Chapter 46: An Invitation from the NBA
A few days later, an exclusive interview about Wang Xiao appeared in XX Sports News.
The newspaper devoted a lot of space to telling Wang Xiao's story, and the headline was quite eye-catching.
"Inspiring! An NBA coaching dream of a Chinese basketball coach. ”
The editor who took the name of the title must have loved the Internet, although it is not yet popular......
Inspirational? Huaxia basketball coach? NBA?
When these keywords are linked together, it is easy to arouse the interest of the audience.
The content of the report is not much different from the story told by Wang Xiao, but after being modified by professional editors, the original twists and turns of the wonderful plot are even more fascinating, and the report of thousands of words is actually written as if it were an autobiographical novel.
As soon as this report was published, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.
The name Wang Xiao is very unfamiliar to many people, but some die-hard fans still feel a little familiar when they see this name.
A little recollection, and they were stunned to find that the name seemed to have appeared a year ago.
At that time, many fans paid attention to the draft, because Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue participated in the draft last year.
At that time, after the draft, some people saw this name from foreign news reports, and it was said that it was due to the stupid selection of Durant with the top pick, and missed Oden and was fired directly by the angry team owner.
At that time, many people were surprised.
What? There are still Chinese people in the NBA as head coaches?
But when they bothered to check, they found that there was very little information they could find, and they couldn't even find a single photo of this guy named Wang Xiao.
In the months that followed, Wang Xiao disappeared from the American sports news, and over time people forgot about the name.
No one expected that a year later, this name would actually appear in the newspaper, and after a cursory glance at this guy's story, it was really the head coach who did things at the draft last year!
And when they read Wang Xiao's story, they were all shocked and speechless.
Awesome!
Can you be the head coach of an NBA team at the age of 30? Yao Ming is so awesome, he can only be a player for the head coach to call!
This man is crazy! Dare to threaten in front of the head coach of an NBA team!
And after the cruel words, he can still mix in the United States, and even almost led the team to win the NCAA championship?
There is no doubt that Wang Xiao's story is full of controversy, full of personality, and full of topics, which are exactly what the people who eat melons are most willing to see.
Life is already so boring and dull, there is no reason to read the newspaper and read that kind of bland narrative with no nutritional value, right?
For a while, when the focus of the whole name was on the Olympic Games, many people paid attention to the name Wang Xiao, and Wang Xiao actually became a little popular in China.
Many people began to dig into Wang Xiao's story, and even many students studying abroad sent back to China what they saw and heard from watching the NCAA.
Wang Xiao's story is so amazing, so magical that it's like reading a novel.
Soon, Wang Xiao had a nickname for domestic fans - Ghost Coach.
More media began to try to contact Wang Xiao for interviews, and even several CBA teams officially sent Wang Xiao an offer of appointment, hoping that Wang Xiao could be the head coach of their club.
But unfortunately, when they started to act, they were disappointed to find that Wang Xiao was no longer in the country.
In fact, the day after the interview was published, Wang Xiao hurriedly got on a plane to the United States.
According to the exclusive news revealed by a newspaper, after interviewing Wang Xiao's parents, they learned extremely exciting news.
The reason why Wang Xiao ended his vacation early and hurried to the United States was because he received an invitation from an NBA team, and the other party was willing to invite him to coach the team.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the domestic basketball world!
Wang Xiao previously served as the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, but he was fired immediately, and even the Trail Blazers did not hold a press conference to welcome the new head coach.
But this time is different, if Wang Xiao can really successfully apply, then he will be the real thing, the first NBA head coach in China!
If Yao Ming's entry into the NBA as the champion indicates that Chinese players also have the possibility of joining the NBA as the main player, Wang Xiao's appointment as the head coach of the NBA will represent that Chinese basketball can also reach the same level as the NBA in terms of coaching tactics!
Many people are looking forward to this moment, and at this time, Wang Xiao has arrived in the United States.
……
The media was right, the reason why he ended his vacation early was indeed an invitation from an NBA team.
Houston Rockets.
When he received a call from this team, Wang Xiao was quite surprised.
The head coach of the Rockets is Rick. Adelman, who took over the coaching whip of the Rockets from Van Gundy last season, had a good record in the '07-08 season, 55-27, and finished fifth in the West.
In the playoffs, they faced the Jazz, who finished fourth in the West, and fell to the Jazz 2-4 in the first round, which was also the second year in a row that they lost to the Jazz in the first round of the playoffs.
Although he didn't get a good result in the playoffs, Adelman's results are already very good, and it stands to reason that he is in a solid position, and the Rockets should not come to him.
However, since the rocket sent an invitation, Wang Xiao felt that it was still necessary to find out about the situation.
If he can really be the head coach of the Rockets, Wang Xiao is quite happy.
The current Rocket lineup can be considered very luxurious.
Maddie and Yao Ming are still at the end of their prime, as well as Battier and Scola These are pretty good players, as long as they can grasp the team's trading rights, trade them while Maddy is still a little valuable in 08, and exchange some potential players, it is easy for the Rockets to enter the ranks of the league's powerhouses.
After rushing to Houston non-stop, Wang Xiao will meet with the general manager of the Rockets, Morey.
Looking at the white and chubby Morey sitting behind the desk in front of him, Wang Xiao smiled slightly.
"Hello, I'm Wang Xiao."
For Morey, Wang Xiao knows a lot about it.
Although he is not a fan of the Rockets, the Rockets, as the home team of China, have heard and seen that Wang Xiao is no stranger to this legendary general manager.
This guy's most classic reinforcement is to spend a lot of money to acquire James in 13 years. Harden, who became the league's best scoring guard after Kobe Wade in the next few years.
From the perspective of a traverser, Morey's vision is definitely quite good, and most of his signings are very cost-effective, Battier, Scola, Landry, Artest, Brooks, Lowry......
Although there are some mistakes, as a general manager, Morey is undoubtedly quite competent.