The Rest, Only Noise

On January 1, New Year's Day, the Knicks played against the Clippers.

It was originally a disproportionate matchup, but Clippers coach Gene Shu was dreaming of winning.

When Louis first took charge of the coach, old coaches like Shu publicly expressed their dissatisfaction. He believes that a young man like Louie who has never played professional basketball and has no coaching experience before entering the NBA should not coach.

As a result, no one paid any attention to his complaints.

Louie rose like a rocket. This time, the Knicks' brutal slaughter of the Clippers allowed Dale Ellis to start a crazy month of performance.

Against the Clippers, Ellis hit 8 three-pointers and scored 32 points.

The Knicks also swept the Clippers with a huge advantage of 28 points.

After the game, Shu was puzzled by the fact that Ellis was put on the shelf: "I don't understand why the Knicks would want to trade Dell. It seems that LittleLu has accumulated a lot of coaching experience, but he is still unfamiliar with professional basketball. of."

Louis had no intention of swallowing.

When the reporter brought Shu's words to him, he subtly sarcastically said: "I don't believe what you said, Coach Gene Shu is a respectable Hall of Fame coach, he must be very self-respecting, speak cautiously, not like You're so sloppy. From my point of view, Coach Shu definitely wasn't in the mood to say so much to you on the night he lost by 28 points."

Dale Ellis was there, so reporters asked Louie about the veracity of putting Ellis on the trade list.

"Let the bullets fly for a while."

Louis neither admits nor denies it.

When Ellis was asked about the deal, he said, "Next question."

The reporter had no choice but to skip over him.

After this battle, the Knicks took a four-day break, which could almost be regarded as an All-Star weekend offseason.

The fall of the sun and the rise of the sun had the same drama, and the independent trafficking case that rocked the United States took a toll on the Alliance's reputation.

In order to save the reputation of the team and the league, the Suns sacked the entire team.

I thought that this team would collapse, but it took only a few years to return to the top team.

It's also the toughest game the Knicks have faced since Christmas.

McHale, who has been rested by Louis due to a foot injury, has been feeling uncomfortable lately. Although the Knicks' young man looks strong, his mentality is prone to ups and downs.

The sun is also a group of young demons, so basically whoever is in better condition wins this game.

The player who rewrites the results of the game is the veteran of the Suns.

The most eye-catching and least surprising of the independence trafficking case, Walter Davis (Walter DavisSG/SF), who should go but hasn't gone.

It's a player who **** alone and no one knows how good a player he will be in his prime.

Born in a famous North Carolina, he entered the industry with the fifth overall pick. He averaged 24 points per game and reached the peak since his debut. He has never exceeded this level since. In that lost era, he, like many others, signed a big contract and felt that his life had come to an end. At the peak, I would be embarrassed to say that I played in the same league as David Thompson without taking some medicine.

He is undoubtedly a player "restricted" by the times.

Had he been born ten years later, he might have been a Chris Mullin-level guard with a natural silky touch, great touch and enough physicality.

He had already made himself the only threat of shooting, but he made a big show in tonight's game, scoring 35 points, making the Knicks swallow the bitter fruit.

The Knicks' only consolation prize is Ellis, who is at his own pace no matter who pulls his hip.

He scored 28 points and was the only player in the starting lineup to shoot over 50 percent.

The worst thing about losing to the Suns is that, against the Celtics next, the Knicks will play with the burden of "not wanting to lose on a losing streak".

What's scary is that the Celtics' recent performance has been like rejuvenation, with Isiah Thomas and Sampson reaching their peaks at the same time.

Although Bird is plagued by back injuries, he has two giants, and he only needs mediocre stats of 22+10+5 per game.

The Celtics lost the last time they played, and they are all waiting for this day.

During the game, the Knicks didn't have the strength to fight and simply lost the game.

Two-game losing streak.

"If we have a three-game losing streak, I promise to trade all the starters."

Before the next game, Louie put down his harsh words.

The New Jersey Nets suffered as a result, their strength is not weak, but bad luck.

The Knicks, who met the entire team holding their breath, were marked as garbage time by the New Yorkers without even a decent resistance.

