the rest, only noise

Chapter 1173 Incompetence without knowing it
Louie met with Elgin Baylor in San Antonio on the third day of All-Star break.

Louis came to the Holy City not to attend the All-Star Weekend, but to participate in the annual league summit.

The general league summit will be held after the season ends.

Before the annual meeting, the league will hold a breath-taking small meeting during the All-Star Weekend.

Under normal circumstances, the speakers of each team will not participate in the small meeting, and sending a representative means almost the same.

But this year the league pays special attention to the small meeting.

Louis didn't want to come, but Stern called five times in a row to let him know that the matter was serious.

Louis did not realize the seriousness of the situation, but sold Stern a face.

And he also knew that there was no big deal at all, but that Stern needed someone to lead the way in echoing his policies.

Over the past few years, the league has had two main concerns.

The first worry is the frequent occurrence of court violence, but there has never been a proper solution.

In this case, apart from increasing the intensity of punishment, there is nothing to say, but the teams do not even support the intensity of punishment.

Because there are many teams that want to follow the Knicks template to succeed.

How did the Knicks unseat the Celtics?
Knicks supporters will say they won on merit.

The haters of the Knicks believe that if Bird and Thomas are not injured, the Knicks will be taken away in the fifth game, and they will not be able to drag the tiebreaker.

Although Knicks supporters have been saying that Kopp Thomas' injury has nothing to do with the Knicks, they cannot avoid the fact that Bird's back injury did appear after McHale's clothesline, and he has never been at his peak again.

Therefore, the Knicks can be said to be one of the sources of court violence.But this name is actually a bit wronged.

Then there's the league's concerns about superteams.

From the Celtics to the Knicks, and now several super teams compete for hegemony.

Invisibly, the NBA is conveying this concept to people-only super teams can win the championship.

Why is NCAA's March Madness so popular?Because even the No. [-] favorite in pre-race national polls can inexplicably lose to an inferior horse before the final.

There are actually very few big favorites who can win from beginning to end as public opinion shows.

And this is where the NBA is far inferior to the NCAA.

The championship team has a rough outline from the beginning of the season.

Unless there is a serious injury, those few teams can't go wrong.

But this is also related to the competition system. The series system of the playoffs is conducive to strong teams, and it is not as easy to upset as the NCAA tournament.

Stern does not want to change the format of the playoffs. He does not want to see teams like the Knicks, Heat, and Trail Blazers gather a large number of elite players through the ball market and seemingly flawless operations, making other low-level polo teams completely lose their dreams.

The favourites, of course, should and must exist.

But it shouldn't be the kind of championship favorite where you are the only one, with an empty one in the middle, and then other teams.

That gap means the non-title favorites have no chance.

So this time, he didn't say that he would come here in vain. He came with an idea, and whether he can use it or not depends on the situation.

Before the meeting, I got together with Baylor.

Who knows, the old boy Baylor didn't come alone, he also brought the team's small boss, who is currently in charge of the marketing department of Madison Square Garden... James Dolan.

Like old Bass wants Louie to take Bass Jr.

Dolan Sr. also hopes that Dolan Jr. can understand the company's business as much as possible before taking over MSG.

"Coach Lu, why did you abandon us?" Little Dolan complained, "After we lost to Miami last year, I didn't dare to appear on the streets of New York. The citizens hate us. They think we drove you away. This is too wronged!"

The little Dolan in Louis's eyes is a stupid, glass-hearted, arrogant, arrogant, controlling, and not very good at employing people, willing to spend money but can't put it right.

Someone like that has to accommodate him early in his tenure.

Wait until he has a bad nose and understands that professional people should do professional things, and then work for him.

But Dolan always seemed to have a way of messing things up.

Hearing what the other party said at this time, Louis was also very helpless.

"It's normal, Mr. Dolan. In fact, it's not me that the fans miss, and it's not you or your father that they hate. What they miss is the glory days of New York basketball, and what they hate is the fact that the Knicks are no longer the champion." Louis knows the behavior of those people in New York too well. "As long as you can help the team win the championship, the citizens will naturally support you."

