the rest, only noise

Chapter 301 Bottom Line Thinking
The Knicks suffered a rout, and Louie quietly locked in the second pick in the 1985 draft.

What he saw was another "acquaintance", AC Green of Oregon State University.

A rare non-star, but he is very familiar.

Louis is a ten-year virgin who he met on "Sports Weekly". For his own beliefs, he was able to mess around on and off the court like the Lakers. In the end, some people fucked tens of thousands of women, some people got AIDS, and some people almost got themselves into a prison team. It is really rare for him to be consistent.

Louie noticed that this year is AC's fourth year at Ohio State, so he must be running this year.

But the Lakers' first-round pick this year is already in his hands, so they can omit even the trade, and just use the Lakers' first-round pick to pick him.

It's still early before the draft, Louis is not in a hurry, he just wants to gather all the people he likes.

The Knicks are in need of talent. At present, he already has a future master and one of the best shooters in the 80s and 90s.

The Knicks are experiencing setbacks. After the Trent Tucker trade, they can only rely on Bernard King to support the situation.

Louie's tendency to deliberately lose is obvious, and his approach has gradually won the recognition of the media.

They believe that Louie did this in order to get Georgetown University's Ewing.

After all, Ewing is known as the most important lottery ticket after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Whoever gets him will get the future of the NBA.

In early January, Louie and Pat Cummings won three out of ten games.

Of the seven games lost, five were within six points.

Cummings had a fantastic performance, and King sprained his knee on the way.

King began to truce, Louis used Cummings as the core, and was assisted by a shooter, both internally and externally. He met the Celtics for the fourth time this season.

The four-game losing streak against the Celtics is a reasonable result.

With the Knicks' immediate combat power, it is still too difficult to compete with the Celtics.

Louis is well aware of the strength gap between the two sides, but this match is the one with the smallest gap between the two sides.

They beat Sampson until the sixth foul left the field, and Thomas was smothered by the pocket array when he missed a long shot.

Basically, in a stalemate with the Celtics, two of the Big Three must not perform well.

However, the overall strength of the Celtics is too strong for the Knicks.

In the absence of Bernard King, the Knicks have no players who can play superstars.

So Bird made a lore, and the Knicks lost the game by a hair.

"This is a game that reflects Little Lu's coaching ability." Tom Heinsohn is full of appreciation for the former Celtics coach. "When he wants to win a game, the strength of the Knicks cannot be underestimated."

As Louie shook hands with KC Jones, the other said, "Maybe next time?"

"Okay, you guys should find a way to deal with the internal conflicts." Louis has already seen the internal disharmony of the Celtics from these few fights.

KC's expression was bitter: "It's not that easy."

"Isn't this the responsibility of the head coach? If you can appease them, appease them, if you can subdue them, subdue them, and if you can't, trade them." The more Louis looked at the plight of the Celtics, the more he wanted to laugh.

If he had been traded for Maxwell last year, it is estimated that there would not be so many things now.

It's not that Larry Nance will be willing to play off the bench, but Nance is far younger than Maxwell.

He is a truly athletic insider, unlike a small forward like Maxwell who has the size of an offensive power forward, but he has no body and strength to defend against power forwards, and he has no speed to defend against small forwards.

If the Celtics don't have Sampson, that's all. With Sampson, he must only play as a substitute.

Last year Louis controlled them, but this year, they couldn't hold back anymore.

The big contract is signed, the championship is won, it's time to think about your position on the court.

The Knicks stumbled to the end of January, against the Los Angeles Lakers, and were abused by 25 points by the purple and gold of the self-proclaimed redemption team.

Entering February, the Knicks have a record of 18 wins and 30 losses, fourth from the bottom in the league.

After playing the Lakers, they returned to the home court to rest.

On the first day of February, not long after Louis sat down in the office, De Buschel called and asked him to come over.

Louis went to De Buschel's office and found him talking on the phone.

"Okay, I already know your needs, but during the season, the right to speak about our team's personnel changes is with Coach Lu. You should call him, um, yes."

De Buschell hung up the phone and said, "Some teams can't hold it anymore."

Louis asked with a smile, "Who are they looking at?"

"Our only thing of value."

"Pat?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Louis giggled: "Which teams have such a big appetite, don't you know that Pat is my favorite player?"

