The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 595 Hit the bag
The match of the century between Tyson and Spinks came to an end in a special way, which symbolized Tyson's absolute dominance.
Tyson's performance was too visually impactful.
This made Louie think that at the peak of Tyson, he might be the strongest heavyweight champion in history.
The next day is the day of the NBA Draft.
This year's draft is still held in a theater in Madison Square Garden.
We must know that we just played a game of the century here yesterday, and today we are hosting the 1988 NBA Draft.
MSG is a place where you never worry about business.
More trade rumors are flying in the sky, and Louis has a premonition that the Pistons will become the protagonist this year.
They are very determined to shoot players, as if they continue to hold those players in their hands, their value will decline.
That night, Louis stayed in the draft war room of the Blue Palace as usual.
Elgin Baylor showed up at the draft.
Since Baylor came to the Knicks to take office, he has been the image spokesperson of the team's management.
There are many people who only know Baylor but not Louie.
Even many of the Knicks' operations are considered to be done by Baylor.
Louie is just a coach, what do you know?
There are not a few people who have this kind of thinking. What they would never think of is that if Louis really can't help, the boss is too full to let him receive two salaries alone. Wouldn't it be better to concentrate on being a coach?
Before the start of the draft, the commentators vividly called this year's draft "one super and many strong".
One super giant, many strong players.
Louis feels that this statement is an irresponsible comparison. Can Manning become a super giant? Are there so many strong players?
There must be a few, but if you don't have a good eye, you will never get it.
"Coach Lu, do you think there is a change in the first pick?"
Zhao Yuanzheng joked.
"I'll bet a dozen Cokes, unless Donnie Walsh is out of his mind." Before Louie finished speaking, Stern came to the front desk of the draft with the envelope.
"In the 1988 NBA draft, Indiana selected Danny Manning with the first pick in the first round, from the University of Kansas!"
The reason why Louis is not optimistic about Manning is simple, he doesn't know Manning.
This reason was enough when he first entered the industry.
If he doesn't know him, it means that the person's grades are not good.
But now, he is no longer so confident.
Sampson and Wilson, these two examples can prove that his arrival has changed a lot.
Career starting point and environment will also greatly affect the player's progress.
Is Indiana a better place than Manning's previous team?
Louie wasn't sure, he didn't even know which team Manning had been drafted to in his previous life.
He felt that as long as it wasn't the Clippers, it shouldn't be bad.
Secondly, there is the Cavaliers with the second pick in the first round.
They have ten minutes left to consider who to choose.
As Louis' hometown team, the Cavaliers are still very concerned.
But it is a pity that even if there is a second pick, no good players can be selected.
As far as this draft is concerned, the probability of being selected as a parallel importer is very high.
Normally speaking, choosing Rick Schmitz is the safest choice, but in front of Schmitz are the ghosts of white insiders who have been wiped out.
At this time, the phone in Louis' office rang.
Louis picked up the phone unexpectedly, is there anyone calling him at this time?
"Lu, it's me."
According to the voice, Louis recognized the caller.
"Mr. Allen?"
"Yes, you said that I can ask you about basketball. Is it convenient now?"
What is strange to Louis is that Paul Allen hasn't completed the acquisition of the Trail Blazers yet, so why do he have basketball questions to ask him?
The answer seems to be not difficult to guess, maybe the acquisition has been completed, so he has obtained the operating rights of the Blazers and started to play micromanagement?
"Of course, Mr. Allen," said Louis.
Allen asked Louis to use the hypothetical principle to answer: "If you had the second pick, who would you choose?"
"It depends on who I need."
"What if you need an inside line?"
"Of the rest, Rick Schmitz is the best choice."
Allen has obvious concerns about Schmitz: "Except for the Dutchman?"
"There are still a few options, but none of them are worthy of the second pick, and their development prospects are not as good as the Dutch."
After a few questions from Allen, Louis can be sure that he is focusing on drafting for the Blazers.
When Louis hung up the phone, he was a little looking forward to who the Blazers would pick with the third pick.
Allen asked the question "Which insider is the best to choose?", and who is the best among the rest, regardless of the insider.
This question really stumped Louie.
Because he really doesn't know who is the best of the rest of the third pick.
Maybe Mitch Richmond? It was the only player he knew who was a star in the 90s and could cause problems for Jordan.
So, he said Richmond's name.
The No. 1 upset in the draft came when the Cavaliers came to the fore.
They were afraid of the history of parallel imports of white insiders, so they let go of Rick Schmitz, who was blind with talent, and chose Charles Smith, the king of the Big East.
This Smith graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and is the historical scoring leader of the Panthers. He sent 346 hot pots in four years and led Pittsburgh to the Mad March Championship twice. He is basically the strongest player in the Big East in recent years. As the Big East is one of the most competitive divisions in the NCAA, the strongest players in the division are naturally favored by professional basketball.
It's no surprise that Smith was drafted high, and it's odd that he was drafted before Schmitz.
The Cavaliers did something that defied perception.
The contemporary practice is that when the inside line and the outside line are similar, the inside line is given priority.
But what did they do?
When the inside line was obviously better than the outside line, they ignored the different situations that existed in reality because of the unbearable history of this inside line.
This is a stable choice.
However, as the second overall pick, it's a bit too **** stable.
This position is to allow you to choose the best talent other than the champion, so be sure? When is the second place used for stability?
The Blazers management, who had already decided to choose Mitch Richmond, was shocked.
Schmitz actually fell!
They almost overjoyed to make a choice, and selected Schmitz with the third overall pick.
Mitch Richmond was selected by the Warriors with the fourth overall pick without any suspense.
The Spurs selected Auburn's Chris Morris with the fifth overall pick.
The Nets selected Temple University's Tim Perry with the sixth overall pick, an undersized big man.
At this time, Lewis Shafier called.
He wants to know who the Heat can choose with the seventh pick in the first round.
Louis recommended to him Willie Anderson, whom Zhao Yuanzheng liked very much.
A flying small forward is expected to be a counter-rotating killer. As long as he polishes his skills well, he will definitely become an All-Star player.
In this matter~www.mtlnovel.com~Louis is more or less secretive, he can't introduce the players he likes to the Heat, he can only introduce those he is not interested in.
Anderson is not bad, but too rough.
It takes patience and luck for him to practice.
For a player like this who focuses on his body, if he gets injured before he plays, it will be useless to say anything.
The Heat therefore selected Willie Anderson, and the Hornets took Rex Chapman with the eighth pick, a white striker who is very good at shooting.
After that, it was finally the Knicks' turn.
Everyone they fancy is on the list.
Stern read out the Knicks' team name twice. They selected Ronnie Searari with the ninth overall pick in the first round, and "Thunder" Dan Marley with the eleventh overall pick in the first round. .
So far, the Knicks' two main goals in the draft have all been targeted.