The rest is just noise

In the fourth game of the regular season, the Knicks faced the New Jersey Nets.

Nets general manager Harry Weltman and Louis have an old grudge, and the two sides have never dealt with each other.

However, it is never a wise move to have a grudge against the Knicks.

Smart people will assess the situation, just like Cao Cao who was able to let go of his hatred of killing his son and accept Zhang Xiu, Hubie Brown was able to lose his memory of his unpleasant past with Louis, and became the number one commentator in various TV programs and game live broadcasts.

Manager Lewis Shafir even took an unprecedented step in outsourcing the rebuilding project in exchange for Louis' friendship and his own growth.

Idiots like Nets general manager Weltman and Bulls general manager Jerry Krause who would accommodate their own mistakes to Louis are totally unthinkable.

The Nets are not without good players. Starting guard Mark Jackson is a top guard in the East, a core guard who averages 16+8 assists per game.

In addition, there are three No. 6 picks: Olden Polynie (C/PF), Tim Perry, and JR Reed. If you are unfamiliar with the names of these people, it means that they have been very successful...

In this battle, although Jackson scored a double-double of 15+11, his shooting rate was less than 40%, which was very low efficiency.

Wilson was swimming in the team's ocean, scoring 47 points in a single game, successfully raising his scoring average to 32 points, ranking first in the league.

After the game, Nets coach Bill Fitch came to Louis with a complicated expression.

"You really have soared into the sky, Lu." Fitch said.

The rise of Louis is unbelievable to many old coaches and completely refreshed their understanding.

It is difficult for an assistant coach to become a head coach. First of all, most assistant coaches will stay in the position of assistant coach for many years, which can be as short as five years, as long as ten or twenty years. Even if they make it through, they can easily be tied up.

Roast on the fire grill.

If you are unlucky and take over a rebuilding team, and the results of the team are poor, your future is basically gone. No one will care whether the team under your command is good or not. For a rookie coach, there is only one chance.

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Louis was an anomaly. He started as Fitch's assistant in 1980 and took the position in just three years. After that, he was like a dragon swimming in the sea. No one could stop him from gaining momentum.

Louis said with a smile: "It's all thanks to you, Bill."

Now Louis is only 29 years old, but he already has three rings in his hand and is recognized as the best coach in active service.

Fitch didn't think Louis really appreciated him.

"Your team is very good." Now, Fitch only regrets what happened back then, "Come on."

Louis doesn't have much ill will toward Fitch. In fact, he is grateful to Fitch.

If Fitch hadn't jumped all the right boxes, it would have been difficult for him to take over in 1983.

"Bill, I'm very worried about you. If you stay on this team any longer, you may become the first coach with a thousand losses in history."

Louis' words made Fitch smile knowingly.

"Believe me, it takes no ordinary person to achieve such an achievement." Fitch looked quite proud, "I'm kind of looking forward to the day when I reach this milestone."

In any case, Louis came out of Fitch.

This connection will always be there. There is no personal grudge between Louis and Fitch, they just have differences in work. Now that they are no longer together, there is no need to be at war with each other.

If someone said in the future that Louis was Fitch's student, he wouldn't mind.

After passing the Nets, the Knicks started with four consecutive victories.

Then they challenged the Los Angeles Clippers in an away game. The opponent's team had Xavier McDaniel and this year's No. 2 pick, Perrivis Ellison, who is known to never be nervous.

Ellison, who has only played a few games so far, has already appeared as a parallel import. Against the Clippers, it was also Patrick Ewing's first appearance in the new season.

He had recovered a long time ago, so Louis was forced to give him an extra week to recover and integrate into the team.

Against Ellison, Louis deliberately focused his attack on the inside.

Ellison saw Ewing as if he was on gunpowder and kept asking for the ball for singles, and then was blocked.

His athletic ability is too weak. Although his skills are complete, Ewing has become a Duncan-style defensive cornerstone.

He is almost the hardest player in the league to be deceived by fake moves.

Ellison's movements and footsteps were unable to deal with Ewing, and his forced shot could only be blocked.

In Ewing's season debut, he completed the "Welcome to the NBA" battle against Ellison with a perfect triple-double of 22 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 10 blocks.

In addition, Wilson also scored a triple-double in this game.

In 27 minutes of playing time, Wilson didn't score much, only 18 points, but he got 10 rebounds and 10 assists, achieving a rare triple-double with Ewing as a teammate in the same game.

In the next game against the Cavaliers, Ewing performed even more vigorously.

43 points, 12 rebounds and 6 blocks in a single game, which is exactly the momentum of the league's top center.

