roccoschili Chapter 276 Money can't buy happiness...?
Chapter 276 Money can't buy happiness...?
Chapter 276 Can't Money Buy Happiness?
Louie sat at home and changed the 1984 draft and the fate of multiple teams.
Both of the Knicks' deals were his suggestions.
They did, and it was a vote of honor, and the Knicks proved how hungry they were.
Jordan went to the Trail Blazers, Barkley went to the Bulls, Bowie went to the 76ers, and Stockton went to the Knicks.
What kind of butterfly effect these drafts will have is something Louie cannot predict.
After seeing Stockton being drafted by the Mavericks, he stopped watching.He knew that the Mavericks' draft picks would be traded to the Knicks, and he also knew that his plans behind the scenes had all come true.
Now, what he has to do is to prepare a speech for the championship celebration, and then make a high-profile announcement of becoming a free agent to see if there is a more suitable team than the Knicks. If not, New York is his next stop.
On June 6, the Celtics held a championship celebration at the downtown plaza in Boston.
Also in attendance was their rookie pick of the year, Jim Peterson.
They listened to Louie's last suggestion and recruited a reliable substitute for the team's inside line.
Seeing the Celtics take down Peterson, Louie was a little frightened.Getting Peterson means that the Celtics have no dead ends in the lineup.
Sampson, Lambiel, Maxwell, Bird, Peterson, five people are enough. Well, if Bird is not counted as an insider, there are only 4 people, which is still a bit thin.
But in Louie's system, Bird has to play the fourth position for 10-15 minutes every game. Sometimes, he will make a living and let Bird play center.
The effect is surprisingly good, so even if Louis is not around, his successors should not foolishly tear down his system and rebuild.
Does anyone really think they can build a better system than 87-12?Can't.
The current offensive and defensive system of the Celtics is the painstaking effort that has been condensed in six years since Louis entered the industry in 1978.
After many trials and errors and adjustments, the best solution was integrated.
The only flaw at present is that there is no offensive system that Sampson promotes alone when Bird and Thomas go to rest.
This is the business of the successor. If he has done everything, why should he leave?
On the same day, Louis took the stage to give a speech, and the whole process was unscripted.
"In the summer of 1978, I was just a college student who didn't understand anything. I came to Boston with a dream, eager to enter professional basketball. Then, I saw radicals and conservatives fighting on the street. It was so lively."
The first paragraph of his speech had everyone amused.
"I want to thank KC, he gave me 10 minutes, that crucial 10 minutes, changed my destiny." Of course, also changed the Celtics' destiny.
If it is extended a little further, what will change in those 10 minutes is the fate of the entire league.
"I want to thank KC, without him I can't stand here; I want to thank Reed, there will never be a second general manager who is willing to let a 23-year-old kid become the head coach of the NBA; I want to thank Bill Fitch (booing appears), he taught me the most important lesson as a head coach, don't be too conceited; I want to thank my players, they humbly accept my coaching, endure my bad habits, this journey has come here, I am grateful to everyone."
Louis finally said: "These six years are the best six years of my life, and I will never forget them."
Only Louie made the speech at the championship ceremony look like a farewell speech.
The elderly people have heard another meaning of his words.
After the championship celebrations, Louie signed with a professional agent.
His name is Marcel Thielen, and he is a relatively young professional manager whose main business is in the NFL. Louis is his first NBA coach.
On the same day that Louis announced the signing of the agent, he also announced that he would jump out of the existing contract and become a free agent to accept market inquiries.
In an instant, all the teams with vacant head coach positions submitted offers.
Teams such as the Pacers, Clippers, Bullets, and Cavaliers want to have formal negotiations with Louie.
The top management of the Celtics knew that today would happen, and the core members knew that Louis would leave, but to the outside world, their tone was that they would do whatever it takes to keep Little Lu.
A Celtics publicist told the Boston Globe: "Lu is part of our family, he's an outstanding coach, and for whatever reason, we're going to keep him in Boston."
Then, Louie's agent Thielen received an offer from the Celtics.
$5 million for 180 years
This is a moderate offer, not as rich and powerful as the Knicks, and not as powerful as the Clippers (head coach + general manager).
