the rest, only noise

Chapter 897 A comeback with a head but no tail

Before the preseason came, there were two things that bothered Louis. One thing was that his second hometown, the Cleveland Browns, lost 3-55 in the preseason.Although the preseason games of any professional sports league are not taken seriously, it is rare to lose so badly.

Traveling through the past 14 years, in addition to the NHL, MLB and NFL, Louie has paid attention to it. Seeing Brown lose so badly, Louis will naturally think of the Cavaliers who have no sense of existence.

In Louis's previous life, the Cavaliers rose from the late 80s to the early 90s, but were ruled by Jordan's Bulls. However, after his time travel, the Cavaliers rotted from the 80s to the 90s and have not seen any improvement so far.

To put it bluntly, they don't even know how bad it is.

Another thing that troubled Louis was the startling announcement of the tragedian.

A few days ago, Tragedy Johnson publicly announced at the Los Angeles Great Western Forum that he would come back and return to basketball.

"Everyone's rooting for me," Tragedy said. "Everyone knows that course is where I belong, no matter what happens. That's where I belong. If you ask me, do I really want to do it again? All I can say is, I want to win it all. Some say I'm taking a risk, but I think the positive outweighs all the risk. I'm not going to sit here and listen to the risk of it. Because life itself is a risk. But to make myself happy, I'm going to come back and I know it's going to be alright."

This looks a bit like poisonous dog entertainers complaining that the society does not accept them, and the masses do not give them a way out.The nature of Tragedy is not as serious as that of poisonous dogs, but for others in the league, playing with HIV carriers will be psychologically burdensome.

Again, in 1992, few people could correctly understand the difference between HIV and AIDS.

Even the tragedian himself didn't expect that the first person to come out against him was Karl Malone, a teammate of the Dream Team.

"His comeback means nothing to me." Malone said meanly and realistically. "Basketball is a fierce sport. Everyone may be injured in the game. Once he is injured on the court, how will the game continue? We have to consider its consequences and impact when we do things. I'm not a fan, I'm not a cheerleader, and I'm just telling the truth. We're all excited for the tragedy to finish the Olympics, but now, we have to get back to reality."

After Ma Long, many people who were friendly to the tragedy division changed their positions and strongly opposed his comeback.

Suns team president Jerry Colangelo believes that no matter how low the risk is, it always exists, and one should not let others take unnecessary risks for the sake of one tragedy.

The tragedian was unaware of the opposition.

Ma Long spent several months with him in the summer without saying anything, why should he oppose him now?What made him saddest was that neither Malone nor Colangelo had communicated with him beforehand when they publicly expressed their opinions.They took the lead and aroused the collective opposition of NBA players. These things gave the tragedy division a blow.

He thought the fans would warmly welcome his comeback, but he was wrong.

Some forces began to put pressure on the alliance, they want Stern to prevent the comeback of the tragedy division.

Stern remained unmoved, and the tragedy division confirmed that he would represent the Lakers in the preseason.

In the Lakers' preseason game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Tragedy scratched his right arm while driving for a layup.According to the new NBA rules, the referee immediately stopped the game and asked the Lakers team doctor Gary Vitti to treat Johnson's wound.When the audience heard that the tragic teacher had a wound, they all sighed in unison.

As the tragedian walked towards Vitti, the entire stadium fell silent.

Vitti knew very well that according to the requirements, he must put on rubber gloves before treating Johnson's wound.For weeks, though, Lakers players had been sneaking into his office to ask him if it was safe to play with Johnson, and each time Vitti told them, "Actually, there's no danger at all."

Woundingly, fans reacted as if the Tragedian was a corpse.

The faces of the Cavaliers players were full of fear, and the sighs of the fans pierced the heart of the tragedian like a sharp sword.

He knew it was over.

That weekend, the Tragedy Division announced his retirement again.

Whether he can play in the NBA, only time will tell.

Sadly, it will be years before the world believes that people with HIV can exercise and play like everyone else without being contagious.

Before the start of the preseason, Louis got the first surprise of the new season.

Madonna released a new MV called "Erotica". As the name suggests, this MV is very pornographic.This video, as well as last year's porn book she wrote, plus this year's new album, explore sex, fetishes, HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, discrimination, feminism, infidelity.

