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Chapter 411 No one wants to wear Adi

The cigarization of Song Tao's human victory was beyond Louis' expectation.

Although he doesn't understand the language, he has a cheerful personality and a tough style of play. He dunks whenever he can, and every time he dunks, he has an extremely loud "fuck". New York fans like him.

If you change a team, he should be able to stably earn about 5-10 minutes per game, but the Knicks are too competitive.

There are 14 people in the big list, and 13 people sign up for each game, and there is always one who cannot sign up.

These two places are basically rotated between Song Tao and Boer.

Ball is injured, so Song Tao has been included in the big list recently. If Ball recovers, then Song Tao will definitely sit firmly in the DNP position.

The game with the Lakers has entered the endgame.

Song Tao made 4 of 3 shots in the final endgame and scored 6 points, all of which were dunks.

It is worth mentioning that in every game Song Tao currently plays for the Knicks, all his points come from dunks.

He became a ruthless pie-eating machine.

Although it doesn't help his individual skill development, Louie is satisfied that he can consistently eat garbage time in the NBA.

This is his rookie season. He is not afraid of not having the opportunity, but he is afraid that he will not be able to grasp the opportunity. After the end, he will say "I am not ready".

At the end of the game, the Knicks beat the Lakers.

This game allowed them to get out of the haze of being quasi-lore by the Blazers two days ago.

Pat Riley looked very unhappy, judging from the course of the game, they were overwhelmed by the Knicks.

It stands to reason that they have an absolute advantage, but the Knicks' progress is beyond imagination.

Last season, they were still struggling with how to defend against Magic and Wilkins. Now, Ewing has evolved enough to confront Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and gain the upper hand. McHale can break the Lakers' fourth position, and there are a lot of talents on the wing.

Coupled with the addition of Benjamin Wilson, the Knicks' talent pool is too thick.

"Coach Lu, maybe we can make a deal to get the talents that each other needs." Riley was very envious of several players on the Knicks' wing line.

Especially that Rodman is definitely a good player to defend Larry Bird.

Unless the Lakers are willing to trade the magician, there are really few Lakers that Louis can see.

Although Wilkins is good, the current Knicks don't need a wing scorer who has to feed a lot of balls and has poor defense.

The 40-year-old Kareem is like James in 2021.

The strength is still very strong, but if they are to be traded with other teams, I am afraid that they will not be able to exchange for anything good.

Because everyone knows that these two are not as good as each year, even if they can maintain their condition, how many years can they be used at this age?
"If you are willing to sell Irwin, we must have something to talk about."

Louis opened his mouth to ask for the Lakers' non-sale items, which made Riley's follow-up words impossible to say.

"Maybe," Riley told the media, "I mean maybe, if we don't beat the Boston Celtics, if I had to say, any team other than the Lakers could beat the Celtics, my choice would be the Knicks."

Riley's love for Louie and his Knicks is well known.

When Louie jumped ship from Boston, Riley was the only one who approved of Louie's decision.

Today, it is said that the Knicks are the only team other than the Lakers that can end the Celtics' dominance, which further confirms his status as a road blow.

At the press conference that night, Louie brought Ewing, Wilson and Stockton.

Lawrence Block, a reporter for the New York 24, asked a question that upset Louie.

"Is the off-field marketing strategy driving a wedge between you and Patrick?"

Bullock was asking Wilson.

This is not the first time Louis has heard about similar issues. He didn't take it seriously at first, but now that the reporters are paying so much attention, maybe there is really something wrong with it?
In retrospect, the relationship between Ewing and Wilson was indeed frosty.

Louie couldn't think of any communication between them off the court.

"No, Patrick is my brother, he takes care of me on and off the court, and I will keep those troubles away from us."

There is nothing wrong with the answer he gave.

Bullock clung to it: "So, did you really say 'no one wants to wear Adidas'?"

As soon as his question came out, even Ewing focused on what Wilson had to say.

What Louis thought of at that moment was Durant's sour Curry's phrase "No one wants to wear Under Armor".

"I said it." Wilson was about to explain, but before his "but" came out, Bullock smiled with satisfaction as if he had won a trophy, "I'm done asking."

"and many more!"

Louie shouted.

"Lawrence, you at least need to know why Benj said that?" Louis asked.

Bullock laughed: "I didn't prepare for this question."

This is a cunning reporter, he only wants to know what he wants to know, and once he gets the answer he wants, he doesn't ask any more questions.

