After a 5-0 start, the Knicks ended their first road trip of the new season and returned to New York.

On November 12, the Knicks' special plane arrived at the New York airport, and reporters swarmed in.

Wilson, Ewing, McHale, Rodman, Miller... they all became big stars.

Wilson is the most popular one.

Reporters like him, and he likes reporters.

Ewing, who should have reached the same level of popularity as Wilson, has become a media-averse player representative along with John Stockton.

If the media pursues the interview, Ewing and Stockton will show obvious impatience on their faces.

If a reporter asks a question that displeases Ewing, like this one

"Patrick, what do you think is the gap between you and great insiders like Kareem, Ralph, Russell, and Wilt?"

If he is a normal star player and hears reporters talking about so many big players in the same position in front of him, he may be humble or pretend to be polite, but he will openly show that he is not as good as him, and then use better performance in the game to impress the fans.

I found the feeling of "this person is not bad, he is too humble".

In the field of competitive sports, undisputed strength mainly comes from recognition from the outside world, and self-bragging is not enough.

Louis did not expect that Ewing would do that today: "I am FMVP, I am no worse than them."

"Is there really no difference at all?"

The reporter who wanted to stir up trouble deliberately kept asking questions.

"Next question." Ewing said coldly.

The most speechless thing is that when the same question was asked to Wilson, his maturity far exceeded Ewing.

"Larry is a goal that I need to pursue with all my strength to achieve. As long as I am still playing, I will use him as an example."

Even if Wilson had no respect for Bird on the court, he gave Bird enough face off the court.

McHale is funny, Rodman is a lunatic who likes to talk nonsense according to his mood, and Stockton doesn't want any reporters to dig out the slightest bit of information about him.

When everyone's interviews were over, Louis got on the team bus.

Suddenly, Wilson said under the bus: "Coach, can I take my own car?"

When Louis heard this, he had no other thoughts.

"be safe."

Then, Ewing came too, trying to look like he wasn't showing off: "I just bought a new car, and I want to test its performance."

"Go ahead."

Then came McHale, Miller, Rodman, Hornacek, and John Salley.

Twelve of the fifteen players on the Knicks roster left the airport by themselves in luxury cars.

"They all seem to have bought new cars."

Zhao Yuanzheng said.

The three people who did not follow the trend are Alex Stevens, Brad Rohaus and Song Tao.

Stevens doesn't like the limelight, Luo Haos doesn't like cars, and Song Tao is purely concerned about his own income and comparison mentality, and has not yet risen to this level.

"Who bought the car first?" Louis asked.

Tomjanovich is well aware of these gossips: "Patrick, when training camp started, he was very swaggering."

Louis smiled and asked: "Then who started to follow the trend?"

"It seems to be BenJ."

"Then it got out of hand?"

"That's right."

Louis doesn't mind the media praising the players as big stars.

This is an inevitable phenomenon after New York sports teams become successful.

Any professional club in a city with developed media cannot escape the end of being praised by its own family.

The longer Louis stays in New York, the more he understands how influential the New York team is in winning the NBA championship.

The Knicks' two championships from 1970 to 1973 had a far greater impact on the professionalism and commercialization of the league than the Celtics' 11 championships in 13 years.

However, Louis does not want that every time they return to their home court, the players on the team will be like big stars and someone will drive a luxury car to pick him up at the airport.

Although they walked in their own cars at the airport, it was no different from taking the team bus together to a fixed location for disbandment.

However, this is just like any domestic sports national team training in the future, the mobile phones of the training members will not be collected.

If you don't put away your mobile phone, there will be no communication with each other, and everyone will be treated as a subordinate, which is not conducive to the cultivation of team tacit understanding and personal friendship.

Like the Knicks, the phenomenon of asking people to drive luxury cars to pick them up outside the airport and comparing themselves to others is even more extreme.

"Notify me, I will have a meeting at the Blue Palace half an hour early tomorrow."

Louis decided to use the power of the "authority dog" to forcefully stop this unhealthy trend.

"Are you trying to stop them?" Tomjanovich saw what Louis was thinking.

"Although I don't like the paternalistic management style, I have to say that this method is the most effective."

When Louis returned home, the two children were being naughty.

Lu Wuxia played basketball all over the house. Although Louis didn't see any basketball talent in him yet, Louis was happy to see his son willing to play basketball.

This means that he will have the opportunity to inherit his career in the future.

The daughter is much more difficult to handle. Her mood is unpredictable. She will suddenly play crazy, laugh suddenly, cry suddenly, feel sleepy suddenly, and suddenly dislike her father.

She doesn't like her father today.

Louis wanted to pick up his daughter and play with her, but she reacted violently and obviously didn't want to play with his father.

"Who asked you to be busy working outside all day long? She doesn't even recognize you anymore."

Li Xuanbing picked up his granddaughter and scolded his son.

"Mom, I don't agree with this. I go home very frequently, and I can make Wuyan laugh at any time."

"Then you try now?"

Louis tried his best to make a face, but it seemed to have the opposite effect.

Lu Wuyan cried loudly, Lorraine was not at home, grandma's nursery rhymes seemed to be limited by her granddaughter's understanding and could not work, and Louis' grimace had no effect.

A little girl over two years old troubled her father and grandmother.

Later, she smiled inexplicably again and showed interest in the planes in the sky.

Louis once again confirmed that a child's joys and sorrows are like Kobe Bryant who took out the passing button, there is no logic at all.

The next afternoon, the Knicks will face the Washington Bullets at home tonight. This is the second time they have played against the opponent this season.

Due to the obvious gap in strength between the two teams, this is a game that the Knicks cannot lose as long as they don't want to lose.

Louis deliberately set the rules in the afternoon.

The Blue Palace is a three-story multi-purpose sports complex.

The first floor houses a court, gym and restaurant.

The second floor is the core area, where the review room, conference room, warehouse, health care area, medical office, operations department, and scouting department are all located.

On game days, Louis usually gathers the players in the review room.

If the opponent is not strong, the meeting may not be held.

Are the Bullets considered strong? The answer is obvious.

"Which of you has committed something wrong, you'd better take the initiative to explain it later. If one person makes a mistake, the other person will take the blame. Don't implicate everyone."

John Stockton instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"Stop worrying so much John, what could happen? I think even if something happens, it must be Dennis who caused trouble in the nightclub again..."

McHale opened his mouth and directed the trouble towards Rodman, who was pretending to be dead.

Rodman immediately denied it: "I haven't caused any trouble recently. If you don't believe me, ask Alex."

The social network within the Knicks is complex.

Mainly divided into two groups: Ewing and Wilson.

No one can support both Ewing and Wilson, they can only choose one of them to stand on. Apart from these two people, the communication between players mainly focuses on the same interests.

The teammate closest to Rodman was Alex Stevens.

So when Rodman pushed Stevens out, everyone wanted to hear what he had to say.

"Dennis has been really responsible lately, like a baby." Stevens laughed.

Suddenly, Louis appeared.
To be continued...