The Rest, Only Noise

At the end of the game, as Louie was about to leave, Weinberg asked meaningfully, "How many years has Reed signed with you?"

If it is an ordinary friend who asks this question, naturally there is no need to think too much.

But Weinberg is the Blazers' owner, and it's obvious that someone like him is soliciting.

Louie laughed; "I just signed a new contract that didn't expire until the summer of 1983."

"Don't think it's a long time, for many people, three years may have gone by in the blink of an eye," Weinberg said.

Louis knew that three years was indeed a long time for the Blazers.

In just three years, they went from winning the team's first championship, to the failure of the defending championship, to the red giant breaking with the team and signing a huge contract with the Clippers, thus making the Blazers what they are today.

Three years can change the fate of a team.

Louie is eager to learn all the secrets about the operations of professional basketball.

The Blazers are definitely a perfect example.

Louie and Weinberg said hello and left.

A few days later, he and the team met in Portland.

The Celtics' current record is 34 wins and 11 losses, and the winning rate is basically the same as that at the beginning of the season. Although Maravich has joined the team, the situation is not as expected by the outside world.

"You are back!"

Laimbeer misses Louie's days with the team.

Although Louie can't help him escape Fitch's clutches, Louie is a person who can talk and chat.

"Miss me?" Louis laughed.

After a brief chat, Louis was called by Fitch to his room.

"Lu, I heard that you are on a business trip this time to inspect the players?" Fitch was not in a hurry to ask for Lui's scouting report.

It's no secret.

"Well, Reed has some interested college students," Louie said.

"Then you must have seen Ralph Sampson." Fitch looks to be just one of many NBA coaches coveting Sampson.

Louie nodded and said, "Well, the first one I looked at was him."

"How does it feel?"

"It's all there." Louie knew Fitch wouldn't bring it up for no reason.

However, his evaluation of Sampson, and other scouts are not the same.

I wonder if Fitch will think he doesn't understand the ball after watching it?

Fitch could still hold a relaxed expression at first, and the more he read the report, the more serious his expression became.

After reading the scouting report, he asked in a soft tone: "Why do you think Ralph's future is unlimited, and then add the word unpredictable at the end?"

"Maybe I'm outspoken...I'll consider removing that." Louie was genuinely concerned that Fitch thought he didn't understand the ball.

Fitch is one of the best coaches in the industry, and he thinks that he doesn't understand the ball, which is not good for Louie's coaching plan.

"No, you don't have to. It's your job and your opinion. Every scout has his own opinion. I just want to know how you see Ralph's future." Fitch said earnestly.

Louis had to say what he thought.

"Ralph certainly has the highest ceiling on paper."

On paper... Fitch's mouth twitched, Louie's meaning was clear, but it wasn't enough.

Louie continued: "For Ralph to realize his talent, he first needs to develop a reliable attacking technique, like Kareem's skyhook. It is not easy, and if he can't do that, he will He can play with his body. He's at such a high altitude, and the probability of injury is much higher than that of other players. Once his body is injured, his talent will be damaged, and that will be the beginning of his immediate decline."

"So, it's a very luxurious condition to not be injured until he has practiced one-and-a-half moves."

"In order for him to have enough time, we need to build his muscles."

"Then get rid of some of his bad habits and find the pitch that suits him best."

"However, out of awe of the 'Celtics glory', I don't think he has the conditions to find his position. Based on his talent and the expectations of the media, in the world's eyes, he should be in the league as soon as he enters the league. Be the absolute master."

Louie was talking loosely, and he hoped Fitch would understand.

"And that's absolutely impossible."

"At the end of the day, he's not a traditional center and shouldn't be a traditional center, but no one knows how to develop a new type of center like him. Except me. Um. Louis smiled proudly.

Fitch doesn't fully agree with Louie's views on Sampson, but he respects Louie's views on Sampson to a certain extent.

He's right, Sampson is a new kind of center.

No one knew how to coach such a player, so they had to go back and forth and try to turn Sampson into a traditional center.

After all, for some die-hards, a center running to the high post and throwing a ball is an unforgivable soft act.

"By the way, I asked you to scout the Blazers game in advance. Do you have any results?"

Fitch didn't stick to Sampson's topic, but got down to business.

Louie immediately took out a brand new notebook of his, "This is a scouting report about the Blazers, and another, a scouting report about the Lakers."

"You really understand me, Lu." Fitch smiled slyly.

Louie gave the Lakers a high rating for their offensive system, and among their several shortcomings, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the top priority of the report.

Louie stressed that Abdul-Jabbar doesn't like confrontation, especially with defenders who like to get their hands on the offense. So, he suggested sending Laimbeer to harass him during the Lakers game.

Seeing Louis pushing Ranbir forcibly, Fitch smiled.

Louie is still too young, can Ranbir's **** be against Kareem? Really let him go, and Kareem hasn't turned the sky over?

"Very good, this report is very valuable." Fitch tore down Louie's scouting report on the Lakers and handed him the notebook. "You've been out for so long, it's time to come back."

Louie agrees: "Okay, so I can save money on the flight back."

"You still save money? Reed said a lot about your misuse of funds." Fitch joked.

Louis only smiled bitterly, and he was famous in the team for spending a lot of money.

Although he is a famous money junkie, he never saves money when he goes out. Some money should be spent, never ambiguous, as long as it is worth the money.

The longer he lived in this world, the more Louis fit into it.

In addition to his own work, how to make money in his spare time is also something he often ponders. Since it is a traverser, then do something that traversers should do. Buying player cards like Bird and Magic before they became famous was just routine. He also thought that Microsoft seems to have just started at this time. Although he has no access to investment, nor does he have enough funds, he can still spend some money to buy their shares.

Back on the team, Louie's rhythm of life became tight again.

In addition to helping prepare the game plan, you have to lead the team in training.

Fitch's temper became more and more irritable. In the words of people around him, when he looked like a devil, the coach who led the Cavaliers to create the miracle of Richfield also really joined Boston.

All but Bird lived in fear.

Cowens and Maravich and Laimbeer in particular received a lot of attention from Fitch.

Cowens has the self-esteem of a superstar. He does not accept Fitch's reprimand. In his eyes, Fitch is just a former defeat. The more he refused to give in, the more Fitch tried to suppress him. The 100% Hall of Famer tough guy is getting tired.

Maravich is disappointed by what he's been through with the Celtics.

He chose Boston between Philadelphia and Boston because Fitch was a friend of his father. However, Fitch did not take into account the face of his friends and used Maravich very cautiously. He was worried that the fancy play of the pistol would affect the team's chemistry. This disappointed Maravich very much, and even more disappointed Auerbach.

Making Maravich play like a traditional guard was by no means the team's original intention to bring him in.

To this end, Auerbach specifically put pressure on Fitch in the media: "If I were a coach, I would let Pete have more playing time, but I am not."

This has worsened the relationship between Fitch and Auerbach, who disagrees with Auerbach at all.

Whatever his exploits, Auerbach hasn't coached in almost 20 years.

His set is long overdue.

Fitch would never let anyone influence his judgment.

The Celtics won 62 wins in the regular season, ranking first in the league despite the existence of dark thunder.

Behind them are the Los Angeles Lakers, followed by the Philadelphia 76ers, then the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns.