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Chapter 281 The next five years of rising respect
Louie and Stockton talked a lot.

It also talked about what role Louis will put Stockton in the new season.

"I don't want you to have too much bond with these guys, so you won't get too much time, and you also have some technical problems."

Stockton wondered what was wrong with his technique.

Louie pointed to the three-point line.

"Since you often watch Celtic games, you must also know what I want from a guard."

Louie remembers that Stockton had developed a steady three-pointer in the 90s.

In the 1997 Western Conference Finals, he killed the Rockets' Big Three. In Game 1998 of the [-] Finals, before Jordan's final layup, steal, and shot, it was also his three-pointer that pushed the Bulls into desperation.

These well-known examples are enough to prove that even if he did not grow up in the three-point era, he can still master a good outside three-pointer through acquired efforts.

If Louis strengthens the importance of three-pointers, it is worth looking forward to how far he can practice.

From that day on, Stockton would practice 500 three-pointers every day.

Louis felt a little bit emotional. In this era, there is no trainer who specializes in helping players improve their shooting. If there is, there is no need to train so hard.

After chatting with Stockton, Louis decided to walk around the Blue Palace to understand the layout of the training hall.

After six years at the Greek Academy, he has only one requirement for the new team's training ground, it should not be worse than the Greek Academy.

As a result, Blue Palace greatly exceeded his expectations.

He forgot about the Greek Academy the first day he got here, was that where people stayed?
A few days later, Louie met with assistant coach Rick Pitino, whom he hoped to keep.

"Coach Lu, nice to meet you." Pitino said politely.

Louis smiled, "Me too."

Pitino sat down in Louie's office.

Louie put coins in the newly introduced vending machine and asked, "Rick, what would you like?"

"I'm not thirsty, thank you," Pitino said.

Louis took a bottle of Coke for himself, opened it, took a sip, and then asked, "Rick, I've seen your resume, and I appreciate your emphasis on defense. What the Knicks need most now is discipline. I don't know, are you willing to stay and help me?"

Louie didn't waste time saying those useless words, and went straight to the core.

Pitino was not surprised when he heard the words, he said modestly: "Thank you for your appreciation, Coach Lu, I also like your coaching style."

Usually, people who respond in this way will be accompanied by a "But".

Sure enough, Pitino's "But" followed one after another: "However, I have decided to accept the invitation of Providence College and return to college basketball."

Louie had heard about Pitino's grades at Boston University.

He helped Boda reach the national championship again after a lapse of 24 years, and then struggled with the illegal recruitment scandal. Last year, he chose to join the professional basketball like other coaches who failed to see hope in college basketball, and came under the always bombastic Hubie Brown.

However, Brown was fired by the Knicks before the end of the contract due to poor governance.

Pitino came for Brown, and Brown left, of course he had to find a way out for himself.

He was delighted that Louis had invited him to stay, but it was too late.

"In that case, I can only wish you a bright future." Well, Louis is a scumbag.

The biggest characteristic of a scumbag is that when he finds that his prey is not interested in him, he will immediately withdraw and let go.

Anyway, the Knicks are going to be bad after all. If there is a Pitino to tune the team's defense, maybe they will not be good. Instead, they will be like the Clippers in 1997 and the Kings in 2021. They have dignity and backbone, but they have no future.

In 1997, many teams began to irrationally sell the No. [-] pick in Stud. The quick-witted Clippers found that this was a once-in-a-decade opportunity. They decided to make the playoffs and touch the floor of the first round. What's the use of people like Duncan and Tracy McGrady?Is it refreshing to make it to the playoffs once?Get out of here!

Everyone knows that the king has been rotten for more than ten years, and is likely to continue to rot. 2021 is a big year in the draft. If you get the top five picks, you can get cornerstone players. After more than ten years of bad luck, they unanimously decided that they should try their best to qualify for the playoffs.

In addition to not having met the other draft players, Louis now needs to expand his coaching staff.

If nothing else, Tomjanovich will become his chief assistant. In addition, he needs two to three people to join.

Otherwise, it would be too tiring to put everything on Tomjanovich.

