the rest, only noise

Chapter 1323
everything is fine
Jim Bass is breaking the rules by using the fanfare of winning the lottery to promote his new bar, but soon everyone's attention is distracted by another terrible event.

The Lakers got the No. [-] pick?

This result is shocking. A team that reached the Western Conference finals won the most valuable No. 1992 pick since [-].

Sitting next to Louis, McHale only felt a bit of bitterness.

So close! ! !
"Coach Lu, do you want to trade this pick?" McHale asked hopelessly.

Louis asked back with a smile: "If it were you, would you trade?"

McHale nodded in a foolish way: "Yes, because the Lakers already have Kevin Garnett."

Louis laughed: "The Knicks already had Charles Oakley and Dennis Rodman in 1986, but I wouldn't mind getting a player named Kevin McHale through a trade."

A few words from Louis can be regarded as clearly expressing his attitude towards this draft pick, that is, no trade.

Well...at least they still have Keith Van Horn to choose from.

Wait, is Van Horn really a pick?

McHale looked at Louis again, "Coach Lu, who do you think is the best candidate for the second pick?"

Louie didn't give an answer.

However, he helped McHale rule out a wrong answer.

"I don't know, Kevin, I really don't know. In my opinion, the only one worthy of attention in this draft is Tim Duncan. Everyone else has risks of one kind or another. However, if I were to choose, I would not consider Keith Van Horn."

McHale was startled.

Louis actually so easily denied Van Horn, who was recognized only under Duncan.

"Why? Isn't Keith called Larry II?"

Louis jokingly said, "This is the first Larry II we've seen? What's the status of the previous Larry II?"

In fact, every team that selects Bird II does not expect this II to really become Bird.

As long as they have Bird's last year's level at their peak, it's enough.

However, every Bird II before Nowitzki left nothing but disappointment or disappointment.

McHale didn't continue to ask, and Louis also said that he didn't know this year's rookie, but since he said that Van Horn could not be selected, there must be some huge hidden dangers in this person.

After all, Louie's draft success rate is obvious to all.

Afterwards, Louie walked up to the stage and patted little Buzz lightly.

This brainless dandy actually advertised his bar on such an important stage.

Even if it is advertised, the name of the bar sounds too stupid.

The next day, the news that the Lakers won the No. [-] pick appeared in the major media.

Little Bass even advertised his good luck everywhere in the forum, as if it would be another result if someone else smoked it.

Since the lottery was a top secret, Louis just let Bass talk about it.

He used this to increase his status and voice in the forum, which did no harm to Louis.

Some teams were dismayed by the result.

For example, the team representative of the poor champion Toronto Raptors: "The No. 74 team in the league got the right to sign Tim Duncan. So, how many games will they win next season? 80 games? Or [-] games?"

"It's a disaster!" Sixers representative of the lottery Pat Williams said.

If they complained that they did not get good results, Louis would not take it seriously, but now they say that this is a disaster, then they have to respond a few words.

"If I were the favorite to enter the draft this year, I'd be terrified to learn that my career was going to start on a bad team," Louie quipped, "because I don't know if I'm going to be Benjamin Wilson or Derek Coleman on that team."

"I think this is a disaster."

"Although the Lakers are not a very good place to go, they are just the favorites for the championship this year and for a long time in the future. The atmosphere in the team is good. If you let those young people who are about to enter professional basketball choose, I think they will all choose the Lakers, right?"

In addition, Louie made a joke with the reporter.

"We haven't decided whether to choose TD yet. Can we stop the discussion about what number he wears in the Lakers?"

The winning of the No. [-] lottery also aroused positive reactions within the Lakers.

Both Garnett and Kobe knew that Duncan was coming.

Barkley began to worry about his position. If the team wanted to choose Duncan, who would start the two frontcourt positions?
Garnett was selected as an All-Star this year, and he has basically played out, and he will only get stronger in the future. For Duncan, Barkley has played against him in the Dream Team.

At that time, Duncan had just finished his junior season, but his abilities in all aspects were already outstanding. Even if he entered the NBA immediately, even if it was conservatively estimated, he should have quasi-All-Star combat power.

After a year of growth, Duncan must be better than last year.

So Barkley came to Louie.

He wants to know what kind of position the team will give him after Duncan comes.

Louis didn't mean to hide it, "Chuck, I can only tell you three things about your concerns."

"First, as for the starting lineup, those who are capable go up, and those who are not strong go down."

"Second, at least until the end of next season, you will still be our starter."

"Third, if one day you feel nervous about the internal competitiveness of the team and feel unable to cope with it, you can ask me to apply for a trade, and we can get together and break up."

Hearing the first two things Louis said, Barkley was relieved, but the third thing aroused Barkley's competitive spirit.

"Coach, what are you talking about? I don't know what nervousness is in my life! Let them go. If they really can't compete with the young people at that time, even if I play as a substitute, I have nothing to say!"

Louis doesn't believe that Barkley will really sit on the bench at that time, but with what he said today, he will be able to hold him firmly at that time.

After Barkley, Wilson also came.

Although he played against each other in the Dream Team and knew Duncan's strength, he didn't know what kind of person he was.

Wilson had spent the first half of his career trying to work with bad personalities, and it didn't work.

He wondered what Duncan's character was like.

"Didn't you say before that if the person you work with in New York is TD, you won't leave?" Louis asked with a smile.

Wilson just followed the coaching staff's wishes to compliment Duncan that day.

"Actually, I don't know him very well..." Wilson said, "However, I know he is capable."

"Patrick is also capable, why don't we trade him with the No. [-] pick? I think New York will seriously consider this plan." Louie teased Wilson.

Wilson rolled his eyes when he heard that.

"Okay, you don't have to worry. Before the draft starts, we will make a comprehensive assessment of Tim Duncan. If he is really not a good teammate and may even bring adverse effects to the locker room, I will not select him."

Although Louis knows that Duncan is definitely the starter of the "Best Teammate of All Time" team, and is the top of any "Player I Most Want to Work With" list in the new century, but now he still focuses on stabilizing Benj's mentality.

After all, no one else is a time traveler, so how do you know if Deng Daidai's pure smile is hiding an angel or a devil.

After winning the No. 3 lottery, they lead 1-[-] in the Western Conference Finals and are only one step away from the finals. The Lakers have never encountered such a good situation since the tragedy master retired at the peak.

Just when everyone thought they were going to beat the Blazers with this momentum and advance to the Finals again after six years, the Portlanders who had nowhere to retreat gave them a fierce blow on the forum.

(End of this chapter)