The rest is just noise

In August, the Celtics began preparing for the new season.

Just looking at the lineup, the Celtics are simply star-studded.

Larry Bird, Maxwell, Cowens, Archibald, Laimbeer, these are the five past and future All-Stars.

The bench lineup is also quite talented.

Almost from the first day, the team's new coach Bill Fitch showed his meticulous approach to training.

He is stern and mean and doesn't accept any excuses.

This is completely different from the way he makes wisecracks in front of the media.

Ranbir complained almost every day: his waist ached, his back hurt, his legs cramped, he couldn't turn his head, and his head was about to explode.

Every day, he has the same excuse.

"Bill, in my opinion, the most important thing you need to learn is not how to defend, but how to be a man." Fitch mocked.

Ranbir complained: "I can't run anymore!"

"Then rest, sissy!" Fitch laughed at Ranbir.

Only Ranbir had the mentality to withstand being teased as a "sissy" and then sit down and rest openly. The others could not accept Fitch's insult. So they had to continue to fight.

Louis sat aside and handed a bottle of water to Ranbir.

"I hate you, kid. It's because of you that I came to this damn team! I will hate you forever for this!" Laimbeer complained crazily.

Louis ignored Laimbeer. He needed to record the characteristics of all players as soon as possible, as well as their shortcomings that needed to be strengthened.

Some veterans don't need reinforcements, they just need to maintain their form.

Some young players simply cannot see where they need reinforcement, such as Bird. The upcoming 1979-80 season is an epoch-making season, and the NBA will introduce the three-point line for the first time.

All coaches regard the three-point line as the devil's door, and Bird has become familiar with this far-flung shooting range.

Cowens and Fitch had a heated conflict.

This top 50 superstar in history no longer has the strength that led Havlicek to restore the Celtics dynasty, but he is still a starting insider above average.

He has a set of timeless standards for the game, but in Fitch's eyes, it's not enough.

Fitch asked Cowens to completely overpower second-year center Rick Roby.

Whenever Robbie grabbed a rebound over Cowens, Fitch would clap his hands in displeasure: "I suggest you change your last name, 'W' stands for win, but I see a capital ' on it.

L', you should be called Coloser!"

"Say that again!"

When two people with strong self-esteem clash, everyone present becomes nervous.

Ranbir obviously didn't expect this to happen.

"Did you see it? It's not just you who is having a hard time, everyone is having a hard time." Louis had no intention of asking Ranbir to forgive him.

John Long is practicing three-pointers.

This is Louis' suggestion.

Louis wants him to be a player who can help from beyond the arc.

His practice was considered wasted by Fitch.

Since Long came to the Celtics, he has known who discovered him. The young man who was a few years younger than him brought him from his hometown to the feared Boston.

It's not as bad as he thought, but it's not particularly good either, mainly because they kept losing last season.

Auerbach is also in training camp, and Fitch doesn't want to see him here.

This is Fitch's moment to assert his authority, and Auerbach's presence only diminishes his presence.

Fitch couldn't decide this matter. He could only use more powerful methods to take away the bishop's influence, making the players forget about the old man's existence and concentrate on dealing with him.

This has undoubtedly paid off.

It only took half a day for Laimbeer to start hating this team.

Like Fitch, he never cared about the glorious tradition of the Celtics, nor did he deliberately feel the "secret of winning" that the old Celtics always talked about.

For them, the secret to winning is simple, either score more points than their opponents or concede fewer points than their opponents.

From the first day, the test of Bird by the veteran players began.

Bird is famous, a once-in-a-century prospect in the eyes of scouts, a natural choice in the eyes of K.C. Jones, Auerbach publicly declared that he is the man who will change everything, a new generation of "great white hope" touted by the media, and a record-breaking rookie contract.

...Why does he get so much? Is he qualified to get so much?

In a harsh match, the team's new player M-L Carr suddenly blocked Bird's passing route and yelled: "Little White Bird, you know how to pass the ball, right? I know you want to pass the ball!"

But if you can't pass it on, you know I will pluck out all your hairs until the last one is left!"

He used muscles developed over years in the professional leagues to embarrass Bird.

When he knocked Bird to the ground, he greeted in a sarcastic tone: "No, that's all you have? White people hope?"

"Good! Very good!" Fitch rejoiced as if he was in the street of depravity. "If each of us trains like Mike (M-L. Carr's M is the abbreviation of Michael), we can win the championship in the new season.

champion!"

