Michkupchek walked up to the door, knocked twice, and pushed it open.

Qiao Hai saw the whole picture of this office.

The office was large, like a large living room, with a large sunny balcony, and Jerry West was sitting on the couch, and next to him was another gray-haired old man, who was Del Harris.

Qiao Hai doesn't know much about Del Harris, after all, when he started to pay attention to the NBA in his previous life, Del Harris has long since left the NBA, although Del Harris later served as the head coach of the Celestial Empire basketball team, but Qiao Hai at that time paid more attention to the NBA, and domestic basketball was somewhat neglected.

The 1998 season was Del Harris' last glory, and Del Harris hasn't coached an NBA-level team since 1998.

"Joe, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Jerry West, the general manager of the Lakers, and this is Mr. Del Harris, the head coach of the Lakers." Mitch Kupchak first introduced Qiao Hai, and then briefly introduced Qiao Hai: "Mr. Jerry, this is Qiao Hai." ”

Qiao Hai greeted the two bigwigs of the Lakers and muttered in his heart: I don't know what to do in such a big battle.

It didn't take long for Joe Hay to know why Jerry West was meeting him.

Jerry West is an old fritter, generally speaking, he doesn't say anything directly, but maybe he doesn't feel the need to go around the bend with Qiao Hai, a little coach, Jerry West asked very directly.

"Hello, Coach Joe, welcome to the Lakers, I came to you to watch the video of that Drew League Finals, and now you're also a member of the Lakers, so I want to know what you think of Kobe Bryant, whom you coached?"

Bryant? Qiao Hai is not a fool, he certainly already understands Jerry West's thoughts.

He turned his head to look at Del Harris, the old-school coach Del Harris doesn't like Kobe Bryant very much, otherwise he wouldn't have pressed Kobe on the bench all the time and didn't give any starting opportunities.

Combined with that previous mission, convince Jerry West or Del Harris to get Kobe Bryant a starting spot.

Joe Hay was already convinced that as long as he could convince Jerry West in this office, his first mission would be easily completed.

Therefore, after Qiao Hai thought about it carefully, his answer instantly became extremely aggressive: "Kobe Bryant? He's a good player, he's a star player in the NBA, I don't think anybody would deny that, and he's only 20 years old, Kobe Bryant's future is extremely bright, and I think the Lakers should focus on developing Kobe Bryant if they want to complete a dynasty, and he's going to be the next superstar for the Lakers. ”

Qiao Hai didn't hesitate to praise him at all, so much so that Del Harris on the other side of the sofa rolled his eyes vaguely, what he didn't know was that Qiao Hai had noticed this white eye.

In fact, Del Harris agrees with Joe's first few sentences, Kobe Bryant is a star player, and he is indeed young, but Del Harris does not think Kobe Bryant has superstar potential.

And in Del Harris's tactics, in addition to Shaquille O'Neal, it is in line with his tactics to put a few functional players on the outside, because in this way Del Harris can abandon everything and play tactics around Shaquille O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant, who has always had a unique style, is naturally not Del Harris's dish.

In contrast, Kobe Bryant, who likes singles and all kinds of step-back jumpers, is better suited to come off the bench.

Del Harris didn't speak, but Jerry West nodded, seeming to agree with Qiao Hai's words.

Mitch Kupchak also agreed with Qiao Hai's words, he watched the final game live, Kobe Bryant does have the potential of a superstar, and his performance on the court is more than a little better than Eddie Jones.

Jerry West nodded in agreement before asking a second question: "Then who do you think Eddie or Kobe Bryant should start?" ”

Qiao Hai didn't hesitate at all: "Kobe." ”

Del Harris smelled something unusual, he blew up as soon as possible, and shouted directly: "No, in terms of starters, Eddie is more suitable." ”

Del Harris's blow up made Joe Hay realize that the next step was a war between him and Del Harris, and he needed to convince Jerry West through this argument.

Therefore, Qiao Hai didn't wait for Jerry West to speak, and directly questioned: "Why?" In terms of strength, Kobe Bryant has already surpassed Eddie, and the Drew League final has said it all. ”

Del Harris was dismissive: "A Drew league doesn't mean anything. ”

Qiao Hai smiled: "If it really doesn't work, then let Kobe and Eddie have a one-on-one heads-up to see who will win." ”

Qiao Hai was very confident in Kobe's strength, and Del Harris was obviously stopped by Qiao Hai and was silent for a while.

Then some strong words became clear: "But Eddie is more suitable for my tactics, and I am the manager of this team." ”

"Yes, that's right, Mr. Del, you're the head coach of the Lakers, but I'm just saying what I think, in my opinion, Eddie can do what Kobe can do, and Kobe can do a lot of Eddie can't do, so, Kobe is a strengthened version of Eddie, I can't understand Mr. Del's remarks that Eddie is more suitable for starting."

Qiao Hai didn't flinch at all, he went back directly.

For a moment, Del Harris didn't know what to say.

Jerry West fell into deep thought, and seeing that Del Harris was no longer talking, Qiao Hai thought for a moment and continued: "Kobe Bryant is obviously more suitable for starting, compared to Eddie Jones, he is stronger defensively, more dynamic, and has a greater offensive threat from the outside. ”

"In the playoffs of the Lakers last season, I watched a few key games, and every time there was a critical moment, the team could only rely on Shaquille to score, but at critical moments, Shaquille was a player that the opponent focused on targeting, so Shaquille's scoring efficiency in the last moments was not high."

"And if the team can find a strong point on the outside, such as Kobe Bryant, and take over the burden of the team's outside offense, maybe the game will not be so difficult in the final moments."

"And Kobe Bryant has that potential, and I think Mitch and Mr. Jerry West are well aware of that, and in the Drew League Finals, Kobe Bryant was the core and played an amazing individual performance......"

The more Qiao Hai said, the more moved Jerry West became, when he chose Kobe, he was indeed too optimistic about Kobe, thinking that Kobe Bryant would be the next Michael Jordan.

Two years have passed, and it is indeed time for Kobe Bryant to cash in on his talent, Jerry West thought for a moment, interrupted Qiao Hai to continue to say, and turned his head to look at Del: "Del, I think what Joe said makes a lot of sense, we really have time to change, let Kobe Bryant start, we need the progress of this young man." ”

Del Harris was hesitant to refute something, but Jerry West had already made up his mind.

Jerry West waved his hand: "Del, I know what you're trying to say, it's just a small adjustment to the starters, don't be so entangled." ”

Del Harris sighed helplessly: "Okay, then let Kobe Bryant start and try, but I said in the front, if Kobe Bryant doesn't start well, I will change back to Eddie at any time." ”

Del Harris compromised, Joe smiled, this argument was his Lakers debut, and so far, his debut has been extremely successful, if the stats are any of them, he has already scored 20 points......

With Del Harris's compromise, at the same time, there was a ding, and the system prompt sounded.

"Ding, the host has completed the task, please enter the system to receive the reward ......"