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Chapter 171 Violent interference in other team's internal affairs
When Louis returned to the hotel, he pressed the phone habitually to see if there was any voicemail.

Unexpectedly there is.

"Louie, I watched tonight's game. It was very exciting. I have a few questions about the draft. If you have time, please call me back."

Larry Weinberg took the initiative to leave a message for himself, and Louis was surprised.

This incident once again proved the value of the mobile phone.

If you have a mobile phone, you don't have to worry about getting in touch.

Louis still owes Weinberg a favor.

If he didn't have the face of this bold real estate agent, with Lorraine's flat grades, even if he reports for ten years, he may not be able to get selected by New York University.

This favor is extraordinary.

Lorraine's family let her come to the United States because she was accepted to NYU.

If he is not admitted, Louis will have to maintain this long-distance relationship that separates the two places. Not only is it not conducive to maintaining the relationship, but the gentian gun under his body is particularly prone to rust.

Although there are many ways to sharpen iron, he prefers to use non-moral, formal and safe methods to remove rust.

From this point of view, Weinberg gave Lorraine a good future and solved his night life by the way.

If you look at it this way, the favor owed by Louis is boundless.

Louie immediately called Weinberg back.

After a while, the phone was connected.

"Little Lu, it's really not easy waiting for your call." Weinberg's voice sounded like he was still asleep.

Louis was very straightforward: "Mr. Weinberg, just ask if you have anything, I will tell you what I know, and I will let you know what I don't know."

"It's actually very simple. I want to know what talents will be available in next year's draft." Weinberg laughed. "People around me say that picking any player next year can regenerate the team."

Although it is still uncertain who will participate in the draft next year, Weinberg's words are correct when you think about it.

"It is indeed possible."

If you don't open your eyes, next year's draft may gather the most outstanding talented players in history.

The first is those talented junior supernovas.

Olajuwon of the University of Houston, Ewing of Georgetown, Jordan of North Carolina, Barkley of Auburn University, Chris Mullin of St. John's University.

Two sophomore supernovas, Wayman Tisdale C/PF and Benoit Benjamin C.

After Ralph Sampson chose to participate in the draft after finishing his freshman year for the first time, many talented players are no longer obsessed with going to college for three or four years.

Once this concept is broken, it may lead to amazing effects.

Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that Olajuwon and Ewing, two unborn emperor stars, appeared in the 1984 draft at the same time.

If Ewing also ran for the election, it means that Louis persuaded Sampson to run early and really caused many variables.

At this moment, Louis was very cautious about Weinberg's question.

"If it were you, who would you choose?" Weinberg asked.

If Louie were to choose, of course he would choose Jordan, an undoubted option.But if you recommend it to others, why recommend Jordan?Is it fun to send GOAT into someone's arms?The Blazers were already a playoff team, and with Jordan and the soon-to-be-flying Drexler, there's a good chance they'll grow into another superteam in the short term.

It's about how Louie plans to repay Weinberg.

Although he is very scheming and cunning, he is a person who knows how to reciprocate.

Weinberg helped him so much, and now that they're at a turning point in history, he's supposed to help this team out.

Even so, the Trail Blazers with Jordan may cause him big trouble in the future.

Do things, but be ashamed of your heart, and he really doesn't believe that Jordan teaming up with Drexler is better than teaming up with Pippen.
"If it were me, I would choose the person I want based on the needs of the team. Therefore, I think the focus should be, Mr. Weinberg, what kind of player do you want to choose?"

Weinberg smiled and said, "Actually, it's not me. It's the management that decides this matter. I only have the right to make suggestions."

"If you only have the right to make suggestions, my suggestion is irrelevant, because no matter who I suggest you choose, Mr. Inman will only bring home a center in the end." Louie deliberately aroused Weinberg's interest.

Weinberg was a mild-mannered rich man who listened to advice and respected professionals.

But he is no different from other businessmen in the mall, and he is ruthless.

He could hear Louis's words, which was to seduce him deliberately.The problem is that Louie isn't going to do business with him, it's a mutual helping of friends.

"If I am willing to interfere in the internal affairs of the team as the owner, how should I do it?" Weinberg asked patiently.

