Brown didn't say much on the phone, and the two chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up. Chang Wei casually stuffed his mobile phone under the pillow, turned over and prepared to sleep, but met Hamon's clear eyes. Chang Wei touched her hair and whispered, "It's nothing, it's late now, you go to bed quickly, you have to go out to play tomorrow!" ”

Harmon shook his head, simply half-sat up, and asked worriedly: "I almost heard what you said to Brown Sr. just now, if the 76ers want to fire him, will it have any impact on your work on the team?" ”

Chang Wei shrugged: "If the new head coach is not brainless, I shouldn't be affected, but I can't guarantee whether the 76ers can win the championship next season, Brown's coaching ability is undoubtedly the top in the league." ”

Having said that, Chang Wei thought of what happened to him at Villanova University. Prior to this, he and Lappers had enjoyed working together, reaching the semi-finals and winning the national championship once, which was undoubtedly the pinnacle of Villanova University in recent years. However, after Rappers resigned due to illness, the new coach did not get along with Chang Wei at all, and Chang Wei found it difficult for Chang Wei to work under a head coach who liked to go his own way, and he finally resigned in anger and joined Colorado State University.

Although the title of two-time champion of the 76ers can attract many big-name coaches who are idle at home, Chang Wei does not guarantee that every strong head coach will like a subordinate who loves to point fingers. Brown does want to leave the 76ers according to the trajectory of his previous life, but he may not coach the Pistons again according to the trajectory of his previous life. If he really can't get along with the new head coach, Chang Wei doesn't know where he is going, anyway, let's take a step at a time, and use up the balance of the vacation first.

Brown didn't ask Chang Wei to go back to Philadelphia quickly, he just wanted to tell his most important assistant coach about this matter as soon as possible, and Chang Wei was completely at ease on vacation. However, Harmon didn't have any vacation intentions, and after playing in European countries for another week, she urged Chang Wei to hurry up and book a ticket to return, but Chang Wei couldn't resist his girlfriend, so he had to comply.

After returning to Philadelphia, Chang Wei contacted Brown for the first time, the veteran coach did not bother to manage team affairs at all during this time, the most important scouting department in the offseason operated completely according to the established workflow, but no one instructed them which players they should focus on, which is very detrimental to the 76ers' next draft and recruitment, but Brown can't manage so much, at this time he lives like a real retired old man, and his spirit looks much worse than before.

Chang Wei couldn't help but be surprised when he saw him, Brown had been paying attention to maintenance, but now the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and forehead had become more profound. Seeing Chang Wei standing at the door, Brown was not surprised, but smiled and asked Chang Wei to come in and sit casually, but there was loneliness in his eyes, mixed with a trace of resentment and relief.

As soon as Chang Wei sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "Coach, has the result of the team's top management come down?" ”

Brown shook his head, his voice a little hoarse: "Not yet, but it's basically confirmed, fortunately, I paid for this apartment myself, and I don't need to roll up the floor and leave......" He actually had the heart to joke, although it was not funny at all.

"So what are your plans for the next step, coach? You don't have to be idle like this all the time, do you? ”

Brown laughed self-deprecatingly: "Who knows? Anyway, I probably won't be out of the mountains to coach again anytime soon......"

The team's actions are fast, the day after Chang Wei visited Brown, the team issued an official announcement, announcing that it will not renew the contract with the meritorious veteran coach Brown, of course, there are those regular nonsense such as thanking Brown for contributing to the team, so there is no need to repeat it, anyway, the only valuable sentence in the announcement from beginning to end is that the 76ers will not renew Brown's contract.

This announcement immediately exploded the whole league, and everyone did not expect the defending champion to actually destroy the Great Wall, which also attracted more media reporters to Philadelphia to dig deeper. However, no matter how hard they try, the 76ers are secretive, and it is true that the contradiction between the head coach and the coach is right and wrong, and a little leak is also a heavy blow to the team's image.

Moreover, only a few high-level people know about this matter, and the players only guess about it, but this matter involves both Iverson and Brown, and they are not good at talking too much about it. This has led to countless media outlets, and they don't know why the 76ers suddenly fired their head coach, but fortunately, they are still a little disciplined, and they just found a few experts to analyze from all aspects, instead of writing blindly by themselves.

Of course, there are those who have moved more quickly than the reporters, and that is other team management who are not too happy with the quality of the head coach, and they have begun to use their connections to contact Brown in the hope of poaching him as the team's head coach. However, Brown basically put aside these invitations, and he still needs time to sort out his mood, and he has no idea of starting a second job for the time being. Besides, even if you want to join another team, you need to choose carefully, doesn't it?

Chang Wei is also not easy to persuade Brown, strictly speaking, although he was invited by Brown to join the coaching team, but it is the team that pays him a salary, and Brown's failure to renew his contract does not mean that he will also lose his job. So he didn't have a position to persuade Brown to choose a certain team, even if he knew that Brown had reached the top of his game again in Detroit.

For Chang Wei, all he has to do now is wait quietly, unless Billy King comes in for advice, he can wait until the training camp starts before he gets to work. Chang Wei has always been a person who is very afraid of trouble, since no one has come to ask him to return to work early, then focus on this year's draft, whether it is used or not, it always belongs to the category of work.

Moreover, Chang Wei is also very interested in those young geniuses who have not yet emerged, which will make him feel like witnessing history. Besides, this year is 2002, if nothing else, Yao Ming, the most influential player in the history of Chinese basketball, is about to join the NBA.

In fact, there was a time when Chang Wei had the idea of joining the rocket, but then he gave up, and it was good for Yao Ming to grow up in the rocket naturally, in case he was injured, he didn't say no help!