The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 1093 not me but maybe you

The first thousand and ninety-three chapters are not me, but it may be you

Louie met with Jerry West at noon, and he expected the negotiation process to take less than an hour.

When he found out that Mitch Kupchak was not here, he felt that the negotiation might only last about half an hour.

Because West is not the kind of chatterbox who can chat with people non-stop.

But the negotiations lasted from noon to evening.

Louie and West had drinks, snacks, and dinner together.

Because West doesn't eat Chinese food, Louis asked the boss to cook him Western food.

After dinner, they continued to chat.

After chatting continuously for such a long time, are Louis and West familiar with each other?

No, they didn't talk much about themselves.

That kind of thing is so personal, and they're not in that relationship right now.

For most of the day, the content of communication between Louis and West was all about basketball and games.

The essence of the game of basketball.

What is the difference between the past game and the current game.

West brought a unique perspective spanning the 50s-60s-70s, while Louie's understanding of the game from the 80s-90s was unmatched.

They really talked about everything on the court.

For example, Baylor's retirement, which made West painful.

West is still tortured to this day.

But was his torment simply Baylor's absence?

No, it is not.

Louis can talk to West for so long because he can think like West.

He asked West afterwards: "If Elgin didn't retire, could you win the 1972 championship?"

There was a gleam of wisdom in West's painful eyes.

"I've thought about this question many times." West said dejectedly, "I know Bill (Sharman) is right. Elgin must be replaced, but Elgin is not a good substitute, and he will not accept it." Substitute, he has his own dignity and standards and if he can no longer do what he did, he will go."

That's what makes West miserable.

He is such an emotional and rational person.

When he revisited the whole thing, he found that Baylor's absence was the source of his pain, but the reason why this pain continued for so many years was that he realized that if Baylor did not leave, the Lakers could not win the championship.

Because Baylor is resistant to the bench, and at odds with Chamberlain.

If he stayed in the team, the atmosphere in the locker room of the originally good Lakers team would be very different. There would be no 33-game winning streak, and the championship would be out of the question.

It's interesting to hear West recap the big games he lost.

If you can't feel his pain.

Louie remembers West's memories of the 1962 Finals, the second year the Lakers moved to Minneapolis. The young West and Baylor in their heyday were brave in the playoffs that year. when.

Baylor averaged 38.8 points, 17.8 rebounds and 3 assists in the playoffs that year, and West averaged 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Under their leadership, the Lakers also successfully reached the finals, and they were also at their peak. The Celtics fought seven games.

In this round of the series, Baylor averaged 40 points and 17 rebounds per game, and West averaged 31 points and 7 rebounds per game, but they still did not win in the end, because in the seventh game, the Lakers handed over the key shots that could end the game to modern fans. In the hands of the unknown Frank Selvy (frankselvysg/sf).

Such a crucial ball was not shot by Baylor or West, but what Selvi?

"Yeah, that destroyed us, and then we went into overtime and Russell dominated," West said eloquently. "He had 30 points, 40 rebounds and countless blocks in that game. .”

West believes that it was the 1962 loss that started the curse of the Lakers being dominated by the Celtics.

But he also believes that it is no problem for Selvi to shoot that ball.

Because before "Hot Rod" Hendley (hotrodhundleysg) passed the ball to him, Selway had hit two shots in a row, and he was the only one who stood up at the critical moment of the game.

This is West, even after so many years, he still remembers all the details of the game.

Even with such a tragic loss, he can still look at the game objectively regardless of other reasons.

It was very late, and Louis did not expect that this "negotiation" would last for a day.

West talked to him about the present and the past for a day, but not about the future.

But this day's communication gave Louis a good understanding of West.

If Louis expects West to be his tool man like Baylor, it will undoubtedly be an insult to the other party and a huge waste.

West is a good executive who can do a lot of things that Baylor can't.

"Louie, have you ever played the perfect game?"

At the end of "Negotiations," West asked.

Louie smiled: "I may not have played it myself, but my team may have played such a game."

"You want to know my perfect game?"

Louie chose not to answer because West would have said it himself.

"The venue should be in the garden, the place I hate the most."

Louis guessed, Boston Garden?

"Of course, it has to happen during the playoffs, and it's Game 7 of the series, and it's a defining moment that I live for. The best time is spring, like the first Sunday in May, when there's still air in the air. There is a chill. People are queuing into the Gardens for this crucial game."

"In addition to ordinary fans, there will be the world's best singers and actors coming to the scene."

"And to have the best referees, they have to be the ones who are impartial, referees who allow players to communicate with them, referees who are not influenced by star players."

"This game will be played by the rules I played."

this means...

"Hand-cheg has no limits."

(Can be played anywhere on the field)

"Players are not allowed to dribble illegally."

(The ball holder's hand must rest on top of the ball, not to the side of the ball)

"Assists are only counted when the receiver scores directly from the field goal."

Then, no assistants, everyone has to do their own thing, just one pair of sneakers, instead of everyone putting on new shoes before going on the field like now.

The team has to go to the away game alone, take a commercial plane, there is no charter plane, and it needs to transfer to another station when necessary.

There is no entourage, no bodyguards, no PR people, no media — just players, teammates, coaches who are like brothers.

According to West, this game will gather himself, Chamberlain, Russell, Baylor, Barry, Havlicek, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dr. J, Bird, Tragedian, Wilson, Sampson, Jordan, Pettit.

Then, a lot of horrible things and accidents happen during the game, and finally there is a shocking result.

These ideal conditions are impossible to achieve after all, but Louis feels that West has played such a game.

At the end, West said: "You know what, this kind of game happened in reality."

"Did you win?" Louis felt that he had said something nonsense.

"If I had won, I wouldn't have such delusions." West shook his head and said, "That's a game I'll never let go of—Game 7 in 1969, the Lakers had me, Elgin, Willow Walter, and Russell and his teammates are already smoking old. At the time, no one knew that Russell would retire after the game, but I had a vague feeling that he was willing to give his life to win that game. That's why he couldn't forgive Wilt for pulling out with an injury midway through the game."

"What I can't accept is that we almost won the game and ended up with Don Nelson making a ridiculous jumper from the free throw line, and you give him a hundred chances and he can't make that shot. Yes." West's tone became very light, "But he just made it."

Louie had heard Baylor talk about that game.

It was a loss that even someone like Baylor couldn't get over.

Since then, the Boston elves will remain forever in the hearts of that generation of Lakers players.

Probably only a big man like Chamberlain who transcends life can face it directly, because he doesn't know why he lost.

"That's why I don't like you."

West said in astonishment.

"You won this game, but I didn't." West's emotions contained envy, jealousy, confusion and many inexplicable things, "You know, there is no reason for the Knicks to win the 1993 The Blazers are a more complete, more united, and stronger team than yours. Your team was torn apart by the rotten glory~www.mtlnovel.com~ But...you are like that team Like the Celtics, you won games when no one believed you could."

"That's why I want you to come to Los Angeles."

"The past and present have proved that the person who can break the curse for the Lakers in the future is not me, but it may be you."

1 "Hot Rod" Hendry is also a jerk. He grabbed an offensive rebound at a critical moment, but he didn't choose to shoot it himself, because Selvi scored two goals in a row before, so he passed the ball. Selvi missed the shot, the game entered overtime, and the Lakers lost. After retiring, Hendry would occasionally call Selway, and as soon as the other party answered, he said "good shot" and hung up the phone immediately.

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Generally speaking, when we see ancient players die, we will say "rip" symbolically. We shouldn't feel that way because we haven't seen a full game of him. But the passing of Bill Russell really upset me. I can't explain this feeling.

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