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Chapter 1065 RC is a Good Comrade
Louis can choose to leave now, or he can wait until the beginning of July, before the opening of the free market, to officially announce the end of the contract.

Anyway, he has been working hard in New York for ten years, and the relationship network formed during this period will not be interrupted with his departure.

Louis decided to carry out this contract to the end.

This also means that he needs to participate in the operation of the Knicks' draft this year.

The day after the finals, Louis came to the Blue Palace to work as usual.

He found that Zhao Yuanzheng was doing the handover work.

Louie wondered why he did this.

Zhao Yuanzheng said: "I will only stay if you stay."

Louis asked angrily, "Have you been in New York for ten years?"

"Yes."

"And now you are going to give up your job in New York for me? Do you know that you have the highest salary among management personnel in the same position? How many teams do you think are willing to provide you with the same treatment?"

Zhao Yuanzheng is not without backup.

He said modestly: "Indiana sent me an offer, and they wanted me to be the head coach of the Pacers."

Louie is the best coach in the league, but at the same time, he also has the best coaching staff in the league.

Therefore, his teaching assistants have never been short of jobs.

Louie thought the Pacers were a good place to go.

"So you're going to Indiana?" Louie asked.

Zhao Yuanzheng shook his head and said, "No, unless I have nowhere to go, I'm not interested in going there."

Still up?Does he know what the Pacers' offer means?
This means that Zhao Yuanzheng will become the second Chinese head coach in NBA history at the age of 32.

"why?"

Louie thought the Pacers were a good place to go.

"I've been in New York for a long time, and I'm really not used to a place like Indiana. Moreover, Danny Manning is getting emotional and wants to escape from the cornfield." Zhao Yuanzheng said modestly, "Old Lu, I don't think I can build a modern building in the ruins like you."

Manning's desire to leave the Pacers came as a surprise to Louie.

He thought about it again, the Knicks are stable internally this year, and the chemical reaction is very good, so the management has no idea of ​​​​trading.

Moreover, there is a tacit understanding between Louie and Baylor.

Baylor will first inquire about the situation in the league, and Zhao Yuanzheng will inform Louis of the weekly gossip and rumors.But Louis has basically been in a state of decentralization this year, and he doesn't remember Zhao Yuanzheng telling him about it.

Therefore, he didn't mean to follow up, and Baylor naturally didn't make any moves.

"So what are your plans?"

Louis was too lazy to go around in circles with Zhao Yuanzheng, and asked straight to the point.

"Is the next stop set?"

Louis shook his head: "Not yet."

"Where are you going, where am I going." Zhao Yuanzheng said, "Rudi has been with you for 14 years, and I have only been with you for 10 years. I still have to learn."

In fact, Louis thinks that Zhao Yuanzheng is more suitable for management work, but he is very interested in coaching, so he has always been learning in this direction.

"Even if you say that, I don't have a reserved spot for you. If you want to follow me, you have to be prepared to return to the starting line."

Zhao Yuanzheng is too familiar with Louis.

When Louie is bluffing, his eyebrows are especially animated.

"Coach, my coach, I am willing to be a scout for you." Zhao Yuanzheng said disgustedly.

Louis rolled his eyes on the spot: "Okay, I understand what you mean, and send the scouting reports of the key players we need this year to my office!"

Zhao Yuanzheng was stunned for a moment: "Are you still working?"

"Nonsense! I have the highest management salary in the league, and of course I have to work diligently until the end of this contract!"

Zhao Yuanzheng must have licked something unclean last night, otherwise there wouldn't be so many flirtatious words.

I saw him say again: "Coach Lu, your professional ethics are worth my learning."

"Fuck off!"

Zhao Yuanzheng went to find a scout report, but Louis did not go directly to his office, but went to Baylor's office to visit.

"You're here, I'm planning to find you!"

When Baylor saw Louis, he said the most important thing at the moment.

"Kevin is retiring."

Knicks captain of honor Kevin McHale's contract expires this summer.

He is the second MVP player in Knicks history, made great contributions to the Knicks dynasty, and is one of the most important players in the Louis era.Now 37 years old, as a vegetarian, his physical function has degraded below the average standard of athletes.

The intensity of the Knicks' competition made him feel powerless.

After winning his seventh championship with the team, he decided to follow his original decision to retire from basketball.

Louis was not surprised to hear the news.

"Not many players can choose to leave when it's time to leave," Louie said. "We should bless Kevin."

Baylor sighed: "Yeah, this is rare, I think we should retire Kevin's jersey."

"I'm sure his jersey will be retired."