Louis suddenly felt that it was time for them to play a game with the Celtics. They had to kill this orangutan's majesty, otherwise he would not even know his last name after being abused so much.

Ewing was so proud that he couldn't control himself in front of reporters.

"I have entered killing mode and no one can stop me."

"Ralph? I can handle him!"

Louis glanced at the timetable and then said half-jokingly: "I really hope November 20th comes early."

That day was the second game between the Knicks and Celtics.

What's frustrating is that the team that made the Knicks lose the first game was not the Celtics, but the Miami Heat, who Louis didn't know how to react.

On November 18, the Knicks visited Miami.

The rise of the Heat is a big surprise this year.

Although their No. 1 pick, Hank Gathers, was strictly limited in playing time, he averaged 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks per game in the limited time. In addition, Petrovic averaged an astonishing 17 points per game and was at his peak.

Cheeks, with a group of high-quality role players, has only lost 2 games so far, ranking third in the Eastern Conference.

In the battle against the Knicks, Gathers went on a killing spree because the Knicks didn't know much about him and the entire team had a arrogant mentality.

Louis saw the players' contempt for their opponents and deliberately made few adjustments when they were at a disadvantage.

Even so, Wilson's outburst still made the Miami people sweat, but Petrovic's long shot from nine meters away allowed the Miami people to win their first victory against the Knicks.

When the Mozart music of basketball resounded through the stadium, Lewis Shafir was crazy with joy. When Louis gave Petrovic the signing rights to him, he repeatedly told him to give him the ball rights and tactical status, so Lewis chose a

The easy-to-manipulate rookie coach used intimidation to force the opponent to let Petrovic become the core of the team's offense.

He didn't expect it to be so fierce!

"Coach Lu, I can't express my gratitude in words!" Lewis held Louis' hand tightly after the game. "If you need anything, please feel free to call me!"

Louis couldn't help but laugh: "I'm very happy when you say that, but I feel very unhappy about losing the game."

"Don't mind Coach Lu, winning or losing is normal." Lewis showed his high emotional intelligence on the spot, "You are already strong enough, we are lucky today."

Louis is not unhappy because of the loss. He is not happy about the Heat's rise. This shows that his remote control reconstruction work has been done well.

"Anyway, congratulations to you." Louis smiled dryly, "I have something to do, see you later."

"Coach Lu, walk slowly!"

"Bon Voyage!"

"Call Coach Lu if you need anything!"

"Goodbye, road"

You can say that this man has got carried away, he still knows who helped him rebuild; you can say that he is humble, the smug look on his face makes people want to punch him; but compared to studying Shafir's micro

Look, Louis has more important things to do.

Losing this game, the Knicks' record became 6 wins and 1 loss, which is not as good as the Lakers who currently maintain a complete victory, but they still rank first in the Eastern Conference.

Louis pushed open the door of the locker room and started scolding before he even walked in front of everyone: "You bastards, do you think you can win by just fighting? I didn't see the defense, and I didn't see the offense. I saw

What we got was a bunch of arrogant bastards walking around the grounds!”

"The Heat's shooting percentage in the penalty area is 60%. Are you fucking kidding me? You still have the nerve to say that you want to surpass the Celtics. Damn it. Don't fucking say that again. You are not worthy.

! This defense is already disgusting to me, but what’s even more disgusting is the offense. Dennis, why are you playing if you can’t even make an empty basket? Go back to work at the gas station in your hometown!”

Louis' thunderous fury spread from Rodman, and everyone except Wilson was shot.

Wilson was spared the criticism because he played well.

The game totaled 34 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals and blocks, and a shooting percentage of 60%.

His only criticism is that he passes the ball too much, but the Knicks system does not support him to be a superhero who saves the team. If Louis doesn't let him play, he will not take over.

The biggest difference between Wilson and other superstars is that he has no right to self-determination. Everything he does on the court is what Louis wants to see.

Ewing was scolded the most. Louis always remembered Ewing's mistakes very well, including when he made defensive mistakes and when he started not communicating with his teammates and acting autistic, he pointed them out.

What made Ewing break the defense the most was the sentence: "When Hank Gathers hit you out of position, your shooting percentage was over 70%. Your efficiency in protecting the rim tonight, even if my mother came to help us protect the rim, would not be the same."

I will do worse than you!"

"enough!"

Ewing stood up in shame and anger.

"What's your name? Now you know how to be ashamed? How can you not be shy when you let people use our restricted area as a bathroom to come and go at will? What right do you have to be angry? I tell you"

Then came another ten minutes of intensive bombardment of Ewing.