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Chapter 280 I like a man with a future

With the help of his trainers, Stockton worked hard to improve his confrontation ability with the ball.

Just like Louie's impression, Stockton's playing is not entertaining at all. If it is said that pleasing the audience is part of the DNA of Nash, Curry, Bai Qiao and others, then Stockton obviously does not have this DNA.

He doesn't have this factor in his chromosomes.

Now, Stockton is working out with several players who were drafted with him.

There are ten rounds in the draft, and the Knicks have selected ten players, all of whom are here except Brazil's Oscar Schmidt.

Picking Schmidt was another idea of ​​Louie. He had heard the name of "Holy Hand". He chose him just to be sure. Maybe in the future he would find a way to let this proud international player join the NBA. Maybe not. In short, he should be firmly in his hands.

As for the others drafted by the Knicks, only Stockton has the NBA level.

The others can only be used as sparring partners now, and they will not be signed without accidents.Players who don't get signed, either go overseas to find opportunities, or like the last draft in 1984, Dan Trant (Dan Trant) goes to work as a bank clerk-why would I know him?Because this ordinary person who was once selected by the NBA died in the 911/[-] attack ([-]).

At this time, they are playing 4 V 4 in the whole court.

Stockton is clearly a class above. When he has the ball, he dares to call the shots, like a general.

Louie watched his interviews when he was drafted by the Mavericks, and he made a great first impression.

He said that as long as he can give Brad Davis PG a break, his mission is done.

He was then told that his signing rights had been traded to the Knicks.

So he changed his words and said: "I will try to help Sleep Floyd get a little rest time."

Somewhat ironically, the Knicks traded Floyd to the 76ers with the [-]th pick in the first round, and then used the [-]th pick in the first round to help the Mavericks choose someone to exchange for signing rights.

For drafting Stockton and then only signing Pat Cummings (PF/C) and Louie throughout the offseason, the Knicks front office was sprayed by the media for two months.

Many are concerned about Louie's prospects with the Knicks.

Even if Louis is a top chef, what can he cook if you give him these dishes?

It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!
For this matter, Dave Debuschel took the blame for Louis.

Louie wants him to sign some young players, but don't go chasing big names, because with the Knicks' current personnel structure, even if they get the No.2 All-Star, the ceiling is to reach the second round of the playoffs, which is meaningless.

So De Buschel was sprayed again.

Why not pursue Bird at a high price?Why not raise the price with the Celtics?Why did you invite Louis but didn't prepare a good hand for him?
It is rare for the New York media to say a word for Louis, and Debusschere couldn't say anything about his suffering, so he could only keep his mouth shut.

If the media knows that De Buschell still plans to trade Bernard King, I am afraid that he will be deprived of his status as a Knicks star.

De Buschel originally wanted to operate, but was stopped by Louis.

Although the grievance between him and Jin is great, it is not insoluble. He will try to improve the relationship with Jin. As for whether it will succeed or not, it depends on his means and Jin's understanding.

If it doesn't work, the big deal will be the whole news of the discord between the generals, and then they will be traded.

If it does, Louis will have to think hard about how to put the gold in the right place.

What is certain is that the Knicks must not use King as the absolute core to build a championship lineup.

This is a dead end. The leading limit of scoring maniacs lacking instigation ability is Rick Barry in 1967 and Allen Iverson in 2001.

Fans know Iverson's story, but Barry is different. You can call him a scumbag or an asshole, and that's fine.In his first few years in the league, he played every game like 47-of-17 Kobe. There was a game in the Finals where he went 41-for-17. It is said that he only passed 11 times that night.

As a result, on the one hand, he was terminated by OK, and on the other hand, Chamberlain, who had been ill for a long time and became a good doctor, was crushed in six games and taught Barry that "he took too many shots, and his teammates always looked at him blankly."If even Wilt Chamberlain is complaining that you take too many shots, then you really should seriously reflect on your offensive tendencies.

I'm not going to criticize the two of them's style of play here, but just talk about why they were able to get there.Strong strength is for sure, but every iron man who is crazy about iron fighting but leads the team to the finals has a reliable man standing behind him.

