The Rest, Only Noise Chapter 1465

Why do you always look so happy? West asked a question that left Louie speechless. He is always so happy?

is this real? In all fairness, the Lakers' six years have been far more enjoyable than the Knicks' nine years. However, if you compare the first six years of the Knicks with the six years of the Lakers, Louis will choose the first six years of the Knicks.

With Duncan and Bodi Loga deciding early on to leave the team, the Lakers' power transition wasn't as dramatic as the Knicks', and Louie didn't need to be distracted.

But West would be wrong to say that he is always happy. Louis did not refute, but just smiled; "Because I am a baby boomer, John Lennon made my generation understand early on that the true meaning of life is to make yourself happy."

West stared at Louis closely, as if trying to find something in his eyes.

He can't find anything because he can't read minds.

"Speaking of happiness, Jerry, you said winning as a player and as a manager doesn't make you happy, so I'd like to know, is there anything in your life that actually makes you happy?"

West thinks back on those big moments he has experienced, mostly related to failure.

Frustration overwhelmed those triumphant moments, and when he did succeed, the people around him laughed, and he just barely smiled.

The end of this memory path is before he really became Jerry West—before he

, the man who gave him life, Howard West was drunk as always, so he wanted to use violence on him. West decided to end this kind of life. He took out the gun hidden under the bed and pointed at the alcoholic. He let the other party know that if this kind of life did not end, he would end the other's life.

Howard West never abused his son again, but the trauma was formed and Jerry West would never be a cheerful kid again.

The unbearable memory made West's hands tremble. He shook his head and said: "No, if I have to find one special thing from my memory, it should be the night I retired...Russell came to the scene, He said some nasty things, and that was a big deal to me, in those days, as a professional player, the highest honor you could get was respect from your opponent.

Louie knew what West was talking about.

Now he can be regarded as an expert on the history of professional basketball. On Jerry West Night that year, Bill Russell became the second (1) Celtic player to confess to West.

He faced West in front of tens of thousands of Lakers fans and said: "Jerry, I love you and hope you will always be happy."

"Times are really different." Louie lamented hypocritically, "I don't see this kind of pure love among players now. Patrick Ewing only wants to kill his opponent. Benj doesn't care about anything but the championship. I It's hard to imagine them saying they love you to their opponents.

West couldn't help giving Louis a white look.

Anyone can say this, but Louis is not qualified to say it.

After the 1993 finals, Louis made a curse of "you will never win a championship" to the crying Jordan, which has become a classic NBA story.

Ewing may be mean, Wilson may be a victorious maniac, but Louie is the **** who has no respect or love for his opponent

asshole.

West really had a hard time imagining what kind of **** would say that kind of hurtful thing to a man on the verge of a breakdown.

Even the most basic decency is gone!

Afterwards, Louis and West chatted about regrets.

This is another topic that can easily lead West to PTSD. Louie's biggest regret is not playing more Temple tactics with the Lakers.

In fact, he almost failed, if the Knicks hadn't risen in the last game,

There is no chance of building a temple at all. This regret sounds more like Versailles.

West's regret is that he lost many key games, and Louie's regret is that he is not satisfied with the winning process.

Today, West said one more thing.

his widow

Regret is not just a failure on the court, but also many unsaid words hidden in his heart.

"Elgin left early in 1972 to my chagrin, and I could never accept that I didn't have his mark on my championship run. But I never told him how I felt. That's something Louie knew early on," Keith said. Mitt Washington was a promising player, he would have been a lot better if he hadn't thrown that punch, in that day and age his behavior made life hard for him, I know that but I don't Talked to him before he left..."

West said a lot of things he could have done but didn't do. "That's one of my big flaws, I can't always say what I feel before it's too late."

Louis teased; "For someone as legendary as you, your perception of yourself is really strange. I have never seen a superstar despise yourself like you do."

West smiled slightly, and he could hear that Louis was complimenting himself.

It didn't make him happy.

In fact, even today, he doesn't know if he deserves the life he has now, he's richer than he ever imagined, but he can't find a reason to convince himself that he deserves it.

This makes him unable to respond to compliments from others.

He feels uncomfortable when someone compliments him because he has never been able to get any approval from the person he most wants to be recognized.

West remembered many things. After his father died, he watched a movie for a month. The movie was called "I Never Sang for My Father" (INeverSangforMyFather1970), and there was a line in it: Death ends took a life, but

year it won't end for a while

in the minds of the living,

Stuck, heading for some kind of exit that may never be found. His father's abuse and a series of failures against the Celtics are destined to become a shadow that haunts him all his life.

West remembered Louie's previous advice, but he always felt that he could do more. However, when things could not be changed, he still chose to punish himself and asked himself again and again "what else can I do?" ?”. He didn't even dare to face the really cruel and painful problem.

That question is, what else can he do to win his father's love? His favorite son, David, had died with the wind, and the worthless Jerry could never satisfy him. Whenever he thinks of this, he will have the urge to kill himself, but when he wakes up, his innate imagination and endless curiosity will push him to persevere, maintain vitality and positive attitude, and devote time and a lot energy to work, to live long enough

Long enough to see how things go.

This means that Jerry West has given up on reconciling with himself, he can't find the exit of the shadow, but he still

Exploration of life and self-destructive tendencies strike an eerie and fragile balance in him.

Leaving the Lakers is the beginning of a new life for West.

At the end of the private meeting, West asked Louie, "What are your plans for the future?"

Luigi said: "After the national team work, I will rest for a while, how about you?"

West said, "I'm going to Korea with Karen." "Korea?" Louie asked unexpectedly, "Traveling?"

"No, I just want to see the land where my brother fought.

Seeing Louis looked puzzled, West explained: "My brother, David West served in South Korea... No, it should be called North Korea at that time. David is the most talented of our brothers. One, the whole family is proud of him, no matter what he does, he can do the best.

Louie asked softly, "How is David now?"

"He died~www.mtlnovel.com~ West calmly remembered the morning that changed the West family forever, "He died in North Korea."

Now Louie finally knew what to do with the vague animosity he'd felt toward West for the past six years. Louie believes there's a lot going on with West that he doesn't know about.

thing, but knowing about it is enough.

(1) The first Celtics player to confess to West was Havlicek. After defeating the Lakers in the 1969 Finals, Hondo said to West: "Jerry, I love you, you He is a real champion.” PS: Before I wrote basketball articles, I read a lot of basketball articles, and all the basketball articles before that were basically the same, portraying the LOGO man as an approachable person, and for Chinese/Chinese/Asian The main character has a crush on a celebrity, and I did the opposite in the Lakers chapter. During the serialization of Noise, I read a lot of materials. The articles about West, especially the articles written for him by the media people when he was a player, often said that he was "always unhappy". I was very strange at the time. The sky is not happy, could it be Yuyu? I ended up reading West's autobiography. He was really depressed, and he was depressed for a long time. Flawed, extremely emotional, and a perfectionist (how perfect? He forgot all his achievements on the court, but remembered a stupid mistake he made decades ago) However, his player career was accompanied by a lot of imperfections, which exacerbated his internal friction.

I am personally not satisfied with the shaping of West in the Lakers chapter, and I hope to have the opportunity to do it again in the future.

Chapter end

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