In the opening game of the 1998-1999 season, the league arranged for the Lakers and Celtics, the old rivals, to win the first prize.

Before the opening, in addition to holding a flag-raising ceremony and a ring ceremony, the Lakers also have to start a retirement ceremony to recognize the ancient giants. Since this season, the Los Angeles Lakers have officially recognized the Minneapolis Lakers' team history and all their honors.

This means the Lakers' history championship +5.

According to Louis' suggestion, the team should retire several Minghu legendary players to demonstrate their orthodoxy. The first person to retreat was George McCann.

But the old man has a personality. He actually doesn't want to enter the genealogy of Luohu, but no matter what, he, a basketball man, is destined to be in the long river of basketball history, while the old players who fought with him were not interested in it.

Except for the current Luohu, there will never be any team that will recognize their glory.

So, McCann agreed to retire the jersey in Los Angeles, but the premise was to first withdraw the jerseys of several of his old teammates. The Lakers had some internal concerns and decided to first withdraw the No. 19 jersey of legendary power forward Vernmikkelsenpf from the 19th century.

The old man spent his entire career in Minghu. In that era when Zhang Heli claimed that he was not bleeding or blowing the whistle, he played 699 of his 705 games in his career. He was the first generation of Iron Man. His cumulative score exceeded 10,000 and was selected into the second team of the best team four times. He was one of the main merits of the Minghu Dynasty.

The most important thing is that the old man is still alive and can visit the scene in person. So he decided to be the first to withdraw his jersey.

Micholson delivered a touching speech, highlighting how difficult the conditions were back then and how profound the friendship between him and his teammates was. Now that they have achieved success, they will shine on professional basketball with the Los Angeles Lakers' Daming, but many old brothers who are bleeding and sweating together cannot see it.

Speaking of the emotional part, the old man hugged and cried on the stage with McCann, who could no longer get up.

Finally, Micholson announced that although his jersey has been retired, anyone who wants to wear the Lakers' No. 19 in the future doesn't need to ask him for his opinion, just wear it.

Because it would be meaningless if the jersey was not worn.

Louis admires Michelson very much. Although with the physical condition of this old man, he may not be able to fight in the contemporary era and has to bring his talent overseas, he is not bad.

But although his last words opened a convenient door for future generations, he was also overthinking.

No. 19 is a number that is so biased, but it is true that even dogs don’t wear. He dares to bet Ewing’s sexual blessings in the next ten years. There will be no second Lakers player to wear No. 19 in the next twenty years.

The scenery is all about the Lakers, but the pain is about the Celtics.

The failure of last season proved that Hill's deal for Pipen was wrong. But, the transaction has been made, what can they do?

Since Pipen believes that he deserves a higher tactical status, the Celtics decided to design a tactical system with Pipen as the core of offense and defense starting this season.

With this instruction, Chuck Day used practical actions to prove its difficulty.

Daly chose to resign before the preseason training camp opened, and had no intention of becoming a coach again, so he slipped directly to the TV station to be a guest. The current head coach of the Celtics is... (Are you ready? Take a deep breath)..

——Isia Thomas!

Louis had nothing to say except shouting Juejuezi.

He remembered that the deal Hill had exchanged for Pipen was done by Thomas? What is this? You have to eat your own bastard, no matter how bad you are!

Louis couldn't forget the feeling of shaking hands with Thomas before the opening game.

Thomas looked proud and looked like he looked so proud that Louis wanted to recall the kid how he was pua back then. "Coach Lu, long time no see."

Thomas asked ok.

"Stop talking about anything, Isaiya, being a coach is simply the biggest miracle of the NBA modern era. I can only wish you better every year."

Louis finished speaking from the bottom of his heart, and Thomas was even happier.

It turns out that distance creates beauty. After a long time no see, even Louis can speak human language.

Thomas was even more proud. If the result of this game was not ended with a Celtic defeat of 46 points, he would be happier.

Thomas copied the four-corner offensive tactics designed by Louis for him to use for Pippen. Soon, Thomas encountered a problem.

As a forward holding the ball, Pi Peng has impeccable athletic ability, physical fitness, vision and ball output ability, and is definitely a good material for playing the core.

However, Pipen lacks the offensive bottoming ability that should be possessed by the core of the ball.

When he encountered a deadlock, Pi Peng had only one move, which was to shoot. However, his shooting was like a big movie star in the TV industry, and his performance was extremely unstable.

Pi Peng was delayed all night and finally got a quasi-triple double stat with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, but the team suffered a crushing defeat. In addition to basic data, all other high-level data that reflects the performance of the players were terrible.

Thomas's face was gloomy and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In addition to knowing that Pippen is not able to be competent for the offensive core positioning, Louis also knows that the Celtics are difficult to make other changes.

Because Sampson is 38 years old, he is much older than two years ago and now he can only play 20 minutes of good goals per game.

If he focuses on offense, he can easily average 20 points per game, but for the Celtics, it is hard to say that he has to take into account the defense.

Although Malone can still swing and his pick-and-roll ability is also the top in the league, he needs to be a pick-and-roll player who can shoot. A ball-holding core like Pipen who can dismantle but cannot shoot is not suitable for partnering with any pick-and-roll finisher who likes to dismantle and do things.

After the game, Louis suggested to Thomas as a good man: "Isaiah, listen to my advice and trade Scotty. The Celtics still have hope of turning things around, otherwise..."

Thomas asked, "Or what?"

"Otherwise..." Louis said hurtfully, "The only meaning of your existence is to create a good offensive environment for Ralph, so that he can surpass Kareem in total score as soon as possible and become the NBA history's total scorer."

Thomas said, "Ralph said he doesn't plan to withdraw from the playoff level. If the only meaning of his career is to break those so-called records, then it's better to retire!"

Louis smiled sarcastically, "But if you continue to coach like this, Ralph may not be able to participate in high-level confrontation in the end, and there is no hope of surpassing Karim in total. Look at what you did. I have thrown away all the old routines like the four-corner attack decades ago. You are still a treasure."

"This is our internal affairs and has nothing to do with you!" "Then I wish you good luck for the last time."

"Goodbye, Isaiah, I hope you can coach at least one full season." The relationship between Louis and Thomas will never be repaired.

As time goes by, things will only become increasingly irreparable for people like Thomas.

Now, Thomas wants to prove that he can do better than Louis back then, but his first step was completely denied by the other party.

This hit Thomas a big blow. He calmed down and thought for a while, and then came to a conclusion.

As a coach, he is wise and will never be wrong. So who is wrong? Of course, it is Pi Peng, a waste who wants both but is not useful.

But then again, who traded the waste to Boston? You can't think about it carefully, otherwise Thomas' self-esteem will not be able to bear it. The new season will begin.

Louis thinks this year will be a relatively sad year. The Lakers have won two consecutive championships, and all teams chasing three consecutive championships will encounter a lot of shit.

The Lakers have the best cultivation soil for this type of business.

Especially when they have a large number of young people who want to prove themselves, the friction between themselves and the team, the contradiction between personal will and collective needs will spark fiercely.

This was a destined year, and Louis was ready to accept the challenge.

He can't resolve the conflict, let

It is difficult for young people to settle down, but he can frame them. This skill has been perfected in the late stages of the New York Knicks.

For him, it doesn't matter what kind of problems the Lakers have. He only has one thing left to do.

Run in with Body Loga, Garnett, Kobe, Duncan, Nash, Wilson's chemistry, play the perfect beautiful basketball, and see the real temple before the end of this contract.

The rest is not important.

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