the rest, only noise

Chapter 634
"Draft pick? No."

"Then there's nothing to talk about."

Louie's ability to change faces is also superb. Russell can clearly feel that the enthusiasm of Louis' tone has dropped from the highest annual temperature in Florida to the lowest annual temperature in Minneapolis.

"Except for draft picks," Russell said, "you can take everything except this!"

Louis said affirmatively: "I don't want anything except draft picks."

"How many picks do you want?"

"At least two, Bill." Louie said, "A potential insider who can average 17 points and 7 rebounds per game on the bench is replaced by a substitute who averages 6 points and 5 rebounds per game. Such good things don't happen every day."

Russell knew that without more draft picks, it was impossible for Louie to trade with him.

Auerbach said Louie was the bastard he wanted to strangle in this league because he was so much like himself.

This sounds like boasting, but who else can make Auerbach make such an evaluation?
"I can give you a draft pick ... but not this year and next year." Russell believes in Tisdale's potential, but he doesn't want to work for others.

"Bill, I only accept offers for two draft picks."

"If you can't come up with the extra two picks, we don't have to talk."

Russell was cornered: "You know it's overdone, Lou!"

"How could it be too much, Bill?"

When Louie got the upper hand in a negotiation, his tone would become languid, as if he had just woken up.

This is because he likes to lie on the desk and talk on the phone.

Now, his tone gave Russell the lazy feeling that someone was tickling him.

"I know you want to make some achievements to prove that the ideas of the 60s can be successful in the 80s, so I want to make a deal with you. I want to support your work, but you can't just take advantage. I can move your lineup, and you have to pay a little bit of the future as a price." Louis said with a smile, "If you change someone else, believe me, I will use LS Thompson (LaSalle Thompson C / Average 15+9 per game) and future draft picks as the starting line for negotiations."

Russell laughed angrily at his words.

"If you want to support my work, you shouldn't make it hard for me."

"Is it difficult, Bill?" Louie said casually, "I only want Joe Klein and two future draft picks. You said before that the draft picks I want can't be from this year or next year, OK, I accept. You see, I don't want to embarrass you, I just want to put a long line. If your record still can't improve after three or four years, what does that mean? It shows that your ability is limited, and you have failed my sincerity today. The lottery pick, that is because of your incompetence. As a friend, I have already supported your work, what do you think?"

Russell knew he couldn't talk to Louie anymore.

This matter must be concluded as soon as possible.

"Which two-year pick do you want?"

As long as Russell is willing to add two first-round picks to this deal, no matter which two years it is, Louis will win.

He decided that "good people will do it to the end".

"As I said, I came here with sincerity, Bill, tell yourself which two-year draft picks you want to send out."

Russell certainly wants to extend that timeline.

So he said, "What about 1994 and 1996?"

"That's not good, Bill."

"Why is it bad?" Russell became irritable, "Why is it not good again?"

"I mean, it's not good for you. If, I mean if," Louis said in a seductive pose sideways.

Beside him, Zhao Yuanzheng opened a bottle of Coke and put a straw in it, but Louis said with a strong gesture: NO straws!

Then Louis picked it up and took a sip.

"If so what are you talking about?!"

Hearing Russell's tone, I felt like I was going crazy.

"If you're still not competitive by 1994 and you have to play badly, you're going to have some trouble. My opinion is, give us the first-round picks in 1993 and 1996. That way, even if you're not competitive in 1993, you'll have at least two years to rectify after that year."

Zhao Yuanzheng heard what Louis said, and said with admiration: "Coach Lu, you are really a loyal person!"

"Thank you, I think so too." Louis responded with a smile.

Hearing Louie's colleagues praise him as a loyal person, Russell's blood pressure soared instantly.

He was about to be pissed off.

But as long as you think that to get Tisdale, you only need to send Klein, a waste, and two draft picks that may not be realized until at least four years later, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, as long as Tisdale realizes his potential
"Bill, you're not still thinking about it, are you?"

"Don't rush me!"

"Okay, then you think about it slowly, I'll hang up."

Louis hung up the phone and all that was left was to wait.

Zhao Yuanzheng asked: "Coach Lu, why do you want the first-round picks in 1993 and 1996?"

