the rest, only noise

Chapter 181
"The NBA in 1984 was like this. Larry O'Brien resigned from the position of president last November. Although the candidate for the new president has not yet been announced, everyone knows that David Stern is the only reliable successor. Only he can meet the demands of most bosses.

The league solved the ever-expanding salary problem, labor and management reached an agreement, and creatively introduced the salary cap policy. At the same time, the crackdown on the unique product problem was unprecedented. The NBA began to become a popular league. Whites like Larry, blacks like Magician, and the head coach of the Celtics, Little Lu, is influencing professional basketball in a unique way.

He has polarized evaluations of good and bad, and those who admire him, such as the president of the New York Knicks Sonny Webling, bluntly said that Louis as the head coach is like Larry Bird who just entered the league.And those who oppose him, even those who don't like him, such as Mavericks coach Dick Mota and Knicks coach Hubie Brown, think that Little Lu's age and professional basketball experience are not enough for him to coach in the NBA.However, a few months later, the Celtics lost only three games, they have the opportunity to break the previous record, and the same team, only won 56 wins under Bill Fitch last year.

Last night, they slaughtered the Mavericks by 81 points, and Little Lu said 'the Mavericks earned his respect.'Well, I have to admit that Little Lu has a different view of respect, but I believe everyone from Dick Motta to everyone in Dallas had a deeper view of last night's game. -- Bob Ryan, The Boston Globe.

When the Celtics left Dallas, some fans threw eggs at them.

Luckily, at least they were just smashing eggs instead of drawing guns, Louie said.

"It's all your fault. If you win so many points, if it were me, I would also smash your eggs!" Louis said like a textbook.

Bird didn't bother to talk to him, and opened a bottle of Heineken on the bus.

"Larry, you'd better drink less," Louis reminded.

Bird gave him a nod. Although drinking beer is much healthier for contemporary players than smoking alone, if you put it in the 70s, alcoholism was not even a problem for players.

But Louie came from a more professional era in the NBA.

"Unless you quit Coke, don't worry about what I drink." Bird said heartily.

Louie said, "You know I can't quit Coke even if I go crazy and switch to Pepsi."

"So you drink your spermicidal water⑴, and I drink my oral liquid. We don't mess with river water." Bird said intoxicated.

Louie can only say that Bird, like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, never reached his peak.

Abdul-Jabbar's mental state has never reached its peak, while Bird's various vices have caused his physical state to never reach its peak.

He injured his shooting hand before entering the NBA, and was advised by the team doctor to get a disability certificate. During the offseason, he ate and drank, no matter during the season or at any time, he never left his body.

This kind of living habit is really not worth advocating.

Louie looked blankly at the others on the bus.

He likes to do this, and based on the mental state of everyone, he can roughly guess what they did last night.

Apparently, they did nothing yesterday.

After an 81-point win over the Mavericks, Celtics couldn't be safe walking the streets of Dallas, so they sensibly stayed in hotels.

The egg dregs on the glass of the bus proved that Dallas' hatred for them exists, and it was the right decision not to go out to celebrate.

The result of all honestly staying in the hotel is that everyone rested early, so they were quite refreshed on the bus.

"Isaiah, what are you looking at?" ML Carr asked.

Thomas lowered the newspaper a little. "The Dallas Morning News."

"Listen to Incheus." Karl asked with a smile, "Why are they scolding us?"

"No, they didn't scold us, and very generously admitted the gap between us, especially the gap between Coach Mota and Coach Lu." Thomas said, "They think that Coach Lu has guessed every move of Coach Motta."

"Of course, our coach is all-knowing and omnipotent!" Lambiel may have had a good rest last night and was in good spirits. Before Louis threw a bone at him, he started licking it himself.

Louis looked at KC strangely, "It's not right today, dogs can speak human language."

"However." Thomas kept a smile that made it hard to be disgusted. "According to the newspaper, it seems that we only had white players on the field yesterday. I didn't see any black people inside."

Cowens was uncomfortable listening to such words: "What's so strange about this?"

