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Chapter 299 Happy birthday, thunderbolt

Chapter 298 Happy birthday, thunderbolt from the blue sky
Louis put down the phone.

In his office, Rudy Tomjanovich opened a bottle of Coke for him, "How was the talk?"

"Hey, I just finished a bottle, can you let me have a rest?" Louis took the Coke.

Tomjanovich didn't care whether he was tired or not, he just wanted to know if it worked out or not.

"How's it going?"

"Coach Motta is generous enough, he added an extra second-round pick to us on top of the original chips." Louis didn't expect that he was just to lure Mota's appetite, and he really raised the price in the end.

Tomjanovich said excitedly: "Great! Now, we can get rid of Darnell and accumulate more future capital!"

"No, the second-round pick is not important, what matters is Dale Ellis." Louis said affirmatively, "Coach Mota will regret this deal in the future."

Tomjanovich asked unexpectedly: "Is he that good?"

"Probably not worse than Darnell."

Louis can't say for sure, judging from the data, Ellis struggled with the Mavericks.

But Motta's system is not suitable for a three-point shooter like him to play.

Motta prefers a player who can control the ball and hit the face with a crazy A. He doesn't like a shooter who scratches wildly from a distance.

Ellis, a rookie, shot 41 percent from [-]-point range when he first entered the league last season, which was as shocking to Louie as Emilia Clarke (Dragon Mom) accepting the heroine of "Fifty Shades of Grey".But things backfired, she felt that she had taken off enough clothes in Quanyou, and after becoming famous, she wanted to put on the clothes she took off one by one like Shu Qi.

This is really a pity, why don't American actresses follow the European standards? People take off their clothes regardless of the trough and the peak, and take off as soon as they say it.

Speaking of Ellis, Louis did not know the specific achievements of this person.

He just looked at Ellis' data and found that this gentleman averaged 0.4 three-pointers per game in his rookie season and made 0.2 goals, and the name was a little familiar.

Therefore, he was determined to trade this person over.

When Motta put him in the deal, Louis' plan had already succeeded, and the extra second round later was entirely due to the other party's obsession and thinking too much.

After negotiating a deal, Louis called De Buschel to tell him what had just happened.

Before Louis joined the Knicks, Weblin promised on behalf of the top management that he would give Louis enough room to operate, so he negotiated a deal himself, and then passed it on to Debusschere.

DeBusscher was responsible for contacting the Mavericks in an official capacity to complete the deal.

In less than a day, the results of the Knicks-Mavericks trade were spread.

The Knicks traded Darnell Walker to the Dallas Mavericks for Dale Ellis and a 1985 second-round pick.

Bob Ryan, a reporter from the "Boston Globe" who calls himself an NBA prosecutor, commented: "I don't know why Dallas sent an extra second round. This should have been a business of equal exchange. They sent each other players they didn't need. Now, the Knicks have made a little money instead."

Hearing that he was traded, Walker went crazy.

He happily informed his relatives and friends, and told the media that he had been tortured in a water prison for the past few months.

Dale Ellis didn't move much. For him, it was just a change of environment.

The day after the Walker trade, the Knicks played against the Washington Bullets.

This is a game that embodies Louis' super high field control skills.

In the first quarter, the Knicks took the lead.

In the second quarter, Louie put a three-man lineup on the field, and Truke Robinson played for the first time this season.

Bill Cartwright's nightmares seem to be haunting his head, and he's acting average.

It is also the wonderful lineup of the three insiders that made the Bullets catch up.

In the third quarter, relying on the performance of Bernard King, the Knicks barely withstood the joint performance of Jeff Malone and Gus Williams.

In the fourth quarter, Louie benched King for half a quarter, and by the time he came on, the Knicks were already trailing by double digits.

The king of New York gritted his teeth and led the team to pursue fiercely. What happened?He was knocked over by a strong man on the Bullets bench and carried out on a stretcher.

"Next time, we must pay attention to protecting ourselves and strive for zero mistakes." Louis expressed concern about Jin's injury.

Jin Han said with hatred: "You just don't want to win!"

"Well, Lao Jin, can I not want to win?"

"Take a good rest, if these guys fight for a bit, maybe they will win this game for you."

As a result, Luis Orr and Trent Tucker were really competitive. They scored three points in a row, allowing the Knicks to overtake.

The "scared" Louis changed their existing positions, one held the ball, and the other went to play the third position. Therefore, the storm of fighting for Bernard King subsided, and the Knicks narrowly lost the Bullets by 1 point.

Louie happily shakes the hand of Bullets coach Gene Shue.

Here's another old coach who doesn't like Louie.

"You should be ashamed, Little Lu!" Shu said coldly.

Louie didn't even listen: "Salute to those of you who have the potential to make it to the playoffs!"

