The Lakers played the SuperSonics away, and Qiao Hai took a leave of absence again.

Because the Drew League was playing, the Monterey team failed to find a suitable head coach, so they asked Qiao Hai to go back to play a game, Qiao Hai agreed, and asked Mitch Kupchak for leave.

When asking for leave, Mitch Kupchak hinted to Qiao Hai: "Joe, the Drew League can be broken if it can be broken, and you may not have so much time later." ”

Qiao Hai nodded, he knew that Mitch Kupchak was not optimistic that Kotlambis would be able to hold on.

But no one expected it to be so soon......

The SuperSonics are not a weak team, it can only be said that the Lakers' schedule for the start of the game is a little poor, and playing like this is also related to the opening of the game against a strong team.

The game was also not easy to play, Joe did not even go to Seattle with the team, and the Cortlampis had to rely on Jim Eden and Byron Scott.

Cortlambis changed the starting lineup, this time he finally stopped letting Eddie Jones and Kobe Bryant start together, and the starting power forward was also replaced by Robert Horry, both changes were mentioned by Qiao Hai before, Cotlambis is still not very confident, he chooses to believe Qiao Hai.

However, the key problem came after the game began, Gary Payton single-handedly killed Kobe Bryant, and the old black Olden Polynes on the inside withstood the unexpected outbursts of Shaquille O'Neal, Wenbeck and Rashad Lewis, which caught the Lakers off guard.

The game was very intense, and every moment, the heart of the Côtlampis rose to his throat.

Qiao Hai took the time to turn on the TV and watch the game for a while.

In the crucial game, Cortambis's reaction was still slow, and he was led by the nose by SuperSonics head coach Paul Westfale, who used Gary Payton to prevent Kobe Bryant's single, and Wenbeck Gapolinis's front and back to prevent O'Neal's single.

The Lakers' offensive tactics were directly paralyzed, but fortunately, Paul Westfale's level was average, so the game was played in the fourth quarter, and the two teams were still struggling to interact with each other.

In the last minute, Cortlambis chose to believe O'Neal, but O'Neal hit the iron under heavy pressure, but it was supersonic, and Gary Payton finally hit a three-pointer after missing seven three-pointers in a row, leaving the victory directly.

The moment the ball went in, Qiao Hai sighed and changed the table, he knew that Cortlambises had gone far......

In the first ten games of the season, two coaches, 2 wins and 8 losses.

One-fifth of the schedule has passed, the Lakers obviously can't drag it out, as the general manager of the team, the only thing Jerry West can do is to keep changing the head coach, but unfortunately neither Del Harris nor Kotlambis seems to be able to bring victory to the Lakers.

Jerry West was also watching the game, and the moment Gary Payton hit a three-pointer to give the Lakers a six-game losing streak, Jerry West took out his phone and dialed Mitch Kupchak.

"Mitch, what's going on with Phil Jackson?"

"He's still reluctant to join this season, and he's very resolute."

Jerry West paused for a moment, as if thinking about something.

Finally, he sighed: "Call and tell Kurt to resign at the post-game press conference, and in addition, let China Joe come to me for this ......"

……

After the game, Cortlambis announced his resignation, and Joe Hai, who had been in front of the TV, was dumbfounded, although he thought that Cortlampis would leave class, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, Jerry West only gave Cortlambis two games to prove himself, and after the two defeats, Cortlambis was immediately out of class.

This shows that the management has completely lost patience.

Maybe...... There is another possibility, that is, the team already has a new proposal to save the team, and this new proposal may be - Phil Jackson......

Johi felt that he was about to guess the final ending, but Mitch Kupchak's phone call made him jump straight from the TV.

"Joe, now, go to the headquarters and find Mr. Jerry West, he's waiting for you there......"

……

Knocking on the door of Jerry West's office, this is Joe's third time here.

"Mr. Jerry West, I'm Qiao Hai."

Jerry West sat across from Joe Hai's forehead, and he asked Joe Hay to sit down, and then.

He looked at Qiao Hai.

"Joe, now there's a chance, I don't know if you'd like to try it......"

He spoke.

Qiao Hai guessed correctly, yes, that's right, the opportunity came.

Phil Jackson didn't come, Cortlambis got out of class, and finally, the opportunity came to Qiao Hai.

Qiao Hai's breathing slowed down, and he held his breath and stared at Jerry West, who could notice every time Jerry West's wrinkled skin trembled.

'I asked Cotter to resign and the team is in a bad situation right now, so we need a new coach to lead the team for the time being and help the team out of this situation, and I want to ask, do you have confidence?'

Qiao Hai did not answer directly, but slowly spoke, word-by-word assurance: "Mr. Jerry, thank you for choosing me in this situation, I don't think I will let you down, I promise to bring the Lakers back on track." ”

Jerry West nodded: "If you can help the Lakers get back on track, first of all, I can guarantee that you can lead the team through this season." ”

"Do a good job, China Qiao ......"

The conversation was brief, and Joe Hai stood up and said goodbye to Jerry West with confidence that surprised Jerry West.

Leaving the general manager's office, Qiao Hai went to find Mitch Kupchak again, because his contract had to be re-signed.

"Joe, one-year contract, $500,000 annual salary, $50,000 playoff prize money, regular season league ranking prize money starting at $50,000 for first place, $40,000 for second place, and no reward for sixth place."

Qiao Hai smiled and signed the new contract with a wave of his pen.

"Okay, congratulations, Joe, you're the team's head coach now, although you still have the word acting." Mitch Kupchak congratulated Joe. "I hope you can succeed and remove the prefix of proxy as soon as possible."

Qiao Hai thanked him, he knew very well that in the entire Lakers team, the one who most wanted Qiao Hai to sit in the position of head coach was Mitch Kupchak.

Like Johi, Johi wants to be the head coach of the team, and Mitch Kupchak also wants to get rid of the word assistant and become the real general manager of the team.

So, from this moment on, he and Michkupchak are allies.

It was at the moment when Qiao Hai signed his name again, and the system reacted again, this time with three pieces of information in a row.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for being promoted to Level 3 (the highest level), a new feature has been added to the system function, and all functions have been turned on. The scouting function is upgraded to the silver level, and the quest system opens side quests. ”

"Ding, mission release, main mission: lead the Lakers to win the championship. Rewards: 1 dynasty point, 10 victory points, and a random 100% tactical board. ”

"Ding, mission release, side quest: Lead the Lakers back to the playoffs. Completion Reward: 20 Victory Points. ”

The system has been upgraded, because Qiao Hai was successfully promoted to the head coach of the team, although the word acting has been added, the position of the head coach is real.

So, the system was upgraded, which was also a bonus.

The team didn't hold a press conference for Qiao Hai, this is because they learned the lesson of Cortlambis, if Qiao Hai also did not do well, and the Lakers had to change the coach, then this press conference would be meaningless, but would be ridiculed by outsiders.

The team hasn't returned from Seattle yet, so Qiao Hai hasn't officially taken up his duties.

After signing the contract, he had nothing to do, turned around and went home, ready to enter the system.