Today's Bird is not the pressing king in the next few years who likes to inform his opponents of what he is going to do before doing anything, and then achieve his goals one by one.

He was well prepared for the provocation from the veteran players, and Auerbach had vaccinated him against it.

He stole the show before even playing a game, and some people will definitely be dissatisfied.

Rather than so much revealing his true nature, the chattering Karl's behavior towards Bird is a reflection of the will of other veteran players.

Bird did not use offense to solve the problem. He began to get stuck early, giving Karl no chance to intercept his teammates' passes.

Then he started passing the ball, and just by passing the ball, he allowed John Long to hit consecutive high shots, and also allowed the team's guard Gerald Henderson (Gerald Henderson), who was excavated from the CBA league, to complete multiple layups.

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His passing can't be praised enough.

The real valuable thing is that he is not the kind of person who needs time to hold the ball.

Louis saw something similar to Jordan at his peak in Bird's handling of the ball. They were never sloppy, handled the ball neatly, and had unique passing techniques and excellent vision brought by their height.

But Jordan did not have such a straightforward ability to handle the ball from the beginning. That was a consciousness that took many years to hone.

And Bird has been like this from the first day he entered the league.

He gets the ball in the low post, and Karl only cares about his offense. Other defenders want to embarrass him, and the defensive attention is on him. This gives Bird the opportunity to lead the team.

With his back on his back, Bird's passing was so unpredictable that Fitch couldn't even say a word.

Auerbach only watched the training for a while and then left. He knew that Bird would be fine and that as long as one day, the voices of dissatisfaction with him would disappear in the training camp.

Only then did Carl admit: "This little bird does have a few tricks up its sleeve."

"Huh, let's do that!" "Cornbread" Maxwell, who was as arrogant as the Celtics in the past, also thought Bird's passing was wonderful, but the current NBA is an offense-focused league.

Only players with outstanding offensive ability can become the protagonist.

As the only legacy of the Celtics' dark era, Maxwell has no intention of relinquishing his title as the number one Celtics player.

A few days later, Maxwell wanted to establish himself and pulled Cowens Jobard 2V2.

It was said to be 2V2, but in fact most of the time it was 1V1 between him and Bird.

In one round, Maxwell used a fake move to get past Bird and score at the basket.

"You look like you haven't learned how to defend in school!" Maxwell said defiantly.

Louis was sitting not far away watching the play.

Bird picked up the ball on the ground and said flatly: "You don't need to be very defensive against you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Maxwell deliberately lowered his hands to despise Bird's attack. He thought Bird was too slow to break through him.

As a result, Bird first made a face shot from 15 feet (4.5 meters) away;

Then he feinted and made an emergency stop shot (6 meters) from 20 feet away;

Then there is the unintentional pull-out from 25 feet (7.6) away;

In the end, Maxwell was speechless 30 feet (9 meters) away. For today's NBA players, that position is a mythical shooting point. All shots made from that position can only be blinded.

No one specializes in shooting from that distance.

Under Maxwell's mad-dog defense, Bird used a move he had seen on Luka Doncic before Louis crossed over. He took the ball with both hands and deliberately hit the opponent's waist to create the illusion of passing the ball and deceive the opponent.

Then he turned around - shua!

Bird even walked sideways before the ball went in.

"What a carnage, Larry." Louis handed him the water.

What Maxwell experienced was nothing more than what M-L Carr had experienced a few days ago.

Although he is arrogant, he is not a narrow-minded person. If he loses, he loses. Bird simply took off his pants and rubbed them under the floor.

In less than a week, Bird stood out in the Greek Academy with his unparalleled strength.

The old players were obedient, and the new players looked up to him like gods. Fitch was not as rough with him as he was with others, and he also maintained respect for Fitch's harsh and harsh coaching style.

Although Fitch's style may not last long in the team, he did make the Celtics different.

This frustrated team desperately needs someone to lead them out of trouble.

A selfless and vicious dog like Fitch is the most suitable.

Today's NBA opening game is half a month earlier than in the future.

On October 12, 1979, the opening game of the new season started.

There are a total of nine games today, but only the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets has been treated as a delayed broadcast on CBS.

The Celtics' opening game begins at home in the Boston Garden.

Before the game started, Bird symbolically released a white dove from the cage.

This is like saying hello to a new era. Boston's 10 years of anger are coming to an end, and the coming 10 years will definitely be different.

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