Charlotte Coliseum, a large number of reporters poured in, and the stadium was crowded with people.

The weather is hot, and the temperature of the air conditioner in the stadium is directly adjusted to the lowest, but perhaps because there are too many people, the indoor temperature is still high.

Joe entered the arena through the back door, his first visit to Charlotte Coliseum, which will be the home and training facility for the Bobcats next season.

Walking through the players' tunnel, Qiao Hai entered the locker room, and then, he saw a group of NBA players in suits and leather shoes.

On July 5, after the Bobcat Facebook official announced that Michael Reid had joined, Qiao Hai immediately ended this season's recruitment.

And then today, the Bobcats will have a big press conference with all 15 players on the team in attendance -

Point guards: Carlos Arroyo, Steve Blake, Anfernee Hardaway;

Shooting guards: Michael Reed, Michael Petrus;

Small forwards: Gerard Wallace, Andre Iguodala, James Jones;

Power forwards: Tony Kukoc, Josh Smith, Reggie Evans, Jahidi White;

Center forwards: Kendrick Perkins, Tang Zhendong, Pedragderobiak.

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As soon as Qiao Hai entered the door, Carlos Arroyo and Michael Reed, who were familiar with him, immediately stood up with a smile on their faces and shouted, "Boss." ”

Qiao Hai nodded, as if the leader was on patrol, shaking hands with everyone.

Then, Qiao Hai stood in the center of the locker room and made a short opening statement: "From today on, each of you is a member of the Bobcats, and you will go down in history because you are the first players in the history of the Bobcats!" ”

"In the new season, I will be your manager, you can call me boss like Carlos and Michael."

The current Qiao Hai is no longer the Qiao Hai of the past, he doesn't need to be ruthless to conquer the group of players in front of him, he just needs to fight this battle, relying on what he has won in the past six years, everyone must listen to him.

Qiao Hai continued: "Now, you have to choose your jersey number, you can discuss it with each other, there will be no duplication, no disputes. ”

The Bobcats' jersey has been announced, and unlike in the previous life, Qiao Hai participated in the jersey design this time, and at his request, the Bobcats' jersey was no longer full of yellow like in the previous life.

In terms of home jerseys, Qiao Hai chose a combination of main white tones and yellow supplements, and the away jerseys are black with some yellow, in short, not to let yellow become the main color.

The monogram logo on the front of the jersey is very small, and the jersey number is also selected in a more detailed font, and the whole jersey looks very simple and elegant.

In Qiao Hai's opinion, this jersey at least looks much more pleasing to the eye.

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Soon, the players in the locker room made their choice, with Kevin Pritchard leading them to their jerseys.

And in the stadium infield, the press conference has begun.

The team's big boss, Robert Johnson, was also on hand to host the press conference.

There were about 60 reporters at the scene, most of the media in North America came, and there were also five or six media from the Celestial Empire.

Robert Johnson opened the press conference.

On the other side, Qiao Hai was already in the conference room, meeting his other group of partners.

Elvin Gentry, Jeff Hornacek, Brad Stevens, Tang Yi and Chip Engeland sat on the sofa in the conference room.

Qiao Hai first looked at Chip Engelland: "Chip, we are going to start a new round of cooperation." ”

Chipengeland smiled and nodded.

Qiao Hai looked at Ervin Gentry again: "Erwin, Stan is not here, and in the new season, you may have to take on the position of chief assistant coach." ”

Elvin Gentry nodded as well and made an OK gesture.

Chief assistant coaches Elvin Gentry and Jeff Hornacek will be the team's guard development coach for the new season, Brad Stevens will still be the defensive coach, and Tang Yi will be the team's general coach and will be in charge of video editing for the time being.

Chip Engelland is naturally the team's shooting coach, of course, Qiao Hai's coaching staff obviously has several vacancies, and Qiao Hai will find suitable candidates to fill them one by one.

