The rest is just noise

Louis doesn't know, or can't understand, why these players who were completely successful as players were unable to replicate their glory as players when they transitioned to management positions?

Cousy, Russell, Magic, Jordan, Isiah Thomas and Byrd are the exceptions.

Most winners forget how to succeed after retiring.

Russell's obsession with Tisdale confuses Louis.

Does he really think that a brush-type scorer with physical flaws and insufficient running and jumping ability can change the Kings' predicament?

Louis was willing to bet his annual salary that Tisdale wouldn't make any difference anyway.

But Russell believed that he even forgot Auerbach's advice to him never to trade first-round picks. He wanted Tisdale, even if the cost was two first-round picks.

Louis knew that this would bring disaster to the king and that Russell's reputation would be damaged, but he could not stop in the face of huge gains.

After all, it was Russell who made the decision, he just provided a choice.

Russell made this choice, and he had to bear all the risks for it, and these risks had nothing to do with Louis.

Louis believes this deal will bring them huge returns in the future.

Now, he has to say goodbye to Oakley.

Having the trade happen during the All-Star break was the most ideal situation Louis could have imagined.

At this time, everyone is on vacation and mentally relaxed, so the reluctance to leave Oakley will be minimized.

Since Ewing and others attended the All-Star weekend, there were no core Knicks players at Oakley's farewell party.

Louis didn't attend Oakley's party because he was inappropriate.

A coach can be friends with players, but participating in a player's party? That's really unthinkable.

Louis sent his blessing to Oakley, but that was all and did not do much else.

The trade of Oakley for Tisdale and Tisdale for two draft picks was the last thing the Knicks did before the trade deadline.

In the next few days, Louis was not idle either.

Although there are not many things to be busy with at work, he still has many obligations, or responsibilities, besides work. The children in the third period of Young Eagle, like the children in the first and second periods, need to adapt to a period of time in an American language school.

time.

Although they have mastered most of the daily expressions and all basketball terminology when they were in China, the difficulty in mastering a language is not to remember the words and pronunciation, but to remember these things and then go to the English-speaking world.

, you can flexibly use what you have learned.

Language schools are such a place. All underage foreign students, as long as their English is not good enough, have to spend a day in a language school.

There are a total of 10 people in the third phase of Young Eagle, and they study in the same language school.

Louis first went to find Liu Yuqing, and together with several Young Eagle second-phase students who were studying nearby, they went to the language school to meet with third-phase students.

Louis hopes they will get to know each other and support each other.

After everyone was gathered, Louis invited them to his home for dinner.

Because the United States is not peaceful recently.

The racial movement in Miami spread across the United States because a black man was killed by the police, which led to a feeling of "I've had enough" among all black people.

From Louis' perspective, this is no different than what happened in Minnesota 31 years later.

In order to avoid getting into unnecessary trouble, Louis gave up his plan to eat out.

There are several advantages to eating at home. He and the little eagles can relax more. Li Xuanbing's home-cooked dishes are the best in the world, Lorraine's Italian pastries are second in the world, and there is a basketball court and a small baseball field in his backyard.

You can play whatever you want in the swimming pool.

A large group of guests came to the house, and the happiest one was Lu Wuxia, Louis' eldest son.

Although he was still young, he keenly felt that the big brothers his father brought home had a common origin with him. He did not yet know much about things like blood, skin color, and culture.

This is an instinct, a kind of attraction between brothers.

Xiao Laoban and Wu Qi couldn't sit still, so they proposed to have an internal competition among the young eagles.

Except for Liu Yuqing and another child from the first period, people from the second and third periods were mixed together.

They invited Liu Yuqing to join them, but Liu Yuqing shook her head: "You go ahead and fight."

"Come on, Brother Liu, the principal always praises you for being so awesome. I've long wanted to see you." Xiao Lao was eager to fight.

Liu Yuqing is not a character who agrees with others.

"I'm full, let's do it next time."

He insisted on refusing, but Xiao Laoban couldn't force it anymore.

Louis noticed that Liu Yuqing ate a lot, and it was obvious that his mother's cooking was very suitable to his appetite.

"Are you full?" Louis asked.

Liu Yuqing nodded: "Yeah."

"Your school is not far from my home, you can come here often." Louis heard about Liu Yuqing's current situation. The biggest problem he faced now was weight gain.

Liu Yuqing's height has been growing. His problem is that his height has grown a lot, but his weight has not changed much.

