the rest, only noise

Chapter 661 Pin Xiao!Oh my pin-shaw!
What does Shawn Kemp's arrival mean?
At the time of the draft, Louie had no answers.

He didn't see any reason not to pick Kemp at the time, so he did.

He knows Kemp has the potential to be a powder keg, but if handled well, couldn't he be the key to taking the Knicks past the 1984-88 Celtics?
Before time travel, Camp's impression in Louie's mind was Griffin before Griffin.

When he watched Kemp's game, he found that his impression was wrong.

Compared with Griffin, Kemp is more like a Stoudemire who is better in game temperament and full of desire for defense.

But he has more spirituality than Stoudemire. How to say that kind of spirituality, maybe like Kobe who just entered the NBA?
The perfect combination of skill and creativity, doing whatever you want on the court, is a common problem for high school players.

Universities can help them get rid of these problems.

In Louie's eyes, Kemp was an initial version of the perfect power forward, and what he eventually became depended on circumstances and the teachings of others.

Knicks can someone teach him?

No, maybe it should be asked, can someone in the Knicks bring him a negative influence?
Ewing will teach him defense and let him know what professionalism is;

Anyone who fights alongside Wilson will be infected by him, thus possessing his all-out game temperament;

McHale can teach Kemp to attack in the low post;
Rodman, who has awakened before his successor, will be his strongest competitor, because Louis has already started to put the former in the fourth position. If Kemp wants to replace McHale's starting lineup, the number one competitor is Rodman.

Because McHale is old and may play as a substitute at any time, Rodman is not.

New York has a winning environment, and the Knicks are insane.

Louie can be sure the Knicks won't be the reason Kemp went astray.

So what did he have to worry about?Too much.

Because Kemp is a person with a very low IQ but not a low IQ. His self-discipline and willpower are very weak. What a fancy world New York City is to him. On the first day he came to New York, he would forget the dilapidated Hart (hometown) in Ireland.

Counting on him to be immune to the elements outside of New York City is like counting on Louie to quit Coke.

Louis came to the training camp with anxiety, uneasiness, and anticipation. The players had already arrived.

Billy Donovan was working on the homework Louie had given him.

Louis asked Donovan to use the offseason to develop 20-30 partial traps to improve the Knicks' defensive system.

The so-called partial trap is also called the misunderstanding of the ball holder.

First of all, it is necessary to create the illusion of "safety here" for the ball holder locally, and then close the defense line at a rapid speed, and carry out flanking attacks to threaten the possession of the ball.

This is the most advanced concept and most teams have similar defensive tactics.

But there are only 1-5 kinds of traps in reserve at most, and Louis asked Donovan to prepare 20-30 kinds. This is not only bullying honest people, but also a test for the opponent.

To prepare so many traps with the same effect but different processes in different locations, it is necessary to consider the entire defense line.

Some teams don't even dare to think about it, let alone do it.

But the Knicks are different, their defensive resources are too strong.

Ewing, Rodman, this is the winner of DPOY last year and the second vote.

Before Wilson's glider gene mutated into Pippen, or Pippen entered his prime, Louie would call Wilson the best defensive wing outside of Rodman.

McHale, in this life, has not been able to serve as Bird's partner in the role of offense, four defenses and three defenses throughout his career, but his defensive flexibility is deeply trusted by Louis.

Stockton, the notorious old Yinbi, needless to say.

Now here is Kemp again, a young man who is as excited as taking medicine as long as he is on the court. If he can make full use of his athletic ability, his defense may bring unimaginable effects.

"Billy, how are you doing?"

Louis asked.

Donovan said positively: "It's almost done, I'll leave it to you when I improve the details."

"I knew you could do it." Louis smiled, "Come on."

Since the Knicks roster is full, in the era of no development league, they basically did not try out marginal players, and directly spent a month to cultivate tacit understanding within the team and practice new tactics.

Louie made a trip to the office, no different from last year.

After sitting for a few minutes, they came to the training ground, and Tomjanovich gathered the players to listen to his lectures.

When Louis came in front of everyone, he really had nothing else to say except those newcomers.

After all, they are too familiar. These people give each other gifts during the holidays, often go to his house for dinner, and keep in touch by phone during the offseason.

"I have something to say to the newcomers. First of all, you are welcome to join this big family." Louis looked at Kemp, "I dare say that it is an honor for you to play here, not only because we are the defending champions, but also because you have a group of teammates who have proven themselves on the court and are impeccable off the court."

