the rest, only noise

Chapter 916 The Tyrant and the Good Handsome

Kemp went to practice by himself, leaving his teammates to petrify in the wind.

Louie watched them playfully, one eye after the other.

"Is there anything you want to say to me?"

Ewing looked around, and then said: "Coach, you know me well. There has never been a whisper between me and the media. If I said it, the whole world would know."

That's right, if the whistleblower is Ewing, the media will never help him hide it, because Ewing's whistleblowing is big news in itself.

Louis then looked at Wilson.

Since this matter was brought up by Ewing, it seems a reasonable explanation for Wilson to expose it.

After all, the bastard Ewing likes to make troubles too much on weekdays. It is normal for Wilson to be angry, so he sued the media and beat him by surprise.

Reasonable, very reasonable.

Seeing that Louis was doubting himself, Wilson said righteously: "Coach, you know me well. If I did this, I wouldn't be so passive."

He was right in saying that, Wilson had never leaked to the media before.

Although Wilson is the biggest sign of the Knicks, he rarely talks about team affairs with the media.

Knicks' internal affairs are like personal privacy in his mouth, and he does not easily reveal them.

Louis immediately looked at Miller with the eyes of the real murderer.

"Coach, you don't doubt me, do you?" Miller said proudly. "According to my habit, good deeds must be famous. Do you still need to catch moles all over the world like this? I definitely admit it. Why don't you dare to admit it?"

Louis turned his gaze to Angie, who had been behaving suspiciously lately.

"You don't know me?" Angie said arrogantly. "If I did it, I would find myself a perfect cover."

Before Louis looked down, Stockton followed Angie and said.

"Coach, you know me." Stockton said shyly, "Although I'm one of the oldest guys in this group, I'm still commonly known as...reporter insulator."

The implication is that this girl wants to inform but can't find a reporter?
It seems that one of them is better than the other innocent?

Louis suddenly thought of someone, and he looked over.

The man was wearing a gray short-sleeved shirt over a white T-shirt, jeans, and earrings, a nose stud, and a lip ring.

How does this look like training?

Moreover, since Rodman got married with Madonna, the media sensitivity has been rising. Who knows if he will use this to hype?
"Don't look at me, Lao Lu." Louis's three views almost shattered, what did Rodman call him?
"If I did it, it would have been spread all over the United States. You should know how powerful Madonna is. If she farts on reporters casually, idlers across the country will spend the whole day discussing whether the fart is good or bad."

Rodman made a lot of gags, which made the atmosphere a lot more harmonious.

Hearing him use Madonna's farting as an example, Ewing laughed outright.

Why does this sound more and more like the meaning that everyone present has mastered the stunt of whistleblowing?
Louis had no intention of expanding the matter.

"No matter who did it, I hope that person will remember it, and it will not be an example."

"For those in the locker room, stay in the locker room, for the bus, stay on the bus, for the game, stay in the game." Louis said with a sullen face, "I don't need the national audience to discuss what we did yesterday. I just want you to play a wonderful game to satisfy me and the fans. The rest has nothing to do with us."

"It's gone."

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Then Louie suddenly grabbed John Sely's hand.

Sely's palms were sweaty.

"John, did you hear that?" Louis said with a gentle tone, a kind smile, and no malice in his eyes.

Sely nodded nervously: "I heard."

Louie let Sely go.

Tomjanovich asked, "How did you know it was him?"

"It's very simple. Only Benj, Dennis, and John have close relations with the media. Just do a simple elimination method and you can find that person."

"Oh, how to do the method of elimination?"

Louie said bluntly, "Dennis and Benj won't do this, so it can only be John."

Moreover, there are two key points.

Both Wilson and Rodman are the kind of stars who can't stay out of a whistleblower.

Like Sely, if he said something to the reporter, the reporter would not easily expose him. Only in this way can we continue to obtain information from him in the future.

Sely himself is close to the media, and frequently appears in various TV programs.

It's normal to say the wrong thing and leak information.

Louis reminded him today that food can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can't be said indiscriminately.

Although he didn't know the specific situation, Louis could probably guess the truth.

Sely must have slipped up by accident in private. He has been close to the media for not a day or two, and nothing like this happened in the early years.

"Should I say you trust Benj and Dennis too much, or do you trust them too easily? I don't think Dennis can't lie to you." Tomjanovich was a little displeased with the way Louie caught the real culprit.

Everything comes from trust. Are Rodman and Wilson really so trustworthy?
"Don't worry, his lies will only appear when he makes excuses for absent training." Louis pinched Rodman to death.

