The rest is just noise

"I swear on my life, if that kid ever smoked a drug before, I'm willing to die!"

On the phone, Auerbach and Louis argued.

Because Louis said that the Knicks discovered the pinhole in Bias's arm during the physical examination.

"It's useless to say this. He is already dead. You should thank me for letting you escape the disaster. You know that I had the opportunity to destroy you." Louis said on the phone.

Auerbach asked: "Then why don't you do that?"

"Rather than using this method to destroy you, I would rather lead my team to defeat you in an upright manner." Louis put down his cruel words and said, "Just wait, your good days are coming to an end."

The aftermath of Byas's death was huge.

He is one of the most watched college students in the United States. Many children regard him as a hero. Now that this hero has killed himself because of his unique work, will this plant the seeds of fear in the hearts of many children?

This is the positive significance of his personal tragedy to society.

Some people don't learn their lesson, such as Cleveland Browns safety Don Rogers who pulled the trigger on himself because he couldn't stand his continued decline, but he didn't think he could fight his addiction, so he let his life end.

This is the only way he can defeat Dupin.

Louis was scolded again, this time by the Chicago media.

Because Klaus hinted during the interview that Louis knew about Baias's situation and deliberately traded with them to put them in such a difficult situation.

This time, Louis himself didn't have to respond.

The New York Times has a defensive mentality of "I can scold this person as much as I want, but it's not your turn no matter what." It gave Chicago a head-on yin-yang qigong wave: "When you screw up.

At that time, everything you said seemed like an excuse."

On June 24, Kevin McHale came to New York with his agent John Sandquist.

Louis and Belle received him.

Louis has seen McHale on the court many times. In close contact with him in private, the opponent's shoulder width and wingspan looked really scary.

"Kevin, do you know where I put you?" Louis asked.

This is also what McHale is curious about.

"Coach, you don't need to hide it from me."

"Of course, I know you are a good comrade who is willing to make sacrifices for the team." Louis smiled and said his plan, "There will not be a fixed relationship between you and Charles Oakley. In every game, I will make a decision based on the opponent.

Adjust your style. Unless, you can develop a threatening three-point shot."

"Coach Lu, if I understand correctly, do you want the second highest-paid player on the team to come on the bench?" McHale's agent asked displeasedly.

Louis denied: "It's not a substitute, it's the sixth man."

"What difference does it make?"

"There is no difference between the sixth man and the main force. Sometimes, the sixth man will play a more critical role, and as I said, it is between the main force and the sixth man." Louis explained patiently,

"And I also said that if Kevin can practice three-point shooting, he will definitely be able to hit it."

McHale's agent wanted to say a few words about this, but McHale stopped him.

"Coach Lu, I am willing to accept your arrangement." McHale suddenly laughed and said, "I don't want to play at all. I am the most tired from playing. If I play as the sixth man, I can face more of the opponent's bench players. Then you can

You’ll know how powerful I am!”

If McHale wanted to do it himself, his agent would have nothing to say.

John Sundqvist decided to leave.

Before leaving, McHale gave him a hug: "I completely understand why you are in a bad mood."

"Just be happy with yourself." The relationship between Sandquist and McHale seems unusual.

McHale is willing to accept the arrangement, which is a good thing for Louis.

Oakley is an obedient person. If the person who steals him is McHale, he must have nothing to say. After all, he just finished his rookie season. Louis also said that except for Ewing and Stockton, there is no position for anyone.

It is fixed.

Once the draft is over, Louis can take a break for himself.

Following Louis' instructions, Baylor first activated the Bird clause and reached a three-year contract extension with Bernard King, who was recovering from injury. The Knicks had a team option in the first year of the contract.

Louis never regarded Jin as the team's long-term plan. He renewed his contract to keep a bargaining chip. Although he suffered a serious injury, he should still be able to score five or six points after recovering from the injury.

As long as you have patience, you will be able to take action sooner or later.

However, until external factors stimulate Louis' "patience", Jin will be lying as a wounded person. If he still can't make a move in the next year, activate the team option and break up.

As for signing rookies, he left it all to Baylor.

Baylor likes to negotiate, like to quarrel with players' agents, and especially likes to lower players' rookie contracts.

Although players' agents often threatened to give up their rookie seasons, Baylor never followed their lead.

The choice of giving up the rookie season, which completely disregards the player's future, can only scare a small number of people.

Next, Louis' focus was elsewhere.

Originally, he wanted to hire a defensive coach from the university. Later, he changed his mind and asked Zhao Yuanzheng to take extra classes to learn things related to the full-court press.