The donkeys in the production team didn't work like that either.

Louie knew quite a few people, but most of them were in management.

Although the coach knows a lot, most of them have a bad relationship. He led the Celtics to do many murders last season.

Those coaches who have made good friends with him have a stable position. Even if they are not coaches, they may not be willing to come to him as assistant coaches.

Therefore, Louis decided to use the form of advertising to recruit some college coaches who had no professional basketball experience.

Hearing that Louis was recruiting, De Buschel enthusiastically recommended someone to him.

In Louie's office, he's just had a Coke.

De Buschel said with a grin, "Don't you want to know who I'm going to recommend to you?"

"Tell me, I promise not to spit it out." Louis stared at De Buschel while drinking Coke.

He couldn't believe he could name someone so outrageous that he spewed Coke.

"Phil," Debusschere said, "Phil Jackson, you know that?"

"Puff~~~~!!!"

"Who are you talking about?"

"Phil Jackson."

"Phil Jackson for P, h, i, l, J, a, c, k, s, o, n? Did I spell it right?"

"Yes."

"Saddle nose Li Lebo!!"

De Buschel did not expect Louis to react like this: "Do you know Phil?"

"I don't just know him? I" Louis never expected that De Buschel would recommend the top three head coaches in history to him. "I just met him not long ago."

Seeing that Louie's reaction didn't seem disgusting, De Buschell continued, "Phil has been doing scouting work since he retired, and his financial resources are not stable. After seeing your ad, he wants to apply, but he is not a college coach, so I asked you for your opinion."

It was beyond Louis' expectation that an advertisement for fried fish would lead to a great master.

This great god was not confident in himself, and he was recommended by his old teammates, which was unexpected by Louis.

Louie was excited and excited, but not hotheaded.

He had to clear the image of the Zen master during the Bulls and Lakers era from his mind and replace it with a retired player who was confused, had an unstable life, and was not confident in himself but desperately needed a stable job.

He can be regarded as a "beat generation". People of that generation always live a life of drinking today.

Louis is not sure whether Zen master can be a good teaching assistant, so he can't make a decision based on the other party's "potential".

"I can meet him." Louis decided to sit there like Wang Feng in "The Voice" and ask, what dream does Ning have?

Upon receiving the news, De Buschel nodded happily: "Okay, I will help you pass it on to him."

"By the way, Dave." Louis stopped Debuschel, who was about to tell his old teammate the news, "Please help me inform the official team members. Next Friday, please all of them come to the Blue Palace. I want to meet them officially."

"next Friday?"

De Buschell said in embarrassment: "I'm not sure if they will all be there, because the holidays are not over yet, and the preseason training camp won't start until the end of the month."

"It's okay, I'm a reasonable and tolerant person, you let me know, they come or not." Louis said casually.

"Ok."

De Buschell didn't expect Louis to be so open-minded. He was able to drive an aircraft carrier to destroy the coaches of all the teams. Is that true?

In the evening, Louis attended a banquet held by MSG executives.

Louie meets the MSG executive.

Both Madison Gardens and the New York Knicks are assets of Gulf Western Industries. In terms of levels, the Knicks belong to the industry under the name of Madison Gardens. Therefore, the current person in charge of MSG is the Knicks' top management.

But there are tops above tops.

It's just that compared with the business involved at the highest level, the Knicks are only a small part of it.

The executive is a middle-aged white man who likes East Asian culture, which is a good thing for Louis.

His real name is Leon Wood. In order to show his favor to Louis, he gave himself a Chinese name called Wu De. Although he is the highest level that Louis can currently contact, this Chinese name is unnecessary.

Wu De knew about Louis's bad plan, and he didn't object: "We can spend money at any time, but I hope that the money will be worthwhile and be splashed."

"Now is far from the time to spend money." Louis said metaphorically, "To build a good house, you must first lay a good foundation, but now, our foundation is a mess, so it will take some time before we start construction."

Wu De smiled and said, "You have five years."

"enough."

"Then, this glass of wine is a toast to the rising future five years." Wu De and Louis clinked glasses.

(End of this chapter)