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Chapter 1079 The Mysterious Jerry West
The combination of Jordan and Olajuwon really makes people unhappy.

This is the best help they can find for each other.

Olajuwon believes that Jordan is the super giant among the super giants, and besides being Jordan, the player he most wants to be is Olajuwon.

They have enough appreciation for each other.

Olajuwon didn't have the same friendship with Jordan that Barkley did, but he was a better player.

Especially considering that the upcoming 1994-95 season is one of the two peak seasons of Olajuwon's career, his combination with Jordan is even more terrifying.

Jordan and Barkley are two unsolvable presences on the offensive end.

Jordan and Olajuwon are two existences with no solution to offense and no solution to defense.

However, Olajuwon has the natural flaws of inside players.

Once he encounters a large-scale wing group, his game will be very difficult, and the Warriors, Knicks and Heat all have good enough wing lineups. Therefore, the Blazers cannot return to the top by joining the big dream.

Because the injuries of Thomas and Sabonis cannot be reversed, they are destined not to return in the new season.

From the overall point of view, the foreseeable 95 Trail Blazers should be similar to the 92 Trail Blazers.

The former has Jordan and Olajuwon who are 3 years older, the latter has Jordan and Barkley in their heyday, and the Blazers' wing group has not yet aged significantly.

Sampson, Barkley, Olajuwon, Drexler, Wilson.

These five big fish rolled up rough waters in the offseason.

Danny Manning, who was already dissatisfied with his situation, began to dislike the small Indiana Temple.

With one year left in the contract, he feels that now is a good time to force the palace.

Manning's team gave Donnie Walsh an ultimatum.

Either make Wilson change his mind and join the Pacers, or trade him.

Manning suddenly became the superstar most hated by home fans since Magic Johnson (then still called Magician) in the 1981-82 season.

The impact of this incident on out-of-town fans is comparable to that during the 2017-18 season, when no one expected it, WOJ, who never broke false news, suddenly revealed to the public that Kawhi Leonard had a gap with the Spurs and wanted to leave.

All non-Spurs fans were shocked.

In those years, everyone accepted the "robot" and "Duncan II" personalities created by Spurs fans for Leonard.

We all thought that Leonard would die in the Holy City like Duncan, neither humble nor overbearing, and listen to Popovich like a dog.

Later we learned that the good expectations of the Spurs fans for Leonard were originally an unrealistic wish.

Leonard is not Duncan. He has greater ambitions. For example, he prefers to play in a team that can shoot casually and score 30+ in a single game without being scolded by the coach.

Manning's situation is exactly the same, but his methods are much uglier than Leonard's.

After WOJ broke the news, Leonard also appeared to the media and said that he did not want to leave, but it was not until Popovich and Duncan went out to lobby in person but could not even see his face that the Spurs fans gave up.

And Manning didn't have these steps at all. His approach directly filled the hatred value, making him the most hated sports star in Indiana in recent decades.

"The current players are really messed up. They earn a lot of money and get everything they want, but they are still not satisfied!"

Pacers general manager Donnie Walsh complained about the matter.

They knew that Manning had made up his mind to go.

Louis, who was hesitant about his next stop in New York, did not think that Manning's approach was wrong.

Perhaps, he is the culprit.

Louie turned the Celtics into a championship-winning team in the 80s, and then turned the Knicks into an even stronger team.

To shake such a domination, a team of the same level is needed.

Therefore, teams such as the Trail Blazers will try their best to strengthen and absorb a large number of talents, which will make the small ball led by Indiana see no hope.

Manning acted so unfeelingly precisely because he knew he would get nothing by staying in Indiana.

There is absolutely no need for him to waste his peak period here, and wait until he is old and frail and feels unable to do anything, and then regret his choice when he was young.

Of course, the signing of those heavyweight players is also the main reason why Manning went to extremes.

Louis put himself in his shoes and thought about it. If he was Manning, what would he think if he chose to leave the Celtics after seeing that a great player like Sampson could not drive the Celtics?
When Manning saw that Drexler lost in the struggle with Jordan, he teamed up with his college buddies to create a career in the Clippers, but wasted another two years because of his incompetence, and finally had to lower his profile to follow Sampson's footsteps, what should he think?
When you can still grasp your own destiny, explore more possibilities, this is the attitude of being responsible for yourself.

But the fans are still innocent.
Louis would not despise Manning because of this incident, but felt that some things could be done more tactfully.

What happened this summer is destined to go down in history.

This was easily the most amazing offseason the NBA has ever seen, with many transfers that changed the league's landscape.

Just like in the summer of 1984, the Pan-84 generation began to enter the league, and Louis moved to New York-the former will bring many young talents to the league, while the latter will change the history of professional basketball for decades.