Why?Because the Lord opened his eyes, he knew that those two years were draft years, ho ho ho ho ho ho ~~~
Of course, Coach Lu couldn't explain this to Zhao Yuanzheng.

Because Zhao Yuanzheng himself said—"I'm a loyal person, don't you say it, I'm just doing what I should do." Louis blinked sincerely.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuanzheng felt a chill.

"Will the Sacramento office call again?"

There are many transactions, no matter how good the negotiation is, after both parties calm down, they may go back on their word, and then there will be no more.

Louie wasn't sure.

Asking for two first-rounders is really a bit of a robbery. He knows that Russell likes Tisdale, knows that the King needs a strong immediate combat force, and knows that as long as Russell dares to agree to this deal, the Knicks will surely make a profit.

Russell's obsession with Tisdale puzzles Louis.

Because apart from his good personality, there is nothing about Tisdale that makes people feel that he can take on the cornerstone role of a playoff team.

Will Russell call again?
This question ended after 11 minutes.

Louie's office phone rang again.

"For the first-round pick in 1996, I want to set up a protection for the top three picks." Russell said fiercely, "If you don't agree, we will break up!"

"Ah this"

Louis hesitated and teased, which annoyed Russell very much.

After 5 seconds, "How is it?" The tone was a little excited.

After 10 seconds, "Do you agree or not?" has already started to get angry.

After 1 minute, Russell roared: "Is it that difficult?"

Another 10 seconds later, when Russell was about to throw a fit, Louie let out a long sigh.

"Bill, only you can make me give in on a deal, because you're my friend."

Regardless of Louis' physical reaction, Russell was about to throw up anyway.This is the first time in his life that he has a physiological reaction not due to routine vomiting before the game and sick vomiting.

"So, I won't make it difficult for you, just do as you said, and set a top-three pick protection on the 1996 first-round pick."

At this time, Russell heard Louie's colleague praise him again: "Coach Lu, you are really the most reasonable person I have ever met in the world!"

Just a bit before Russell throws up.

"That's it." Russell hung up the phone resentfully.

At the Blue Palace at the same time, the moment Russell hung up the phone, Louis got up immediately. Standing on the desk, he looked down on Zhao Yuanzheng as if he was three meters tall: "Hurry up and complete the transaction fax. As soon as Sacramento confirms it, we will immediately send a fax to make the alliance solid! Hurry up!!!"

Half an hour later, the league office confirmed the Knicks' second deal of the day.

In just a few hours, Wayman Tisdale was traded from the Pacers to the Knicks and from the Knicks to the Kings.

On the face of it, the Knicks are slightly underpowered.

They lost Oakley, the league's best hitter and bouncer, reliable rebounder and murderous tight end regular.

However, when Bird is reimbursed for the season and looking at the league, they can hardly find an opponent who can threaten their defending prospects. Trading Oakley to prevent him from being selected in vain in the expansion draft in June is an understandable stop loss operation.

What's more, from a long-term perspective, this is not a stop loss at all.

This is slaughtering the future of Sacramento!

Louie replaced Oakley with Joe Klein and two first-round picks that will most likely be converted into top 15 picks in the future.

The world is about to enter the 90s.

For Louis, the NBA in the 90s is no longer as illusory as it was in the 80s. He will meet a lot of familiar names.

For him, the draft is like an open treasure chest.He can add good players according to his needs.

It's hard to say what the Kings can get them in exchange for these two draft picks, but even at the end of the first round, Louis can maximize its value.

The day the deal was announced, there were whimpers from the league.

Bill Walsh complained as if Louie stole 200 million: "If Sacramento Ken gave me two draft picks, I would send Wayman there too."

The "New York Times" mocked Russell on the second day: "Russell once again proved that even if he is an ultimate winner, he cannot bring the success of the player era to another identity."

Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe gave a gloomy prediction about the trade: "Has Russell forgotten what happened to the last team that bet on the fate of the team in front of Little Lu?"

Even the media in Sacramento felt that Russell's head had been kicked by a donkey.

Russell, on the other hand, was happy they got Tisdale.

"I don't care what other people say, they don't understand basketball." Russell held a press conference for Tisdale's arrival, and he sat next to him. "This young man next to me will change the professional basketball in Sacramento. He is stronger than you think!"

(End of this chapter)