the rest, only noise

Chapter 277 Seize the Day and Night (18126)

After dinner, Louis sent them away, and when he got home, he received a fax.

The recipient of the fax is the Alliance Office.

"Little Lu, congratulations on your great achievement in the Finals. In early July, the league will organize a delegation to China to discuss future cooperation with local basketball organizations. Therefore, we sincerely invite you to join our team.

It will be a wonderful journey, and it will be even better with your participation.

—David Stern"

Opportunities suddenly rained down on Louis, and he took the option that was most beneficial to him.

He remembered that there was no live broadcast of the NBA in China at this time. After all, the black and white duo had just "saved" professional basketball, and the domestic market in the United States had not yet consolidated, so there was no time to think about foreign markets.

But Stern is worthy of being Stern. He knows that China is a potentially huge market. Even if he does not act now, it does not mean that he will not act in the future.

If you have an idea about that market, you should prepare early.

This time the NBA delegation is on a mission to China, and its significance at the basketball level is like the ping-pong diplomacy of the 70s.

Louie believes he is just a mascot, a testament to the NBA's tolerance for China.

So, if he's going, he'll have to find a way to do something else.

After thinking for ten minutes, Louis decided to accept the invitation and join the delegation.

After he told his mother about this, she was very happy. In her opinion, this belonged to Guangzong Yaozu, but he didn't intend to go back to his mother's hometown to make a fool of himself. He had other things to do.

The next step is to inform Lorraine, after all, he has to leave for nearly a month.

In the end, he told the Knicks through his agent how long it would take him to go to China and when he could start working officially.

After Louis became a free agent, there were many offers from all parties, but no team offered better conditions than the Knicks.

The Knicks had two big hurdles, but that didn't stop Louie from trying.

He finally agreed to sign with the Knicks, but asked to keep it secret, that is, keep it secret and wait until he returns from China to announce it.

This is also his little thought.

The Knicks naturally satisfied all of his demands, after all, it was not a matter of violating principles or causing trouble to others.

The rest is up to Boston.

How to convince Li Xuanbing to move to New York with him, how to tell Tomjanovich that he is going to jump ship from the Boston Star Destroyer to the Titanic facing two icebergs, how to tell Auerbach "I don't want to coach Bird Sampson Thomas Maxwell Lambert, I want 220 million, bring your contract and the clover logo and let me go."

Especially the last thing, will he poke him to death with a cigar after he finishes speaking?
It was hard for Louis to tell, so he first told Tomjanovich about the situation.

Tomjanovich has no doubts about this, he has already expressed his position, and he will go wherever Louis goes.

Louis was relieved that someone who knew everything about the matter went with him to drive the Titanic. Even if they really hit an iceberg, they would still have a chance to escape on a small plank.

The rest is Auerbach.

On June 6, Louis arrived at the Greek Academy and walked directly to Auerbach's office.

"Dong dong!"

Louis knocked on the door.

"Enter."

Louis opened the door and saw Auerbach sitting there. He looked like a Chinese, holding fried dough sticks in one hand and soybean milk in the other.

In terms of eating habits, there is not much difference between Auerbach and the Chinese.

"Here we come." Auerbach said casually.

"Well," Louis sat down, "here we come."

Auerbach raised his eyes slightly while reading the newspaper, "Are you here to talk about work, or are you going to talk about other things?"

Louie smiled, "I'm saying goodbye."

Auerbach folded the newspaper, took off his glasses, and asked, "Have you made a decision?"

"Probably, I think there is nothing worthwhile for me to accomplish in Boston." Louis showed a frivolous side just like in front of the media.

Auerbach snorted disdainfully: "I didn't dare say that until 1966."

If Louis remembers correctly, Auerbach won eight consecutive championships that year.

As a basketball coach, only John Wooden is qualified to be as successful as he is.

"My quest was different."

Today, Louis not only came to bid farewell, but also came to showdown.

He wanted Auerbach to know what he wanted and why he left.Bird and the others can treat him as leaving in order to make more money, but Auerbach can't.

