The rest is just noise

"Coach," McHale hesitated, "that's not what you told me before."

Louis was even more surprised: "What did I tell you before?"

McHale explained aggrievedly: "When I first came here, you thought there was something wrong with my attitude, so you gave me the captain's armband. The armband has always been with me. Unless the Knicks have multiple captain's armbands, I am the captain!"

Louis has been in this circle for eleven years, but he doesn't know that as long as the captain's armband is given out, that person will always be the captain unless he comes back.

"Is that so?" Louis asked.

Zhao Yuanzheng said awkwardly: "It seems like this."

"Ahem!"

Louis found out that he had made an own goal and immediately said: "Of course I know Kevin is our captain. What I just meant is that Patrick is the captain of Jamaica Stars. As the captain, he should discipline him well."

As a member of the team, he went a little too far."

There is a saying that one wrong step leads to another wrong step, and this is what the current coach Lu is talking about.

Ewing said in bewilderment: "When did he become a member of my team? The high school student is obviously from the Giant Shoulders team. Benj was the number one pick at a glance!"

Louis was a little angry now.

He was furious at Wilson: "Benj, how did you become the captain? You actually asked Patrick to educate the players for you. What do you do as a captain?"

Wilson said awkwardly: "Coach, Patrick and I have different divisions of labor."

"Why is the division of labor different? This is your excuse for not fulfilling your duties as captain?"

“Really not”

"It's not what it's not?"

The division of labor between Wilson and Ewing is clear.

Louis didn't understand the team members' private understanding.

Because Ewing joined the team earlier than Wilson, in terms of seniority, the only players on the team who can overpower him are Stockton, Ainge, Bowie, and McHale.

But Ainge and Bowie are both veterans who joined in the middle of the past two years. Although McHale has been in the league for almost ten years, he was in New York in the same year as Wilson.

Therefore, the only person who is truly senior to Ewing is Stockton.

But Stockton doesn't have the need to be the boss, Ewing does.

The tacit understanding between Wilson and Ewing is that off the court, Ewing can use his standards to strictly demand his teammates, but on the court, he is always too focused and lacks leadership.

It is Wilson's task to infect his teammates with his enthusiasm and catch those who are lagging behind.

Although they didn't say anything, they assigned each other's tasks in a very tacit understanding and had no objections to it.

This was a tacit understanding that was not on the table. Louis would definitely not be able to ask anything, so he could only get angry casually, take away his embarrassment, and then disappear quickly.

Oh, Sean Kemp still cried, didn't he?

Cry just cry, young people have to accept some tests, otherwise how can they be entrusted with important responsibilities in the future.

It took about a week for two rookies, Kemp and Doug West, to initially adapt to the Knicks' training intensity.

Louis regards West as a new member of the murder press team. His physical fitness is great, but his skills are relatively rough. He is a weapon when it comes to counterattacks. It would be a pity if such a body cannot be trained to defend.

Therefore, West immediately joined the murder press team led by Wilson and Rodman.

His defensive skills were rebuilt, his role on the court was reset, and everything about college basketball had nothing to do with him anymore.

Because of Louie, West will become a completely different player.

Bowie still did not participate in the competition. He could not bear this kind of intensity. Anyway, the roster of 15 had exactly one more member at the time of the draft. Taking Bowie out of it, the rosters of Jamaica Star and Big Shoulder Wind both had exactly 7 members.

personal.

It will take about a week before Kemp will adapt to the competitive environment of the Knicks' intra-squad games.

His adaptation is not a physical adaptation.

Every game he would be mercilessly knocked over by the big brother on the team.

His adaptation is a mental one. He is no longer afraid and will not cry when Ewing and others laugh at him.

Dennis Dillon, the team's strength trainer, believes that Kemp will spend the next two years being beaten by the team.

"He needs to lose a little weight, about 10 pounds. By then his athletic ability will be better than now. Then, he will spend another two years adding 20 pounds of muscle in an orderly manner to strengthen his whole body." Dillon said, "

By then, he will probably be able to unleash his talent on the court."

Louis watched Kemp being knocked down one after another, and what he was thinking about was what would happen to him in actual combat?

The intensity of the Knicks' intra-team competition is stronger than that of official games. If he can perform under this intensity, playing in the regular season should not be a big problem.

