The rest is just noise

Few strong teams make trades in the middle of the season unless they really need to or there are internal problems.

The Knicks had no problems internally, but they sent away the beloved Manute Bol and the former King of New York.

It was this trade that reminded New Yorkers that Bernard King was still on the team.

"So he's been here all along?" Many people have this feeling.

Gilmore is undoubtedly a player whose reputation outweighs his strength, and he certainly cannot replace Ball's role in protecting the basket.

Many journalist friends of Louis called to ask for the inside story.

Louis only revealed it to a few people.

They will then be responsible for writing articles to inform the outside world of the purpose of the Knicks' transaction.

Louis called Bol before the deal was completed.

Ball had no impression of San Antonio as a place, and although he was reluctant to leave, the deal was a done deal.

We have already negotiated to that point. If we don't give the Spurs an explanation, Louis will never want to trade with them in the future.

Therefore, Louis can only try to appease Bol and let him go to the new team in a good mood.

After the transaction came to fruition, Louis waited to return to New York to meet with Gilmore. He believed that Gilmore would accept the substitute arrangement.

He is a veteran, and he is famous for his good temper. He is so good that when he is being beaten on the court, he will care whether his fist is injured.

On February 8, after the boring Legends Game ended, the All-Star Game kicked off.

The Eastern Conference All-Star starters are Isiah Thomas, Wilson, Bird, McHale, and Sampson.

It is outrageous for Wilson to be the starter. In terms of strength and data, he should not be the starter.

But there's no way to say something like popularity, it can't just be based on strength.

The starters of the Western Conference All-Stars are equally brilliant: Magic, Jordan, Chambers (Wilkins is injured), Malone, and Olajuwon.

Louis doesn't have much communication with the Eastern Stars. They are all old acquaintances and can just hang out casually.

At the beginning, the Western Stars won the jump ball, and the Eastern Stars gave the opportunity. The penalty area was emptied, and Magic wanted to give Chambers an alley-oop opportunity.

The tens of thousands of spectators in the King's Dome were about to scream, but Chambers was not prepared enough, did not jump to the highest point, and the ball in his hand also flew away.

In the All-Star Game at this time, both sides' defense was online, and the intensity was not as high as usual, but it was not as eye-catching defense.

In the first few games, neither team played well.

Then, Sampson passed a long pass to Bird, and Bird passed a one-handed cannonball to McHale.

McHale made an easy layup and scored 2 points.

Next, Jordan ripped through the Eastern Stars' defense and came in for a dunk.

After two minutes of playing, Louis found that Wilson couldn't touch the ball, so he took him off and replaced him with Dr. J, who everyone expected.

At the beginning of the season, Dr. J announced that this year would be his last season.

After John Havlicek, another person got the treatment of retirement tour.

This is his last game in the All-Star Game. If possible, Louis will give him the most playing time.

After he came up, he felt good and hit a one-step jumper inside the three-point line that he usually doesn't shoot in games.

The competition officially entered the phase of respecting the elderly and landlords.

The Eastern Stars intentionally let Chambers perform, and their defensive intensity against him was very low.

Chambers dunked at will.

Dr. J is old and can't do the button-down, so he mostly shoots the ball.

This seems very abstract. A guy who is not good at shooting turned into a little jump shooting prince in his last All-Star game.

In addition to allowing the landlord to perform and giving the veteran a stage, the other players' matchups conceal a struggle of will.

Bird and Magic, Jordan and Bird, Sampson and Olajuwon.

Bird is definitely the busiest, and the two big guys in the Western Conference want to challenge him.

He had an attitude of not rejecting anyone who came, and he hit everyone he met.

Chambers secretly scored a lot of points. In six minutes, he scored 14 points to help the Western Conference Star team establish an advantage. This is obviously for AMVP.

In line with the principle of using Dr. J as the protagonist and allowing everyone to have time, Louis replaced people diligently.

Then a problem was discovered.

Wilson seems left out by his teammates?

In the most typical rounds, Wilson was open and Thomas didn't pass.

The three of them went on a fast break. Wilson on the left had a chance to make an alley-oop, but Thomas insisted on dunking for Bird on the right.

Sampson didn't even look at Wilson.

Bird glanced at Wilson and then ignored him.

The source of the exclusion lies with the Celtics' Big Three.

Louis will naturally think of the incident of Jordan being frozen. Although that incident did not happen in this plane, is there a similar cause and effect?

Why did the Celtics take the lead in freezing Wilson?

Louis searches for the source of Freezing Wilson, and there are many clues that the source lies in Isiah Thomas.

His attitude towards Wilson was very cold and he almost ignored him.

