The rest is just noise

The season is over.

One team gains satisfaction, and one team leaves eternal regrets.

This is difficult to make up for. Even if we win two more championships later, it will be difficult to heal the pain in our hearts.

Louis ended his rookie coaching season with a record of 87 wins and 12 losses and was awarded the title of Coach of the Year.

This transcript allows Louis to receive a full salary, jump out of the existing contract, become a free agent, and sign a new contract.

Louis does not want to jump out of the contract immediately. He must at least wait until the draft is over and the championship celebration ends before he becomes a free agent.

He had a feeling that he would not come back.

Although he enjoyed coaching the Celtics and got along well with Bird, Laimbeer, and Sampson, he couldn't just enjoy the comfort of flying an aircraft carrier. He wanted to have greater power.

This is something that the Celtics are unlikely to give him in the short term.

Therefore, the day after winning the championship, Louis came to the Greek Academy to provide advice and help for the team's draft.

This year, the Celtics only have one with the 24th pick in the first round that is more valuable.

The 1984 draft can compete for the first draft year in history, but the big fish in this draft are concentrated in the first 16 picks in the first round.

After the 16th pick, there are few pearls left out.

The Celtics' lineup is already very comprehensive. What they need most now is to increase the depth and thickness of the inside line.

The next step is to secure the contract extensions of Bird, Laimbeer, Sampson and others.

When Louis came to Greek Academy, Tomjanovich gave him a draft list.

"Rudy, why are you involved in the draft?" Louis asked unexpectedly.

Tomjanovich was his scout before, but since he became the head coach, Tomjanovich also became an assistant coach.

He often travels on business, but he always scouts opponents in advance, and the scouting work has long been out of his reach.

"The season is over and this is the only way I can help," Tomjanovich said.

He just can't take any time off and is passionate about his work.

Regarding the candidates for this draft, Louis already had the answer in his mind. He glanced at it briefly and then closed it.

"Do you have any ideas about the future?" Louis asked.

Tomjanovich said bluntly: "My long-term goal is to become an NBA head coach."

"If you have ambition, you will definitely succeed." Louis said appreciatively, "In fact, you can now coach an NBA team. No one invites you, which only shows that they have a bad vision."

Louis said that Tomjanovich was very shy.

"Lu, what you said is going too far. I'm still far behind."

"Stop being humble and learn from Larry. See how confident that guy is." Louis snorted.

"His confidence is innate and cannot be learned." It seems that Tomjanovich really feels that he cannot be a head coach yet.

Louis shook his head and smiled bitterly. He didn't mean to compliment Tomjanovich. Tomjanovich can now be an NBA head coach.

Coaching ability can be trained, but helping players train is not something every coach can do.

Taking his experience as an example, he has met many BA coaches in his previous life, and a large number of them have a negative effect on the improvement of young people. For example, Yao Huang's mentor Li Qiuping.

Everyone knows Abdul Saramu. He was born in 1996, the same age as Zhou Qi, and is the MVP of the Youth League. He is a late-maturing player, so he does not have a national youth team resume. Many people do not pay attention to BA, nor do they pay attention to domestic small teams.

People who are crazy about him will be surprised by his unexpected appearance in the world preliminaries.

In fact, he has always had the ability, but his coach Li Qiuping did not trust the rookie and rarely used him in the league. He relied on his fame in the national team games to establish his status in the team. If it were not for Nan's guidance, he would never have been able to

The first day.

Training players is a rare ability that Louis does not possess.

Because he himself is not very good at playing basketball and can only shoot a few three-pointers.

The training plan he formulated for Sampson was also understood by Sampson himself. He is the guide, but the key lies in the players themselves.

Tomjanovich is the kind of senior trainer who can point out players' problems and get them on the right track.

Tomjanovich just listened to Louis' compliments without taking them too seriously.

"Rudy, you've been in Boston for a while, how do you feel?"

Louis' seemingly casual question made Tomjanovich raise his head sensitively.

"Lu, just tell me what you have to say."

"Nothing, I just want to ask you, if I am no longer in Boston, will you stay?"

Tomjanovich, as his deputy, was very easy for Louis to use.

If he didn't want to step out of his comfort zone, Louis wouldn't force him.

Tomjanovich immediately understood what Louis meant.

"I like this team, but I have no feelings for this city." Tomjanovich affirmed, "No matter where you are going, as long as you are willing to take me, I will go with you."

It's so touching. If Tomjanovich was a woman, Louis would definitely get rid of her.