The changes triggered by that offseason were not broken until the summer of 1994.

It is conceivable that everything that happened this summer will create a new pattern, and it is very likely that it will not be broken until the new century.

Negotiation day two
Negotiating with Louie today are Jerry West and Mitch Kupchak.

Yesterday's negotiation can only be regarded as a warm-up. Both Hearn and Tragedy are important figures in the Lakers, but they don't hold real power.

If Louis joins the Lakers, only West and Buss can really have an impact on his work.

Only when these three people have handed over the truth, Louis can make the final decision.

Louis went to bed late and got up early these days.

Since deciding to leave the team, his insomnia symptoms have disappeared.

Louis has a long-lost sense of relaxation, and the Knicks are a heavy burden.

How many times has he complained about Ewing in front of others these days?It's actually a form of stress relief.

"Did the negotiation go well?"

The good news is that Lorraine recently wrapped up filming the new season of Happy Family.

That way, Louie might not have to make the decision alone.

"Marlena, do you have any plans for tomorrow?" Louis asked.

As soon as Lorraine heard it, she knew that if she didn't make arrangements, her husband would make arrangements for her clearly.

"Any plans?"

Louis smiled and said, "If it's convenient, I hope you can join me in the negotiation tomorrow."

"Does this need me?"

"Need, don't you know how to look at people's eyes best? I need you to help me see that Jerry Buss' eyes are really insincere."

Lorraine is guilty: "But he always wears sunglasses."

"I will let him take it off, and most importantly, I hope to make a decision with you."

Because, it's not that Louis is leaving New York, but that their family is leaving New York.

The final decision rests with Lorraine, and if she doesn't like the decision, say no.

"If you want me to go, I will go with you." Lorraine said humorously, "There are seven orifices in the human body. I only know one about basketball. I can't help you make a decision."

"I know, so I just need you to watch Jerry for me."

"Then I'm very good at it. You know, I'm the kind of actor with a strong sense of immersion. I can tell whoever is deep into the play and who is using skills to get away with it."

Hmm, although Louis felt that Lorraine's acting skills were not very good for criticizing other people's performances, but considering that there are a large number of people on the Internet who haven't even played the whole game, they can use contemptuous tone to blacken all the stars you can think of, so this is not too much.

Louis drove the car, looking forward to today's meeting.

He believes West and Kupchak already have answers to his questions.

But in fact, these answers are not critical, because if he goes to the Lakers, he will have to find the answers himself in the end.

What he really needed to know was whether West and Kupchak could be trusted.

Kupchak can leave it alone. Regarding West, Louis has known him for many years, but they have never had any in-depth contacts.

In 1987, when they had the closest contact, West robbed David Robinson from the Holy City through the plan given by Louis, and then won Scottie Pippen in the draft because Baylor did not keep the secret.

By virtue of this, West made the Los Angeles media believe that he would become an excellent executive like Bill Sharman (Bill Sharman).

Then what?The Lakers still can't pass the Knicks.

The tragedian was infected with HIV, and the Showtime Lakers fell.

Even so, Louie still didn't know West, and he had asked Baylor about West.

Baylor said in a joking way: "I don't know why, but Jerry is the most perfect person I've ever met. The person who should be happy, but never feels happy, and doesn't feel perfect at all. I think he really has low self-esteem."

Could Louie find some inspiration in the jokes of West's comrade-in-arms, who's been with him for nearly his entire career?

There is no revelation, Baylor's joke about West, nor does it coincide with the LOGO man in Louie's memory.

In West's mind, he was still the Lakers legend who showed kindness to him, was smart and cunning, and once lobbied him with Bass, but was rejected.

Some people can see the essence through the surface, and West is not such a person.

Louie came to the restaurant.

It was still yesterday's table, and the representative of the Lakers was still earlier than him.

But Jerry West was the only one who came today, and Mitch Kupchak was not there. Louis dared to bet Ewing's luck and emergency contraception success rate in the next 10 years. Kupchak definitely didn't just go to the bathroom.

Because West is enough here, he doesn't have to show up.

"Hey, Coach Lu, are you so punctual every day?"

There was no smile on West's face, but his tone was soft.

"I don't want to be late, but you guys are earlier than me every day. It's not good. I don't like making others wait for me."

Louis spoke naturally.

West said immediately: "Some people are worth waiting, just like we are willing to wait for David for two years."

"I know what it's like to wait, and it must have been as tough as the year Boston waited for Larry to finish school."

There was no smile on West's face, and Louis' words made his serious face more gloomy.

Louis still prefers the West who smiles at him every year at the annual meeting.

⑴Lvkai famous star, as a coach led the team to win NBA and ABA championships, the general manager of the Lakers before West, and the first designer of the Showtime dynasty.

(End of this chapter)