The rest is just noise

The summer of 1991, in Louis' opinion, was like the summer of 2010 and the summer of 2016, with many great things happening.

This year's draft is a grand event in itself. Many teams have high hopes for this draft and are eager to select good players to turn around.

However, after the draft, Billy Owens' farce affected several teams at the same time.

The king was a blessing in disguise.

The Celtics gambled away their franchise's future.

The Heat have added an All-Star wing and a swingman who is expected to grow into an All-Star.

It doesn't seem like the Knicks have anything to do with it, but without Louis, the water wouldn't be so muddy. Moreover, it was under his command that the Heat completed that series of transactions.

Revenge against Dave Gavitt doesn't come without a price.

In order to win the signing rights of Billy Owens, they fed the Kings in one fell swoop.

Currently, the Kings have Ammon Gilliam, Jose Hawkins, Tisdale, Danny Ferry, Denis Scott, Doug West, Grant Long, and B.J. Armstrong.

,Kendall Gill.

It can be said that there are people in every position. Although there are no star players, there are many good players.

At the same time, there are also hidden dangers. Most of these people are new stars, and they all want to get enough playing time. If they don't do it well, they mess up the chemical reaction within the team and they won't be able to achieve good results.

If the Kings can make good use of this group of people, the two Kings' first-round picks held by the Knicks may become late in the first round.

Louie decided to take a gamble on Sacramento's feng shui.

The feng shui of this place shouldn't be able to keep these people on the same page. It will be bad or bad when the time comes.

Even if the bet is wrong, for Louis, he only missed two lottery picks.

Lottery picks are great, but the Knicks don't really need them.

What he lost was two lottery picks, and what the Celtics lost was the entire 1990s and the tail end of Sampson's peak after he turned 30.

When the new season begins, the dangers of Gavitt's misguided moves will become clear.

By then, the Celtics will inevitably review what happened in the summer in detail.

As long as Auerbach doesn't have Alzheimer's disease, you can find out what he did from the Heat's actions.

If Auerbach had a clear conscience, he would call himself to question him.

Now Louis had his revenge and was angry. He only regretted that the new season could not start immediately. He wanted to see how Billy Owens showed his tragicomic and Larry legendary playing style in front of Bird.

Riley, who came to Portland, also completed the first trade of his career the day after the Owens chaos ended.

Riley concluded that Rick Schmitz was of no use and sent him to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Xavier McDaniel, who debuted with the Trail Blazers, was later traded to the Clippers, and is now traded back.

Although Schmitz was repeatedly beaten by David Robinson in the playoffs and was no match for other top centers, trading him for McDaniel was obviously a loss.

Even if the Clippers send Brian Shaw, they will still suffer a loss.

With the acquisition of Schmitz, the Clippers' center reserves suddenly became abundant.

Schmitz, Perives Ellison, and Mutombo, if you look at the draft picks of these three people together, they are exactly 321.

But Ellison has already "proven" that he is a parallel import, Schmitz is quite satisfactory, and Mutombo is a lottery ticket waiting to be opened.

The Clippers' team-building ideas are not understandable to ordinary people. Not only is it confusing, but talent is concentrated at the center position, and how to allocate playing time is a problem.

After the Trail Blazers welcomed back McDaniel, Riley immediately announced that the "X-Men" would become an important member of their team in the new season.

He admires the X-Men's aggressiveness of fighting for every ball and fighting every fight.

Brian Shaw is a giveaway.

After James Edwards' contract expired, the Trail Blazers announced that they would not renew his contract.

By sending away Schmitz first without keeping Edwards, Riley's way of building the team is incomprehensible, as if the center is an unimportant position in his philosophy.

Is this the conclusion he came to after being brutalized so many times by Sampson? The center is not important?

In addition, Riley is still actively working on trading Drexler.

After a season of failure, the Trail Blazers have given up on Drexler. Before the start of the new season, they must defuse the biggest time bomb in the team before they can successfully usher in the Riley era.

In addition to the operation of the Trail Blazers, the most eye-catching thing this summer is undoubtedly the formation of the Dream Team.

After many discussions, the Dream Team only left one spot for college players.

