Chapter 912: Giving Too Much
What is the pattern of Li Liang's four-year NBA career?
In general, there are three main rules:
First, teams are different every year.
Second, you can win the championship every year with a different team.
Thirdly, every year on a different team there is the same coach – Mike Brown.
Since the Los Angeles Lakers, the two have formed an indissoluble bond.
Mike Brown's coaching fate has also been rewritten since then, and he began to wander with Li Liang.
For this reason, Mike Brown began to face a lot of opposition from his family.
After leaving the Clippers, his children had to follow their father from school to school.
One time to Indiana, the next time to Russia, every time you leave a city, it means that you have finally become accustomed to life, and you have finally begun to integrate into the social circle, which is indeed a harm to the child.
In the fifth year, after Li Liang decided that he was going to leave the city again and go to a new place, Mike Brown's wife hoped that her husband would stop migrating.
"Why don't you marry Bruce Lee." The wife even said angry things like this.
Mike Brown thought about it, but unfortunately he didn't have that opportunity.
In the offseason, Mike Brown attended several training camps, training with the stars and learning new things about coaching.
For anyone who works in basketball, learning is endless.
In this highly competitive league, there are new changes every season.
If you dwell on past glories and achievements, you will soon become a stepping stone for others.
While Brown recharges his batteries, he is also keeping an eye on the progress of the Olympics.
He was originally offered to join the U.S. national team coaching staff, but after weighing it up, Brown turned it down.
The coaching staff for the Olympics is too busy, and he still needs to spend more time with his family.
Li Liang's Olympic silver medal result surprised Brown and felt normal.
This guy is really too strong.
After watching his Olympic games, Brown determined that Li Liang was still improving.
It's horrible.
As for which team Li Liang will go to in the future, Brown doesn't care very much.
He has only one year on his contract with the Thunder, and since June, as soon as the Finals are over, Brown has been contacted by a number of teams asking him to go.
Some teams are hoping that Brown will bring a new twist to the team.
Some wanted to use Brown as a lure to attract Li Liang.
Some need Brown's experience to deal with Li Liang.
Brown refused one by one, and the objects of rejection included strong teams such as the Cavaliers, Lakers, and Warriors.
He was waiting for the man's call.
Even if his family objected, he couldn't resist the temptation to develop the best player in history.
On August 22, the news of James joining the Warriors came as a surprise to Brown.
He didn't expect that the arrogant little emperor had been tortured by successive runners-up and embarked on the most difficult road.
The name of the second thousand-year-old is really uncomfortable.
Kobe Bryant was right, the runner-up was the biggest loser.
Now that James went to the Warriors, it was impossible for Li Liang to go to Oakland.
Brown really wants Li Liang to go to the Bay Area, where the living and working environment is really good.
It's a pity that Li Liang didn't.
Brown was ready to go to some backcountry.
As a result, on August 23, Brown received a call from Li Liang.
Few people know Li Liang's mobile phone number, and only the best friends around him have his mobile phone number.
When Brown saw Li Liang calling, he knew in his heart that there must be somewhere to go!
Hurriedly answered the phone.
"Hi Mike, I've got a new job."
"Congratulations to Bruce, then I have a new job."
"That's right, new job, in Sacramento, California."
"Sacramento? God, you've taken one of the hardest paths. ”
"Yes, it's tough, and hopefully we'll have a good season together. I'm coming to Sacramento tomorrow, we have some things to discuss, and your contract, I've already gotten through Divac, and I'll give you a good deal. ”
The two have worked together for many years, and there is no need to say much polite words.
Brown's heart was filled with joy, and he didn't even discuss it with his family, but told them the news directly.
After an argument, Brown told his wife that he would stay in Sacramento for at least three years and not worry about changing places.
The wife then gave up and agreed to allow her husband to go to Sacramento to work.
On August 24, Brown rushed to Sacramento to report to Sacramento, and Li Liang and Divac personally drove to the airport to pick up Brown.
However, in the car, Brown heard the shocking news that he had been invited to the Kings this time, not as head coach, but as an assistant coach.
"What? Assistant coach again? I've been an assistant coach for three years now. ”
After leaving the Lakers, Mike Brown has served as an assistant coach with the Clippers, Pacers and Thunder.
Although he won a lot of championships, the downmotion from the championship coach to the assistant coach still had some impact on him.
At the very least, his son can't always see him on live TV, and the TV station doesn't give much footage to the assistant coach.
Hearing the news, Mike Brown felt a little dissatisfied.
Because as far as he knows, the Kings have never hired a new head coach.
He thought it was finally time for him to make a big difference, and he knew that he was still an assistant coach.
He looked at Li Liang and said, "Bruce, you didn't tell me that you were an assistant coach before you came, in fact, I can be the head coach." ”
Li Liang said: "That's right, I know you have the ability Mike, but the king already has a head coach candidate, and he is very compatible with you." ”
"Who? Lou? Why is he? Tyronn Lue also ended his career as an assistant coach with the Cavaliers after the Finals.
Mike Brown thought the Kings had made Lue the head coach, and he, along with Mike Brown, worked as an assistant coach with the Clippers.
With Owen and George as the core, the Cavaliers will embark on a new rebuild program.
Li Liang shook his head and said, "Lu, like you, is the team's assistant coach, as well as D'Antoni. ”
Mike Brown was taken aback.
Tyronn Lue and D'Antoni are both people in the league who can be head coaches.
D'Antoni, in particular, was the best coach and spent some time as an assistant coach in Philadelphia last season.
The Houston Rockets are said to have asked him to be head coach in June.
But after some trade-offs, D'Antoni gave up, mainly because he thought the Rockets had Dwight Howard and didn't match his style of play.
Didn't expect him to accept the invitation of the assistant coach of the Kings?
It's hard to believe who the new head coach of the Kings is that D'Antoni is willing to be an assistant coach?
"Who the hell is the manager? Don't... Could it be Phil? ”
Mike Brown thought of Phil Jackson, who had been rumored to want to step out of that muddy puddle in New York and get back in charge.
It feels like Phil Jackson has such a big face that he can let Lu and D'Antoni be his assistant coaches so quickly.
Unexpectedly, Li Liang shook his head and said, "Phil is no longer good, he is already a person from the previous era." The new head coach is a brand new, rising newcomer who will surely shine in the coaching world! That person, that is, me, Bruce Lee! ”
Mike Brown was stunned, Li Liang even had to do the work of a coach?
But it's normal to think about it, as a player, he may really have no desire.
Only by being a coach can he satisfy his desire for control.
"So... So how did you come to coach Lu and D'Antoni under your command? Do they know? And so they agreed? ”
Divac replied to Mike Brown's question, "They said yes because... We give too much. ”
"How much?" Brown asked.
Divac gestured to Mike Brown and told him what his salary would be when he came to Sacramento.
Brown pushed down his glasses and said, "I'd love to be an assistant coach, and I've done a great job in the last three years, winning three championships, and I think I qualify for that." Not for the money, I just wanted to work with Bruce Lee. ”