"Beside them, you will encounter challenges. You will find that some of them are unkind, some are too devoted, and some don't even regard you as a close partner. If you want to get friendship here, you must prove yourself, because this is a group of people who have proved themselves." Louis' eyes moved away from Kemp. "They don't care if you are a rookie or a veteran, whether you have played in the NBA for ten years, or you have not even studied in college. The only way to get respect and recognition is to do it yourself."

"So, I hope that in the next month, I won't hear you complaining about who is too harsh, too targeted, or too rude. I don't want to hear this, and I won't mediate for you. You have to rely on yourself for everything."

After saying this, Louis decided to end the one-way conversation with a light-hearted joke: "If you want to drink, or want to watch some X-rated movies after training, I'll be there for you in the office anytime."

Rodman asked curiously: "Coach, Nene is big, is the skin good?"

"Dennis, trust your coach's taste, okay?" Louie said proudly, "I'm not such a man who is easily satisfied."

"Indeed." Rodman had seen Lorraine, and he believed that Louis's threshold for women had reached the peak of men.

After Louis flashed, Wilson and Ewing held the Knicks draft again as usual.

This was the first team draft in the 1989-90 season.

Ewing only wanted to win, so he chose strong teammates. Wilson wanted to get to know new teammates, so his first choice was Kemp.

Due to his poor physical condition, Bowie is not suitable to participate in the Knicks' intra-team match. Even if he wanted to participate, he would be sternly rejected by Louis.

Because the intensity of the Knicks' rivalry is too high, and Bowie is a glass attribute, Louis doesn't want to watch him get an annual salary of 100 million and lie in bed for a whole year before becoming a champion.

It's not fair to the team or to him personally.

Bowie was initially baffled by Louie's banning him from a team match, but when he saw the intensity of the match, he saw the goodwill in it.

Even if he is very confident in himself, seeing the Knicks' playoff-like confrontation intensity, he can't help but feel fear in his heart.

This group of people really treats the confrontation as a competition and fights each other as enemies.

The rookie Doug West who just joined the team was stunned; "Is this really an intra-team match?"

"Doug, don't be distracted, I hope you pay attention to Benj's defense." Zhao Yuanzheng said, "It is very worthy of your reference."

Kemp is the starter of the Giant Shoulders Wind Team (Benj team). His confrontation is too weak. Except for Stockton, he is completely at a disadvantage when encountering others.

As an insider, he was knocked over more than ten times in this game.

Once, he wanted to be lazy on the ground.

The opponent Ewing roared: "Rookie, do you want to tell me that you have only this little guts?"

"Patrick, don't scare the high school students. It may take him a few years to get used to it." McHale said this, not knowing whether he was trying to save him, or just mocking him.

Ewing sneered: "It seems that our coach Lu's great record of 100% shooting in the draft will end in the hands of a high school student. It's really sad."

It was this statement that infuriated Kemp, who stood up and yelled, "I'm not going to embarrass Coach Road!"

"Don't pretend to be dead?" Ewing scolded harshly, "If you don't pretend to be dead, you don't have the right to say that. You are nothing now, you are just a stupid dog with nothing to show for it!"

Although Kemp felt insulted and desperately wanted to prove himself to Ewing, he was obviously far behind the league's No. [-] center last season, and he was not at the same level at all.

Louis watched the battle secretly on the second floor, and found that Kemp tried to challenge Ewing and was turned over by his buttocks, his body was rolling against the floor. He couldn't see that apart from his dazzling talent, he was also very good at wiping the floor with his body.

"Patrick is too ruthless?" Lu Yiyan said insincerely, "My heart aches when I see it, Xiao Xiao is just a child!"

"XIAOXIAO?" Tomjanovich was confused, "Besides, he's almost 20 years old, he's not a child anymore."

Louie didn't have time to dwell on Tomjanovich's discussion about whether Kemp was a kid.

He found that the wind of the giant shoulders had lost, and Kemp, who had not scored a point in the whole game and was humiliated by Ewing, was so wronged that he cried on the spot.

"Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, what's the matter with you, Xiao Xiao?"

Louis quickly came from the second floor to the first floor, and rushed to the scene of the incident, "Whoever made us rookie sad, stand up for me!"

McHale said, "Coach, didn't you just say no?"

Ewing's face was full of confusion: "Who is Xiaoxiao?"

"Who is Xiao Xiao?" Louis laughed, "You bastard, you made Xiao Xiao cry and asked who Xiao Xiao is? Is there anyone like you who is the captain?"

McHale said awkwardly: "Coach, I am the captain."

"Really?" Louis's smile was not awkward but lost his manners, he smiled wretchedly, "When did it happen?"

(End of this chapter)