Afterwards, Louis accepted an exclusive interview with the Boston Herald, expressing that he would carefully consider his future.
Regarding whether he will stay in Boston, he did not give a definite answer.
This can make many people anxious.
On June 6, Bird and Lambiel showed up uninvited.
"A rare visitor!" Louis said unexpectedly.
He invited people in and asked his mother to cook a good meal.
"These two are big men worth seven figures, so we can't neglect them," Louis said.
Lambiel said embarrassedly: "Don't bother, I'll just eat whatever I want, I'm not picky."
Except for saying hello when Bird entered the door, he was silent at other times.
After Li Xuanbing walked away, Louis sat down and brought them wine, and opened a bottle of Coke himself.
"Are you really leaving?" Byrd asked.
"Are you so direct? Don't just talk about other things, just ask questions and talk about what later?"
It's not that Louis didn't expect Byrd to go straight to the point, he just didn't expect Byrd to tell the truth before Lambiel, when he knew how to call Lambiel, the ten thousand-year-old goblin, to come with him.
Then why did you call Lambir here?Fight my kitchen?
"What do you want to talk about?" Bird asked bluntly.
Louis wanted to pick his feet when he heard it. He looked at Lambiel: "Can you find a tape to seal this man's mouth? I can't talk about him talking like this."
Lambiel laughed, took a sip of wine, and said, "Coach, we shouldn't have let you down, right?"
Louie asked him back: "Do you think anyone will be disappointed with an 87-12 team?"
"Then you are not happy with us?" Lambiel asked again.
"Aren't you happy? How could it be? Although most of you are abnormal, I just like the pleasure of being overwhelmed by IQ. Being with you is definitely a pleasure." Louis said jokingly.
Lambiel couldn't understand.
"Since we didn't disappoint you and you had a great time in Boston, why do you want to go?"
In fact, Louis didn't want to tell them about it, it was hard for them to understand.
In a sense, Louie is no different from Isiah Thomas.
They are eager to be successful, to have their names pronounced in bold and capitalized in praise.
But in the Celtics, Thomas was overwhelmed by Bird, and even Sampson was far more popular than him. Louis, like his predecessors, was shrouded in the shadow of the Cardinal.
He was so sure of what he could do elsewhere that he had to go.
How should I tell them about this?
They won't understand.
"I haven't signed with another team yet, why do you think I'm leaving?" Louie asked.
Bird snorted coldly: "If you don't want to leave, why did you declare as a free agent after the championship celebration?"
"Because I want to pursue higher remuneration, Larry, this year is also your contract year, don't you want to make more money?" Louis asked.
Byrd couldn't answer.
"So, you will renew your contract with the team?" Lambir then asked.
"This, I can't guarantee."
"Then you still want to go!"
Louie said realistically: "Whether I go or not is determined by the market, and the highest price wins. If Reid only offers me a contract of 150 million yuan, but other teams offer me a contract of 300 million yuan, should I stay?"
Lambiel said in embarrassment: "It makes sense for you to think so."
"Can money represent everything?" Seeing that Lambiel couldn't make sense, Bird decided to come by himself.
He definitely overestimated himself.
A country bumpkin, who is Louie?After living two lifetimes, what scenes have you not seen before?
Louis sneered, "Can't you?"
"Money can't buy happiness." Bird originally wanted to say that money couldn't buy players like them, so it was a bit too hypocritical, so he changed it.
Louie laughed out loud.
"If you think money can't buy happiness, I can only say that you are using the wrong method." Louis said sharply, "You can use the money to eat the big meals you want, to travel around the world, to see Madonna and MJ's concerts, to go to a strip club and hire all the women to dance on your lap, and to call 10 of the most beautiful women in the local area to stay with you overnight.
Byrd also ran out of words.
Suddenly, Lambiel added: "Money can't buy Larry Bird to play for you."
Who needs Larry Bird?
That's what Louis wanted to say, and he glanced at Bird.
His relationship with Byrd was complicated.They were neither friends nor enemies, and Bird resented Louie's talk of rednecks, and Louie took pleasure in pissing him off.They built an ingenious chemistry over the course of a season, and every time Louie pissed off Bird, it was at the expense of Bird throwing that anger on his opponent.
