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Chapter 663 The Coach Loves You
Louis didn't call Reed directly, it was inappropriate, for this kind of thing, old Nick had to be invited to play.

Louie first called Phil Jackson, who was planning to backstab Doug Collins with the Bulls, and asked him to help test out Reed's recent plans.

The camaraderie between Jackson and Louie is still there.

Although when he was an assistant coach in the Knicks, he did more dispensable things like psychological counseling, but Louis never disliked him because of this.

Louie gave Jackson a chance to prove himself in the world.

He still went to the Bulls, but there is no Jordan, only Barkley, can he still become a champion coach?If not, it will affect the ownership of the next 11 championships.

Afterwards, Louie called Dave Debusschere and asked Reed to come out to dinner as an intermediary.

Jackson brought back information for Louis. Reid has been busy with various speeches recently. NBA celebrities like them earn about 1000-1500 dollars for a speech. Although it is much more than ordinary people, if they can work in the professional basketball circle, even as an assistant coach, they will earn more.

Therefore, Louis believed that Reed would accept his invitation.

In the dinner party, which was both an interview and a pleasantries, Louie explained his thoughts on Reed and expressed his desire to invite him to the coaching staff.

"Me? Join the Knicks' coaching staff?" Reed said incredulously, "It is said that New York has the most professional coaching staff. Do you really need my kind of rough?"

Old teammate Debusschell scolded with a smile: "You are so fucking humble, even Truke Robinson can be an assistant coach, why can't you? Didn't you have been an assistant coach before?"

Reid smiled embarrassedly: "It's because I don't know much about tactics, so I can't stay in this business for a long time. Coach Lu, I'm not the person you need."

"No, Willis, what I need is not your tactics, but your skills." Louie explained, "We do have a lot of assistant coaches internally, but their responsibilities are different. Some are in charge of training, some are in charge of the draft, and some are mainly to develop the potential of players. As Dave said, Truke Robinson is a very solid inside player. He has been our team's inside development coach for the past few years. Now he has gone to Los Angeles to find another job. We need a reliable person to replace him. post."

"True Ke Robinson?" Reed said in surprise, "That kind of person can teach technology?"

Louis didn't know how to respond to his words.

Ewing has practiced diligently under him for four years!

"I think I can do it." Reed was moved, "Then this salary"

De Buschel smiled at Louis: "President Lu, the rest is your job."

"Like several other assistant coaches who specialize in developing player skills, the base salary of 10 does not include bonuses. We have many bonuses, such as winning bonuses, playoff bonuses, championship bonuses, and business bonuses."

Even Reid, an old man from New York, was shocked by the Knicks' wealth.

Giving a physical fitness teacher-like teaching assistant an annual salary of 10 is not considered a bonus?
In Reid's era, the Knicks already had a reputation for being stupid and rich. They liked to spend money on players full of negative energy, but they were not generous to those secondary characters.

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"Coach Lu, don't say anything!" Reed said boldly, "I will report to your place tomorrow!"

De Buschel jokingly said, "You guys are really open to money. Also, Louis came to see you today as the president. You should call him President Lu!"

"Yes, yes, I'm confused, President Lu!"

Things went so smoothly, which was beyond Louis' expectations.

He didn't expect old Nick to have such a good relationship. He really appreciates the brotherly friendship between De Buschel and Reed.

The next day, when Reid appeared in the Blue Palace, the scene was completely different from when Truke Robinson was there.

Robinson looks like a villain, but his heart is as soft as cotton, and he is not cruel enough to his players.

Reid is different. He was a bodyguard in his player days, the most feared executor in the league. Since he wants to help players practice basic skills and perfect inside skills, he has to be ruthless. Otherwise, how can he remember?
Louis took him to say hello to the other insiders on the team.

Finally, he pointed to Kemp and said, "This is the talented high school student I told you about."

"Look at this body is a good material for playing inside." Reed patted Kemp, "I will be in charge of your training from today on."

"Uh"

Camp was too frightened to speak by Reed's aura of a mafia boss.

"That's it, I wish you a happy get along." Louis said and left.

Kemp's good days are over, and Reed is not a gentle man.

Phil Jackson once said to Louie that Reed was the toughest man he had ever met.

And Debusschell has his own opinion on Reed's sternness.

He thinks this is Reed's only way of urging, he will not give up any of his teammates, as long as you are still on the team, he will let you keep up.

