The rest is just noise

"It must feel good to completely defeat the Celtics on the court, and then send Boston's professional basketball into the abyss through trades off the court, right?"

Reed Auerbach suddenly said, with the intention of launching an army to hold him accountable.

When Louis heard this, he suddenly wanted to sing "I have waited for a long time and finally waited until today." His attitude towards Auerbach was very strange. If we want to look into this matter in detail, isn't it the Celtics' fault?

"Reed, I don't know what you're talking about." Louis said.

"Don't understand? I'll let you understand!"

"After last year's draft, starting from the time Billy Owens announced his refusal to play for Sacramento, don't you have anything to explain about what you did?"

Louis pretended to be dumbfounded and said: "Last year's draft feels like it's been a long time ago because we didn't select any players in the draft last year, so I really don't remember it."

"Don't remember?" Auerbach laughed angrily, "Then let's start with the draft! You exchanged three draft picks that you had no use for for a good guard, and then, you deliberately behaved against Billy Owens.

Show interest to lure us into taking the bait."

Lure them into taking the bait?

Louis felt he had been wronged.

Can that be called seduction? He has never communicated with anyone related to Boston during the entire process, so how can he be seduced?

The most he can do is use the reputation he has established in previous drafts to make people believe that Billy Owens has a promising future.

This is a simple emotion, hoping that there will be successors to the Alliance. Why is it being so distorted?

"I don't agree that I seduced you, because regarding the Billy Owens transaction, we have made no substantial progress in the whole process." Louis' pretense of confusion made Auerbach unbearable, "If you ask me, Miami is too bold to gamble.

, I was really surprised that they actually gave away so many good things for Owens’ signing rights.”

Auerbach sneered: "Does this matter have nothing to do with you?"

"How can this have anything to do with me? How can I, the president of the New York Knicks, reach out to Miami? Reid, you can't just find someone to pay for your mistakes just because Owens' performance is not as good as expected, right?"

Until now, Louis is still not sure what role Auerbach played in the Chris Jackson trade. Was he just the top decision-maker who nodded and agreed to the deal, or was he the mastermind behind the entire deal?

If Auerbach just nodded and agreed to the deal, then his current performance is understandable. In his opinion, Louis made a profit and kicked the Celtics into a pit with his backhand.

Of course he would be angry at this treacherous behavior.

What if he was the mastermind behind that deal? Then Louis really has to admire his acting skills.

It's a pity that he wasn't invited to play Hannibal. What a stinker Anthony Hopkins is. If it was really Auerbach, this would be the complaint Louis wanted to make the most.

"You're still quibbling!" Auerbach shouted angrily. "You've been doing this since the Chris Jackson trade! You first pretended to be interested in the Billy Owens trade, and then praised his talent.

, muddying the waters and luring other teams into the game. Then, you did not conduct further negotiations with Sacramento at all. You just wanted to let people know that you like Owens, but you were unwilling to trade for him. This matter started from the beginning.

This is your conspiracy."

"Are you going to tell me this has nothing to do with you?"

"How come it has nothing to do with me." Passing by's answer was almost indifferent, as if he suddenly changed into a different person like a schizophrenic, "Reed, what else did you discover?"

Auerbach snorted: "When you found out that we decided to enter the game, you saw an opportunity. I don't know what consensus you reached with Miami, but you made an unnecessary trade and sent Doug West away."

When you get to Miami, just exchange for Vernon Maxwell. You already have Danny (Ainge), why do you want this lunatic? This transaction makes no sense to both of you. You just want to give Miami a better exchange rate.

Leigh Owens’ chip!”

"That's right, right again."

Louis' voice was no longer cold, and the smile on his face grew stronger.

"Reed, what else did you find?"

"In the end, Miami finally got what they wanted and traded the rights to sign Billy Owens. Everyone thought they would sign Owens, but that bastard Lewis Shafir almost got the rights to sign Owens as soon as he got it.

So we called Jane and asked for a trade. The chips we asked for were the chips we tried to trade for Owens but were rejected. Because you know that since we were willing to trade Reggie Lewis and Steve for the signing rights of Billy Owens,

Smith is sent to Sacramento, and of course he is willing to send them to Miami to get Owens!"