Byrd, Sampson and others were all tied onto the warship.

Later, Louis discovered that Barkley didn't dump Wilson either.

The Eastern Stars were in disarray and all sorts of strange things happened.

After Louis called a timeout, he replaced the depressed Wilson and called Barkley to his side.

"Chuck, if you are a man, tell me what the hell you are doing, why don't you pass the ball to Benj?" Louis said unhappily, "Isn't it fun for you all to target a rookie?"

Barkley remembered how much Chicago hated Louis, and deliberately made a stern face and refused to respond.

"Ignore me, right? OK, I thought Charles Barkley was such an upright man, but I didn't expect him to be as sinister as some narrow-minded dwarves. You are a fucking dark bastard."

"I'm not, I have the right not to talk to you!" Buckley turned away after saying that.

"Okay, then tell me if it was the dwarf from Boston who did it, and if so, just nod!" Louis said coldly.

Buckley reluctantly nodded.

"Okay, get out!" Louis sent him away.

What is Thomas' motive for freezing Wilson? To put eye drops on young people? Don't like him? Why? Because he is a Chicago native and is loved by thousands of people? But he didn't play for the Bulls, which doesn't make sense.

Louis could understand Thomas freezing Jordan at the All-Star Game, because Jordan was really ostentatious at that time. He was wearing a bright red jersey and a big gold chain like a nouveau riche. The logos of various sponsors on his body were extremely dazzling.

Be the savior.

It's understandable that he can't understand Jordan, but he can't understand Wilson? Why should a young guy who has never provoked him, who is from Chicago like him and works hard outside, be bullied by him?

At the end of the first half, Wilson took 6 shots when he was on the same court with Stockton, which was quite satisfying.

During this period, Louis walked up to Thomas and asked with a stern face: "Isiah, what do you mean?"

"Coach Lu taught that kid what respect is." Thomas seemed to feel that he was on the right side.

Louis laughed angrily: "I would like to know why Benj doesn't respect you?"

"He only has eyes for Larry and no one else." Thomas said coldly, "I have to teach him something."

"That's it?"

"That's right."

What a despicable, abominable and terrible self-esteem?

Louis turned around: "You can't blame Benj, because next to Larry, you are indeed as small as an ant. It's not Benj's fault, it's your fault. Who told you to look like Larry and Ralph's follower?"

Woolen cloth?"

Thomas clenched his fists. The Louis in front of him was still the same as before, the bastard who looked down on him completely.

"I can treat what happened in the first half as if it didn't happen." Louis sneered, "If you stop here, I won't hold you accountable, and I will be very grateful to you for giving Benj a chance to hate you. If you still do it in the second half

Don't blame me for being ruthless like this."

Louis' threats were also heard by others.

It can be seen that he is very angry and trying to restrain himself. Does anyone want to provoke him?

This is not the first time that Louis has been the head coach of the Stars. In 1984, he was also the coach of the Eastern Stars. Who was the person who provoked him that year? Bernard King.

Not to mention that King was handled submissively by Louis in the Knicks, let's just say that Louis humiliated the former in that All-Star Game, which makes many people who have experienced it cringe when they think about it.

"Isiah, since you have vented your anger, let this matter end here."

Julius Erving, always the good guy.

"This year is my last All-Star Game. Don't make everyone unhappy."

"How about it, Isiah?" Dr. J asked with a smile, "Give me some face?"

Thomas asked Louis for advice: "Don't let me play with that kid."

Louis laughed uncontrollably: "What a shameless, stupid dog you are? Do you think Benj wants to play with you? You are a fucking leper in his eyes. Who wants to play ball with you?"

The most important reason why I left Boston is that I don’t want to coach this idiot like you anymore. You don’t need to remind me about this, just disappear from my presence!”

This may be one of the two most serious words Louis said that hurt Thomas.

Thomas walked away with a trembling face.

"Do you find pleasure in hurting him?" Bird asked.

Bird seemed to have forgotten that angry Louis was a mad dog that would bite anyone he saw.

"Don't think that it's none of your business. I'm just too lazy to scold you. Stop pretending to be a good person here. Do you think you're a good person? Get away and don't talk to me!"

"That bastard is a mad dog!"

Bird was scolded and entered the tunnel two minutes before the end of the first half to go to the locker room early.

At the end of the first half, the Western Stars took a big lead.

The Eastern Stars seem to have a strong lineup, but they have many internal conflicts and cannot coordinate well at all.

Louis deliberately waited for Wilson to come off the court and told him about Isiah Thomas: "Now that you know what happened, don't go to him to argue, just remember this matter, next time you play against the Celtics,

I want to see fire in your eyes."