The rest is just noise

At the beginning of the season, the harmony within the Knicks was a bit beyond Louis' expectations.

The atmosphere last season was too tense. The high-pressure feeling of internal strife if not under control made Louis dare not relax. Now things are calm. Ewing is no longer obsessed with the team's scoring leader because he is defending the team's rebounding leader. effort.

Rodman was suddenly promoted from a small forward with strong rebounding ability to the player with the highest rebounding rate in the league.

In less than 29 minutes per game, he grabbed 13 rebounds, 2 more than Ewing.

Last season he scored more points than Wilson, because he wanted to prove that he was the leader of the team.

Since he is a leader, he should do whatever he wants with the tacit approval of the head coach. For example, if he wants to be the team's scoring leader, he should become the team's scoring leader.

Wilson's injuries helped him.

Last season was also Ewing's most impressive season in terms of personal statistics in so many seasons. Unfortunately, he failed to win the MVP due to Sampson's explosion.

This year, the tragic star unexpectedly retired, and the strength of Sampson's team was greatly reduced. It is difficult to produce more exciting statistics than last year. Ewing wants to win the second MVP trophy.

As a result, Rodman suddenly became interested in rebounding, and then he couldn't control it.

Ewing has many things to take care of during the game. He cannot focus solely on rebounding, while Rodman is positioned as a blue-collar and green leaf.

In addition to defense, support and rebounding when passing the ball, at most, taking advantage of the situation to score points...

When he was grabbing rebounds, he was extremely selfish and made no distinction between close friends and strangers. No matter who was in his way of grabbing rebounds, he would raise his hand and hit him with a big elbow.

During intra-team competitions, Ewing often had conflicts with him over this matter.

Every time Ewing warned Rodman to put his elbows away, Rodman would ask indifferently: "Does it mean that if I put my elbows away, you can beat Ralph? Or if I put my elbows away, you can beat him?" Can you grab rebounds? If you blame my elbow for not grabbing as many rebounds as me, it means you haven't made any progress at all."

"How dare you fucking talk to me like that?!"

"You have been in the United States for so many years, don't you know that the United States is a democratic society? This is my freedom of speech!" Rodman occupied the high ground of political correctness and made Ewing speechless.

Initially, Ewing still had the idea of ​​proving himself.

He wants to grab more rebounds than Rodman.

In Rodman, Louis confirmed another theoretical misunderstanding on the basketball court.

On the court, every inch is longer and every inch is stronger. This is a fact that has been recognized since the days of George McCann.

So in theory, rebounding should belong to tall people. However, with the development of basketball, various black players with athletic talents have flooded into the game, and basketball has become a sport where athletic ability is paramount.

A center with height and athleticism should be the dominant player on the court, or at least the dominant player on the rebounds.

Both Ewing and Robinson have proven that they have the league's top rebounding ability.

But compared with Rodman, there is still a gap.

Rodman broke the rational perception that being tall and able to jump equals being a rebounder.

Louis also summed up the three elements of rebounding.

Prejudgment, because grabbing a rebound is more important than finding its landing point.

Moses Malone is short and has small hands. As a center, it can be said that his body is not conducive to rebounding in all aspects, but he is a rebounding maniac at a historical level and is recognized as the first offensive rebounder in history. Louis has seen him At his peak, Malone had two impressive characteristics besides his butcher-like fighting habits. His agility was very good, just like Olajuwon.

Olajuwon used his agility on the offensive end, while Malone used it when grabbing rebounds. This makes his opponents have to keep an eye on him when they are blocked. Otherwise, if they are not careful, they will

I found him "flowing" to the other side like a wind.

Therefore, the second major factor is the player's movement speed.

The third element was summed up by Louis from Oakley and Maurice Lucas. For example, Lucas often took advantage of the referee's blind spot to suddenly twist one of the opponent's arms so that it could not move; and

Oakley, once he is in a favorable position, he will press his opponent's legs with his body and then completely control the rebound.

Therefore, the third major element is the most basic: card position.

Rodman had bullet speed, the best rebound prediction in history, countless little moves, and extraordinary movement speed.

As far as rebounding ability is concerned, Ewing is no match for him.

It took Ewing a month to confirm this fact.

In the first month of the new season, the Knicks achieved a complete victory.

Ewing averaged 23 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks per game.

Compared with previous seasons, his points and rebounds have dropped, but his assists and blocks have improved a bit.

He admitted the reality that Rodman's rebounding was indeed better than his.

