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Chapter 801 The Waterloo of a Good Man

At the beginning of the season, the harmony within the Knicks was a bit beyond Louie's expectations.

The atmosphere of last season was too tense, and the high-pressure feeling of internal strife made Louis dare not relax.Now it is calm, Ewing is not entangled with the team's scoring champion, because he is working hard to defend the team's rebounding champion.

Rodman was suddenly promoted from a small forward with strong rebounding ability to the player with the highest rebounding rate in the league.

In less than 29 minutes per game, he can grab 13 rebounds, 2 more than Ewing.

He scored more points than Wilson last season because he wanted to prove that he is the leader of the team.

Since he is a leader, he should do whatever he wants with the acquiescence of the head coach. For example, if he wants to become the team's scoring leader, he should become the team's scoring leader.

Wilson's injury has done him all.

Last season was also Ewing's season with the most impressive personal statistics after so many seasons. Unfortunately, he failed to win the MVP due to Sampson's explosion.

This year, the Tragedy retired unexpectedly, the strength of Sampson's team was greatly reduced, and it was difficult to generate more exciting statistics than last year. Ewing wanted to win the second MVP trophy.

As a result, Rodman suddenly became interested in rebounding, and then he was out of control.

There are many things that Ewing needs to take care of in the game. He can't concentrate on the rebound, and Rodman's position is a blue-collar and green leaf.

In addition to defense, support and rebounds when the ball is passed, most of them take advantage of the situation to score points.

When he grabs rebounds, he is extremely selfish, regardless of closeness, no matter who it is, as long as it hinders him from grabbing rebounds, he will throw a big elbow when he raises his hand.

During the intra-team competition, Ewing often had conflicts with him because of this matter.

Every time Ewing warned Rodman to put his elbows away, Rodman would ask flatly: "Could it be that if I put my elbows away, you can beat Ralph? Or if I put my elbows away, you can grab rebounds? If you blame my elbows for not getting as many rebounds as I do, it means you haven't grown at all."

"How dare you fucking talk to me like that?!"

"You have been in the United States for so many years, don't you know that the United States is a democratic society? This is my freedom of speech!" Rodman occupied the high ground of political correctness and made Ewing speechless.

Initially, Ewing still had the idea of ​​proving himself.

He wants to grab more rebounds than Rodman.

With Rodman, Louie confirmed another theoretical misconception on the basketball court.

On the court, an inch is long and an inch is strong. This is a fact that has been recognized since the era of George McCann.

So in theory, all rebounds should belong to the elders.However, with the development of basketball, all kinds of black players with athletic talents poured into the arena, and basketball has become a sport where athletic ability is paramount.

A center with height and athletic talent should be the master on the court, at least the master of rebounding.

Ewing and Robinson both proved themselves to have the league's top rebounding ability.

But compared with Rodman, there is still a gap.

Rodman broke the rational cognition that being tall and jumping is equal to a rebounding idiot.

Louis also summed up the three elements of rebounding.

Prediction, because grabbing a rebound is more important to find its landing point.

Moses Malone is short and has small hands. As a center, it can be said that his body is not conducive to rebounding in all aspects, but he is a rebounding idiot at the historical level, and he is also recognized as the number one offensive rebounder in history.Louie has seen his prime, and Malone has two impressive traits besides his butcher-like hand-to-hand combat habits, his agility is good, just like Olajuwon.

Olajuwon used his quickness offensively, and Malone used it on the rebounds.This makes his opponents have to keep a close eye on him when he is stuck.Otherwise, if you don't pay attention, you will find him "flowing" to the other side like a wind.

So, the second most important factor is the player's movement speed.

The third element, Louis is summed up in Oakley and Maurice Lucas.For example, Lucas, who often takes advantage of the blind spot of the referee's vision, suddenly twists an opponent's arm to make it immobile; and Oakley, once he occupies a favorable position, he will use his body to press the opponent's leg, and then completely control the rebound.

Therefore, the third element is the most basic: card position.

Rodman has bullet speed, has the top rebound prediction in history, has countless small moves, and has extraordinary moving speed.

In terms of rebounding ability, Ewing is not his opponent.

It took Ewing a month to confirm this fact.

In the first month of the new season, the Knicks won all games.

Ewing averaged 23 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks per game.

Compared to previous seasons, his points and rebounds are down, but his assists and blocks are up a bit.

He acknowledged the reality that Rodman's rebounding was indeed better than his.

