the rest, only noise

Chapter 271

The season is over.

A team reaps satisfaction, and a team leaves eternal regrets.

This is very difficult to make up for, even after winning two championships, it is difficult to heal the pain in my heart.

Louie ended his rookie coaching season with 87 wins and 12 losses + championship + head coach of the year.

This report card allows Louis to receive full salary, and jump out of the existing contract, become a free agent, and sign a new contract.

Louis does not want to jump out of the contract immediately, at least until the end of the draft, the end of the championship celebration, and then become a free agent.

He had a feeling he wasn't coming back.

Although he enjoyed the days of coaching the Celtics and got along well with Bird, Lambiel, and Sampson, he couldn't just enjoy the comfort of piloting an aircraft carrier. He wanted to have more power.

This, in the short term, the Celtics cannot give him.

Therefore, the day after winning the championship, Louis came to the Greek Academy to provide advice and help for the team's draft.

This year, the Celtics have only one 24th pick in the first round that is more valuable.

The 1984 draft can compete for the first draft year in history, but the big fish in this draft are concentrated in the top 16 picks in the first round.

After the 16th pick, there are very few missed pearls.

The Celtics already have a comprehensive lineup, what they need most now is to enhance the depth and thickness of the inside line.

Another thing is to get the contract renewals of Bird, Lambiel, Sampson and others.

When Louie came to Greek Academy, Tomjanovich gave him a draft list.

"Rudy, why are you involved in the draft?" Louis asked unexpectedly.

Tomjanovich was his scout before, but since he became the head coach, Tomjanovich has also become an assistant coach.

He travels a lot, but he scouts opponents in advance, and scouting work has long been out of his turn.

"The season is over and that's the only way I can help," Tomjanovich said.

He was just restless and passionate about his work.

As for the candidates for this draft, Louis already had an answer in his heart, he glanced at it briefly, and then closed it.

"Do you have an idea for the future?" Louis asked.

Tomjanovich said bluntly: "My long-term goal is to become an NBA head coach."

"If you have ambition, you will succeed." Louis said appreciatively, "Actually, you can now coach an NBA team. If no one invites you, it only shows that they have a bad vision."

Louie made Tomjanovich very shy.

"Lu, you're going too far, I'm still far behind."

"Don't be humble, learn more from Larry, and see how confident that guy is usually." Louis snorted.

"His self-confidence is innate and cannot be learned." It seems that Tomjanovich really feels that he can't be the head coach yet.

Louis shook his head and smiled wryly. He didn't mean to compliment Tomjanovich. Tomjanovich can now be the head coach of the NBA.

Coaching ability can be exercised, and not every coach can do it to help players train.

Taking his experience as an example, he has met many CBA coaches in his previous life, and a considerable part of them has a negative effect on the promotion of young people.For example, Li Qiuping, Yao Huang's mentor.

Everyone knows that Abdul Saramu was born in 1996, the same age as Zhou Qi, and he is the MVP of the Youth League.He is a late-blooming player, so he has no national youth team experience.Many people who don't pay attention to the CBA or the little demon in China will be surprised by his emergence in the world preliminaries.

In fact, his ability has always been there, but his teacher Li Qiuping doesn't trust rookies, so he is rarely used in the league.He established his status in the team only by making a name for himself in the national team.If it weren't for Nan's guidance, he would never have a bright future.

Training players is a rare ability that Louis does not possess.

Because he doesn't know how to play basketball himself, he can shoot a few three-pointers at most.

The training plan he made for Sampson was also understood by Sampson himself.He can be regarded as a guide, but the key lies in the players themselves.

Tomjanovich is the kind of advanced trainer who can point out players' problems and put them on the right track.

Tomjanovich just listened to Louie's compliment and didn't take it seriously.

"Rudy, you've been in Boston for a while, how do you feel?"

Louie's seemingly casual question made Tomjanovich raise his head sensitively.

"Lu, tell me what you have to say."

"It's nothing, I just want to ask you, if I'm not in Boston in the future, will you stay?"

As Tomjanovich's deputy, Louis used it very well.

If he is unwilling to jump out of his comfort zone, Louis will not force it.

Tomjanovich immediately understood what Louis meant.

"I like this team, but I have no feelings for this city." Tomjanovich said affirmatively, "No matter where you are going, as long as you are willing to take me, I will go with you."

It was so touching. If Tomjanovich was a woman, Louis would definitely get rid of his chastity and unspoken rules for her.

