the rest, only noise

Chapter 303
On February 1985, 2, the Knicks played back-to-back games against the Warriors at home.

Before training in the afternoon, Pat Cummings was told by assistant Sharif: "The Messiah is here."

"Oh my God, did I get into trouble?" Cummings remembered he didn't do anything last night.

"I don't know that." Sharif is a cold assistant coach who doesn't know how to get along with others, and only adjusts the players' shooting movements in the same way.

Some people are willing to be taught by him, such as Stockton, and some people are not willing. After all, he is a coach from the second-tier league. How can he teach NBA players to shoot?
Cummings walked to Louie's office and signed with New York. It was one of his biggest regrets. This team had no future.

They have a smug young coach who loses on purpose, and the Knicks can now win at least 10 more games if Louie wants to win.

But he just didn't want to, he wanted to fight for the Ewing award more than winning.

Cummings hated it but never said it, and he didn't intend to build a career with the Knicks in the first place anyway.

When he came to Louis' office, he saw this bastard drinking Coke again. Didn't he know that if you drink too much of this thing, you can't have a baby?Oh he already has kids, whatever.

"Pat, you have been in New York for more than half a year, right?"

"Yes."

"Are you still used to it?"

"OK."

"Have you considered changing the environment?"

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

"Well, actually, I came to you because I have bad news and good news to tell you."

Louie ended the awkward chat.

"Oh what's the bad news?"

"I am officially notifying you on behalf of the team." Louis looked into Cummings' eyes, "You have been traded."

Cummings blinked: "Okay, what's the bad news?"

Man, Louie's face was green right then.

In early February, the Knicks, who had traded repeatedly, once again made a big news.

They sent starting power forward Pat Cummings to Boston, traded back from the Celtics for frustrated wing Cedric Maxwell, plus a 1986 first-round pick, a 1985 second-round pick and a 1987 second-round pick.

Shockingly, Maxwell had just passed the medical examination and was traded again before he reported to New York and renewed his relationship with Louie.

This time, the Knicks traded Maxwell to Detroit in exchange for Antawn Kyle, Tony Campbell SF/SG and a 1986 first-round pick.

In other words, Louis exchanged Kyle, Campbell, two first rounds and two second rounds with one Cummings.

Moreover, the Knicks, Celtics, and Pistons are all satisfied with this deal.

Probably only the Celtics will feel a little heartache, but after all, they have dealt with the cancer in the locker room, so they are happy.

The Pistons got a strong starting wing that was not good at anything in the playoffs, and most of the time it was three or four, so James Worthy didn't have to always go to the fourth position.

"Pat Cummings is a player who pleases three teams at the same time."

The New York Times sent a blustery review of the deal.

That night, Knicks, who lost a leading brother, turned grief and anger into strength under the leadership of Louis.

Dale Ellis's three-pointer was bloody, and he scored 30 points in the game. The Warriors were helpless, 114 to 90. They were also a tank team, and the Knicks were merciless.

After that is the All-Star break.

This year, the Knicks have no All-Stars.

Bernard King's data is not bad, his attendance rate is too low, and he has been injured recently.

Others are even less eligible.

Many people are looking forward to another big move from the Knicks management. Unexpectedly, during the All-Star weekend, he did not make any moves.

The team ushered in two young new players, Kyle and Campbell.

Now, apart from the King of New York, the Knicks are already dominated by young people.

Stockton, Ellis, Bannister, Kyle, and Campbell represent the future. Louis believes that they will make his old club regret it. Even if they don't play for the Knicks in the future, they will grow into good players.

On February 2, in the first game after the All-Star Game, the Knicks' opponent was the Portland Trail Blazers.

At the moment, they rank second in the West with a record of 34 wins and 16 losses, second only to the Lakers.

"Flying Man" Jordan and "Glider" Drexler turned this team into the second team in the West that can play Show Time.

Bernard King is out with a bunch of youngsters tonight.

In addition to King, the Knicks' starters are Stockton, Ellis, Kyle and Bannister.

In the Trail Blazers' home memorial stadium, Jordan chewed gum, wore AJ1s, and wore a dazzling Blazers jersey.

Just like many fans are not used to Jordan wearing a Wizards jersey, it is even more against Louis for him to wear a Trail Blazers jersey when he was young.

This is not the colorway a protagonist should have on his jersey.

After the game started, Jordan scored 6 points in a row.

Sensing the young man's challenge, Bernard King responded resolutely, and he played vigorously.

Louis intends to win this game. Before the game, he made some plans.

