The Rest, Only Noise

Latest URL: Like Auerbach back then, Louis lit his cigar not to humiliate his opponent.

If what Auerbach said was true and he smoked cigars in close games because he was bored, Louis felt that this was what he should do.

This cigar is not only a memory of Auerbach, but also a return to the old days.

Starting today, the Celtics will once again stand among the super-contenders.

Just when Louis was in a slump, suddenly, a person walked in front of him. He was obviously not a Celtics player, nor a Suns player, nor an on-site staff member.

This is a person who should not appear in front of Louis.

He had a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar to Louis.

Looking at him, Louis seemed to see his younger self.

Before Louis could speak, the other party said, "Hello, Coach."

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When Louis returned to reality from that absurd world, he still couldn't believe what had happened to him before.

Is it a dream?

No, that was not a dream.

That team was real, that game was real, but why didn't he remember the result of that game? But he remembers the players on the team he was on.

Super enhanced version of Ralph Sampson;

Super small forward who can't attack and defend -- maybe a better version of Benj?

a magician stronger than a magician;

The two-meter Curry who flies into the sky and escapes from the ground is also the toughest player Louis has ever seen;

And, the swingman who looks very similar to his younger self and has the nickname "Wish".

Although these five people have different strengths and weaknesses, no matter who comes to this world, they can write their own legends in the professional basketball world.

Louie couldn't believe that people like that existed in the world.

However, they do exist, and he did indeed coach a team consisting of these five people.

They easily defeated the strongest team in history, the Dream Team (noise version), coached by Louis himself, in that dimension beyond time and space.

The process and result of coaching this team is a long story, but Louis has forgotten most of it at this time.

He woke up at home, the day after the Finals.

For some reason, Louie felt like a long time ago.

He couldn't remember what happened last night, he only remembered being flawlessly elected FMVP.

Then, the hype went into a frenzy for the Celtics, after all, the only no-black team to win an NBA title in fifty years.

Countless interviews, countless articles, countless praises fell on the Celtics.

The media wants to know how long this team can dominate the NBA.

And Louis is sober.

He would not naively think that the current public opinion is in his favour, so he can hold the black team for a long time.

In any case, no black is a very sensitive point.

When you know that you have this problem, if you don’t correct it in time during the offseason, if others question it again, it will be hard to explain.

Even if it can be avoided for a while, as long as the social atmosphere changes, all politically incorrect things, no matter how high-sounding the reasons, are criminals.

Now that the title of "the coach of the last no-black team championship" has been obtained, Louis has no more nostalgia for it.

On the eve of the 2007 NBA Draft, Louis sent David Lee back from the Hornets for the seventh pick.

As a result, the Celtics will have two lottery picks in the 2007 draft.

In addition to the No. 7 pick, they also have the Philadelphia 76ers' first-round pick.

The 76ers have had a bad year this year. This is a year in which O'Neal has declined in an all-round way. In addition, the attendance rate cannot be guaranteed, and the team's talent is not enough. During the regular season, they were always in the lottery zone, and finally sent the Celtics the fifth pick. .

Adding the No. 5 pick to the No. 7 pick, changing to another draft year, or another draft year that is more normal, is enough for Louis to select a few good seedlings.

But in the 2007 draft, there are only so many wonderful things. Before the election, there were a lot of hype, but few became great talents afterwards.

It is undeniable that the 2007 draft brought a large number of high-quality mid-level players to the league, but this is definitely not what people originally expected it to be.

Apart from Durant, who is destined to be the second child, only Horford and Noah are worthy of the lottery in this draft.

Louie has his eyes on Horford.

Although Yao Yueban and Gasol's partner is very good, but the latter can not always maintain a light weight for the former to play power forward.

Gasol will gain weight sooner or later, and his game habits are also biased toward the center, which cannot be changed.

Therefore, Louis had to plan early.

The Clippers have the No. 3 pick this year.

