The rest is just noise
Chapter 388 Death of Prejudice
On draft day in 1986, there were a lot of trades.
The team with the most transactions is naturally the New York Knicks.
The most surprising and unexpected thing is their deal with the Bulls.
Traded the rights to sign Len Bias in exchange for Kevin McHale and two protected first-round picks.
Many people are confused and confused about this.
Reed Auerbach is fuming in Washington, arguing Boston has a much better offer than Chicago.
Someone had draft picks and cash, and Louis turned them down?
Isn't this deliberately targeting them?
Although Louis was regarded as an enemy by the old man for nothing, it only lasted for a few days.
Soon, the old man knew the reason why Louis didn't do business with them.
However, the Knicks' screen time is not over yet.
The Detroit Pistons have the 10th pick in the first round, which belongs to someone else, but more than this, they want mature immediate combat power.
So, they made a deal with the Knicks.
The Knicks sent Tony Campbell to the Pistons in exchange for the 10th pick in the first round, and then selected Spiders wing John Salley from Georgia Tech (John SalleyPF/C).
Before it was over, the Knicks sent Antoine Kyle to the Utah Jazz in exchange for a 1992 first-round draft pick.
In addition to being traded to the Pistons for the 10th pick in the first round, the Pistons also held the 14th pick in the first round, and they used this pick to select Dell Curry.
Then, he used the 23rd overall pick in the first round traded from the Lakers to select an international player.
European star Draz Petrovich is unlikely to land in the NBA in the short term.
And then it continues to be incomprehensible.
They also took the 24th pick of the first round from the Celtics and selected Dennis Rodman, an older rookie who was hanging around in the second-tier league.
Finally, they used the second-round pick they received from the Dallas Mavericks to select Jeff Hornacek.
Then he took his second-round pick, third-round pick, and fourth-round pick and sold them all for money.
In one draft, the Knicks' operations were so frequent that people in the media complained.
There are so many transactions. The news here is not yet popular, but new news is coming out over there.
In this draft, the Knicks lost Tony Campbell, A.C. Green, Mario Elie, Antoine Kyle, Gerald Wilkins, and gained Benjamin Wilson and Kevin McHale.
, John Salley, Dell Curry, Rodman, Hornacek, Petrovic and 600,000 cash in exchange for draft picks.
They sent away five players but got six players back.
And from a quality point of view, the success rate of the people selected by Louis will most likely exceed those of the five people who were sent away.
What's more, the Knicks' staff is already full.
Including the six newcomers, they have 14 players on their books. If the league does not ultimately pass the proposal to expand the team roster to 13 players, they will have to give up two of them. If it passes, they will also have to give up.
One of the.
This is a happy worry, but it's not the time to worry yet.
The Knicks dominated the screen, and other teams also made their own moves.
Some time ago, a sex scandal broke out in Phoenix, and the entire team was involved.
Already uncompetitive, they began to clear out all the players on their books.
The most tempting one is undoubtedly Larry Nance, who is one of the players the Suns are determined to send away.
As for the reason, some said that Nance was involved, while others said that the Suns did not trust these players. Anyway, they were determined to launch a comprehensive purge.
Nance just had an all-around performance in the Suns with 20+8+3 assists+1 steals+1.8 blocks. He is one of the most comprehensive insiders in the league today.
Two years ago, Louis almost brought him to Boston.
Now, he is one of the best power forwards in the league.
Putting it on the shelves will naturally sell more.
The Trail Blazers first sent Mychal Thompson in exchange for Indiana's No. 7 pick and selected the talented Roy Tarpley (RoyTarpleyC/PF). However, they were worried about Tarpley, who has always had
Cancer reputation.
So, while acquiring Tarpley, he also started the deal with the Suns.
They traded Tarpley, Fatleaf, Caldwell Jones and a 1987 first-round pick with the Suns.
They acquired Larry Nance, James Edwards and a 1990 first-round pick from the Suns.
This is a reciprocal exchange.
The Suns cleaned out the cancer in the team, and Portland made strong reinforcements on the inside.
The arrival of Nance and Edwards has greatly strengthened Portland's inside line.
In addition, the Trail Blazers also used their first-round pick to select international superstar Arvydas Sabonis, who will not be able to land in the NBA in the short term.
Louis did not choose Sabonis because this person will not be able to enter the league in the short term. By the time he enters the league, Ewing should have reached his peak.
He can say in Versailles that they will no longer need Sabonis by then. Winning Sabonis will have no benefit except increasing the depth of the Knicks' future lineup, not to mention that his goal is to compete for the championship in the short term. In the next two years, he will have to
The Celtics were overthrown, and Sabonis had to wait until the mid-1990s.
Moreover, compared to the "mine, mine, all mine" 2K-style team building, he pays more attention to the team's system and style. From this point of view, Sabonis is not suitable.
But the Trail Blazers' acquisition of Sabonis is a good move that cannot be overstated.
The Trail Blazers' scouting staff is truly a mystery.
They definitely have the ability to search for treasures, but they also have a special ability that makes them miss the biggest prizes.
However, their results in this draft are surprising enough.
The addition of Nance makes their wings stronger, and the arrival of Edwards gives them an inside line that can contain Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who will be 40 years old next year, in terms of height and strength.
The biggest legacy of this draft, Mark Price, was selected by the Utah Jazz.
As for the Celtics, who had been trying to get Bias through trade, they failed to get the results they wanted after making various offers and could only choose Ron Harper with the eighth pick in the first round.
