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Chapter 1086 Why do we have to go through this
Ewing didn't understand Louie's decision. When he learned that Louis' next stop was Los Angeles, he guessed it was because of Benj.

Louie denies it, but can Ewing trust him?

Maybe it doesn't matter.

What matters is that things are done, things are foregone, some are meant to be lost, some are never to come back, and some are things they must remember and eventually take to the grave together.

When the other players learn that Louie is leaving, the birthday party turns very sad.

Kemp said he's not yet the best power forward.

Miller thought, he was just about to rise, why is the coach leaving?
Stevens thought back to the fateful voicemail he sent Louie the night he was laid off that year.

They didn't keep them, because they knew that Louis was a person who would never look back after making a decision.

They end up blessing each other.

Ewing and his teammates wish Louis all the best in Los Angeles, and Louis also encouraged them to continue to hit the championship next season.

On August 1994, 8, news swept the North American sports world from New York.

"Leader Lu plans to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers."

There is a saying that the shorter the news, the bigger the matter.

After the news fermented, the New York sports world fell into chaos.

Fans sent razor blades to MSG management, fanatical fans took to the streets to demonstrate, and reporters began to write the inside story of Louie's signing with the Lakers.

Knicks general manager Elgin Baylor had to hold a press conference to comfort the fans: "We have tried our best, but Lu believes that he has lost his challenge in New York. In order to continue his career, he chose to leave. I hope the fans understand."

Fans don't understand, will Auerbach leave Boston?How could the Messiah leave his Jerusalem behind?

Baylor's explanation was dismissed as incompetent phrasing by MSG executives.

Louis accepted an exclusive interview with Jack McCallum and answered the fans' questions in detail.

His answer to the fans, like Baylor, wants to seek more challenges.

Louie smiled cryptically when pressed by McCollum about his role in Los Angeles.

"You will soon find out."

On August 8, the Lakers officially announced: "Louis will become the team's new president of operations."

The news resounded like thunder.

This means that Louie became the first non-owner president in the history of the Lakers.

Whether it was Buss, or his predecessor, Jack Cook, or Cook's predecessor, Bob Short, who relocated the Lakers from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, they all chose themselves as the team's president to hold the final decision-making power.

Short made the decision to move the Lakers to Los Angeles, defying public opinion and selecting Jerry West, and Cook became the first owner in the history of the Lakers to spend a lot of money and collect legendary centers. Under his rule, the Lakers successively introduced two legends, Chamberlain and Abdul-Jabbar.Bath's story is too well known to need repeating.

Although the owner of the Lakers has a dictatorial side, he rarely makes mistakes.

Buss is an owner who completely regards himself as a part of the team. For him, serving as the president is a statement of fighting side by side with the team. Now, in order to let Louis join, he gave up this identity and lost the dominance of the team. He can only spend money and make money through the Lakers.

Some sports writers who are on good terms with West can't help complaining about the LOGO man.

It's too unfair that West worked as a cow and horse for the Lakers for decades, but in the end he could only be the vice president.

But thinking about the person who was parachuted to the position of president, what can West say?

Louie's accomplishments in New York were enough to clear any doubts.

Then there was New York's apocalyptic emotional response.

The homes of half of the Knicks fans are painted with Louie's paint.

These people formed a massive force and marched on Madison Avenue to try to change this.

But they got no response.

The media in New York published articles one after another, describing a series of achievements of Louis in charge of the Knicks for ten years.

"Since the 1984-85 season, until today, nine seasons, the Knicks have averaged 69 wins per season. If you don't know what that means, then, the Knicks have won seven consecutive championships in these nine seasons, cultivated Superstars such as Patrick Ewing, Benjamin Wilson, Kevin McHale, Sean Kemp, etc., the Knicks have gone from a joke of the city to a totem of New York and the pride of the Midwest, and have generations of fans like the Yankees, The market value of the team has nearly ten times that of 1984, and it is not only the most commercially valuable team in the league, but also one of the most commercially valuable, famous, and outstanding clubs in the world—you know? If there is no Leader Lu, if the great Messiah does not come to New York in that wonderful summer, none of this would have happened.”——The New York Times.

The fans were powerless to recover, and the media began to review Louis' achievements to assess his status in the world, and then
On August 8, Louis and the Lakers signed a four-year, $11 million president contract.

The Lakers coaching contract was pushed by him because he decided to wait and see for a year.

So who is the coach of the Lakers for the new season?

West wants "Silver Fox" Del Harris to take the post. Although Louis respects the old coach, he must fight for opportunities for his cronies.

Louie and West's first disagreement at work happens sooner than expected.

As Bass said, when the two disagree, he will unconditionally support Louis.

But now, Louis doesn't need anyone's support, he is the president, he can make whatever decision he wants.

