The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 500 unchanging determination
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Don Nelson waited for Louie's call back, but things didn't go as he thought.
Louie called back to let him know that the deal was canceled and they decided to keep Dale Ellis.
"Lu, this is no child's play!" Nelson thought about Louis' treachery and tossed Ellis to the higher bidder.
If Louis did this, he couldn't help it. The highest price is the iron law of the trading market that never changes.
He never thought that Louis's final decision was not to sell Ellis to a third party with a higher bid, but to keep it for himself.
Is this a joke?
The Knicks have been preparing to trade Ellis since December, and have held off until after his wild January performance. The time to trade is ripe, and Ellis, who is worth his weight, can bring the maximum return.
However, Louis suddenly doesn't want to trade?
How to comfort the heart? How can Ellis say that, will he still play for the Knicks wholeheartedly?
"Lu, let me just say it directly, this will do more harm than good to the Knicks!" Nelson didn't want to watch the cooked duck fly, "Dale Ellis must be unwilling to play for you now, I know you I miss him, but the arrow is on the line, send him off with Reggie Miller and Jeff Hornacek."
Nelson asked himself that this wave of speeches was absolutely selfless, and he considered the issue from the perspective of Ellis and the Knicks.
According to common sense, it is impossible for both parties to accommodate each other when the rumors about the transaction have reached this point.
However, there is such a strange relationship between Ellis and the Knicks.
Louie created a unique bond in the middle, making Ellis prefer to come off the bench rather than leave the team.
"Nellie, I've also been the general manager for a few years. Can I not understand what you're saying?"
Louie didn't mind letting Nelson know the truth.
He understands the irritability of seeing a GIF that makes his second brother stand up on the Internet but not getting the license plate.
"Dell was in front of me and told me personally that as long as he could stay, he was willing to be everyone's backup."
"What else can I do? Trade him? I can't, Nelly."
What a good player, why is he so troublesome off the court?
Nelson believes Louie has no reason to lie to him, and the Knicks definitely want to trade Ellis.
"Okay, good luck to you."
Nelson didn't forget to remind Louie what it meant to keep Ellis.
"Even if what he says is true, he wants to play for you, but after this season, there will be two new teams in the league. At that time, we will have an expansion draft. Eight players can set protections and I don't think Dale Ellis is going to be on your protection list."
Ewing, Oakley, McHale, Wilson, Stockton, Miller, Hornacek... These seven people are definitely on the protection list.
In the non-protected list, there will be Cooper, Rodman, Salley, Song Tao, Ellis, Stevens, Rohos and others competing for the eighth place.
That is to say, only one of Rodman, Cooper, Salley, and Elisley, who have made many teams envious, will be on the protection list, while the other three are almost certain, two will be selected by the new team. .
This is Nelson's last effort.
He wants Louie to understand that if he doesn't make a deal now, he might get nothing by the end of the season.
From the moment Louie decided to keep Ellis, he had thought about these things.
"Goodbye, Nelly," Louie said.
Nelson never imagined that Ellis was in front of Louie when he talked to Louie about the phone call.
Louis asked, "Can you rest assured now?"
"Um…"
"The deal won't happen, but your future is still uncertain."
"I understand, coach."
"Go ahead and have Reggie come to my office by the way."
Ellis asked curiously, "Do you want me to inform him?"
Louis smiled kindly and asked, "Otherwise I'll go, will you take a break here?"
"I'm going, I'm going!"
Looking at the back of this kid leaving, Louis muttered, "Louis, you are indeed the most loyal person in the league, this is really your shortcoming. You have a good heart, and your heart is too kind, which is not good."
Louie decided to keep Ellis until the end of the season.
At that time, he will definitely be taken away, which is equivalent to giving it to the expansion team for nothing.
Louis is ready for this. Letting Ellis stay can increase the Knicks' championship hopes. Miller needs time to grow. A spot-up shooter like Hornacek is easy to get confused in high-intensity games.
If you don't believe me, ask the Nets fans what they think of Joe Harris. You can also ask the Warriors fans what they think of Barnes in the 2016 Finals.