The Clippers, who have selected top inside talent for several consecutive drafts, do not need to choose Horford to compete with the Bodogs for the ball. What they want most is Durant, but even if the Clippers knock Donald Sterling unconscious , Arbitrary decision-making with 50% of the Clippers shares in the transaction, the Spurs may not be able to send the second pick there.

You can't get in, and you can't retreat.

Louis called the Clippers and quoted the price of the fifth pick + Szczerbiak.

The two sides grinded for a few hours, and finally decided that the Celtics sent the fifth pick, Szczerbiak, and this year's second-round pick (from the Pacers) to the Clippers in exchange for the opponent's third pick.

Later in the 2007 draft, Greg Oden, known as the combination of Ewing and Robinson, was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Kevin McHale is happy with the choice: "He's better than Patrick."

It is worth mentioning that behind the scenes, Louis strongly suggested that McHale take the No. 1 pick to trade with the Blazers in exchange for Dwight Howard and four first-round picks.

However, McHale did not take the advice.

He couldn't afford to trade the No. 1 pick, a deal only Louie and Shafiel Lewis could do.

As long as it is a transaction made by these two people, even if there is controversy from the outside world, they will wait and see the aftermath.

Because they are the only two godfathers in active service.

Moreover, McHale saw nothing unusual about Auden.

"We will build a great team around Greg." McHale said in an interview with ABC. "You can teach players skills, tactics, awareness, but you can't give him a seven-foot height and let him Running like a deer and jumping like a rabbit, Greg's absolute genius is one in a thousand!"

Seeing this, Louis decided to respect the fate of others, gave up the complex of helping others, and never said a word to McHale about Auden.

Then, the Spurs drafted Kevin Durant without a doubt.

Durant made some veiled remarks about his dislike of being a second child, but on the surface, he was a bright boy with a smile and white teeth, excited about playing for the Spurs, because Popovich is One of the best coaches in the NBA.

"Maybe second only to Boss Lu and Coach Donovan?" Durant finally added.

Five minutes later, the Celtics selected Al Horford with the third pick.

As for the No. 7 pick, Louis wasn't going to pick anyone.

Before the start of the draft, Louie made rumors that instead of taking the seventh pick to select a rookie, he would rather use it for a small forward who can shoot and defend.

When the New Jersey Nets made an offer for Shane Battier, they handily beat Theo Ratliff of the Pistons, Kevin Martin of the Lakers, and Sefolosha of the 76ers.

If there's a perfect answer to the question "What would you trade for the No. 7 pick in 2007?", Louie's answer would be Battier.

The two parties concluded the deal.

Louie finally brought Shane Battier back to the team.

Since then, the Celtics have selected Pau Gasol's younger brother Marc Gasol with the 30th pick in the first round.

The Celtics still had a second-round pick, but because the roster was already full, Louis didn't choose again, and sold it for money.

After the draft, the NBA officially enters the offseason.

A month later, critics are still raving about the 2007 Celtics' place in history.

Louis put down his official duties and traveled to Europe with Lorraine.

Lu Wuxia's injury affected the hearts of many Celtics fans. After the finals, he was diagnosed with a high-level sprain on his right ankle.

This incident shocked many people into cold sweat.

Fortunately, the Celtics successfully won Game 6 of the finals. Otherwise, if Wish was injured and persisted, it might lead to irreparable and serious injuries.

In late July, legendary godfather Lewis Shafier officially announced his retirement.

The day before Shafier retired, he sealed the Gilbert Arenas deal.

The Heat sent Arenas to Chicago in a one-for-one deal in exchange for Paul Pierce, who was struggling in the Windy City.

The deal was widely seen as an effective stop loss for the Heat, who still need to address their point guard issues.

Facts have proved that such a powerful outside firepower group cannot be activated by Jason Williams alone. Without a good commander, no matter how many firepower points they have, they will not be able to exert their maximum power.

Until the last moment, Shafier also made a good deal, worthy of the godfather's reputation.

However, at the press conference announcing his retirement, Shafier thanked Boss Lu emphatically, and said a meaningful sentence: "Without Coach Lu, I would not be where I am today."

