the rest, only noise

Chapter 1642 Forever
Mike Budenholzer has become the head coach of the Celtics for the new season.

For many, this was an expected outcome.

At the same time, this is also a reasonable return for Budenholzer to follow Louie for many years.

From the Lakers to the Chinese national team, and then to Boston, Budenholzer has followed Louis for 20 years, and finally took the top spot on the coaching staff.

Bird has doubts about Budenholzer as the head coach, because Budenholzer usually showed the defects of poor adaptability and slowness in the team competition.

Louie reassured Byrd.

"Don't think about it too much. As the league becomes more and more professional, the role of the head coach will also change. Mike has this and that problem, but looking at the league, how many coaches can you find that is okay? We just need to put a few assistant coaches around him who can help him solve his problems."

Louis did not convince Bird.

Byrd convinced himself.

If Lambiel can lead the team to win the championship, why can't Budenholzer?
He thought so.

The Celtics thus fell into peace.

But the Celtics calmed down, and other teams did not.

This summer, Michael Jordan sold his stake in the Hornets.

It was yet another victory for Benjamin Wilson over Jordan.

Over the years, Wilson and Jordan have struggled for control of the front office, and as time went on, it turned out that Wilson was the one with the more professional management qualities, and Jordan lost control of the team on the board of directors.

The humiliated Jordan chose to quit.

Jordan, who is addicted to food, said that he will seize every possible opportunity to return to the league.

"Sports Illustrated" commented harshly: "History has proved that MJ is a bad manager, so, for a better tomorrow of professional basketball, he should give up any chance to return to the league."

Even more hurtful is the title of this article - "Teams close to MJ will be unlucky".

Due to the sharp comments of the pictorial, Jordan has already blacklisted this media for interviews.

Therefore, the pictorial also let itself go, and never let go of any opportunity to black Jordan.

Wilson bought Jordan's shares, thus becoming the second largest shareholder of the Hornets.

There are rumors that the major shareholders of the Hornets have little interest in owning NBA teams, so in the not-too-distant future, Wilson is likely to realize his wish and become the team's big boss.

Unlike Wilson's smooth boss journey, Ewing's boss dream after retirement is currently in an incomplete state.

Is he the boss?yes.

But he is just a small boss, and he is no match for Louis and other shareholders in the Celtics, and he does not directly participate in team building.

In the past few years, Ewing has seen it off, let go of his obsession with being a big boss, and has become a frequent visitor to luncheons. With Louis's help, he has met many people.

Although the path of the NBA owner has not gone smoothly, Ewing has gone smoothly in the market, and his net worth has doubled since he retired.

Ralph Sampson quietly retired from the Celtics coaching staff.

Yao Yueban said: "To me, Ralph is not only the greatest center ever, but also the most important mentor in my life."

Sampson didn't say anything, he just felt that it was meaningless to continue to serve as the team's inside coach. The Celtics haven't selected an insider worth cultivating for more than ten years.

Someone asked him what he wanted to do after retirement.

Sampson said with a smile: "I may go back to my hometown to do something for the community, and I may also attend some other activities. I will not retire. I still want to do a lot of things. Oh, yes, the most important thing is that from next week, I will be free to attend Coach Road's luncheon."

Isiah Thomas took an extended leave of absence from TNT to focus on writing his second autobiography.

The accusations of racism against Louie in Thomas' previous autobiography caused an uproar at the time, but in the end, the matter was quietly passed over.

In the last autobiography, he described his playing career in detail, and in the second autobiography, he will focus on describing his coaching career and commentary career.

If you want to attract people's attention, you must write Louie.

Moreover, Thomas believed that what Louie had done to him would arouse the sympathy of many.

Suddenly, Thomas heard that Lambiel had left the coaching position.

He was a little surprised. If Lambiel was expelled before, he could still say that his record was not good. This time he won the championship, why didn't the Celtics renew his contract?
Louis again?

Another victim?
Thomas called Lambiel to find out what had happened, but Lambiel laughed and said, "You don't think Louis still wants to come back today, do you?"

"if not?"

"The NBA championship means nothing to him anymore. He won 15 championships as a coach. He is already the greatest coach in history. Will continuing to win any help to his reputation?"

Thomas misread Louis.

This isn't Louie's well-choreographed second season of The Return of the King.

Lambiel could have continued coaching the Celtics for another 10 years, but his body didn't allow it, it was as simple as that.

Thomas was a little disappointed.

Then, Lambiel asked, "Are you free next week?"

"Is something wrong?"

"Going to lunch together? We old guys get together."

"Louis probably doesn't want to see me?"

"You should move on, Isiah."

