The Rest, Only Noise

As to whether the 1985 draft lottery was insider, Stern's response was pale: "If people want to think that way, if they think there's something else, so be it, the world welcomes imagination."

Eagles general manager Stan Kasten shares what happened while watching college games in Hawaii in the months leading up to the lottery.

"I was sitting with a couple of NBA guys," Carsten said. "I remember an insider who didn't want to be named as convinced as to what was going to happen. He kept saying, ''He's going to Nick Team Sri Lanka. It's all set.'"

A day later, a New York tabloid reported a bizarre fact: Jack Wagner, the staffer responsible for turning the globe of the device's envelope, worked for Ernst & Whinney. The firm is also the parent company of the Madison Square Garden Company to which the Knicks belong.

Indianapolis TV used stop-motion footage to point out that the corners of the Knicks envelope were curved. Other reports followed, positing another hypothesis that the envelopes had been placed in the refrigerator beforehand, making them colder to the touch and easier for Stern to find.

No matter how conspiracy theorists analyze it, the fact that the Ewing Award was drawn by the Knicks is an unalterable fact.

Madison Garden's season tickets for the next few years were sold out within an hour of the Knicks' No. 1 pick.

Also this week, on the cover of the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, Ewing wore a Knicks jersey.

Louis took a day off for himself.

On this day, he didn't want to worry about the No. 1 pick.

Don't want to worry about who to pick in next month's draft, don't want to worry about the Knicks' various agenda items, such as hiring a new team doctor. But the last thing is still very important. If you really decide to choose Ewing, Louie wants him to be healthy.

Health is the cornerstone of a player reaching the ceiling.

The tragedy of Bill Wharton should never happen again.

Louis is on vacation at work, but at home, it can't be considered a vacation.

He wants to take care of the children. In addition to taking care of the children recently, Lorraine is preparing for school at the end of the year.

Now she is reading a book on child psychology.

"The book says that Michael (Lu Wuxia) is in a critical developmental period." Lorraine watched and observed his child, "that his brain will focus on a certain function."

Michael is Lu Wuxia's English name. The reason for this name is very simple. There are many great people named Michael.

But the reason Lorraine took Michael is not to make him and many famous names, but because she likes "The Godfather" and Al Pacino's Michael Corleone too much.

Louis responded: "Oh, is it?"

"The book also says that each child's developmental focus is different. Some children learn to speak first, and some children learn to use their limbs first. Very few little geniuses understand the meaning of 'I' and 'you' at a very young age. already."

Louie has already changed a few diapers for his son today.

He was a little delirious: "So, you mean every child has their own talent?"

"If you understand that...you can."

"Like Patrick was destined to be No. 1 overall?"

"Well... that's understandable."

Louis packed the diaper and the cake on it: "Then what is this kid's talent?"

The child fell asleep peacefully.

Lorraine's mother's love overflowed: "Obviously, he is good at sleeping."

Louis was silent for a few seconds.

"Well, he's also very good at Lazarus."

"This is not a talent!" Lorraine reminded him dissatisfiedly.

Louis was silent again: "Then this kid is so disappointing, he is useless."

"What nonsense!" Lorraine was even more unhappy.

"If you admit that frequent sleep and Lazarus are part of your talent, but if this kid is so 'talented', isn't he born to lose at the starting line? I don't know what to do in the future!"

Lorraine decides to take the child away from Louis.

"I'm going to take Michael into your mother's arms, and then this poor kid won't have to listen to his dad's nonsense anymore!"

"You dote on him too much. If you don't believe me, ask my mother how fierce she was to me when she was a child. She beat me once a month on average."

Louis followed and blurted out his son's resentment: "Actually, I think his talent should be reflected in torturing his parents, so he always sleeps during the day, because he doesn't have a quiet night. "

"Have you eaten too much lately and panicked?" Li Xuanbing hugged his grandson and petted him, "Hurry up and give me what to do!"

"I'm on vacation today..."

"That's what I'm supposed to do! Do you look like a father?"

"Then what can I do when I'm on vacation...?"

Louis was very disappointed. The old mother was very affectionate to her grandson.

"roll!"

Lorraine stuck out his tongue and grimaced in schadenfreude.

"Malena, let's go back to the room to 'talk about something'." With that said, Louis dragged Lorraine back to the room, locked it, and then indescribably explored the possibility of a second child on the bed.

While Louise is on vacation, the NBA playoffs are in full swing.

The civil war in the east and west, the Celts swept the east with an absolute advantage.

The Pistons, who brought in Maxwell, met the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals.

This is a game of grievances. Maxwell is a survivor of the Havlicek era. He should have been the same as everyone in the history of the Green Kay team.

As a result, he got into trouble with the team, and Auerbach would have to send him out even if he suffered a loss.

Unfortunately, the Pistons only won one game against the Celtics.

