The rest is just noise

Louis inspected the road yard for three days.

Together with Deng Shimo, we finalized the ten-person roster for the third phase of the trip to the United States.

These ten people are Kang Chengbiao, Wu Qi, Xiao Laoban, Zheng Bian, Chu Nan, Du Shuai, Lin Zhiwei, Du Weiguo, Lu Gensheng, and Zhang Baoyu.

Deng Shimo said, this is the golden generation.

Louis thinks so too. Although none of them are better than Hu Weidong in the first round, and their development prospects are not as good as Yu Tiancan's wild growth, this is like a draft. It is often not the head who decides whether the draft is a big year or a small year.

players, but central players.

2019 has the most talked about No. 1 pick in the 2010s, but it is still a small year. Even though the lottery talents in the 2014 draft were tortured by injuries, there were still a large number of players who became the backbone of the league, that is

Draft year.

After that, Louis started to establish the NBA China Basketball Academy.

Although this matter was spearheaded by Louis, it later became a collaboration between the NBA and the Chinese Basketball Association.

The college is located in Liaoning, three northeastern provinces.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the three northeastern provinces have been rich in sports talents. Even in 2020 before Louis crossed over, the CBA still had a large number of players from the three northeastern provinces. However, it was limited by the provincial training mechanism, resulting in a large outflow of talents.

Placing the NBA China Basketball Academy in Liaoning will tap local talents to the greatest extent.

For this matter, Louis was busy until the end of July before he had time to visit the capital with his family.

That was Louis' rare few days off since the end of the season.

Seeing the obvious stubble on Louis' face, Lorraine asked him: "Why have you worked so hard for China's basketball industry?"

She didn't say anything. Strictly speaking, Louis' current identity cannot be considered Chinese.

It's difficult for Louis to answer this kind of thing.

When he did this, he really just wanted to use his influence to discover those buried talents and give them a platform to showcase themselves.

As he kept doing it, the noise became louder and louder.

He changed the pattern of domestic basketball. No matter how the Road Academy and NBA China Basketball Academy develop in the future, Louis will leave his name in this history. Moreover, his name will be bolded and remembered as a key figure.

Now if Louis was asked to say why he did what he did, he couldn't tell.

He doesn't have such noble feelings.

Just like him in his previous life, he saw those time-travelers who went back to the past. No matter what their intentions were, they would always do something to benefit the people around them after they became prosperous. It was always pleasant to see that kind of plot, because all readers

Think that if they had the chance to go back in time and become a master, they would do the same.

"I just did what I should do." Louis replied to his wife.

After the NBA China Basketball Academy was established, it was determined to start in September this year. After the promotion of the Basketball Association, they suddenly became a more attractive school than Road Academy.

Louis didn't mind. For the country, it meant an extra channel to travel to the United States.

The recruitment of road colleges may rely more on scouts traveling around the country, and this was Louis' original intention. Those good prospects that are visible to the naked eye need to be fought over, and those who are buried in the crowd and whose qualifications are equally top-notch need to be dug out.

The seedlings were the reason why he established the road courtyard.

In addition, Louis also became the intermediary for the men's basketball national team to go to the United States for training.

This year, the national team has two major changes compared to the past.

As in the past, as long as there is a national team game, the Knicks will terminate Song Tao's contract and let him participate in the Olympics as an "amateur player" without a professional contract.

And Yu Tiancan, this 19-year-old young man who has made no achievements in Chinese sports schools but has attracted attention in the American basketball world, joined the national training team and was successfully selected for the first team.

During training in the United States, the national team was arranged to train at the Blue Palace, the training ground of the New York Knicks.

Through Louis' relationship, they played 8 warm-up games with the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and the US national basketball team that was training.

They won two of them.

Yu Tiancan’s national team debut started here.

He played less than 20 minutes per game and averaged 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks per game.

John Thompson revealed that he had considered recruiting Yu Tiancan, but he did not want to break the precedent of Georgetown University's all-black class, so he gave up. In fact, this was a compliment on his part. He and Louis were friends, so he helped Yu Tiancan recruit him.

To build momentum.

With these few games, Yu Tiancan not only proved that his reputation was not in vain, but also made a name for himself in the country.

When domestic reporters who traveled all the way to the United States asked him where Yu Tiancan was from.

Yu Tiancan said stupidly: "I'm from Luyuan, hehe."

After the reporter's explanation, the domestic audience knew that Luyuan was the Shangyu Basketball Academy founded by Louis. Yu Tiancan's words indirectly helped Luyuan to promote it.

After the training for the United States, the national team went to Seoul to participate in the 1988 Olympic Games.

When Louis returned to the United States, it was August 2.

A busy summer is finally over.

He has enough time to rest and adjust before the start of the new season.

The Knicks are actively renewing contracts with all major players.

