"In addition to Yao Ming, I also have some suggestions for the team's overall attack." To Van Gundy's surprise, Tang Hao still had an idea.

"You say." Van Gundy made no secret of his excitement at this time.

"Yao Ming's progress is obvious to all, and his deterrent power on the interior is only going to get bigger and bigger, and at this time, our outside players will get more and more open opportunities, so for them, the three-point shot is a key training program."

"Interior deterrence, getting open threes, empty three-point shooting, the opponent does not dare to shrink the defense, and the offensive space on the inside also becomes larger, which complements each other, including Maddie, increasing the projection and reducing the breakthrough, but also reducing his injury risk." Tang Hao began to move out of the famous "magic ball" theory of the Rockets.

After Tang Hao finished these two sentences, the corners of Van Gundy's eyes had already begun to glow.

As a defensive coach, he doesn't have too deep understanding of offense, and Tang Hao's words are a bit like the feeling of opening the clouds and seeing the moon.

Even Thibodeau showed a burst of appreciative glances at Tang Hao at this time.

In the following time, Van Gundy asked a few more detailed questions, including how to block without the ball if he organized an attack.

Tang Hao has been a coach for more than ten years in his previous life, coupled with the modern and advanced basketball concepts he mastered, he was confident and eloquent, and finally successfully conquered Van Gundy.

Although even Van Gundy himself couldn't believe it, after the interview, he still decided to hire Tang Hao as the first assistant coach of the Rockets.

The salary is $300,000 before taxes, which is already relatively high among teaching assistants.

However, Tang Hao signed a one-year contract with the Rockets, and his goal is naturally not just an assistant coach.

The network in 06 has been quite developed, and Tang Hao's becoming an assistant coach of the Rocket Team suddenly caused an uproar.

You must know that in the NBA, no yellow person has ever been an assistant coach, let alone the first assistant coach.

Of course, the most important thing is that this teaching assistant is only 22 years old!

This is truly unprecedented.

The media coverage of this incident is also becoming more and more exaggerated.

Some people speculate that Tang Hao is a super-rich second generation, and some people speculate that he is the illegitimate son of a certain senior executive of Team Rocket and a Chinese......

All kinds of absurd reports are endless.

There is even a so-called expert analysis, this is a move by Dawson, the general manager of the Rockets, this year is the last year of Yao Ming's rookie contract, and he may be using this way to reach an early contract extension with Yao Ming.

More and more people feel that this is the truth of the matter, and even many Chinese people have begun to envy Tang Hao, envy why the person who walks shit luck is not himself.

In the midst of such public opinion, just two weeks later, the NBA ushered in a major event.

The 2006 NBA Draft was held in the theater of Madison Square Garden in New York, and Tang Hao, as the first assistant coach of the Rockets, came to the scene with the Rockets' team.

In Tang Hao's impression, 06 is not a big year for the draft, there have been no superstars, but there are a few first-line stars, Aldridge, Roy, Rondo, Guy.

Every team has a draft hut, and Tang Hao is sitting next to Van Gundy, where Rockets general manager Dawson and his assistants, as well as Van Gundy, are having heated discussions.

Tang Hao is more like a viewer, and in fact, as a teaching assistant, his opinion is unlikely to be adopted.

The draft began quickly.

The Raptors used their No. 1 pick to select Bagnani from Europe.

The Bulls are on the list to select LaMarcus Aldridge.

The Charlotte Bobcats drafted Adam Morrison, a player who would later be nicknamed by fans because he could only score one goal in most games.

The subsequent signing is the same as Tang Hao's memory.

With the 8th pick, the Rockets drafted Gay, but immediately traded him for Stromeyer Swift and traded for Sean Battier of the Grizzlies.

This transaction caused a lot of controversy in later generations, but Tang Hao felt that this transaction was a safe profit.

There's no better player option for this pick (Rondo doesn't have shooting ability and doesn't fit Yao Mai), Guy and Maddy overlap, the Rockets need instant power, and Battier is not only a great role player, but also the most important spiritual leader.

And it's easy to overlook that Swift signed a 5-year, 30 million contract with the Rockets last year, which is definitely a big contract in '06, but his performance is completely sorry for this contract, which is equivalent to disposing of this garbage contract at the same time.

The first-round picks after that were exactly the same as I remembered, with Rondo going to the Celtics and Lowry going to the Grizzlies.

By the end of the first round, Stern went backstage to rest, the draft entered the show performance, and the major teams also ushered in a chance to rest.

Tang Hao began to make a move at this time, the second round is not so important to all teams, in fact, even if many second-round picks are selected, they have no chance to get a contract, and at this time, his suggestion as the first assistant coach has more or less weight.

In the '06 draft, there was a second-round pick that was obviously particularly conspicuous.

Paul Millsap!

The future All-Star power forward is a finalist for the Oscar Robertson Award and a Wooden Award nomination, averaging 18.6 points, 12.7 rebounds, 1.99 blocks and 1.32 steals per game.

It stands to reason that such a college star player is also in the first round, but in fact, he was not selected by the Jazz until the 18th pick in the second round, and he was almost lost!

As for why?

The reason is very simple, Millsap is only 1.99 meters tall barefoot when he is on the side, and such a short interior line is a typical example of "college killers, NBA fringe people" in the eyes of most team managers, playing the No. 4 position is too short, and playing the No. 3 position is too slow.

The second round of the draft started immediately, and Tang Hao was about to speak for a while.

"Don, you lead the team in the summer league, who do you think is more suitable for the second round?" Dawson, the general manager of the team, looked up at him at this time and said.

Well, that's right in the middle.

"Paul Millsap, Swift was traded, and the Rockets were left with only veteran Juwan Howard at the No. 4 spot, and they had to be added." Tang Hao said quickly.

"Steve Novak is a better choice, he's 2.06m tall on his side, he's good at three-point shooting, and he can open up the offensive space, compared to Millsap's No. 4 position, which is too short." Van Gundy gave his opinion at this point.

Although it is said that the second-round pick, the Rockets are the second pick in the second round, which is similar to the end of the first round.