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Chapter 1159 The Lost Pat Riley

In order to stabilize Leitner's mentality, Louis specifically talked to him for a few words.

Who would have thought that Leitner had doubts about his basketball IQ and applied to withdraw from the Cavaliers.

"Chris, with your golf quotient, you will be able to understand 'Meteor' sooner or later, don't rush it."

Louis didn't think much of Leitner.

It's just that there are currently only five members of the Knights Templar. If Leitner quits, he will have to find someone else to join.

What's more, Louis couldn't think of any of the remaining players in the team who could join the team.

Laettner's disappointment with himself is real.

"I thought I was a pretty smart player, but in the end, I was a fucking piece of shit. I became a burden to the team. Tonight, I was responsible for every mistake made by the Cavaliers!" Laettner roared uncontrollably, "I'm a fucking piece of trash, an idiot, and a pig!"

Louis said with a half-smile, "I wouldn't trade Divac for a pig."

"This may be the worst decision of your career." Laettner even followed Louie's words.

Louis' expression became dangerous: "Then shall I trade you, or abandon you?"

"No, just let me quit the knight order."

Louis, who had been quite friendly before, suddenly turned his face: "You fucking think the Knights are for you to advance and retreat when you want? Let me tell you, you'll either get used to my fucking tactics, or go back to fucking Houston!"

Lightner recalled the days in Hugh City, and exclaimed in horror: "No, I don't want to go back!"

"Then don't be a fucking sissy and want to back down when you encounter problems!" Louie said violently, "Your career in Houston is like a crushed dead dog, and your college resume is not even shit in professional basketball. I can't think of anyone who would like your game except gay guys who love you. I'm in the ascendant in Los Angeles, otherwise it's the turn of an incompetent sissy like you to join the team? Just get the fuck back to Houston with your luggage!"

What's the scariest thing about the whole thing?
Some teammates witnessed this scene.

The player who saw Louie's true colors was Kevin Garnett.

He came to attend the press conference with Laettner, and then encountered the most terrifying scene.

Louie cornered Laettner like a violent gangster, terrorizing his players with the most hideous face Garnett had ever seen.

Looking at the desperate Laettner, Garnett could imagine how much pressure Louis put on him.

This scene verified Garnett's view of Louie.

This is a terrible person.

Don't think he is a good-natured person just because of his usual behavior, that's not true.

Leitner's helplessness at the moment makes people feel a strong sense of contrast.

Because Leitner in weekdays is a villain.

The one who likes to order rookies the most is this Leitner.

As long as Garnett's rookies do something unsatisfactory, he will scold people, and he is not like Benj.

Benj only swears for bad attitude in practice and mistakes in games, and Laettner is a jerk, he always swears for no reason like a natural need to swear.

Since Garnett is regarded as the future core of the team, Laettner's attitude towards him is obviously different from other rookies.

But that doesn't mean Garnett wasn't mad at him.

Seeing him like a little sheep in front of Louie now, Garnett just finds it funny.

At the same time, he also had to seriously consider a question, would he be scolded by Louis like Leitner in the future?

This is not sure, there have been several times, Garnett felt that Louis was going to teach himself a lesson.

But every time, Louis only gave him a feeling that the rain was about to come.

Put pressure on, but not really drop the pressure.

That's how Louis deals with rookies.

Therefore, Garnett will tell reporters at a press conference: "I believe that Chris will realize his mistake, and such a thing will not happen again."

The next day, Laettner appeared at the forum with a newspaper, looking for Garnett all over the world.

"Where's that bastard?"

"Kevin, it looks like you're in the weight room?"

Leitner then rushed to the weight room angrily, only to find assistant coaches including Louie and Bird supervising Garnett's lifting.

"Please, this weight is really beyond my brother's limit!"

Louis looked at the 110KG barbell on Garnett's body, and said something sarcastic: "I feel like I can add another 10KG."

"Coach, if you want to kill my buddy, just say so!" Garnett's face turned pale, "I'm dead!"

The trainer Gary Vitti smiled and said, "Don't worry, Kevin, you can't die, I'm here."

"Looking at you like that, why did we choose you, a worthless guy?" Byrd felt that Garnett was ashamed.

At this time, Louis noticed Leitner.

"Chris, are you going to lift weights too?"

"No, I'm passing by. The scenery here is quite beautiful."

Garnett is a big mouth, and the story of Laettner being scolded by Louis has spread.

All those who knew Louis' true colors sympathized with him.

Wilson made a special trip to his side to express his condolences, and said: "Don't be angry with the coach, he has always had a knife mouth and a bean curd heart."

"Tofu heart?" Leitner joked, "Why do I think his heart is full of fucking nuclear fuel?"

Wilson believes Laettner has been hit hard.

But he knew that Louis would not scold Laettner for no reason, so it was right to scold him for his performance yesterday.

Except for Ewing and Bird, Louis rarely showed unreasonable aggression.

Leitner never thought of quitting the Knights.

On this day, several rookies other than Garnett became Laettner's tools to vent his anger.

Ostertag was caught red-handed for discussing Leitner's misfortune in private.

"I think you're too fucking idle!" Leitner yelled angrily, "Go to the supermarket ten kilometers away to buy water for me!"

