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Chapter 151 Scam Call, Sincerely

Louie is not a control freak, he will leave some things that he is not good at to professional people.

Such as arranging and guiding player training.

He himself is not a multi-professional basketball player, and he has no way to point out the deficiencies in the players' usual training. He can only make suggestions based on their game content.

If you really want to train, you need professionals like Cowens and Tomjanovich.

When Louis returned to his office, the table was full of tactics under design and completed tactics.

At present, in addition to four offensive systems and two defensive systems, the Celtics' main offensive tactics are the "L" series of tactics.

At present, there are 36 routines for this tactic. Compared with the modern NBA team that claims to have hundreds of tactics per team in the future, the Celtics have relatively few routines.

Louis didn't believe in the theory of hundreds of sets of tactics, because few players could memorize that many tactics, even if the number was divided by 10, they might not be able to memorize them.

Most players can only play a dozen tactics, and only defenders need to memorize more tactics.The Celtics situation is different. Their offensive center is Bird, so the person who memorizes the most tactics is not the guard.

Even Bird may not have memorized all the tactics.

According to Louie's observation, Bird likes to control the offense according to his own feelings. Therefore, many of the Celtics' wonderful positional battles are arbitrary, just because other players remember the tactics, and Bird can see how to play this set of tactics at a glance.

Therefore, if there is a chance, Louis must ask Doug Mo to be his assistant coach. He may not be suitable to be the coach of a championship team, but he can definitely be the offensive assistant coach of a championship team.

Louis was bored and wanted to go out for a walk, but the office phone rang.

"Hello." Louis said hello.

"Is it Coach Lu?" The voice of the caller was very pleasant. Louis remembered the many fraudulent calls he had received in his previous life, and the voice of the other party was very pleasant.

Louis said lightly: "If you are here to promote cable TV, I won't talk nonsense with you. I have already said that unless you can broadcast restricted content on TV, don't expect me to pay for it."

The other party was speechless for a while.

"Coach Lu, I'm here to discuss a business with you." The caller then began to introduce himself, "I'm John MacLeod, the head coach of the Phoenix Suns."

Hearing the name, Louis became wary.

"Coach McLeod, do you have any business to discuss with me? Don't you want me to help you find college students?" Louis said modestly, "I'm not a scout now."

"No, Coach Lu, I want to make a deal with your team, we each take what we need."

Louie was more wary.

What is the current operating mode of the league during the season? The aftermath of 1982 has been passed down to this day. The head coach still has supreme power and can formulate trading plans and plans. As long as it is not too outrageous, the management will basically agree and facilitate the completion of the transaction.

The Celtics are the few exceptions.

Nobody as bossy as Bill Fitch could make a deal without Auerbach's approval.

Moreover, McLeod, because he cheated Auerbach, is basically synonymous with "dog bastard" in the old man's mouth.

"How do we get what we need?" Louis consciously might as well listen.

McLeod said with a smile: "I heard that Cedric Maxwell has been restless recently. He doesn't want to be a substitute. Presumably this will bring many obstacles to your championship. Haven't you thought about trading him?"

The opponent's goal was aimed at Louis's current headache.

Maxwell has indeed become a problem. Louis has thought about trading, but he is not sure about getting back the equivalent goods. If the deal fails, it will disturb the morale of the army, because once the rumors of the deal spread, Maxwell is likely to blow himself up.

"Impossible, Cedric will be a Celtic until his death." Louis said firmly.

"If you can't win a championship, you're not a real Celtic."

"You are a bit forgetful, Coach McLeod, we won the championship two years ago." Louis reminded.

McLeod asked: "With the Celtics' lineup configuration, can winning a championship really satisfy everyone?"

The answer is obvious. The champion coach Fitch has left get out of class and went to Houston to help another bad team.

"Coach McLeod, it is impossible for us to trade Cedric, but I am very interested in your plan. Let us assume that Cedric is tradeable. What kind of trading plan will you give?"

McLeod didn't expect Louie to be so glib.

First say that Maxwell is not tradable, then express interest in the transaction, and then ask him to propose a transaction plan on the premise that Maxwell is tradable.

"Well, Coach Lu, you must be aware of our situation. It is expected that many talented players will enter the draft next year. We want to give up the present to gain the future."

"Well, it's good, I support you."

