the rest, only noise

Chapter 868 All that Louis took the initiative to let you see are illusions

April 6

The league announced a deal between the Knicks and the Clippers.

The Knicks sent the No. 1992 pick in the first round in 5 and Brad Rohaus in exchange for the Clippers' No. 4 pick in the first round.

As soon as the transaction was exposed, the reactions of all parties were the same:? ? ?
The "Los Angeles Daily News", which has always regarded the Clippers as a shame for Los Angeles, published an article: "Fuck, ship???"

Louie was going to give them a second round, but Monroe insisted on Rohaus.

Because their boss Donald Sterling likes Rohaus.
Poor Rohaus has been the mascot of the Knicks for many years, and was regarded as a human victory cigar by Louis, but now he is sent to the Clippers as an extra head.

After the transaction between the two parties was completed, Louis told Monroe in detail how to solve the current predicament on the phone.

It remains to be seen whether Monroe will operate in accordance with Louie's instruction. Miami Heat godfather Lewis Shafier has called Louie extremely frequently in recent days.

Shafir suffered from a form of post-traumatic stress disorder called "Danny Manning PTSD."

Being played by the same team for three consecutive years, no one can accept it.

His appeal this summer is to find a player who can match Manning on the defensive end.

Judging from his needs, the one who best meets his needs in this year's draft is Rafonso Ellis.

But Louis would not recommend this person to Shafier. He repeatedly explained to Shafier that Lafonso was a barb thrown by him, which was specially used to entrap people.

"Coach Lu, I really can't take this anymore!"

Shafier was aggrieved.

"Danny Manning and I must die!"

Louis looked at the Heat's roster, one by one, and he felt that the core lineup of this team was complete, and it would have the strength to reach the top in a few years.

Being employed by Manning for three years in a row is not so much a poor team configuration as the coaching staff's inability to adapt.

Although Manning is an unsolvable individual, this year's pioneers have proved with blood lessons that as long as there is an absolute weakness, even if there are two unsolvable individuals, so what?

The Pacers are a strong team in the East, and their core team is Manning, Horace Grant, Oakley and Mookie Blaylock.

There is no pure center, and there are no deadly shooters on the outside.

In this case, as long as you insist on using the pocket formation and flexibly respond to the other points of the Pacers, you can completely beat the Pacers.

"If you really want to deal with Manning"

"Think about it, I dream about it even in my dreams, Coach Lu, what should I do?"

He was so enlightened.

"Fire your coach first, and then keep in touch with me. After that, you must discuss every step of your plan with me."

"Coach Lu, I feel that you are our president!"

Louis smiled lightly and said: "How could it be? No matter what industry you work in, as long as you know how to use people well and are willing to listen to the opinions of professionals, you can make some achievements. Lewis, you have a pair of ears that are willing to listen. I just raised a few opinions on the phone casually. In the end, whether to do it or not has to be decided by your wise and mighty head. Obviously, you have been making the right decisions, so you are the one who made the Heat rise in the East. You are the godfather of the Heat."

Shafier was overjoyed by Louis' good words, and he immediately praised Louis: "If people like me are considered godfathers, Coach Lu must be the godfather of godfathers. It's no big deal to be a godfather. It's the most amazing thing to let others become godfathers!"

Louie unknowingly gained temporary control of two other teams.

It can be said that as long as he wants, he can set up any team to kill any team at will this summer.

Just looking around, he doesn't have many enemies.

Except for Minnesota's Breadcrumbs, and New Jersey's Harry Weltman, others seem to have no trouble with him.

At this time, he could not help but feel lonely looking at the world and finding no opponent.

Since then, the Knicks have successively tried out college students including Yu Tiancan and Hu Weidong.

Louis will be interviewed every day after the trial training. In addition to answering the questions of the dream team, his answer to these college students is always: "They are great!"

Raffonso Ellis is the only player he doesn't like.

However, the Knicks were traded to the fourth pick from the Clippers after making comments that were not optimistic about LaFonso.

What does it mean?
Lafonso has always been a popular candidate for the top five picks. Whether it is fourth or fifth depends on which position the team needs.

But the Knicks were actually worried and chose to trade?
It was well known that Louie was setting off smoke bombs.

Lafonso is not as bad as Louie said, maybe he is so good that he is beyond imagination, which caused such a clumsy smoke screen for a veteran of the draft game like Louie for many years.

So how good is he?

Did the scouts get lost?Can he enter the discussion of the top three picks?