Judging from the results, this is not a bad choice.
But on draft night, the Celtics' management was extremely frustrated.
Louis smelled the trading market.
After Portland and Phoenix made their big moves, it was the other teams' turn.
Philadelphia's next behavior made Louis suspect that they didn't even want to make the playoffs.
They put Moses Malone on the shelf.
This move immediately triggered a three-way competition between Portland, Los Angeles and Detroit.
Portland is even planning to add Xavier McDaniel to the deal.
Jerry Buss was waving around money and trying to do everything with money.
Only Detroit was truly ready.
They hooked up with the Knicks and started a three-way deal.
Knicks produce Porter Webber;
The Pistons sent Kyrie Tripka, Tony Campbell and a 1989 first-round pick;
76ers draft Moses Malone and Kenny Green
In the end, the Pistons got Malone and Green, the 76ers got Tripka, Campbell, and Webber, and the Knicks got the Pistons' 1989 first-round pick.
The three parties acted swiftly and without any delay.
After this trade, some people jokingly called the 76ers the Philadelphia Knicks.
Because they currently have five former Knicks players on their roster.
Louis took a look at the current lineup of the 76ers: Dr. J, Bowie, Cheeks, Andrew Toney (stress fracture of left and right feet), Tony Campbell, A.C. Green, Gerald Wilkins, Webber,
Tripka, Mario Eli.
Good guy, there are only two insiders.
And Bowie is very glassy.
If they play the new season with this lineup, Louis will be happy.
Because the 76ers' first-round pick in 1987 is in the hands of the Knicks.
Some people may have forgotten it, so I’ll mention it again here.
In 1984, the Knicks sent "Sleeper" Floyd to Philadelphia in exchange for their 1987 first-round pick.
At that time, Philadelphia was still the championship seed. Now, only two years later, Floyd is no longer around, and Philadelphia has become a loser.
Dr. J is old, Tony is disabled, Cheeks cannot control the overall situation, Tripka has passed his peak, Bowie is a glass man, although the five old Knicks players are all usable players, do they have instruction manuals?
If not, the future of the 76ers is not good with this lineup that only has Green in the post and bloated personnel in other positions but no superstars who can influence the situation.
This is the story of draft day and the day after the draft.
On the third day after the draft, a piece of tragic news from out of town plunged Chicago Bulls fans into shock and grief.
Len Bias, whom they paid a huge price to acquire, died of cardiac arrest caused by drug use 40 hours after the Bulls selected him with the second overall pick.
In the Chicago Bulls general manager's office, Jerry Krause listened to the phone with trembling hands.
He felt this wasn't true.
That young man who had plenty of time to prove himself, who carried the hope of revitalizing Chicago basketball and making the Bulls a respected professional sports team just like this year's Cubs, died like this?
"Are you sure you want to choose Baias? This is not good."
Louis' voice sounded in Klaus's mind.
That terrible voice, full of teasing and ridicule, was even more harsh now in retrospect, and it made Klaus even more heartbroken.
"He must know something!" Klaus thought with hatred.
He must know, and he deliberately didn't say it, so he wanted the draft picks. Not only would he frustrate the Bulls, he would also take away the Bulls' future!
"Little Lu Little Lu Little Lu!!!"
Klaus has never been so hostile and hateful to a specific person, but now, Louis is regarded as his enemy.
He was blinded by anger and never thought about what this had to do with Louis.
It couldn't be Louis who forced Bias to smoke alone with a gun, right?
But this is human nature. When you encounter such an unbearable blow, you always want to find some excuse to comfort yourself.
In Washington, D.C., when Auerbach heard the news that Bias died suddenly of an overdose, he could barely stand still.
He liked that kid and designated him as Bird's successor. Even if he couldn't play for the Celtics, he hoped that Bias would develop well.
Did he die like this?
Then, Louis' admonition rang in the cardinal's mind.
And he wouldn't make that deal with Boston no matter what, even if they gave everything they could.
Auerbach was sweating heavily and his back was shaking. He knew better than anyone else that if they made that deal, if they paid such a high price to get the second pick, and then Bias died like he did today, what would happen?
What consequences.
Auerbach made the phone call with trepidation.
After the other party picked up the phone, Auerbach was silent for a few seconds.
"Since when did you know about this?"
⑴As:
n. Prejudice; preference; twill; deviation rate
vt. to prejudice
adj. skewed
adv. obliquely
I think the name Bias is a bit interesting, especially the various consequences and what-ifs after his death and the theory of Jordan's rivalry. I personally admit his talent and plasticity, but a fool who will celebrate with a sucker after being selected
Louie, could never be Jordan's nemesis. When I looked back at his Maryland highlights, my first thought was to have Louie save him, at least keep him alive. When I went to buy "PornReady: The Fandom" in order to learn more about him,
When I finished reading the book "xedLegayofLenpusas" with the help of a translator, I lost all pity for him. This was not the first time he smoked drugs. He had smoked drugs in college. So I arranged a physical examination and found out that he had smoked drugs.
Pinhole plot. Although he is very talented, as strong as an ox, as fast as a rabbit, and can shoot, this end is self-inflicted and does not deserve sympathy. It is not worth Louis risking the risk of being treated as a poisonous dog by DISS to save him.
.The biggest feeling this person gave me is that even if you can realize your dream in one day, as long as you make the wrong decision, as long as the mistake is thorough enough, you can lose everything in one day. In the end, he still
It was a well-deserved death. After him, no player with the same level of talent committed suicide at such a young age.
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