The Rest, Only Noise

After watching the game, Louie and Jennifer broke up after eating something nearby.

He did not go to say goodbye to Wilson, because of the new regulations of the league, his status is special, and he cannot approach college students with draft prospects.

Back in New York from California, Louis' vacation is over.

On January 11, they played against the Portland Trail Blazers, who had already formed a beam last time.

The Blazers who came to Madison Garden seemed to have changed the team, and Jordan scored 50 points.

Seeing Jordan's 50 points, Louis only remembered that in the second season, the Flying Man, who should have been reimbursed for most of the season because of a fracture, was still healthy.

And, in good shape, leading the scoring list with 34 points per game.

The Knicks lost this game and started another winning streak.

Thirteen years have passed since the season, and some of Ewing's problems are gradually showing signs of being cured.

Under Louie, he averaged only 30 minutes per game, averaging 19 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 3.3 blocks per game.

The most important transformation Louis made to Ewing was to spend more than 30 games to make Ewing realize the importance of the card position, and then develop the habit of the card position.

The skill of the card position, the strength of the card position or other, do not worry, the key is to develop a habit.

In mid-January, the results of the All-Star ballots came out.

Ewing was an All-Star and Stockton narrowly lost to Jeff Malone.

On January 20, the Knicks fought against the 76ers for three times, and Ewing completed his revenge.

Louis took advantage of the home court and the referee's dislike of Malone to let the guards go to the basket many times and cause the opponent to foul.

Ewing used the card position rebounding ability that he had practiced hard for half a season on the king of the first frontcourt board in history.

He achieved a very rare achievement that not many people know about - let Malone not grab an offensive rebound in the whole game.

Because Ewing has been training too hard recently, he had no shooting feel that night, and he actually scored 10 points, 22 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 blocks. Bill Russell-style data.

This delighted the New York Times, and the next day ran an article "Great Tradition Revival, Bill Russell in New York."

This battle is a qualifying battle between the Knicks and the 76ers.

If you win, you will be fourth in the East, and if you lose, you will be fifth in the East.

The Knicks won the game, so the 76ers dropped to fifth in the Eastern Conference.

At this point, the Knicks' record is 27 wins and 14 losses.

During the same period, there was good news from the free market.

Louis, who has been paying close attention to the movements of each team, found that the Spurs had come to send warmth again.

In the 1985 draft, there were several players that Louie was sure to take.

Among them were Ewing, Ball, A.C. Green and Tyrone Corbin.

Due to the trade with the Cavaliers, the Knicks got Oakley, added four insiders through a draft, and then found that there was no suitable pick in hand to select Corbin, and had to miss it.

Unexpectedly, Corbin was unhappy in the Spurs.

He has only played 16 games so far this season, averaging 4 points and 1.6 rebounds while shooting 40 percent from the field.

This data should indeed be dismissed.

When Louis contacted Corbin's agent, he also asked Zhao Yuanzheng how he viewed the latter's performance in the Spurs.

Zhao Yuanzheng's view is the same as that of Louis.

"San Antonio wants to turn Tyrone into an offensive swingman, but defense is his forte and he can do better on a defensive-minded team."

Louie cut George Johnson some time ago, so the Knicks just happen to have an open roster.

According to the rules, in the next three days after the player is cut off, if they are claimed, the new team can inherit the player's original contract with the old team.

Because Corbin was unilaterally waived by the Spurs, the Knicks don't need to activate the compensation system yet.

News broke that Louie had signed Corbyn.

Before the next game, the media wondered why the player who didn't look like he would be of much use was signed.

Louie told them a story: "Mario Eli is also a player that San Antonio gave up, but he's a solid rotation player on our team, and I'm sure the same story will happen with Tyrone."

After signing Corbin, the Knicks' book lineup was all rookies and sophomores.

Ewing, Oakley, A.C, Antoine Kyle, Ball, Stockton, Webb, Dale Ellis, Gerald Wilkins, Campbell, Elli, Stevens, Corbin.

Only one Ellis was in third grade, the others were all second and first graders.

In particular, the number of first-year students in the 85th grade is the largest.

Ewing, Oakley, A.C, Ball, Weber, Wilkins, Eli, Stevens, Corbyn, a full nine.

At least half of these people are not in the Knicks' future plans.

