The rest is just noise

Chapter 319 Strength and Weakness

PS: I entered the dark room in Chapter 3 yesterday.

"Coach, a reporter from the Times is here."

Zhao Yuanzheng said after receiving the news.

Dave Anderson walked into Louis' office "fully armed" with an office bag, notebook, and pen, ready to write down notes at any time.

"I hope my arrival will not affect your training." Anderson said calmly.

"No, it just so happens that we also want our media friends to see a real Knicks team." Louis said with a smile.

Anderson agreed: "I will write everything I see, the good and the bad."

"Compared to those who only see bad things, your approach is a professional example." Louis slandered Anderson's colleagues, and then walked to the court with his coaching staff.

The players have stood in two rows.

Ewing, who has gained 6 pounds, does not seem to have changed significantly.

Bol, who has gained 3 pounds, still does not look like a human being, and his height of 231 centimeters makes him too noticeable in the crowd.

Anderson took out his camera and took a photo.

Louis cleared his throat and said: "Before the training camp starts, what I want to say is that only Patrick's position on this team is stable. Others may wander back and forth with the substitute position. Only the best players can

Superior, do you understand?"

"Next, we will play a match, and the one whose name I read will get the jersey."

Louis seemed to be off the cuff: "Patrick, John, Tony, Gerald, Louis."

"You are the white team."

"Charles"

Just as Louis was about to sign up, he was interrupted by Oakley: "Coach, you can call me Oakley."

"Okay, Charles Oak." Louis continued, "Spot (Webber), Dale, A.C., Manute, you are the black team."

Louis didn't realize until he saw the roster that there were still a lot of insiders.

Antoine Kyle asked: "Coach, what about me?"

"The next one?"

"Why have I been excluded?"

"It's not your fault, Antoine." Louis explained, "Although I was looking at you just now, I was actually thinking about who is on this team, but I just didn't think of you."

"I don't want to play alone," Kyle complained.

"You are a grown man, you should know that sometimes you can have fun alone."

"How to play?"

Louis was almost impatient: "Go into a room with no other people. You can play whatever you want, even set yourself on fire. Stop talking about this nonsense!"

Louis' sudden change of attitude shocked Kyle.

This is the first time Louis has revealed his true nature since taking office with the Knicks.

Last season, he basically didn't care about the team's record, so he didn't put much effort into coaching. Now that Ewing is in place, he is a cornerstone player. Now that he has the cornerstone, he naturally has to start paying attention to the establishment of the system.

Kyle ran away timidly, and Louis looked back at Anderson: "My last less elegant words will also be included, right?"

Anderson affirmed: "I will write everything."

"Dave, you'd better think clearly. Your books are for all ages. Do you want children to learn to swear in your books?" Louis tried to make Anderson forget about his swearing.

Anderson laughed mockingly: "That's your responsibility too, not mine. I'm just an honest recorder."

Louis is helpless with this inexperienced old boy.

The two sides changed their jerseys and Louis gave them 10 minutes to shoot and warm up.

Ewing made jump shots in the short corners on the left and right.

"Bobby, do you think Patrick's shooting motion needs to be changed?"

Louie asked their team's shooting coach.

Sharif's opinion was: "We'd better not do anything until his shooting is severely limited by his shooting motion."

The requirements for mid-range and long-range shooting are different.

Louis does not want Ewing to follow the same path and become a player who is only a threat in the mid-range.

If it is from a long distance, in his opinion, Ewing's action has a CD time that is too long, making it difficult to catch and shoot after the pick-and-roll.

At the beginning of the game, Ewing easily won the jump ball.

The coaches of the white team and black team are Tomjanovich and Phil Jackson respectively.

Because it was just an intra-team match, the coaches from both sides would call a timeout at most.

On the first goal of the white team, Tony Campbell showed his attributes of ball dominance.

He knew that Louis liked players to shoot three-pointers, so he took the ball from the outside and shot with open hands.

He clearly misunderstood the word "like".

What Louis likes is not such reckless shots, but shots that create opportunities through tactical coordination.

Campbell's kind of ball is the prerogative of Larry Bird and Dale Ellis.

One is a superstar, and the other shoots 40% of three-pointers when he first enters the league. He can shoot casually for this kind of person, and Louis will not care.

Campbell's first shot made Louis frown.

His three-point shot popped up, but Ewing was not blocked. He predicted that the ball would not go in, so he chose the middle route, ran in, and used his unparalleled athletic ability to jump up.

A.C. Green couldn't resist him at all. Ewing grabbed the ball and violently made a put-back dunk through Green's body.

