the rest, only noise

Chapter 786

The summer of 1991, in Louie's view, was as great as the summer of 2010 and the summer of 2016.

This year's draft is a grand event in itself. Many teams have high hopes for this draft and are eager to select good players to make a comeback.

It's just that after the draft, Billy Owens' farce affected several teams at the same time.

A blessing in disguise for the king.

The Celtics gambled away the future of the team.

The Heat added an All-Star-level wing and a swingman who is expected to grow into an All-Star.

Looks like nothing to do with the Knicks, but the water wouldn't be so muddy without Louie.Moreover, the Heat completed that series of transactions under his command.

Getting revenge on Dave Gavitt didn't come without a price.

In order to win the signing rights of Billy Owens, they fed the Kings in one breath.

Currently, the Kings have Amon Gilliam, Jose Hawkins, Tisdale, Danny Ferry, Dennis Scott, Doug West, Grant Long, BJ Armstrong, Kendall Gill.

It can be said that there are people in any position. Although there are no star players, there are many good players.

At the same time, there are also hidden dangers. Most of these people are new stars, and they all want to get enough playing time. If they don't do it well, they will mess up the chemistry in the team and they will not be able to play well.

If the Kings can make good use of this group of people, the two Kings first-round picks held by the Knicks may become the end of the first round.

Louie decided to take a gamble on Sacramento's feng shui.

The feng shui of this place should not be able to make this group of people unanimous, and it will be rotten or rotten by then.

Even if he made a wrong bet, for Louis, he only missed two lottery picks.

Lottery picks are nice, but the Knicks don't need them that much.

What he lost was two lottery picks, and what the Celtics lost would be the entire 90s and Sampson's peak tail after the age of 30.

When the new season starts, the dangers of Gavitt's faint moves will be reflected.

At that time, the Celtics are bound to review what happened in the summer in detail.

As long as Auerbach is not demented, you can find out what he has done from the various actions of the Heat.

If Auerbach had a clear conscience, he would have called himself to incriminate him.

Now Louie has revenge and is out of anger. He only regrets that the new season cannot start immediately. He sees how Billy Owens can show his tragic master and Larry legend in front of Bird.

Riley, who entered Portland, also completed the first trade of his career the day after the end of the Owens chaos.

Riley concluded that Rick Schmitz was useless, and sent him to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Xavier McDaniel, who made his debut in the Trail Blazers, was traded to the Clippers, and is now being traded back.

Although Schmitz was repeatedly beaten by David Robinson in the playoffs, he was not as good as other top centers, but it was obviously a disadvantage to replace McDaniel.

Even if the Clippers still send Brian Shaw, it will be a disadvantage.

With Schmitz, the Clippers' center reserves suddenly became more abundant.

Schmitz, Perivis Ellison, and Mutombo, the draft picks of these three people are put together, which happens to be 321.

But Ellison has already "proven" his parallel imports, Schmitz is quite satisfactory, and Mutombo is a lottery ticket waiting to be opened.

The Clippers' team building ideas are not understandable by ordinary people. Not only is it chaotic, but also the talent is concentrated in the center position. How to allocate playing time is a problem.

After the Trail Blazers welcomed McDaniel back, Riley immediately announced that the "X-Men" would become an important part of them in the new season.

He appreciates the aggressiveness of the X-Men, where every ball counts, every fight counts.

Brian Shaw is a giveaway.

After the contract of James Edwards expired, the Blazers announced that they would not renew the contract with him.

Sending away Schmitz first, without leaving Edwards, Riley's team building method is incomprehensible, as if in his philosophy, the center is an unimportant position.

Is this the conclusion he has come to after being brutalized by Sampson so many times?Center is not important?

In addition, Riley is still actively working on trading Drexler.

After a bad season, the Trail Blazers are desperate for Drexler. Before the start of the new season, they must dismantle the biggest time bomb in the team, and then they can usher in the Riley era smoothly.

In addition to the operation of the Trail Blazers, the most eye-catching thing this summer is undoubtedly the establishment of the Dream Team.

After many discussions, the Dream Team only left one position for college players.

Moreover, the new season has not yet started, and the selection committee has already determined 12 people in the 6-man roster.

