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Chapter 1023 Stockton is not the only John

Chapter 31 Stockton is not the only John

Louis did not expect that he would spend his free time on the last offseason of this season to read the book that almost destroyed the Knicks.

It has been a month since it created a social hot spot and shook the Knicks' morale. Louis can finally calm down and look at this book with an objective attitude.

Aside from the speculative inside information in the book, there are three most important points for a sports book.

Narrative angle, credibility of information, and selection of material.

William Roden (the author) is in the unique vantage point of taking some of the most compelling teams in contemporary sports and dissecting them from a very interesting perspective.

When Louis looked at this book from a neutral perspective, he finally knew why this book has long occupied the Times' new bestseller list.

Despite hiding a lot of private goods, Roden accurately pointed out that the strength of the Knicks lies in Louis' dominance, Wilson's humility and the sense of competition brought by Ewing.

The internal rivalry between Ewing and Wilson runs throughout the book.

Roden believes that if Wilson is not humble enough, the Knicks dynasty will end after three consecutive championships, because the conflict between him and Ewing has become acute since then; and if Ewing does not have enough sense of competition, the Knicks will not win those teeth-sucking games.At the same time, he also knew that the foundation of all this was Louis.

Without Louie, there would be no Knicks.

"No matter which team you are a fan of, I'm sure you'll agree with what I'm going to say next. The Knicks in the Louie era were the greatest team ever,
That's why you're reading this right now, we're looking at the greatest basketball games, every player is looking for an open shot, everybody's trying to make the extra pass, playing as hard as they can, always winning the big game.Finally, they also turned the world's most demanding audience and most famous stadium into a Garden of Eden.

I still miss 1988, the year of the renaissance of professional basketball in New York, remember Game [-] against Boston?If someone tries to make a layup, they get run over by a mad bull like a misguided matador.If someone sneaks up on the big man to steal his rebound, he gets an elbow.If anyone tries to dribble in a crowd, Isiah Thomas is their role model.What if you want to draw a foul?Good luck, will we ever see another match like this?

Never again. "

The book has 421 pages and Louie reads from 06pm to 30:[-]pm.

At first, he just wanted to find faults with the book so that the next time a reporter brought up the book, he would single out those faults to embarrass CTMD William Roden.

But a good book always has a kind of magic power, that is to let you accept the author's private goods.

You become indifferent to how personal and incorrect the private goods he left in the book are, and you just want to immerse yourself in the other side's words.

Roden's words have such a force.

How good is this book?So good that Louie wants to have a meal with the other party and have a serious talk with the other party about the Knicks.

He really knows this team.

Louis put down the book. At this moment, the training was over.

He didn't show up for a day, and I don't know if there is any guy who doesn't know how to live and die secretly speak ill of him.

Louie walked out of the office and found that there were still people training.

And it's two.

One is John Sely and the other is Yu Tiancan.

Yu Tiancan is receiving one-on-one training from Willis Reed.

Critics believe that selecting Yu Tiancan was the biggest mistake Louie made in the draft.

For the Knicks, Laettner is a better option.

This is of course an afterthought, but it can also be seen that Yu Tiancan's performance did not meet the expectations of the outside world.

Especially since he has two Big Mac peers -- O'Neal and Mourning -- compared to those two, Yu Tiancan's rookie season with the Knicks can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

There is no problem with his skills and style of play, but it just gives people a feeling that the future is unpredictable.

Then, Reid pointed out that Yu Tiancan lacked the ruthlessness of the other players on the team.

His personality is too soft, a bit like Artis Gilmore, so he needs special training.

So Louie gave him to Reed.

But the effect was not good. Yu Tiancan was not like Kemp, an immature high school student. He had been in college for four years, and he had already learned the skills he needed.

For example, when Reed is dissatisfied with the strength of his position, he will yell: "You are fucking hard, like a pussy!"

Yu Tiancan would say, "I'm afraid of hurting you."

"Fear a fart, come!"

Then Reed was really pushed down by his ass, Yu Tiancan was stunned: "Are you okay?"

"Just hit like this!"

The follow-up of the matter did not go as smoothly as Reed thought, Yu Tiancan did not change his style of play as he thought at all, and remained the same.

If the Knicks just want to find a qualified substitute for Ewing, Yu Tiancan is more than enough.

It just so happens that this kid also has a simple personality like Ma Daha, that's just right.

But Louis feels that this is a crime against Chinese basketball.

So I can only let Reid continue to train him. If there is an improvement, it will be the best. If not, find a suitable team for this kid as soon as possible.

Yu Tiancan is different from Song Tao back then. He is a seedling at the inner core level. Even though the Knicks have high-quality training, it will be difficult for this potential stock to improve if it cannot play in the first few years of entering the league.