The Dolan family is about to take over MSG. According to the tradition of the league, if a new boss comes, they will always retire a jersey casually to feel happy.

Then Baylor brought up another pressing matter: "I don't think Benj's going to stay."

"How do you feel? How do you feel?"

"You may not believe it, but I can see it from the eyes." Baylor said very mysteriously, "I have been observing him during the game, and his eyes told me that he is just here to do his own job. He has bigger intentions."

Just when Louis wanted to laugh at Baylor's eyesight problem, he heard the other party say: "Also, your eyes are also weird and lack energy. You used to walk into my office with the eyes of a dog king patrolling the territory, but now you don't seem to care about anything."

Louis didn't know if Baylor was delusional, or if he really had a pair of insightful eyes.

"Maybe we don't have to try out rookies in the future. Whoever we want to pick, let you look into his eyes. You can definitely see who can become a talent?"

"This won't work." Baylor shook his head and said, "Haven't you heard that saying? Eyes are the window to the soul. Some people can convey their thoughts through their eyes, but I can't tell through their eyes whether a rookie is talented. We still need trial training."

Louis asked again: "Then what do you think our reinforcement direction is this year?"

Baylor replied without hesitation: "We must be prepared for Benj to leave the team. If this happens, there will be a huge vacancy in our third position. It is hard to overstate what Benj means to us. I don't think anyone on the team can fill his vacancy."

"so?"

"We've got to get Grant Hill."

"How do we get him? We only have the No. [-] pick (from the Celtics)."

Baylor began to analyze.

His analysis expertise surprised Louis. Even Baylor had grown a lot after working for him for so many years.

"Detroit will definitely use the first pick to select Glenn Robinson. They need a real team building core."

"Denver will undoubtedly take Jason Kidd with the second pick. They don't need Grant Hill because their frontcourt is deep enough and Kidd has everything they need."

"If it weren't for injuries, the Suns wouldn't have landed in the lottery. Brad Doherty's back injury is devastating. Although they have the option of Grant Hill, I really don't think they want Hill."

Louis asked with relief, "Why?"

"Because they don't need someone else to take Kevin Johnson's ball. What they need is a center who can stand in the paint."

Louie asked provocatively: "So you think they're going to take a big man with the third pick, like Michigan's Juwan Howard?"

"It's possible, but if Hill falls to the fourth pick, Minnesota will not let him go. Therefore, we must make a deal with Phoenix."

"But they need insiders."

"Then we'll give him the inside line."

Louis asked: "You want to trade Patrick? I agree."

"Don't talk nonsense, how is it possible!" Baylor felt that the name was a bit difficult to say, but it was the only one who could impress the Suns. "Do you think Harold can be traded?"

The person Baylor wants to send away is Yu Tiancan.

Or should I put it this way, without Ewing and Kemp, the only insider that the Knicks can arouse the interest of the Suns is Yu Tiancan.

"What do you think?" Louis asked with a smile.

Baylor began to get nervous. He knew how much Louie liked Yu Tiancan. "I think the price is very high, but if we can get Hill, it will not be a problem. Although it will bring some pressure to Patrick, we have enough inside reserves."

"Exchange a lottery ticket with an insider that has already been played, are you serious?"

Baylor was suffocating.

But reason told him that this was their only chance to get Grant Hill.

"Hill has a 10 percent chance of filling Benj's vacancy, and Harold has no chance of doing it."

Louis has always wanted to send Yu Tiancan to a team that can give full play to his talents.

It would be too wasteful to stay in the Knicks and play Ewing on the bench.

Baylor was thrilled, and surprised, to bring it up.

This is not like a deal that Baylor can come up with. People will improve, but even if they improve, they will not improve in this way.

"Who gave you advice?" Louis stared at Baylor.

"I, myself"

"Don't try to lie to me!" Louis asked domineeringly, "Who?"

Baylor disarms: "It's RC (Buford)."

If the Knicks' management is handed over to Baylor alone, Louis is really worried.

With RC Buford, though, he really has nothing to worry about.

Just like this well-prepared trading plan, Buford concluded that Wilson will leave the team after the end of the season. If the Knicks do not want to experience a significant decline in the new season, they must prepare a stop loss plan in advance.

Reluctantly sending Yu Tiancan away in exchange for Hill, this is what they have to do and what they should do.

This deal even made Louis think of the Spurs sending away George Hill in order to get Leonard. Popovich was in pain, but it had to be done for the future of the team.

Just when Baylor thought Louis was going to get mad, he saw the smile on the other side's face.

"RC is a good comrade." Louis patted Baylor's arm, "Just do as you say."

(End of this chapter)