They are Tragedian, Jordan, Sampson, Malone, David Robinson, Isiah Thomas.

Only these six people have expressed their willingness to join the dream team so far.

In addition, three others have also been invited but have yet to respond.

The three are Bird, Ewing, and Wilson.

From the coffee position, to form a dream team, the participation of these three people is indispensable.

But Bird has doubts about his physical condition, and he doesn't know whether he will be able to play the game by then.He didn't want to take a spot and not be able to play.

Wilson publicly stated that he only played for Louis.

That said, if the head coach of the Dream Team wasn't Louie, he wouldn't have joined.

Wilson's attitude determines Ewing's attitude.

Although Ewing didn't say it directly, his words were enough to explain the problem.

"I'm not sure, yes, it's still on the sidelines, it's possible I'll be cheering on the Dream Team, not being part of it. I'll make a final decision after the coaching staff is finalized."

The last time Louie saw Ewing so tactful was probably back in college.

Perhaps he had never been so tactful.

Louis himself is the number one leader of the Dream Team coach, and there are only two factors that hinder him from leading the team.

Nationality and colour.

He is not American, but a Chinese.

Even if his achievements are undisputed, faced with this choice, the selection committee still has to go through many meetings before making a final decision.

In August, Louis returned to China.

He now returns to China for only one thing, and that is the study abroad at Louis Basketball Academy.

The success of Yu Tiancan, Hu Weidong, and Liu Yuqing has brought excellent brand effect to Road Academy.

In recent years, the road academy has expanded rapidly, and the source of seedlings has also changed from a single province to a large-scale selection of training camps and scout recommendations to another form.

The scouts of the Road Academy will still go out, but the seedlings who join the Road Academy have begun to become diverse.

The prosperity of the road academy has made the basketball academies organized by the NBA in China not achieve the expected results.

Deng Shimo expects to select 30 children to travel to the United States this year.

Hearing this number, Louis' feet softened.

"so much?"

"If it wasn't for the fear that you wouldn't be able to take care of them, it might take 40," Deng Shimo said.

"You can have as many as you want, as long as they are authentic."

Louie's so-called real materials do not mean that they must be in the NBA or become top professional players, but that they must have certain qualifications.

To put it bluntly, you can't have any related accounts.

"When the list comes out, I will arrange for them to play the game, and you can observe it on the spot." Deng Shimo said confidently.

Louis believed in the selection mechanism of the Road Academy, but he was a little overwhelmed by the soaring number of people traveling to the United States.

He looked at the list of players that Deng Shimo recommended.

In the U14 ranks, Louis saw a name that made him breathe harder: Wang Zhizhi, 2 meters 04 tall and 74 kg in weight
"How about this child?" Louis pointed to Wang Zhizhi's name.

Deng Shimo's excitement rose several levels: "If he can grow to seven feet in the future, he will become the first world-class basketball player in Chinese history."

Louie smiled but said nothing.

Wang Zhizhi probably won't be the first world-class basketball player in Chinese history, because when he came of age, Yu Tiancan's group was at their peak.

Discovering Wang Zhizhi in Luyuan is certainly an exciting thing, but Louis had expected this day long ago.

After all, Hu Weidong was recruited when Luyuan was first established, so what's so strange about recruiting Wang Zhizhi now?

Maybe in a few years, even the two-meter-two fat man who will become the chairman of the Basketball Association in the future may come
In August, Louis and his family stayed in China.

Lorraine took photos and videos everywhere, while Lu Wuxia and Lu Wuyan felt the oriental style, trying to understand the profound question of "where do I come from".

On the other hand, Louis watched the competition held by the Road Academy every day to confirm whether there are really so many talents this year.

During the same period, an earthquake-level transaction also occurred in the NBA.

The Blazers sent Clyde Drexler to Chicago in exchange for Charles Barkley in a one-for-one deal.

When the deal was done, all the critics were exclaiming.

"This time, we are finally competitive enough to prevent the Knicks from winning five consecutive championships, and it will be done in our hands!" - Cade Dennings, published in "The Oregonian" on August 1991, 8.

(End of this chapter)