John Stockton was extended for four years, a four-year, $4 million contract.

Oakley's 5-year contract was extended for 3.5 million for another 5 years.

Alex Stevens decided to tie up with the Knicks and signed a seven-year contract extension worth $3.5 million.

After Michael Cooper is selected by the Heat, the Knicks will automatically receive an expansion draft exception.

This exception is to compensate the team that drafted the player.

If the selected player is under contract, a signing exception that is not included in the salary cap will be compensated. The specific number depends on the size of the selected player's contract.

If the player is selected as a free agent, the number he signs as an exception is based on the number of his new contract.

Michael Cooper signed a new three-year, $3.6 million contract with the Heat, and with the remaining year of Dale Ellis' contract, the Knicks suddenly had nearly $2 million in the expansion draft exception.

The Knicks divided the expansion draft exception into three parts, with one part reserved for signing Song Tao, who has played for the national team.

One part offered Danny Ainge $1.6 million.

For the rest, they gave Kevin McHale a five-year, $6 million contract extension.

The value of these contracts is that they do not count against the salary cap.

Most people's contract renewals were basically normal, but two people had problems.

Wilson and John Seeley respectively.

Selley's agent opened his mouth wide with numbers, determined to bite off a piece of fat from the Knicks.

They called out a four-year, $6 million contract.

Baylor had been quarreling with Selley's agent for nearly a month.

After Louis heard the news, he gave Baylor some advice.

After discussions between the two parties, Selly finally signed a three-year, 4.5 million contract extension with the Knicks.

This contract is complicated because in the first year of the contract, Selly's salary is only $600,000, followed by 1.9 million and 2 million in the subsequent two years.

Selly's manager didn't know which song Louis was singing, but as long as he made a lot of money, there would be no problem.

They signed it.

This contract makes Baylor heartbroken.

"This is the worst contract I've ever given in my career!" Baylor complained, "Why does John Salley get 2 million a year?"

Louis laughed: "But he only got 600,000 in the first year."

"But we have to give him 1.9 million in the second year, and 2 million in the third year. With this money, you can even rob Ralph Sampson!"

Louis said softly: "Don't forget, there will be two expansion teams next year."

"you mean"

"I didn't mean anything."

There are also problems with Wilson's contract extension with the Knicks, and it's a simple money issue.

Bob Wolf believes that if Ewing can make 3 million a year, Wilson can too.

Baylor retorted: "Ewing is the Finals MVP!"

Wolff choked back: "Benj is the playoff MVP!"

"Where can I get this honor?"

"Looking at the entire playoffs, isn't Benj the Knicks MVP?"

The most difficult part of this negotiation is that when Wolfe brought up Ewing's contract, Baylor had to find excuses to divert the topic.

Ewing's contract seemed like a failure at the time, but the contract lasted for ten years. Although it is still the largest contract in the league, with the increase in the salary cap, within two years, the player's salary will be

More than Ewing.

It makes sense for Wilson and the team behind him to make such a request.

He may not be the team boss above Ewing, but his level cannot be lower than Ewing.

Eventually, Louis got involved.

It was at that time that Jordan re-signed a new eight-year, $25 million contract with the Trail Blazers.

Louis used this as evidence and said: "Benj, I really want to give you a contract as big as Patrick's, but today is different from the past, and our salary cap cannot afford that much money. Even MJ, in order to maintain

The team's salary space is just a maximum salary that is ordinary for him."

Wilson did not answer. Wolff said on his behalf: "Benj is different from MJ. Benj is a champion and he deserves more!"

Louis joked: "So, how about 25.01 million in 8 years? At least 10,000 more than MJ."

Wilson liked the idea and said, "Deal!"

After Wilson's contract is signed, his rookie contract will automatically be voided.

This is also a characteristic of the 1980s. The salary cap is not yet perfect, so as long as the team has enough space, they can use a new contract to cancel the old contract as needed. But Wilson is not bound to the Knicks for 8 years. This contract

It contains an opt-out clause. Every two years, he can opt out of his existing contract and sign a new contract with the Knicks.

Regarding the amount of Wilson's contract extension, the sensitive New York media will naturally not miss the opportunity to make trouble: "In 1965, Wilt Chamberlain signed the largest contract in the history of professional basketball for three years and US$100,000. Also in

That summer, Bill Russell signed a new three-year contract of $100,001. What he needed was not that $1, what he needed was to earn more than Wilt. 23 years later, Benj did the same

Things. He signed a new contract worth 25.01 million in 8 years, while MJ was worth 25 million in 8 years. What he needs is not the 10,000 US dollars, what he needs is more than MJ. Because he is a championship, but MJ is not.

"

You can only lament that human history in all walks of life is just repeating old stories tirelessly. Some are heartbreaking, some are exciting, and some make you just want to eat melon seeds and watch a show.