Moreover, the new season has not yet started, and the selection committee has already determined 6 people in the 12-man roster.

They are Tragedy, Jordan, Sampson, Malone, David Robinson, and Isiah Thomas.

Currently, only these six people have expressed their willingness to join the dream team.

In addition, three other people have also been invited but have not responded yet.

These three people are Bird, Ewing, and Wilson.

From a celebrity perspective, to form a dream team, the participation of these three people is indispensable.

But Bird had doubts about his physical condition. He didn't know whether he would be able to play in the game by then. He didn't want to be unable to play in the game despite occupying a spot.

Wilson publicly stated that he would only play for Louis.

That is to say, if the head coach of the Dream Team is not Louis, he will not join.

Wilson's attitude determined Ewing's attitude.

Although Ewing didn't say it directly, his words were enough to explain the problem.

"I'm not sure, yes, I'm still waiting and seeing. It's possible that I will cheer for the Dream Team instead of being a member of it. I will make a final decision after the coaching staff is finalized."

The last time Louis saw Ewing so tactful may have been back in his college days.

Perhaps he has never been so tactful.

Louis himself is the number one frontrunner to be the coach of the Dream Team, and there are only two factors that prevent him from leading this team.

nationality and color.

He is not an American, but a Chinese.

Even if his achievements are undisputed, faced with this choice, the selection committee still needs to go through many meetings to make the final decision.

In August, Louis returned to China.

He is returning to China for one thing only, and that is to study abroad at Louis Basketball Academy.

The success achieved by Yu Tiancan, Hu Weidong and Liu Yuqing has brought excellent brand effect to Luyuan.

In recent years, the road academy has expanded rapidly, and the source of young talents has changed from large-scale training camp selections and scout recommendations in a single province to another form.

The scouts from the Roadyard will still go out, but the young people joining the Roadyard are starting to become more diverse.

The prosperity of the road academy has made the basketball academies organized by the NBA in China not achieve the expected results.

Deng Shimo expects to select 30 children to travel to the United States this year.

Hearing this number, Louis' feet softened.

"so much?"

"If I weren't afraid that you wouldn't be able to take care of me, I might need 40," Deng Shimo said.

"Any number is fine, as long as it's made of real materials."

What Louis calls real materials does not mean that they must play in the NBA or become top professional players, but that they must have certain qualifications.

To put it bluntly, it means it cannot be related to related households.

"When the list comes out, I will arrange for them to play games, and you can observe them on the spot." Deng Shimo said confidently.

Louis believes that the selection mechanism of the Road Academy is just a little overwhelmed by the skyrocketing number of people visiting the United States.

He looked at the list of players Deng Shimo recommended.

In the U14 ranks, Louis saw a name that made him breathe harder: Wang Zhizhi, 2.04 meters tall and weighing 74 kilograms

"How is this child?" Louis pointed to Wang Zhizhi's name.

Deng Shimo's excitement rose several levels: "If he can grow to seven feet in the future, he will become the first world-class basketball player in Chinese history."

Louis smiled but said nothing.

Wang Zhizhi probably won't become the first world-class basketball player in Chinese history, because when he came of age, people like Yu Tiancan were in their prime.

Finding Wang Zhizhi in the roadyard was certainly an exciting thing, but Louis had long expected this day.

After all, when the Road Academy was first established, Hu Weidong was recruited. Is it strange that Wang Zhizhi is now recruited?

Maybe in a few years, even the 2-meter-2 fat man who will become the chairman of the Basketball Association in the future may come.

In August, Louis and his family stayed in China.

Lorraine took photos and videos everywhere, while Lu Wuxia and Lu Wuyan experienced the oriental customs and tried to understand the profound question of "where do I come from?"

Louis watches the competition held in the road yard every day to confirm whether there are really so many talents this year.

During the same period, a seismic trade also occurred in the NBA.

The Trail Blazers sent Clyde Drexler to Chicago in exchange for Charles Barkley. This was a one-for-one deal.

All the critics were screaming when the deal was done.

"This time, we are finally competitive enough to stop the Knicks from winning five consecutive championships, and it will be in our hands!" Cade Dennings published in The Oregonian on August 17, 1991.