The Rest, Only Noise

"Did his reaction go a little too far?"

Louie hesitated, and Harry Weltman's first reaction when he heard his call was to hang up, which broke his heart a bit.

"Understandable, after all, you left him some bad memories." Baylor heard of Louie's previous trade with the Cavaliers.

He's a typical afterthought: "If it were me, I wouldn't be talking to you."

"Why?" Louis wanted to know.

"It's very simple, as a Cleveland native, it is unbearable that you are so bad at your hometown team!" Baylor successfully took the victim's perspective.

Not only was Louis not sad in the slightest, he even wanted to drink a Coke.

He opened the drawer, took out the coin, got up and went to the coin to buy a Coke.

"Don't make it sound like I forced them to do a deal with me, a lot of people just saw Cleveland lose to our No. 1 pick last year and No. 7 pick in the first round this year, but they forgot that we also sent out consecutive Two-year draft pick swap rights." Louie said proudly, "From the day it was completed, this deal was destined to be a gamble between the Knicks and the Cavaliers to see who would climb out of the quagmire earlier. Unfortunately, we've gone ashore."

Baylor said in disbelief, "How could Bill Cartwright be worth so much?"

As of today, Cartwright translates to Oakley, Wilson and this year's No. 7 pick.

That's right, in this deal, Cartwright played the most important role in his life, and he didn't even know he was worth so much.

"At that time, we ranked fourth from the bottom in the league. I traded all the veterans. Although I got Patrick, there were only a group of young people around him. We were not a strong team." Louie opened Coke with one hand, " Who would have thought?"

He took a refreshing sip of Coke.

"We ended up with 50 wins and happily accepted Benj from the Cavaliers."

"My only advantage in this trade is making my opponent think he's smarter than me," Louie asked. "Elgin, can you blame me for that?"

When Baylor looked back, it seemed that Louie really shouldn't be to blame.

"What are we going to do next?" Baylor asked.

"Of course I made a bid with Chicago." Louie laughed. "This time, it's up to you to call Weltman and make a generous bid, saying that we swear by their fifth pick in the first round."

Baylor already understood the cause and effect of the matter, and knew why Louie was targeting the bull, no longer ramming around like a headless fly.

So now, it's his job to find a way to disrupt the situation.

Baylor went to his office, and Louie believed he could get the job done when instructed.

Louie didn't know what to do when the phone in his office rang again.

Could it be Harry Weltman calling?

Louie put the Coke in a safe place, lay down on the table in disrespect, and finally answered the phone.

"Hey."

"Coach Lu, I hope you still remember me."

Louis was a little unfamiliar with this voice.

He tried to guess: "Jack?"

"It seems that I'm still your friend, and you still remember me."

Jack McMahon, a former Sixers super scout, has known Louie since he entered the business. It was also McMahon who made Louie realize that scouting reports could be sold, and the two often traded scouting reports with each other.

McMahon was one of the first in the industry to spot Louis' talent.

A few years ago, 76ers owner Katz had serious business problems and reduced his investment in the team. McMahon also voted elsewhere.

In the Golden State, he has the power to think about himself.

It is not that he has never been a general manager, but the last time he was a general manager was 20 years ago. At the time he was general manager for the San Diego Rockets - the precursor to today's Houston Rockets.

One of the most important things he did with the Rockets was to draft Pat Riley with the seventh overall pick in the first round. Yep, that's who you think of.

Twenty years later, he has the power to run a team again.

"What are you doing, Jack?" Louie asked directly without chatting with him.

McMahon said flatly: "I believe Scottie Pippen is not your goal. Who do you want?"

"Cough, why do you think so?" Louis asked back.

"I don't think he and Benjamin can coexist, I don't think you're going to trade John Stockton, and I don't think you're going to use this year's front-loading pick for a 10-minute backup this season. "

"Well, I really don't want him," Louie said sincerely, "but I really like him."

