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Chapter 1490 Unintentional Comedy Master
Several deals Louis made were reported by the media and spread quickly.

Although the three new additions to the Celtics are not the kind of star players who can improve the team's level, they are all the kind of utility players who have been tested in the league.

What the Celtics lack most now is lineup depth.

After these transactions are completed, Isiah Thomas can no longer say that he is unavailable.

Big Kemey Bill Simmons made a very personal joke: "It's time to discuss who is better at stealing the ball, Legend Lu or Winora Reed."

It has to be said that this metaphor is very wicked and offends both Louis and Winora at the same time.

Just this month, Winora became a national hit for her burglary in Beverly Hills, and people wondered what the hell the 90s star was up to by choosing to be a thief.

Louie disliked Simmons' tropes, so when he got an interview with ESPN just before the new year, he declined.

In order to please him, ESPN specially sent Bill Simmons to interview.

They thought it was a good thing in pairs, but they precisely stepped on Louis' minefield.

Louis not only refused an interview with ESPN, but also specially appeared on a TNT program to chat with Barkley and the others about the inside story of the transaction.

This made ESPN's decision makers realize that it was the wrong decision to let Bill Simmons interview Louie.

In this way, Louie reminded them not to make the same mistake again.

Louie said a lot on the TNT show.

When he was the head coach before, he rarely talked about the team so openly with the media, but this time it was different.

Louis said the Celtics should strive for the top six results in the Eastern Conference.

On this basis, returning to the playoffs is not a problem, the problem is where to go?Louis' idea is that if he can reach the semi-finals, it means that the management's operation from the summer to the present is successful.

These words actually have another meaning.

If the Celtics don't make it to the semifinals, it's the management's fault.

Although Louis likes PUA Thomas, he has done his best to reduce the pressure on the opponent in terms of public opinion.

For the follow-up transaction question, Louis gave a clear negative answer.

Unless the new aid does not run smoothly, or the integration of the new aid causes new problems for the team, otherwise, there will be no more trades, and the Celtics will end the season with the current lineup.

As for the transaction insider, it is naturally impossible for Louie to tell the PY transaction between him and Angie. He just said that the Grizzlies are focused on rebuilding, and the 76ers' transaction has nothing to hide.

Benj wants to play with his good brother. Louie doesn't need to say this, everyone knows it.

After the arrival of new aid, the Celtics have significantly more players who can play.

Then a new problem arose.

With Thomas's brain, he can't handle the long rotation.

Therefore, of the three players that Louis traded for, only Brian Knight really entered the team's main rotation.

Knight's organizational ability is what Parker lacks now. When Knight is on the court, the Celtics' offense is very smooth.

Because of this incident, Thomas almost started Knight.

This was stopped by Louis.

Louis asked Thomas to observe a dozen or so games first.

He didn't intend to leapfrog command, he just wanted to make decisions while Thomas wasn't at the top.

In the short term, Knight is really suitable for starting. He is too clear-headed and has a natural commanding ability. However, the innate limitations brought by his size make him destined to become a loophole on the defensive end. Secondly, his personal shooting range cannot be extended beyond the three-point line.

As a bean guard with a height of only 178 cm, Louis couldn't understand Knight's delay in developing a three-pointer.

Generally speaking, small guards have a sense of crisis and know that they are inherently deficient, so they cannot have any technical shortcomings.

Knight has never thought of widening the range.

It is his poor range, so he is not suitable for starting.

After only five games, Thomas realized that Knight's range would cause problems for Yao Yueban and other insiders.

There is no threat projected from the periphery, and the breakthrough does not have the impact of Parker.

The huge shortcomings on the offensive end make his organizational skills less dazzling.

Thomas dismissed the idea of ​​starting Knight.

When Parker's CPU is burned, it is a wise choice to let Knight come up to cool down.

Thomas, who has found the right direction, can be regarded as bringing the Celtics out. During December, the Celtics had 12 wins and 11 losses, and their record rose to fourth in the Eastern Conference, ranking behind the 5ers, Knicks, and Heat.

However, this No.4 is not solid.

Behind them, the Pacers are closely following, and the sixth Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference are only 3 games behind the Celtics.