"Thank you," Louis said.

Tomjanovich asks: 'About this year's draft'

"I have a good candidate."

Louie pulled a scouting report from a drawer.

"You just give this report to Reed."

Tomjanovich took a look, and the candidate recommended by Louie was University of Minnesota center Jim Petersen (Jim Petersen PF/C).

He is the kind of swingman that the Celtics coaching staff prefers. He mainly plays the [-]th position in college, can play as the [-]th position as a guest, has a certain ability to protect the basket, and is tough like a white man when grabbing rebounds.

The focus is on white people.

Boston would love the Celtics' pick.

Although the blacks are fine if they are strong, the black power in the Celtics team has clearly exceeded the standard.

As one of the whitest cities in the United States, if there is one more white player, the fans will feel more comfortable.

On this day, Louis worked normally and went home at one o'clock.

The Celtics tried out a lot of players, but from the moment Tomjanovich put Louie's recommendation on Auerbach's desk, the result was doomed.

In fact, the scouts in the Celtics team have always been the top in the league. Otherwise, it would be impossible to use the late picks to win Angie and Maxwell, and even poached Gerald Henderson from the Eastern Conference.

It's just that Louis never looked away.

He started as a scout, and to this day, every player he's interviewed has achieved results.

Among the starters of the Celtics' championship lineup this year, there are three people who have a direct relationship with him.

Since the Celtics' draft pick is the last in the first round, this is a position that tests vision.

Auerbach was willing to trust Louie's vision and choose Jim Peterson, whom the scouting department didn't know very well.

After get off work, Louis first went to Lorraine's apartment.

Then the old mother at home called to say that a very polite middle-aged man called him several times.

Louis wondered how Li Xuanbing concluded that the other party was a middle-aged man through the phone.

"Well, let him call here, I won't go back at night."

"Alright, you just stand there and look at that girl, she has a big belly, don't let anything happen to you."

After a while, the "middle-aged man" called.

"Mr. Weinberg?"

"Finally I can have a few nice words with you, Louis."

Now, Louis knew why Li Xuanbing said that the caller was a middle-aged man.

Some people's voices are very characteristic. People who hear the voice will imagine an image based on the voice.

This is the magic of audio novels. Excellent audio novels will definitely let you be on the scene. As long as your imagination is rich enough, the voices of Ye Qiantong and others will definitely make you fantasize.
"Mr. Weinberg, I think you have received my 'gift'."

Louie believed that Weinberg had called for that.

"Yes, I received it and read it. I was absolutely shocked, this guy is like a more elegant Dr. J, but not as big."

"Yes, at least in terms of commercial value, he is no less than Dr. J, and more importantly, his career prospects. He will not go to the ABA to develop a bunch of bad habits and be spoiled like a pampered princess." Louie said affirmatively, "He is a player who can play 100% of the time, and there is no risk of injury. If you pay attention to the game, you will know that today's game is no longer dominated by elders. Guys like magicians and Larry Bird will gradually replace giants."

In order to change the story line and make history completely deviate from the direction Louis is familiar with, he has made great efforts.

Louie now needed to convince Weinberg that his judgment was sound.

He likes Jordan as much as Louie, but the Blazers' management pays more attention to the inside.

In this case, Louie brought up the example of LaRue Martin to remind Weinberg that the Blazers' management screwed up.

Then, take the matter of letting Moses Malone go for nothing in the first place, and prove again that they screwed up more than once.

Now that the ball is thrown to them again, are they going to miss out on a guy with an unlimited future to cater to the dreams of Jack Ramsey and Stu Inman's "Wharton II"?
This phone call lasted three hours.

Louie convinced Weinberg that, without Jordan, the Blazers would be crucified in history.

"Lu, I want to know why you help me so much."

"Because I don't want Michael to be selected by the Eastern team." Louis said a sincere lie, "I don't want such a difficult player in the Eastern Conference."

Louis really wanted Jordan to go west, but not because he was afraid of him, but because he wanted to change history.

So this is a sincere lie.

Then there is the real truth.

"Besides, you helped me a lot when Lorraine came to America to study, and this is my reward."

Afterwards, Weinberg said he would seriously consider Louie's suggestion.

That's all Louis can do. After ten days, whether the Blazers chose Walton II as he knew, or Weinberg imitated Jiang's micromanagement and forced the team to choose Jordan. He could only wait for the results of the draft.

(End of this chapter)