New Knicks general manager Alex Stevens has doubts about the team's future.

Injuries have plagued Dwyane Wade, who is not as indestructible as LeBron James after all.

Love is good, but he and Bosh are a disaster on the defensive end.

Hill retired, McGrady was on the injured list, his time as an athlete was approaching, and the Knicks' future was uncertain. Although James Dolan promised fans that the team would return to the Finals in three years, the management had no certainty about it.

The most brilliant Knicks dynasty seems to be a very distant thing for the Knicks.

The irony is that Stevens, as a veteran of that team, was unable to do any work on that team in terms of team building.

"Only when I sat in this position, I realized what a great job Coach Road had done that year." Stevens sighed when he called Miller. "How did he do it? The more I watched Coach Road's operation, the more I was surprised. Every trade was correct, every draft hit talent, and his coaching was perfect. If he was there, he would never tolerate LeBron scoring 8 points in such a critical game."

Miller laughed: "Yeah, he'll wake LeBron up."

Then Miller added: "If you really want to know, why don't you ask him yourself?"

"Call?"

"Such an important matter, call? Of course, face to face, next week's lunch meeting, you come."

Stevens hung up the phone, leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes, for some reason, he remembered the past when he begged Louis not to lay off himself in the office.

To this day, Stevens believes he hasn't let Louie down, just like the rest of that Knicks team.

Mohammad Abdul-Rauf walked briskly to the coach's office.

He's now the Knicks' shooting coach.

The team currently only gives him one task, which is to let Jimmy Butler, the second-round pick selected the year before last, learn how to shoot correctly.

This is the talent that general manager Stevens values ​​most.

Stevens said Butler reminded him of himself.

Rauf thought that even if Butler became a player like Stevens, it would be "no more than" an important rotation for a dynastic team.

But after contacting Butler, Rauf changed his view. He believed that there was a force in Butler that could not be ignored. One day, he would amaze the entire league.

Rauf came to Rudy Tomjanovich's office to submit his plan to reshape Butler's shooting motion.

"Mo," Rudy said, "do you see the construction crew outside?"

Rauf nodded and said, "I see."

"The scale is bigger than I thought." Rudy said enviously. "Mr. Dolan really looks like he is going to build the most magnificent statue in the world for Louis."

Rauf quipped: "Even if he did, the fans would still scold him."

"No, as long as Louis comes to say a few good words for him, or even give him some ideas, as long as he does so, Mr. Dolan will regain the love of the fans." Rudy shook his head and sighed, "This is the magic of that guy."

Rauf didn't like Dolan, but when he heard Louis' name, he felt a little touched, "Why is Coach Lu retiring?"

"You can ask Reed Auerbach and John Wooden the same question."

Rudy said with emotion: "It's a pity that they can't give an answer. Moreover, it is difficult for Louis to give us an answer. I have coached for so many years, but as long as I can continue, I don't want to stop. I also asked Billy (Donovan) this question, and he didn't have an answer. We don't understand Louis, or we don't get to the top, we don't understand that feeling, and I'm sure I will never be able to understand it."

Rauf listened, thinking of himself.

In his life, was there a moment when he felt that his life was complete and he was willing to end it?
Suddenly, he said, "I kind of understand that feeling."

"Huh?" Rudy asked, "Really?"

Rauf nodded and said: "After Game 1993 of the [-] Finals, I thought about retiring because I knew I would never play for such a good team again."

"When you say that, I understand a little bit." Rudy smiled, "I was there at the time."

"In the blink of an eye, that was all 20 years ago."

Sean Kemp looked at Rodman uneasily. He really felt that it was a mistake to come to Asia with this madman.

It’s not that Asia is bad, it’s okay to go to countries like China or Japan, but Rodman only does extraordinary things. He insisted on going to North Korea to guide the general to play.

⑴You laugh at me for typing the wrong name, and I laugh at you for not knowing how to pass the trial.

"Are you sure we can return to the United States smoothly?" Kemp said anxiously, "I made an appointment with the coach to have dinner together!"

"What the hell are you afraid of, of course you can go back! Don't worry, it's all agreed, I will have dinner with the coach next month, and we will be together then."

Kemp swallowed hard. Although the dozen or so illegitimate children in his hometown were enough to give him a headache, the thought of going to a country with Rodman as a coach (legendary) gave him even more headaches.

"Dennis, I want to go home."

"Hmph, want to escape? There are no doors! Unless you jump off the plane!"

John Stockton never thought that Lu Wuxia would come to him for help.

In Stockton's view, there are too many people in Lu Wuxia's network who can provide greater help.

