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Chapter 649 Emotional Intelligence Has Been Raised By Coach Lu
6 Chapter Fifty
When Stern spoke, he briefly and politely summed up the various achievements of the league in the past year.

Like the ratings, like the interest of the audience, and lavishing praise on the commercialization of the New York Knicks.

The Knicks' geographical advantage was fully reflected when they were strong.

Their product peripherals, sponsors, and various incomes add up to more than twice that of the No. 2 Lakers.

"It doesn't make much sense if there's only one family that dominates, rather than making money together."

Nets general manager Harry Weltman poured cold water on it.

"No, it still makes sense." Stern ignored the undercurrent in front of him. "This proves that when a team becomes stronger, their commercial value will increase rapidly, which will attract more fans and benefit all teams."

Stern has indisputable statistics: "In the past season, the Knicks' average ratings per game ranked first in the league, and half of the teams attracted more fans after playing against them."

"As long as you continue to play great games, these fans will become real NBA fans, and then influence their children, and then the next generation, we can have more generations of fans like the NFL."

Wiltman stopped talking. According to the usual practice, after Stern praised his achievements, it was time to summarize the various operations of each team.

What should be praised, what should be scolded.

This is a boring part, because Stern can't really swear, but just encourages others like a kind elder to "do better next time."

The highlight is still the proposal part.

Louis did not prepare any proposals this year. He has made enough limelight in the past few years, and he will not seek any policies that are beneficial to the Knicks and other teams in the short term.

First, Stern proposed a policy that would need to be voted on by all teams.

"In the past year, we have introduced many young referees, and many referees from college leagues are very interested in working in the NBA." Stern smiled so kindly that everyone would support him. "So, after discussions with the league committee, we hope that from next season, the number of referees in each game will increase from two to three. What do you guys think?"

This sparked a collective discussion on the spot.

The addition of referees increases the financial pressure on the league. They need to hire more referees to ensure that there are three referees per game.

It can be detrimental or beneficial to the game.

The downside is that the third referee can see corners that the two referees cannot, and the frequency of whistles will increase.

This will affect the fluency of the game, there will be more dead balls, and it will bring a lot of uncertainty to the game.

The good side is to make the game more formal, so that those who like to play tricks can no longer easily use the blind spots of the two referees to make moves.

Many people glanced at Louis.

Because the Knicks' style of play has become notorious under the publicity of many media.

For Louis, this kind of slander has long been a habit.

"I support it." Louie stood up and spoke, "Although adding referees will bring variables, it can ensure the fairness of the game and prevent individual players from using dead corners to make black hands. For those highly professional teams, they don't need to use this method, so this is a very good policy, and I will strongly support it."

Lewis Shafier, Louis' follower hidden in the annual meeting, saw his support and immediately followed up: "I also support it."

Volker looked at Auerbach, who nodded slightly.

"We have no opinion."

For some, this may be a targeted policy.

In fact, it is not the Knicks who will really be hurt by this.

What scares people about the Knicks is that they are fierce, not dirty.

While Rodman's elbow on Bird was famous, it wasn't a common occurrence.

Kevin McHale's infamous clothesline to Bird was a sign of the Knicks being pushed.

When they are unscrupulous, they will not bully you.

Like McHale's clothesline, or the elbow that makes a big bird fall, they will directly attack you and make you feel scared.

If you simply think that the Knicks only rely on this method to establish an advantage, it is a child's opinion.

Those scenes were when the Knicks were pushed to the extreme. It was the most extreme phenomenon. The most common Knicks was the bandit team that loves confrontation and hand-to-hand combat.

Louie brought a small rhythm, turned passivity into initiative, and helped Stern pass the policy.

Then, there are proposals from each team.

Louis was as quiet as a virgin, and Stern looked at him unexpectedly.

He thought Louis would bring another unexpected proposal, but this year, he didn't plan to do that.

Until the end, Stern made a special trip to ask Louis: "Lu, do you have any plans for this year?"

"No, sir."

"Ok."

If it weren't for the ins and outs of Chicago, Louie might have asked Baylor to attend the annual meeting instead.