Iverson has Mutombo, the best defender before Howard since the 90s;
Rick Barry has Nate Thurmond living in the shadow of the ancient giant.

That is to say, they have the ultimate arrow and the ultimate shield, but it is a pity that these two of the hardest shields in the world have a problem, that is, they cannot defend against the sharpest spear in the world.One of them was played by the sharks as a toy, and the other was crushed by Chamberlain averaging 18 points, 29 rebounds and 7 assists per game.

So it can be concluded that if Louie builds a team around Bernard King, even if he can give Auerbach a dementia trick and steal Sampson from Boston to New York, their upper limit is to reach the conference finals or finals.

Louis's thoughts returned to reality. This 4 V 4 game was won by the Stockton side without any suspense.

Stockton easily scored 18 points and 14 assists, and no one could guard him.

Then they found Louie.

They knew Louie was the new head coach, what he had done in Boston, and especially his feud with Bernard King.

"Don't worry about me, you continue to train." Louis said.

Now, Hubie Brown's assistant coaches are still on vacation, and Tomjanovich will come in a few days. In the Blue Palace, apart from these players, there are only staff members.

Debusschere hid from the media, and Webling was about to take off his team president's hat.

The Knicks are waiting for success, Louis has made it clear that the new season is going to be bad, but how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it, how to do it.

He has heard the vicious tongue of New Yorkers, he also knows that the media doesn't like him, and he knows that there are many people waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

"John, do you have time?" Louie said to Stockton. "Let's talk."

How dare Stockton refuse: "Of course, coach."

Louie and Stockton sat down on the sidelines and asked, "Are you still used to being in Apple City?"

"It's okay." Stockton should be asking this question.

He had been living in New York for several months and Louie had only been here for a few days.

"Have you seen the Celtics?" Louie wondered if Stockton knew his style of coaching.

Stockton said earnestly: "That's my repertoire in my spare time."

"What kind of guard do you think my system needs?" Louie asked him.

"Do you want to hear the truth?"

"If you can tell some lies to make me happy, I'd like to hear it too."

Stockton smiled and explained: "If you want me to do what Isiah does on the court, I probably can't."

"How can I be so difficult? In my opinion, you have better qualities than Isiah."

Stockton didn't take Louie's kind words to heart; he had heard too much.

"You have good ball-dribbling habits, the decisiveness to spot and seize opportunities, and first-class defensive skills and awareness. These qualities cannot be taught." Louis said bluntly, "You are the only long-term project in this team."

"Am I the only long-term project?" Stockton asked in disbelief.

"Yes, the Knicks are a hopeless team. If we maintain the lineup, we will not be able to make results. So I will tear down and rebuild. In this process, only your position is stable."

Stockton is the only useful rookie the Knicks have gotten this year, and the only player Louie is sure to pursue.

The rest of the players can be traded if they can't fight for it, and they can be thrown away casually, whatever. Stockton is the key link in his future plan.

"Coach, why me?" Stockton is not an overly curious person, but he can't help asking now, "There are many players on the team who are better than me, Bernard King, Pat Cummings, Bill Cartwright."

"Do you find it incredible?"

"Unbelievable and incomprehensible."

"Then I'll help you understand."

Louie laughed, "Do you watch opium, John?"

"Uh?"

"Don't you see?"

"I come from a traditional family."

"Poor guy." Louis said regretfully, "I hope that the director of Ai Film can find some 'experienced' women to play the roles, because they always know what side of a man wants to see a woman, even if they are not beautiful or have a bad figure, but they always know that yelling 'fu**me' at the camera with a passion can make a man excited quickly."

Stockton's ears felt hot when he heard it, and he didn't expect Louis to say such vulgar words.

"What does this have to do with me?"

"The guys you mentioned just now are what I call 'experienced' women. They are very mature and can be plugged and played, but this also means that they have little room for improvement."

"If I was watching an Ai movie, I would choose actors of their type."

"But as a new coach, I prefer a man with a future." Louis said lightly, "For example, you, John."

⑴ This man played in the third-level league, averaging 22 points per game. He was born in the wrong era. If it is now, it would be no problem to be a foreign aid in some small Asian countries' leagues.

(End of this chapter)