the rest, only noise

Chapter 615 Am I Democracy Enough?
After a 5-0 start, the Knicks return to New York for their first road trip of the new season.

On November 11, the Knicks' special plane arrived at the New York airport, and reporters flocked to it.

Wilson, Ewing, McHale, Rodman, Miller... They all became big stars.

Wilson is one of the most popular.

Reporters liked him, and he liked reporters.

Ewing, who should have achieved the same height as Wilson in popularity, has become a representative of players who don't like the media together with John Stockton.

If the media were chasing after the interview, both Ewing and Stockton would show obvious impatience on their faces.

If the questions raised by the reporter make Ewing unhappy, such as the following——

"Patrick, what do you think is the gap between you and great insiders like Kareem, Ralph, Russell, and Wilt?"

If it is a normal star player, when he hears reporters talking about so many big men in the same position in front of him, whether he is modest or pretending to be polite, he will show that he is not as good as he is, and then use better performance in the game to let the fans realize that "this guy is not bad, he is too humble".

In the field of competitive sports, the undisputed strength mainly comes from the recognition of the outside world, not relying on boasting.

Louis didn't expect that Ewing would do that today: "I'm the FMVP, and I'm no worse than them."

"Is there really no difference at all?"

The reporter who deliberately provoked continued to ask questions.

"Next question." Ewing said indifferently.

The most speechless thing is that the same question was asked of Wilson, whose maturity far exceeds that of Ewing.

"Larry is the goal I need to catch up with before I can achieve it. As long as I am still playing, I will follow his example."

Even if Wilson didn't have any respect for Bird on the court, he gave the opponent enough face off the court.

McHale is funny, Rodman is a lunatic who likes to talk nonsense according to his mood, and Stockton doesn't want any reporter to dig the slightest bit of information from him.

When everyone's interviews were over, Louie got on the team bus.

Suddenly, Wilson said under the bus: "Coach, can I take my own car?"

Louis heard this and had no other thoughts.

"be careful."

Then, Ewing also came, trying not to show off: "I just bought a new car, and I want to test the performance."

"Go."

After that was McHale, Miller, Rodman, Hornacek, John Saley.

Of the 15 people on the Knicks roster, 12 left the airport by themselves in a luxury car.

"They all seem to have bought new cars."

Zhao Yuanzheng said.

The three who did not follow suit were Alex Stevens, Brad Rohaus and Song Tao.

Stevens doesn't like the limelight, Luo Haosi doesn't like cars, Song Tao is purely his own income, and the mentality of comparison, he hasn't risen to this level yet.

"Who bought the car first?" Louie asked.

Tomjanovich is well aware of the gossip: "Patrick, he's been blatant since training camp started."

Louis asked with a smile: "Then who started to follow suit?"

"It seems to be BenJ."

"And then it got out of hand?"

"Yes."

Louie doesn't mind the media making the players big stars.

This is an inevitable phenomenon after the prosperity of the New York sports team.

Any professional club in a city with well-developed media cannot escape the end of being promoted by their own family members.

The longer he stayed in New York, the more Louis knew how influential the New York team was in winning the NBA championship.

The Knicks' two championships from 1970 to 1973 had a far greater impact on the professionalization and commercialization of the league than the Celtics' 13 championships in 11 years.

However, Louis didn't want every time they returned to the home court, the players on the team would be like big stars, and someone would pick him up at the airport in a luxury car.

Although they go in their own cars at the airport, it is no different from taking the team bus to a fixed location to disband.

However, this is like any national sports national team training camp in the future, which will confiscate the mobile phones of the training members.

If the mobile phone is not closed, there will be no communication with each other, and everyone will be a bow-headed family, which is not conducive to the cultivation of team understanding and personal friendship.

The phenomenon of asking someone to drive a luxury car to the airport to pick him up like Knicks is even more extreme.

"Notice, go to the Blue Palace half an hour early tomorrow for a meeting."

Louis decided to use the power of "authority dog" to forcibly stop this unhealthy trend.

"Are you trying to stop them?" Tomjanovich saw what Louis was thinking.

"Although I don't like the patriarchal management style, I have to say that this method is the most effective."

When Louie came home, the two children were playing tricks.

Lu had no time to play basketball all over the room. Although Louis hadn't seen any talent for playing basketball in him, he was happy to see his son willing to play basketball.

This means that he has the opportunity to inherit his career in the future.

It is much more difficult for the daughter, her mood is unpredictable, she will suddenly play crazy, laugh suddenly, cry suddenly, feel sleepy suddenly, and suddenly dislike her father.