Ellis made another eight 3-pointers.

He's been a starter this month and has done well.

It is precisely because of his outstanding performance that no one has any objection to putting him in the starting lineup. Hornacek has to hold back no matter how dissatisfied he is.

However, there is something strange.

Ewing and Stockton have been working with Ellis for many years, but there have been ups and downs since his comeback.

Throughout the start, only Ellis performed normally.

Others are not in a normal state.

"Actually, the chemistry between Dale and the rest of the team has been broken since last season."

In Louie's office, Zhao Yuanzheng summarized the performance of the Knicks after Ellis had trouble off the court.

According to the data, when Ellis was first out, the Knicks were really not used to it and often lost, but slowly, they found the feeling.

On the contrary, when Ellis came back, the atmosphere of the whole team was very strange.

People like Wilson were directly affected, Stockton and Ewing seemed to be psychologically affected.

"Even if Patrick and the others don't say it, they must be quite critical of the troubles Dale caused." Zhao Yuanzheng said affirmatively, "Reggie and Jeff's personalities are more appealing to Patrick and John. Next, Dell never communicated with his teammates, he was too silent."

Never communicate with his teammates... His sternness earned Ellis the title of "Silent Assassin", but when he missed the game for a long time and the chemistry with his teammates went wrong, the lack of communication turned from a feature to a disadvantage.

Fans think you're cool because you're quiet and strong, and teammates think you're a problem because you're quiet and uncommunicative and have a lot of trouble off the court.

As long as it is a team competition, teammates who do not communicate are not welcome. In LOL, this kind of rookie is called an orphan.

"How to do it?"

Louis said annoyed.

"Trade, or... let Dell be a lower-level substitute." Zhao Yuanzheng suggested.

As for the trade, Louis has been stumped for a while. All the teams have very positive offers and good chips, but none of them have impressed him.

A lower-level substitute? Now Ellis looks like the best guy on the Knicks team.

The meaning of lower level, the popular explanation is the substitute after Miller and Hornacek in the order of appearance. How can this be tolerated by a prospective All-Star who is at his peak?

The next game for the Knicks is a three-time battle between the Knicks and the Celtics.

Louie deliberately rested Ellis, even though he was uninjured.

Ellis sat next to Louis in his costume, but they didn't say a word the entire time.

The most incomprehensible thing for Louie is that the Knicks have miraculously recovered when Ellis took a break.

The only difference in this game is that McHale is back.

Louie scratched his head. Is it McHale's problem or Ellis' problem?

Regardless of whose problem it was, the Knicks and Celtics played an extremely intense game.

Miller and Hornacek's 3-pointers were deadly, killing the game in the moments that mattered most.

That allowed the Knicks to avoid back-to-back losses to the Celtics, raising another question.

"Is it really Dale Ellis' problem?"

"Is Ellis the reason for the Knicks' chaotic performance?"

The New York Times never misses an eye-catching opportunity: "Is Dale Ellis a locker room bomb?"

Louie wouldn't say that as a media, it's a **** to draw such a conclusion.

Just based on Ellis' contributions to the Knicks in previous years, they shouldn't have treated him that way.

"I hope some of you who like to talk on paper understand that even if Dale betrayed the entire planet, he has contributed far more to the Knicks than you, and you have no right to question what he means to us."

When Ellis returned to the starting lineup again, the Knicks became the same as before~www.readwn.com~ This time, Louis basically had his own judgment in his heart.

His teammates did not isolate him, he isolated them.

He doesn't communicate, just moves;

He's too smart to know everyone's tactics, so even if he doesn't say a word, he can still get good chances, and Stockton doesn't stop passing the ball because he thinks about him.

Ellis scored 32 points with energy.

His madness continued, the next game against the 76ers heavier.

Not just 3-pointers, go down, cut inside, go backdoor.

Combined with perimeter shooting, he scored a season-high 44 points.

The better his performance, the higher his worth.

At the end of the month, Louie finally got an offer that was hard to refuse.

One side of the offer came from the Golden State Warriors.