the rest, only noise

Chapter 602 The old thing repeats itself after 23 years

Louis inspected Luyuan for three days.

Together with Deng Shimo, they finalized the ten-man roster for the third phase of the trip to the United States.

These ten people are Kang Chengbiao, Wu Qi, Xiao Laoban, Zheng Bian, Chu Nan, Du Shuai, Lin Zhiwei, Du Weiguo, Lu Gensheng, and Zhang Baoyu.

Deng Shimo said that this is the golden generation.

Louis thinks the same way. Although none of them is better than Hu Weidong in the first period, and their development prospects are not as good as Yu Tiancan, who grew up wildly, but this is like a draft.It is often not the top players but the middle players that determine whether the draft is a big year or a small year.

2019 has the most watched No. 10 pick in the 2014s, but it was still a small year. In the [-] draft, even though the lottery geniuses were plagued by injuries, there were still a large number of players who became the backbone of the league, and that was the year of the draft.

Afterwards, Louis set about establishing the NBA Chinese Basketball Academy.

Although this matter was led by Louis, it later became a cooperation between the NBA and the Chinese Basketball Association.

The college is located in Liaoning, the three northeastern provinces.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the three eastern provinces have been rich in sports talents. Even in 2020 before Louis crossed, there are still a large number of CBA players from the three eastern provinces.It is only limited by the training mechanism in the province, which leads to a large outflow of talents.

Putting the NBA Chinese Basketball Academy in Liaoning will maximize the excavation of local talents.

For this matter, Louis was so busy that he didn't have time to go to the capital with his family until the end of July.

It was Louis' rare few days of vacation since the end of the season.

Seeing the obvious stubble growing on Louie's face, Lorraine asked him: "What are you doing so hard for China's basketball career?"

She didn't say a word.Strictly speaking, Louis' current identity cannot be considered Chinese.

This kind of thing is difficult for Louis to answer.

When he did this, he really just wanted to use his influence to dig out those buried talents and give them a platform to show themselves.

Fiddle with it, the movement is getting bigger and bigger.

He has changed the pattern of domestic basketball. No matter how the Road Academy and the NBA China Basketball Academy develop in the future, Louis will leave his name in this period of history.Moreover, his name will be bolded and remembered as a key person.

Now let Louis say why he did these things, he couldn't tell.

He doesn't have such noble feelings.

Just like he also read novels in his previous life, he saw that those who traveled back to the past, no matter what their original intentions were, they would always do something to benefit the people around them after they developed.It's always nice to see that kind of plot, because all the readers think that if they had the chance to go back in time and be a master, they would do it.

"I just did what I had to do," Louis replied to his wife.

After the establishment of the NBA Chinese Basketball Academy, it was decided to start school in September this year. After the promotion of the Basketball Association, they suddenly became a school more attractive than the Road Academy.

Louis didn't mind. For the country, this meant that there was an extra channel to travel to the United States.

The recruitment of the Road Academy may rely more on the scouts traveling across the country, and this is Louie's original intention.Those good seedlings that are visible to the naked eye need to be scrambled for. Digging out those seedlings who are buried in the crowd and have the same top qualifications is the reason why he established the Road Academy.

In addition, Louis also became the middleman for the men's basketball team to go to the United States for training.

This year, compared with the past, the national team has two major changes.

As in the past, as long as there is a national team game, the Knicks will release Song Tao's contract and let him participate in the Olympics as an "amateur player" who is not bound by a professional contract.

And Yu Tiancan, a 19-year-old young man who had no achievements in Chinese sports schools but attracted attention in the American basketball circle, joined the national training team and was successfully selected for the first team.

During the training period in the United States, the national team was arranged to train at the Blue Palace, the training ground of the New York Knicks.

Through Louie's relationship, they played 8 warm-up games with the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and the U.S. national basketball team that is training.

They won two of them.

Yu Tiancan's national team debut started here.

He played less than 20 minutes per game, averaging 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks per game.

John Thompson revealed that he had considered recruiting Yu Tiancan, but he didn't want to make an exception for Georgetown University's all-black class, so he gave up.In fact, this was his compliment. He and Louis were friends, so he helped Yu Tiancan create momentum.

With these few games, Yu Tiancan not only proved that he is not a vain name, but also gained a reputation in China.

When domestic reporters who traveled across the ocean to the United States asked him where Yu Tiancan came from.

Yu Tiancan said nonchalantly, "I'm from Luyuan, hehe."

After the reporter's explanation, the domestic audience knew that the Road Academy was the Shangyu Basketball Academy founded by Louis, and Yu Tiancan's words were indirectly helping the Road Academy to promote it.

After the U.S. training ended, the national team went to Seoul to participate in the 1988 Olympic Games.

When Louis returned to the United States, it was August 8.

A busy summer is finally over.

Before the start of the new season, he has enough time to rest and adjust.