"But... I still have training, and what happened yesterday was not my fault."

"Do you think I'm taking your anger out on you?"

Is not it?
"I'm exercising your physical fitness. Who do you think I am, a rookie?"

Leitner's caring heart for rookies is touching and can be learned from the world.

But why should he be mad at Finley for not even looking at him?
Lightner asked the honest man to buy him breakfast for a month starting today because Finley ignored him.

"Don't you agree?"

"You have to give me money."

"I'm building a relationship with you, and you're talking about money with me?"

Liu Yuqing stood beside her and spoke uprightly: "Compared with your feelings, Michael is more willing to believe that there will be no traffic jam on Route 405⑴ today."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Leitner wanted to attack Liu Yuqing, but Finley took the opportunity to slip away.

But Liu Yuqing is a person who doesn't take hard things and is not a rookie at the same time.

Leitner really has nothing to do with him.

Leitner is a villain, but not a villain like Lambiel.

When Louie was in Boston, he liked to use Lambiel as a sandbag to warn others.

And Lambiel is really a dog face, every time Louis finds trouble with him, he accepts it with a smile.He knew what Louis wanted to do and would actively cooperate.

Leitner is not likable. He needs to command people arrogantly, but also has a tactical position, and he needs this and that.

So when he proposed to quit the group, Louis lost his temper.

He satisfied Leitner's need for privilege, but in exchange for the opponent's retreat.

Now, he was sober after being scolded by Louis.

The Lakers resumed their usual training atmosphere.

Laettner bullied the rookie like a bully.

Louis supervised Garnett's ironing, and instilled the concept of "don't stick to the ball" in the kid's ears by the way.

After a while, he came to the sidelines to watch other people train.

Louis discovered that Benj, Tragedian, and Liu Yuqing practiced "Meteor" tactics in a very unique way.

Usually they will call a fourth person, and then practice in pairs.

Usually two members of the Cavaliers are the offensive group, and another member of the Cavaliers plus a fourth is the defensive group.

The defense of the members of the Knights can always see through the tactics of the first stage.

If you want to complete the tactics, it depends on the response.

This is a replica of the Lakers' intra-team rivalry.

In order to exercise the adaptability of the Cavaliers, the coach of the purple team who coaches the Cavaliers usually discloses his tactics to the yellow team in advance in every match of the Lakers, and the yellow team uses targeted tactics to force the purple team to change.

Now Wilson and the others have thought of a training method through this concept.

Usually only the three of them participate.

Laettner is too lazy and has a bad personality, and Garnett has too many individual exercises to spare.Ellis is used to being alone, and he prefers to sit on the sidelines and observe rather than practice tactics with other people.

He is a smart player, as long as he understands the tactics, he will become a sharp knife in the "Meteor" tactics.

Louis watched from the side without disturbing.

Either way, the Lakers are on the right track.

Before Christmas, the Lakers had a record of 21 wins and 6 losses.

As Louie's comeback season this season, the league also carefully selected their opponents for the Christmas game.

The opening game was given to the Knicks, and the opponent of the Christmas game chose Pat Riley's Trail Blazers.

Unlike the Lakers, the Blazers are currently 25 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the league.

Jordan, Mourning, (Rex) Chapman, (Clifford) Robinson, Thomas, Olajuwon, Rodman
Those shining names make people believe that this season belongs to Portland.

But Louie didn't think so.

A strong lineup is only one of the prerequisites for success.

Fit is what matters.

In order to reflect the team's new atmosphere, the Blazers also bid farewell to the Memorial Stadium that has been used as the home court for 25 years this season, and turned to the newly built Rose Garden Arena (The Rose Garden).

"It's such a good restaurant!" The tragedy teacher couldn't help but sigh, "Although the forum is good, it can't compare with this place!"

Unlike the players who marveled at the superiority of the Rose Garden, Louis walked to the sidelines and chatted with Rodman and Wang Mukong.

As a result, both of them were scolded by Riley: "Dennis, Wang, why are you chatting with our opponent?"

"Pat, do you really not know about my relationship with Coach Lu?" Rodman felt he was baffled.

"You're playing for Portland now!" Riley said angrily.

"Okay, Dennis, Xiao Wang, don't make things difficult for Coach Riley." Louis smiled, "Let's talk later."

Rodman complained, but Wang Mukong was afraid of losing Riley's trust because of this matter, so he walked away quickly.

Riley may be making a big deal out of a molehill, but Louie understands him.

He must regard Louis and other people who defeated him as sworn enemies, otherwise, how could he persevere?

Since 1982, Riley's teams have lost 11 consecutive Finals.

Lost 11 times in a row.
Put yourself in your shoes and think about it, if it were you, would you have to do something to cheer yourself up?

⑴The traffic jams in Los Angeles are notorious. If you don’t go out an hour or two in advance during prime time, you will definitely not be able to reach your destination on time. Highway 405 excels at traffic jams, with a track record of being stuck in traffic from early morning to dawn.

⑵莱利在书中作为教练和管理层输掉决赛的年份：1983、1984、1985、1986、1987、1989、1990、1992、1993、1994、1995。

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