If the Knicks play every game like the Bullets, they have a chance to make the playoffs.But Louie didn't want to command a "make the playoffs count" team.

There are too many marks of the past on this team, and he wants to change them one by one.

Stockton and Ellis are just the beginning.

After the game, some media asked Louis why he let King rest for so long.

Louis just used his injury to explain: "As you can see, the Washingtonians played brutally, and I was just protecting Bernard."

The reporter asked again: "Trent and Louis feel very good on the perimeter. Why didn't they arrange tactics for them in the chasing stage."

Louie called out his injustice: "The Bullets' defense is so good, they can't run out of opportunities."

The next day, they sent away Darnell Walker, and Dale Ellis passed the Knicks physical.

Ellis has a height of 2 meters and looks like a thick torso. He is not as familiar as common black players and has a more restrained personality.

On his first day with the team, Pat Cummings took time off because he was unwell.

Louie reiterated what he said before the season: "In this team, there are only two unshakable positions. One is Bernard and the other is Pat. The others are not fixed starters. Whoever starts is determined by performance and status."

Then, he pointed out the newly joined Ellis.

"Dell, when you were in Dallas, I knew that you were a one-in-a-million shooting master. Coach Motta failed to make good use of your talent, but with me, you will have the opportunity to prove yourself."

Ellis wondered, does that mean he won't play more than a dozen minutes per game?
The next game for the Knicks is the New Jersey Nets.

Although New Jersey is not part of New York, like New York City, it belongs to the Greater New York area.

The fans in the two places are hostile to each other, and the game between the teams is also regarded as a game full of anger similar to the derby.

Now the Nets are a playoff team, and the Knicks are a team competing for the No. [-] pick. Just like the Clippers will never be soft on the Lakers when compared to the bulls, the Nets are the same.

This night, Louie unexpectedly put the newcomer Dell Ellis into the starting lineup, and let Louis Orr play power forward. The starting lineup has a sensational two forwards + three guards.

The tallest player on the field is Behnken Bannister, followed by Orr, who plays a misplaced power forward, and then there are three guards: Stockton, Tucker, and Ellis.

"I'm not sure if this lineup can break New Jersey's iron net." Mav Albert has no confidence in the Knicks' fancy starting.

Louie winked at Phil Jackson before the game: "All ready?"

"Be ready, if you win, give them a surprise, if you lose, it is also a valuable consolation prize." Jackson said.

"I know I can trust you." Louie laughed.

Jackson said firmly, "You absolutely can."

"I think so too, 'Old Nick' is very reliable." Louis praised him.

Next, the game begins.

As the only rookie on the field, Stockton has a general style. He seems to intend to create opportunities for Tucker. He ran tactics many times, and Tucker was the one who got the chance. None of his flat passes, ground hits, and master lobs were comfortable and correct passes.

Tucker was the star of the night.

The Knicks' new aid Dell Ellis played explosive output on the outside.

He knew that Louis was a coach who could accept three-point shots from players, and he also knew that maybe the opponent valued his own three-pointers, so he nailed the three-point line tonight.

The Nets didn't study him before and didn't know how good he was, so Ellis made 7 of 5 three-pointers in a single game and scored 21 points in the game.

Ellis scored more than 3 points in only 20 games in Dallas for more than a season. He scored 20+ points in the first game for the Knicks.

The Knicks' inside line was blown to pieces, and the Nets grabbed 19 offensive boards, but they relied on the terrible firepower of the three guards and Stockton's 16 assists in a single game to beat the Nets 120 to 116.

Fans of Madison Garden showed a rare sense of pride for the Knicks.

In the Knicks locker room, Jackson prepared birthday cakes for the players at the behest of Louie.

Today is the birthday of Trent Tucker, who also led the Knicks in scoring tonight.

The best performance of the season is a birthday present for him, and the cake is the sublimation theme.

The Knicks are having a ragged season, but there are still many things to remember.

The next day, Trent Tucker arrived at the Blue Palace full of energy to prepare for training, but was told by Tomjanovich that Louis was looking for him.

He happily came to Louie's office. He admired and appreciated this young coach and wanted to play for him forever.

"Trent, did you rest well last night?"

"It couldn't be better, Coach."

"That's good, I called you here because I have something to inform you." Louis said to the unprepared Tucker, "You have been traded."

Tucker almost thought there was something wrong with his hearing.

There was a smile on Louis' serious face, but his words were unacceptably cold.

"Why?"

"We'd love to keep you, but ... Trent, Los Angeles made an offer we couldn't refuse." Louie last night, and Louie now, were friendly, his smile conveying the same emotion. "Maybe I should congratulate you, you have the opportunity to get out of the quagmire of New York and chase a championship with a group of great players."

(End of this chapter)