He must let Auerbach know why he left, maybe he already knew, but today is the day to pierce the window paper.

"What is the difference?"

Auerbach asked slowly.

"Fitch ruined this team, I reshaped it, and now it has won the championship in the most perfect form. Even if I stay, I can't do more." Louis faced Auerbach's sophisticated face.

Auerbach has seen many people, and he sees something completely different from other coaches in Louis today.

He has the sharp fighting spirit of Bill Russell.

He came away a winner and was eager to come back a winner.

What he wants to get rid of is the shadow of the greatest coach in NBA history, and he wants to get out of the shadow of the best manager in NBA history.

"I said, wait a few more years, and you'll get what you want." Auerbach said regretfully, "Why? Why don't you just wait a few years?"

Wait a few years, really?
Think about how deep the story of Auerbach's failed gamble on Duncan in 1997 and his retirement was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

If the story is true, Auerbach's influence with the Celtics continued into 1997.If it's fake, it's worse, and as late as 1997, he still haunts.

This is like all the emperor-level new stars entering the league, they must aim to surpass Jordan.

Until their retirement, the specter of Chicago lingered.

"Why wait years if I can get what I want now?"

Louis said confidently: "I only seize the day."

Louie is the best behind-the-scenes operator and coach that Auerbach has ever seen in his life.

When KC Jones was terrified of the Celtics' coaching work, he knew that a very dangerous contradiction had appeared within the team.

As a result, Louie reshaped the team's offensive and defensive system and suppressed the desires of Maxwell, Thomas, Sampson and others.

He pushed this team on the right track and won the championship with the most perfect posture.

He is only 24 years old this year, and good managers and coaches always have extremely long careers.

In theory, Louie could still be active on the front line until 2024 if he wants to.

This young man who has a lot of time told him to seize the day and night.

"Since when did you have this idea?"

Now that Louis is determined to leave, Auerbach doesn't waste his time talking.

At least they broke up peacefully, Louie and he are still friends, they can exchange many things.

"I'll never forget that day." Louie was caught up in happy memories. "When Fitch first arrived in Boston, you called me into your office and asked me softly, 'Are you interested in coaching'?"

"It was at that moment that I saw my future."

Auerbach smiled and shook his head: "Well, if that's the case, then you can go."

"Who is your next family?"

"New York."

"Damn it, it's New York again?" Auerbach should have thought of it earlier, "This time they finally succeeded!"

Before Louis left Auerbach's office, he received a gift from the bishop.

A box of Cuban cigars.

It's one of Auerbach's favorites, and he smokes several a day.

"If you don't smoke, find someone who knows how to put it away for you. If it is well preserved, it can be stored for several years." Auerbach said.

"Thank you."

Louie picked up the cigar box and said, "Goodbye, Reed."

He walked outside the office, Jane Walker already knew the result, and he gave Louis a hug.

Louis went to his office, put the keys on the table, and when he came outside, he met KC Jones.

"Are you really going to stop thinking about it?" KC asked.

Louis shook his head and said, "I'll leave the rest to you."

Louis felt like Li Yunlong, who led the independent regiment to defeat the county town, explained the funeral to the deputy head of the criminal regiment: "Now the soldiers are strong and strong!"

KC isn't sure he can handle this team.

"Lu, I don't think I can do it." KC said.

"Think about the Lakers. If they know that I'm leaving, Bass and Riley will be so happy that they will smack their stomachs. They will underestimate you. This is your chance." Louis said, "There is no better opportunity than the contempt from the opponent."

Just as Louis was about to leave, KC finally asked him: "Is it really just a coincidence that we met for the first time?"

"Of course not. How can there be so many coincidences in the world?"

Louis laughed and walked away.

Realizing that he was being manipulated by Louis, KC laughed angrily.

Louie is very comfortable, like all the perfect movie endings, he opens the humidor, cuts a cigar, lights it, and wants to be like a winner.

As a result, he was severely choked.

The cigar was not enough for the lungs, and he was choked so that tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he coughed continuously, wishing to cough up all his internal organs.

(End of this chapter)