MTL - The Rest, Only Noise-Chapter 22 Tired Bishop

The Celtics' record was like a mess, and Louis was on a business trip with a high-profile attitude of nothing to do with himself.

But he didn't find a second target other than Laimbeer. Although there were many scouting reports, the only one he wanted the team to draft was Laimbeer.

His name is also considered a little famous among the management.

Everyone knows by now that the Celtics have a 19-year-old scout "Kim".

And, Clippers owner Irving Levine praised him.

It also turned out that the two players he recommended, John Long and Maurice Cheeks, both had outstanding performances in their rookie seasons.

In this case, Louis added some pressure.

The Celtics' internal turmoil continued.

Especially Auerbach and John Y. Brown, according to media disclosure, after the team trade, the Celtics' selection list was selected by Brown.

This can explain why three of the four players acquired from the Braves were traded by Auerbach more than halfway through the season.

This is his positive response to Brown.

Brown's intervention made Auerbach's job tricky, but he did everything he could to get good players for the team.

Like Chris Ford and Rick Robey C, the third overall pick in the 1978 draft. The man was a white center who had been on the cover of Sports Illustrated in college. Like most white players on Sports Illustrated, their skin color makes them overrated.

When the Pacers couldn't convince Bird to enter the draft, they traded the No. 1 overall pick to the Blazers' third overall pick in equal measure.

There is only one reason for this puzzling operation, they really have no money, so they try to save money.

But from a professional standpoint, that's too bad.

They were equivalent to switching the opportunity to own Bird to the No. 3 pick, and then the No. 3 pick lost patience after less than half a season of inspection, so they made a trade with the Celtics and got Billy Knight. Knight was one of three players acquired by the Celtics in a team-swap trade, and the only player on the rise in that trade. But he left his peak in the ABA, and his style of play was out of tune with the Celtics, so he could be replaced by a young No.

The Pacers are equivalent to replacing the opportunity to get Bird to Billy Knight, and its far-reaching extent is no less than the Hornets' exchange of Kobe for Divac.

Brown was reluctant to relinquish control of the team and considered himself a great leader like Auerbach. Isn't that the champion? His previous team got it too, albeit in the ABA.

In February 1979, Brown had dinner with Knicks general manager Eddie Donovan and owner Sonny Wemblin during a Celtics road game against the Knicks.

As they drank spirits and discussed the needs and desires of the team, it was clear that Brown was smitten by Bob McAdoo. The next morning, Auerbach's team heard the news that the Celtics might trade Bob McAdoo.

The news seemed groundless because they had never heard of it.

Auerbach personally called Brown, who assured and swore that it wasn't the case.

A day later, Auerbach learned in the morning that Brown had taken the plunge and traded three first-round picks for McAdoo from New York.

The three first-round picks were a rebuilding resource that Auerbach painstakingly traded over during the season, and even McAdoo, who was involved in the trade, complained that he could play for any city except Boston.

In the entire history of the Boston Celtics, no player has ever led the league in scoring. This is the opposite of Auerbach's concept of a team when he built a championship team.

In the five years before McAdoo came to Boston, he not only won the scoring title three times, but also averaged 23 shots per game. In 1975-76, McAdoo averaged nearly 25 shots per game in his final scoring tour. By comparison, the Celtics' leading scorer, Dave Cowens, averaged fewer than 17 shots per game that season, and the Boston Celtics eventually won the NBA championship.

McAdoo's game was a complete departure from the Celtics' tradition and philosophy of running and finding space.

Auerbach hated trading first-round picks, which violated his bottom line, and he didn't like scorers. Brown's leapfrog drive drove him crazy, which made him want to leave, in fact, he almost left Boston.

The talented Knicks owner Sonny Weblin seized the opportunity and gave Auerbach the most lucrative management contract in sports history.

It was March, and Louie got his driver's license.

With the news that Auerbach might be poached by the Knicks, the angry Bostonians finally had a chance to calm down and pay attention to the Celtics.

Obviously, no one wants Auerbach to leave.

This Jew has reaped the love of the whole city.

The most exaggerated thing is that when Louie finished a stage of work and was about to relax in the bar, he was constantly asked if Auerbach was really leaving.

