the rest, only noise

Chapter 1131 Grandpa cares a lot
On the second day of training camp, Louie announced Bird's new appointment.

When the crowd heard that Bird had been named Garnett's developmental coach, there was a furious reaction.

There were surprises, shocks, and puzzlements.

What is Garnett's attitude towards this matter?He is very happy.

Because such an arrangement can prove that Louis values ​​him very much, otherwise how could GOAT be allowed to develop his potential?

"Great, Larry, how do we practice?"

Garnett wanted to know what Bird was up to.

Bird called "Sandbag" Klein to his side and said, "From now on, you follow me to practice these movements, watch carefully, I only do it once a day."

"Once a day? Doesn't that mean you can watch it 365 times a year?"

"You're really good at math."

"Haha, in fact, my buddy has never passed the math."

Nelson watched from a distance, worried: "Can this work? I mean Larry, doesn't he have a bad back?"

"It's okay, he only does it once a day, and the rest depends on Jasmine's understanding."

Louis is quite optimistic about this pair.

Bird is not a strict coach. Although he is strict with himself and his teammates when he plays, he is not so serious as a full-time coach because he lacks a sense of participation.

Because he wasn't strict, Louis wasn't worried that he would act like a senior in front of Garnett, as long as he put away the inadvertently piercing taste in his words and deeds.

Garnett's lackluster look made Louie wonder if he couldn't hear the sarcasm in Bird's words.

"Where are the other rookies? You didn't just arrange Kevin's development plan, did you?"

How many other rookies?Louis glanced at Ostertag and Finley.

If Liu Yuqing is also considered a rookie, then the Lakers have three people who need to be supervised by the coach.

However, Liu Yuqing has strict self-care ability, he does not need other coaches to guide his development, he only needs Louis to provide him with enough tactical status, so that his talents can be used.

As for Finley Louis, in his impression, he is the biggest slip-through outside the 95th lottery. This kind of player does not need to pay much attention to become a talent.

On the contrary, it was Ostertag. Louis felt that this cumbersome big white bear could not only serve as the Lakers' inside barrier, but also use a little offensive skill appropriately.

So, Louis said: "Do you think Karim is willing to teach Tiger (Ostertag's nickname)?"

Nelson said with a smile: "I think the key point is not whether Kareem is willing, but whether Tiger can bear Kareem's indifference and contempt."

Louis had to go to Jabbar.

"Hey Karim, did you rest well last night?"

Abdul-Jabbar said politely: "It's okay."

Louis didn't want to be polite to him, so he said straight to the point: "I want you to be Tiger's development coach, would you like to?"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar asked back: "Aren't I the inside coach?"

Louie suspects that Kareem doesn't understand the difference between a post coach and a development coach.

The inside coach is basically the inside coach of the whole team. When necessary, he will lead all inside training, but this situation is rare.

Development coaches are often part-time.

And once you take over the task of developing a player's potential, it's like becoming the guardian of that player in the team.

Louis doesn't expect Kareem to improve Ostertag in all aspects like a formal development coach, as long as he can teach the big man some inside skills.

"That's right, look at my brain," Louis said, "so you are Tiger's head coach. From today onwards, you have to supervise his training, correct some of his bad habits, and help him become a better player."

Jabbar jerks: "Correct his bad habits? What if I think he's all bad?"

Louis said with a smile: "If you can send him to reincarnation legally, I won't interfere."

Abdul-Jabbar's character is a little annoying, but it is much easier to convince him than Bird.

From this day on, the Lakers' training camp is on the right track.

They train for a total of four hours in the morning and afternoon every day, of which the team's training session only takes up two hours, and the remaining two hours are personal training time.

Louis also made a special rule.

The general training camp will play confrontation games every day.

Louis chose to play a match in three days.

The matchups of other teams are basically 20 minutes in the first and second halves, while the matchups of the Lakers changed from 30 minutes in the first half of the first day of training camp to 4 quarters of 36 minutes.

This kind of competition intensity is a bit worse than the 4 quarters of 48 minutes in the main game, but it is enough to simulate the feeling of actual combat.

And, unlike the first day of training camp.

On the second day of training camp, those fringe players who hadn't signed their contracts began to join the training.

Excluding Robinson, the Lakers have 4 spots left on their roster.

The biggest difference between Louis and the Knicks is that the focus on training is far greater than before.

In the past, Louie didn't care much about the training sessions, because he didn't think there was much to see.

Now, he has decided to abandon his past theories and embark on a new path, and he has become humble, studious and extraordinarily diligent.

Zhao Yuanzheng said that he seemed to suddenly look 10 years younger.

just a little fat
Tragedy got a contract on Day [-] of training camp.

Louie had to give him the contract.

His performance far exceeded the expectations of the coaching staff.

If we talk about the confrontation match on the first day of the training camp, he is still looking for a feeling.

Then on the fourth day of the training camp, he took the opportunity of Wilson's truce to bring ShowTime to the resort.

The tragic master who can no longer be a point guard has become a player like Jokic.

He basically doesn't jump, and his back hitting depends on rhythm changes, timing differences and ingenious touch.

His sense of the game is simply supernatural, and he has repeatedly sent high-concealment fingertip passes like Tetsuya Kuroko.

Tragedy's performance convinced Louis that given him enough tactical status and playing time, at this stage, he can average 20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists per game.

It is a pity that he has been away for too long and his state is not stable.

And his physical strength is not good, so he can only play half-court strikes.

The other is defense.

The Tragedian can't guard against anyone.

Still, those flaws shouldn't detract from Louie's determination to sign him, given how creative and basketball IQ he is offensively.

Tragedy earned the approval of the coaching staff, but he wasn't happy on signing day.

Because Louis can only give him a basic salary.

Tragedy feels that he is at least worthy of a middle-level contract like Harper.

"Erwin, we're out of room."

The tragedy teacher said: "You still have special cases of injuries."

Since Robinson is determined to be reimbursed for the new season, the Lakers have a special injury case.

The amount of this exception is largely determined by the 50 percent of Robinson's annual salary and the smaller portion between the middle-level contract.

The current mid-level contract is 300 million a year, and Robinson's annual salary this season is 400 million, that is to say, the amount of the Lakers' injury exception is 200 million US dollars.

Tragedy is certainly worth $200 million a year and more, but the Lakers want to keep more possibilities.

"Yes, we have injury exceptions, but we think there are other uses for injury exceptions." Louie pushed the contract back to the tragedy division. "Ervin, you really should seriously consider whether you are coming back because you want to prove that you can still play, or because you want to make more money. If it's the former, I don't think you have any reason to refuse this contract. If it's the latter, I think you can make more money by not playing."

Louie made it very clear.

If you want more money find another way, if you want to play, sign this contract.

There is no other option.

The tragedian angrily signed his name and said, "I don't even want to pay a penny for a measly $100 million. It's purely out of respect. This contract doesn't respect me! But I want to play more now, so I don't care!"

Louie smiled.

The tragedian kept saying he didn't care, but every movement of his body screamed piercingly: That's 100 million!Grandpa cares very much!

(End of this chapter)