The Rest, Only Noise

Ewing doesn't understand Louie's decision, and when he learns that Louie's next stop is Los Angeles, he guesses, it's because of Benj.

Louie denies it, but can Ewing believe him?

Maybe it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that the boat is done, things are done, some are doomed to be lost, some will never be returned, some they must remember and ultimately take to the grave together.

When the other players learn that Louie is leaving, the birthday party becomes very sad.

Kemp said he's not yet the best power forward.

Miller thought, he is just about to rise, why is the coach leaving?

Stevens remembered the life-changing voicemail he sent Louie that day on the night he was laid off.

There is no retention, because they know that Louie is a person who makes a decision and will not look back.

They end up blessing each other.

Ewing and his teammates wish Louie all the best in Los Angeles, and Louie encourages them to continue their championship run next season.

On August 6, 1994, a news swept the North American sports world from New York.

"leaderlu plans to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers."

There is a saying that the shorter the news, the bigger the event.

After the news fermented, the New York sports world was thrown into chaos.

Fans sent blades to msg management, rabid fans took to the streets to demonstrate, and reporters began to write the inside story of Louie's signing with the Lakers.

Elgin Baylor, the general manager of the Knicks, had to hold a press conference to comfort the fans: "We have tried our best, but Lu thinks he has lost the challenge in New York. In order to continue his career, he chose to leave, Hope the fans understand."

Fans don't understand, will Auerbach leave Boston? How could the Messiah leave his Jerusalem behind?

Baylor's explanation was seen as incompetent phrasing by msg executives.

And Louie accepted an exclusive interview with Jack McCallum and answered the fans' questions in detail.

He gave his fans the same answer as Baylor, looking for more challenges.

Louie smiled mysteriously when McCollum pressed him about his role in Los Angeles.

"You will soon find out."

On August 10, the Lakers officially announced: "Louis will become the team's new president of operations."

The news resounded like thunder.

This means that Louie has become the first non-owner president in the history of the Lakers.

Whether it's Buss, or his predecessor, Jack Cook, or Cook's predecessor, the bobshort who moved the Lakers from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, they've chosen to put themselves The president of the team has the final decision-making power.

Short made the decision to move the Lakers to Los Angeles and voted out Jerry West, and Cook became the first owner in the history of the Lakers to spend money like water and have a legendary center collector. The two legendary figures of Chamberlain and Abdul-Jabbar were successively introduced under the rule. The story of Bass is so well known that it needs no further elaboration.

The Lakers owner, despite his authoritarian side, rarely makes mistakes.

Bass is a boss who completely regards himself as a part of the team. For him, being the president is a statement of fighting side by side with the team. Now, in order to let Louis join, he gave up this identity and lost his confidence in the team. Dominance, he can only spend and make money through the Lakers.

Some sports writers who are close to West can't help but feel sorry for the logo man.

It's too unfair for West to be the VP for the Lakers for decades.

But thinking about the man who was parachuted into the position of president, can West have anything to say?

Louie's achievements in New York are enough to clear any doubts.

Then there was New York's apocalyptic emotional response.

The homes of half of the Knicks fans are painted with Louie's paint.

These people formed a massive force to march on Madison Avenue in an attempt to change this.

But they got no response.

The New York media has published articles about a series of feats of Louie's ten years in charge of the Knicks.

"Nine seasons since 1984-85 until today, the Knicks have averaged 69 wins per season. If you don't know what that means, well, the Knicks have won seven straight championships in those nine seasons. Champions, nurturing superstars such as Patrick Ewing, Benjamin Wilson, Kevin McHale, Sean Kemp, and others, the Knicks went from a city joke to a New York totem and Midwest pride, with brands like For generations of fans like the Yankees, the team's market value has increased nearly ten times compared to 1984. It is not only the most commercially valuable team in the league, but also one of the most commercially valuable, famous and outstanding clubs in the world. —You know what? None of this would have happened if there had been no leaderlu, if the great Messiah had not come to New York that wonderful summer.” —The New York Times.

The fans were powerless to recover, the media began to review Louis's achievements to assess his status in the arena, and then...

On August 11, Louis signed a four-year, $20 million contract with the Lakers.

The Lakers' coaching contract was pushed by him because he decided to wait and see for a year.

So who is the Lakers coaching this season?

West wants "Silver Fox" Del Harris to take the post. Although Louis respects the old coach, he must fight for his cronies.

For the first time, Louie and West are at odds at work, sooner than expected.

As Bass said, when the two disagreed, he would support Louis unconditionally.

But now, Louie doesn't need anyone's support, he's the president, and he can make whatever decisions he wants.