Today she doesn't like Dad.

Louis wanted to pick up his daughter and have a good time, but she reacted violently and obviously didn't want to play with her father.

"Who told you to work outside all day, she doesn't know you anymore."

Li Xuanbing picked up his granddaughter and scolded his son.

"Mom, I don't agree with that. I go home quite often, and I can make Wuyan laugh anytime."

"Then you try it now?"

Louie's efforts to make faces seem to backfire.

Lu Wuyan burst into tears, Lorraine was not at home, grandma's nursery rhymes seemed to be limited by her granddaughter's comprehension ability and couldn't work, and Louis' grimaces didn't work either.

A two-year-old little girl stumped her father and grandmother.

Later, she smiled inexplicably again, expressing her interest in the planes in the sky.

Louis once again confirmed that the child's emotions are like Kobe who cut off the pass key, there is no logic at all.

The next afternoon, tonight the Knicks will play against the Washington Bullets at home for the second time this season.

Due to the obvious gap in strength between the two teams, this is a game that cannot be lost as long as the Knicks do not want to lose.

Louis deliberately picked the afternoon to set the rules.

The Blue Palace is a three-storey multi-purpose sports complex.

On the first floor there is a court, gym and restaurant.

The second floor is the core area, where the review room, meeting room, warehouse, recuperation area, infirmary, operation department, and scouting department are located.

On matchdays, Louie usually gathers the players in the review room.

If the opponent is not strong, maybe the meeting will not be held.

Are the Bullets strong?The answer is obvious.

"Which one of you committed a crime, you'd better take the initiative to explain it later. If one person makes a mistake, the other should be blamed. Don't implicate everyone."

John Stockton instinctively felt that something had been done.

"Don't worry about it, John, what can happen? I think even if there is something to do, it must be Dennis who caused trouble in the nightclub again..."

McHale opened his mouth and directed the disaster to Rodman, who pretended to be dead.

Rodman immediately denied: "I haven't caused trouble recently, if you don't believe me, ask Alex."

The social network within the Knicks is complicated.

Mainly divided into two factions, Ewing and Wilson.

No one can support both Ewing and Wilson, only to choose one of them.Except for these two people, the communication between players mainly focuses on a common interest.

Rodman's closest teammate was Alex Stevens.

So when Rodman pushed Stevens out, everyone wanted to hear what he had to say.

"Dennis is really doing his duty recently, like a baby." Stevens laughed.

Suddenly, Louie appeared.

"Alex, if you have children, you know that it is inappropriate to put children and the word 'duty' together." Louie walked in easily, "This is the most offensive time since the word 'duty' was born."

After Louis appeared, the players stopped talking.

Another phenomenon in the replay room made the players sure that there was no replay today.

If there is a review, in addition to Louis, other members of the coaching staff will also appear.Coach Lu is a notoriously lazy dog. He needs assistants to help with almost everything, and he just needs to stand in front of everyone and speak.

The players agree that this is why Coach Lu has a small belly.

This person is too lazy.

"Actually, there is no major event today, so don't be nervous."

The smirk on McHale's face represented the mood of the group.

No big deal?Anyone who flies knows that the most frightening time is when the captain tells the plane that everything is normal after the turbulence, don't be afraid, but doesn't tell the reason.

"It's nothing serious. After I finish speaking, you all nod your head in agreement, and you can leave."

"Then what if you disagree?" Ewing asked fiercely.

Just looking at his imposing appearance, you can know that he played his true colors in front of the reporters, and he didn't intend to make people hate him.

"Listen to me first."

Louis didn't mind Ewing's tricky question.

and goes on to say:

"When we returned to New York yesterday, I saw that many of you had asked people to wait outside the airport in luxury cars in advance." Louis said with a smile, "I have to say that your cars are very beautiful, but from today onwards, no matter who they are, as long as they return to New York by special plane with the team, they have to take the team bus back to the designated location before leaving."

Louie said unquestionably: "The airport is not a place for you to put on a show. Getting on the bus and leaving the public eye on behalf of us as a team is an important process."

Ewing protested slightly: "This matter should be voted on...We are a democratic country..."

"Of course, there are sixteen people here, each of you has one vote, and I have 100 votes."

"Why do you get one hundred votes for one vote?" Ewing expressed dissatisfaction again.

"Because I'm the fucking president of the Knicks, I have the right to vote on behalf of everyone in the operating department, do you have an opinion? This is what you said, democratic voting, am I democratic enough?"

From today, the word democracy is dead in the Knicks.

(End of this chapter)