the rest, only noise

Chapter 917 Selfless Heart
The Knicks were united up and down, and the game ushered in a turning point.

The Hornets took only one quarter of the game from leading to falling behind.

In the fourth quarter, the silent assassin Dale Ellis hit consecutive three-pointers.

It was as if he had been possessed by some indescribable evil spirit, and he shot in as he wished.

Louie thought about how he faced Bird in the 1988 Eastern Conference Finals.

This kind of touch comes with an unstoppable scoring momentum, which is rare, but as long as it comes, magical things will happen.

It's a pity that Ellis' teammates are too young. They don't know how rare such a shooter is, let alone passing the ball to Ellis is their only chance to win the game.

Young people are always like this, thinking that the world is in their own hands.

In the first 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, Ellis hit 4 consecutive three-pointers.

With that momentum, Louis wouldn't be surprised if he hit 10 three-pointers in a single quarter.

But suddenly, Ellis' teammates stopped passing the ball.They figured Ellis had done enough -- the 2-point rain from Ellis helped the Hornets close to two points -- and they wanted to take advantage of the remaining opportunities.

The young man took Ellis aside as a matter of course.

Big Mom wants to play singles, Rice wants to shoot threes...

They each want something.

Head coach Alan Bristow called a timeout to get them to pass the ball to Ellis.

The tactics are very simple. Big Mom only needs to come to a high position to make an off-ball screen for Ellis. It doesn't need to be of high quality, just hang people up a little bit.

Just for this matter, the aunt can do 10 points but only 1 point of effort.

Since Bennett's "walking pick and roll. GIF", Louis has not seen such a loose pick and roll by an NBA player for a long time.

Is this a pick and roll?This is clearly walking over to tell Ellis, "Don't let Mom want to shoot, stand at the bottom corner to open up space for Xiaoye."

Now Louie knows why Thomas only stayed for one season before realizing that it was better to start from scratch than to start from scratch.

The Hornets and the stunned young people have proved with practical actions what it means to be insufficient and resourceful.

Ellis gave up his running position and let the young man perform.

Bristol lost control of them.

Although it has not yet reached the stage of "who the hell are you", the trend of adopting a son and becoming a father is already very clear.

In this way, Ellis did not get another chance to make a call until the end of the game.

Bristol's indulgence of the young has had disastrous consequences.

The Hornets, who had a chance to beat the Knicks, ended up being led by the young people and were defeated by the Knicks by 17 points.

The Hornets fans who are eager to see the youth storm only see the youth sandstorm tonight.

"From 2 points behind to 17 points behind, it took only 9 minutes. What happened in the last 9 minutes of this game?"

Dale Ellis reluctantly walked up to Louie and said bluntly that he missed playing in New York.

"Coach, I didn't have a good day in Charlotte," Ellis said.

Alice's words made Louis feel tight.

Ellis made great contributions to the Knicks' first championship in the 80s, but was selected by the Hornets in the expansion draft
The Knicks lost the best two on the team for no gain.

The outside world couldn't understand, but Louis knew exactly what he was doing.

Although Ellis is good, he has many uncontrollable off-court factors, and there is a great god like Miller to fill in, so there is no need to worry about it.

Although Ellis played as a substitute in the last season of the Knicks, this form cannot last long. At that time, he was in the best stage of his career. For the long-term development of the team, it is common to be a substitute for a year.

In addition, the Knicks and Miller and Hornacek need to be cultivated. After Ellis left, his time was just right for these two.

As it turns out, Ellis' departure has boosted the progress of Hornacek and Miller, both of whom were instrumental in the Knicks' dynastic dominance.

Ellis felt this way today, and Louis had nothing to say except to comfort him.

The truth is very realistic and cruel.

The Knicks at this stage no longer need Dell Ellis.

After talking with Ellis, Louis walked to the sidelines.

The NBC reporter naturally asked Kemp about the contract extension.

Louie had no intention of hiding.

"Sean wasn't clear enough on the court, so I told him to go back to the locker room to calm down."

