The rest is just noise

Louis and Stockton talked a lot.

They also talked about what role Louis will put Stockton in in the new season.

"I don't want you to have too many ties with these guys, so you won't get much time, and you also have some technical problems."

Stockton wondered what was wrong with his technique.

Louis pointed to the three-point line.

"Since you often watch Celtics games, you must also know what my requirements are for defenders."

Louis remembered that Stockton had developed a stable three-pointer in the 1990s.

In the 1997 Western Conference Finals, he defeated the Big Three of the Rockets. In Game 6 of the 1998 Finals, before Jordan's final layup, steal, and shot, it was his three-pointer that pushed the Bulls into a desperate situation.

These well-known examples are enough to prove that even if he did not grow up in the three-point era, he can still master a good outside three-pointer through acquired efforts.

If Louis emphasizes the importance of three-pointers, it will be worth looking forward to how far he can practice.

From that day on, Stockton will practice an additional 500 three-pointers every day.

Louis felt a little emotional. In this era, there are no trainers who specialize in helping players improve their shooting. If there were, there would be no need to train so hard.

After chatting with Stockton, Louis decided to walk around the Blue Palace to understand the layout of the training hall.

After spending six years at the Greek Academy, he had only one request for the new team's training ground, which was that it not be worse than the Greek Academy.

As a result, Blue Palace greatly exceeded his expectations.

He forgot about the Greek Academy on the first day he came here. Is that a place for people?

A few days later, Louis met with Rick Pitino, the assistant coach he hoped to keep.

"Coach Lu, nice to see you." Pitino said politely.

Louis smiled and said: "Me too."

Pitino sat down in Louis' office.

Louis put a coin into the newly introduced vending machine and asked: "Rick, what do you want?"

"I'm not thirsty, thank you," Pitino said.

Louis got himself a bottle of Coke, opened it and took a sip, then asked: "Rick, I have read your resume, and I also appreciate your emphasis on defense. What the Knicks need most now is discipline. I don't know.

Would you like to stay and help me?"

Louis wasted no time in saying useless things and got to the heart of it.

Pitino was not surprised when he heard this. He said humbly: "Thank you for your appreciation, Coach Lu. I also like your coaching style."

Usually people who respond this way will be accompanied by a "But".

Sure enough, Pitino's "But" followed: "However, I have decided to accept the invitation from Providence College and return to college basketball."

Louis had heard about Pitino's record at Boston University.

He helped BU reach the national championship again after 24 years, and then struggled due to a recruiting scandal. Last year, he chose to join professional basketball like other coaches who had no hope in college basketball, and came to the always boastful Hubie Brown.

Under his command.

However, due to poor management, Brown was fired by the Knicks before the contract ended.

Pitino came for Brown. With Brown gone, of course he had to find a way out for himself.

Louis invited him to stay, which pleased him, but it was too late.

"In this case, I can only wish you a bright future." It's okay, Louis is a scumbag.

The biggest characteristic of a scumbag is that when he finds that his prey is not interested in him, he will immediately pull away and let go.

The Knicks are going to be in trouble anyway. If there is Pitino to coach the team's defense, they may not be in trouble. Instead, they will be as dignified and backbone as the Clippers in 1997 and the Kings in 2021.

, but there is no future.

In 1997, many teams began to irrationally mess up the stud No. 1 pick. The clever Clippers discovered that this was a once-in-a-decade opportunity. They decided to enter the playoffs and try to get a feel for the first round. What about Duncan?

, what is the use of people like Tracy McGrady? Is it satisfying to make it to the playoffs? Get out of here!

Everyone knows that the Kings have been bad for more than ten years, and are likely to continue to be bad. 2021 is a big year for the draft. You can get cornerstone players with the first five picks. Then, after having been bad for more than ten years, they unanimously decided to go all out.

To qualify for the play-offs, I would rather be tenth in the Western Conference than last. This is so thoughtful. Cade Cunningham, Evan Mobley, Jaylen Suggs, Jaylen Green, and Ku Mingjia are only grateful.

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In addition to not meeting the other regular players, Louis also needs to expand his coaching staff.

If nothing else goes wrong, Tomjanovich will become his chief assistant. In addition, he will need two to three people to join him.

