The Rest, Only Noise

On the day of the 1986 draft, there were a lot of trades.

The team with the most trades is, of course, the New York Knicks.

The most surprising, and most unexpected, was their deal with the Bulls.

Kevin McHale plus two protected first-round picks in exchange for the rights to Len Bias.

There are many people who are puzzled and confused about this.

Reed Auerbach lashed out in Washington, believing that Boston was offering a much better offer than Chicago.

Someone with draft picks and cash, and Louie turned them down?

Wasn't this deliberately aimed at them?

Although Louis was plainly regarded as an enemy by the old man, it only lasted for a few days.

Soon, the old man knew what the reason was for Louis not making deals with them.

However, the Knicks' screen time is not over yet.

The Detroit Pistons have the 10th pick in the first round, which is someone else's, but they want more mature instant combat power than this.

So they made a deal with the Knicks.

The Knicks traded Tony Campbell for the 10th pick in the first round from the Pistons, and then selected Spider wing JohnSalleyPF/C from Georgia Tech.

Before it was over, the Knicks sent Antoine Kyle to the Utah Jazz in exchange for a first-round pick in 1992.

In addition to being traded to the Pistons with the 10th pick in the first round, the Pistons also own the 14th pick in the first round of the Knicks, and they used this pick to select Dell Curry.

Then, with the 23rd overall pick in the first round traded from the Lakers, he selected an international player.

European star Dragan Petrovic, who is difficult to land in the NBA in the short term.

And then continue to be incomprehensible.

They took the 24th pick in the first round from the Celtics and chose Dennis Rodman, an older rookie who was in the second-tier league.

In the end, they used their second-round pick from the Dallas Mavericks to select Jeff Hornacek.

Then I sold all my second-round, third-round and fourth-round picks for money.

In one draft, the Knicks operated so frequently that the media complained.

The number of transactions is too many, the news here is not hot, and there is new news over there.

In this draft, the Knicks lost Tony Campbell, A.C. Green, Mario Eli, Antoine Kyle, Gerald Wilkins, and got Benjamin Wilson, Kevin McHale , John Salley, Dell Curry, Rodman, Hornacek, Petrovic and $600,000 in cash for draft picks.

They sent five players away and returned six players.

And from the quality point of view, in terms of the success rate of Louis's selection, there is a high probability that it will exceed the five people who were sent away.

What's more, the Knicks are already full.

With the six newcomers, they have 14 players on their books, and if the league ultimately doesn't pass a proposal to expand the roster to 13, they'll have to give up two of them. If you pass, you have to give up one of them.

It's a happy trouble, but it's not yet time for trouble.

The Knicks swiped, and other teams made their own moves.

Some time ago, Phoenix broke the independence scandal, and the whole team was involved.

They, who were already uncompetitive, began to clear all the players on the account.

The most enticing of them all is Larry Nance, one of the players the Suns are determined to send.

As for the reason, some people say that Nance is involved, and some people say that the Suns do not trust these players. Anyway, they are determined to carry out a comprehensive cleaning.

Nance just played an all-around performance of 20+8+3 assists+1 steals+1.8 blocks in the Suns, and is one of the most comprehensive insiders in the league today.

Louis nearly took him to Boston two years ago.

Now, he is one of the best power forwards in the league.

Putting it on the shelf, it will naturally sell more.

The Blazers first traded Mychal Thompson for Indiana's No. 7 pick and selected the talented Roy TarpleyC/PF. But they were uneasy about Tarpley, who had a bad reputation.

So, while getting Tapley, he started a deal with the sun.

They traded with the Suns for Tarpley, Fat Liver, Caldwell Jones and a 1987 first-round pick.

They acquired Larry Nance, James Edwards and a 1990 first-round pick from the Suns.

This is a peer-to-peer exchange.

The Suns cleaned up the cancer in the team, and Portland's inside line was effectively reinforced.

The arrival of Nance and Edwards has greatly strengthened Portland's interior.

In addition, the Blazers also used their first-round pick to select Arvidas Sabonis, an international superstar who will not be able to land in the NBA in the short term.

Louie didn't choose Sabonis because he couldn't land in the league in the short term. By the time he entered the league, Ewing should have reached his peak.

He can say very Versailles that they won't need Sabonis then. Taking Sabonis will do nothing but increase the depth of the Knicks' future roster, not to mention his goal is short-term championship contention. This year or two, the Celtics will be overturned, and Sabonis will have to wait until the mid-1990s.

Moreover, he pays more attention to the team's system and style than the "mine, mine, all mine" 2K-style team building. From this point of view, Sabonis is not suitable.

But the Blazers taking Sabonis was a good move that couldn't be overstated.

The Blazers' scouting team is a mystery.

They definitely have the ability to Taobao, but they also have a special feature that misses the biggest prize.

However, their results in this draft are surprising enough.

The addition of Nance makes their flanks tougher, and the arrival of Edwards gives them an inside post that can hold down Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who turns 40 next year, in height and strength.

The biggest legacy of this draft, Mark Price, was selected by the Utah Jazz.

As for the Celtics, who always wanted to use the trade to get Bias, after making all kinds of offers, they failed to get the results they wanted and could only choose Ron Harper with the eighth overall pick in the first round.

From the results, this is not a bad choice.