The NBC reporter asked: "Is Sean's lack of clarity related to the failure of the contract renewal?"

"I don't know, maybe, maybe not."

Louie did not disclose too much information to reporters.

He went back to the locker room, took a look at Kemp, and wanted to scold him, but he never had the habit of scolding players at the end of the game.

The only time he "had a meeting" directly in the locker room after a game was in the 1983 Eastern Conference semifinals.

At the time, he was the acting coach of the Celtics. Although he led the team to win two games, he was defeated by the Bucks in the sixth game.

In order to stand up, Louis scolded the whole team severely.

That was the only time after that, no matter how dissatisfied Louie was with the loss, he didn't explode in the locker room.

Same today.

"I want you to remember that we are what we are today, never because of one person's strength. In terms of strength, Patrick is not the number one center in the league, Benj is not the number one small forward in the league - we don't have the number one player in the league at any position. The Knicks won five consecutive championships because we were so strong as a team. I cherish every night of coaching you. I hope we can win more championships together. If anyone dares to destroy the foundation of our winning, whoever it is, I will remove him from this team."

"This is my first and only warning."

Louie looked at Kemp like death.

Louis' tone was almost threatening, and no one dared to joke about it with him.

The locker room seemed to suddenly have no oxygen, and it was difficult for everyone to breathe.

It wasn't until Louis walked out of the locker room that Ewing scolded Kemp.

"Aren't you fucking out of your mind? Look at what you fucking did tonight!"

Willis Reid said coldly: "I don't think he is stupid, he just has no brains!"

Reed stepped in, doubled with Ewing, and stormed Kemp.

Kemp originally thought that Louie's threat was terrifying enough, but he didn't expect the criticism from Ewing and Reid to be even more terrifying.

The characteristic of these two people is that they talk without leaving room, and they don't care about his face at all.

Wilson didn't join in.

Kemp is Ewing's man, and Ewing's off-court leadership surpasses him.

Ewing enjoyed posing as a leader like this and teaching others.

Times writer Dave Anderson once commented vividly: "The Knicks have two leaders, one leading off the court and one leading on the court."

Wilson was the one leading the field.

He consciously gave up to Ewing for off-court matters.It's not that he can't do it, but that he really regards Ewing as the leader of the team.

That's what leaders should do.

Wilson quietly left the locker room and caught up with Louie.

"Benj? Is something wrong?" Louie asked.

Wilson said: "Shawn's contract renewal negotiations are progressing slowly, is it related to me?"

"It's not convenient for me to tell you about this." Louis smiled.

Even if Louie doesn't say it, Wilson has his own sources.

His agent advised him to use Louie's connection to drive down Kemp's contract extension.

Wolf's suggestion was strongly opposed by Wilson.

"Coach Road will take care of it." These were Wilson's original words at the time.

When Ewing renewed his contract last season, Wolff also strongly expressed his dissatisfaction. It was still Wilson who suppressed him and told him not to overreact.

Now that Kemp's contract renewal has been delayed, Wilson can guess why.

"Coach, the salary cap changes every year. This year's maximum salary will be just a normal maximum salary in another year or two."

There was a radiance of selflessness about Wilson.

He is the greatest treasure in New York basketball.

Because he puts the team first, he can accept many things that others cannot accept.

"Coach, don't affect internal harmony for me, give Sean the price he wants, we have a longer-term goal, we can't get stuck here."

If every player is as sensible as Benj, Louie will be the happiest person in the world.

"You look more like Sean's manager than that bastard named Dutt." Louis snorted softly, "You don't need to worry about this matter, I have my own discretion."

It is because Benj is so sensible that Louis wants to fight for him.

Before Wilson signed his third contract, no one except Ewing could make more than him in annual salary.

This is Louie's bottom line.

Benj can give up his so-called fame and fortune for the sake of the overall situation, and Louis also has to fight to the end for his attitude of putting the overall situation first.

"Let's go, the reporter is waiting for me."

Louis said without looking back.

(End of this chapter)