The rest is just noise

In the gymnasium of Hofstra University, Louis was dressed in casual clothes, with four assistant coaches standing behind him. In front of them, players stood in two rows horizontally.

Except for those guys who are eager to win marginal positions, the regular players have already come to Louis.

Bernard King naturally stands in the C position, and the others are Cartwright, Cummings, Darnell Walker (Darrell WalkerPG/SG), Louis OrF (LouisOrF), Sparks, and Craig Hodge

Si, Tucker, Butch Carter (ButhCarteG), Ken Bannister (KenBannisterPF/C), James Bailey (JamesBaileyPF/C).

Apart from King, there is probably only one Cartwright that fans will know in the future. Because he was the Bulls' chief center for the first three consecutive seasons, and he was also the "token" that separated Jordan and Krause. 1. Bird fans may know Hodges.

He lives in Bird's quotations⑶. Senior Bulls fans or Jordan fans probably know Trent Tucker. This guy used 0.1 seconds to kill the Bulls with a three-pointer in 1990, which led to the "Tucker Rule".

That 0.1 second that lasted for a century aroused fierce protest from the Zen Master, and the league issued a rule that if the game time is within 0.3 seconds, all catches and shots will be regarded as invalid goals⑵.

Apart from these, there is nothing else worth mentioning.

This is a mediocre, unknown team that is unlikely to achieve anything.

Louis faced them and said flatly: "It's our first time meeting. I don't think I need to introduce myself. You all know me."

"In view of the fact that we were not able to recruit during the offseason, I think the goals for the new season should not be set too high." Louis began to smile.

Cartwright asked for everyone: "Coach, what is your goal?"

"If everything goes well, we should have a 30 percent chance of making the playoffs."

“!￥@……”

Louis' words caused everyone to talk a lot. When Hubie Brown came, he announced in a high profile that he would take Knicks fans back to the glory of the early 1970s.

And now he has packed up and left.

Louis is a championship coach. Last season, he established his "frivolous" persona with one massacre after another. His team's record of 87 wins and 12 losses shocked the North American sports world. Unexpectedly, he would be so pragmatic now.

"Coach, I think our probability of making the playoffs is 100%." ​​Pat Cummings said confidently, "With me, Bill, and Bernard, it's enough!"

Louis chuckled and said, "I hope so."

"Next, let's start training each."

Louis dismissed the players and asked Sharif to help Stockton improve his shooting skills one-on-one, and then asked Tomjanovich to supervise the training of others. Jackson did it himself, and Zhao Yuanzheng was responsible for recording the players' training characteristics.

As for him, he naturally went back to the office.

He's always been like this.

One of this year's rookies, to Louis' surprise, seventh-round pick Ken Bannister, who signed a formal contract with the team, unexpectedly said: "Is Coach Lu leaving now?"

"He is the Messiah who wants to save the world, so he has no time to care about us!" Cummings said in a weird voice.

Seeing Louis' face and the proud look on his face, Bernard King felt angry, thinking of Jackson's words, he has already forgiven you!

@%￥%#……!

Who forgives whom? King could never forgive Louis.

"This is a waste of time!" Jin said harshly.

Then, he went straight to Louis' office.

"Is something going to happen?" Zhao Yuanzheng said worriedly.

Sharif said amusingly: "If we really take action, what we should really worry about is Bernard. Lou is a ruthless character who once sent the referee into the ICU with one punch on the field."

Louis was holding coins in his hand and was wondering whether it was better to drink Coke or Sprite.

If Coke is the GOAT in his personal beverage industry, then Sprite must be one of the top 12 super giants in history.

Normally, if he was asked to choose one of the two, he would definitely drink Coke in seconds, but today he wanted to change the taste.

Just as he was hesitating, an unqualified guy opened the door and came in.

"Let's talk." Jin said solemnly.

"I didn't expect that after half a year, you are still as uncultured as a savage who has not received higher education." Louis sneered and sarcastically said, "Don't you know you have to knock on the door before entering?"

Jin clenched his fists and suppressed his anger: "I don't want to come here, I just want to talk to you!"

"Want to chat? Then you have to get out of my office, knock on the door respectfully, and get my permission before coming in." Louis decided to drink Sprite today.

He wanted to feel a chill in his heart.

"I'm the Knicks' No. 1 player, where do you put me?" King yelled.