The six of them chatted for a while, and soon, a staff member of the team knocked on the door, Qiao Hai made an OK gesture, and then got up and beckoned his partners: "Let's go, it's time for us to play!" ”

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At the press conference, under a round of applause and flashing lights, Qiao Hai and his coaching staff appeared.

Robert Johnson also announced loudly: "In the new season, Mr. Qiao Hai will also serve as the head coach of the team, and he and his coaching staff will create a glory that belongs to the Charlotte Bobcats." ”

Qiao Hai sat down in his place, and then he began to observe every reporter in the audience.

Mark Stein and Henry Abbott of ESPN, Adrian Wonarowski and Shams Charania of Hoop Sports, Sam Amic of USA Today, Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated, Duan Ran of Fire Fighting, CCTV5 reporter Liu Xinyu, and Charlotte Observer reporter Rick Bonnier......

Then, Robert Johnson handed the microphone to Qiao Hai, and Qiao Hai pointed into the microphone: "It's a pleasure to coach Bobcats, I'm the small owner of this team, and it's only natural to lead this team forward." ”

"In my six-year career, I've been through three teams, one season with the Lakers, two and a half seasons with the Grizzlies, and two seasons with the Rockets, and none of them have reached or even exceeded three seasons."

'But this time it might be different, and if I could, I'd be at Charlotte all the time.'

"Our goal is to build a dynasty in Charlotte!"

Dynasty, strictly defined, three consecutive championships is a dynasty, but for Qiao Hai, he has had countless opportunities to get close to three consecutive championships, but he still failed to complete a three consecutive championships, he was abandoned by the Lakers, and then after two consecutive championships by the Grizzlies, he left halfway, and then left the Rockets a month ago.

This time, as the small boss of the Bobcats, Qiao Hai looks like he is going to coach for a long time.

Mark Stein wrote a sentence in his notebook: "The Cardinal has the Celtic dynasty, Phil Jackson has the Bulls dynasty, and now, Joe Hai is also going to target the dynasty." ”

He's ready to make headlines tomorrow with this phrase.

The press conference continued, and Qiao Hai took over the chairmanship, he first introduced a few assistants behind him, and then announced that all 15 new players of the Bobcats appeared!

Then, Anfernee Hardaway, Carlos Arroyo, Josh Smith, Andrea Iguodala, ...... Appearances one after another.

Everyone holds up their jersey number.

Under a flash of light, a smile is revealed.

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Soon, a reporter in the audience asked: "Does the press conference of 15 players mean that the recruitment of the Bobcats this season has ended?" ”

Qiao Hai bowed: "That's right, our recruitment has ended, and now what you see is the 15-man roster for the new season of the Bobcats!" ”

Then, there was a commotion in the audience, and reporters who knew each other communicated with each other, and almost all reporters were not optimistic about the 15-person lineup of Bobcats.

"With the exception of Andre Iguodala and Josh Smith, two rookies, and Michael Reed, who joined on a free transfer, the other 12 Bobcats are all players from the other 29 teams who were rotated last season, can the Bobcats really succeed with this roster?"

Almost everyone has this question.

Henry Albert, as the representative, asked: "Mr. Joe, what are your goals for the new season?" Are you ready to get another high lotto lotto? ”

Qiao Hai waved his hand very surprised: "No, our goal is the playoffs!" ”

The scene was immediately in an uproar!

"Playoffs?" Lee Jenkins stood up. "Is it all about this lineup?"

Qiao Hai nodded again: "That's right, just rely on this lineup." ”

Everyone opened their mouths wide and was very surprised, including the players behind Qiao Hai, they didn't expect that Qiao Hai's goal was actually the playoffs!

"If you use a strict standard to evaluate the Bobcats, in the 15-man squad, I'm afraid that only two or three people meet the starting requirements, such a team, Qiao Hai's goal is actually the playoffs?"

There were reporters in the audience who kept repeating a question to confirm that Qiao Hai was indeed talking about the playoffs.

Qiao Hai also repeated over and over again: "In the new season, our goal is the playoffs!" Qiao Hai's team will never be rotten! ”