"What you just did is almost enough."

Sometimes, Louis' anger and swearing are just a show.

It was a kind of performance that he regarded as performance art, but just now, his performance was the anger accumulated by staying up late last night to review the game, and then uncontrollably exploded after seeing the person involved.

It is an expression of true feelings.

"Because I really care." Louis has no regrets, even if it creates a gap between him and Ewing, even if Ewing hates him and hates him.

If you change your wrong habits and playing styles because of the people you hate and hate, Louis can accept it.

He doesn't mind being hated, what he cares about is that a person with a bright future becomes mediocre under his nose, just like Zhou Qi.

He is responsible for Zhou Qi's mediocrity, but he can still find excuses.

For example, the environment of the CBA at that time was not suitable for training people, for example, he was not a member of the coaching staff.

If he is not directly related to Zhou Qi's growth, then he should not be responsible for the other's downfall.

It's different now. With Ewing under his command, his performance will determine not only his own future, but also the future of the Knicks.

Before Jordan's rise, except for the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979, every championship team had a great insider.

If Ewing develops normally, he can still become the inside cornerstone of a championship team.

But Louis didn't want to make another flawed movie like he'd never been there before.

Now that he is the director of Ewing's movie, he can decide the entire process of the movie. Since he has seen the movie before, should the original problems of the movie reappear in this movie directed by him?

inside?

Maybe, if it were another time-traveler, he probably wouldn't care about anything and would just build a space battleship based on his omniscient and omnipotent foresight, but he couldn't do that.

He suffers from PTSD (cannot see future players fall), and he is not so omniscient. He only knows what happened in the NBA after 1985 but does not know why.

So be careful and cautious at every step.

Ewing is his foundation, and he cannot let any problems occur with the foundation.

No one persuaded Louis and Tomjanovich to supervise the training. Jackson asked if Ewing needed to be comforted.

"Don't go, just do what you have to do!" Louis said angrily.

Robinson asked: "Who should I train today?"

"Patrick is not training today, so you can train whoever you want, and don't make yourself too tired. If that guy is interested, he may let you stay and train with him."

In the end, Louis got it right.

Louis was planning to watch a movie and relax when suddenly, his phone rang.

It's Baylor calling.

"Seattle wants to make a deal with us," Baylor said.

Louis asked with interest: "What do they want?"

"Louis Orr."

"What's the price?"

"George Johnson and Alex Stevens and a 1988 first-round pick, but with top-10 protection."

The Sonics' desire to strengthen was urgent. Their first-round pick in 1986 was in the hands of the Celtics, and no matter how bad their record was, they were just a wedding dress for others.

"Elgin, what do you think?" Ask your colleagues for their opinions first. This is a basic respect for them and it also shows that you are open-minded.

Baylor is positive about the trade.

"Although George Johnson and the Latvian are of little use to us, George has an expired contract and the Latvian is a rookie with room for improvement and a future first-round pick. On the contrary, Orr is of little use to us."

Louis said easily: "Let Wilkens call me."

"good."

Louis waited for a while, and a call came from SuperSonics general manager Lenny Wilkens.

"Hello, Coach Lu, Elgin should have told you about the transaction. Do you have any thoughts?"

Louis found it hard to believe that Wilkens would negotiate in such a tone that the deal was a win-win.

"Lenny, you and I are old friends, and let me just say it straight away, if you don't give me more draft picks, I won't make a deal with you."

"Lu, I have given you two useful players and a first-round pick. What I want to exchange is a player who has little use in your hands. This is a deal that is beneficial to both of us."

Louis has become accustomed to the talk of this group of people.

There is rarely a win-win situation in the trading field. Sometimes one party wins twice. If it cannot win twice but neither party makes much money, it is called stop loss.

If Louis agrees to this deal, he will be giving away a capable player in exchange for an aging center and an international player whose historical significance is greater than his actual significance. Well, is Stevens really an international player? He forgot.

Oh, and there's also a draft pick that's impossible to cash out.

"Lenny, this deal is only good for you. I don't see the benefits for us. Do you want to say that George Johnson is very useful to us, or do you mean that international friends who have no chance in your country can come to New York?"

Revitalized and playing like a qualified NBA player? As for the first-round pick you said you wanted to give me, in my opinion, there is no sincerity at all." Louis and Wilkens have met many times, and both sides

They are acquaintances, and now that the conversation has begun, his words are very direct. "I am very optimistic about your future, so I believe that until 1988, your first-round pick was also within the top ten. You set a pre-

The protection of the tenth overall pick is just an empty-handed plan, and I can’t agree to it.”

Wilkens said dissatisfied: "Do you think I would add a draft pick that might become a lottery pick for nothing for Louis?"

"This is your problem, Lenny, this is the price I am asking for Louis. You have to know that although his main position is power forward, he can defend small forwards, and he can play center in a small ball lineup. His defense is Knicks

The best in the team, I don’t use him purely because I want to give the newcomers more time.”

Louis said confidently.

"If you want him, you have to pay more."

"what do you want?"

"Change the top-10 first-round pick protection in 1988 to top-three pick protection, and give me a future first-round pick swap, and maybe I'll agree."

"No way, Louis!"

"It's such a shame Lenny, I hope you get a good player from someone else to take care of your immediate needs, I love you, I really do."

After that, Louis hung up the phone.

Louis walked out of the office and asked Tomjanovich downstairs: "How is the Seattle SuperSonics record now?"

"It's terrible!" Tomjanovich said according to impressions, "Only four wins."

It seems that my asking price is still too conservative, and it should be a swap of two first-round picks.

Louis was thinking to himself, and suddenly found that the players were all looking over.

Suddenly he turned away with a stinky face, "What are you looking at? I'm thinking of trading you bastards!"

Suddenly, the phone in the office rang.

"Are there so many people who can't keep their temper?"

Louis muttered as he sat on the desk and answered the phone.

"Hello."

“Which year do you want a first-round pick swap?”

"I know this thing is very difficult for you, so I don't want to make things too difficult for you. Let's do this. Give me the option to swap first-round draft picks in 1992, and let's make a deal."

"Seven years from now?"

"That's right, even seven years later in 1992, you will no longer be the general manager of the Sonics by then. If you really take advantage of us, we won't be able to hold you accountable."

"you"

"Lenny, what are you hesitating about?" Louis said as he lay on his desk with his notebook on his pillow. "If you unfortunately fall to seventh from the bottom this year or worse, and give the Bostonians a lottery pick in vain, will Seattle's

Will the top management let you go? The most important thing now is not 1988 or 1992, but how to avoid giving the Boston first or second pick in the 1986 draft."

After a long struggle, Wilkens finally chose to drink poison to quench his thirst.

Using a draft pick that only had the protection of the top three picks in the first round, he exchanged it with the first round of the distant 1992, took two garbage players, and sent them to New York in exchange for the immediate strength of Louis Orr.

"So be it"

"It's nice to work with you, Lenny."

"I never want to call you again, Louis!"

"No, Lenny, this is what you said. I think it's good to make a deal that is beneficial to both of us!"

Amid Louis' joking, Wilkens hung up the phone.

Louis called Baylor again and informed him of his results.

"Is he crazy enough to agree to your terms?" Baylor called out.

Louis said with a little regret: "After learning about Seattle's record, I think my asking price is still a little low, but it's okay. Who told me and Lenny to be friends? It's okay to suffer a little loss. Contact them quickly.

Send the fax to the league so they don’t regret it.”
To be continued...