But on draft night, the Celtics' front office was distraught.

Louie smelled the market.

Portland and Phoenix are done making big moves, and it's the other teams' turn.

Philadelphia's next behavior made Louie suspect that they didn't even want to make the playoffs.

They put Moses Malone on the shelf.

This move immediately attracted a three-way scramble for Portland, Los Angeles and Detroit.

Portland even plans to put Xavier McDaniel in the deal.

Jerry Bass waved his bills and tried to do everything with money.

Only Detroit is really ready.

They hooked up with the Knicks and started a three-way deal.

Spot Webber from the Knicks;

The Pistons sent Kyrie Tripka and Tony Campbell and a 1989 first-round pick;

76ers out Moses Malone and Kenny Green

In the end, the Pistons got Malone and Green, the 76ers got Tripka, Campbell, Webber, and the Knicks got the Pistons' 1989 first round.

The three parties were neat and tidy without any delay.

After the trade, some people jokingly called the 76ers the Philadelphia Knicks.

Because they now have five Knicks veterans.

Louie glanced at the current lineup of the 76ers: Dr. J, Bowie, Cheeks, Andrew Toney, left and right foot stress fractures, Tony Campbell, A.C. Green, Gerald Wilkins, Webb, Terry Puka, Mario Eli.

Good guy, only two insiders.

And Bowie is very glassy.

If they play this season with this lineup, Louie will be happy.

Because the 76ers' 1987 first-round pick was in the hands of the Knicks.

Some of you may have forgotten, so I'll bring it up again here.

In 1984, the Knicks sent "Sleeper" Floyd to Philadelphia in exchange for their 1987 first-round pick.

At that time, Philadelphia was still the championship seed. Now, in just two years, Floyd is gone, and Philadelphia has become a rotten person.

Dr. J is old, Tony is disabled, Cheeks can't control the overall situation, Tripka has passed his peak, Bowie Glassman, and the five Knicks veterans are all usable players, but do they have instruction manuals?

If not, relying on this lineup of superstars with only Green in the inside, and no superstars in other positions, the 76ers will not have a good future.

That's the story of draft day and draft day.

On the third day after the draft day, a sad report from a field sent Chicago Bulls fans into shock and grief.

Len Bias, whom they paid dearly for, died of a cardiac arrest caused by vaping the unique product 40 hours after the Bulls drafted him with the second overall pick.

In the Chicago Bulls' general manager's office, Jerry Krause listens to the phone with shaking hands.

He felt it wasn't true.

That young man who had a lot of time to prove himself, saddled with the hope of revitalizing Chicago basketball, and making the Bulls a respected professional sports team like the Cubs this year did, just died?

"Are you sure you want to choose Bias? This is not very good."

Louis' voice resounded in Klaus' mind.

That terrifying voice, with its banter and ridicule, was even harsher in retrospect, and made Klaus even more heartbroken.

"He must know something!" Klaus thought bitterly.

He must know that he deliberately didn't say it, so he asked for the draft right. Not only did he want to frustrate the Bulls, he also wanted to take away the future of the Bulls!

"LittleLuLittleLuLittleLu!!"

Klaus has never been so hostile and hated to a specific person, but now, Louis is regarded as an enemy by him.

He was carried away by anger, and he never thought, what does this have to do with Louis?

It couldn't have been Louie holding a gun and forcing Byas to be a loner, right?

But that's human nature, and when you're hit with such unbearable trauma, you always want to find some excuses to comfort yourself.

And in Washington, D.C., when Auerbach heard the news of Byas' sudden death from a dick, he barely stood still.

He liked the kid, appointed him as Bird's successor, and even if he couldn't play for the Celtics, he wanted Bias to develop well.

Did he die like this?

Then, in the mind of the cardinal, Louis' exhortation sounded.

And he wouldn't do that deal with Boston anyway, even though they'd given everything they could.

Auerbach broke down in cold sweat~www.readwn.com~ his back trembled, he knew better than anyone that if they had made that deal, if they had paid so much to get the second pick, then Bias would be like today What are the consequences of dying like this?

Auerbach called with fear.

After the other party picked up the phone, Auerbach was silent for a few seconds.

"Since when did you know about this?"

⑴Bias:

n. Prejudice; preference; twill; deviation rate

vt. Prejudice

adj. skewed

adv. obliquely

I think the name Bias is a bit interesting, especially with all the aftermath and if and Jordan's nemesis after his death. I personally acknowledge his talent and malleability, but a dummy who would celebrate with a single after the draft would never be Jordan's nemesis. When I look back on his Maryland highlights, my first thought is for Louie to save him, or at least keep him alive. When I bought the book BornReady: TheMixedLegayoLenBias and finished it with the help of a translator in order to get to know him better, I lost all regret for him. This isn't the first time he's been a loner, he's had it in college. So I arranged a plot where a physical examination found pinholes in my body. Although his talent is very good, he is as strong as a bull and a rabbit and shoots, but such an end is self-inflicted, not worthy of sympathy, and even less worthy of Louis taking the risk of being cared for by DISS to save the poisonous dog. The biggest feeling this person gave me is that even if you can achieve your dreams in one day, as long as you make the wrong decision, as long as you are wrong enough, you can lose all of yourself in one day. In the end, he died well. After him, no player with the same level of talent killed himself at a young age.