Louis thought that after more than a week, Kemp's tear ducts had been physically removed by his teammates.

As a result, Reed scolded him on the first day he came.

It was McHale who came to report to Louis. He thought Reed was too cruel to Camp: "Actually, it's just a distraction. It's not a big deal, but Willis really scolded him to death. It's too much, and Patrick can't listen to it."

Louie asked, "So did he stop Reed?"

"No, he didn't want to hear high school students cry, so he went to the weight room."

Louie looked at McHale's pork ribs: "I think you should go to the weight room to spread unnecessary sympathy."

McHale said coldly: "Coach, you let a vegetarian ([-]) lift weights? Isn't it too cruel?"

"Don't you think it would be more cruel for him to have you come to the office to make small reports instead of Pin Xiao?" Louis said lightly, "If he can't stand it anymore, he will come and tell me himself, and you don't need to be nosy, that's not how the captain should be. You can either stop Reed on the spot, or find something to distract yourself like Patrick did."

"Then can I end the training session early?"

"Goofy bastard, do you dare?"

McHale slipped away, and no one else came to intercede for Kemp, who apparently knew who Reed was coming for.

After Reid came, Kemp was scolded and cried every day.

He was not ready to accept a mentor of this level. Gradually, he stopped crying on the court. He kept his grievances in his heart and cried at home at night.

But every day he walks into the Blue Palace with a stronger posture.

His performance met Louie's expectations.

Kemp's self-control and self-discipline are indeed a problem, but this kind of problem will not surface until he has fully established himself in New York.

Moreover, in such a crazy introversion environment like the Knicks, it is hard to say whether he will have so much energy to go outside the court.

Maybe he will grow into a new version of Rain Man that Louis doesn't know at all, surrounded by a group of highly professional teammates.

So, what is his ultimate significance to the Knicks?

Louie's answer is that his arrival turned the Knicks into a "90s" team from start to finish.

Because of the appropriate tactics and lineup, coupled with Louie's use of the team's potential and good chemical reactions, the Knicks, which should have reached their peak in the 90s, became the champion in the late 80s.

But that's not their ceiling.

They haven't reached their best time yet. Judging from their age, the early and mid-90s are the peak of this Knicks team.

There are many teams that have not reached the peak in history. The Knicks' greed was suppressed by Ewing, Wilson and Louie.

But it will happen sooner or later, in a highly commercialized league, wanting to have a completely unselfish team is a pipe dream.

And this is the meaning of Kemp, if he can reach a height that even Louis has never seen, if he does not have those vices, if he succeeds McHale, maybe the entire 90s will be dominated by the Knicks.

The Knicks' intense intra-team competition didn't come without a price.

This kind of strength cannot last long.

But everyone is used to this kind of contest, and it is almost impossible for them to stop.

The day before media day, Patrick Ewing hurt his foot in a test match.

After examination, there are two main problems, knee soreness and thigh sprain.

The latter is not a big problem, the former is worrying.

Ewing therefore has an indefinite truce, and he will not be absent for a long time, but as for when he will return, it depends on when his knee soreness subsides.

Regarding Ewing's injury, Reed complained: "You can see the Knicks' intra-team matchups. To be honest, with this intensity, injuries will occur sooner or later, but it is this confrontational intensity that gives the Knicks full of advantages when facing other teams. They are not afraid to increase the intensity of the game, because many high-intensity games are not as intense as their intra-team matchups."

Kemp also received a lot of attention.

The Knicks selected him with the 14th pick in the first round this year. If Louie hadn't made this decision, he would have been spat out by the mean New York media.

Because of Louis, no one dared to ask questions.

In New York, when it comes to professional basketball, Louie is the first to be mentioned, followed by Ewing and Wilson.

Everyone knows the Knicks wouldn't be what they are today without Louie.

His draft shooting rate is 100%. Even if there is a big problem with this selection, no one dares to say anything.

Even if Kemp is really in trouble, no one will criticize him.

Louis has become something that can only be boasted in New York.

His attitude toward the New York media, though, is another story.

"Stop asking Patrick and Pinshaw, I'm getting tired of hearing it." Louie said impatiently, "Can you do something new?"

"Yes, yes!" the reporters in New York asked like licking a dog, "Coach Lu, you can talk to anyone you want!"

([-]) McHale was a vegetarian before entering the league. I seem to have forgotten to mention this before.

(End of this chapter)