Of course, they are just confused, not sick, after all, it's a question of ability. If, like J.R in 2018 or Ben Simmons in the 2021 semi-finals, he empties an empty basket and does not deduct points to his teammates, causing him to be blocked and miss the key ball, then it is the fault that can leave a psychological shadow on the star and make fans want to evaporate him from the world.
The Knicks need a major player willing to make sacrifices.
In Louis's impression, the teams that dominate the league always have people who sacrifice themselves selflessly.
In the Bulls' first dynasty, Jordan gave up the ball, allowing Pippen to complete the leap from starter to All-Star in the 1990-91 season. If Jordan was unwilling to give up the ball, or had the patience to wait for Pippen to grow, and let the management trade Pippen for immediate combat power, that would be another story, and the ending of the story would never satisfy Jordan;
Kukoc of the second dynasty of the Bulls can start in most teams, but he is willing to play the sixth man for three years;
Wade in the Heat's Big Three, Iguodala in the 15 Warriors, and Curry in the Cosmic Brave era... In a winning team, only one person can stand out, and one of the rest must take the lead in making sacrifices , to set an example for others.
Ellis is willing to be this role model, and Louis is naturally very happy. But he also knew that this kind of selfless devotion would last a season at most and would not last.
Ellis is a young man himself, he is not the kind of veteran who has gone through all the pomp and circumstance. He was just grateful for Louie and wanted to play for him, even off the bench.
His repayment to Louis must be sincere and simple, and Louis has no doubts.
However, in the salary cap era, everyone's salary is based on team status and on-field performance. For a player like Ellis who can compete for a second-max contract in the future, if he is on the bench for a long time, his stats and performance will decline. How can he fight for a big contract for himself?
Will he still be a substitute then?
That's the reality, the salary cap era makes it difficult for strong teams to maintain lineups. If there is no salary cap, to retain these benches only need to increase the winning bonus, which is Auerbach's forte.
To put it 10,000 steps back, even if Ellis has the determination to be a substitute for the Knicks, Louie will not let him do it.
The other party is sincere, taking him to win the championship this season, and then sending him away is the best result.
This season will be Ellis' last shift in New York.
As long as he can finish this post, no matter what his future is, Louis will recognize him as his own.
Winning this championship, even if Ellis was given to the expansion team for nothing, he would never complain.
After Miller came, Louie informed him that the team would start with him for most of the regular season.
Only when he's not in good shape will Ellis start.
Miller was shocked. He originally thought that Ellis was traded, but later Louis said that he would start Ellis if he was not in a good state, so that he understood what happened.
"Coach, I will try my best to play every game!"
he said seriously.
Louie didn't doubt Miller's attitude, the guy was always full of energy and eagerness.
Time entered February, the Knicks record of 30 wins and 13 losses.
Compared with the previous season, the record in the same period has dropped a lot.
But the Knicks have become more composed. Louie doesn't care about the Celtics' luxurious record. They were not beaten by the Celtics last year in the Eastern Conference. The record in the regular season is just a step.
The top eight teams can step over that step and make the playoffs, but once in the playoffs, everything is very different.
In early February, the Knicks had two games to play before the holiday season.
One of the opponents was the Washington Bullets, and the game was completely turned into an exhibition game for the Knicks.
Over the past few seasons, the Bullets have trended toward becoming the star of the Knicks. However, they have not won the Knicks this season, and they have been beaten badly every time. It is obvious that the state of the Knicks is obviously not as good as last season.
Another amazing carnage tonight.
146 to 99
Throughout the game, Louie didn't call a timeout. The Knicks felt overwhelmed, no matter how they shot, and the Bullets called all their timeouts to no avail.
You said Louie didn't call a timeout, what did he do?
He kept counting.
At the end of the count, he was surprised that he had scored this virtue, and he only won by 47 points.
Grandpa St. Paul, how do you keep losing 58 points in the playoffs?
If Coach Chen had his spare time, there would be a lot of Mavericks fans telling him the story of the 81-point loss to the Celtics at home.
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