As a result, his bottom line changed from defending the team's rebounding title to maintaining an average of more than 10 rebounds per game, followed by becoming the DPOY of this season.

Unfortunately, DPOY is also Rodman's target.

So far this season, Rodman has averaged 6 points, 13 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.7 blocks per game. The block data does not seem to have as much visual impact as Ewing, but his on-the-spot performance is far more impressive than Ewing.

The rivalry between the two made Wilson's sense of presence off the court much lower.

可是场上的威尔逊却是尼克斯的队内得分王和抢断王，场均27分5篮板5助攻3抢断1.1盖帽。

Judging from the data alone, Wilson can also compete for DPOY.

The Knicks ushered in this year's Thanksgiving with a crushing momentum.

But this year, most people's Thanksgiving was ruined by the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.

Mercury announced the day before his death that he had AIDS.

A day later, Mercury died of complications from AIDS.

There was a tragedy teacher before, and there was Mercury later. Two idol stars in different fields used painful lessons to teach Americans to put a helmet on their second brother.

Because of them, Louie's three-child plan was shelved.

Lorraine believed in Louie's chastity, but not in the Knicks.

Louie hangs out with that group of people all day, who knows what will happen?

People nowadays don't have a clear understanding of AIDS. They think that AIDS can be transmitted through droplets, sweat and even breathing, so even if Louis keeps clean, he may still be infected with HIV.

Louis really wants Lorraine to believe in science, but he is also a second-hander in this regard, and he can't explain it at all.

Later, he thought about it, let's have a third child, and having two children is enough for him to worry about.

On Thanksgiving Day, Louis went to the Blue Palace to both give and receive gifts.

Then go home to participate in collective labor.

Although Louis doesn't understand the meaning of collective labor, since it is a labor that the whole family must participate in, how can he be missing?

When the house was about to be cleaned, Louis showed his dedication, not afraid of being dirty or tired. Everyone knew that it was easy for him to find a reason to escape, but was he that kind of person?He is not.

Coach Lu rolled up his trouser legs, took off his jacket, and walked towards the most difficult room to clean—the bathroom.

And without the slightest hesitation.

Louis believes that his choice of bathroom is no different from those heroes on the battlefield who take the last grenade and die with the enemy.

Louie doesn't just "clean" bathrooms.

Because as long as you have money, you can find anyone on the street who can "clean" the bathroom for you.

Louis, on the other hand, was a man of taste.

Just like the games he coaches, he likes spectator games, so even if it’s just a matter of cleaning the bathroom, he has to elevate it to the level of art.

Good men don't need long training to grow into great bathroom cleaners, because they are born with it.

No trash, stain, or excess would survive when Louie went on the offensive against this fortress called the bathroom.

Remember, a good man is never soft!

Louie removed the loose things first, then brushed the tiles with three different cleaners, cleverly dipped toothpaste in the taps, until they were clean enough to blind him.

Louis also meticulously cleaned the shower room. He and Lorraine spent a lot of good time here when the children and mother were away. Maybe the seeds of the future third child of the Lu family would be planted here.

Louie also cleaned the locker under the hand sink, wiped the drainpipe, and scraped the rubber pipe with a toothbrush.Mr. Mighty would feel ashamed when he saw him like this, and took the initiative to give up his title.

After all this is done, Louie will do it all over again, which is called everything.

Afterwards, the bathroom that Louie had cleaned was so shiny that a below-average IQ thief might steal something inside for a diamond.

When Louis was full of ambition, he walked out of the bathroom like a general returning from victory, he was extremely proud.

He proved himself.

Being a good coach outside and being a good man/husband/father/son at home is not a battle that everyone can win, but only a good man like him can do it!
Immediately afterwards, Louis's mother, the woman he respected and feared the most in the world, dragged a bag of garbage and looked at her useless son with disdain, and said, "It takes you three and a half hours to clean up the bathroom? Really, fortunately, you became a coach, otherwise I really don't know what you can do. Your wife and I cleaned the entire hall, and you just came out of the bathroom. What do you want you to do?!"

Louis hurt his self-esteem, being a good man was too tiring, he might as well shut himself up in his autistic hut—actually the study room he usually used for work—maybe.

After ten minutes, the phone in the study rang.

"Hey?"

"Lu, Happy Thanksgiving."

Louie said helplessly: "I have rarely been happy on this day."

"Let me tell you something 'happy'."

"Tell me?"

"Patrick's agent made another offer to re-sign."

(End of this chapter)