The Rest, Only Noise

"Listen to Boss Zhou, you stayed with him all day."

After Louis returned home, Lorraine asked him about the negotiations.

"Does the normal negotiation take so long? How are you negotiating, is it going well?"

Louis smiled bitterly, if it didn't go well, it wouldn't take so much time.

But is it going well?

Louie felt that Jerry West was a trustworthy man and a reliable colleague.

But he certainly won't be dominated by his own will like Baylor, he will have his own ideas, and no two people's ideas are exactly the same.

If he really wants to go to the Lakers, this is something he has to consider.

Louie believes that for him to be so successful in New York, in addition to the people around him completely trusting him and giving him enough support, the delegation of authority from those above him is also key.

If Jack Kruger wasn't a hands-off shopkeeper who just looked at the results and ignored the process, Louie couldn't have built the team the way he wanted.

And this kind of dominance is hard to come by for the Lakers.

Not only because they have such an outstanding executive as Jerry West, but because Jerry Buss himself made the Lakers the most important property to his name.

Why is West just the VP of basketball operations for the Lakers?

Because the president is Jerry Buss himself.

It's also one of the differences between the management structure of the Lakers and other teams.

Owners of other teams usually don't serve as team presidents, and the person in that position is either a quasi-godfather manager like Nelson, or someone who pulls the leash for the owner. They will strictly control the team's finances to ensure that the annual revenue exceeds the expenditure.

Louis didn't like being controlled by others, and he didn't want to hear others draw cakes for him. He wanted real power.

If the Lakers can't give him the lead, they're out of the game.

He didn't give up the chance to be New York's Auerbach to move to another team to experience what it's like to be hampered.

He had experienced enough of this kind of thing in his previous life.

Therefore, when Lorraine asked Louis if the negotiations were going well, he could not answer.

"We'll see tomorrow." Louis touched his wife's face, "Go to bed early."

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The next day, when Louis woke up, he received another startling news.

The Miami Heat traded Malik Sealy (maliksealysg) to Boston in exchange for a 2000 second-round pick, thereby freeing up $3 million in cap space, then signed Dennis Rodman to a deal that included Three-year, $25 million contract with numerous incentive clauses.

According to the disclosure of the Miami reporter.

There are four main incentive clauses in Rodman's contract.

1. Rodman played less than 30 games in a season and could only get 15% of his salary.

2. Rodman must play at least 50 games a season to get 60% of his salary.

3. Rodman must appear in at least 65 games a season to get 95% of his salary.

4. Rodman must play at least 75 games before he can get 100% of his contractual salary.

Also, the third year of this contract comes with a team option.

Lewis Shafir was highly praised by sports reporters as soon as the news of Rodman's signing with Miami came out.

"si" magazine believes that Shafir has locked in next year's best general manager of the year.

The sour grapes of The New York Times came into play: "Dennis can't even play under leaderlu, can Billy Donovan manage him? Will this contract bind him?"

And critics in Miami began to think of Shafir as god.

They don't have to worry about Danny Manning anymore, because Sampson is a big Manning, and Rodman, the most famous Manning Terminator.

"Danny Manning's **** of pro basketball in Miami is over."

Rodman's original plan was to go to Los Angeles with Wilson.

But the Lakers don't have enough cap space to sign both at the same time.

This kind of reason, a discerning person can see it as an excuse. After all, the Heat had no room, but after finding the opportunity to get Rodman, they did not decisively clear the space.

To put it bluntly, the Lakers don't want Rodman.

Because West thinks Rodman will have a terrible negative impact on the team, think about what he did in New York.

Wilson was leaving, and New York City was frustrated.

And Rodman is leaving?

Elgin Baylor didn't even try to keep him.

The reason is very simple. As the Times said, Tomjanovich can control people who Louis can't control? What's more, the relationship between Rodman and Ewing is extremely poor. After Wilson left the team, the Knicks have completely become Ewing's team.