"Detroit, Boston, and Portland."

There are actually three teams, and they are all teams with ideas for the playoffs.

"They will probably call your office later." De Buschell said expectantly, "Since Pat is your favorite player, you should ask for something back."

"Dave, I don't want to listen to what you said. Can love be traded?"

"Do you want to change the three first-round picks?"

"It's a deal! Immediately! Immediately! You can pack me together!"

De Buschel was amused by Louis and laughed.

Louis quickly returned to his office and shouted, "Rudy, please bring the rosters of Detroit and Portland!"

Why not Boston?

Because they obviously want to deal with Maxwell, and the Knicks don't need Maxwell.Moreover, Maxwell had just signed a big contract, and they wanted to send someone over. If they didn't miss two first rounds, Louis wouldn't even look at them.

Tomjanovich was still on the way when the phone in Louie's office rang.

Phil Jackson heard the movement and came over to find out.

Louis picked up the phone, "Hello, who is it?"

"Lu, it's me."

"Mr. Jane?" At this second, Louis is the most innocent fool in the world, "Why do you call me when you have time? After Reid abdicates, you will be the head of Boston. I'm afraid life will be difficult?"

Volker smiled bitterly, "What a master, you should know that this is just a cover-up by Reed."

Jackson bought a bottle of Coke from Louie's vending machine, and kindly helped to open it and put a straw on it.

Louis shook his head vigorously: NO straws!

Unaware that he was so unhygienic, Jackson removed the straw from the Coke.

"Mr. Jane, we are good friends. I would be very happy if you called to greet me, but I'm busy now, how about we talk next time?"

Hearing that Louis was busy, Volker became nervous: "Isn't today your offseason day? As far as I know, you don't care about the team's training. Are there other things?"

"Lu, the rosters for Portland and Detroit are here!" Tomjanovich shouted as he ran.

Louis said dissatisfiedly: "You can speak louder, so that the whole world will know that we are going to negotiate a deal with these two companies!"

"Huh?" Tomjanovich didn't expect that he would become a pawn to confuse his opponent.

"Deal? Oh, let me tell you, I was talking about a deal, so it's really not the right time for me to call, but in fact, I called because I wanted to talk about a deal with you."

Louie took a sip of his Coke.

"Mr. Jian, you are really good at showing off. Is the relationship between the two of us necessary? Tell me who you want, and I'll kick him onto the plane and mail it to you tonight!" Louis said straightforwardly.

Jane Walker, who was far away in Boston, did not expect things to go so smoothly.

He was already sweating, and Reid Auerbach was sitting in front of him.

"We want Pat Cummings very much. I wonder if he is not for sale for the Knicks?" Walker asked tactfully.

"Pat Cummings? He's not for sale, but...he's my favorite player on this team." As soon as Louie said this, Jackson and Tomjanovich both laughed.

"Also, if you've followed our games, you should know that Bernard King has been on a truce recently, and we're all pointing at him. He's playing at a very high level. Seriously, if we weren't at the bottom, we wouldn't have put him on the shelf at all."

"So... do you think Cedric can make an equivalent exchange with him?"

"Hey, Mr. Jane, it's not that I don't like Cedric, I just like Pat too much." Louis said hypocritically and sincerely, "He is a player we rely on, and Cedric is not safe in Boston this season. Your demand for him is greater than our demand for Pat. I can give Pat to you, but you have to give me something sweet."

"Draft pick?"

"I believe that you must ask an old man for his opinion on this matter. Mr. Jian, please ask for me, does he regret not making that deal last year?"

Louis hung up the phone.

Volker looked at Auerbach in embarrassment: "He still wants draft picks."

"I knew it, this kid won't let go so easily!" Auerbach snorted softly, "The pick is negotiable, but you must have bottom-line thinking, and don't let him get too far!"

Volker asked, "What's our bottom line?"

"At most one first round, or two second rounds." Auerbach didn't want to trade Maxwell in his heart.

In terms of strength, Maxwell is not weaker than Cummings, and has championship experience. He is not very old, only 29 years and one month old. If he did not do things for his own selfishness, Cummings of the Knicks has good immediate combat power, which can just make up for the shortcomings of the Celtics. He will definitely not send people out.

(End of this chapter)