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Chapter five hundred and ninety seventh

In the short term, there are three things before Louis.

One is tomorrow's championship parade celebration, and he's definitely going to speak, so he'll have to prepare a speech for that.

The other is his renewal.

In the summer of 1984, he signed a five-year contract with the Knicks.

In the summer of 1985, after Dave Debusschere resigned due to ill health, the Knicks gave Louie another general manager contract. It was a three-year contract, which Louis requested at the time.

This was done in order to sign a new contract in the summer of 1988.

He led the team to a championship last season and turned the Knicks in the quagmire into a future super team in four years, and the existing contract can no longer match his worth.

At present, the average salary of NBA coaches is 300,000 US dollars, and the maximum salary can be 500,000-600,000.

The average salary of general managers is 100,000-300,000 US dollars, and there is only one maximum salary, that is Auerbach.

According to legend, he has an annual salary of 400,000-500,000.

Exactly how much, no one knows.

Louie proved in New York that his success in Boston may have something to do with Auerbach, but he himself has real material.

At the age of 28, he had two championships in his hands, brought out two championship teams with different styles of play, and spent three years building one team into a championship division (Louis has only been the general manager for three years). Only 28 years old...all parties are eyeing it.

Jerry West wasn't kidding about his recruitment during the NBA's annual meeting.

As long as Louis becomes a free man, he will cause a lot of looting.

Therefore, some people joked that 1988 was the first year of NBA free agency and the first year of the free market, but the biggest fish in the first year of free agency was not Tom Chambers, but Louie.

Before Louis began to ask about the next family, someone threw the olive branch over.

The person who did so was new Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen, who had Louis' direct contact information.

According to reliable sources, Allen has completed the acquisition of the Blazers.

He paid $110 million to buy ownership of the Blazers from Larry Weinberg.

On that timeline without Michael Jordan, Allen bought the Blazers for "only" $70 million.

1 Jordan, let the team appreciate 40 million.

This is only the current value and will continue to appreciate in the future.

Allen loves basketball, but he knows he has to find the most professional talent to turn the Blazers into a championship.

Louis, whose contract has expired, is the best candidate.

"Louis, I don't want to be polite. I'll give you a check. Just fill in the number on it as much as you want. I'll give you as much as you want. I only need you to come to Portland."

This is Allen's message to Louie on the answering machine.

Giving a check to fill in the numbers at random shows Allen's financial resources.

But Louie couldn't really put in an outrageous number.

He could have left a max salary well above the league average, and he's sure Allen would agree.

But he didn't want to leave for several reasons.

Now he is no longer a wage earner whose main starting point is money.

He can find work in any city if he wants to.

Salary is more symbolic to him than practical.

The contract is an endorsement, a contract big enough to demonstrate how successful he is in the business. Therefore, Allen's money offensive could not impress Louis.

Second, the Blazers' general manager position already has someone, of course, and Louie can claim the title of team president so that he's still the number one in the operations department. But in doing so, his relationship with Bucky Buckwalt, who is currently sitting in the general manager position, could be cracked. A disjointed management is not good at doing things.

On top of that, Michael Jordan, in the Blazers.

Although Louie is a New York KD, he doesn't want to choose the "hardest road" of the handsome version. He knows how strong Jordan is, how easy it is to coach him, and how much less difficult it is to win a championship with him than it is to win a championship with Ewing. Now, he has led Ewing to win the championship, and it is no surprise that he will win more championships in the future.

Instead of coaching Jordan, Louie would rather take his team to beat Jordan time and time again.

It's what he's been doing all along.

If you want to fight, you can fight the strongest. If you can't beat it, you can choose to join. If you can beat it, you can still join, so shameless?

Either way, the Celtics are now over. So, how to torture Jordan for the remaining ten years is what Louis is most concerned about.

Signing with the Blazers is the opposite of torturing Jordan and holding the winning code... no, it's too easy, he doesn't want it.

Therefore, he politely replied to Allen, saying that if he encounters problems in professional basketball, he will provide professional help and transfer to Portland.

Louie, like a regional black with a prejudice against Oregon, elaborates on why he refuses to move to Oregon: "Mr. Allen, thank you for your kind invitation, and for the following reasons, I must seriously refuse you.

