The Rest, Only Noise

Louie knew that Jerry Buss liked to be staged, as if he had wiped out all the ills left by his predecessor, Jack Cook, in his first year at the Lakers.

But Louis did not expect that the Lakers would dispatch all the decision-makers for this negotiation.

Owner, vice president, deputy general manager, team legend, announcer who has played for the team for decades, and the most beloved youngest son.

"I hope I didn't make you wait too long."

Louie came on time, but the Lakers negotiating team arrived at the meeting a few minutes earlier.

So, he is not late.

"Don't mind, Coach Lu, we just arrived." After Bass finished speaking, he began to introduce his companions to Louis.

In fact, the only person who really needs an introduction is Jim Bass.

Others, like West, The Tragic, Kupchak and Hearn, he knew.

So, everyone else is just polite, the person Bass really wants to introduce is his son.

"This is Jim, my son, professional basketball is a wasteland for him, but I believe he will inherit the Lakers one day." Dad's words made Jim float, "But before that, he needs to learn to as much expertise as possible.”

Louie smiled and asked, "Mr. Bass, do you want Jim to follow me?"

Bass was delighted, it seemed that Louie had no resistance to joining the Lakers.

"If you can..." Bass wouldn't force his son to go over if Louis refused.

Louis stopped the subject in time.

"We seem to have talked too much, and it's too early to talk about this." Louis finally got back to business, "Los Angeles is a city that I'm very interested in, but I won't rush to join just because I'm interested, please introduce Check your situation and future plans."

West gave Kupchak a look.

So, the big white man who didn't play much strength in the Lakers because of injury and ended up hastily said: "Our long-term goal is naturally to win the championship. After getting Benjamin, I think we are very close to this goal. , if you get your help from Coach Lu, I think the Lakers will become the championship in the new season."

After speaking, Kupchak also nodded to Louis, like he said it well.

West felt that what Kupchak said was enough.

Bass was still helping: "Coach Lu, join us and do something big, just like you were in New York!"

Louie reminded him: "I'm still in New York. It's not just me, we're all in New York."

Bass Gan smiled: "Yes, but you have accomplished the greatest achievement I can imagine in New York, and the Lakers are still a virgin land, we have not won a championship since 1982, Los Angeles. Craving that **** trophy more than ever."

Louis was completely unmoved.

"So it's more necessary for me to understand the situation in the Lakers." Louie looked directly at West, "Mickey just said some good things and seemingly optimistic prospects, but what I really want to hear is not these, I I also believe that you have prepared more than this."

The Lakers negotiating group, which was trying to get it quickly, came to a deadlock.

Hearn asked: "Coach Lu, no one here knows the Lakers better than me, what do you want to know?"

"How is Scotty and David's relationship?"

"Who's the Lakers' boss for the past three years?"

"Why does Jeff Hornacek, the Lakers' best pitcher, repeatedly fail to get the ball in the clutch?"

"Can Scotty coexist with benj?"

"Do you know Scotty? What's his personality like?"

"Are the Lakers' cap space healthy? Can we spend money in free agency in the next few years?"

"You want to win the championship, and I want to, but I don't think that with Benj, the Lakers are a championship team."

Kupchak said stiffly: "This...Scotty and David have a good relationship of course."

"You're wrong, Mitch." Hearn showed no respect for the core of the Lakers, "David is a gentleman in a big city, and Scottie is a country bumpkin, they are not people from one world, like a With dogs locked together during heat, they end up marrying simply because there is no other option."

Louie laughed, just because Hearn could make such a sharp summary, he believed that this man had a great position in the Lakers.

Who is the man who saved the Lakers after the Lakers moved to Los Angeles.

"Impossible?" Kupchak didn't expect Hearn to refute him, "Scottie and David have been working together very happily in recent years, and I haven't heard any rumors about their feud. ."

Hearn shrugged and said: "I'm not talking about the two people being incompatible, but they can't play together. David and Scotty have their own worlds, which makes them have no connection on the field."

West respected Hearn, and although he disagreed with the other party's point of view, he did not refute it.

"Chick, Karim and I are from two different worlds, but we can often make sparks." The tragic man had a classic smile on his face. "How can this be explained?"

Hearn threw out another typical fan remark: "You and Kareem are both rare players, and Scotty and David are not at this level."

Louie understood Hearn.

Kupchak believed that Pippen and Robinson were close and united, and that Hearn was the one who sat courtside every night and commented on the game.

He watched more Lakers games than all of them.

Whether it's West or Kupchak, they'll miss a lot of Lakers games for a variety of reasons, and Hearn is like the 16th man on the Lakers. He not only has to explain the home game, but also travels with the team to the away game.

Every game of the season, he will not fall.

So when he sees Pippen and Robinson playing like strangers on the court, how can he believe the two will stick together?

But in the end, he can only explain what he sees from the perspective of fans, so when the tragic point out that he and Kareem do not play together, but it does not affect the game, Hearn can only say that they are once in a century. .

This is actually trolling.

Of course Kupchak was not convinced. He brought up Wilson and Ewing, who were incompatible off the court and still cooperated on the court.

"They're also once-in-a-decade talent, Scottie and David are not."

This negotiation is...why are they bringing so many people?

"Actually, you don't have to convince each other, all I want is accurate information, but... Obviously, there are too many of you, everyone has their own opinions, and if the opinions are inconsistent, there will be disputes, and we are sitting here and Not for arguing about the Lakers, right?"

Bass asked, "Coach Lu, what do you mean?"

"Let's do it this way, let's extend the time of the talks." Louis decided to change the way of negotiations, "extended to three days. During these three days, you can explain to me the problems of the Lakers in a two-person team. Today you obviously Not ready."

The Lakers negotiating team felt like students assigned homework.

How has this negotiated since ancient times?

However, the success or failure of the signing with Louie is related to whether Wilson can successfully join the Lakers.

No matter how ridiculous or outrageous they are, they have to accept it.

"Okay, Coach Lu, this time tomorrow, Chick and I will meet you here," said the tragic master.

West continued: "The day after tomorrow it's me and Mickey."

Bass glanced at his son helplessly, "I'm in charge of finishing."

"Then see you tomorrow."

Louis simply left without even looking back.

There was a pile of food on the table, and they didn't even touch it.

Bass was a little annoyed.

"We should be ready to come back!"

West did not respond. He had already responded to the problem of too many negotiating groups, but Bass did not listen.

Now that's asking for trouble.

"What do you think is the probability of Coach Lu signing with us?"

"It's very big." The tragic man laughed. "The team before this may not have made it to the second day at all, and we still have three days to convince him. I really think that we are very close."

"Hope you're right, Evan."

Bass could only persuade himself to be optimistic, and then shouted, "Pay the bill."

The boss came over and said kindly: "Since you are all friends of Coach Lu, this meal is free, but please promise me not to take him away from New York."

Louie's popularity in New York~www.readwn.com~The Lakers have heard of it.

Jerry Bass believes that a Chinese who can enjoy such honor in a cosmopolitan city like New York must have abilities that others can't imagine.

Thinking of this, the ardent Buss thinks that this may be the closest the Lakers are to Louis, and they have to bring this person back to Los Angeles anyway.

In order to express his determination to win, Bass filled out a check and slapped it on the table: "I'm going to order him!"

In the 150s, NBA games were not broadcast on TV, so if fans didn't go to the scene, they basically depended on the radio. So the announcers were crucial at that time, and Hearn greatly boosted the Lakers' profile in Los Angeles and made them popular. In West and Baylor's words, Hearn's brilliant game commentary elevated both of them to their historical status.

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