Thanks in large part to this music album, many singers can talk about sex in their songs and have more freedom of expression without criticism.

The MV was banned within a few days, and to Louie's shock, he discovered that Rodman had shown his face in the MV.

How long have they known each other?

Rodman's appearance in the MV will of course be discovered, and it will attract a lot of media.

These people don't pay attention to sports, don't care about basketball, they just want to dig out Rodman's gossip.

Perhaps the extra interference affected the Knicks' preparations, and they lost their first preseason game.

Louie has more important things to attend to than a preseason loss.

Strange media from other places are asking him about Rodman every day.

They want to know this, they want to know that, they want to know everything, but Louie doesn't know that much
"Why don't you ask him yourself?"

What made Louie most dissatisfied was that Rodman began to miss training.

He had different excuses every time, and in order to prevaricate Louis, all the elders in his family were admitted to the hospital.

Finally, before the last preseason game, Madonna wanted to ask Rodman to take a leave of absence, and then said that Rodman was fucking sick-"Before you make up such an excuse, you better figure out his relationship with his family!" Louie growled, "Tell him, either come back to play for me, or never come back!"

Louie was the only person in the world Rodman feared.

He's back, with blazing gothic red hair.

"Coach, are you looking for me?"

Rodman came to Louie's office.

"Close the door."

What awaited Rodman was a scolding meal, Louis did not threaten him, because the Knicks still needed Rodman, but Kemp made rapid progress.

He wants Rodman to know that if he doesn't come to practice, he will lose his starting job; if he doesn't even want to play, then he will consider trading him.

These words are mainly intimidating.

Rodman likes the fame and fortune that New York has brought him, he doesn't want to leave, and being traded is the worst result.And Louis didn't think about trading him. He knew that Rodman's degeneration was doomed, but he was the kind of player who would be useful on the court no matter how degenerate he was.

Even if Kemp replaces him as the starter, Rodman is a key piece for the Knicks, and as long as the Knicks remain defense-based, Rodman has irreplaceable value to them.

Phil Jackson's successful monkey training with Rodman influenced Louie.

He found himself overindulging in Rodman, and if he started missing practices, the discipline that was the foundation of Louie's Knicks rule would disappear.

Louie could sense the team was derailing.

Rodman died for a few days, and the Knicks were able to achieve a record of 4 wins and 1 loss in the preseason.

In the opening game of the 1992-93 season, the opponent arranged by the league for the Knicks was the Boston Celtics.

As a traditional powerhouse in the East, the Celtics did not perform many useful operations.

The only thing that stands out is the signing of veteran Kiki Vandeweghe with a basic salary, who will be Bird's backup.

When Vandeweghe was young, Auerbach looked down on him, but he didn't expect to become a member of the team when he was old.

What is this indicating?

Louie sees the Celtics repeating their mistakes.

It's no different from what happened after 1976, when the Celtics gradually became a disrespected team.

In the East, fans prefer the Knicks, Heat, Hornets, and Pacers.

Even the Clippers in the West look more interesting than the Celtics.

Bird didn't retire in the summer of 1992 because of Louie, but both his and Sampson's contracts expire next summer.

For Bird, if the team can't make results, there is no point in continuing to play.

Sampson, as the league's No. 80 center, began to live like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the early [-]s. He was very strong, but he was getting older, and there was no young tragedy teacher around him to take over.

Billy Owens, suffering from depression, arrives as the Chosen One, only to be disappointed.

External pressure and internal pressure made him depressed.

Except for Owens, looking at the Celtics up and down, there is no young man worthy of high praise.

The problem is, they cannot be rebuilt.

Because they have two first-round picks in the hands of the Knicks in the future, if they are poor at this time, it is very likely that they will give New York the lottery pick for nothing.

"Why haven't you retired yet?"

"Is it fun to be on a bad team?"

As soon as they met, Louis fell in Zapod's heart.

Bird was not in the mood to argue with him, and ignored him as if he was empty, said hello to Wilson and Ewing, and was about to start the game.

　Good luck to everyone in today's draw
　　
　
(End of this chapter)