The Knicks are actively renewing their contracts with the main players.

John Stockton was renewed for four years, that is a 4-year 400 million contract.

Oakley renewed his contract for 5 years and 350 million for 5 years.

Alex Stevens decided to tie up with the Knicks, he signed a 7-year 350 million contract extension.

After Michael Cooper was selected by the Heat, the Knicks will automatically get an expansion draft exception.

This exception is made to compensate the team that drafted the player.

If the selected player has a contract, a special case of signing that is not included in the salary cap will be compensated. The specific number depends on the size of the contract of the selected player.

If the draftee is a free agent, the number of his signed exceptions will be based on the number of his new contract.

With Michael Cooper and the Heat signing a new three-year, $3 million deal, plus the final year of Dell Ellis' remaining contract, the Knicks suddenly have a nearly $360 million expansion draft exception.

The Knicks divided the special case of the expansion draft into three parts, and one part was reserved for signing Song Tao who had finished playing for the national team.

Some offered Danny Ainge for $160 million.

For the remainder, they offered Kevin McHale a five-year, $5 million extension.

The value of these contracts is that they are not counted towards the salary cap.

Most of the people's contract renewals were basically normal, except for two people who went wrong.

Wilson and John Selley, respectively.

Salley's agent opened his mouth wide on the numbers, determined to bite off a piece of fat on the Knicks.

They called out a four-year, $4 million contract.

Baylor has been in a nearly month-long spat with Salley's agent over it.

After Louis heard the news, he gave Belle a trick.

After discussions between the two parties, Sely finally signed a three-year 3 million contract extension with the Knicks.

The contract was complicated because Salley only made $60 in the first year of the contract, $190 million and $200 million in the following two years.

Sely's manager didn't know which song Louis was singing, but as long as he made a lot of money, there would be no problem.

They signed.

The contract made Baylor heartbroken.

"This is the worst contract I've ever given in my career!" Baylor complained, "Why does John Salley get 1 million a year?"

Louis laughed: "But he only got 60 in the first year."

"But we have to give him 190 million in the second year, and 200 million in the third year. With this money, you can go grab Ralph Sampson!"

Louis said softly: "Don't forget, there are two expansion teams next year."

"what do you mean"

"I mean nothing."

There are also problems with the renewal of Wilson and the Knicks, and it is purely a matter of money.

Bob Wolf believes that if Ewing can get 300 million a year, so can Wilson.

Baylor retorted: "Ewing is the Finals MVP!"

Wolff choked back: "Benj is the MVP of the playoffs!"

"Where is this honor?"

"Looking at the entire playoffs, isn't Benj the Knicks' MVP?"

The most difficult part of this negotiation is that when Wolfe brought up Ewing's contract to talk about things, Baylor had to find excuses to divert the topic.

Ewing's contract seemed to be a failure at the time, but this contract lasted for ten years. Although it is still the largest contract in the league, with the increase of the salary cap, within two years, there will be players whose salary exceeds Ewing.

Wilson and the team behind him made the right request.

He may not be the leader of the team above Ewing, but the level cannot be lower than Ewing.

Eventually, Louie got involved.

It was at that time that Jordan and the Blazers re-signed a new eight-year, $8 million contract.

Based on this, Louie said: "Benj, I really want to give you a contract as big as Patrick, but today is different from the past. Our salary cap can't afford that much money. Even MJ, in order to maintain the team's salary space, just signed a very ordinary maximum salary for him."

Wilson didn't answer, Wolfe said on his behalf: "Benj is different from MJ, Benj is a champion, he deserves more!"

Louis joked: "So, how about 8 million in 2501 years? At least 1 more than MJ."

Wilson liked the idea and offered, "Deal!"

After Wilson's contract is signed, his rookie contract is automatically voided.

It was also characteristic of the 80s that the salary cap was not perfect, so, as long as the team has enough space, they can replace the old contract with the new contract as needed.But Wilson is not bound to the Knicks for 8 years. This contract contains a jump-out clause. Every two years, he can jump out of the existing contract and sign a new contract with the Knicks.

Regarding the amount of Wilson's contract extension, the sensitive New York media will naturally not miss the opportunity to make things happen: "In 1965, Wilt Chamberlain signed the largest contract in the history of professional basketball - 3 years and 10 US dollars. Also in that summer, Bill Russell signed a 3-year 100001 new contract. What he needed was not that 1 dollar, what he needed was to earn more than Wilt. 23 years later, Benj did the same thing. He signed an 8-year, 2501 million contract. New contract, and MJ is 8 years, 2500 million. What he needs is not the $1, what he needs is more than MJ. Because he is the championship, and MJ is not."

You can only sigh that human history in all walks of life is just repeating the old stories tirelessly.Some are heartbreaking, some are exciting, and some make you just want to eat melon seeds and watch the show.

(End of this chapter)