The Rest, Only Noise

Louie can choose to leave now, or wait until early July, before the free market opens, through an official announcement to officially end the contract.

After all, he has also worked diligently in New York for ten years, and the relationship network established during this period will not be interrupted with his departure.

Louis decided to carry out this contract to the end.

This also means that he needs to be involved in the operation of the Knicks' draft this year.

The day after the finals, Louis came to work at the Blue Palace as usual.

He found that Zhao Yuanzheng was doing the handover work.

Louie wondered why he did it.

Zhao Yuanzheng said: "I will only stay if you stay."

Louie asked angrily, "You've been in New York for ten years, haven't you?"

"Yes."

"And now you're giving up your job in New York for me? Did you know you're taking the top salary in the front office for the same position? How many teams do you think would give you the same treatment?"

Zhao Yuanzheng is not without his back.

"Indiana sent me an offer and they wanted me to be the Pacers head coach," he said modestly.

Louie is the best coach in the league, but at the same time, he also has the best coaching staff in the league.

Therefore, his teaching assistants are never short of jobs.

Louie thinks the Pacers are a good place to go.

"So you're going to Indiana?" Louie asked.

Zhao Yuanzheng shook his head and said, "No, unless I have nowhere to go, I have no interest in going there."

Still up? Does he know what the Pacers offer represents?

This means that Zhao Yuanzheng will become the second Chinese head coach in NBA history at the age of 32.

"why?"

Louie thinks the Pacers are a good place to go.

"I've been in New York for a long time, I'm really not used to a place like Indiana, and Danny Manning is in a mood, he wants to escape the cornfield." Zhao Yuanzheng said modestly, "Old Road, I don't think I can be like You build modern buildings out of rubble."

Manning wanted to leave the Pacers is indeed beyond Louie's expectations.

He then thought about it, the Knicks have been stable internally this year and the chemistry is good, so the management has not moved the idea of ​​trading.

Moreover, there is a tacit understanding between Louis and Baylor.

If there is anything in the league, Baylor will inquire about the situation first, and Zhao Yuanzheng will inform Louis of the weekly gossip and rumors. But Louis has basically been in a state of decentralization this year, and he does not remember that Zhao Yuanzheng said this to himself.

Therefore, he did not mean to follow up, and Baylor naturally did not do anything.

"So what are your plans?"

Louis was too lazy to go around in circles with Zhao Yuanzheng, and asked straight to the point.

"Is the next stop fixed?"

Louis shook his head: "Not yet."

"Where are you going, where am I going." Zhao Yuanzheng said, "Rudy has been with you for 14 years, and I've only been for 10 years. There is still more to learn."

In fact, Louis thinks that Zhao Yuanzheng is more suitable for management work, but he is very interested in coaching, so he has always been studying in this direction.

"Even if you say that, I don't have a place reserved for you. If you want to follow me, you have to be ready to go back to the starting line."

Zhao Yuanzheng was too familiar with Louis.

When Louie is bluffing, his eyebrows are especially vivid.

"Coach, my coach, I am willing to be a scout for you." Zhao Yuanzheng said disgustingly.

Louis rolled his eyes on the spot: "Okay, I understand your intentions. Send the scouting reports of the key players we need this year to my office!"

Zhao Yuanzheng was stunned: "Do you still want to work?"

"Nonsense! I have the highest management salary in the league, and of course I have to work dutifully until the end of this contract!"

Zhao Yuanzheng must have licked something unclean last night, otherwise there wouldn't be so much talk.

I saw him saying again: "Coach Lu, your work ethic is worth learning from."

"Fuck off!"

Zhao Yuanzheng went to look for a scouting report, but Louis did not go directly into his office, but went to Baylor's office to drop by.

"You've come, I was planning to find you!"

When Baylor saw Louie, he said the most important thing at the moment.

"Kevin is retiring."

Knicks honorary captain Kevin McHale's contract expires this summer.

He is the second MVP player in the history of the Knicks, made great contributions to the Knicks dynasty, and is one of the most important players in the Louis era. Now 37 years old, as a vegan, his bodily functions have regressed to below average athlete standards.

The intensity of competition within the Knicks made him feel powerless.

After winning his seventh championship with the team, he decided to follow his original decision and retire from basketball.

Louis was not surprised to hear the news.

"Few players can leave when it's time to leave," Louie said. "We should bless Kevin."

Baylor sighed: "Yeah, it's rare, I think we should retire Kevin's jersey."

"I'm sure his jersey will be retired."