Little Dolan suddenly swelled up: "That's right, I am an outstanding person in New York, I have everything, and I am not short of money, and I will make a comeback sooner or later!"

"Ahem...Mr. Dolan, this matter is not that simple." Baylor hoped that this young man would not be too careless.

Little Dolan was dissatisfied: "Elkin, do you think we can't win back the championship this year? We have Ewing, Miller, Stockton, and Sean Kemp who came from God..."

"Pfft..."

The advent of God? ? ?

Where did this come from the late stage of the Second Second Disease!
And how about Camp's bear-like return to God's Advent?
He was the worst player in last year's conference finals!
Ewing was only slightly disadvantaged against Sampson, but Kemp was really blown away by Mr. Indiana Jones.

It's not that Louis looks down on Kemp, it's just that the opponent's performance in the Eastern Conference Finals last year surprised him.

Manning is really a very ruthless player.

Whenever he encounters players who are not as good as him, he will use 100% of his strength to beat the opponent vigorously.

It stands to reason that Kemp shouldn't have been beaten so badly, but his performance in the playoffs is really uncertain.

Just like when Mrs. Bo gambled on her career, she felt that her career had come to an end, but in the end, because she looked like Chiling Kurosawa, and the movie "Red Cliff" was all the rage in the island country, it turned out that she was also lucky.

Has Kemp encountered a bottleneck in its development?Louis did not know.

At this moment, looking at the confident look of little Dolan, Baylor was very distressed.

Beautiful scenes can be casually talked about in the Blue Palace, let alone outside.

It's okay to win, but to lose, I can't imagine what little Dolan will do to save face.

Although Dolan is currently unable to directly intervene in decision-making, he can ask his father to take care of it. After all, the current salary structure of the Knicks ranks second in the league. Leaving aside the fact that the team makes money every year, with such a large investment, it is too unreasonable not to win the championship, right?

"Mr. Dolan, the Knicks are not currently the number one favorite in the league." Louis said with a light smile, "You are now swearing that you want to win the championship, but it will bring a lot of unnecessary pressure to the people around you."

Little Dolan asked stupidly: "If you don't even dare to say a slogan, how can you show your determination to win the championship?"

"With all due respect, you can't show your determination to win the championship by shouting empty numbers." Louis met Baylor's grateful gaze, and helped him to restrain the impetuous son. "After all, you are not the one who is in charge of team building, and you are not the one who plays on the court. You don't know the situation of the team, and you don't understand the difficulty of winning the championship. Instead of shouting slogans outside the court, you should do more things that can actually help the team."

If Jr. Dolan knew what to do, he wouldn't have to shout slogans, right?
Little Dolan asked like a curious student, "So what should I do?"

"Elgin, when you are playing, what do you want a smart boss like Mr. Dolan to do?"

Louie kicked the ball to Baylor.

If you don't know what to say, Louis can only suggest that Baylor reopen.

"Well...that's really a lot..." Baylor remembered that Ewing complained that the locker room was not good enough a while ago. "It would be great if more physical therapy equipment could be added in the locker room. For a long time, our players can only soak their feet in ice buckets after games.

Hearing this, Little Dolan said excitedly: "What a fart, we are the New York Knicks, can we be treated the same as other country teams!?"

The biggest difference between James Dolan and the equally pampered dandy of Jim Bass is that he has a heart that wants to do things.

If little Bath is like him...

Louie would have trouble sleeping and eating.

Incompetence is not the problem, the real problem is incompetence without knowing it.

Therefore, from a long-term perspective, Louis still feels that the Knicks will be destroyed in the hands of the Dolan family.

Even if the management has Baylor and RC Buford.

Not seeing Baylor for a long time, Louie chatted with him a lot.

Especially after talking about the Knicks, the couple began to reminisce about the past.

Thinking back to the difficulties when the Knicks dynasty was first established, recalling the excitement of their first championship, and lamenting the extraordinary championship in 1993.

No matter where Louie and Baylor are, memories of those years will hit them at some point.

That is a unique bond that will stay with them until the end of their lives.

(End of this chapter)