"Could it be that the 160 points yesterday were all scored by white people?" Thomas sarcastically said, "Ralph also scored 36 points, but I didn't see his name; John scored 34 points, but I still didn't see his name; I won't say I scored 19 points and 10 assists, they didn't mention me the whole time."

Cowens glanced at the newspaper, "If your eyesight is fine, you should be able to see that you and Larry are in prominent positions on the news photo."

"This is the problem. People in Dallas should not be colorblind. I and other people have played well. They also put this picture in the newspaper. Why is there no news about me or other black people?" Thomas asked dissatisfied.

Louis turned his head impatiently: "Instead of embarrassing Dahong there, you might as well ask our driver to turn around and go to the headquarters of the morning newspaper and ask them why they don't write a special report for you or other black people. You can make such a request. If you don't want to go, just shut up."

"We worked as hard to win, but the media selectively ignores us, and we can't even complain?" Thomas asked.

"You're not 'a few words'. No one on this bus can get the media to write a feature article for you or anyone else. Your chatter here has no effect other than making everyone else on the bus feel as bad as you."

As soon as Louis finished speaking, Byrd burped.

"What's wrong with the media ignoring you?" Bird didn't even open his eyes. "Will Reid deduct money from you because of this? Or will our coach not give you playing time because of this?"

As soon as Byrd finished speaking, Lambiel sprayed dung with his mouth and said: "Isaiah, if you want to attract others' attention so much, you can choose to bleach your skin. By then, you will definitely be a celebrity in the United States, hehe."

"Are you fucking speaking human language?" Carl seemed more anxious than Thomas.

"Hey, he complained that he wasn't getting attention. Doesn't he mean that the media only pays attention to white people?" Lambiel said harshly, "He should be grateful that he was born in this era. Medical technology can make black people into white people, and white people into black people. If you want attention, then you shouldn't be black."

Maxwell asked: "Why don't black people get as much attention as white people?"

"Don't misinterpret my words. Isaiah said that the media only pays attention to white people, so why don't I suggest that he bleach his skin and look like a white person?" Lambiel is the cheapest, most aggressive, and most uncomfortable existence that Louis has ever seen.

He seems to live to find other people's unhappiness.

"Shut up!" Louis shouted.

KC felt the atmosphere of a sharp decline in the car, which is why he was afraid to take over the team in the first place.

Not to mention how to arrange the positioning of the players, how to satisfy the majority of people, and let the few who are not satisfied settle down.

The color issue is too difficult.

Bird is undoubtedly the Celtics brand, and Thomas is eager to have his Boston cachet.

However, the deeper the season, the more exaggerated the media's praise for Bird.

But in fact, there seems to be a force behind this public opinion.

It's like the Magic Johnson of the West Coast.

Public opinion is electing Bird and Magic as representatives of the two skin tones.

Not only were the blacks around Bird ignored, but so were the white players around Magic.

They happen to represent the two teams with the strongest historical grievances, located in different divisions.

Once they meet in the finals, it will be a duel between Mars and Earth.

The problem is, it's not just the other ethnicities around them who are being ignored, it's the players of the same ethnicity who are being ignored.

Lambiel is notorious, and people like Ainge and John Paxson, unless they are Celtics fans, know little about him.

Johnson's teammates publicly complained years ago that he was getting too much media attention.

The problem is that the magician proved himself in 1982, and his teammates had no doubts about him. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was old enough to accept the transfer of power, but Thomas beside Bird was of the same age.

Also, he is sensitive and craves attention.

At the moment, Louis is fairly stable in controlling Thomas. He only dares to play around the edges, not to make big moves.

But the emotions in his heart did not vent.

KC also doesn't know how this matter will develop in the end.

Louis sat silently, his mood was as complicated as that of everyone else on the bus.

"Uh~~~"

Byrd hiccups again, and he's the only one feeling comfortable.

⑴ In the 20s, South Americans used Coke to wash their vaginas after sex, and they thought they could kill the dick hiding in it.

(End of this chapter)