"I still say that, it depends on what kind of player you want."

"How to say?"

Louis said confidently: "If you want a core insider, I have three suggestions, Akeem Olajuwon from the University of Houston, Patrick Ewing from Georgetown University and Charles Barkley from Auburn University."

"If you want a point guard, I'd recommend Arkansas' Alvin Robertson."

"If you want an attacking guard, I have only one." Louie believed Weinberg could tell from his tone, "Michael Jordan from UNC."

The only thing Louie kept was John Stockton.On the one hand, Gonzaga at this time is not yet the basketball powerhouse of the future.In the D1 league, Gonzaga has little popularity, and Stockton has no draft prospects.Good seedlings like this that are easy to pick up and miss should be kept for yourself.

"Where's Chris Mullin from St. John's?" Weinberg asked.

"If you don't get Jordan, Mullin is not bad, but they are much worse." Louis said with certainty, "Jordan will become the new generation of Dr. J, and his aggressiveness is stronger than Dr. J. In the era of cable television, this means more attention and exposure. Perhaps, his commercial value will be countless times that of Dr. J."

If you just talk about how strong Jordan is, Weinberg may not be too concerned.

Now when it comes to the business value he might create, Weinberg's interest suddenly soars.

Louie could feel he was changing history once the Blazers made another choice, like Jordan not going to Chicago.Then, the history of the 90s he knew, all the stories about how Jordan became GOAT, will disappear and cease to exist.

He was excited to be able to change history, and he knew he was doing something that seriously offended the Blazers management and coaching staff.

Once he let them know that he was secretly suggesting to Weinberg, he would directly lose the friendship of the Portland management, and the friendly connection he had just established with Ramsey would also be severed.

In diplomatic terms, Louis is grossly interfering in the internal affairs of the pioneers.

Louis and Weinberg talked on the phone for more than half an hour.

He said that Weinberg was very excited, and said that he would study it carefully after returning.

This year is the Olympic year, and the Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles. The US team will gather all NCAA elites to participate in the competition. At that time, young talents headed by Jordan will join the selection team, and their exposure will be greatly improved.

It stands to reason that a player of Jordan's level was observed by scouts in the Olympic selection team and the training was open. It is impossible for the scouts to fail to see his strength, but the Blazers still missed it.

Are insiders really that alluring?

Louie couldn't understand.

The next day, news of the infighting between Louis and Byrd came out.

This endless news is much more explosive than Maxwell being traded.

Louie's media friends contacted him one after another, wanting to know the situation.

Louie's answer disappointed them. There was no so-called infighting at all, but he and Bird bickered in front of the media.

However, the media on the west coast of the United States, like sharks smelling blood, rushed forward one after another.

They took Bird and Louie's quarrel and imagined Bird as an arrogant white guy (fact), disrespecting the coach, a self-respecting jerk (fact), who did more than a magician to drive away the coach and teammates.

"Obviously, in so many ways, Larry Bird is not worthy of the legendary name, he is absolutely overrated."

In places where professionals can't see, CBS executives and the league office have noticed that the rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics is the only publicity tool that the NBA can promote outward.

The skin colors of Byrd and Magician are two extremes that are just right.

Once the machine of public opinion is in operation, its power is unimaginable.

Led by the California-based media on the West Coast, they began to belittle Bird, saying he was overrated.

This kind of thing is also done by the media on the east coast. They advocated that magicians are overrated a few years ago.

Another result of public opinion in the media is the confrontation of extreme color supremacism.

White people spontaneously stand for Bird, and black people spontaneously stand for Magic, just like what the media did before the 1979 NCAA National Finals.

Color and racial discrimination are among the most sensitive red lines in this country.

Since the 80s, racial confrontation is no longer as frequent as it used to be. It seems that in just a few years, the racial problem in the United States has disappeared.

The dispute between Bird and the magician, the theory that black and white are overrated, and the phenomenon that blacks and whites spontaneously choose their skin color to stand in line and belittle each other, profoundly prove that those who advocate that racism has disappeared in the United States have bubbles in their heads.

(End of this chapter)