First, I hate unicorns, and loners are everywhere in Oregon;

Second, I hate cloudy days, I am an optimistic person;

Third, I am afraid of earthquakes, and geologists have said that Oregon will sooner or later be destroyed by a terrible earthquake;

Fourth, Oregon discriminates against out-of-towners far more than Boston;

Fifth, hail often falls there;

Sixth, the Oregon state government is actively promoting the legalization of professional basketball betting, which will bring a stain on the entire region, and I don't think I will be happy in such a place (1);

Seventh, there are **** hippies everywhere. The 60s never went away in Oregon, and one day I bought a $2 milkshake for lunch in Portland. It turned out to be slimy green and looked like it was made of dirt and shit, luckily I didn't have diarrhea after eating it;

Eighth, Oregonians also enjoy rock climbing and camping in the wild without a tent. What righteous person would want to sleep on dirt and uneven ground? Oregonians have lost their minds, they all like to do some "fun" outdoor activities, they may not die from an earthquake, but they will definitely be killed by a cougar that suddenly rushes out of the jungle;

Ninth, and this is the most important point, there may be a lot of beautiful women in Oregon, but it doesn't matter at all, because they are very talented, there was news that an Oregon woman killed a bear with her bare hands. What they like is not a creamy boy like me, but a rough man with a sloppy appearance and a wild appearance.

All in all, Portland is by no means my promised land, and thanks again for your kind invitation. "

It is said that after Paul Allen received Louis' reply, he directly identified him as a regional black, but fortunately, he was born in Seattle.

Allen was annoyed at Louie's remarks that might offend Oregon: "I will never ask him to be our coach again. This man is too dangerous. He...he is an asshole."

On the last day of June, Louis got on the team's sightseeing bus.

When it was his turn to speak, the cheers continued for several minutes.

Even though he kept thanking him, the New Yorkers at the scene did not shut up.

He could only wait for them to stop on their own.

It took a few minutes before Louis had a chance to speak.

Holding his speech, he avoided the issue of contract renewal that the fans were concerned about, and said firmly: "I don't want to talk nonsense, I don't want to spend ten minutes to thank everyone, it's not time yet, when I have a chance in the future to be like Li Derek retired his jersey at MSG, I will definitely be grateful. Now, I just want to say, cheers a little louder, we will win again next year!”

A very brief but inspiring speech.

Louie used such a speech to indirectly imply to the fans that he would stay.

It's July, and Louis has a lot to deal with.

Hu Weidong and Yu Tiancan's school choice, and the issue of returning to China to determine the third academy in the United States, as well as the establishment of the NBA China Basketball Academy, and the National Basketball Team's warm-up training for the United States preparing for the 1988 Los Angeles Olympic Games. He needs to be involved in person.

Therefore, the renewal of the contract should be completed as soon as possible.

Jerry West and Jerry Buss arrived in New York at the same time as he and his agent were about to start negotiating a contract extension with Madison Square Garden president Jack Kruger.

According to Louis's preferences, they found a rare Chinese restaurant with two Michelin stars.

Bass bought the restaurant, and before the negotiation started, gave Louis a blank check: "Road, as long as you are willing to come to LA, you can leave any number I can on it."

The accompanying West said: "I can be your deputy like Elgin."

Now Louie feels like Zhuge Liang in the middle of high wow, rich and powerful bosses end one by one.

The meeting was an empty check, and it annoyed him.

He wanted to refuse, but the other party gave him too much face, so he didn't say it in person, he didn't say if he invited him to dinner, he kept his attitude low, and gave him enough authority, sincerity, pomp, everything was considered, he just nodded in agreement. .

If Louis was a soft-hearted person, he might have been subdued by the combination of Bass and the LOGO man.

He held his own concentration, insisted on his original intention, and did not agree on the spot.

Los Angeles is used by him as a spare tire. If New York can't reach an agreement, going to Los Angeles can be considered. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

So Louie promised Bass that if he couldn't stay in New York, he would choose Los Angeles. Hearing Louis' reply, Bass knew that they had failed to convince Louis. Although regrettable, he still behaved politely, and the two sides got along very well throughout the whole process.

In New York, where there are no secrets, the private meeting between Louis and Bass was quickly exposed by the paparazzi.

There was an uproar, so that when Louis and his agent Marcel Thielon formally negotiated with Jack Kruger, the president of Madison Square Garden Company, the other party hurriedly took out a blank check: "Lu, I don't want to haggle with you, just write how much you want on it, and we'll get this done right away, okay?"

Louis was speechless.

Damn, another blank check, what do these guys think of negotiating? Why negotiate? Strive for the best interests! He hadn't opened his mouth yet, and he didn't enjoy the fun of negotiation. These people threw out a blank check and asked him to fill in the numbers. Did Nima negotiate like this?

Louie feels the same way now as Lewis Shafir was.

You're **** worth the price!

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