The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 1240 the missing five percent
Latest URL: Eight days later, the Lakers' training camp at the Palm Springs resort ended as scheduled.
Louie gave the players a day off before leading the team back to Los Angeles.
Before the preseason came, Kobe had a little problem.
Because he was too excited, the amount of training increased greatly, and he twisted his foot.
After the diagnosis, the team doctor and the doctor agreed that he needed to rest for two weeks to fully recover, but Kobe believed that one week was enough, and he wanted to play in the preseason.
"You are no longer in Lower Merion. No one should take responsibility for your mistakes. Take responsibility for yourself. I won't let you play in the preseason." Louis's smile was heart-warming, "I hope you will continue to work hard and bring The other foot is also injured, so he doesn't even have to play in the regular season.
Bryant walked out of Louie's office in a huff.
The Lakers will play four preseason games against the Knicks, Kings, Warriors, Pacers and Cavaliers.
A few days later, the Lakers headed to neutral Washington for their first preseason game against the Knicks.
Although it was only a preseason game, neither side was careless.
The Knicks are serious, and so are the Lakers.
Judging from the game, the chemical reaction within the Knicks is simply a mess, and the defending champion can't be seen at all.
It's no wonder that Dolan Jr.'s anti-sky operation brought the Knicks a luxury tax of 300 million U.S. dollars, which is unbearable.
The higher authorities asked him to reduce taxes, but how to reduce them?
Little Dolan didn't discuss with the experienced Buford, but patted his own brain and came up with a very clever idea-he contacted the players, moved them with emotion and reason, and let them know that the team Faced with difficulties, hope to re-negotiate.
As for the players, almost all had the attitude of "you want to cut taxes, it's none of my business", which directly angered Dolan, clamoring to trade all those who did not cooperate.
But after all, you want to cut taxes, right? What's the use of trading those people? Because now the salary caps of the teams have no surplus, and it is impossible to get big contracts, so they have to be traded at equal value.
If it is an equivalent transaction, then the Knicks' immediate tax cut issue has not been resolved.
It is these reasons that lead to internal turmoil in the Knicks.
This turmoil came from the folly of the front office, and its subsequent reaction even surpassed what Louie experienced in the 1992-93 season.
Louie really didn't understand, why didn't Dolan Jr. let Baylor go to negotiate?
Baylor's ability in drafting and trading is average, but he is an expert in bargaining.
If you let him come, let alone signing those players with a cabbage price, it is not a problem that the per capita contract will shrink by 1/3 except for Miller.
Baylor was able to press the contract to a price below the player's level, but Dolan Jr. offered a premium contract that exceeded the player's worth. This is the gap.
Due to contract disputes, Sam Cassell, Alan Houston, Scottie Pippen and others did not play in the preseason game with the Lakers.
Even without these people, the Knicks still played in a panic.
Ewing looked absent-minded, and even dunked a dunk that was sure to fly.
"Patrick, haven't you eaten? Can't you get in?"
Taunting Louis is a passive skill on Louis, which is triggered whenever he sees something.
Ewing did not quibble, but said something unexpected to Louis: "After you left, I realized how important a smart management team is to the team."
It seems that he was also tossed a lot by the matter of little Dolan.
It's no wonder that Ewing's position is definitely the most embarrassing.
First of all, he has the highest salary in the league. If he rebelled with the players, he would be criticized by public opinion.
No matter how unkind the management was to those people, it was also benevolent to Ewing.
If Ewing was on the side of the management, then this team would not be able to lead.
You have an annual salary of 20 million, but you refuse to share a piece of cake with your brothers. Is there such a thing as the boss?
So the only thing Ewing can do in this matter is to be an ostrich and pretend nothing happened, but there is always an undercurrent inside the Knicks, and in the end, no one can avoid this problem.
The out-of-form Knicks lost to the Lakers by 14 points to prepare for the new game (this chapter is not over!)
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Ji got off to a bad start.
"Lu, if it were you, how would you save this situation?"
Tomjanovich knew that the Knicks were facing their greatest crisis.
If it is not handled well, let alone the championship, the team will soon fall apart.
How else can this matter be resolved?
Looking at the contracts of those guys, and the fact that no team has the space to swallow them right now, Louie feels like the Knicks are in a dead end.
