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Chapter 380 I Have Two Immature Proposals
On June 1986, 6, Louis represented the New York Knicks at the NBA Annual Meeting held in Washington.

Prior to this, Louis made another investment.

Exactly, not an investment.

Instead, he used his identity as a traverser to pick up the leak.

The World Cup in Mexico, which started on May 5, has touched the hearts of football fans all over the world. Louis was not interested at first because he didn't know much about football.

Then he noticed Maradona and his Argentina team.

Louis remembered some articles he read on the Internet when Maradona died in 2020.So I thought that the champion of this World Cup is the Argentina team.

Now that he knew the result, Louis naturally had no brains to force the Argentine team to win the championship.

He bet $10, and the odds for Argentina to win the game before the game were 4:1.

This can be regarded as an investment that Louis can see returns in the short term while he is busy, and then he has been busy with trades and drafts.

Until today, when the NBA held its annual meeting, the 76ers' second pick in the first round was still in their hands.

It can be predicted that they will not easily trade the pick.

Louis and Lorraine came to Washington with their sons. Although they had official duties, they could go nearby to play after their official duties.

Louis wanted to visit Auerbach's home, and by the way, resolve the misunderstanding between each other.

He and Auerbach hadn't spoken a word since Louis finished lighting that cigar in Boston Garden.The main reason is that the other party does not answer his calls.

Coupled with his "clever operation" at the beginning of the season, the Sonics ranked eighth in the league, which made Auerbach very angry.

He had originally planned to win the top five picks, but now he can only guard his eighth pick in the first round and doesn't know what to do.

Trade up, the teams with the top three picks don't like it.

Trade down, there's nothing to trade.

After all, it was Louie who messed up his plan.

New and old hatred, Louis brought harm to the Celtics both mentally and physically.

Louis was not able to enter Auerbach's house, and the bishop's wife, Dorothy, conveyed the latter's decision not to see guests now.

Since Auerbach didn't want to see him, Louis wouldn't force it either.

When the NBA annual meeting starts, they will see each other.

In the evening, Louis attended the NBA annual meeting.

In the early decades, the owners of the teams attended the annual meeting.Now, basically only the general manager attends the annual meeting, and they will bring the will of the boss.

Louis saw Auerbach, who was talking and laughing with the people around him, smoking a cigar.

"Isn't this the chairman of the Boston Celtics, Mr. Auerbach, who stays behind closed doors and doesn't see anyone? You look good." Louis said hello eccentrically.

Auerbach looked at Louis like a wolf guard: "What do you want to do?"

"I think there is a misunderstanding between us."

"There is no misunderstanding, you bastard stay away from me!"

"If you blame me for lighting cigars in the garden, I have nothing to say. I have reasons for doing so. If you blame me for my deal with Seattle, I can only say that the more you live, the more you come back. How could I not do the door-to-door deal?"

"Isn't it enough that you are smoking cigars in the garden? Why are you smoking cigars there? Have you won the championship in front of us? Let me tell you, even if you win the championship, you can't smoke cigars at other people's home court!"

Sure enough, what Auerbach was thinking about was still about Louis smoking cigars.

Louis said helplessly: "Didn't you smoke in other people's home courts when you were young? Didn't you invent the concept of victory cigars?"

"So what if it's me? Let me tell you, I've never smoked cigars at someone else's home court like you!" Auerbach said something shocking to Louis.

That's right, Auerbach in the eyes of many people is an evil emperor who plays with the rules and despises his opponents.

But this is just a stigmatizing campaign to highlight his legend.

"really?"

Auerbach sneered: "You can ask Reed Holzman yourself, ask him if I have ever smoked a cigar in MSG! You bastard, get out of my presence! ⑴"

"If you feel offended by this incident, I can apologize to you." Louis paused, "But I only apologize to you. The other Bostonians who were offended by me are not qualified to ask me to apologize. They offended me first."

Auerbach didn't continue to stare, but he still brooded over the fact that Louie's deal with the Sonics had ruined his plans.

"By the way, I heard that you guys are negotiating a deal with Philadelphia recently?" Louie asked.

Auerbach snorted coldly: "Don't expect to get any news from my set!"

"Tch, it seems like you guys are very hopeful. There's nothing you can do with the cash alone." Louis taunted.

