A year later, Los Angeles International Airport.

"Hey Joe, I'm David Falck."

"David, what's the matter?"

Qiao Hai took a ticket and pulled his luggage, ready to fly to the next stop.

"Where are you now?" David Falke asked rhetorically.

"Airport, ready to fly to Houston."

Qiao Hai approached the security checkpoint, and the blonde beauty in charge of the security check smiled sweetly at Qiao Hai, obviously recognizing Qiao Hai.

Qiao Hai also smiled and continued to answer the phone.

"Listen, Joe, you're going to have to change your itinerary."

"What?" Qiao Hai was stunned for a moment.

"I mean, you're going to have to change your itinerary!"

Qiao Hai frowned: "Is there any arrangement?" David? ”

"Of course, Time just called me and they want to interview you! And also make you the cover character of the next issue! David Falke said word by word, listening to the tone, he seemed to be a little excited, of course, not to the point of excitement, Time Magazine, Michael Jordan I don't know how many times!

But for Joe, Time means a lot — it's a first, and it means the beginning.

"Now, you should fly to New York!"

"Time? New York? ”

Qiao Hai continued to frown: "But I'm going to Houston today to take over the work." ”

"Joe, don't hesitate, you know what a Time interview is equivalent to, and you'll be the cover character of the next issue!"

Qiao Hai still hesitated.

"I'm sorry Miss, I can't go through security."

Then he left the security checkpoint without looking back, leaving behind a dazed blonde beauty......

Then, Qiao Hai shouted into his phone: "Okay, David, I'll fly to New York now!" ”

Then, Qiao Hai called Stan Lefu again: "Stan, I can't go back, you can arrange tomorrow's training, and I won't be late for the game the day after tomorrow!" ”

Hanging up the phone, Qiao Hai immediately bought a ticket to New York.

……

Half an hour later, Qiao Hai reappeared at the security checkpoint, still the same blonde beauty.

This time, Qiao Hai directly unloaded all his weapons and conducted a serious security check.

Finally, I also received a note with a phone number.

……

……

Early the next morning, Qiao Hai appeared in New York.

A luxury Lincoln crossed New York's Seventh Avenue and finally stopped in front of the Time magazine building.

"David, you'll have to compensate me for a plane ticket."

"Why?"

"Because you made my plans change, and if you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry."

"Okay, when the interview is over, I'll buy a plane ticket and take you to Houston."

……

After a period of exchange, Qiao Hai walked into the building of Time Magazine, and an interview with him began.

The interview in Time magazine was in the form of an interview, with a reporter sitting and chatting with Qiao Hai face-to-face, and David Falck sitting on the side.

At the end of the interview, Qiao Hai had to take two photos for the cover of Time Magazine.

The person in charge of the interview was a female reporter named Leah Merry, with long brown hair, who was also big waves, but the difference was that this Miss Merry also had a very thick waist, so Qiao Hai couldn't stand it at all.

"Mr. Qiao Hai, welcome."

"Thank you."

Qiao Hai thanked him, and then the interview officially began.

"First of all, let's introduce your profession, Mr. Qiao, as a basketball coach, what do you need to do in normal times?"

"My profession? Good. Then, Qiao Hai gushed: "As a basketball coach, the most basic job is naturally to arrange the troops, arrange the tactics, and then lead the team to win the game. ”

Liaimeri picked up: "So, from the point of view of winning the game, you did a good job? ”

"Right?" Qiao Hai was still modest.

"Can you tell us why you became a basketball coach?"

"Because I love basketball, but at the same time, my body can't fulfill my basketball dream, so I have to choose to become a coach."

The word dream has been mentioned countless times in various interviews with Time Magazine, and Qiao Hai is naturally no exception, after all, if he doesn't talk about dreams, he doesn't know what to say.

"So when did you start your career as a basketball coach?"

Qiao Hai tilted his head and thought for a moment: "Los Angeles, Drew League, an amateur team called Monterey." ”

"How's the results of leading the team?"

