The Rest, Only Noise

On the evening of June 13, the trading market that had been silent for many days was like a thunderbolt hitting a city building, arousing the amazement of countless people.

The league office announced: "A trade has been completed between the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers."

The Knicks traded A.C. Green, Gerald Wilkins, Mario Elie, a 1990 first-rounder and $700,000 in cash in exchange for the second overall pick in the 1986 first round from the Philadelphia 76ers.

As soon as the news of the transaction came out, sports reporters from all over the world could not help but work overtime, using their relationship sources to inquire about the news.

Only two media outlets got the inside story.

They are both from New York, the Times and the Post, respectively.

The Times and Louie have never had a bad relationship, but their leading reporter, Dave Anderson, who was with the Knicks last year, is friends with Louie. The other Post is the one with the best ties to the Knicks in the New York area, and every one of their sports reporters knows Louie.

Louie's message to the two families varies.

The information he gave to the Times was the inside story of the transaction, their initial preparation process and the bargaining in the middle and later stages.

Leaving out a series of scumbag-like maneuvers by Louie, it created an image of a management that would do anything to get the second overall pick.

The information to the Post may be the most valuable.

Louie revealed to his friend Selvin Haley at the Post; "We won't necessarily keep the second pick because we already have the first pick, and the second pick for us, although it is also It's a very good option, but I'd prefer to do some business with it."

On June 14, when the two media reported the inside story of the transaction, the news revealed by the Post made the aftermath of the transaction violently rippling.

No one expected the Knicks to send three promising young players and $700,000 in cash, but they didn't want to use the second pick to select people, but continued to trade?

A bidding war around the second pick has just ended, and the Knicks immediately started another bidding war around the second pick.

Almost every team that has chased the 76ers is chasing the No. 2 pick in the hands of the Knicks.

Except for one.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who seem to have given up on therapy, went from pursuing a team-building approach with the No. 2 pick to spending big bucks in free agency.

Also, there have been changes in their management and coaching staff.

Harry Weltman stepped down and George Carr fired.

Cavs owner Gund was outspoken in his criticism of the duo's work: "They didn't satisfy me, and I want to see a new look."

The Cavaliers' general manager successor is Wayne Mobley, and the head coach is last season's Sonics general manager Lenny Wilkens.

Wilkens got the Sonics out of the predicament of sending the Celtics a top-seven pick from the bottom of the rankings after some manipulation, but they still gave the Celtics an eighth overall pick in the first round.

Tired of being a manager, Wilkens decided to do what he did best.

However, the Knicks still have the Cavaliers' draft pick swap right next year, and they only have one first-round pick from the Knicks.

With two days to go before the start of the draft, the office phone of the Blue Palace in New York has been ringing.

There are four teams that have shown strong interest in the second overall pick.

Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls.

They've all made ardent pursuits to the Sixers before, but it didn't work out for a variety of reasons.

These people's calls are basically answered by Baylor.

Louie made Baylor steady and pretended to be trading, but he didn't get too involved with any team easily.

Trading is a must, but keep your head down.

Currently, the most attractive offer comes from the Lakers.

Jerry West personally called Louie's house and offered Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic, any player other than Wilkins + options for the next 2 first-round picks and 2 first-round pick exchanges and 40 million dollars in cash.

This kind of offer is so cruel that Louis can't even be polite.

"Jerry, I have to say this is the most sincere offer I've heard in days."

"But you still wouldn't agree, would you?"

"This one is actually like Back to the Future and First Blood. Although the former is a very good movie and a year-round box office champion, I prefer the latter." West's quotation is simple and crude, Louis The answer to him was also straightforward, "Your offer is by far the best, but not so good for me."

"I understand."

The madness of the Lakers is understandable, they have fallen in front of the Celtics for three consecutive years.

In the '60s, they lost to the Celtics five times in the finals.

Now, they have lost three more times.

These failures all have one thing in common: They're all Jerry West's teams.

"Hate green" is West's label, and building a team that can beat the Celtics is his personal revenge.

But for three years in a row, the Celtics of the 1960s seem to have returned to the present.