Mark Fredette, the coach of the Lincoln High School basketball team, said that Liu Yuqing's picky eating problem is very serious. Too greasy will not work, too light will not work, too rotten will not work, too diesel will not work... But Louis discovered that Liu Yuqing's problem

It’s not that this doesn’t work or that doesn’t work, it’s that he’s not used to Western food and American-style Chinese food. And given his personality, he won’t take the initiative to tell the Chinese chef to make authentic Chinese food.

He will eat whatever the chef cooks, but not much.

How can a person who exercises a lot gain weight if he does not consume enough calories every day?

Hearing Louis' invitation, Liu Yuqing showed no excitement or other emotions: "Coach, I can cope with it by eating anything."

Well, eat whatever you want... He ate more today than Chu Nan and Wu Qi (the two insiders) combined.

Those who didn’t know it thought there were refugees coming to the house.

"Forget it, I'll send them home later, and then take you and Xiao Wu somewhere." Louis felt that bringing them to his house for dinner often was not an option.

Although he has not gained much weight, the confrontation problem will not bother Liu Yuqing at this stage because he is playing at the high school level.

From Mr. Zhou Qi’s youth team resume, we can see that compared with college games and professional games, the biggest difference between children’s football is that it is confrontational, because everyone is developing. Even if they are developed,

There won't be too many muscles, and naturally there won't be fierce confrontation.

This kind of game is suitable for those lanky and agile players who are not easy to fight against.

After Liu Yuqing reached 1.99 meters, she was positioned by Fredette as the second, third and occasionally fourth position.

After Hu Weidong and Yu Tiancan graduated, he became the core of the team and averaged 44 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in last winter's New York State City Invitational Tournament, leading Abraham Lincoln High School to win the championship.

As a result, Liu Yuqing was selected by many scouts as the No. 1 high school student in the Class of 1991 in New York State (the earliest eligible candidate was 1991).

Louis has watched Liu Yuqing play several games live, and he gives Louis the feeling that he is a mixture of Klay Thompson, Middleton and Gallinari.

Once you get into the zone, you can shoot no matter what (Thompson), you can't shoot with the ball when necessary (Middleton), although he is thin and has a tough style, in the city championship, he averaged 9 points from the free throw line among the 44 points per game (Galina)

profit).

If he develops normally, he may be a killer at any level.

Even if his development is stunted, he is still a very good shooter.

Liu Yuqing undoubtedly has NBA prospects. If he can gain weight in the future, he may have a brighter prospect than Hu Weidong.

Louis thinks a lot. Unlike the United States, top basketball talents are so rare in China. Because of this, whenever Louis discovers a talent that was buried for various reasons in his previous life, he will find a way to help.

They improve.

…

In the evening, Louis asked the driver to take the second and third grade children back to school.

He himself drove Liu Yuqing and Wu Daguo, another child from the first stage of Young Eagle, to a Chinese restaurant he often went to.

Louis showed them the way, introduced them to the restaurant owner, and said hello, especially about Liu Yuqing. He gave them a lot of advice and asked the boss to pay attention to it.

As long as Liu Yuqing comes to eat, he must let the chef cook him authentic Chinese food, and stop trying to make sweet dishes that Americans love to see. What kind of bullshit is that?

The boss agreed wholeheartedly, and Louis sent Liu Yuqing and the others back to Lincoln High School.

In this way, he was finally done with his work for the day.

When Louis returned home, the nannies were doing hygiene.

Lorraine and the kids are watching a movie upstairs.

Louis then remembered that they had made an appointment to watch "Who Framed Roger Rabbit/1988" together tonight.

Fortunately, the movie has just started.

When Louis joined in, the two children were so focused that they didn't notice him coming.

Lorraine took a look at Louis and discovered that the world's first movie combining animation and live action, which became a hit in the United States last year, actually hypnotized his husband.

Louis just wanted to be with his child, even if he fell asleep.

He and Lorraine did not expect that although this movie had a lot of animation, it was not a children's movie.

There are several scenes that are enough to leave a shadow of childhood, such as the children's eyes falling to the ground and crying, and Louis also waking up.

Although I don't know what happened, if there is a movie that can make children cry, it is definitely a bad movie.

Louis immediately turned off the movie, and Lorraine released the light of maternal love to coax the children, and then took them back to their room to sleep.

"Honey, you look tired," Lorraine said.

Louis smiled and said: "I'm just sleepy."

"Are you still sleepy now?" Lorraine approached Louis, "Or have you replenished your energy?"

Louis put a finger on Lorraine's lips: "If I want to replenish my energy, I still need some external help."

Lorraine is like what Jessica Alba did to Shota in minute 59 of Meet the Bills

"It's getting cold, wait until I close the door first"