So the Lakers gave Zhao Yuanzheng a one-year, $1.5 million coaching contract, which Zhao Yuanzheng readily accepted.

Also this summer, the contracts of Jeff Hornacek and Sam Perkins of the Lakers expired at the same time.

Hornacek wants a four-year, $28 million extension.

Perkins thinks he's worth the price too.

Regarding the renewal of the two men, West's suggestion to Louie is to stay Hornacek and give up Perkins.

Space five like Perkins is too alternative, although it is very functional, it is not worth 7 million a year.

Hornacek is the Lakers' number one striker in recent years, and is also Louis' old subordinate in New York. It must be easy to use.

Louis thought so too, but Phoenix offered Hornacek $54 million for six years and Perkins $7 million a year by taking advantage of the salary cap hike and the space freed up by Brad Doherty's retirement. annual salary requirements.

Considering Hornacek's age and his own strength, Louie doesn't want to spend 9 million a year for his 6-year use rights.

"Jeff, the sunshine of Phoenix should be very suitable for a veteran like you." Louie euphemistically said on the phone that the Lakers would not follow up on the offer.

And just like that, both Hornacek and Perkins went to Phoenix.

The Lakers' lineup has been further weakened, and the players on the current roster still include powerful players such as Robinson, Pippen, Wilson, Green, and Divac.

Five of them guarantee the Lakers' bottom line, a playoff team with at least 50 wins this season.

But compared to the reinforcements of other teams, the Lakers are a bit stumped.

On August 14th, Lewis Shafir completed the ultimate operation of Fengshen in a summer.

The Heat sent Hank Gaithers, Antonio Davis, 1996, 1998, 2000 first-round picks to Indiana in exchange for Danny Manning.

The subtext of this transaction is that Gaithers wants to replace Manning, in addition to his own value, he has to bring along Antonio Davis and three future first-round picks, which is barely enough.

And that's when Manning is determined to go, and he's determined to go to Miami.

If Manning doesn't want to go, if Shafir takes this offer to Donnie Walsh (the Pacers general manager), they won't even dump him.

After the offseason, the signing work, Louie handed over to Jerry West.

Because the entire management knows that Louie wants to make a move on the lineup.

But in addition to Wilson, the whole lineup is West's hard work, especially Robinson and Pippen. If you want to move this lineup, you have to prove that they are useless.

Louie wasn't an autocratic either, he gave West a year.

If the Lakers' record next season still falls short of expectations, then when he personally takes over (coaching) the team, no matter who he wants to move, it should be.

Zhao Yuanzheng, who became the head coach, was walking on thin ice because he knew that this coaching job was only temporary.

Just like Teemo's character line: "I'll go ahead and explore the way."

He is responsible for finding the way for Louie, so he has to find ways to test the limits of this team.

At the same time, he has to form a new coaching staff for himself, ah no, for Louie.

Except for Zhao Yuanzheng, Louis' old men in New York chose to stay.

It's normal, the Knicks are in good shape and they have no reason to leave.

Louie and Zhao Yuanzheng need to start from scratch in Los Angeles.

The first thing Zhao Yuanzheng got was the inside assistant coach and the Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He accepted the invitation of Zhao Yuanzheng—or Louie—to serve as the Lakers’ interior development coach with an annual salary of $500,000~www .readwn.com~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wanted to go to Philadelphia as an inside coach at first, but the Lakers gave too much money, and they belonged to the old club. Where can I go to work?

After that, Louie selected two people from a large number of applicants, one is future NBA head coach Mike Budenholzer (mikebudenholzer).

Louie's impression of Budenholzer is not his time coaching in the Hawks or Bucks, but when he was an assistant for Popovich in the Spurs, betting on his career like JKL's forward flash Career suggested that the team traded George Hill, who had already played at the time, for the draft rights to select Kawhi Leonard.

This incident shows that he can make a difference both as a management team and as a coach. Such talents are what the Lakers coaching staff needs most.

Although Zhao Yuanzheng couldn't see anything special about Budenholzer, but Louis said he was a talent, so he was.

The other is former player rickcarlisle who has been active in coaching since retiring from the league.

There must be no need to say much about what achievements this person can make in the future.

Louie is very reluctant to have the coaching staff in New York. Those people are not only his good friends, but also first-class talents.

But now, seeing talent join the Lakers coaching staff one by one, Louiston feels that Los Angeles has a bright future.

Now, they also need video analysts, physical trainers, special trainers, attacking coaches, defender development coaches and striker development coaches...

Thinking of so many shortfalls, Louie can't help but pick up another roster of talent currently scattered around the free agency.

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This chapter does not mean anything, take leave today.

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