They don't need an Ewing naysayer all day to add to the uncertainty.

Louie wakes up and calls Shafir to congratulate them on signing Rodman and never have to worry about Manning again.

Shafir is like an insatiable man: "Is this enough to win the championship, Coach Lu?"

"Uh?"

Let's take a look at who's on the Heat's roster.

Sampson, Drexler, Gaithers, Rodman, Dumars, Petrovic, (Reggie) Lewis, Two Davis, Drexler, Jaylen Rose, Randy Brown, p-j Brown, John Salley, Wang Mukong.

This lineup is so strong that Wang Mukong can buy a villa in the dnp position.

Louie really felt that the Knicks, who lost Benj, would be at a complete disadvantage against the Heat.

Sampson, the designated father of the Knicks' only supergiant Ewing, is in Miami.

After Benj left, the Knicks actually have no offensive players.

They rely on three points, team defense, Kemp's continuous evolution, and Hill's unimaginable immediate combat power.

On the Heat side, they have what they want.

Offense, defense, wing depth, frontcourt depth.

In the words of "Sports Illustrated" columnist Jack McCallum, the Heat are "a stronger New York Knicks."

Their only problem is that Petrovic is not a good point guard.

Other than this, flawless.

Then what did this fellow Shafir tell him?

Is the sauce purple enough?

Otherwise pinch? what do you want? Upgrade Dumas to a tragic master again?

Upgrade Lewis to benj?

Upgrade Gaithers to Manning?

That's what Louis told Shafir, to know contentment.

Then he got shocking news from Shafir.

"Danny Manning wants to come to Miami," Shafir said. "He wants to play with Ralph."

Louis was as overwhelmed as Shafir.

"But you already have Hank Gaithers at the four."

"But Hank and Manning were never at the same level, and if we wanted to make sure we were safe, this was an unmissable opportunity to replace Hank with Manning."

Shafir never liked Gaithers, would he hesitate when he had the chance to replace Gaithers with Manning?

This really is a decision that affects the history of the Heat.

Done right, the Heat have the potential to be the next team to dominate the league.

Get it wrong and the Heat will still be strong enough to make your scalp tingling, but not at the dynasty level.

"Lewis, you need to make your own decisions." Louie can only say his opinion, "If it were me, I wouldn't replace Hank, because Hank is someone who can play with Ralph at ease, and Manning No. Over the years, he has lived in the media tout, he is the No. 1 power forward in active service, Ralph after Ralph. Even if he really wants to join Miami, it is only temporary, and it will take a long time You'll have new problems, and the only thing you can pray for is that Ralph, who is getting older, will condone Manning's waywardness."

"But it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, isn't it? Ralph is getting older, how can he stay at this level for a few more years? Manning can take over after that, so we can remain competitive after that. , instead of expecting Hank to suddenly become the player we want him to be."

Louis would not say that Shafir's choice was wrong.

Because no matter how you choose, it can't be wrong.

What the management can do is to bring the best lineup to the team, and the rest is up to the coaching staff.

For Louie, the difficulty in choosing between Manning and Gaithers is that he can't use the perspective of a traveler to provide the right advice. Because both of them are players who have risen in this life under the influence of the butterfly effect.

In this matter, Louis has no eyes, he can only judge by what he knows about them, and by relying on his intuition, which has never failed him when faced with major choices over the years.

His choice was the more secure and safe Gaithers.

And Shafir wants to be great, so he'll go head-to-head with Manning.

Either way, Lewis Shafir is going through an epic offseason and will be remembered for what he did.

There will never be another team executive who can bring such a big boost to his team in the offseason. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

Louie hung up the phone and walked to the kitchen, wanting something to eat.

Mom is making breakfast today.

The breakfast she prepared for Louis was porridge and fried eggs.

At this point, there were still a few hours before Louis and Bass had the final negotiation. He could take a break during this window period, or he could learn more about Bass's person through various channels.

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