The Rest, Only Noise

Louie's enthusiasm for this year's draft is there, and he wants the team to follow his advice and take Andrew Toney.

Unexpectedly, Auerbach called him to come to the office to find him, and asked him to prepare, and he was going to Charlotteville to meet the head coach of the University of Virginia basketball team, Terrence.

Louis sees the meaning of Auerbach, and is determined to win for Sampson.

"If there is no Ralph, the Cavaliers (the name of the Virginia team) are just a bad team. Will Coach Holland take you to see Ralph?" Louie asked strangely.

Auerbach laughed: "I met Holland a few times before he taught in Virginia. He was a friend, and he was willing to introduce me to Ralph and his family."

Auerbach's ability to draft so many good players is closely related to his connections in college.

Because he knows enough people, he can understand those players on many levels.

"Coach Holland should know what Ralph is thinking, right?" Louie asked.

"Well, he doesn't think Ralph is in the draft," Auerbach said ambitiously. "All I have to do is change his mind."

Louie knew how much Auerbach liked Sampson.

In his eyes, Sampson is Russell's defense, Chamberlain's talent and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skills.

If he's really that good, Virginia shouldn't even make it to the March Championship, and Sampson shouldn't be "only" averaging 14+11+4 blocks per game.

Compare it to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's first season to see where the gap lies.

Abdul-Jabbar averaged 29 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists per game in his first season, leading the team to a complete victory. Some people might think that the team was invincible, but that team actually only had two future NBA players.

Sampson has great talent, but whether he can be as great as scouts expect will be a test of how well the coaching staff of the team that drafts him will train him.

"Are you going now?"

If Auerbach wants Sampson, he certainly has to help.

"Are you inconvenient?"

"If you're not in a hurry, just wait and I'll prepare."

"Is one day enough?"

"Enough, give me the contact information of Coach Holland by the way."

Auerbach complained that Louis had many problems, but Louis asked with a smile: "Can I borrow your office phone to call?"

Auerbach really didn't expect this guy to be so stingy.

Immediately, his eyes straightened with anger: "Is it that the funds I gave you are not enough, or the two wages are not enough to spend?"

"Actually, I'm very generous, but it's not very obvious. This kind of money can be saved if you can save it. After all, it's a long-distance call and it's very expensive."

Seeing that Auerbach had no intention of refusing, Louis called Terry Holland from his office phone.

Holland answered the phone, and Louis briefly introduced himself.

"Oh, I've heard your name!" I didn't expect Holland to know him.

"Ha, really good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and you'll laugh..." Louie said in a way of joking himself, "Reed may not be able to go to your place today, he has a bad stomach."

Holland understands.

"In addition to Ralph, Virginia has a lot of talented players." Louie said of Holland's point of interest, "such as Jeff Lamp (Jeff LampSG)."

Holland certainly doesn't want Sampson to run now, but he's more than willing to sell his apprentice to the NBA.

This is something that will brighten the face of him and the school, and will also help them recruit high school students in the future.

Holland started to brag about his players that if the rest of the University of Virginia was as good as he said it would be his coach's problem not making the national championship.

While flattering Holland's coaching ability, Louis affirmed the strength of the Cavaliers, but he held a pen in his hand to record the clues he got.

In the end, he also got the contact information of several senior players.

The call went on for almost 40 minutes, and Auerbach finally knew why the kid had to use his phone.

When Louis hung up the phone, Auerbach was about to ask a question.

Unexpectedly, this kid opened the refrigerator and took out a can of Coke and asked, "Can I make a few more calls?"

"Would you like me to order a fried noodles for you?" Auerbach asked with a subtle expression.

"Yeah!"

"Good mother!" Auerbach angrily said, "Get out of my office!"

Louis could not have imagined that the old man's face would be unreasonable.

"I'm all for successfully persuading Ralph tomorrow!" Louis said aggrieved.

"Really?" Auerbach said angrily. "How can I listen to you flattering Holland and calling the rest of their team? Who doesn't know Virginia is a Sampson worthy of attention? "

Louie responded: "Actually, this senior named Jeff Lampe is not bad."

"What does this have to do with Ralph?"

"Of course it does. Others' attitudes, opinions and understanding of him may also be related to the success or failure of lobbying."

Louie was eventually thrown out of the office by Auerbach.

Naturally, he would not go back to his office to make long-distance calls. What are other people's offices for? They don't make many calls anyway, so what if he just makes a few calls? All for the development of the team!

Louie made another long-distance call in his office after getting K.C's permission.

The call is to Jeff Lampe.

Ostensibly, he pretended to be a Sports Illustrated reporter and wanted to write an article for him in next month's magazine.

Before the advent of the new media era, print media was the main way for fans to get to know college students.

Lamp was delighted and began an hour-long conversation with Louie.

Louie took Lampe thoroughly and inserted a few Sampson-related questions in the middle. Lampe also did not doubt this, and answered whatever he had.

Happily, Lampe's answer has merit.

He gave Louie several important clues about Sampson.

After hanging up, Louie went out and bought a Sports Illustrated magazine.

He deliberately chose the December 17 issue of last year, in which Sampson was on the cover of the magazine.

He learned that Sampson's senior year of high school had many schools in front of him that were far better than the University of Virginia.

Sampson may have chosen the University of Virginia simply because of his hometown.

But in terms of basketball, Virginia is not a good choice. There is no winning culture, no good coaching staff, no good teammates, no strong enemies, no championship foundation... If Sampson is a mature player eager to lead a weak team to prosperity, of course, but he is not. .

The only lift he got in a year at Virginia was weight.

He went from 194 pounds to 220 pounds.

But this weight is a natural process for him. If this is the only thing Virginia can bring him, then Louis can unceremoniously say that any place that can guarantee the supply can give Sampson the same improvement~www.readwn.com~ Then, Louis found in the article an interesting paragraph.

“Sampson still has one goal: a big man who is eager to change the game of basketball, who wants to make the game more fluid, who can integrate the skills of players at other positions. In the words of the Yegrians, Sampson wants to break the limit."

The article also quotes Sampson — "By now, everyone thought I should be a true center. But why should I give up the dribble and run and pass a lot? If I could play guard, it would be for me The game, the team and the game of basketball add more charm."

What an ambitious person.

What he didn't know was that his ambitions were out of sync with the times, and no one knew what he wanted, not even himself.

And Louis knew.

He has a lot of complaints about "the way of the world".

Eager to be understood, but unable to be understood, his attempts and wishes were buried in the world where the traditional center is king.

The more I get to know this man, the more I feel sorry for him.

But Louis does not want the team to choose Sampson. Even if he knows where Sampson is going, there are still many difficulties.

He's not a trainer, he's never coached, he's not sure if he's a good coach, and he's just Bill Fitch's assistant now. If Sampson comes under Fitch, he basically doesn't need to think about being the person who changes the game of basketball. It's serious to protect himself from the damage of the opponent first.

From Auerbach's office, to K.C. Jones' office, to home.

By the time Louis had learned all he needed to know, it was already dark.

At least for him, the preparation is ready.