Thomas's good days didn't pass a few days. In the first game in 2002, the Celtics played against the Magic, which was at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

Scottie Pippen had his best fight of the season.

Even more important is Thomas' decision.

At the last moment, Yao Yueban, the team's most stable free-throw shooter, fouled and left the field. The Celtics only led by 2 points and chose to compete with their opponents for free throws.

As a result, the rookie on his side failed to withstand the pressure and missed free throws, but the Magic hit free throws again and again, forcing the game into suspense.

At the last moment, Chinese forward Du Shuai of the Magic team pulled out in front of Sprewell and beat the Celtics at the buzzer.

This drove the Fleet Center audience crazy, and they collectively booed Thomas.

Louie didn't even watch the game because he couldn't picture the Celtics losing to the Magic.

After the loss, he called Van Gundy to find out what happened.

Van Gundy recounted the situation on the scene. It turned out that Lambiel, the phoenix, told Thomas that the Magic was inaccurate in free throws at critical moments. As a result, Thomas wanted to show off a wave of operations and completely stifled the opponent's hope of a comeback through tactical fouls. The result was a mess.

When Louie showed up at the Waltham training center the next day, Thomas didn't dare meet his eyes.

He thought he could not escape a scolding, but Louis didn't say anything.

Louis himself is also a person who loves tidy work, and he accepts this kind of tidy work based on correct information.

If he messed up the work, it was poor craftsmanship, he just learned his lesson, and there was no need for him to scold Thomas, as there were many people scolding him outside.

In mid-January, Michael Jordan, who had not been seen for a long time, became the third player in NBA history to score more than 35000 points.

Now Jordan is only 39 years old and can still average 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game, but he is no longer the focus of the sports world.

It seems that the only remaining mission of his career seems to be to break Ralph Sampson's all-time scoring record.

But what's the point?Mr. One is not great because of his all-time scoring record, that record is just a small embellishment of his career.

Sadly for Trail Blazers fans, becoming the all-time scoring leader may be the only way Jordan can shake off the image of the biggest loser.

If he can't retire as the all-time scoring leader, then people in the future will only think of the sad six championships when they mention him.

The Celtics, who had a great momentum last month, also hit a wall in the first month of the new year.

The first is Gasol's injury.

The Spaniard sprained his ankle at the beginning of the month. To be on the safe side, the team let him rest indefinitely until he fully recovered.

The impact of Gasol's truce due to injury on the Celtics as a whole is immeasurable. Yao Yueban's ability to average 22 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists in his rookie season is inseparable from the bonus brought by Gasol's partner.

If there is a problem with the inside core, the performance of others will also fluctuate accordingly.

In January, the Celtics' winning percentage was less than [-]%, and for the first time in the Fleet Center, there were calls for Thomas to leave get out of class.

Fortunately, Yao Yueban was successfully selected into the All-Star roster, which gave the fans some comfort.

Moreover, due to the full support of Chinese fans across the ocean, Yao Yueban actually replaced O'Neal as the starting All-Star center in the Eastern Conference.

In addition to Yao Yueban, the Heat's Chinese guard Liu Yuqing was also selected as an All-Star.

This year, Liu Yuqing played the best performance of his career. As the absolute main force, he averaged 35 minutes per game, scored 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and averaged 4.4 three-pointers per game, with a three-point shooting rate as high as 43%.

As a well-known unintentional comedy master, Liu Yuqing was interviewed by reporters after being selected as an All-Star.

The reporter was very excited and surprised.

Liu Yuqing didn't understand why the other party did this.

"You shouldn't be surprised." Liu Yuqing said blankly, "I was the number one shooting guard in the United States when I was in high school."

What he meant was that he was just catching up with his former self.

But in the eyes of others, this is showing off, right?
Does the ruthless Jiang Duo have such bad farts?

This contrasting cuteness made Liu Yuqing unexpectedly gain more popularity.

Holidays are rare, so Louis also took a vacation for himself, and took his wife and children to watch "The Lord of the Rings".

This classic fantasy epic film is one of the blockbuster films that Louis has been widely heard in his previous life but was repeatedly dismissed by the length of the film. In this life, he can finally watch it in the cinema. It is really good, but it is a bit empty bladder.

(End of this chapter)