"Crazy wins, we were dark horses that season, and we beat O'Neal and Eddie Jones to win the title."

"And then you got into the NBA?"

"yes, I got a couple of offers because of that game, and in the end I chose the Lakers and became an assistant coach."

"So can you tell us what other invitations you received besides the Lakers' invitations?"

"An invitation from the NCAA, an assistant coach at UCLA."

"And then you turned down UCLA's invitation? Why? ”

"If I go to UCLA, my goal should be to study, to go to college basketball and learn some advanced tactical concepts, but I don't think I need to...... So in the end, I chose the Lakers. ”

"You went to the Lakers for half a season and you became the acting head coach of the team, how did you feel at that time?"

"I'm so excited, my chance has come......"

After a no-frills Q&A, Liaimery glanced at the information and continued to ask: "Your team has a good result, why did the Lakers choose to contact Phil Jackson in advance?" Any insider information? ”

Here it comes!

Qiao Hai knows that no matter what kind of media it is, his favorite thing must be to dig up the insider.

Qiao Hai has been a professional coach for almost three years, and the biggest insider thing that happened around him is the acting head coach and Phil Jackson's early arrival.

There have been countless speculations about this matter, but Qiao Hai has never responded.

This time, in the face of Time Magazine, Qiao Hai also felt that he should pour out his inner thoughts.

"Because I was so young, I was only 24 years old at the time, and many players were older than me, and before me, the NBA coaching circle was very senior, and many capable coaches had to stay up in the position of assistant coach until they were forty or fifty years old before they had the opportunity to coach a team alone."

"And in terms of fame, I was not at the same level as Phil Jackson at that time, so when the team lost in a row and it seemed that there was a problem, Jerry West chose Phil Jackson."

"Did you think Jerry West was in too much of a hurry, and did you think Jerry West should give you a little more time?" Liaimeri asked again.

Qiao Hai shook his head: "He was obviously in a hurry, and he didn't respect me, so after the contract ended, I left without looking back." ”

"The next season, you went to the Grizzlies, so the question is, why did you choose the Grizzlies? As we all know, this is a big bad team. The topic changed again, but Qiao Hai knew that the topic about Jerry West would not end yet, and it would definitely be mentioned by Liaimeri next, but the time had not yet come.

"Because Stu Jackson gave me the right to transfer, as long as I am given the right to transfer, no matter how bad the team is, it can come back to life."

"So the Grizzlies came back to life, became a big dark horse, and finally won the championship, and more than once won the championship, you achieved success in the Grizzlies, two consecutive championships plus a championship for the Lakers, completely established your status as a champion and young marshal."

Liaimeri quickly changed the subject: "So the question is, why did you choose to quit your job in your third season with the Grizzlies after leading the team to a 31-1 superhuman record in the first 32 games of the season?" ”

"Because the team didn't give me enough respect, there was a clause in my contract with the Grizzlies that the transfer rights of the team had to belong to me, but a deal at the beginning of the season, the team's top management sent away Mike Bibby and Raheem, in exchange for players that I didn't want, and they gave me a reasonable explanation, so I chose to settle down."

"But in the middle of the season, they traded away Manuginobili without informing me, and it was this deal that made me choose to resign."

"Can you tell us more about those two deals?"

Qiao Hai nodded: "After the 2001 Finals, Mike Bibby and Rahim wanted to play as starters, so I asked the team to trade them, and the target of the trade was Deacon Bemutombo, because Patrick Ewing retired and we needed a new starting center. ”

"It turned out that Biley Knight did a three-way deal, with Mike Bibby going to the Kings, Raheem going to the Hawks, and then getting the Hawks pick and Lorenzen Wright, and the Kings getting Jason Williams and Nick Anderson, which were not what I wanted."

