"I'm your coach, the one who decides your job." Tang Tian looked straight at him.

Woods' face froze, but relying on the fact that he was an old player, he straightened up his waist and said: "It was Coach Thibodeau who invited me to play, and I only listened to him." ”

Thibodeau's face was embarrassed for a while, this Woods would really turn the muzzle.

As soon as he wanted to speak, Tang Tian directly said lightly, "You can leave." ”

Woods' face was stunned, he didn't expect Tang Tian to say it so simply, completely ignoring Thibodeau's face.

"Do you need me to use security to get you out?" Tang Tian saw that Woods didn't move, and said coldly.

Woods glanced at Thibodeau, saw that he didn't mean to speak, snorted coldly, and then walked directly out of the training hall.

With Woods' lesson, the rest of the team suddenly fell silent.

This dismount made them realize that Tang Tian was definitely not easy to mess with.

"Looks like you're all able to do it." Tang Tian continued.

"Yes, Coach." Millsap spoke.

"Yes, Coach."

The other team members also spoke one after another.

Tang Tian nodded, his serious face softened.

"All of you, you came to Summer League for one purpose, to get into the NBA, and it's not an easy path, and even if you play well here, you probably won't even get a chance to play in the preseason."

Tang Tian's next words immediately reached the hearts of the team members.

"But my team is different, I don't need you to have beautiful stats, because when you get to the Rockets, you don't need those at all, what I need is for you to play your own characteristics, let me see your skills, I can guarantee that if your skills impress me, even if you don't score a point in the whole league, I can take you to the preseason."

After saying this, not only the team members, but also Thibodeau looked very surprised.

This is the first time he has met a coach who dares to say that.

But it was very effective, and after the players came to their senses, they were all eager to try.

In the past, when I played the summer league, the ball was basically in the hands of the guards, and everyone was rushing to lose the data, and they were afraid that they would be confused, but Tang Tian assured that their mentality was completely different, and even their fighting spirit was stimulated.

Seeing that the players were in a good state, Tang Tian didn't talk nonsense, and then started training.

The summer league officially started a week later, and the complex tactics obviously couldn't be practiced, so the tactics arranged by Tang Tian were very simple.

offense, blocking and pick-and-roll tactics; Defense, joint defense.

It's simple, but it also takes time, and there are breakdowns of pick-and-rolls with and without the ball, and there are also 2-3, 3-2 and 2-1-2 defenses.

However, with Tang Tian's guarantee, the players trained quite hard.

After a week, although it was not very clear, some tacit understanding was established between the team members.

A week later, Tang Tian and Thibodeau, with his team of members, boarded a plane to Las Vegas.

There they will be in the summer league.

Las Vegas, nicknamed "Las Vegas", is one of the most prosperous cities in the United States, where the lights are bright, drunk and golden, and it is a paradise for the rich, which is why Tang Tian asked for the third request in advance.

Because he is the first Chinese coach in the history of the NBA, this time in the Las Vegas Summer League, the Rockets have received quite a lot of attention.

As soon as I took the bus from the plane to the door of the hotel, I was blocked by the reporter at the door.

Naturally, they all came to Tang Tian.

"Tang Tian, there are rumors that you are the son of a rocket executive, is that true?"

"Tang Tian, are you the key for Team Rocket to renew Yao Ming's contract?"

"Tang Tian, I heard that the team's most well-known Quinter? Woods was expelled from the team, are you ready for a total Summer League loss? ”

……

Journalists flocked to it, and the questions were a mess.

After Tang Tian signed with the Rockets, he had not appeared in front of the media, but now he was caught by reporters, and all kinds of problems were smashed.

Tang Tian originally wanted to refuse to answer directly, but he couldn't stand that there were too many reporters and it was not easy to use violence in public, so he could only stop.

"You don't have a named player on your team, are you confident of winning a game?" In the midst of the jumble of questions, he heard a slightly more normal one.

"We're going to win the championship."

Tang Tian's answer was very simple, but it caused a commotion among the reporters.

In their eyes, two 1.83-meter guards, two second-round picks, and a bunch of unnamed marginal people, it's good to win one game, and they still want to win the championship?

Taking advantage of the commotion of the reporters, Tang Tian added some strength and squeezed through with Thibodeau.

The reporters tried to go up, but were stopped by the hotel's security.

"It's the first time I've seen such a big scene in the summer league, Don, you're under a lot of pressure." Entering the hotel, Thibodeau sighed.

"Is there one? How can I not feel it? Tang Tian said with a smile.

Xibodu glanced at Tang Tian in a daze, although he admired Tang Tian a lot, but he didn't know where Tang Tian got the courage to say that he won the championship, and he felt that he was in control.

"Alright, let's put down our bags and go get something to eat, I'm a little hungry too." Tang Tian smiled and patted Thibodeau's shoulder.

Thibodeau shook his head and said nothing more.

Putting down his things, Tang Tian was about to go out, when his mobile phone rang.

He picked it up and looked at it, and the caller ID was Hathaway.

This cousin made a lot of phone calls one after another, and it seemed that she really cared about him.

"Tang, I heard from the people in the Chinese medicine store that you have stopped working there for a long time, what happened?" Hathaway's anxious voice could be heard over there.

"Oh, I changed jobs, got a job as a basketball coach, and I forgot to tell you." Tang Tian said apologetically.

"Basketball coach? When will you be here? Where are you now? ”

"I'm in Las Vegas, and I'm going to play tomorrow." Tang Tian saw Thibodeau coming out and motioned for him to wait.

"You're in Las Vegas?!" The voice was loud over there.

Tang Tian took the phone away from his ear and said "um".

"Where are you now? I'll pick you up. Said quickly.

"You're in Las Vegas too?" Tang Tian was stunned for a moment.