So the Lakers gave Zhao Yuanzheng a one-year coaching contract of $1 million, which Zhao Yuanzheng readily accepted.

Also this summer, the contracts of the Lakers' Jeff Hornacek and Sam Perkins expired at the same time.

Hornacek wants a four-year, $4 million extension.

Perkins thinks he's worth the price, too.

Regarding the contract renewal of the two, West's suggestion to Louis is to stay with Hornacek and give up Perkins.

Space Five like Perkins is too different. Although it is very functional, it is not worth 1 million a year.

Hornacek is the number one offensive player of the Lakers in recent years, and he is also Louie's old subordinate in New York. He must be easy to use.

Louie thought so too, but Phoenix offered Hornacek 6 million for 5400 years by taking advantage of the salary cap increase and the space vacated by Brad Doherty's retirement, and met Perkins' annual salary requirement of 700 million per year.

Considering Hornacek's age and his own strength, Louie doesn't want to spend 900 million a year to obtain his right to use for 6 years.

"Jeff, the Sunshine of Phoenix should be very suitable for a veteran like you." Louie tactfully stated on the phone that the Lakers would not follow up on the offer.

In this way, both Hornacek and Perkins went to Phoenix.

The Lakers' lineup has been further weakened, and there are still powerful players such as Robinson, Pippen, Wilson, AC Green, and Divac on the current roster.

The five of them guarantee the lower limit of the Lakers, and the new season will be a playoff team with at least 50 wins.

But compared to the reinforcements of other teams, the Lakers are a bit stunned.

On August 8th, Lewis Shafier completed the ultimate operation of One Xia Fengshen.

The Heat sent Hank Geithers, Antonio Davis, first-round picks in 1996, 1998, and 2000 to Indiana in exchange for Danny Manning.

The subtext of this transaction is that if Geithers wants to trade Manning, in addition to his own value, he must bring along Antonio Davis and three future first-round picks, which is barely enough.

This is still when Manning is determined to leave, and he is determined to go to Miami.

If Manning doesn't want to leave, if Shafier goes to Donnie Walsh (general manager of the Pacers) with this offer, he won't even be dumped.

After the offseason, Louis handed over full authority to Jerry West for signings.

Because the entire management knew that Louis wanted to make a move on the lineup.

But except for Wilson, the entire lineup is West's effort, especially Robinson and Pippen. If you really want to move this lineup, you have to completely prove that they are useless.

Louie is not an autocratic person either, he gave West a year.

If the Lakers' record next season still falls short of expectations, then he should wait until he personally takes over (coaches) the team, no matter who he wants to move, it should be.

Zhao Yuanzheng, who became the head coach, walked on thin ice because he knew that this coaching job was only temporary.

Just like Timo's character line: "I'll go ahead and explore the way."

He is responsible for finding the way for Louis, so he has to find ways to test the limits of this team.

At the same time, he had to form a new coaching staff for himself, ah no, for Louis.

Except for Zhao Yuanzheng, Louis' old subordinates in New York chose to stay.

This is also normal, the Knicks are in good condition, and they have no reason to leave.

Louis and Zhao Yuanzheng need to start from scratch in Los Angeles.

The first thing Zhao Yuanzheng got done was the inside assistant coach, who is also the famous Lakers Kareem Jabbar. He accepted Zhao Yuanzheng—or Louis—invitation to serve as the Lakers inside development coach with a salary of 50 US dollars per year.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar originally wanted to go to Philadelphia as an inside coach, but the Lakers paid too much money, and it was his old club. Where would he go to work?
After that, Louie selected two people from a large number of applicants, one was future NBA head coach Mike Budenholzer (Mike Budenholzer).

Louie's impression of Budenholzer is not his time in the Eagles or Bucks, but when he was an assistant coach to Popovich in the Spurs, he bet his career like JKL's flash forward and suggested that the team trade George Hill, who had already been played at the time, in exchange for the draft pick to select Kawhi Leonard.

This incident shows that he can make a difference whether as a management team or as a coach. This kind of talent is what the Lakers coaching staff, which is currently short of major generals, needs most.

Although Zhao Yuanzheng couldn't see what was so special about Budenholzer at all, but Louis said he was a talent, so he was.

The other is Rick Carlisle, a former player who has been actively coaching since retiring from the league.

There is no need to say much about what this person can achieve in the future.

Louis is very reluctant to part with the coaching staff in New York. Apart from being his good friends, those people are also first-class talents.

But now, seeing talents join the Lakers coaching staff one by one, Louis feels that the future of Los Angeles is bright.

Now, they also need video analysts, athletic trainers, specialty trainers, offensive coaches, linebacker development coaches, and forward development coaches
Thinking that there are so many gaps, Louis can't help but pick up the list of talents currently scattered in the free market.

　This chapter doesn't mean anything, take a day off today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)