On May 6, 1999, Sterling and Stevens formally signed an agreement to buy the Clippers. After the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", Stevens held a press conference with Andy and Sterling, officially announcing the change of ownership of the Clippers and announcing that Andy Smith will become the new manager of the Clippers and help the team complete the construction.

On May 7, the new manager of the Clippers, Andy Brown. Smith announced that the team fired a large number of team management, including the former Clippers manager, team doctor, and head coach, and the team doctor was led by the famous kinesiology Wells, and formed a professional medical room consisting of 5 kinesiology experts and 2 nutrition experts, while the new coach of the Clippers who attracted attention did not move.

The media reported this, but everyone was not optimistic about Andy as the manager of the Clippers, thinking that he was too young, only 22 years old, and just took over the team and replaced the entire management, which is his immature performance, and experts are even more optimistic about the Clippers, believing that the Clippers will still be at the bottom of the league in the new season, the future of the Clippers is worrying, and the team's head coach problem will be difficult to solve. The one-sided criticism did not attract much attention because the playoffs were about to begin.

Andy and the former Clippers manager, after handing over the formalities, immediately entered work mode, and he had previously contacted Bill. Coach Fitch, but was directly rejected by the other party, Andy first sent a trade intention to the Nuggets and the Trail Blazers, and then arranged for an assistant to follow up, and he came to Bill Fitch's home alone and decided to personally visit the coach handpicked by Tiger.

"Young man, I've made it clear that I'm going to retire and I'm not going to be the head coach of the Clippers." In Bill. At Fitch's home, after Andy introduced himself, the coach immediately understood Andy's intention and refused directly.

"Coach Fitch, you're a legendary coach who has achieved a lot of things, including an NBA championship, but you're left with the title of the first 1,000-defeated coach, and I know that's an unfair assessment of you. This is due to some issues with the Clippers, and I regret that, so I hope you come back to the Clippers and wash away those shames. ”

"Young man, I don't know if you're overconfident, but now the Clippers are still the bottom team in the league, a rotten team, how can they move forward in turmoil?" Fitch, who was born in the military, spoke very directly.

"I think you've read some of the recent reports that the Clippers have changed hands, the team's management has all been replaced, and our new owner, Mike Brown, has changed hands. Mr. Stevens, is a man of aspirations, and if I say that he didn't buy the team to make money, I don't think anyone would believe it, but I can guarantee that he won't damage the team's interests in order to make money. Andy began to give Fitch a serious introduction to the current state of the Clippers.

"The Clippers selected the champion last year. Washington, is a very good player, many people say that he will be the next Jordan, but I think he will surpass Michael, after the acquisition is completed, the team invited a group of well-known kinesiology experts, set up a medical room, they do not need to be responsible for the team, only responsible for the player's body, which is unprecedented in the league at this stage, but it shows the determination of the team, we will always be ambitious and pursue the team. ”

"I'm surprised by what you said about the medical room, and the management of the team can see the courage of the new owner, but how do you prove that Tiger. Will Washington be a player who surpasses Michael? To be honest, his performance in the first year may be a little dazzling, and that is also because the Clippers are too bad, and at the beginning of the regular season, many teams were mainly running-in and did not show all their strength, there was a lot of water here, and he did not participate in a real tough game. Coach Fitch's words were not optimistic about Tiger, which made Andy a little unhappy.

"Proof? Like you said, for some reason, Tiger's first season was crippled, something that has passed, and no one can make it up. A testament to Tiger's strength? Andy smiled wickedly.

"I know Tiger. Washington has been around for 10 years, and what others will do in those 10 years, I don't know, but I can tell you what Tiger has done in 10 years. 'Basketball' Tiger has been training basketball every day for 10 years, he doesn't have a girlfriend, he doesn't drive, he doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't club, he spends most of his day giving basketball. Maybe you want to say that basketball is about talent, not training hard to surpass Michael Jordan. Let me tell you, I don't know if I can succeed without talent, but if I have talent but don't work hard, I must not succeed. Even if you watch a video of a game between Tigwick Forest and the Clippers in college? You didn't, you just judged him based on media reports, so what are you here for me to prove? Proof that you will believe it? Coach Fitch, maybe the year away from mainstream basketball has made you take basketball with you, maybe my arrival today is a mistake in itself, I don't think we need to continue talking, I can only tell you at the end that if you agree to be the new head coach of the Clippers, the owner and I will not interfere with your work on the team, you have the absolute right to speak on the team and in the locker room. If you think it through, please contact me within five days, and if you don't get a call within five days, I'll turn you down for the Clippers and I'll contact another coach. Good bye! Andy stood up and left Bilfitch's house.

Talent? Prove? Fuck it up. Coach Fitch's skepticism towards Tiger itself made Andy very unhappy, and then the talent, which was Andy's hard injury, and Andy, who opposed inviting Fitch at the beginning, also spoke sharply in a very unhappy mood. But back in the office, Andy, who calmed down, regretted it a little, how to say that Fitch is also a legendary coach in the NBA, he is a little impulsive today, and the outside world looks down on him, which has made him under a lot of pressure recently, and today he is even more out of shape. Self-review for two minutes, there are too many old foxes to deal with in the future, so you should pay attention to staying calm.

After self-review, Andy picked up the papers on the table and looked at them, in addition to the head coach, the team still has a lot of things waiting for him to deal with. The Nuggets are interested in a trade and have already given a reply, and all that remains is to rip off and see if they can get a bigger benefit. After all, the Clippers' guaranteed No. 4 pick this year is still very tempting. The Trail Blazers rejected the trade outright, and it is not difficult to see that the Trail Blazers still have great expectations for Jermaine O'Neal. Andy took a closer look at the Clippers' current roster and dialed the Trail Blazers' manager.