You can't say he took it out of context, because that's all he knows.

Although New Yorkers, especially those on Madison Avenue who represent the city's upper middle class, have begun to accept the Knicks again-because of their rise-but their own media backstabbing their own teams is a repertoire of competitive sports.

If the media doesn't do shit, they aren't the media.

The other reporters also tacitly did not ask further questions.

Until the end of the interview, the atmosphere at the scene was awkward.

Ewing stood up with a gloomy face, and Louis and Wilson followed him.

"Why did you say that?" Louis asked.

Wilson knew which one.

Just as he was about to explain, Ewing floated over and said, "It's just the manager's task, I can understand."

"No, Patrick, it's not about the agent," Wilson said of the story. "I sprained my foot in Adidas in high school, and I've hated the brand ever since."

"And then you said at the press conference on Converse shoes that no one wants to wear Adidas?" Ewing sneered, "Whatever you want, I said, I don't care."

Does it matter?Louis clearly saw that his thief-like gorilla face was full of meaning.

Ewing took a step forward.

Louie couldn't coordinate among them because it had nothing to do with him, it had nothing to do with the game, it had nothing to do with the Knicks, it was entirely their personal matter.

The question concerns the sneaker operators that Wilson and Ewing each represent.

Ewing was originally an arrogance, but unfortunately his character was destined not to be liked by the mainstream media.

The arrival of Wilson filled the vacancy.

New York likes sports stars who are friendly, well-spoken, handsome, and playable.

Ewing himself missed the opportunity, and Wilson naturally had to fill in the blanks.

"Coach, is Patrick mad at me?" Wilson asked.

"Promise me, if one day you endorse Pepsi, you'd better not say in public that no one wants to drink Coca-Cola." Louis was really worried about this, "If you say, we will break up."

Louis did not rush to mediate the relationship between Wilson and Ewing.

Or, if it doesn't affect the game, he doesn't need mediation.

There is no rule that players must be good friends.

Even if they have conflicts in private, as long as they play well on the court, there will be no problem.

OK is not a good friend, and Durant and the Warriors are also visible to the naked eye. Rodman claimed that the private communication between him and Joe Pi is almost zero.

Bird's connections to Sampson and Thomas have also been limited, and Thomas has been jealous of the attention he's getting.

It doesn't matter if the players can't become friends as long as they share a common goal.

It is that Wilson and Ewing have these things in private, which Louis did not expect before.

Next he should probably devote more energy to the two men's private lives.

In the locker room, everyone was waiting for Louis to give a speech.

After all, defeating the Lakers, the ruler of the West, is not as difficult as defeating the Celtics last season, but it is also an achievement.

When Louie came back, he found everyone staring at him.

"You might want me to say something, for tonight's victory." Louis sneered, "Look at your talents, isn't it just to beat the Lakers, as for such a serious matter? With this little heart, how will you snatch the scepter from the hands of the Bostonians in the future, how will you win the championship?"

"That's right, I didn't work hard, and the Lakers fell." McHale, who won 22+12 tonight, said boringly, "It's boring."

Accompanied by the cheers and praises of "the captain is mighty" in the locker room, Louis announced his dissolution.

The coaching staff didn't have to relax. Louis called Tomjanovich, Jackson, and Zhao Yuanzheng to a nearby restaurant for supper, and then studied the opponents in the next few games.

The schedule during this period is difficult for the Knicks.

After playing the Trail Blazers and Lakers, the Suns, Bucks, 76ers, Bulls, Celtics, and Cavaliers followed.

In addition to the Suns, the other five teams are either the Knicks and they are bloody, or they are strong teams.

Among these many opponents, the most important thing for Louis is naturally the Celtics.

During the offseason, Celtics No. [-] player Larry Bird suffered a fatal accident and injured his back while building a road in his hometown.

The Celtics have strictly limited his playing time since the start of the regular season.

If you encounter some strong teams with fierce confrontation, Bird will be rested.

The Celtics' record has been up and down as a result, and Thomas and Sampson have never really been in charge.

But with these two people around, Bird can really recover from his injuries, not to mention that the Celtics chose the poor version of Jordan Ron Harper with the eighth pick in the first round in the summer.

This is one of their best reinforcements in recent years. His arrival to a certain extent solved the Celtics' urgent need for the aging main force of the second position and lack of substitutes.

(End of this chapter)