After completing three consecutive championships, Erwin Johnson's most famous nickname is not "Magic", but "Tragedy".

Even with his impressive performances in the 1985 and 1986 finals, fans still regard him as a tragedy.

Kareem is an old man.

Wilkins got more scathing than a dunk-only fool.

Pat Riley, good math, good aesthetics, can dress up, just can't lead the team to win the Celtics.

Jerry Bass, a stupid man with a lot of money.

West, from front to back, was a loser.

How has the Celtics changed?

After winning the championship this year, 4 regular season MVPs and 3 finals MVPs made Bird the best in history by the media.

Although Bird said he is not as good as Bill Russell, because the latter's 13 years and 11 championships are unprecedented.

But the media has reasons for the media. In the 1960s, there were few teams and the degree of professionalism was not high. Russell was not the first offensive choice in his team. Anyway, Bird was the best in history, no doubt.

Ralph Sampson, since 1984, three consecutive double first team, two consecutive DPOY, and Lonely Carey in the 1985 finals, won the Finals MVP, the existing results make him history One of the five best centers in the world.

Isiah Thomas is the biggest sacrifice for fame.

It is known as the top five in the league, but because of the existence of the magician, it cannot enter the first stage as a defender.

There are two people in the team who steal the limelight, so he can only wait for the opportunity.

That's all the impact of Louis after 1977, who completely changed the landscape of the '80s.

He put down the phone and was about to put his work aside and flirt with Lorraine.

As a result, someone called again.

He didn't know why these people knew his home phone number, he only knew that he was very upset.

"Coach Lu, I hope I didn't disturb your rest."

The unpleasant tone of voice, Louis can imagine how ugly the face of the person who said this is.

"You have been disturbed."

The caller was Bulls general manager Jerry Krause.

"Coach Lu, I know you may have rested, but I want to talk to you about a deal that is beneficial to both parties."

Usually when Louis hears that the other party wants to negotiate a mutually beneficial transaction with him, he will directly understand that it is good for him and good for me.

"You have a minute."

But now Louie's head was full of Lorraine, and he didn't want to be wasted by a guy who took off his pants and peed but couldn't see the pee tool.

"Coach Lu, as far as I know, you don't want to get two new recruits that need to be cultivated for a long time at the same time, so you prefer to exchange the second pick for immediate combat power, right?"

"You still have half a minute."

"Coach Lu, we want to trade Orlando Ulrich, Sidney Green, Kyle Messi and the 1987 first-round pick for your second pick, what do you think?"

"goodbye."

Louie hung up the phone violently.

"What's wrong, so angry?" Lorraine walked in and asked.

"There's a fool who thinks I'm more stupid than him~www.readwn.com~ I did this to make him realize his mistake." Louis didn't pull the phone line because he knew Klaus would call again.

Before Lorraine asked who the fool was, the phone rang again.

"say!"

"Coach Lu, I don't know why you hung up on me"

"Why? Good question, when you were negotiating a deal with Philadelphia, you even took out Kevin McHale, but now you only give me Ulrich, Green, Messi and the like?" Louie sneered, " Mr. Claus, do you think I would like the breadcrumbs that Philadelphia doesn't like?"

"This is a big misunderstanding, Coach Lu, I don't mean it at all!"

"You have disturbed my rest, but you can't make an offer that satisfies me. It's a pity, Jerry, you may have been out of the game. That's it for tonight." "I'm going to rest."

Louie hung up again, this time also unplugging the line.

Lorraine smiled and came to Louis and hugged him: "Dear, you are so overbearing."

"Like it?"

"like."

"Then do you want to see me more domineering?"

Lorraine's cheeks flashed red, "Well."

"Okay, I'll do it for the sky tonight and accept you, you goblin!" Louis decided to release the pressure accumulated over the past few days of negotiation.

He shot directly and hugged Lorraine by the waist.

That night, Louis took an aggressive and bold frontal attack, leading his second brother to bombard him wildly. The offensive was so strong that even the Lakers' ShowTime and Denver's Passinggame were inferior.

The next day, when Louis woke up, Lorraine had already made breakfast.

Today is June 16th, and there is still one day left before the draft.