Therefore, his bottom line changed from defending the team's rebounding title to maintaining an average of more than 10 rebounds per game, and secondly, becoming the DPOY this season.

Unfortunately, DPOY is also Rodman's target.

So far this season, Rodman has averaged 6 points, 13 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.7 blocks per game. The block data does not seem as visually impactful as Ewing, but his on-the-spot performance is far more impressive than Ewing.

The rivalry between the two made Wilson's presence off the court much lower.

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But Wilson on the court is the Knicks' team leader in scoring and steals, averaging 27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

Judging from the data alone, Wilson can also compete for DPOY.

The Knicks ushered in this year's Thanksgiving with a bang.

But this year, most people's Thanksgiving was ruined by the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.

The day before his death, Mercury announced that he had AIDS.

One day later, Mercury died of complications from AIDS.

There was a tragic figure before him, and there was Mercury after him. Two idol stars in different fields used painful lessons to teach Americans to put on a helmet for their second brother.

Because of them, Louis' plan for three children was put on hold.

Lorraine believed in Louis' chastity, but not in the Knicks' chastity.

Louis hangs out with that group of people all day long, who knows what will happen?

People nowadays do not have a clear understanding of AIDS. They think that AIDS can be transmitted through droplets, sweat and even breathing, so even if Louis keeps himself clean, he may still be infected with the HIV virus.

Louis really wanted Lorraine to believe in science, but he was also a weakling in this regard and couldn't explain it at all.

Later, he thought about it and let it go. He had enough to worry about with two children.

On Thanksgiving Day, Louis went to the Blue Palace to both deliver and receive gifts.

Then go home and participate in collective labor.

Although Louis does not understand the meaning of collective labor, since it is labor that the whole family must participate in, how can he be left out?

When it came time to clean up the house, Louis developed a spirit of dedication that was neither afraid of getting dirty nor tired. Everyone knew that it would be easy for him to find a reason to run away, but was he that kind of person? He was not.

Coach Lu rolled up his trousers, took off his jacket, and walked with dignity to the bathroom, the most difficult room to clean.

And without any hesitation.

Louis believes that his choice of bathroom is no different from those heroes on the battlefield who hold the last grenade and die with the enemy.

Louis doesn't just "clean" the bathroom.

Because as long as you have money, you can find anyone on the street to "clean" the bathroom for you.

And Louis is a fun-loving person.

Just like the games he coaches, he likes games that are entertaining, so even if it is just cleaning the bathroom, he has to elevate it to the level of art. This is something that good men who are the head of the family keep secret.

"The limit of blood inheritance".

Good men don't need to go through long training to become a great bathroom cleaner, because they are born with it.

When Louis launched an offensive against this fortress called the bathroom, no garbage, stains, or excess debris could survive.

Remember, a good man never shows mercy!

Louis first removed the loose objects, then scrubbed the tiles with three different cleaners, and cleverly scrubbed the faucets with toothpaste until they were so clean they could blind his eyes.

Louis also meticulously cleaned the shower room. He and Lorraine spent a lot of quality time here when the children and mother were not around. Maybe the seeds for the future third child of the Lu family will be planted here.

Louis also cleaned the locker under the sink, wiped the drain pipe, and scraped the rubber pipe with a toothbrush. Mr. Mighty would feel ashamed when he saw him like this and voluntarily gave up his title.

After doing all this, Louis will do everything again, which is called micromanaging.

Afterwards, the bathroom that Louis cleaned was sparkling, and a thief with a below-average IQ might steal something in it as a diamond.

When Louis walked out of the bathroom with great pride, like a general returning from victory, he was extremely proud.

He proved himself.

He is a good coach outside and a good man/husband/father/son at home. This is not a battle that everyone can win. Only a good man like him can do it!

Immediately afterwards, Louis' mother, the woman he respected and feared most in the world, dragged a bag of garbage and looked at her useless son with disdain and said: "It actually takes you three and a half hours to clean the bathroom? Really?

, it’s a good thing you became a coach, otherwise I really don’t know what you can do, your wife and I cleaned the entire hall, and you just came out of the bathroom, what use do you have for you?!”

Louis' self-esteem was hurt. Being a good man was too tiring, so he might as well shut himself up in the self-isolating cabin, which was actually the study room where he usually worked.

Ten minutes later, the phone in the study room rang.

"Hello?"

"Happy Thanksgiving, Lu."

Louis said helplessly: "I have rarely been happy on this day."

"Let me tell you something 'happy'."

"Tell me?"

"Patrick's agent once again offered to re-sign."