Kemp's contract extension is not over yet.

Louis went to see Baylor, and he learned from his mouth that Kemp's agent had quoted an annual salary of 550 million.

This is 100 million dollars more than Wilson. If he really agrees, there will be a shock in the team.

Other players will feel that the salary is not based on the status of the team. Kemp can make more than Wilson, and he can too.

"The young people nowadays are really outrageous. They dare to ask for so much before they have achieved many results. It really makes him achieve results. I dare not think how much they will ask for." Baylor complained non-stop.

Louis can only look down. The see-saw between the two sides has become a reality. If it really has to be delayed until the offseason, it is no big deal for Kemp to test the free market.

Kemp is a restricted free agent, and the Knicks can match any offer.

It's just that, unless it is absolutely necessary, there is no need to go to that step at all.

Renewing the contract should be decent, and letting outsiders help yourself to be decent is the ugliest result.

A day later, the Knicks played against the Hornets at home.

The rhythm of the game is obviously wrong.

For the sake of data, Kemp repeatedly gave up assisting defense, squatting in the penalty area to grab rebounds, allowing opponents to easily score shots.

In order to make up for the defender Kemp missed, Ewing could only pounce outward.

Disregarding the game for the sake of statistics is the most disgusting behavior of Louis on the court. He quickly called a timeout, "Sean, if you continue to play like this, I can only let you stay off the court!"

Louie substituted Kemp for a few minutes before bringing him on again.

As a result, he still doesn't realize his mistake.

"Get the fuck off me!" Louie called a timeout for Kemp.

But it is not the bench that is waiting for Kemp, Louis pointed to the player channel: "I don't need you for this game, disappear from my eyes."

Kemp hesitated, he didn't expect Louis to be so angry.

At first it was just a show for Louie, now he was afraid.

"Do you fucking want to go back to the locker room by yourself, or let me ask someone to drag you to the locker room?" Louis asked coldly.

Kemp walked silently into the tunnel.

This scene is bound to cause a lot of criticism.

It has been many years for Louis to get angry like this. In the few moments just now, Kemp showed Louis how depraved he was in his previous life.

It is true that people do not kill themselves.

But there is another saying that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way.

It is human nature to want a big contract, and it is also a common thing on the court to collect data for a big contract.

But disregarding the outcome of the game in order to collect data?

This is something Louis can't tolerate. If Kemp has a wrong perception-he can use this method to brush data and put pressure on the team-it will be difficult to change it back.

So Louie made Kemp out of the game in a thunderous rage.

The Knicks need to win this game.

If they lose, someone will say something sarcastic.

The first player to realize that the game must be won was Wilson. He asked for the ball frequently, took over the offense, and after blowing up Glenn Rice's defense, Ewing came to his senses.

Kemp was not there, just giving him the stage.

Larry Johnson has the perfect talent for a few pounds, but his height is too short.

Ewing grabbed his height and beat him up today
Big Mom's current defense lacks judgment, likes fouls, and is easy to get on top, often fouling consecutively within 1 minute.

And when he was on top, he didn't listen to persuasion. If the coach wanted to replace him, he would act very angry.

The Hornets head coach set the wrong example.

What to do when a star player plays with his temper and does whatever he wants?
Louis's approach was to expel him.

The Hornets coach Allan Bristow chose to use his empathy to influence him.

The former will make players fearful and build prestige, but if the prestige is broken in the future, it will attract strong resistance from the players.

For the latter, everyone seems to be happy, but controlling a player is like raising a child. Indulging him is killing him. At the beginning, the player will happily say "Thank you coach for understanding". After a few years, the pampered players will ignore the coach.

The way they return the coach's kindness is always the same—who the fuck are you?

Bristol’s coaching method, since the birth of professional basketball in 1898⑴, generations of benevolent people who have tried to influence this group of monkeys have proved with bloody lessons that no one thinks of a sage, and everyone fears a villain.

Wilson and Ewing fought harder and harder.

Neither of them agreed that Kemp used this method to promote his own interests.

The best way to support Louie is to win this game for him.

Louie hadn't seen Wilson and Ewing so united in about a century.

(19) The earliest professional basketball league was born in the mid-90s, but it was not until 1898 that it became professionalized.There were a total of six teams at the time, and then played the so-called "National Tournament" in two states, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

References:
Basket Ball Season Due, Philadelphia Times, October 6, 1898.
("The Coming Basketball Season," The Philadelphia Times, Oct. 1898, 10)
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