"I like him too, and if San Antonio goes crazy and picks him first, I'll write you a check for $100,000 as a thank you."

"It's settled? I'll call and discuss with Bob Hill the possibility of picking Scotty with the No. 1 pick!"

If they had no business to talk about, McMahon was more than willing to mess around with Louie.

"Let's get down to business, Lu, who do you want? I can help you." McMahon said flatly, "You can get anyone you want except David Robinson, as long as you put the seventh pick with Dennis. Rodman to me."

"Just take it easy, Dennis is not for sale, and I don't want to trade the No. 7 pick."

McMahon concluded that Louie was trying to raise Pippen's worth in order to fish in troubled waters.

He must be looking at a certain player in the lottery pool and expecting some idiot to take the bait and then he can get it.

The Warriors have the No. 2 pick this year. If Louis really wants to do this, it would be fine to trade directly. Why does it need to be so troublesome?

At this point, Louie's rhetoric was seen as a smokescreen by McMahon.

"Lu, I mean it, we can make a deal, or if you're willing to send Dale Ellis, Charles Oakley... and your No. 7 pick, the No. 2 pick is yours. ."

Louie knew he had been greatly misunderstood.

Presumably at this time, McMahon's fat face, who can compete for at least the third place among all general managers in the league, has already seen the image of Louie with a sinister smile playing with the whole league as a behind-the-scenes mastermind.

If you want to know who the first and second place of the big fat-faced general manager is, you may as well tell you, Jazz general manager Layden, Bulls general manager Klaus, plus McMahon, three smart and capable fat men , who is the fattest one, really hard to say.

"You misunderstood, I really don't want it, and I really like Scotty." Louis smiled wryly.

McMahon said lightly: "It's a pity, Lu, I can solve your problem, you only need to pay a little price, if you reject my proposal, I will definitely find the big fish you want, then I'll take him with the second pick."

"You'll never get it again."

"Then I can only cheer you on, Jack."

No way? No way? Wouldn't someone really take Reggie Miller with the top six pick? This is the only player he wants this year.

Louie hung up and waited patiently for the prey to surface.

The biggest difference between this year and previous years is that the talent pool is not deep.

Except for Robinson, there is no guaranteed talent.

Louie continued to wait, waiting for the next call.

Before making him wait long, a call from Los Angeles called.

Louie is cautious every time he takes a call from Jerry West.

Before he crossed over, West put him in his eyes, and he was no different from Kamito, but after a few contacts, he felt that the other party was very pragmatic.

West was an opportunist like Auerbach.

If you have a head start, you will do it, and if you don't make a head start, you will make a lot of money.

Louis and the Lakers have made several trades. Although they asked for their two first-round picks, they were basically the end of the first round that others seemed to have little value.

"Coach Lu, I want to talk to you about a deal that is beneficial to both of us." West's opening remarks made Louis very happy.

He likes this kind of deal best for both parties.

"Appreciate further details."

"Now you are the best team in the league, and the team is full of talent. However, talent is good, but if it can't be fulfilled, it may become a bubble. Now you are the most likely to beat in the next few years. Celtics team, do you want to go further?"

The background of West's remarks is in the case of the Celtics 3-1 Lakers in the finals.

The Lakers have been unable to face the Celtics, and fans are about to witness the first four-peat since 1969.

No, even the defending champion, the last one did it was the Celtics, and now it's the Celtics who do it again and again.

The Lakers couldn't shake off the shadows of their predecessors and got what's called "the most hated phrase in the English language 'The Lakers can never beat the Celtics in the finals'."

"Of course, I think about it every day." Louis followed his words.

"So, I'm going to give you a chance," West said bluntly. "I can send Dominic Wilkins to the Knicks and you'll have a wing that the Celtics can't limit. Player, with the system, you can keep him in the comfort zone to catch the ball, Bird can't fight his athleticism, Sampson can't stop him, he's an unstoppable player. With your team , If you add Dominic, you can definitely beat the Celtics!"

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