"Alas!" Louis opened the Sprite, returned to sit on the office chair, and raised his legs to the desk, "My dear Knicks number one player, what have I done to make you disrespect me so much? Have you never

You don’t even know what quality and education mean? You came in without even knocking on the door, and you asked me where I put you? I would rather ask you where you put me."

"You're a piece of shit in my eyes! Louis!" King roared, "I don't even want to play ball for you!"

Louis looked at him contemptuously: "Dave is waiting for your transaction application, don't keep him waiting."

"We'll see!"

The Knicks' top player left Louie's office furious.

A few minutes later, Tomjanovich came over with Jackson.

"It seems that your communication is not going well." Tomjanovich seemed to be here for a joke.

"Phil, what the hell are you hiding from!" Louis asked directly, "How did you adjust the relationship? I just saw a pack of humanoid explosives running into my office!"

Jackson said embarrassedly: "95% of the exchanges between Bernard and I are beneficial and nutritious, but when I conveyed your words to him, his expression changed."

"I told you not to bring those words to you!" Tomjanovich didn't expect Jackson to be so stubborn.

Jackson looked at Louis: "I serve Coach Lu. If he asks me to bring him, I must bring him."

Louis took a sip of Sprite and said, "So, you have successfully completed the mission?"

"I think so."

Louis pretended to sob, looked at Tomjanovich pitifully and said, "I already miss K.C."

Tomjanovich did not cooperate with Louis' performance: "What should we do next? We can't just waste it like this, can we?"

"There are two outcomes in this matter, either he takes the initiative to reconcile with me, or he is traded." Louis drank all the Sprite, "I am infinitely inclined to the latter now."

After that, he tried to throw the Sprite can into the trash can next to the door.

His usual hit rate is quite high, but today it was a bit crooked, and the Sprite bottle hit the door, which made a loud noise.

"If Bernard is traded, there will be no hope for this season." Jackson still doesn't know Louis' plan.

Louis looked at Tomjanovich strangely: "Phil doesn't know yet?"

"Don't know what?" Jackson asked.

"There is no hope for this season. You don't really think that I plan to lead this group of people to the playoffs, do you?" Louis laughed, "How is it possible? Just this group of people? It's God's blindness to make it to the playoffs.

Blind!"

Jackson savored Louis' words, and he had the result instantly.

It sucks, it sucks, it sucks!

Jackson fan smiled and said: "If we don't have the goal of reaching the playoffs, we have a grudge with Bernard, or even trade him, it will be greatly beneficial to the implementation of our plan."

Tomjanovich still has doubts about the mess.

"You should already know that the media in New York calls you the Messiah. You come here with the title of championship coach. If you don't make the playoffs in the first season or even have a bad record, the public opinion will be very bad."

Louis has already thought of these consequences.

The Knicks did him a big favor by not making the playoffs last season. All he has to do is make the bad process look good.

Since he and New York City are destined to torture each other, it is his duty to feed everyone shit-flavored chocolate.

Otherwise, it would be too unfair for him to be unilaterally tortured by the media. He is not a fake.

"Now that we have sailed on the Titanic and hit the Bernard Iceberg, why not go full throttle and hit another iceberg? Maybe there is a brand new world behind the iceberg!"

Louis waved his hand, signaling Tomjanovich not to say anything.

"Next, I would like you two to observe more of this group of people. I want to know who is obedient, who is useless, who is strongly dissatisfied with me, and who is superficially showing favor to me.

In fact, those who are strongly dissatisfied with me, especially the last kind of people, must be found."

It sounds like a mission that only appears in spy movies, and both Tomjanovich and Jackson feel that way.

Aren’t we assistant coaches? Why did we suddenly become detectives?

After they all left the office, Louis stood up and took a bottle of Coke from the vending machine.

Although Sprite is refreshing, it has the same problem as Coke, that is, the more you drink it, the more it lingers.

This situation occurs when you want to quench your thirst without exercising.

Louis took a sip of Coca-Cola and confirmed again, Coca-Cola is the GOAT forever!

⑴Klaus sent Jordan’s beloved Oakley to New York in order to get a real insider.

⑶Tuyao cursed at Brandon Roy.

⑵ When Hodges was playing for the Bulls, he said harsh words to Bird: "Larry knows where to find me!" Bird responded: "I know, on the edge of the Bulls' bench."