"Dare you take any position in our team and care so much about our team's affairs?" Auerbach felt more displeased the more he looked at Louis. How could he regard this kid as his successor?

"I know you want to take Ron Bias."

Auerbach's face, the cheek under his left eye to be exact, shuddered.

"As a person with outstanding performance in scouting work, I will give you one last piece of advice." Louis sat beside Auerbach, "Don't choose him."

"why?"

As soon as Auerbach asked the exit, David Stern came to the center of this high-standard lobby.

The kitchen is constantly serving dishes, and the general managers of each team can eat and drink while listening to how the president farts from his mouth.

Although Stern's voice made Louie uncomfortable, he announced several good news.

For example, the NBA and TBS signed a two-year, $2 million contract.

TBS is an emerging premium cable TV channel. One more channel will allow more people to watch the NBA.

In addition, the league also signed a 4-year, $2 million television contract with CBS.

Louie applauded with everyone. What he didn't know was that in the original history, CBS signed with the league for 4 years and 1.73 million US dollars.It is difficult to say whether his appearance has brought more benefits.

To be sure, today's NBA is more popular than it was at the time of Louie's previous life.

Separately, Stern announced that former NBA All-Star John Drew (SF/PF) is about to be struck out and removed from the league for three consecutive drug violations.

This is the first time in NBA history that a player has been banned for life.

A capable player who averaged 20 points and 6 rebounds per game in his career destroyed himself in this way.

Next, Stern also announced his expansion plans.

In the next few years, the NBA will expand by 3-5 teams.

The main territory is Minnesota, Charlotte, Miami, Orlando, New Orleans and other places.

"What did you mean by that sentence?"

If it's something else, Auerbach will take Louis as a cliché.

But just now Louis said definitely not to choose Baias. This is Bird's successor personally selected by Auerbach. Is there any problem?
Auerbach didn't have to believe anything else.

Louis's ability to see people has been tested by countless examples, and he can't help but believe it.

Louis did not answer him, but stood up and made a suggestion on behalf of the Knicks: "On behalf of the New York Madison Square Garden Company's Basketball Operations Department, I have proposed two proposals to the league. First, we hope that the league will improve the relevant contract regulations as soon as possible. The rookie contract should not be infinitely inflated based on the rookie's potential. Before they enter the professional arena to prove themselves, they should sign a reasonable, moderate contract as the standard rookie contract."

Louie said what many teams have been wanting to say, but have not said.

Standard rookie contract, so right.

Last year, Ewing's 10-year 3000 million yuan shocked the league. He took the example of the league's highest salary when he debuted.

Although Ewing performed well in his rookie season, he is really not worthy of the league's first salary.

Louis did not take into account the subsequent impact. As the first general manager to propose a standard rookie contract, he obtained the unanimous consent of almost all clubs.

The only club against it is the Los Angeles Clippers.

"This proposal is very good, but it cannot be decided at the annual meeting. We need to discuss it with the union before we can make a decision."

Louie knew the proposal would draw a backlash from the players union.

He doesn't care, as long as he puts forward this concept, let the professionals fight for the rest.

And that's just his first offer, he's got two offers.

"The current salary cap rules will make it difficult for some teams to sign rookies. However, according to the regulations, unless a rookie is traded, the selected rookie can only sign with the team that selected him. Once a team is unwilling to trade and cannot complete the contract with the player due to its own salary cap, the common interests of both parties will be damaged." This proposal is the real purpose of Louis.

Stern's expression became complicated, he was still smiling, but the smile was not necessarily so warm.

"What about other people's opinions?" Stern asked.

"No!" Harry Weltman of the Cavaliers stood up and retorted, "Coach Lu, why do I think this proposal is good only for your Knicks?"

⑴ This incident comes from Auerbach's dictation.Later, the listeners wrote their dictation at the dinner table into an autobiography "Let Me Tell You a Story" (published in China).It is said that the Celtics in the early days were very strong, often knocking out their opponents, and had a lot of garbage time, so in the closing stage, Auerbach often felt bored and wanted to do something for entertainment, and then he did his favorite entertainment - smoking cigars, but even if he smoked cigars, he never smoked them away.His opponents overreacted, thinking it was a provocation, and then spread more and more evil, making NBA history buffs like me feel that Auerbach is the kind of grumpy old man who wins and humiliates people before reading this autobiography.

(End of this chapter)