The Dolan family is about to take over MSG. According to league tradition, if a new owner comes, they always have to retire a jersey to be happy.

Then, Baylor brought up another matter of importance: "I don't think Benj is going to stay."

"How do you feel? How do you feel?"

"You may not believe it, but I saw it in my eyes." Baylor said mysteriously, "I have been observing him during the game, and his eyes tell me that he is just doing his job here, He has bigger plans."

Just when Louis wanted to laugh at Baylor's eyesight, he heard the other party say: "Also, your eyes are also weird and lacking in energy, you used to have the look of a dog king patrolling the territory. Walk into my office, but now you don't seem to care about anything."

Louis didn't know whether Baylor was blind, or if he really had a pair of piercing eyes.

"Maybe we don't need to try out rookies in the future. Whoever we want to choose, let you look in his eyes. You can definitely see who can be talented among them, right?"

"This is not good." Baylor shook his head and said, "Have you not heard that sentence? Eyes are the window to the soul. Some people can convey their thoughts through their eyes, but I can't see through their eyes whether a rookie is talented or not. We still need trials."

Louis asked again: "Then what do you think our reinforcement direction is this year?"

Baylor replied without hesitation: "We have to prepare for Benj to leave the team. If this happens, we will have a huge vacancy at the 3rd position. Benj can't be overstated what it means to us, I don't Think someone on the team can fill his void."

"so?"

"We gotta get Grant Hill."

"How did we get him? We only have the seventh pick (from the Celtics)."

Baylor began to analyze.

His analysis major surprised Louie. After all these years of playing for him, even Baylor has grown a lot.

"Detroit will definitely take Glenn Robinson with the No. 1 overall pick, and they need a real builder."

"Denver will no doubt pick Jason Kidd with the second pick, they don't need Grant Hill because their frontcourt is deep enough and Kidd has everything they need."

"The Suns wouldn't have been in the lottery if it wasn't for the injury, Brad Doherty's back injury was devastating, and while they have an option on Grant Hill, I really don't think they I want Hill."

Louis asked with relief, "Why?"

"Because they don't need someone else to take the ball from Kevin Johnson, they need a center who can stand in the paint."

Louie asks provocatively, "So you think they're going to take the third overall pick, like Juwan Howard at the University of Michigan?"

"It's possible, but if Hill drops to No. 4, Minnesota won't let him go. So we have to make a deal with Phoenix."

"But they need the inside."

"Then we'll give him the inside line."

Louie asked, "Are you trying to trade Patrick? I agree."

"Don't talk nonsense, how is it possible!" Baylor felt that the name was a bit difficult to say, but that was the only candidate who could impress the Suns. "Do you think Harold can be traded?"

The person Baylor wanted to send away was Yu Tiancan.

Or it should be said that without moving Ewing and Kemp, the only insider that the Knicks can arouse the interest of the Suns is Yu Tiancan.

"What do you think?" Louis asked with a smile.

Baylor began to get nervous, he knew how much Louis liked Yu Tiancan, "I think this is a big price, but if we can get Hill, it will not be a problem. Although it will bring some pressure to Patrick, we have enough insiders. reserve."

"Exchange a lottery ticket with an already played insider, are you serious?"

Baylor almost suffocated.

But reason told him this was their only chance to get Grant Hill.

"Hill has a 10 per cent chance of filling Benj's vacancy and Harold doesn't have any chance of that."

Louie always wanted to send Yu Tiancan to a team that could use all his talents.

It would be a waste of time for the Knicks to back Ewing.

Baylor took the initiative to bring up this matter, and he was very excited and surprised.

It's not like a deal that Baylor could come up with. People can improve, but that's not how they progress.

"Who gave you advice?" Louie stared at Baylor.

"I, myself..."

"Don't try to lie to me!" Louis asked domineeringly, "Who?"

Baylor disarmed: "It's R.C (Buford)."

If the Knicks management is handed over to Baylor alone, Louie is really worried.

With R.C. Buford, though, he really has nothing to worry about.

Just like this well-prepared trade plan, Buford concluded that Wilson will leave the team after the season, and if the Knicks do not want to decline significantly in the new season, they must prepare a stop loss plan in advance.

Reluctantly to send Yu Tiancan away in exchange for Hill, this is what they have to do and what they should do.

The trade even reminded Louie of the Spurs' trade in George Hill for Leonard, and Popovich was in pain, but had to do it for the team's future.

Just when Baylor thought Louis was going to go crazy, he saw the smile on the other side's face.

"R.C. is a good comrade." Louis patted Baylor's arm, "Just do as you say."