The plane landed at Sacramento Airport just over half an hour later.

Divac personally drove to the airport to pick people up.

The bearded center of Serbia has an indissoluble love affair with California.

His career began with the Lakers, he was brilliant with the Kings, he once traded for Kobe Bryant, and finally ended his career with the Lakers.

Last year, the king's meritorious veteran became the king's general manager and began to build a youth army from scratch.

Li Liang's arrival disrupted his established plan, but it made him feel extremely excited.

The arrival of Bruce Lee is stronger than all the plans.

After seeing Li Liang, Divac stepped forward and shook hands with him vigorously, which was the meeting gift of a socialist country.

Divac has everything in place.

Accommodation, dinner, a visit to the King's Headquarters, and everything from that.

He arranged it quite thoughtfully, and the group first went to the King's new headquarters at the Kimpton Intercontinental Hotel.

It is part of the "Downtown Community" that the City of Sacramento is building.

The planning center brings together retail, residential, hospitality, and entertainment.

At the heart of the community is the Kings' new arena, Gold One.

Around the Golden One Arena, various living and entertainment facilities have been built nearby, all of which are new and have just opened this summer.

This kind of rejuvenated atmosphere gives people a very good feeling.

After that, the group went to the team's training center, which is still a brand new stadium facility, a high-tech spa, and a professional health team.

Because Li Liang's visit was very sudden, the Kings were not particularly well prepared.

But that's not what Li Liang cares about.

In Divac's office, Li Liang, Ranadave, and Divac sat down to discuss seriously.

Rana Dave conveyed Li Liang's conditions to Divac, "Bruce wants to be the coach of the Kings, and our coach hasn't been decided yet, right?" ”

Ranadave is not tall, he looks skinny and small Indian, he is a little shorter than his daughter.

But he has a resolute look in his eyes, speaks with a soft Indian accent, and uses concise words, which makes him feel comfortable talking to him.

Hearing the boss's words, Divac was obviously stunned, Li Liang actually wanted to be a coach?

To be honest, Divac had never thought of this request.

yes, who would have thought?

If you don't do a good player, you still want to be a coach?

Is this to support my family, and I have to work part-time because I have too little money?

The hard work and pressure of coaching is unimaginable to ordinary people - except, of course, Li Liang's coach.

Divac really couldn't figure out why Li Liang would make such a request.

"Answer me, do we have a coach?" Ranadave asked again, a little impatient in his tone.

On the plane, he said yes, for him, Li Liang doesn't say that he wants to be a coach, you just want to be a general manager, and he can quit Divac now.

The capitalist does not care how affairs are run or how the positions are arranged, he only cares whether the capital will increase in value.

As long as Li Liang can come, it is inevitable that the performance will improve, and the market value of the team will definitely rise, and the ball market will definitely be hot.

So for Ranadave, this condition is nothing at all.

Divac is different, he thinks more from the perspective of basketball, and Li Liang's condition is unheard of.

In the history of the NBA, there are not without successful players and coaches, Bill Russell is needless to say, and Lenny Wilkens, Dave Debusscel (this one is not a success).

However, after the 80s, the player-coach disappeared from the league.

After all, coaches are becoming more and more professional, and not everyone can do it at the same time.

The energy of the players is also limited, and they are assigned to the coaching position, and what to do with the usual training.

Not to mention that the players are not convinced by each other, you can be a teammate, you can be the boss, you have to be a coach?

Why don't you go to heaven?

But Li Liang is different, he can really go to heaven.

Four consecutive championships, two regular season MVPs, and four finals MVPs, he is now retired, and he is all in the top ten in history.

What's more, he is only 26 years old now, which is the year of fighting, and there is still room for improvement.

Put it on any team as a treasure.

What's wrong with being a coach?

Divac quickly figured it out.

Isn't it the coach, it just so happens that the new head coach of the Kings has not yet been decided.

Previously, the Kings brought in the famous coach George Carr to take charge of the team.

As a result, the marshal did not get along well with the king's young men.

Especially the Kings' star Cousins, when the Kings wanted to hire Karl to coach, Cousins and his team were not very welcoming to Carl.

Because Karl's tactical style has always been to despise the stars, focus on the team, and like to play fast breaks.

He has never had a good relationship with the stars.

He had a bad relationship with Ray Allen in the Bucks, and he had a conflict with Anthony in the Nuggets.

But the Kings still think the young Kings need an old-school coach to keep it under the belt.

After all, Carl has a reputation, although he has not won a championship, but it is quite easy to get into the playoffs, and he is one of the few thousand coaches in the league.

But Carl, who had been suffering from cancer, was no longer in his prime.

When he arrived at the King, he did not put the young team together, but instead had some conflicts with the grumpy Cousins.

In the 2016 season, after the Kings missed the playoffs again, George Karl was fired.

After that, Divac began to search for a head coach for the new season.

Before Li Liang made the offer, his eyes were locked on former Grizzlies head coach Jogle.

Jogle's training in the past few years with the Grizzlies is obvious to all, but with the Grizzlies' current roster, their potential has been exhausted and has reached the ceiling of the rise.

After another loss in the first round of the playoffs this year, the Grizzlies announced that they had fired Joegel as head coach.

Divac quickly contacted Jogger, but Jogger did not immediately accept Divac's invitation.

The matter dragged on for the time being, until August.

Recently, Jogger has been talking to the Kings about the details of the contract and is ready to accept it.

How do you know that you will kill halfway to bite the gold.

And this Cheng Biting Jin is not an ordinary Cheng Biting Jin, he is a real Demon King of the Mixed World.

Divac, Ranadave, and Li Liang reached an agreement in the office.

Li Liang will be the new head coach of the Kings and will sign a four-year contract with the Kings with a maximum salary.

This time, Li Liang is not ready to sign another short-term contract and get a small salary.

At the same time, in order not to leave a pretext for the league, the king also wanted to open a coaching contract for Li Liang.

However, the deadline is only one year, and Li Liang also wants to see if he can be the head coach.

After a verbal agreement was quickly reached, both Divac and Ranadave breathed a sigh of relief.

This big fish just fell into his own net.

And I'm going to be here for at least three years.

Ranadave can't wait to announce the news to the outside world.

It's fun and exciting to think that once the news gets out, the king's market capitalization and the company's share price will rise.

Divac, on the other hand, was still thinking about basketball.

He asked Li Liang, "So, who does the assistant coach need to invite?" ”

Divac believes that although Li Liang is the head coach, in fact, a lot of work is estimated to be done by assistant coaches.

So, the position of assistant coach will be very crucial.

Li Liang smiled and said, "I think, you should know the candidates for this position." ”

Divac was stunned for a moment, then understood, and smiled.