The Rest, Only Noise

The day after that, Louis stayed at the Greek Academy from day to afternoon to evening.

Until "Sage" Sanders told me: "Don't wait, Morris's agent called and told me that his employer didn't like Boston, and he was afraid of the racial conflict here, so he won't come to tryouts."

"hey-hey!"

Sanders didn't expect him to laugh so badly.

"Lu, you creep me out," Sanders said seriously.

The only thing Louie is sure about now is whether Cheeks has plans to go to other teams for trial training.

If not, then what the Sixers promised him in the draft is the truth.

A guy without a draft prospect who turned down a tryout offer from Boston and suddenly gave up on himself after a workout in Philadelphia? This kind of illogical story can only be accepted by Tang Tan series cerebral palsy fans.

"Saatchi, I also want you to do me a favor..."

Louie wants to know what's going on with Cheeks.

But it's hard for him, his connections aren't that big, and he can't get news remotely.

"What are you busy with?"

"I want to know what's next for Cheeks."

"how can that be?"

"I believe that his agent is by no means the only client he has. If his focus suddenly shifts to other people, then we will have the answer." Louie laughed, "I need to pay attention to the dynamics of his agent."

Sanders felt like he was sinking deeper and deeper, man, even a low-level scout could call him at will.

However, Louis is also for the sake of the team.

If he doesn't have the ability, K.C can't make him a scout for the Celtics. Plus, Louie is not objectionable.

If he could cut down on his bluffing and grinning -- which always reminded him of Auerbach and Russell -- Sanders would still be happy to be his friend.

"I will try my best."

"Thank you, Thatch." Louie asked hypocritically, "How am I supposed to repay you for helping me like this?"

He hinted with his eyes: if you want money, you can't give it if you want to die.

"If it's good for the team, if the player you're looking for can really come in handy, then helping me is helping myself." Sanders laughed at himself. "How can I get along with myself?"

He's got a point, and despite the bleak future, he's still the head coach of the Celtics.

But for the rookie coach, the most tragic fate is to take over a team that carries high hopes and falls into the abyss.

Internal pressure and external expectations can destroy the ambitions of a rookie coach.

Louie likes Sanders very much, but he is really not optimistic about the other side's coaching prospects.

After confirming that Cheeks was not coming, Louis began to prepare a speech for the briefing, mainly for K.C. He felt that he shouldn't have a chance to speak at that time, and he could just use K.C's mouth to express his thoughts.

With a formal job, Louis's life has become a lot more regular.

No longer running around every day for information and news like in school, and no longer having to have strange relationships with all kinds of strange women. In that case, he was under too much pressure, the Dragon King under his crotch was not in the best condition, and it was difficult to leave a good impression on the other party. He was sure that if I gave him another shot now, he would definitely be able to conquer the city and conquer the land. Impression of a macho.

But now he has to focus on the ventilation meeting in a few days.

On June 6, 1978, there were still three days before the draft. The Celtics had completed the trial training. The scouts had prepared their own materials, concentrated them in the hands of their superiors, and prepared to exchange and learn at the briefing meeting. .

The briefing will be held at the Greek Academy.

During the briefing, the team chairman and general manager Auerbach sat in the C position.

On his left is head coach Larry Sanders, on his right is the team's president of operations Gary Ralph, then head scout and assistant coach K.C. Jones, another head scout John Key Lilia, assistant coach Bob MacKinnon, several senior scouts Louie didn't know, home announcer Johnny Most and secretary to team owner Irving Levine.

"Since everyone is here, let me tell you what you think about the draft three days later." Auerbach started.

The owner's secretary spoke first: "Regarding the selection of Larry Bird with the sixth pick in the first round...Mr. Irving wants you to reconsider, he doesn't want a player who can't play for the team right away, if he next year Refuse to sign with us and we will lose everything."

"If he refuses to sign with us," Auerbach smiled nonchalantly, "we'll take him again."

It sounds impossible, but there seems to be nothing that Auerbach can't do. He is a student of the rules and a speculator of the rules. He always likes to exploit the loopholes in the rules.

The secretary was speechless.

The Celtics are a strange team, even though the players have made their status higher and higher through their own struggles, the owner is still the master of the team, and the management is just a bunch of working subordinates. Although they are far more professional than the boss, the boss's words are the imperial edict. Even if his decision is unprofessional, the management must resolutely implement it.

Gene Shue, the former coach of the 76ers, was used as a prop for Li Wei because he refused to take the new owner's lead.

However, in the Celtics, Auerbach's status faintly overshadowed the boss. After the death of the first-generation owner of the Celtics, Walter Brown, the ownership of the team changed many times, and it was inevitable to encounter a bad boss. And only Auerbach can force the uncooperative boss to sell the team in the way of "either I leave or you leave".

No Celtic owner is willing to carry the infamy of "getting out of Auerbach".

This is most likely fatal.

You know, this is the 70's!

Think of those people on the street!

"Except for the sixth pick, everything else can be discussed." Auerbach laughed, "Let's start."

Sanders delivered his long-prepared speech: "We've had a chaotic season, and here are a few things I've drawn from it..."

This is the reason why he is not suitable to be a head coach. He regards coaching as a class, and leading a team to a game as a test for students. What about putting this aside for the final summary?

Although he said a lot of bullshit, he still clearly expressed the current shortcomings of the team. In a nutshell, everything is lacking, every position is lacking, and if you don't improve next season's bad record, don't blame him.

"Yes, we need an all-position reinforcement."

John Kirillia said confidently: "There's one other guy we have to get besides Larry - Portland State's Freeman Williams (SG/SF), he's unstoppable Offensive, scoring 3,249 points in four years in college, only Pete Maravich scored more in college. He led the Vikings to the Universiade win against the U.S. team with Larry Bird Gold medal. His ability has been recognized by many college coaches, including Kentucky's coach Rupp (Adolph Rupp). UU reading www.uukanshu.com Coach Rupp believes that Freeman can be completely successful in the NBA, as he was in It's the same thing you do in college!"

"Are you sure we can pick him with the eighth pick?" Auerbach had heard Williams' reputation, he knew he was a good guy and had watched his games, but Kyrilla clearly told him Great.

At first glance, it sounds better than Bird.

"There is a chance," Kyrilla said without reservation. "Although Freeman's aggressiveness is exciting, his mental attributes are worth worrying about. He is prone to extremes on the court. His style of play is selfish and requires patient adjustment/ teach."

Kyrilla's question is shocking, but it's the eighth overall pick in the first round.

There are not many people to choose from in this position.

Therefore, he has obvious strengths, and naturally he also has obvious weaknesses, and Kyrilla has also prepared several alternative lists.

Not only did he make two top-10 picks (Kyrilla was the first Celtics scout to track Bird's game), he did the K.C part, and he blatantly on the occasion Play the race card.

He supports the team's choice of Jeff Judkins, who was pushed out by Louie, because this person is a white college star who can attract fans.

This caused many people present to look at K.C.

Only Auerbach and Kyrilla knew it was Louie's decision to push Judkins.

Considering the personal feud between Louie and Kyrilla, the latter's suggestion came as no surprise to Sanders.

When he saw that K.C was about to speak, he was even more surprised.

It wasn't Louis who spoke?

But on second thought, why should a mere low-level scout speak at the draft briefing?

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