4 to 1, in the fifth game, the Celtics three giants combined to score 102 points and beat the Pistons to the bottom.

After that game, Chuck Daly remembered Louie's words.

The Pistons currently have only a few players who can adapt to the intensity of the Celtics' game, and if they want to become a real contender, they need to make a comprehensive exchange.

In the West, the Trail Blazers, led by rookie Michael Jordan, went straight to the conference finals and fought the Lakers in six games.

Rookie Jordan averaged 29 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists per game, shooting 52% from the field, while Draxler averaged 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

The prototype of the golden twin has been formed.

Now, what the Blazers need most is to strengthen the depth and thickness of their lineup.

Only a super team can fight a super team.

The Blazers now have a class gap with the Lakers and Celtics.

In the finals, the Celtics and the Lakers ushered in a second battle.

It is also the third round of the battle between the black and white duo.

However, there was an own goal before the finals.

Bird injured his hand in a fight with the National People's Congress at a local bar in Boston to help a friend out.

This led to his poor form in the final.

The first person in the league is in no state, and all the Lakers look like they want revenge.

At the Celtics home, they played two games in a row, with an unexpected 2-0 start.

Bird played bleak and was greatly criticized. How the media ridiculed the magician last year will be returned to him this year.

But Bird is not a person who is close to the media and cares about the words and deeds of the media. The influence of public opinion on him was very small. He knew that his state had brought trouble to the team, so he took the initiative to ask K.C. Jones to transfer him from the position of the core of the attack. He served as a second-hand, assisting Thomas and Sampson.

It's a simple truth.

If you had to choose the most difficult player to guard among Kobe, James, and Durant, most people would choose between the latter two based on efficiency. However, most NBA players will choose Kobe. Because of Durant, you can start by defending the catch and his lower body. The standard defense against James is the outside lock and the inside of the basket.

And Kobe, no matter what configuration you give, no matter if he hits 20-for-20 or 1-for-20 tonight, he will continue to shoot in all kinds of ways you can't think of. He's such a confident and selfish player that you wouldn't dare not guard him.

Bird regards himself as a bait, as long as he gets the ball, he is no less attractive than Kobe. But his ability and willingness to pass the ball and drive his teammates is obviously better than Kobe.

In two games in Los Angeles, the Celtics won back.

In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Abdul-Jabbar scored 40 points in front of Sampson at the age of 38, Wilkins followed up with 39 points, and Magician's great 21+15+19 assists in a large triple-double, making the Lakers distance Revenge is only one step away.

"We're going to play the full seven."

In the fifth game, Sampson, who was beaten by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, rarely put down harsh words through the media.

As a result, in the sixth game, Sampson attacked Abdul-Jabbar frantically with the ball as if he had been taken over by another person. He is a furious beast, his speed, range, and athleticism are superior to Kareem, like a creature from outer space.

Thomas showed his qualities as the second Lakers difficult-to-guard player on the Celtics.

His ball-handling threat is the Celtics' biggest, and the Louie era has proven that if he lets go of his hands and feet, no one in the Lakers can match him.

Dennis Johnson's speed is not enough to see in front of him.

In the fourth quarter, the Magician scored three three-pointers like God's help, forcibly dragging the game into overtime.

The match between Wilkins and Bird brought the game into the second overtime.

Abdul-Jabbar took on oxygen while confronting Sampson and was finally called for his sixth foul.

Both sides came to the third overtime.

Without Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Lakers have no one inside, and the Celtics three giants are eyeing them.

The 11-1 overtime scoring ratio made the Lakers fall short and were chased by the Celtics into a 3-3 tie.

Sampson played a masterpiece in the finals, with a triple-double of 39 points, 22 rebounds, 6 assists and 11 blocks in a single game.

Game 7, came to the Garden, last year's fear came to the Lakers.

It was the only game Bird had a feel for in the Finals, and it was the only game where Kareem Kareem pulled his hips in the Finals.

At 38 years old, he is not young anymore, but there are always people who are young, such as Sampson on the opposite side.

No one thought that the tiebreaker, which was supposed to be the final decisive battle, would turn into a unilateral massacre by the Celtics.

148 to 114

The Celtics beat the Lakers by 34 points at home and reached two consecutive championships. Sampson averaged 31 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 blocks per game in these seven games, shooting 59%.

No one can compete with him for FMVP.

And he thanked another person in front of reporters: "I have to thank Coach Lu, I couldn't have gotten this far without him, so this is not just a victory for me and the Celtics, but also for him. I think, I I did what he wanted me to do."

The reporter also asked about Ewing's possible trip to New York.

Sampson laughed: "This is the best result for Patrick, and there is no coach in the league better suited to guide him forward than LittleLu."

What Sampson didn't know was that after watching the seven-game series between the Celtics and the Lakers, Louie asked himself, "Is there any chance of Ewing reaching 80% of Sampson's level in the future?"

It is no exaggeration to say that he has no confidence.