"Coach Lu, our training has ended long ago, why are you here now?" Yu Tiancan asked.

This silly boy thought that Louis had just arrived at the Blue Palace.

Louis said unreasonably: "I have worked diligently for this team for almost ten years, what's wrong with being lazy now? Take care of yourself!"

As for Sely, Louis still chose to ignore it.

He could forgive William Roden, but he could not forgive Sely.

April 6

decisive day

Today is the last day of the season.

The Knicks and Trail Blazers will face off at Madison Gardens, and there's no bigger stage than this.

But on this afternoon, Louis got a bad news.

Yu Tiancan sprained his knee.

What made Louis even more angry was that Yu Tiancan said that his knee discomfort had been there for a while, but he thought he could persevere, but when he woke up today, he found that the pain had intensified. When he jogged to warm up, he felt something was wrong, so he confessed to the team doctor.

"What are you thinking? That's a knee, do you know it will ruin your future?!" Louie shouted angrily.

Yu Tiancan said simply: "If I don't play, the boss (Ewing) won't have a substitute."

"Why is there no substitute? We have so many insiders, who can't be a substitute?" Louis was most annoyed that Yu Tiancan always had a peaceful attitude of "Why are you so anxious/angry?" no matter what happened.

Yu Tiancan got to the point: "But, there is no center forward."

"Why no center. Sean can play center!"

"Too short for him."

"Do you dare to say that in front of him?"

"I dare not, but I will say it in my heart."

"Grass!!!"

Louis was so angry that the corner of his mouth twitched: "Do you want to piss me off? Don't interrupt, now you give me a good recovery, and you don't have to worry about the replacement!"

"I'll take a good rest." Yu Tiancan seemed obsessed with the matter of being a substitute, as if he was also a member of the coaching staff.

Moreover, he pressed the thorn that no one dared to touch in front of Louis at present: "If I don't fight tonight, will you give John a chance?"

"John is number one, it's none of your business whether he hits the starting lineup or not!" Louis intentionally moved the topic away.

It happens that there are old goods who don't know how to count.

Reed interjected gently with a cough: "Harold should be talking about another John."

Half a second later, the second center in the history of the New York team was glanced at by the president of the Knicks with a murderous look.

As the best enforcer among the players of his generation, Reid panicked at this moment. He patted his mouth and said, "Look at my damn memory, our team only has one John."

Yu Tiancan didn't want the topic to be bypassed: "Coach, what I'm talking about is John Sely. If I don't play tonight, will you let him enter the active list?"

Louis said angrily: "It's not your turn to care about others, you go to the infirmary for an examination right now!"

"Coach Lu, we are in the infirmary now."

Louis was so angry that he had nothing to say, so he had to turn around and leave.

The news of Yu Tiancan's injury quickly spread. This is a disadvantage for the Knicks, but it is not decisive.

Because Yu Tiancan is not a key player for the Knicks.

He's injured, the big deal is that Ewing can play for a few more minutes, and Rodman, Kemp and the others will make a temporary cameo as a center forward. It's just this game, it doesn't matter.

Louie walked to the court with a face full of displeasure, and even Wilson didn't dare to say hello to him.

He looked as if at any moment he was ready to yell at anyone who came up to him for any reason that didn't stand up to scrutiny.

John Selley was unaffected, knowing that Louis could no longer see him.

In the end, Louis walked directly behind him and looked at him sweating profusely: "The training is so hard, you are not going to play tonight, right?"

Sely turned around in astonishment, and said with difficulty as if he hadn't learned how to speak: "Can I still play?"

"I swore I wouldn't let you play in a Knicks jersey again, but someone got hurt, and there was a spot on the active list tonight, and I thought about it, and there was no one, so I'm asking for your opinion. Do you want to play? Are you ready? You should know that being active doesn't mean you have a chance to play, right?"

Sely nodded vigorously, and he almost knelt in front of Louis: "Coach, I'm ready! Even if I don't play for a minute or even a second, I will give my full strength off the court!"

Louis then looked at the others.

"If anyone doesn't want to play with this guy, tell me right away, and if one person objects, I won't put him on the active list. You guys have five seconds to make a decision."

Only a second actually passed.

"time up!"

Louie said that and walked upstairs like a ruthless emperor, while Salley's teammates congratulated him.

Teammates are more likely to forgive Sely than Louie.Because they get along day and night, Sely is a person with high emotional intelligence and good manners, and it is not difficult to get forgiveness from his teammates.

The hard part was pulling out the thorn in Louie's heart.

Although Louie was still upset with him, it was still a good start. In any case, Sely vowed to himself that if he had the chance to play tonight, he would fight with his life.

(End of this chapter)