"If it were me, I wouldn't let that idiot James Dolan negotiate the contract." Louie asked. "What did Elgin and the others do? Let a layman do their job?"
Tomjanovich smiled bitterly: "Mr. Dolan insists on doing this, but they can't help it."
Baylor is the vice president of the Knicks, who is actually the first person in the management team. Buford is the general manager and can be regarded as the core of Baylor's think tank. He usually makes decisions and Baylor operates.
Now these two people can't affect a little Dolan who has a false job in MSG?
Fortunately, Grandpa left early...
Louis sighed, for Rudy, he could only pat each other on the back, saying "it will get better".
But will it really get better?
No one can give this kind of guarantee, because no matter how you look at it, it is difficult for the Knicks to turn around in the short term.
Afterwards, the Lakers returned to California for their second preseason game against the Kings.
The Kings, which have been rotten for many years, slowly have a lineup that looks okay.
They take Kendall Gill as the core, with BJ Armstrong, Danny Ferry, Doug West, Ramond Murray, Billy Owens, Sherif Abdul-Rahim and other good players , ready to launch a sprint to the playoffs.
The problem is that Jill is too weak as a core strength.
He and other players in the team did not widen the gap in grades.
If Louis was their supervisor, he would sell all these people into draft picks, and then do everything he could to fight for the No. 1 pick next year—although the Lakers have already pre-selected them, they don't know that people still have dreams.
Kevin Garnett had a great low-confrontation preseason.
He had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists against the Knicks the day before yesterday, and tonight against the Kings, he even wrote his almightiness on his face.
A weak white insider like Danny Ferry couldn't stop him at all.
Garnett played 29 minutes, scored 32 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal, without turnovers.
"Is Kevin Garnett the next Ralph Sampson?"
The Los Angeles Times posed the question and asked readers to vote.
Tens of thousands of readers voted in favour.
It's not fun to be the second so-and-so, but the second Sampson? Shit, that's Mr. One!
Since the 80s, only David Robinson and Danny Manning have been dubbed the next Sampson.
But after they entered professional basketball, Robinson did not transform into the only Mr. II at all, and Manning even went out of his own way. Although they have similar attributes with Sampson, they are not the same players at all.
Let Garnett become the second Sampson? Louie has no such idea at all.
Although Garnett has 95% of the hardware to meet this condition, he is still short of something.
In the third preseason game, the Lakers and the Pacers had a tough battle.
As far as the intensity of the game is concerned, it is not what the preseason should be at all.
Hank Gaithers played 29 minutes.
When he was traded to the Pacers by the Heat, he was in a downturn for a while, then accepted the reality and became Indiana's leading brother.
In order to become the absolute core, Gaithers has developed his own independent offensive skills. Facing Garnett tonight, his turnaround jumper is extremely accurate.
At critical moments, Garnett's habits and style of play from childhood made him inclined to fly a kite on the outside, but when he missed repeatedly, he didn't dare to shoot anymore.
This phenomenon, how to say,
Is Garnett a softie? Why can't he bear the pressure of the key ball?
This is unexplainable and difficult to resolve. (This chapter is not finished!)
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At the same time, this is also the reason why Garnett cannot become the second only Mr.
Sampson can't wait to play every key ball by himself. Only when Bird and Thomas are around, he will retreat to the third line. This is because he trusts Bird and the assassins.
If the unprecedented Dream Team was forced to shoot the game-winning shot, (if it was 1 point short) Louie would give the key shot to Sampson instead of Jordan or Wilson.
The Lakers lost this preseason game.
Garnett scored 21 points, but shot less than 40%.
"Kevin Garnett's next Ralph? Ralph who hit less than 40% in a single game in the preseason? This is a joke~www.mtlnovel.com~Boston Globe".
Louis will not underestimate Garnett.
His key shots are unreliable, that's all.
However, how many reliable key players in NBA history can keep calm and play their own level in the most exhausted, tense and intense moments, which is itself a monster-level mentality.
This is also an important factor that distinguishes those people from others. No matter how Miwa Shiramine's Internet celebrity face is adjusted, her demeanor and performance will never reach the level of Asami Ogawa. This is the reason.
After that, the Lakers defeated the Cavaliers and ended with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss.
In a few days, it will be the opening game of the regular season, and the Lakers will challenge the Spurs away.
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Chapter 1240 The Missing 5%