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Chapter 16
Louie severely humiliated John Kyrilla at the briefing.

But Auerbach doesn't care about it. He feels that professional people do professional things. If another professional person gets in your way, you can either shut him up, or persuade him, or humiliate him, or be successful by him. hinder you.

Louie convinces everyone and humiliates his opponent to shut him up.

Every decision of the front office affects the future of the team, and this is a place where you can express your thoughts in a humiliating tone.

Everyone was impressed by Louis.

Is he only 18?
This is amazing too!

After Louis finished speaking, Kyrilla had nothing to say, Auerbach concluded, and asked Jane Volcker, the deputy general manager and senior scout, to draw up a trade plan.

Ventilation will end here.

"Did you notice the last look Reed looked at you?" KC asked with a smile.

Louie said uncomfortably, "I see, it's full of murderous aura. Am I overdoing it?"

"Just right!" KC affirmed. "Reed appreciates you!"

For now, Auerbach has nothing but admiration for Louis.

His eloquence, his thinking, his daring, he may not know he's taking a risk, and if he points the team the wrong way, his scouting career may be over.

No one wants to trust an 18-year-old kid unless he's as tight-lipped as Louie.

Management is a place that requires seniority, but if you can make achievements quickly and let people see your ability, promotion is only a matter of thought for those in power.

Three days later, on June 3, 1978, this year's draft was held at the Plaza Hotel in New York.

Before the draft began, the Pacers, who held the No. [-] overall pick, and the Trail Blazers, the third overall pick in the first round, traded for each other.

Then, after confirming that Bird would be returning to college for his fourth collegiate season, the Blazers chose to drop the once-in-a-century wizard in the eyes of scouts and selected Minnesota's Mychal "Clay, I'm Your Dad" Thompson (Mychal Thompson C/PF).

This year's draft was somewhat similar to the 1972 draft, and when Bird announced that he was going to play his senior season, the teams with the top five picks felt dull. Six years ago, the Blazers with the No. 6 pick did not negotiate a good price with the most popular Bob McAdoo C, and was threatened by the other party, "Either give him money, or he will go to the ABA and let you fart. No,” and had to choose LaRue Martin C.

This Martin played in the NBA for four seasons, averaging 5 points and 4 rebounds, shooting 40%.To be honest, in the era when the NBA rigidly requires players to complete four years of college before they can participate in the election, it is not a difficult operation that ordinary people can complete to be able to pick up such a parallel import with the No. [-] pick.

This year, the Blazers chose Thompson, and there is nothing inherently wrong. If Bird is not available, they must respect the tradition and give priority to the big man.They are bent on getting out of the shadow of Wharton's farce and rebuilding championship glory, considering that their No. [-] pick was exchanged for the third overall pick, considering that their third overall pick was exchanged for the signing rights of Moses Malone, considering that The No. [-] pick for Thompson came after they gave up on having Prophet and Bird -- you really can't help but give a thumbs up to this team's front office for dodging the ability to get the right answer every time You can't resist.

Next, ignoring the four players who have stories but not as many causal backgrounds as the father of Klay, the Celtics selected Larry Bird as the sixth overall pick.

This story will be rendered more and more magical in the future, what bishop said that each team was not allowed to choose, what bishop drilled the loopholes in the rules to make each team's teeth itchy - due to various writers' opinions on Auerbach The myth/demonicization makes the story of the Celts' robbery-like pre-locking Bird all sorts of oddities.

The specific reasons have been introduced in the previous article, so I will not describe more here. It can only be said that Auerbach stood on the fifth floor. From the moment he got Bird, he was preparing to build a competitive team for Bird. strong team.

Next, the Celtics followed suit.

They contacted Atlanta to discuss a deal.

This makes the top of the Eagles very nervous. There are rumors in the rivers and lakes. If Auerbach takes the initiative to call you, it must be uneasy and kind.

They relaxed when they learned that the Celtics only wanted their third overall pick.

The specific process is unknown. The Celtics finally sent away the tantrum Joe-Joe White for the Eagles' second-round third-round pick and the 1979 third-round pick.

As the Celtics set out at the briefing.

They drafted John Long with the third overall pick in the second round and Morris Cheeks with the eighth overall pick.

76ers management as far away as Philadelphia was surprised to see Cheeks robbed by the Celtics.

"That's fucking wrong!" McMahon yelled.

He has clearly described Cheeks as a cancerous player on the phone, why did the Celtics insist on going their own way?Are they crazy?
This result disappointed the 76ers, but this disappointment was only temporary.

Even they don't know how good Cheeks' future will be, they just feel like they've missed a bead.

Only McMahon was not reconciled. He sold the scouting report with Cheeks to KC Jones before, but he was 100% sure that Jones would not find Cheeks from it.

Because that scouting report had no bright spots.

How could anyone be interested in a guard who came from a small school and didn't have any game footage?
It haunted McMahon like a demon.

He remembered that phone call. Did the Celtics have already taken a fancy to Cheeks?Calling just to try?

If so, everything makes sense.

The worse he said about Cheeks, the more the Celtics looked at Cheeks.

McMahon still couldn't understand. As far as he knew, all the Celtics scouting efforts were focused on Larry Bird and Freeman Williams. How could anyone pay attention to Cheeks?

"Damn KC Jones, when did he become so cunning!!!"

KC Jones, who is honest and responsible, bears everything on his own after all.

When the draft results came out, Louie was working out at the Greek Academy, and his first phase of work was over.

The Celtics aren't following the high school habit and have nothing to do before the new NCAA season kicks off.

However, if you are conscious, you can study the junior players who will graduate next year in advance.

But Louis didn't have this consciousness. He worked hard for John Lang and Cheeks. During this period of continuous high-intensity work, he wanted to relax.

So, for a week after that, he lingered in bars and nightclubs, exploring each other's physical mysteries with seven women.

His pressure was effectively released.

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