This shot reminded Louis of Porzingis's top ten goals of his rookie season, when he grabbed the rebound with his right hand at Madison Garden and dunked on Aldridge.

Anderson asked Louis: "Coach Lu, how was Patrick's shot?"

"generally."

This kind of ball that relies on physical strength will basically not be shocked unless it reaches the historical status of Carter leaping over the French center or James' "The Blok".

After all, he comes from the future and has seen all kinds of games.

After Ewing's cover-up dunk, the black team's defender Potato Webber used his speed to get past Stockton, who couldn't keep his center of gravity. What people didn't expect was that he was like a poisonous thorn piercing the heart of the white team.

The speed was so fast that Ewing saw someone coming to the inside. Because he was brainwashed day and night by John Thompson at Georgetown University, "You have to play like fucking Bill Russell", so he saw any opponent who wanted to break through the basket.

It's like looking at an enemy.

He actually ignored A.C and jumped in to help defend.

Weber is small in stature and tough in style, but his brain is not broken yet.

Seeing Ewing staring at him with eager eyes, he naturally took advantage of him to pounce and put the ball into Louis Orr's hands.

A.C made a jump shot.

"John Thompson is such a bastard!" Louis scolded.

Anderson laughed and said, "Do you mind if I include this sentence?"

"It's best not to." Louis was helpless.

Anderson said: "Unless you tell me why John Thompson is a son of a bitch."

"When this game is over, I will answer all your questions." Louis wanted to play black, but now is not the time.

Anderson looked forward to it: "Okay."

The white team's offense is once again left to Ewing.

Stockton didn't know that he had missed his perfect lover on the court. Malone, who was a perfect match for him, was no longer able to come to him. His current partner was considered by everyone to be like Sampson.

, Ewing who dominated the NBA like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and others.

Stockton hit the ball and passed to Ewing.

In the low post, facing A.C., Ewing made a classic Georgetown University "Whether you are 1.7 meters or 2.7 meters, I Ewing/Mourning will use my skills to show you today" turnaround jumper.

Ewing hit a jump shot.

"Patrick, are you so polite when playing? The person guarding you is A.C. Do you want me to tell you what his height and weight are?" Louis couldn't hold it in anymore, "He's even a virgin!"

"Holy shit, is it true?" Robinson was surprised when he heard this.

Louis smiled and said: "This news is true, he is a devout believer."

"Whether it's true or not, it's not ordinary people who can spread this kind of information." Robinson has more respect for A.C.

In the black team, Webb obviously not only has speed and courage, but also has a clear mind.

His speed was too fast, and Stockton chose to open a two-meter defense.

Weber then lobbed the ball to Oakley.

Oakley has always been a hitter and rebounding machine in fans' minds. In fact, he is a very good mid-range shooter.

You can think of him as Reggie Evans, who is 2.03 meters tall, has a mid-range shot, and has some support.

He clicked the gun and shook Al up.

The shot went to Boll who cut in.

Ewing decided to use his talent to challenge Bol's height.

The result was ugly. With Bol's length of 231+259, no one on earth could stop him from hitting the basket high.

Ewing's defense failed and Bol made a layup.

"Monster, how did this guy fall into the second round?" Robinson was surprised by Bol's height.

Louis hummed: "Before he finishes gaining weight, he will not become a monster. At most, he will be a strange creature that looks like a monster."

This time, the black team asked Bol to guard Ewing.

Ewing knew that facing the altitude of 231+259, he would be blocked if he turned around and shot a jumper, so he hit the ball hard, turned around, walked to the baseline, jumped to the basket, and scored on the rebound.

At this time, Phil Jackson requested a timeout.

"Phil, do you want to win so much?" Louis joked.

Jackson was smiling, but his attitude towards the game was absolutely serious: "Since it is a competition, we should play with more quality."

After that, he led his players off the court to discuss how to deal with Ewing.

As the team's chief assistant, Tomjanovich doesn't care as much as Jackson. He doesn't care about winning or losing.

This match has only one purpose, which is to let Louis clearly see the strength and characteristics of the players.

Since Tomjanovich has taken over the team with Ewing, every offense of the white team must be centered around Ewing.

It takes one game for Louis to see clearly what Ewing's worth is.

Jackson called a timeout in a stalemate in order to win, and maybe he would play more from Ewing.

Louis supports them in doing this, and now they are waiting to see how Jackson will act.

When the timeout ended, it was still unclear what move Jackson would make. Ewing himself first exposed his most painful shortcoming to Louis in front of the big reporters.