"You were planning this deal from the beginning to the end. I have to say that you did a great job. You played everyone into applause and even drove another team to cooperate with you. I don't know how much you care about them.

What kind of benefits were promised, but you did a really good job. Aren’t you the one who did all these things?!"

"I admit it all." Louis' voice at this moment was the most disgusting that Auerbach had ever heard.

You could feel that he was smiling with gloating, as if he was as happy as having a great revenge, but he deliberately lowered his tone to restrain his emotions.

He's well-trained and usually won't laugh in situations like this unless he can't help it.

Auerbach heard Louis' laughter.

"On the trading floor, there are intrigues. Either you cheat me or I cheat you. I've seen this kind of thing too many times. This time the Celtics stumbled. We have nothing to say. After internal self-examination, it's time to get out."

, I should reflect on myself, I should correct my mistakes, but I just can’t figure it out, why is this person you? Why is it you who is deliberately trying to destroy the Celtics? Tell me, why?”

"Why?"

Louis had laughed enough. He still didn't know what identity Auerbach used to talk to him, but since the conversation had come to this point, it was better to talk openly.

"Reed, it's been almost 10 years since I left Boston, right?"

"8 years."

"Yes, it has been 8 years, and it seems that many things have changed. I once thought that I would never do anything detrimental to Boston, but now it seems that this is just my wishful thinking. I would like to be on good terms with you forever, but how can you, Your Excellency

A traitor?"

"what do you want to say in the end?!"

Louis smiled and said: "Reed, you should know. If I wanted to destroy the Celtics, I could have done it as early as 1986. Maybe you have forgotten Len Bias, and you have forgotten that you wanted to get

Whatever Bias was willing to pay, I could have destroyed you at that time, but I didn't. At that time, the Celtics were at their peak. If I wanted to destroy you, wouldn't it be more fulfilling to do it at that time? After all, no matter what

No matter how you develop, you are not a threat to the Knicks. To put it bluntly, I no longer take you seriously."

Auerbach's heart aroused even greater anger, and he had the urge to hang up the phone immediately, but he could not do that because the chance to speak clearly to Louis might only be this once.

"Over the years, I have made a lot of enemies. You know that I am a person who is unwilling to suffer losses, and I am a person who will take advantage to the end. However, if I want to make a deal that benefits others at the expense of others, I will never do it.

Choose Boston.”

"hehe."

Auerbach thought Louis was hypocritical because his words did not match his actions.

"Since I have this awareness, why did I plan the Billy Owens deal?" Louis finally got to that part, "I said I like to take advantage and don't like to suffer losses, but what I hate most is being

Being treated like a monkey, especially by someone I have complete confidence in."

"What do you mean?"

"Reed, if you really don't know what I'm talking about, I can certainly start from the beginning. As for what you said about Billy Owens, it's basically true, it was me! But it's not what you imagined.

A conspiracy to destroy professional basketball in Boston, if you have to say what it is, I prefer to call it revenge. This is my revenge."

"Revenge? Why? How have we failed you?"

"You really don't know?"

"what are you talking about?"

If Auerbach knew about it, there would be no need to pretend now, there is no point.

Then Louis assumes he doesn't know.

"Since you don't know, let me start from the beginning. The cause of the matter is the Chris Jackson trade. The premise of this trade is that we have a lot of draft picks that we cannot use, and we just need to add one.

Backup point guard, so Dave Gavitt came to me and negotiated with me to trade CJ for draft picks."

"In my opinion this was a fair and equitable transaction that was beneficial to both of us, but when the transaction was completed, CJ confessed to us that he suffered from Tourette syndrome. You are aware of this situation, but you

This situation was not disclosed to me during the transaction process. In this way, the nature of the transaction changed, because in your opinion, CJ is a parallel import No. 3 pick with a strange disease, and you can trade him from New York.

Returning three draft picks must be a sure-fire deal, right?"

Auerbach fell silent.

"CJ performed well in New York after that. It was my good leadership and it had nothing to do with you, but you tricked me and your insincerity during the transaction made me sick, so I want revenge. No matter who planned this

The price of the transaction must be paid by the Celtics." Louis said coldly, "I will never apologize for this matter, so if you want me to admit my mistakes and apologize to you, unfortunately, I only have

In one word, you deserve it."