The Rest, Only Noise: Chapter 605 young and frivolous
In a blink of an eye, the preseason training camp will start again.
In the new season, the Celtics have announced in advance that Larry Bird will take an indefinite truce to treat his back injury.
This means that the Celtics are already in limbo before the season starts.
Because the Smiling Assassins finished Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals last season, although there were certain problems with the ACL, no structural damage was found after inspection.
However, when the new season starts, how much he can recover and what kind of state he will play are still unknown.
Louis' wife Lorraine was forced to stop her studies.
She can no longer go to and from school like a normal student.
As an unexpected hit in 1988, "Leap to the Future" made Tom Hanks popular. Although Lorraine only had a few shots in the movie, it was impressive.
Just like in "Heart Blossoms on the Road", the moment Zhang Li got off the car, all the men in the cinema were attracted by her legs.
Any man who goes to the cinema, even if you're not interested in legs, you'll let out a "wow" in a slightly awe-inspiring atmosphere.
This is the skill of the director.
Some **** directors can't even shoot Charlize Theron's naked body well, but Ning Hao only needs to borrow Zhang Li's beautiful legs to set the tone for that movie.
The director of "Flying to the Future", Penny Michel, deliberately gave Lorraine a few scenes of overwhelming beauty, and her appearance in those few scenes was too high.
So Lorraine, or Monica Bellucci, the student from Italy, became a star.
She would be recognized wherever she went, if at school. She would be surrounded by people, asking for autographs, asking for photos, etc., which completely disrupted her life.
Although she enjoyed being a star, being chased by a group of people seriously affected her studies.
The situation has not been alleviated for several months.
Therefore, with Louis' consent, Lorraine, like Louis, suspended her studies and became a full-time actor.
At present, she has a lot of film contracts, but what is more embarrassing is that every director hopes that she will play the role in "Leap to the Future" in her own movie.
Good characters won't look for her, and those who find her often only need her to play the vase.
Louis doesn't mind her being a vase, as long as she doesn't sell meat, so what if she is a vase for a lifetime? Still a star.
The world is so unfair, some people can become superstars just by their looks.
In order to increase Lorraine's exposure, Louis changed her season ticket position at Madison Square Garden to the most eye-catching place in the audience.
With the Knicks winning the NBA championship again, New York basketball declared a revival. They began to have a lot of topics, and the commercial value of the players in the team began to soar.
The direct reflection of the improvement of the team's record is the number of stars on the sidelines.
When the Knicks lost ground, only stars who really liked basketball came to watch the game. Now, even stars who aren't interested in basketball want a front-row season ticket to the Gardens.
It's like Hollywood stars want to sit in the front row of the Forum.
Sitting there is not just as simple as watching a game, but also a status symbol.
Therefore, before the season started, the Knicks' front row season tickets were already sold out.
In early September, in preparation for the 1988-89 season, the Knicks started a preseason training camp at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
The Knicks' 15-man roster is already full, so they will conduct technical and tactical training from the beginning, instead of wasting time testing the strength of those marginal players.
It is worth mentioning that Song Tao, who officially returned to the team, signed a two-year contract with the Knicks at the State University of New York for $400,000.
For several years in a row, Louis has used this method to sign a two-year contract with Song Tao with an opt-out clause. This maintains the flexibility of the contract and Song Tao's freedom.
When the national team needs him to play, he can choose to withdraw from the contract and become an amateur player without a professional contract. After finishing the game for the national team, return to the Knicks to sign a new contract.
The matter of Song Tao exploiting loopholes in the rules has been complained by other Asian countries for many years, but FIBA has always turned a blind eye to Song Tao and Louis's practice of trampling the rules by cooperating internally and externally.
This year, Song Tao is having a hard time.
Last year he was competing against Brad Rohaus, this year it was Ronnie Secali.
Louis even wanted Rohaus to serve as a substitute for the second position.
Rohaus's three-pointer is really good, and it is also true that his basic skills as an insider are terrible.
On the first day of training camp, Louis gathered the players in the team.
He's happy to see that no one is getting fat, and no one is doing unnecessary things in the offseason and causing injuries.
"I'm glad to see you all back in one piece."
"I hope you don't lower your demands on yourself. It's hard to be a champion, and it's even more difficult to continue to be a champion. All teams with ambitions will find ways to beat you, just like we thought about beating Celtic day and night. same as people."
"The Celtics sat in this position for four years. We are younger than them and have more upside potential, so I think I can have enough strength and potential to defend the championship. If anyone disagrees, Stand up now, and I promise not to get mad at you."
Not to mention that everyone agrees, even if someone disagrees, they dare not stand up at this time. Louie said he wouldn't get angry, but that said, if anyone believed it, it was pure brain capacity.
Louis looked at everyone with high aspirations with satisfaction.
"Now, according to the old rules, Patrick and Benj each form a team. The Knicks' second draft has officially begun!"
Since last year, Wilson and Ewing took the initiative to form their own team to play against each other during training.
The two use finger-guessing to decide who gets the first choice.
Louie walked away quietly.
The Stony Brook campus of the State University of New York prepared a multi-purpose gymnasium for them.
Louis can go back to the office when he is free.
His teaching assistants are inside waiting for instructions.
This summer, the Knicks' coaching staff has changed.
Phil Jackson decided not to re-sign with the Knicks and accepted Jerry Krause's offer to be an assistant coach with the Chicago Bulls.
The Zen master knew that in the Knicks, it would be difficult for him to take the position without special expertise.
Rudy Tomjanovich is Stable's chief assistant.
Zhao Yuanzheng is a resourceful, long-sighted young man who is heavily relied on by Louis. An assistant coach who was born as a player like Zen master, if he doesn't have something in his stomach, it depends on his luck to be in the top position.
That kind of luck wasn't possible with the Knicks, so Zen Master left.
His original goal was to apply for the head coach of the Trail Blazers. However, which championship team would want a rookie who is neither familiar nor has coaching experience? Compared with Jackson's card that can vaguely see "Thank you for your patronage", they want to chase after those famous coaches.
It was Louie's acquaintance Rick Pitino who took over the Blazers.
The Knicks are famous for their full-court press, and Pitino is also known for his 2-2-1 full-court press in college.
What no one knows is that over the past few years, Louie and Pitino have often talked on the phone and exchanged ideas on the tight end of the court.
Louie's successful murder press in the NBA, which ended the Celtics' dominance, made Pitino itch.
No matter how good college basketball is, the upper limit of talent and the level of competition cannot be compared with the NBA.
Even if the NCAA is the white moonlight in the hearts of Americans, success in the NBA can represent the pinnacle of the basketball world.
Basketball fans around the world can never remember the college championships of the past decade, but they should be able to say something about the NBA championships of the past decade.
This is influence.
In addition to the Knicks, there is no team in the league that is more suitable for Pitino to play than the Trail Blazers.
They have enough personnel to play full-court press.
So ~www.mtlnovel.com~ When Pitino joined the Trail Blazers, Louis is not sure whether he changed history or whether Pitino joined the Trail Blazers in the original history.
What is certain is that the Pitino he is familiar with has never coached a player of Jordan's level.
"Coach, you seem to be very interested in Coach Pitino?"
Louie, who stayed in the office, did not watch movies as usual, but carefully watched the video of Boston University's game last season.
Hence the question from new Knicks assistant coach Billy Donovan.
"Billy, what do you think of Boston University's full-court press?"
"It's deadly in college basketball."
"What about in the NBA?"
"Not so much."
Louis said with a smile: "You are young, but your tone is not small."