Before the arrival of the All-Star weekend, the Knicks' record was ups and downs. Although Ewing showed a defensive performance at the defensive level, Ellis was accidentally injured, which brought a chain effect.

Initially, Louie asked Ellis to take Ellis's place.

It turned out that Eli's three-pointer was not good enough, and he entered the starting lineup. The intensity of the game made him very uncomfortable.

So Louie put Gerald Wilkins into the starting lineup.

Suddenly, the Knicks started with two selfish players.

Campbell and Wilkins, they are the kind of brushes who like to shoot by themselves, do not play tactics, and only care about their own comfort regardless of the feelings of their teammates.

Campbell is better at brushing, Wilkins has defensive attributes, and each has its own strengths.

But the Knicks' current system doesn't need someone at the 2 to be able to defend. What they need is someone who can shoot 3-pointers to open up the space, so that Ewing, Oakley or Campbell will be very comfortable eating pie.

Without a shooter, the Knicks' offense became constipated.

Lou didn't expect Ellis' absence to trigger such a big reaction. They had once played third in the Eastern Conference before falling to sixth in the Eastern Conference before the arrival of the All-Star Game.

Fortunately, All-Star Weekend arrived in time for Ellis to return after the holidays.

Louie has a rare vacation, and the advantage of coaching a team that is neither strong nor weak is that when a fun game like the All-Star Game starts, you don't have to work overtime.

When he was in Boston, he had to help out at the All-Star Weekend site, and now he has a lot of free time.

The All-Star Game was held in Dallas, and Louis, who stayed at home, heard some team developments.

Like the 76ers, continue to cut costs.

They sent away Leon Wood, a rare young man on the team.

And, Sam Bowie still hasn't been able to escape.

Bowie suffered a fractured bone and was out for the season.

The Blazers were looking for reinforcements inside, and Stu Inman had called Louie's office and wanted Manute Bol.

Of course it's not impossible to want Bol. When Louie asked for three first-round picks, Inman said "goodbye" and hung up the phone.

Whether Ball's future is in New York, Louis himself is not sure.

He is too "one trick", so far this season, he has not gained much weight, and it seems that he will never be able to complete the weight gain.

Well, even if he can't gain weight, he's a very valuable functional player.

When Ewing's weight is up to standard and his rebounding ability is as good as Oakley's, maybe the Knicks can start with Ewing + Bol, which will turn their interior into the most suffocating no-fly zone in history .

You know, if you convert Bol's average playing time to 36 minutes, he can average 5 blocks per game.

Although the conversion is meaningless, because the efficiency of the time will decrease, but Bol did average 5 blocks per game in a single season in Louis's previous life.

As long as the NBA doesn't defend for three seconds, there's room for a rim protector like him.

So Louie isn't going to hand Ball over until the Knicks have a clear path ahead.

On the day of the All-Star Game, Louie took his children and came to the Blue Palace with Lorraine.

Louie was stopping by here to pick up the papers and didn't expect to meet Alex Stevens and Tyrone Corbin.

In addition to the two of them, Tomjanovich was present.

"Who are you?" Louis asked suspiciously.

Tomjanovich laughed: "They asked me to help improve the traverse pace. I had nothing to do, so I came here."

"Practice well, excellent defense can make you take root in the league." Louie encouraged.

"Yes, coach."

Lorraine nodded to them, Louis pushed the stroller, and Lu Wuxia looked around ignorantly.

"Is that Coach Lu's wife? Oh my God, it's beautiful!" Stevens exclaimed.

"They're not married yet ~www.readwn.com~ Tomjanovich doesn't know how to explain," but it's almost there. "

Louie came to the office and pulled out the files, the filing for the first game after the All-Star break.

Their opponent at that time is the Los Angeles Lakers, and they will meet for the first time this season, so they must prepare well.

"You promised me not to work today." Lorraine said.

"Of course, it's definitely not working today." Louis brought the documents, "Let's go, let's go to the movies!"

"Take Michael to the movies? Not good.."

"what do you mean?"

"Watch the opera."

When watching a movie, if Lu Wuxia burst into tears, it would be an accident.

What if Lu Wuxia also howled while watching an opera? It was not only an accident, but also aroused the contempt of various high-quality people at the scene.

So, after calculating various risks, Louis and Lorraine decided to go home and watch a movie in their home theater.