Wilson, Rodman, Ewing, Ellis, many players have said the same thing, even Shafier is not the first NBAGM to say so.

The last NBAGM to say this was Zhao Yuanzheng, vice president of the Lakers.

Zhao Yuanzheng has followed Louis for many years, so he has no problem saying that.

But why did Shafier say that?

Some things are yet to be revealed.

The basketball world has become accustomed to Louie's magic, just as a legendary writer revealed that Louie remotely controlled Jerry West through a trade in the offseason to get David Robinson and Scottie Pippen in an instant.

He has done the same thing countless times.

If he can have such a big impact on the Lakers when he was in the Knicks, then it doesn't seem impossible to help the Heat create a basketball godfather from a distance.

In September, Lewis Shafier was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame⑴.

Dwyane Wade made a strong comeback this summer and voluntarily signed up for the US Varsity Championships.

With his strength, playing the U.S. Championships is naturally a blow to dimensionality reduction.

Wade has shown that he is in excellent condition through a game of explosive games.

Will he be a problem for the Celtics in the new season?

How can Wish live in harmony with him?

Regarding this question, Wade's management team gave an answer in another way.

As Lu Wuxia and Wade enter the fifth year of their careers, their rookie contracts are coming to an end, and they are about to sign their second contracts.

The Celtics first started Wade's early contract extension negotiations.

As a result, the contract renewal negotiations did not advance one step forward, because Wade clearly stated that he wanted to join the free market in 2008.

This statement indirectly proves that Wade has given up competing with Lu Wuxia for the team's boss.

Because he can't compete.

Whether it is strength or background.

Since he can't compete, and he is unwilling to bow his head and become a petty person, he can only find a way out by himself.

Hearing that Wade is unwilling to renew his contract, Louis expects him to run to join James.

Whether Wade will choose to team up with James in this life is a point that Louis is very concerned about.

If Wade made the same choice as in his previous life, Lu Wuxia would definitely be touched.

After all, whether Wade is teammates with Lu Wuxia or James, he can't be the boss.

What does it mean to stay with James rather than leave the Celtics? Is James better than me?

— Lu Wuxia would definitely think so.

Before the start of the 2007-08 NBA preseason training camp, the injured Alan Houston completely gave up playing and announced his retirement.

Tony Allen has resumed training and will return in the new season.

Brandon Roy announced his season reimbursement in advance.

A few months ago, Roy successfully underwent minimally invasive knee surgery, and the attending physician declared that the operation was extremely successful, but Roy still needs a long period of time to recover.

Successful surgery is only the first step, postoperative rehabilitation is also the key, the Celtics are not in a hurry.

This is also a blessing in disguise.

If Roy hadn't encountered an injury, the Celtics' internal competition in the backcourt would have been unprecedentedly fierce.

Lu Wuxia, Ginobili, Wade, Roy.

Who starts and who comes off the bench?

Now, Louie doesn't have to choose two out of four in the face of death.

The pressure of choosing two out of three is much less, especially since Wade has indicated that he will join the free market next year, Louis will naturally let Ginobili continue to start.

If Wade has an opinion, Louis can only put him on the shelf.

Even, he can take the initiative to facilitate the early reunion of the good brothers he and James.

In extreme cases, Louie can send Wade to Cleveland, so that he can do something that he couldn't do in his previous life-I can join forces with you, even in Cleveland.

However, Wade is a sensible person, he knows that since he chose to leave, it is impossible to get the respect of the past.

He has no problem with the arrangement of the team.

For him, playing the sixth man is an opportunity to prove himself.

Even in the sixth man position, he performed better than everyone else.

Louie thought the starting battle between Ginobili and Wade would be the toughest thing in training camp.

As a result, it only ranked third in the "toughest thing."

The second is Gasol's weight.

Not surprisingly, Gasol gained weight scientifically under the guidance of a professional team.

In one summer, he successfully gained 12 pounds, and he already has the physique of a center forward.

In this way, it is impossible for him to return to the fourth position.

