternoon, he would enter the camp to observe.

Unexpectedly, those days were when the training camp began to lay off people.

Karl Malone and Antoine Kyle were both waived.

Next up is Stockton and Kevin Porter Jr.

The last shock was that Barkley, who dominated the selection camp, was laid off!

This was the biggest news that broke during the training camp of the American team at Indiana University. With his performance in the training camp, Barkley soared from the top ten to the top five. However, Knight could not tolerate his disobedience and wanton character and had no choice but to kill him.

Pigs scare monkeys.

What Louis couldn't understand was that he clearly knew who was talented and who was not talented, who could play and who couldn't play, just because he had an iron-clad list of four players from the beginning: Jordan, Perkins, Ewing and Tisdale.

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However, when the roster was finally announced, Louis saw many strange white players.

From the perspective of talent and strength, except for Mullin, the other white players are not nearly as strong.

As soon as the roster comes out, they will start a closed training camp to prepare for the warm-up match in June and the competition with the NBA All-Star team in July.

It's time for Louis to go back and prepare for the Eastern Conference Finals.

Not surprisingly, the Celtics' opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals is the Milwaukee Bucks. The opponent that eliminated them last year has now reached the Eastern Conference Finals again.

What Louis has to do is to eliminate them and avenge last year.

Before that, he had to report to Auerbach what he had learned and gained from his trip to Indiana University.

"If we get Clyde in last year's draft, the Celtics can be strong until 1995; if you listen to me and complete that deal with Phoenix, I believe that the Celtics will be strong until at least 1992.

It is the strongest team in the Eastern Conference. Now I want to recommend another person to you. If you get it, the Celtics will be the top team in the Eastern Conference until the 21st century."

Louis whetted Auerbach's appetite.

"Do you want to say Patrick Ewing or Michael Jordan?"

"No, neither." Louis said the name, "Karl Malone of LSU."

Auerbach held a cigar in his mouth, just like Marlon Brando, who in order to play the Godfather well, made that voice and put something in his mouth when he said the lines, "Is he related to Moses Malone?"

"No, they have nothing to do with each other."

"If he's so good, why haven't I heard his name?" Auerbach asked.

Louis said arrogantly: "If everyone can discover genius, how can I stand out?"

"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll keep an eye on the person you're talking about." Auerbach didn't seem that concerned.

It's a pity that Louis recommended him this time someone who can fight for 20 years.

He didn't expect Auerbach to listen to him, he just reported his work as if he had completed his homework.

Whatever the outcome is, it has nothing to do with him.

He still said that it was fun to play with the Celtics as a max-level number, but if he left this team in the future, he found that they were so powerful that no one could beat them even if they had a dog on the court as a coach.

, it’s boring.

It’s so fucking boring.