"Thank you." Louis said.

Tomjanovich asks: "About this year's draft"

"I have a good candidate."

Louis took out a scouting report from the drawer.

"Just give this report to Reed."

Tomjanovich took a look and found that the candidate recommended by Louis was University of Minnesota center Jim Peterson.

He is the kind of swingman that the Celtics coaching staff prefers. He mainly played the fourth position in college and can play as a guest at the fifth position. He has a certain ability to protect the basket, and he is not as tough as a white man when grabbing rebounds.

The focus is on white people.

Boston will definitely like the Celtics pick.

Although black people can do it if they are strong, the power of black people in the Celtics team has obviously exceeded the standard.

As one of the whitest cities in the United States, fans will feel more comfortable if they have one more white player.

On this day, Louis went home from work until midnight.

The Celtics tried out many players, but from the moment Tomjanovich put the candidate recommended by Louis on Auerbach's desk, the result was doomed.

In fact, the scouts within the Celtics have always been among the best in the league, otherwise it would not have been possible to use late draft picks to acquire Ainge, Maxwell, and even poached Gerald Henderson from the Eastern League.

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It's just that Louis has never looked past it.

He started out as a scout, and to this day, every player he has photographed has achieved results.

Among the Celtics' championship-winning lineup this year, there are three people who are directly related to him.

Since the Celtics have the last pick in the first round, this is a position that tests their vision.

Auerbach was willing to trust Louis' vision and choose Jim Peterson, whom the scouting department didn't know very well.

After get off work, Louis first went to Lorraine's apartment.

Then the old mother at home called and said that a very polite middle-aged man had called him several times.

Louis was very surprised how Li Xuanbing concluded that the other party was a middle-aged man over the phone.

"Well, let him call here, and I won't go back tonight."

"That's fine. Just watch that girl. Her belly is quite big. Don't let anything happen to her."

After a while, the "middle-aged man" called.

"Mr. Weinberg?"

"I can finally have a few words with you, Louis."

Now, Louis knew why Li Xuanbing said the caller was a middle-aged man.

Some people's voices are very distinctive. People who hear the voice will imagine an image based on the voice.

This is the magic of audio novels. Excellent audio novels will definitely make you immersed in the scene. As long as your imagination is rich enough, the voices of Ye Qiantong and others will definitely make you think wildly. You will think you are a god. Close your eyes and see the world.

They are all yours, how can the golden scales be something in the pond?

"Mr. Weinberg, I think you have received my gift."

Louis believed that was what Weinberg had called.

"Yeah, I got it and looked at it. I was so shocked, this guy is like a more elegant Dr. J, but not as big."

"Yes, at least in terms of commercial value, he is no less than Dr. J. What's more important is his career prospects. He will not go to ABA to develop a bunch of bad habits and be spoiled like a pampered princess."

Louis said with certainty, "He is a player who can hit 100%, and there is no risk of injury. If you pay attention to the game, you will know that today's game is no longer a world of elders, like Magic and Larry Bird."

The guys will gradually replace the giants."

In order to change the storyline and make history completely deviate from the direction that Louis was familiar with, he also put in a lot of effort.

Louis now needed to convince Weinberg that his judgment was sound.

He likes Jordan as much as Louis, but the Blazers' management values ​​the inside more.

In this matter, Louis brought up the example of LaRue Martin to remind Weinberg that the Blazers' management had messed up.

Then, let's take the matter of letting Moses Malone go for free, which once again proves that they have messed up more than once.

Now that the ball has been thrown to them again, are they going to miss out on a guy with a limitless future to cater to Jack Ramsey and Stu Inman's "Wharton II" dream?

This phone call lasted for three full hours.

Louis convinced Weinberger that if Jordan were not selected, the Blazers would be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

"Lu, I want to know why you are helping me so much."

"Because I don't want Michael to be selected by an Eastern Conference team." Louis told a sincere lie, "I don't want such a difficult player in the Eastern Conference."

Louis really wanted Jordan to go to the West, not because he was afraid of him, but because he wanted to change history.

So this is a sincere lie.

Then comes the sincere truth.

"Besides, you helped me a lot when Lorraine came to the United States to study. This can be regarded as my repayment."

Afterward, Weinberg said he would seriously consider Louie's suggestion.

That's all Louis can do. Ten days later, the only question is whether the Trail Blazers will choose Walton II as he knew, or whether Weinberger will imitate Jiang and force the team to choose Jordan through micro-manipulation.

Waiting for the results to come out on draft day.