McLeod on the opposite side didn't know how to slander Louis.

"So we decided to send Alvan Adams (C/PF), one of the best big men in the league, in exchange for Cedric."

"Coach Lu?"

"Coach Lu, are you listening?"

"Here," Louis laughed, "I just spent a few seconds thinking about it—I wonder who Alwan Adams is, Coach McLeod, you said he is one of the best insiders in the league, why don't I know him?"

McLeod said in surprise: "Are you kidding, Coach Road? Alwan was the No. 1975 pick in 47 and the best insider in the history of the Suns. He once scored a triple-double with [-] points in one game."

"Since he is one of the best insiders in the league, he should have been selected to the best team at least once or twice, right?"

"Uh"

"No? Well, what about the number of All-Star selections? There should be two or three times?"

"Coach Lu, you are a bit honor-oriented. Although Alwan has not been selected to the best team and has only been selected to the All-Star once, he is definitely one of the best insiders in the league. Because in his peak period, there are superstars such as Dave Cowens, Elvin Hayes, Kareem, and Wes Unseld in the league."

Louis really enjoys the time of swearing with each other.

"You're right, the theory of honor is really bad, but if you want to say that this thing is bad, you have to own it first. If you don't have this thing but say it's bad, it's very likely that it's because of jealousy that you can't ask for it. What do you think, Coach McLeod?"

McLeod hadn't imagined that he and Louie would be so bullshit about Adams.

Now he still has to prove it for his dear disciple, "Alwan was the Rookie of the Year that year, do you know anyone in his class?"

"Who?"

"David Thompson who hasn't smoked solo yet."

"I don't read much, don't lie to me, Coach McLeod."

"Coach Lu, how could I lie to you? Alwan is definitely underestimated."

"Well," Louie scoffed, "Looks like I'll have to force myself to erase the memory of David Thompson playing in the ABA that year."

McLeod no longer wants to talk nonsense with Louis about Adams. It was originally a bait thrown by him, but Louis really took the bait.Once the communication was over, Louis enjoyed it, and McLeod himself was tossed a lot.

He was forced to use sophistry to explain that Adams' strength is not bad, not bad in the first place, but not as good as he said, but if he didn't explain the matter clearly, the boy Louis might think that he was here to deceive people—although he was indeed here to deceive people, but he never expected that Louis would be so difficult to deal with.

McLeod changed his words: "Coach Lu, I came here with sincerity. If it's not for the future of the team, we don't want to trade Alwan."

"I understand, Coach McLeod, even if Irvin Adams is the number one insider in the league, I don't have a cold. We have Bill Laimbeer, Ralph Sampson, and Larry can also play inside. Why do you want an old man with the highest salary in the team to sit on the bench?"

Finally, the topic can be advanced.

McLeod hurriedly said: "If you don't like Irwin, you can choose someone else to trade. We don't have anything not for sale."

"Really? I won't embarrass you too much, will I?"

"No, everyone takes what they need."

"Okay, suppose we want to trade Cedric," Louie put aside this assumption. "He is only 28 years old. He can become the No. [-] or No. [-] offensive option for most teams in the league. He has the experience of winning championships. Whether it is a strong team aiming for a championship or a rebuilding tank team, a player like him is needed. Therefore, I think the only one who meets our needs in the Suns is Larry Nance."

Louie believed that the call should end here.

Nance should be the core of the Suns' reconstruction. He is still very young, only 24 years old, averaging 18 points and 8 rebounds per game. He can be regarded as the best among the first batch of modern power forwards.

If they can get him, the Celtics will have no dead ends.

Although Maxwell is good, if he can be traded to Nance, Louis will not even frown.

"I know this is difficult for you, please think about it carefully, if there is any result, please call me at any time, goodbye."

Just as Louis was about to hang up, the other end of the phone shouted: "Coach Lu, wait a minute!"

No way?
"What else?" No way?

"Road Coach"

No way?
"Your proposal is indeed overwhelming for us, but we are determined to move forward."

No way?
"Presumably you are well aware of Larry's upside potential. If you want him, in addition to Cedric Maxwell, you need to send additional draft picks."

"What do you think if we give two more first-round picks?"

"I think we can make a deal."

Louis' hands were trembling. He thought it was a scam call and swearing casually, but it turned out that he was playing it for real?

(End of this chapter)