Louie is an "experienced person". He knows that the opportunity to coach Bird is what many coaches dream of.
Will anyone really turn down the chance to continue coaching Bird and choose to be his opponent?
Louis smiled bitterly: "Yes, this is a fly in the ointment."
Louisuberd and Lambiel dined at home, and he gave them an answer.
If he leaves, it must be for economic reasons.
The answer is basically to tell them, let's go, the Celtics can't keep people.
Only a place like the Knicks, where people have a lot of money since ancient times, will spend 220 million to hire a coach.
As long as Lambiel is off the court, he is basically a gentleman. After all, he comes from an upper-class family, and he does not lack in conversation and etiquette. Bird is more autistic.
After they ate and left, Louie was alone in the room he usually used to plan games, when he was called by an unexpected person.
"Who called?"
"I didn't ask, but it's a little strange."
Louis answered the phone, "Hello, who is there?"
"it's me."
If someone he doesn't know calls suddenly, Louis will definitely not be able to hear it.But this voice, he has heard it too many times in the past few years.He realized who the other party was almost instantly, and was surprised: "Isaiah, I didn't expect you to call me. This seems to be the first time you called me, right?"
Thomas was not even in the mood to greet Louis, and asked straight to the point, "Are you leaving?"
Since he asked directly, why not just answer Louis.
"Yes, will you bless me?"
"why?"
"Huh?" Louis didn't seem to understand what he said, "What?"
"Why are you leaving?"
Anyone who calls to keep Louis is possible.The only thing Louis never imagined was that Isiah Thomas, who had been scolded by him from the preseason training camp to the end of Game [-] of the finals, would actually call to keep him.Generally speaking, when he heard that he was leaving, Thomas didn't slide the rails to celebrate at home, so it was his self-cultivation, right?
"Why should I leave? It's a good question, and I didn't know how to answer you." Louis thought for a while, and decided to maintain the "I value money more than honor" personality in front of the players. "I have been in Boston for six years, and I have achieved a lot. Now I want to pursue higher income. Is it difficult to understand?"
As soon as Louis finished speaking, he heard Thomas gasp on the other end of the phone.
"After all you've done,"
"After all the high-sounding things you've said,"
"After you convinced me to be Larry's shadow, you fucking told me you'd give it up to make more money? What the fuck are you kidding!"
Louie was silent for a few seconds. He thought that people like Isiah Thomas would never be able to understand that in a team destined to achieve greatness, selfless sacrifice is more important than great dedication like Scottie Pippen, Dwyane Wade, Havlicek and others.Now this guy calls and says he's decided to be Bird's shadow?
Am I wrong about him?Louis thought.
"Since you are determined to pursue the answer, then I will tell you the answer."
Louie thought Isiah Thomas was the only problem he couldn't solve with the Celtics.After he's gone, this man will be a ticking time bomb.When he was about to leave, he found that the problem could be solved.Is he going to fix it?Or leave the conundrum to KC?The Celtics were a perfect team in the Finals, but as long as Thomas doesn't get rid of his demons for a day and focus on fighting for honor, then in most cases, they are not perfect.
Even with the hidden danger of Thomas, Louis feels that no other team can beat this Celtics.Their strongest point just restrains the strongest point of the Lakers. If the only Lakers who can challenge them are restrained, what about other teams?
"Because I feel that you can't succeed without me."
"What did you say?"
Louie laughed and said, "Did I not make it clear enough? You can't succeed without me. Because Larry is an arrogant country bumpkin, he doesn't understand you, and he doesn't take care of your emotions and feelings. Even if you speak beautifully with me, your damn vanity will make you do some ugly things after a long time. With me, these problems will of course be covered up. Pretending to be in front of you, you are this kind of person, if you have objections, prove it to me, use your actions, not your mouth."
"Okay, let's see! Let's see who can't do without who!" After that, Thomas hung up the phone angrily.
Let me see, Isiah.
No one can beat you, no one but me.
Louis leaned back in the chair, smiling and closing his eyes.
(End of this chapter)