This is obviously impossible.

This year's No. [-] pick is undoubtedly Shaquille O'Neal, known as "The Next Wilt" (the next Chamberlain).

Scouts praised O'Neal, and professional basketball recognized him, even surpassing Ewing in 1985 and Sampson in 1980.

If we say that the NBA from the 50s to the 80s was the era of paper media, then among the most hyped draft players in the past 30 years, only Chamberlain himself and Lou Alcindor in 1969 can be compared with O'Neal. Since the 80s, professional basketball has entered the era of cable TV. Until now, Sampson, a freshman candidate, has not undergone much hype. Ewing was regarded as a taller and more offensive Bill Russell entering the league.

And O'Neal is a recognized superstar.

No matter what league he is in, he can become a devastating force in the first place.

When he found out that staying in LSU was just a waste of youth (he didn't bring the team to the Final Four for two consecutive years), so he resolutely participated in the draft, and professional basketball was very excited about it.

When David Stern jokingly asked him in a meeting whether he wanted to go to Orlando or Minnesota, O'Neal replied that he liked somewhere warmer.

It's hard to say to what extent O'Neal's answer determined the result, but the Timberwolves with the bottom record only got the No. [-] pick, and Orlando happily opened his hands to O'Neal.

O'Neal is a unique existence in this draft, and no one can threaten his championship.

And Alonzo Mourning, who also locked the second pick, was hyped just like his senior brother Ewing.

"Sports Illustrated" said he was the most perfect center, Louie didn't see it.

The "New York Times" said that Mourning came to this world to become "The Next Russ" of "The Next Wilt".

Louie called it a good guy. It’s only been a few years since Ewing has been blown into a large-sized and enhanced version of Russell. Forget it?This time, the reason why the Times boasted that Mourning is the contemporary Russell Jr. seems to be more sufficient. Mourning's height is about the same as Russell.
Judging from the college game, Mourning does have the smell of John Thompson. He doesn't have as many stinky problems as Ewing, but when he plays, he has a second blood.Moreover, his playing is extremely formulaic. You can think of the next few steps when you look at his first step, and the offensive end is very restricted.

He will definitely become the top center in the league, but there is a huge gap in talent between the four upcoming centers and Mr. Only, which separates them from each other.

He won't be Little Chamberlain's Russell Jr., he'll be a contemporary Bellamy at best.

If you don’t know who this person is, allow the narrator to introduce him like this: He is a star center who makes Chamberlain pretend to be a bird⑴.

Having said that, Mourning, as the No. [-] center after the five monsters, has no problem keeping a second pick.

So, LaFonso can be a threat... maybe only Laettner, the GOAT of modern college basketball?
This is a terrible assertion that will shake the senses of many people.

Because Rafonso doesn't look that good, he just has potential.

But when did Louie go to such lengths for a rookie?

In the memory of many people, when Louie was in the draft, he never took the initiative to seek a deal to ensure that nothing would go wrong. He always believed that the person he wanted would fall into his bowl.

But this time, he couldn't help but make a deal, just asking for an insurance?
How strong is Raffonso Ellis?

LaFonso's camp, like Scottie Pippen's agents in 1987, jumped at the chance to hype LaFonso's quiet booking by Louie.

They're not stupid enough to say Louie gave them a draft commitment.

According to the agent's plan, Rafonso Ellis rejected all invitations to try out from June 6, as if he had received a reliable draft promise.

Conspiracy theories about Louie are once again being circulated.

Sometimes, Louis really wanted to find a media outlet to pour out his bitterness: Why did you not believe me when I finally told the truth?For gods and demons?

Of course, he won't do that just yet.

This kind of paranoid suspicion that Lafonso's potential may be unimaginably large is exactly what Louis wants to see.

Will anyone fall for it?

In fact, what Louie really wanted to know was, would the fat Minnesota be fooled?

Only one team saw through the truth.

That was the former victim, the Boston Celtics.

Reed Auerbach, 75, was furious when he saw what Louie had done. "What the fuck is the difference between this and last year's Billy Owens farce?"

Auerbach said a wise saying to the people around him: "Everything that Louis took the initiative to let you see is an illusion. He will never let the players he likes be exposed in full view!"

⑴ Specifically, Lao Zhang threatened to block the rookie Bellamy in a certain game.He did what he said in the first half, saying to Bellamy at the beginning of the second half, "You can start scoring." Witnesses said he gave Bellamy at least nine blocks face to face.

(End of this chapter)