freeallnovels Chapter 275 The moment when history was revised
Chapter 275 The moment when history was revised
Chapter 275 The moment when history was revised
"Damn it! What's going on?"
The Blazers draft war room exploded as soon as the results came out, with Stu Inman and Jack Ramsey furious and calling front-line staff to find out what they were doing.
The two who made the choice ahead on behalf of the Blazers said tremblingly, "Mr. Weinberg meant it."
Everyone was stunned, thinking that Weinberg said that he wanted to communicate with the staff in front. Although it was very strange, they didn't expect that the boss would go over the management and personally advocate the draft?
This is simply a sign of death!
Weinberg is a real estate businessman, how does he know anything about basketball?
"Got to call Mr. Weinberg to find out!" Ramsay was furious, his plan was ruined, which made him unable to see where the road ahead was.
Stu Inman picked up the phone and called his boss.
Employee questioning boss' decision?
That's deadly in most industries, but not impossible in professional sports, where Weinberg is a low-key, unassuming businessman.
"Is something wrong, Stu?"
Weinberg answered the phone and asked in a flat tone.
"Mr. Weinberg, something happened in the draft. We didn't get the guy we planned."
"Oh yeah, I'm sorry."
"The staff at the front temporarily changed our selection, and they said this is what you meant."
There was ten seconds of silence on the other side of the phone.
"Any questions?" Weinberg asked dryly.
Inman didn't know what would happen next: "We have the most professional management team, you trust us, and we work hard, but now, what you did disrupted the team's plan, and we didn't get the players we needed most."
"The most needed player, do you mean Sam Bowie? The young man who had a seven-hour physical examination (historical fact) during the trial training?"
"Yes, it is."
"You said we needed him, really? Is that true?" Weinberg's words made Inman uneasy, like a different person suddenly.
Weinberg's voice became more and more indifferent: "I looked at our roster and found that we don't need an insider. We have a great inside combination. Mychal averaged 16 points and 9 rebounds per game last season. Wayne Cooper averaged 23 points and 10 rebounds per game in 6 minutes. What we need is not a young man with an uncertain future. What we need is a reliable rebounder. Are you trying to tell me that Sam Bowie will improve our rebounding?"
"But Michael Jordan definitely couldn't improve our rebounding"
"He can change an entire team!" Weinberg's voice turned harsh. "Listen, I'd rather put the future of the team in the hands of a once-in-a-decade guard in the United States than in a seven-hour workout, 'gritty', 'can take any pain', and dare to fight against fate! Especially when there are other options, why should we take risks and not choose someone who is destined to play, and you tell me why?"
Now, Inman can be sure that Weinberg definitely consulted some professional advice.
These words should not be uttered by a real estate businessman.
Weinberg seemed to have been brainwashed. He didn't trust the team's management at all, and only believed in some words that were instilled in him by someone who didn't know.All his modesty and understatement were gone, like an overbearing boss.
"I tell you, either you accept my choice, or you change your boss!"
If a person with a good temper gets angry, the consequences are unpredictable.
Weinberg was too humble and low-key that management didn't take his opinion seriously.If it is replaced by a strong boss, it will inevitably plant fear in everyone's heart.Because the people in management are not afraid of Weinberg, they are not afraid of serious consequences, which may be why they insist on going the wrong way to die.
But now, things have changed.
Louis in front of the TV bit off the pasta in his mouth.
He felt that his nose was about to bleed, and he witnessed the familiar history being torn to pieces by him, and he ran towards an uncertain future.
It felt so unusual.
Jordan's going to the Trail Blazers will affect the structure of the NBA in the next 15 years.
He has to consider how strong the Jordan + Drexler combination will be.
Technically speaking, Drexler is a super wing with stronger offensive ability and more comprehensive, but not as good as Pippen in all aspects of defense.
Jordan is still Jordan.
The Blazers in 1984 were far stronger than the Bulls in 1984. They made the playoffs last season. There are many good players in the team, but they lack a real superstar.
Louis breathed a sigh of relief. He returned Weinberg's favor and corrected the biggest mistake in the history of the Trail Blazers.
Whether you look at this matter in 2024 or 1984, it is a stupid decision for the Blazers to choose Bowie instead of Jordan.
Many historical revisionists always try to use "people at the time didn't know how good Jordan would be" to clean up the Blazers. Is this true?Jordan used a lore to help North Carolina win the championship in his rookie season.Since then, he has become famous in the United States. In his sophomore year, he basically became the best college student in the United States. In his junior year, he defeated Ewing, Olajuwon, Tisdale and other elite players to be elected as the best in the United States.He didn't play a game in the NBA, and the hook built a whole sneaker production line for him. In addition, the moment the Blazers selected Bowie in reality, the boos that resounded throughout the audience were louder than the cheers for the Rockets' selection of Olajuwon as the No. [-] pick⑴.