Therefore, the second problem for the Celtics is not that Louis continues to persuade Gasol to lose weight, but to persuade him to come off the bench

Gasol couldn't accept the role of a substitute, and Louis didn't force it. He asked in a flat tone that the Spaniard had never thought of: "It's okay to not play as a substitute. Which team do you want to go to?"

Pau Gasol firmly believed that the Louie who was so cold that he seemed to have no affair with him was not the same person as the Louie who talked and laughed and was very strict in the past.

The former Louis was at least tender, but now this Louis ignores his self-esteem and feelings like a devil.

If you don't accept the substitute, get out of here.

This is his attitude.

He didn't even try to get Gasol and Yao Yueban to play double-high starters.

Although Gasol is a bit soft on the NBA court, but the dignity of a big man is on display. Louis is so nostalgic, he also has no illusions about his future in the Celtics.

The two sides broke up, Gasol was about to change teams, and Bird began to make a fuss. It is best to negotiate before the start of the trading market, and strive to trade people as soon as possible to minimize the impact.

The reason for Louie's lack of patience with Gasol is simple. He has made a record before, and this is what he selected Horford from the draft.

Now that Gasol is determined to play the fifth position, Louis no longer insists, not even persuading him much, and is determined to kick people away and straighten Horford.

Although Horford is not a superstar, he has all-round skills and is an ideal candidate for the second or third head of a strong team. He is not as patriotic as Gasol. In Louis's mind, the black Dominican fought for his country very rarely.

As a normal person, he respects those players with a strong sense of national honor from the bottom of his heart, but as an owner and coach, he loves those players who are not patriotic, because players are the team's assets, if they don't cultivate well during the offseason, If you still go to help the national team play games, it will not only increase the risk of injury, but also increase the physical wear and tear, and you will not be able to focus on improving your personal abilities.

Although Gasol's matter is big, it is still not the most difficult problem in the training camp.

What is the toughest problem?

Lu Wuxia's agent shockingly rejected the Celtics' early contract extension negotiations.

However, they are not as decisive as Wade.

In the words of the broker, this is not a rejection, but a reservation of future flexibility.

With Pau Gasol being put on the shelf, the young Horford taking the position, and Wade announcing that he will test the free market next year, the Celtics are in turmoil, and there is no reason to bind them early.

This reason is very convincing, but looking at the league, only Lu Wuxia should not use this reason, because no matter how turbulent the Celtics are, his position is always stable.

Because it's his dad's team.

His father is the boss as well as the coach. Their family controls everything about the Celtics. Now you say that you are worried about the future instability, so you refuse to renew the contract in advance. Let’s wait and see first?

Louis didn't go to chat with Wuxia about it.

Because as early as a few years ago, Wuxia said that she didn't like being arranged.

At that time, Louis felt that this day would come.

Just like he prepared Horford for Gasol in advance, if Flawless leaves the team next summer, then the four first-round picks he prepared in 2009 can come in handy.

Nightclub boarding and shaking his head are one of them, and the Celtics' competitiveness in the next ten years is guaranteed.

If he gets both, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com will be flawless unless he joins forces with James or Durant. Otherwise, the Celtics’ five years of experience will be like a dream to him. There won't be any emotion, and he'll have a steady stream of failures like everything Pat Riley has had since 1982.

At the media meeting of the preseason training camp in 2007, Lu Wuxia tactfully talked about his contract extension: "No matter how big the contract I get, I will earn my own money in the end. This feeling is very strange, as if Take money from the left pocket and put it in the right pocket, maybe I should find a way to make other people's money."

He seemed to be joking, but no one took his words seriously. The news that the agent refused to renew the contract in advance has not been leaked. good.

Wish, in particular, looks far better than he did last season, and considering he's only 23 years old and still has at least 10 more years to go before his prime, Boston's future looks bright.

⑴Only players have retirement age requirements for being selected into the Hall of Fame, so Louie should have been in the Hall of Fame a long time ago. This is my mistake.

(end of this chapter)