After the annual meeting, as usual, everyone had a meal together.

Louis moved away from Jane Walker who missed him and reminiscing about the past, and came to Lewis Shafier.

"Coach Lu, I really admire you for taking the lead in agreeing to the league's policy." Shafier obviously felt that the policy was not good for the Knicks.

Hornets general manager Gene Littles laughed: "Who doesn't know that Coach Road is a loyal guy? He won't make things difficult for the president."

"Long live the understanding." Louis asked with a smile, "Is there anyone in this position?"

"Please sit down, Coach Lu."

On this table, there are Heat general manager Shafier, Hornets general manager Littles, Bullets general manager Bob Ferry (Bob Ferry).

Afterwards, Jerry West asked for a chair and came over.

"Jerry, why do you follow me wherever I go?" Louis teased, "I can't even shake it off!"

West said lightly: "Everyone knows that there is meat to follow Coach Lu."

"This is wrong, what can I do? Everyone here is my predecessor"

Shafier tentatively asked: "Coach Lu, what do you think of this year's draft?"

Louis took a special look at Bob Ferry, "I see the shadow of Larry Bird in Danny Ferry."

Louis deftly resolved Shafier's question and made Ferry very comfortable.Because this year's top three favorites, the first Bird II in history, Danny Ferry, is his son.

"Really?" Shafier asked uncertainly.

Louis smiled and blinked: "Of course, if I have the first pick, I will choose him."

The first pick in the first round in 1989 was in the hands of the Miami Heat.

The ridiculous thing is that their record is not in the bottom five.

With the excellent operation in last year's draft, the Heat got a very comprehensive lineup this year, and only one star player is missing to lead this group of people to take off.

If the league wants to get a bigger promotion, it needs the Heat to become a strong team.

As a resort in Miami, there are not many diehard fans, but there must be many who are willing to watch the game live. If there is a good team there, you can earn a lot of money just by selling the team's peripherals and player jerseys.

Therefore, this may be the reason why the Heat got the No. [-] pick this year.

Louis winked at Shafier, intending to tell him "we'll discuss this in private", but Shafier hummed suspiciously.

Bob Ferry smiled modestly: "Coach Lu, can you talk about Danny's shortcomings from the perspective of a coach?"

To be honest, if the occasion was changed and the object was not the client's father, Louis would be merciless.

But now, since he has chosen to take the route of high EQ, he has to be high to the end.

"He's literally the most Larry-like player I've seen in years, and if I were to say it, there's only one problem with Danny."

Shafier seemed more anxious than the client's father: "What is it?"

Louie winked at him again: "He's a lot like Larry, but he's not Larry after all."

When it was over, he added: "Larry should be his model, but he doesn't have to follow Larry in everything. The best way is to be himself and be the unique Danny Ferry."

What Louis said made Ferry happy, and he nodded happily: "I will definitely tell him what you said, it is very important to him."

West believed the joy on Ferry's face was not fake.

If Louie praised his child like that, he would be very happy too.

You must know that the opponent is the best coach in the NBA. He has a sharp vision in the draft, and the players he can fancy are not ordinary.

"By the way, I have something to ask everyone. If it involves your agreement with other teams, you don't need to answer it. If you have no interest and know some news, please let me know."

West saw through Louis's little thoughts at a glance.

"Lu, you want to ask about the tricks behind the expansion draft?" West laughed.

"The reason I don't like Jerry is that he understands me too much." Louis teased the LOGO man, and said frankly, "I was prepared to lose Ronnie Secali in advance, and I made an agreement with Orlando, but Minnesota's first choice messed up my whole plan."

Hornets general manager Littles said: "I heard there is a relationship with Chicago."

Another heard?
Louie really wants to go back to Baylor and ask, what happened to his source?

Even a newcomer like Littles has a source in Chicago, but he doesn't?

Ferry confirmed the authenticity of the news.

"I have an old friend who works in the draft department of the Bulls. He told me that the Bulls and the Timberwolves have some agreements, and the two sides will have a deal later." While eating melons and making fire, old fritters like Ferry will do their part. "If the news is true, we will see the results within a week."

(End of this chapter)