If Jordan takes the ball, he doesn't care about it outside the three-point line, and immediately pinches inside the three-point line to oppress the ball;
Stockton and Bannister, one relies on intelligence, the other relies on diligence, working hard to fill the position, not seeking success every time, as long as they have discipline and can appear where they should appear, that is enough.

Dale Ellis had been in New York for a while, and Louie had come to regard him as a contemporary Michael Reid.

The offense is basically running, catching and shooting. Compared with Reed, he is still a bit behind in the ability to hold the ball and call the pick-and-roll.

In terms of defense, it is not as bad as imagined.

His single defense is good and he can follow people, but he faints when he encounters pick-and-rolls and screens.

He who is man-to-man is not the same person as he who guards against pick-and-rolls.

In order not to make him dizzy too much, Louis asked Kyle, who is also not good at defending against pick-and-rolls, to delay on the line, and resolutely shorted all the long-range shots of the Blazers.

Adelman is still a rookie, and has not been exposed to Princeton. The basic tactics are single-handedly, which magnifies the personal abilities of the players to the extreme.

The Knicks barely supported by Louie's tactics targeting its vitals.

One ebbs and another, Jin, who is not yet in full condition, is gradually suppressed by Jordan, who is getting hotter after the All-Star weekend.

At halftime, Jordan had 23 points and King had 17.

"Portland has found a rare gem in the rough." Kim was full of praise for Jordan, "It takes about 15 years to produce an MJ."

Fans who want to see the old and new scoring champions confront each other will soon be disappointed.

In the second half, Louie wanted to put up a fake zone defense to limit Jordan's terrifying breakthrough like a ghost.

In less than 5 minutes, Jordan broke it with a shot, and when King made a low position move, he obviously did not collide with his opponent, and twisted his knee without confrontation.

He fell to the ground on the spot with an ugly face.

Louis knew right then that it was over.

After playing for 5 minutes in the second half, Jin's body is heating up, and his muscles are in a tight state, and this time it seems that this time it was caused by the rush to come back before fully recovering from the last injury.

A body that is not completely healthy is like an egg with a hole, which may crack a bigger hole at any time.

King used [-]% of his strength to do the movement, and then twisted his knee.

What is the worst possible outcome?
ACLs.

Even after more than [-] years, the impact of ACL on players is still huge. Many people can recover from such injuries, but none of them can recover to their pre-injury state.

After Bernard King was injured, the Knicks were out of competition.

Jordan and Drexler's offensive was overwhelming, knocking down the Knicks with athleticism alone.

For the Knicks, the only consolation is that the two new players played well.

Kyle scored 14 points and 4 rebounds. Campbell was a pleasant surprise. He is a swingman with two meters of bare feet. He has a certain ability to hold the ball and is very good at drilling people.

Hey. Isn't the Knicks a bad team now?
Louie looked at Campbell thoughtfully.

That night, Bernard King's injury came to fruition.

As Louie expected, he suffered a torn ACL.

When the Knicks announced the news, the media and fans were extremely sad.

For them, the ACL is an injury that bids farewell to the players.

Players in the 70s could consider retiring after suffering this kind of injury. Even if they recover from injury and persist for a few years, they must be a salted fish.

Putting Bernard King in the history of the New York team is not eye-catching. A scoring champion who did not lead the team to achieve any results, he inherited the dark age of the late 70s and the confused early and mid-80s.

His contract expires next year. By then, the Knicks are likely to give up on him who was seriously injured.

Everyone knew that an era that represented the past, the chaos, the stupidity, the bad times after the 1973 championship, was coming to an end.

Bernard King's body, waiting for the New York Knicks, is a new era.

In Louie's previous life, the Knicks of that era were one of the biggest supporting roles.

But in this life, not necessarily.

After all, there is a time traveler who has messed up the league structure. From 1985 to 1998, the structure and results of every season may be changed.

Even everything after 1998, the future of the league, will be affected.

The instigator, Louis, leaned against the bus on the night when he lost his core players, and smiled helplessly: "Our luck is really a bit bad."

Does he feel sorry for Kim?not at all.What he is sad about is that Jin, who has suffered a serious injury, may not be available for him in the transaction.

A healthy gold is a good gold.

"Yes, what a pity Bernard," sighed Tomjanovich.

Louis got up on the moving bus, turned around and said to everyone in the car: "There will be no Bernard next, and we have lost the scoring champion. I want to see who can stand up. From now on, we will start from scratch. Those who are able will go up, and those who are incompetent will get off. There is no absolute starter. For me, there are only first starters and second starters, useful and useless. So, express yourself to your heart's content, and don't be fucking polite to me!"

(End of this chapter)