Jones's home is in downtown Houston, and he lives in a two-and-a-half-story bungalow, which is standard for ordinary white-collar workers in the United States.

Jones was very enthusiastic about Tang Tian's visit, after all, even in the rocket, the two did not have much contact, and now that they are leaving, they have no relationship at all.

Mrs. Jones, after making coffee for the two of them, sat down on the side.

"I want you to help me in Cleveland." After a simple greeting, Tang Tian got straight to the point.

"Cleveland?" Jones held the coffee cup in his hand for a long time and did not move, looking hesitant.

"I will make you my deputy general manager, I don't know much about the work of the manager, so basically, most of the things will be handed over to you to handle, and even if necessary, the team can also be formed by you, I am only responsible for the general direction." Tang Tian was blunt, and he gave Jones the greatest freedom.

Jones was visibly excited, but he didn't know why he was hesitating.

"Any questions?" Tang Tian asked suspiciously.

"Nothing, just ......," Jones said again.

"You should go, Alexander's reason for firing you is simply unjustifiable." At this moment, Mrs. Jones said with some indignation.

Jones turned her head and glared, and Mrs. Jones immediately shut up.

"By the way, I don't know why you were fired by the Rockets? You've been with Team Rocket for more than a decade? ”

"Fifteen years."

"Yes, fifteen years, this is already most of a person's working life, which is really incomprehensible."

Jones hesitated again, he didn't seem to be willing to say.

"Mrs. Jones?" Tang Tian looked at Mrs. Jones.

Mrs. Jones turned her head to look at Jones.

"I think the team should keep you, this team is going to dynasty because of you, but Darrell said that the current lineup Tom can continue to win the championship, we argued, Darrell seemed to know what I said about him at the beginning, it was too arbitrary, and after the big fight, there was a stalemate, and Deacon Bay also supported me, and finally Alexander made a choice, and I was fired along with Deacon Bey." Jones sighed and finally spoke.

After hearing this, Tang Tian suddenly couldn't help laughing.

This is simply a palace fight, is Morey driving away all those who don't obey him?

"Now it seems that this is a good thing." Tang Tian said with a smile.

"You're coming to Cleveland, aren't we two fired guys together to do something? Oh yes, and Deacon Bay, I don't have one on my coaching staff right now, and he's got a lot of experience coaching the inside. ”

Jones glanced at Tang Tian in a daze, and then said, "If Deacon Bay can go, I will go too." ”

Seeing Jones's wind turn so fast, Tang Tian also realized that he was blaming himself for Uncle Mu's dismissal.

"Of course." Tang Tian said with a smile.

After two days in Houston, Tang Tian took the Jones couple on a plane to Cleveland.

It was a good trip.

Back in Cleveland, the Cavaliers also officially signed him to a contract.

The basic contract of 30 million for 3 years, with the incentive clause for winning the championship, can reach up to 40 million.

This is also the NBA's largest coaching contract so far, of course, in addition to Tang Tian's excellent coaching ability, a large part of the reason is that he also serves as the team's general manager.

Jones was also signed with Jones, who also received a three-year, $3 million contract, which is much larger than his contract with the Rockets.

Because he didn't have much interest in the day-to-day work, and because he trusted Jones, he threw the rest of the managerial staff to Jones, and he focused on the coaching staff himself.

The general manager is just to have an absolute say in player management, and his job is still the head coach, which is what he is good at.

"Dante, how's the interview going?" After signing the contract, Tang Tian called Dante to his office non-stop.

"Yes, it's almost ready, I thought it would take a while, but things moved much faster than I expected." Dante said as he handed a report to Tang Tian.

"Who wouldn't want to be the first assistant to the godfather of the dynasty?" Tang Tian said with a smile.

I took the report and looked at it, and there were people who were interested in interviewing, with their resumes, including people like Terry Stottes and Pete Mayers, who had experience as NBA head coaches.

It seems that the competition for jobs as NBA coaches is even more fierce than that of players.

His plan, interviews are just part of it, and then he has to contact assistant coaches from other teams.

However, when he turned to the back, a name made his eyes light up, and even dispelled his previous thoughts in an instant.

Dwayne Casey.

The name is unfamiliar to most of the league, and if any, it is: Oh, that failed coach.

He entered the NBA in 1989 and served as an assistant coach for more than ten years, won his first head coach in '05, and coached the Timberwolves for a season and a half, with 53 wins and 69 losses.

Such resumes are not uncommon in the NBA, and they are uniformly labeled as losers.

But Tang Tian knows very well that this person who coached the Raptors for ten years and became the first coach in team history is what an outstanding coach he is.

"Are you sure Casey will come?" Tang Tian asked Dent again, because it said that Casey is now the Mavericks' first assistant coach.

"Yes, the people up there are sure to come." Dante affirmed.

"Well done." Tang Tian smiled, he really liked Dante a little bit of his age now.

"Let's start the interview tomorrow, first-come, first-served."

Dan nodded, and then went down to make arrangements.

"Whew! Comfortable! ”

Tang Tian sat on the soft chair of the general manager and couldn't help but shout.

Sure enough, the feeling of being in control with one hand is much more comfortable than the intrigue between Rocket and Morey.

The next day, Tang Tian waited for the first batch of people to come for an interview in the conference room.

What he never expected was that Casey was among them.

I feel a little impatient to throw myself into his arms!

interviewed a batch, and knowing that the next batch would have Casey, Tang Tian also sat up straight.

Three people came in, and Tang Tian's eyes fell on Casey for the first time.

With dark skin, a big nose and long ears, and a mustache, he looks a bit like a black elf, but his eyes are bright, and he knows at a glance that there is the kind of person who has goods in his stomach.

Tang Tian looked at it for a while and took his eyes off Casey's body.

But at this moment, he noticed that he knew the two people who came in with him.

Paul Hieras, the guy who interviewed the No. 1 assistant coach with him at the Rockets, actually came.

And the other one, Sam Cassel, a veteran who played for the Celtics a year ago, actually came to interview for an assistant coach directly after retiring!