Otherwise, it would be too tiring to have everything fall on Tomjanovich.

The donkeys in the production team don't work like this either.

Louis knew a lot of people, but most of them were in management.

Although the coach knows a lot of people, most of them don't have good relationships. He led the Celtics to commit many murders last season.

Those coaches who are close to him have stable positions. Even if they no longer coach, they may not be willing to work with him as assistant coaches.

Therefore, Louis decided to use advertisements to recruit some college coaches who had no professional basketball experience.

Hearing that Louis was recruiting people, DeBusschere enthusiastically recommended a person to him.

In Louis' office, he had just drank a Coke.

DeBusschere said with a smile: "Don't you want to know who I want to recommend to you?"

"Say it, I promise not to spit it out." Louis drank Coke while staring at DeBusschere.

He didn't believe he could name someone so outrageous that he would spit out Coke.

"Phil," DeBusschere said, "Phil Jackson, you know?"

"Pfft~~~~!!!"

"Who are you talking about?"

"Phil Jackson."

"P,h,i,l,J,a,c,k,s,o,n's Phil Jackson? Am I spelling it right?"

"That's right."

"Saddle-nosed Li Lebo!!"

DeBusschere did not expect Louis's reaction: "Do you know Phil?"

"I don't just know him? I..." Louis never expected that DeBusschere would recommend the top three head coaches in history to him, "I just met him not long ago."

DeBusschere saw that Louis's reaction did not look like he was disgusted, so he continued: "Phil has been doing scouting work since he retired, and his financial resources are not stable. After seeing your advertisement, he wanted to apply for the job.

But he is not a college coach, so he asked me to ask for your opinion."

Posting an advertisement to fry fish and creating a great person was something Louis never expected.

This great master was not confident in himself, and he recommended him through his old teammates, which was something Louis never expected.

Louis was excited and excited, but his mind was not hot.

He must clear the image of the Zen Master from the Bulls and Lakers era from his mind and replace it with a confused, unstable retired player who is not confident in himself but desperately needs a stable job.

He can be regarded as a member of the "Beat Generation". People of that generation always lived a life of drinking and getting drunk now.

Louis is not sure whether the Zen master can be a good assistant, so he cannot make a decision based on the other person's "potential".

"I can meet him." Louis decided that he would be like Wang Feng in "The Voice", sitting there with an air of dignity and asking, "What is Ning's dream?"

After receiving the news, DeBusschere nodded happily: "Okay, I will tell him for you."

"By the way, Dave." Louis stopped DeBusschere, who was about to tell his old teammates the news, "Please help me inform the official team members, and ask all of them to come to the Blue Palace next Friday.

, I want to meet them formally."

"next Friday?"

DeBusschere said awkwardly: "I'm not sure they can all be there because the holidays are not over yet and the preseason training camp won't start until the end of the month."

"It's okay, I'm a reasonable and very tolerant person, you informed me, they can come or not as they please." Louis said casually.

"OK."

DeBusschere could not have imagined that Louis would be so enlightened that he could drive an aircraft carrier and destroy the coaches of all teams. Is that so?

In the evening, Louis attended a banquet held by MSG executives.

Louie met with the MSG executive.

Madison Garden and the New York Knicks are both assets of Gulf Western Industries. In terms of level, the Knicks belong to the industry under the name of Madison Garden. Therefore, the people currently in charge of MSG are the top executives of the Knicks.

But above the top there is the top.

But compared to the business involved at the top, the Knicks are only a small part of it.

The executive is a middle-aged white man who likes East Asian culture, which is a good thing for Louis.

His real name is Leon Wood. In order to show his goodwill to Louis, he gave himself a Chinese name called Wu De. Although he is the highest level person Louis can currently contact, this Chinese name... is not necessary.

Ouch.

Wu De knew about Louis' plan to ruin it, and he had no objection: "We can spend money at any time, but I hope the money will be spent meaningfully and make a splash."

"It's far from the time to spend money," Louis said metaphorically. "To build a good house, we must first lay a good foundation. But now, our foundation is a mess, so it will take some time before we start construction."

Wu De smiled and said: "You have five years."

"enough."

"Then, this glass of wine is for the rising future in the next five years." Wu De clinked glasses with Louis.