He knew Auerbach would not leave.

As many people have the impression, before Rick Pitino took over, Auerbach was the biggest real power in Boston's management.

Louis also has such an impression. He also knows that the Celtics have achieved brilliant achievements in the 1980s. This is all related to Auerbach. How could he go?

"I don't know, I really don't know."

Louie was telling the truth, he was just here for a drink, and everyone believed he was 25 years old despite his age.

The legend of "little devil" exists only between management and scouts, and no reporters have reported on Louie.

Therefore, he can talk freely.

"You really don't know?" Diana, the waiter at the counter, an avid basketball fan, described Auerbach's possible move to New York as her parents' divorce.

Louie smiled: "I'd love to tell you, but I really don't know."

A few days later, Louie submitted a scouting report to Auerbach.

The March tournament is in full swing, and Louie is on a business trip again, this time just watching Bird's Indiana State game.

"Your scouting report is a bit short this time." Auerbach is used to Louie's long speeches.

Louis sat casually and said, "Isn't this considering that you are upset recently? Shorten the text to make you less upset."

"Stop doing this!" Auerbach put down the scouting report and asked seriously: "Do you really think Bill Laimbeer is good?"

Laimbeer's reputation has been messed up by college coaches, making Auerbach embarrassed.

Even if he watched Laimbeer's game and didn't find much of a problem, he couldn't see any bright spots.

"Even if he's not as good as I said, we only need to pay a second-round pick to get him." Louie did not intend to bail for Laimbeer, "This price is compared to the price we paid for McAdoo. Is it acceptable?"

Auerbach immediately turned black: "Are you mad at me?"

"Don't dare...I'm not making an injustice for you?" Louie, a traitorous official, slandered, "I finally saved a few first-round draft picks, and I wanted to make a big fight this summer. But it was wasted by the short-sighted 'great helmsman', if it were me, I would have slapped my **** and left!"

Louis said what Auerbach wanted to hear.

But Auerbach knew that "the kid is treacherous", and he was not an idler who would come to the office to flatter him.

"What else do you have?" Auerbach wanted to drive people away.

"Uh...I'm not on a business trip? Larry's game with Indiana is worth watching, maybe I can find good players, so I need money..."

"Again money?"

"Reed, you know me well, I never live in a good hotel, and I don't eat and drink. Every cent of my funds is spent on work. You can't expect me to be a sharpshooter without giving me enough bullets. Right?" Louie handed over the blank check with a smile.

Auerbach reluctantly signed his name on the funding slip, and the amount was 4,000.

That's actually what the K.C. Jones's got on their business trips, and Louie got so much when he was a secondary scout.

The importance that Auerbach places on him is well known within management.

He is only 19 years old. UU reading www.uukanshu.com has amazing insight and a keen sense of smell. During the season, he helped Sanders and Cowens make game plans.

This is a young man who has potential in scouting the players, working behind the scenes, and coaching.

Few have entered the business at his age.

Most of those who enter the industry are business elites or retired on the field. They are all at least 30-40 years old.

Louie is the rare exception.

He happily accepted the payment slip, and was about to leave when he heard Auerbach ask, "Do you know Bill Fitch?"

As a basketball-loving young man who grew up in Cleveland, not knowing Fitch is like a Boston fan who doesn't know Auerbach.

"I know him, he doesn't know me." Louis said bluntly.

Before Louie became a scout, the Cavaliers were his first choice.

Unfortunately, he was out without even seeing Fitch's face.

For the interview that didn't happen, Louie studied Fitch's personality, and now says it all: "He's a great coach, with a very conceited personality and self-respect, very manipulative, able to accept new things, rule the ball. The team is disciplined..."

"Speaking of shortcomings." Auerbach said.

In fact, these advantages of Fitch are, in turn, disadvantages.

"Extremely conceited personality and self-esteem mean that he has a hard time recognizing his own mistakes, a strong desire for control will make him conflict with management, easy to accept new things, and will be disliked by traditional conservatives, requiring strict discipline in the team. High-pressure control for a long time." Louie said sharply, "I don't think this kind of control can last long."

Hearing this, Auerbach showed a strange smile.

"Lu, have you considered coaching in the future?"