The summer league is still led by Elvin Gentry, and Qiao Hai, who was idle for the first offseason, took Han Xue directly to Greece for a vacation.

However, before the vacation, Brad Stevens found Qiao Hai, and seeing his hesitant appearance, Qiao Hai knew that Brad Stevens had something to say.

"Say, Brad, hurry up if you have something, don't hesitate."

Qiao Hai smiled, Brad Stevens could only nod, and then said, "Joe, I received an invitation from the NCAA. ”

Qiao Hai immediately reacted: "Head coach? ”

"That's right."

"Which one?"

"Wake Forest University."

It's actually Wake Forest, no wonder they will take a fancy to Brad Stevens, Wake Forest is still too close to Charlotte!

Qiao Hai suddenly thought of a question: "Skip Prosser is gone?" ”

"Yes, I am not in good health, and I retired directly."

Qiao Hai nodded: "Then I can only congratulate you in advance, Brad, going to the NCAA to coach is also a good choice, at least the basketball there, the head coach is the real authority, which is different from the NBA." ”

Here in the NBA, only famous coaches are the real authorities, such as Phil Jackson of the Bulls dynasty, such as the current Qiao Hai, such as Greg Popovich who led the Spurs to a championship.

In the NCAA, no matter whether the head coach is a famous coach or not, even if he is just a rookie coach, he is the authority of the team, and in the NCAA, the coach can really play his personal ability.

That's why some NCAA coaches can succeed in the NCAA, and when they switch to the NBA, they can't be wrong.

……

"But Wake Forest's student life doesn't seem to be good in recent years, do you have any ideas?"

After chatting a few words, Qiao Hai mentioned the problem of the origin of students.

Wake Forest's student background in recent years has indeed been a bit poor, and only one local Chris Paul has been recruited in the past few seasons, and after Chris Paul participated, there were no really good players in the team.

Qiao Hai is familiar with only Li Ao, who performed amazingly on the defensive end last season, this guy did not run, but continued to stay in the NCAA for further study.

But obviously, a Li Ao who did not attack was obviously not enough to help Brad Stevens, so for Brad Stevens, enrollment is indeed a very tricky thing.

"I'll give you a suggestion, go to Indiana to dig up some people, the recent class of high school graduates, the genius is concentrated in Indiana."

Brad Stevens nodded, as of now, he didn't know what Qiao Hai's suggestion meant.

As a latecomer, Qiao Hai knows very well that the high school students of Indiana this year are the famous Indiana Seven Heroes.

The Seven Heroes here don't just refer to seven players, but all the talented high school students in Indiana, except that in the beginning, seven players were representatives.

These include Greg Oden, McConley, Courtney Lee, George Hill, Eric Gordon, Josh McRoberts, and Rodney Carney.

There are also outstanding players such as Gordon Hayward and Jeff Teague in the latecomers.

If Brad Stevens can convince one or two of them to join Wake Forest, then Wake Forest's admissions problem will be completely solved.

Of course, the best option is to convince McConley and Greg Oden to join, because the two are tied together, and if one of them is convinced, the other will most likely follow.

……

Brad Stevens left the Bobcats and there was a vacancy in the coaching staff that needed someone to fill.

Qiao Hai didn't bother to find anyone, but directly posted a job posting on the Facebook page, which read: "Bobcats are recruiting a defensive assistant coach, if you are interested, please send a private message in the form of a resume, and I will select one person to join the Bobcats coaching staff through interviews after returning to Charlotte at the end of August." ”

Then, he led Han Xue to Greece for a vacation.

As for Jimmy Butler, Qiao Hai directly found Dell Curry and threw him to Curry Sr., which happened to allow Jimmy Butler to follow behind Curry Sr. and take the opportunity of a summer to practice shooting.

……

When Joe was on vacation, the Bobcats' summer league was already underway, and in addition to rookies Chris Paul, Danny Granger, Jared Jack and Ersan Ilyasova, the team's veterans Roger Mason and Brian Skinner, the Bobcats also signed several undrafted rookies.

There are several names that Qiao Hai is familiar with, such as Chuck Hayes.

Although on vacation, Qiao Hai is still very concerned about the performance of the Bobcats Summer League, the first Rocky Mountain Summer League, the Bobcats relied on Chris Paul's outstanding personal performance, reached the playoffs, and played until the finals, in the finals 5 points lost to the Heat, failed to win the championship.

After the Orlando Summer League, the Bobcats were even more unbeatable and locked the playoffs early.

Then he performed well in the playoffs, slashing strong opponents in a row, defeating the Eagles in the final and successfully lifting the championship trophy!

Elvin Gentry led the team to one runner-up and one championship, which obviously exceeded Qiao Hai's expectations.

Chris Paul performed well, averaging 20.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 11.5 assists and 2.7 steals per game in two games, and no one dared to question Qiao Hai's draft pick anymore.

……

After the end of the summer league, the Bobcats, who won one championship and one runner-up, were immediately favored by all kinds of people.

ESPN's Skipp Kleeman wrote on his Facebook page: "Chris Paul has played well and has already shown the qualities of a star point guard, and if the Bobcats can dig up a star point guard, coupled with their core roster from last year, they have a clear chance to go one step further this season." ”

"Joe's team has never been stronger than it looks on paper, and in the new season, we may even see a Bobcats competing for the O'Brien Cup!"

Hoop Sports' Zach Lowe also instantly incarnated into Qiao Hai Blow: "In the offseason, Qiao Hai once again made a successful operation, the draft selected their most needed main control Chris Paul, 5 years and 40 million contract extension Gerald Wallace, to the greatest extent After retaining the main lineup of last season, the thickness of the Bobcats' lineup seems to be even better." ”

"It's clear that the Bobcats will continue to improve and their results will be even better!"

The pre-season training camp has not yet begun, and the pre-season game has not yet started, and the Bobcats are already infinitely optimistic.

……

Qiao Hai, who returned to Charlotte, was also a little confused when he saw the situation.

"This situation doesn't look right......"

Elvin Gentry was also a little surprised after reporting the summer league situation, and then nodded: "It's a little wrong, this is blowing too much." ”

Qiao Hai shook his head, ignoring these media that had no discipline to speak of, looked at Elvin Gentry's summer league report, and then made a decision.

"So, the team's 15th man is Chuck Hayes, and we're missing a backup center."