Chapter 124: Candidates for Assistant Coaches
Age aside, there is one clear difference between the Heat Big Three and the Celtics Big Three.
The Celtics' Big Three were all traded through trades, and the Celtics traded almost half of the team to the Timberwolves in order to get Garnett, 5 players plus two first-round picks 7 for 1 in exchange for Garnett. Allen was also acquired through a trade, and the two players almost overdrew the Celtics' draft picks for the next few years, and they were completely trading the future for the present.
The Heat is different, whether it is James or Bosh, they are both Heat who joined as free agents, the Heat did not pay any price, and even in order to ensure the balance of salary space, the Big Three chose to reduce their salaries, which also made the Heat lineup more competitive.
Therefore, the composition of the Heat Big Three has a much stronger impact than the Celtics Big Three!
Wang Xiao has set his sights on the Big Three of the Heat, which means that he and his team will face one of the strongest teams in the league in the next few years!
However, the Wizards are not vegetarians either.
Curry, Harden, Paul. George, these three players are not inferior to the Heat Big Three in the future, but they have not fully grown up yet.
After the system is upgraded to version 3.0, you can earn 200 victory points for each victory, and a large number of victory points can make these rookies grow quickly.
But before that, Wang Xiao has one more important thing to do.
Dig people.
In the summer of '10, Suns general manager Steve Brown. Cole announced his departure.
This is an opportunity, if the future initiator of the Warriors' small-ball tactics, Kerr, who led the Warriors to win 3 championships in 4 years, can be recruited as an assistant coach, and the level of the Wizards will definitely make a very good leap!
Wang Xiao remembers very well that after leaving the position of general manager of the Suns, Kerr returned to the work of commenting on the game until he became the head coach of the Warriors in 2014.
After returning to Washington, Wang Xiao immediately heard Cole's phone number and called.
"Hello, I'm Wang Xiao, the head coach of the Wizards......"
Receiving Wang Xiao's call, Cole was a little surprised, but when Wang Xiao explained his intentions on the phone, Cole still paid more attention, so the next day, he took a plane and came to Washington to interview Wang Xiao in person.
To be reasonable, if it weren't for the immaculate, Cole wouldn't be willing to return to the commentary post.
After he became the general manager of the Suns in '07, he orchestrated several trades, most notably with the use of Sean. Marion and Marcus. Banksy for "Big Shark" Shaquille. O'Neal, as it turned out, the trade was a failure, and O'Neal was completely unable to fit in with the Suns, who are good at playing fast-break run-and-shoot.
He also made a few trades afterwards, but all of them had little effect.
In July, Kerr lost the trust of Suns owners when Stoudemire announced his move to the Knicks and failed to retain the team's core.
Kerr has been a professional player, a game commentator, and a team general manager, but this is the first time he has a coaching job, and even Wang Xiao is the first person to want to hire him as an assistant coach.
Wang Xiao is now a legend in the league, becoming the head coach of a team in his early thirties, and in just one season, he led a team at the bottom of the league to the second place in the league in the regular season, and reached the Eastern Conference finals in the playoffs.
And his super vision for selecting players in several drafts has also made many teams blush.
For Wang Xiao, Cole is also very interested, because he also has a plan to become the head coach of a team, and people like Wang Xiao who have achieved unsatisfactory achievements at a young age are naturally his learning goals.
So, Kerr agreed to Wang Xiao's invitation and was willing to become an assistant coach of the Wizards.
But...... At the time of signing the contract, a little problem occurred.
Wang Xiao has the right to trade the team's players and can decide whether each player will stay or go.
But this does not include management personnel such as coaches.
When general manager Grunfield learned that Wang Xiao was going to sign an assistant coach, he immediately exploded.
"What are you kidding? Wang Xiao! You don't have the personnel rights of the team management! This team is not up to you! ”
Facing the angry Grunfield, Wang Xiao seemed very calm. "Mr. General Manager, my decision is for the sake of the future of the team, the team still has flaws, for example, in terms of defense, you can see how bad the team's defense was last season, right? Although the team won the second record in the league and entered the Eastern Conference finals, to be honest, it has a lot to do with luck, and if you don't make some changes this season, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make further breakthroughs in results. ”
To be reasonable, Grenfield wishes that the team's record is bad, and Wang Xiao rolls up and gets out.
But he couldn't say that, and when Wang Xiao proposed to report the matter to the team boss and let the boss make a decision, he still gritted his teeth and agreed to sign Cole.
If even signing an assistant coach is going to alarm the team owner, then he is too derelict as a general manager.
After successfully signing Cole, Wang Xiao actually wants to poach another coach.
Brad, who is currently teaching at Butler University. Stevens, the future famous young coach, Celtics head coach.
However, after calling, Stevens politely declined Wang Xiao's invitation.
Stevens just led the team to the NCAA Finals this year, and lost to Harvard University in the finals.
Unwilling to do so, he wants to make a comeback next year and win the NCAA championship!
Although it is a pity, Wang Xiao can't help it.
If nothing else, Stevens failed to win the NCAA championship next year, and his team fell again in the Finals, and finally in 2013, Stevens chose to join the Celtics as head coach of the Celtics.
The team is in full lineup, and assistant coach Steve Brown has been reinforced. Cole, everything is in place, just the east wind of the new season is just about to start.
But at this time, something happened that Wang Xiao didn't expect.
The Washington Wizards are listed for sale!
According to the Washington Post, the Wizards' acquisition agreement has been officially completed and is subject to review and approval by the league's board of directors.
Since the death of Pauline Sr., the news that his family has begun to try to sell the Wizards has been endless, and there are many interested parties, but because the team is expensive, many people are discouraged.
With Wang Xiao entering the Wizards, the team's record began to soar and became one of the strongest teams in the league, which also made the news of peddling the team gradually decreased.
Wang Xiao didn't remember the information of the team owner very clearly, so he didn't know if the Wizards had changed their owners in another time and space, so he didn't expect that before the start of the new season, the team's owner would actually change.