the rest, only noise

Chapter 1040 He Should Stop

"why?"

When Wilson said this, there was no obvious doubt or emotional ups and downs, and it seemed that he just wanted to know the reason.

That said, he has nothing against Louis resting.

"Benj, I also have a lot of 'why's for you." Louis asked with a smile, "Why don't we solve it today?"

Wilson was silent, but he didn't mean to resist, just waiting for Louis to ask his "why".

"This year, we have had a hard time."

Wilson had to agree.

"I thought you had changed, but you didn't. I used to think that the person who danced well in front of the media, was selfless in front of his teammates, and respected Patrick was the real you, but it turned out that you who lost your mind in the game in order to declare your dominance in Monte Carlo, and the one who isolated his teammates in the finals and walked alone in the finals, is also the real you."

"You are not as perfect as we imagined, so why are you willing to be the number two under Patrick?"

The corner of Wilson's mouth rose slightly: "Because my contract hasn't expired yet."

This sounds like a joke, and it also sounds like a hint.

Wilson's contract expires next summer, and he is free to choose whether to stay or not.

This sentence gave enough information to Louis, and he didn't have to worry about other irrelevant "why".

"You know why I want to rest?" Louie asked.

Wilson didn't say anything, just shrugged his shoulders lightly, expressing with body language: This is why I came to your house.

In the living room of Luigi's house, there is a photo frame with pre-season group photos of each season from 1983 to 1993.

There's one Celtics here, and nine Knicks.

"A lot of the problems we've had in recent years that wouldn't have been a problem for me in 1984," Louie asked Benj. "You know what I did with Isiah in Boston?"

Wilson had heard stories about Louis in Boston from Tomjanovich.

While Louie in New York was still a tough overlord, he was far less pervasive than the villain in Boston.

Louie is a chilling coach, at least for Celtics players.

So Tomjanovich often said in the early years that Louis was much gentler to them.

"Why don't you treat us like Isiah?" Wilson began to have more "whys."

This also happens to be the question that Louis has been thinking about in recent days.

Why did he change?

It's not like you watch JAV, you like Mikami today, you can like Feng brother tomorrow, and then you are attracted by Miwa · Baifeng the day after tomorrow.

Louis thought about it, and there was only one answer.

Because that Celtics team was never his team, or rather, he didn't regard that team as his own at all.

That Celtic team was just a springboard for Louie to make a name for himself, and when he got what he wanted, he let it go without hesitation.

Because it is not his own team, Louis can act vigorously and do whatever he wants.

But in New York, everything is different.

When he kicked out Bernard King and his gang one by one, the team became, little by little, unmistakably his team.

He can't treat his players like a sadist.

For this he took on many responsibilities that he did not have to shoulder in Boston.

Louie took Ewing, one of his toughest picks.Ewing stokes his PTSD towards Qi Zhou, and he vows to give the man a different career.The Bill Russell of today will not be just a scout's tout, but a reality.So far, Louis has succeeded in transforming Ewing, but the painstaking efforts he has put in for it are unimaginable when he was in Boston.

And Rodman, Louis once hoped that he would not go down, at least not as deviant as he was in his previous life.

And Kemp, will he have countless illegitimate children?Will he still gain weight in the long off-season due to weak self-control?

Then there is Mohammad Rauf, who must be mentioned. When he shined in the 1992 finals, people exclaimed. Little Lu saved another player who was considered a parallel importer, but he quickly changed his name and surname as a starting point, becoming more extreme, unreasonable, and unapproachable.

Finally, there is Wilson. Before he was selected, the blueprint that Louie planned for him was a Durant without the ball and a McGrady player with the ball. He has the foundation to become a superstar, but he needs to control his temper.He did, but in a way Louie didn't want to see.

With so many responsibilities, so many visions and desires, how many have been realized in the end?

Ironically, when Louie is the villain, his goals always come true.

And when Louis regards the team as himself, the soft side of human nature will make him soft-hearted.

A more human Louie would suffer more failures.

Ewing didn't become the man Louie wanted him to be until the 1993 Finals, and the final part was up to Louie to watch.

Rodman is still depraved, and Louie has nothing to do with his choice. He can only take the opponent off the starting lineup as a punishment.

Because Louie thinks of the Knicks as his team, these players are people he values, so for him, if the risk of solving the problem is too great, then suppress the problem.Sometimes he doesn't think so, but always chooses to do so subconsciously.

When Wilson asked Louie why he didn't treat them the way he treated Thomas, he was silent for a while.

"Because, I am your coach." Louis slowly said a seemingly meaningless nonsense, "Because you are my players."

Waves finally appeared on Wilson's face.

"So, you don't want to be our coach anymore?"

"That's another question, Benj."

Louie didn't answer this complicated question that he struggled with for days.

But in front of Wilson, he could answer.

He thinks he can.

"Do you remember what happened in the finals?" Louie asked him.

"I'll never forget," Wilson said.

"There are many times when I really despair of you. I can't see hope, I can't see the chance of reversal, and I can't see the mentality of winning. We are in a state of disunity and have no trust in each other, just like a temporary team formed on the field."

"It breaks my heart because we were a tight-knit, united team."

"And then we opened up in that awful visiting locker room in Memorial Coliseum in Game [-], and what Reggie and the others said about you, and the punch you gave Patrick, changed a lot of things."

"This change has nothing to do with me, it's your spontaneous behavior, because you don't want to lose, and you want to win more than those ugly selfish desires and contradictions."

"I've seen a similar energy come out of you in 1988, but that was six years ago. Six years can change a lot, but you ended up becoming who I dreamed of being. No entanglement, no jealousy, no anger, no other things that can affect us to win, you are a team again."

Sometimes coaches feel it more deeply than players.

The game between players is like a movie on the screen, and the coach is the best audience.

"I just stood there and looked at you, at Patrick, at John, at Reggie, at everything we've been through along the way, everything we've fought for, you guys are the best team in the history of sports and I'll never have a team like that again."

"Do you understand, Benj?"

"This means that no matter what I do, you have already reached the peak." Louis paused for a few seconds, allowing himself to change his mood, "So I must stop here. This is the best result for you and me."

Louis can breathe a sigh of relief.

When he was thinking about the problem by himself, he couldn't think it through so clearly.

But when facing Wilson, many problems are self-evident.

He and the Knicks have achieved the highest level of achievement in the sports field, and should be grateful for the good things that happened to them. That will be the unique bond between them that will last forever.

Louie has done everything he can for this team and it's time for him to stop.

Wilson didn't have to spend time digesting Louie's words, he was the person involved, he knew what happened, and he could understand Louie.

"Coach, I know what to do."

(End of this chapter)