In the new season, it will be up to Zhao Yuanzheng to oversee the training of the pressing lineup.

In addition to these, pay attention to the signing progress of rookies.

Louis discovered that Baylor was really a bit dark, and he was unusually ruthless in raising prices.

No matter what price the player quotes, he will lower the price by 50%, and ultimately sign the contract with 60%-70% of the player's quote, rarely exceeding the price.

Benjamin Wilson was the only person he couldn't suppress.

In the end, the Knicks signed Benjamin to a four-year, $8 million rookie contract.

With the signing of Wilson's rookie contract, the Knicks will have three players with an annual salary of more than one million in the new season. Ewing is still the league's highest-paid player. They are destined to activate Clause 54, and the penalty for exceeding the salary cap will be calculated separately.

Article 54 is Louis’ previous proposal that was passed.

Any team can exceed the salary cap and sign rookies, but if the amount exceeds the salary cap, they must pay a penalty multiplied by 1.5 by the amount of money exceeded.

Although the salary cap has increased to US$5.2 million this year and tens of millions of cable TV contracts have been signed, the money from the cable TV contracts is not included in the salary cap.

Therefore, the union has recently begun to prepare for trouble again.

The two sides have great conflicts, but based on past experience, no matter how big the conflict is, a consensus will be reached in the end.

Louis almost disappeared from the media because the work at this stage has been completed.

He would only appear symbolically if Baylor successfully signed a rookie.

Louis rested until July and started to be busy again.

This time, he will send an invitation to the Chinese team on behalf of the Knicks, asking them to come to New York to play several exchange games with the Knicks.

By the way, let’s talk to Song Tao about signing the contract.

At the end of June, the league and the union reached a consensus after a long period of wrangling.

The registration quota for each team has been increased from the original 12 to 14. The two additional quotas do not count against the salary cap, but the annual salary must not exceed US$150,000.

The Knicks originally had a full quota. The Pistons made a three-way deal to bring them together, and Louis sent away Webber, so now there are 13 people on the account. If Song Tao is willing to come, there will be enough for 14.

Louis vaguely remembered that Song Tao was seriously injured in the past few years. If he could be brought to the United States, he might be able to escape this difficulty.

For this matter, Louis personally flew to China.

After all, it was impossible to explain clearly on the phone. Originally, the two sides reached a consensus last year to enhance basketball exchanges between the two countries.

If Louis' school in China wants to continue to expand, it is necessary for the national team to stand on the stage.

In addition, Louis College's first batch of students, including Hu Weidong, seven widely regarded top students, also need Louis to handle the procedures for traveling to the United States.

In early July, Louis met with relevant personnel of the Basketball Association.

He happily agreed to have the Knicks reimburse all the national team's expenses after arriving in the United States, and agreed to allow the national team to conduct a month of special training at the Blue Palace.

The first one was promised in the first place, and the second one was a back door that Louis personally opened for them by taking advantage of his position.

Song Tao's trip to the United States was much more complicated. Domestic relations had to be smoothed, external resistance had to be dispersed, and the influence of public opinion had to be considered.

Within ten days, Louis cleared Song Tao's passage to the United States.

Next, all that's left is to bring this big guy back to New York.

Louis signed a regular NBA contract with Song Tao in China.

Since FIBA ​​does not allow professional players to compete at this time, this is also the biggest obstacle for Song Tao to land in the NBA. However, with Louis here, the contract can be manipulated to exploit loopholes in the rules.

Song Tao's rookie contract is 200,000 US dollars for two years, which is unique in China. However, after the tax is deducted, he still has to follow the regulations stipulated by the General Administration of Sports, and all overseas players in the system need to hand over 50% of their income. So he finally pretended

What goes into your pocket will not exceed $50,000.

Before returning to the United States, Louis specially brought Song Tao to Louis College.

The name of an active member of the national team is much louder in the eyes of many children than Louis, the NBA champion coach. Because many of them don't understand what the NBA is, but they know Song Tao's importance in the domestic basketball world.

Song Tao had a lot of fun with his children, and Louis also took the opportunity to talk to people at the college about this year's enrollment and training, as well as the six top students' plans after traveling to the United States.

This is another headache. Just finding the right high school for them is a big headache for Louis.

Louis is willing to negotiate with people like Klaus for a month, and does not want to do such a thankless thing, but he has an ambition to use his own power to strengthen the national basketball team, and the more setbacks he has, the more motivated he becomes.

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