"After Truk left, we no longer have a serious inside coach." Tomjanovich believes that having an inside coach will be better for Kemp's development.

Louis smiled and said: "Isn't that you?"

"Me?" Tomjanovich shook his head repeatedly, "I can't do it. I'm not an inside coach. Besides, I have too many things to take care of."

Louis didn't know what else Rudy was busy with besides hosting training every day.

But although there are many flaws in his words, the truth is correct.

Kemp needs a real inside mentor.

"Yuanzheng," Louis thought of his all-powerful Xiao Zhao, "help me draw up a list of interior players who are idle at home. Those who have retired for many years can also be used."

Zhao Yuanzheng asked: "Are there any requirements for their level?"

"Stability or All-Star in the NBA while serving."

All-stars who are idle at home? You basically have to find them from celebrities.

No matter how many faults Kemp has, everyone can see his talent.

On the eighth day of training camp, Kemp completed a slam dunk that made Louis scream.

He gave Wilson a pick-and-roll and then rolled down.

Wilson passed the ball, he got the ball and jumped directly outside the paint area, hoping for a meteoric dunk.

Ewing didn't want him to succeed, so he jumped forward and prepared to block him.

As a result, Kemp actually used a sideways hands-folded pull to pull the ball in the air to avoid Ewing's body, and then forcibly lifted the ball up for a slam dunk.

Not to mention his gliding distance and jumping height, but the coordination of his movements in the air, his natural sense of coordination, and the moment he completed the dunk, it was like Tendo Pain carrying a bag of rice to the Leaf Village.

An oversized spicy tempeh.

The kind of impact that makes one's scalp numb can only be understood by witnessing it with one's own eyes.

This kid is going to be MSG's favorite.

Afterwards, Luijing waited for Zhao Yuanzheng’s list.

It only took him half a day to give the list to Louis.

This list includes Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Dave Cowens, Willis Reed?

Also, Russell has finished class?

Louis found that much of his news was lagging behind, especially Russell's resignation.

After being disappointed with professional basketball in the 1970s, this time Russell, who came back to play in the late 1980s, also failed to bring the success he had in the 1960s to the team.

Not only that, he also gave the Knicks two first-round draft picks for Wayman Tisdale.

His reputation was ruined and no one would ask him to come out again.

Russell couldn't come to New York, Louis knew that.

Chamberlain? Let alone one of the top five physical talents in human history, does he have the patience to teach an "ordinary person" like Xiao? Even if he does, what can he teach? What's so difficult about playing basketball? Just play a game

Isn’t it enough to get 30+20? Get 50 points? I averaged 50 points per game back then! Is it difficult to grab rebounds? I can easily give you 50 rebounds in a single game! What, if there are too many fouls, then don’t defend.

That's it. If you don't defend, can you still commit a foul?

As for his technique, Louis doesn't think his skills, which were perfected in the 1960s, were advanced in the 1980s.

He is so talented that he often doesn't need to get stuck in position. When someone pushes him from behind, he uses his wingspan to pick melons with his head. Is hiring such a person to be Camp's development coach because he didn't think he was thorough enough in his previous life?

A bunch of Hall of Fame players were kicked out by Louis, and the only one he was interested in was New York star Willis Reed.

Reed was one of the most respected players of his era, and in his prime he was the league's best enforcer and bodyguard.

The core of the team is a bodyguard-like figure? That’s right.

His famous battle came in 1967, when he knocked down three Lakers players and challenged the entire Lakers bench. His momentum was like a lion attacking its prey.

As a short center who has no advantages in hand size, body, or athletic ability, in an era when the average height in the interior reaches 6 feet 10 (208 cm), short centers must dominate both offense and defense like Reid. His basic skills

How good?

Louis has no video to prove his point of view, but he believes that those who can dominate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Unseld, and the elderly Chamberlain at the top definitely have the best basic inside skills⑴.

Coupled with his famous leadership, sense of responsibility to protect his teammates, pure tough guy, and the real-life version of John McClane (the male protagonist of "Die Hard"), Louis can't think of anyone more suitable to be Camp than Reed.

mentor.

To do this, he must win over Reid to join him.

⑴ From March 1970 to before Reed was injured in Game 4 of the Finals that year, Reed played 7 games with Unseld, 5 games with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and 4 games with Chamberlain, averaging 29.6 points and 17.5 points per game.

Backboard.