But he still found himself.

He wanted to know what was the secret to stealing.

In all fairness, Stockton does have a say in this matter, after all, he is the king of steals in history.

"Is your dad okay?" Stockton hadn't seen Louie in years.

Lu Wuxia smiled and said, "Well, the old man looks more energetic after leaving the basketball court. Now he has endless things to do every day, and he invites a group of people to have dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles every week."

"I know, Brad (Rohaus) told me." Stockton said back to the topic, "Why do you want to know the secret of stealing?"

Lu Wuxia said as a matter of course: "I want my game to be flawless."

"When you were about to turn 30?"

"age is not a problem."

Stockton smiled. "You may have forgotten that I assembled the first stroller you sat in as a child."

Lu Wuxia remembered that, even, the baby carriage was in the old warehouse in his hometown in New York.

However, without waiting for his response, Stockton said: "Anytime, as long as you need my help, I will help you. Come on, I will tell you the secret of stealing."

"Thanks to" John Stockton, Lu Wuxia established a reputation as "the dirtiest player in the league" in the next few years, but he also took advantage of this to be selected to the best defensive team consecutively at the age of three.

"Is that almost enough?"

"Mike, don't stress too much."

"You look at KC, he has no pressure."

After Mike Budenholzer took over as head coach, someone suggested that he take a mafia-like photo with the Celtics' previous championship-winning coaches.

It's a good idea, why would it be good?Because Auerbach took similar photos with Bill Sharman back then, and now that the Celtics have entered a new era, why not feel nostalgic?
Moreover, the proposer wisely chose to use "leading the team to win the championship" as a precondition to exclude the black sheep that everyone hates like Isiah Thomas.

Louis, KC Jones, Tom Heinsohn, Larry Bird and Bill Lambiel all wore black suits and red ties on the day of the photo shoot.

"Is it all over?"

After only a short time, Louie got tired of it, because everyone else had a pose to pose, and he sat in the middle like a puppet with dignity and finished.

"Stop complaining, if Reed is still here, this position is not your turn." Bird looked at the GOAT coach with disgust.

Louis said arrogantly: "Even if Reed is still there, this position is still mine. However, we Chinese pay attention to respecting the old and loving the young, so I will take the initiative to give up this position."

"You are too hypocritical, what is yours is yours, why should you let it go?"

"You country bumpkin, you make me worry about the rest of your life. Do you want your children to treat you like this?"

KC watched Louie and Bird bickering with each other as if everything was the same as it was 30 years ago when Louie first became the head coach.

Neither of them have changed.

But he has changed, he is no longer young, and he is no longer well-known. If the NBA did a historical survey and randomly selected out-of-town fans and asked them who KC Jones was, at least 10 out of 9 people would be confused.

This is the power of time.

But Louie and Byrd's influence transcended time.

Even in another 100 years, whenever someone discusses basketball, someone will mention their name.

How did it all start?
KC suddenly smiled and said, "Lu, maybe you should give me this position."

Both Louis and Byrd were stunned.

Heinsohn laughed out loud: "KC, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"No no," KC said, "I'm serious. If I hadn't walked out of Greek Academy at the right time, Lu wouldn't have met me. If Lu hadn't met me, he wouldn't have created an opportunity to get close to me and join the Celtics. That summer of 1978, I changed Lu's life, and he went on to dominate the league for 30 years."

KC became arrogant, and he finally became young: "Yes, due to emotion and reason, I should sit in the center. My decision 35 years ago changed the NBA and changed everything."

Bird stared at Louis with wide eyes, which meant: Is this really the case?
Louis could foresee that this story would become the NBA version of "If Qiu Chuji hadn't passed by Niujia Village", is it true?Yes, that's right, if it wasn't for KC, Louis doesn't know what will happen afterwards, but he can be sure that the past 35 years are the best years he has experienced in his previous life and this life, magnificent and wonderful, unrepeatable.

And the person who started this period was KC.

In this way, he is indeed one of the two most important nobles in Louis' life.

So, Louie got up and said, "I've had enough of sitting here like an idiot, KC, it's yours, and I'm going to put 1 POSS beside you!"

In the end, the group photo centered on KC was not passed on to the outside world, and it became KC's private collection.Since then, he always likes to open the photo album to look at those photos. He always feels that if he looks at the radiant Louis in the photos, even he himself becomes younger.

However, in fact, they are no longer young.It's just that Louis used his lasting dominance to let people remember his youthful appearance.

He set foot on the top of the mountain and stayed there forever.No matter how long time passes, great legends are destined to be engraved in the memory of fans.

He will not grow old.forever.

(End of this chapter)