The Blazers are definitely the team that has been hurt the most by the iron law of "choosing insiders" in history. They missed an obvious superstar, not just Jordan, but any outside player in history can't stop them from picking insiders in this draft. The only thing that can stop them is the owner Weinberg.
Now, the error is corrected, and Louie sits and listens to the two commentators blowing Jordan's bullshit like crazy.
Albert said excitedly: "This guy can't be missed!"
Kidney deficiency commentator Carneseka was full of energy towards Jordan’s collection as if he had eaten a bullwhip: "He can hit key shots, is the focus of attention in the crowd, and can maintain amazing body control in the air. He is a very amazing creator, very similar to Dr. J, but not so big, but definitely belongs to that level. I bet Michael will become a very, very great player. He will become a national-level athlete."
Louie was pleased with the result, and genuinely felt that Stu Inman and all the Blazers fans had to kowtow to him.
They "difficultly" "missed" Sam Bowie, who had "seven hours of physical examination", "recovered after two years of recuperation and made a strong comeback", "perseverance, can bear all pain", "dare to fight against fate", and was forcibly selected by a boss who suddenly played with micromanagement. The future star of "Guy Not to Be Missed", "Dr.
The gap between these two choices is probably just becoming a laughing stock, being put into the NBA’s stigma, writing the most painful page in the Trail Blazers’ tragic draft history, and grasping the future No.1 of the NBA, hundreds of millions of dollars in team appreciation, and winning 2-10 championships, and having the greatest player in NBA history.that is all.
The Trail Blazers selected Jordan, which completely changed their subsequent choices.
The Bulls need a guy who can hit the ball, and they're very pragmatic about taking only the best.
If you can't get Jordan, choose Barkley.
Jordan was "cut off" by accident, and Barkley's draft pick went up three places.
Next, Jordan's teammate, Sam Perkins, one of the All-Americans in 1984, had the same fate and went to the Mavericks.
The 76ers selected Sam Bowie. In this life, his name is no longer associated with Jordan. Maybe future fans will forget him, but at least he no longer has to appear in Jordan's story with the Blazers like a joke.
He's so graceful and decent in his interviews that Louie can't help but feel sorry for him, who was a decent center when he was healthy, though that only took up 54 percent of his career.
In the middle of the draft, a trade happened that didn't attract anyone's attention.
The New York Knicks sent Slip Floyd to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for their 10th overall pick and 1987 first-round pick.
This is a chain deal. The Knicks got the tenth pick in the first round without stopping, and then made a deal with the Dallas Mavericks.
They made a second deal with the Dallas Mavericks. The first-round pick was swapped. The Knicks were the tenth pick in the first round, which was obviously more valuable, so the Mavericks needed to give an extra 1986 second-round pick.
Then, the Knicks used the Mavericks' 15th pick in the first round to select the little-known John Stockton.
The Knicks deal did not cause any splashes in the market, but it caused the Utah Jazz's draft war room to explode.
"Why would Dallas choose John? They never tried him out!"
Frank Lydon held his head and yelled.
Debuschel, who was far away in New York, was sitting next to Weblin. They received a call from the Mavericks and were told that the Jazz wanted Stockton's signing rights, and they felt urgent.
"No, John is going to be a Knick, he's going to wear our jersey."
Debusschere rejected any deal, and then said to Weblin: "Although I don't know that young man from Gonzaga, Little Lu must have his purpose in doing this. There may be something special about that young man."
"So, keep doing what he says." Webling sees the Knicks' performance on draft day as a test from Louie.
If they pass the test, Louis will choose the Knicks.
Since they wanted that young man to change professional basketball in New York, they had to obey him.
Next, the Knicks used their third-round pick to select an even lesser-known international player in Oscar Schmidt.
They have been dubbed by the media as "the silent machines of manic draft day."
Every time the Knicks finished picking someone, there was silence for a while.
Everyone is very strange.
"Who did they choose?"
⑴ Just typing these words makes me angry.What pissed me off even more was Stu Inman's self-clearance years later: "Even on that team, he was hidden." Jordan and Barkley dominated everyone on the draft squad, where Inman watched Jordan for [-] days and said Jordan was hidden by Knight's system?Fuck (don’t think that I wrote in the book that the dominant performance of Jordan and Barkley shocked the media is just embellishment. That is a fact. I checked most of the newspapers of the year, and the excellence of Jordan and Barkley is beyond doubt, and then Inman said that Jordan was “hidden”? This is the same as Harden’s key battles disappearing year after year, nothing to wash)!
275 When reviewing, I found that I missed a paragraph, but it was very late when I found out, so I got up the next day and wrote it again, and it will be updated later.
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