"Billy Knight told me that the 76ers saw Deacon Bemutombo as not for sale, that the trade plan I proposed didn't work, that they ended up choosing another option, and in the end, I had to accept that explanation, and that was the next draft that the team drafted Pau Gasol, the Spanish insider, according to my opinion."

"The other trade happened in the middle of the season, and without my knowledge, Manuginobili was sent to the Spurs, and the Grizzlies got Derrick Anderson and a future first-round pick and two future second-round picks, and then I quit."

"Didn't the management explain it to you?"

"Yes, the explanation is that Manuginobili's contract is about to expire, and the team can't afford to renew it, so it's better to come back with something before it expires."

"And then you quit?"

"Yes, I don't think I can bear it, Manu is a key part of the team's tactics, he is our sixth man, when Maddie rested, he was the No. 1 of the Grizzlies, and he was sent away like this, of course I can't bear it."

"After you left the Grizzlies, it was your assistant coach Lionel Hollins who took over the team, and after that, he led the team to a record of 37-13 in the next 50 regular season games, and lost to the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, what do you think is the biggest gap between him and you?"

"Lionel is an excellent coach, his team has been very good in the regular season, the reason why he lost to the Lakers in the playoffs is not that the Grizzlies are too bad, but that the Lakers are too strong, this year's Lakers have reached their peak, their offensive system has been quite mature, and the new coach Rick Carlisle has a strong ability to adjust the defense, so this season, they have become a strong team with good offense and defense......"

Lihomery was obviously dissatisfied with Qiao Hai's answer, and Qiao Hai also knew this, and hurriedly added a but: "But, if I have to be honest, I think Lionel is a very good defensive coach, but his ability to adjust the offense is really poor, and his ability to use substitutes is not strong." ”

"And precisely, after a few transactions from management, the Grizzlies can't play defense, their outside line is Billups plus Madiga Shaun Marion, the bench has Michael Reed, the outside defense is still very strong, but the inside line is roughly a combination of Paul Gasol, this combination is too poor in frame protection, and it was slightly rushed by several outside lines of the Lakers, and it collapsed."

"Although there are also Lorenzen Wright and Jamal Magloyle on the bench, these two, one is not strong enough, and the other is also biased towards attack."

"For Lionel, this lineup doesn't belong to him, but he's done a great job and has been playing with the Lakers until the tie-break."

……

"Tell me about your new job, I heard that you took a break for half a season and got a new job?"

Speaking of the new job, Qiao Hai nodded with a smile: "The new job is not a coach, but a management position. ”

"The position of management?"

"Yes, for the new season, I will succeed the retired Mr. Carol Dawson as the general manager of the Houston Rockets."

When it comes to his new job, Qiao Hai is also a little helpless.

He had to accept the Rockets' offer because Alexander offered him a high salary, a 2-year contract, totaling $10 million.

Qiao Hai needs this money because he has just bought Aoshen and needs money flow to run the team.

Qiao Hai bought the god of Aoshen, which cost him all his savings.

The final experiment was gratifying, and Joe found that all game-related bonus cards and status cards were not available, but permanent bonus cards related to the players themselves were available.

After playing the 2001 finals, Qiao Hai got 3 intermediate potential improvement cards, which were rewarded for completing the final chapter of the battle book mission.

Qiao Hai did an experiment, and the object of the experiment was Tang Zhendong.

Datang is the oldest, and has entered the peak since last season, and several other young players of the Aoshen team, Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu have gradually entered the peak, and others, such as UAE and Sun Yue, are still a lot away from the peak.

Therefore, Qiao Hai finally chose Datang to do this experiment.

The intermediate potential enhancement card was successfully used, and Datang's potential value increased from 65 points to 78 points at once, and the potential value of the NBA's starter-level center-level level, but for Datang, he still has a long way to go if he wants to enter the NBA.

Because his current stat value is only 60 points.

There are two potential enhancement cards left, and Qiao Hai stays for the time being.

There are a lot of young players in the Aoshen team, and there are two potential improvement cards left, and it is a question of who to use, a big problem.