Chuck Daley said with interest: "What kind of contract do you want to give me?" ”

Li Weidao: "Forty million in five years, what do you think?" ”

"What? 40 million in five years? Chuck Daly was moved.

In '96, the NBA signed a huge broadcast contract with NBC TV, and the salaries of various superstars rose wildly, but the coaches' salaries were not on the same level as the superstars.

At present, the highest salary among coaches is Phil Jackson, who led the Bulls to win five championships and is impacting the sixth championship, with an annual salary of six million!

However, Phil just renewed the contract, but it took a lot of effort to negotiate, if it wasn't for Jordan's insistence, the Bulls would have almost changed coaches.

If nothing else, this short-term contract, which is only one year, will also be Phil's last contract with the Bulls. The Bulls are only going to endure one more year for the championship, and they don't think Phil Jackson is worth the price!

The second highest salary among the league's coaches is Rick Pitino, a peerless coach who went to the peak of his life in the NCAA and made countless heroes worship him!

This summer, the Celtics signed this peerless coach with a ten-year contract of 50 million, which caused a sensation in the entire NBA. Countless Boston fans believe that even if they don't get Tim Duncan, the brilliant Celtics team with this peerless coach at the core will surely be revived!

The salaries of the two peerless coaches are only five or six million, and the salaries of other coaches cannot be compared with the star players. For example, Popovich, needless to say, now, even ten years later, in the 06-07 season when he led the Spurs to win the championship for the fourth time, his annual salary is still only 4 million, which is not as good as the team's backup guard Brent Barry.

When Daley coached the Pistons and other teams, it was still in the late eighties, and in the early nineties, the salary was even lower, and he didn't dare to imagine that Li Wei would offer such a high salary!

40 million in five years, that is an annual salary of 8 million!

As long as he signs this contract, he will be the first person in the NBA coaching world!

At least in terms of annual salary, he deserves to be the first!

"It's too high, I can't ask for so much." Chuck Daley shook his head.

Li Wei smiled lightly.

He cares about the future of the team, not a mere multimillion-dollar salary. A famous coach like Chuck Daley can't be hired even if he has money, as long as he can train Garnett and others into talents, this contract is worth it!

What's more, the coach's salary is not included in the salary cap, and the team will not be limited because the contract given to the coach is too high!

"Mr. Daley, this is what you deserve, and only this price can show my respect for you!"

"Hahaha." Daley laughed, "You offered a contract that I couldn't refuse at all, but I'm too old, and my brain and energy are not as good as before, I'm afraid that the results of leading the team will not satisfy you." ”

Li Wei said: "Mr. Daley, I don't ask for the results of the team at all. In fact, in the first year, my request to you is - rotten! ”

"What,?" Chuck Daley's eyes widened.

He didn't expect that after the young boss in front of him offered the highest salary in the coaching world, he would let him mess up!

Isn't this kind of thing a mess just a coach can do?

Are you guilty of spending eight million on someone?

Li Weidao: "Mr. Daley, you said that Kevin Garnett may not grow into an Ewing superstar, so we need to choose another potential rookie next year. A team has two good players as the cornerstone to really stand tall.

Our task this year is to have a bad record, it must be very bad, and only if it is bad to a certain extent, can we choose a building block like Tim Duncan. My personal opinion is that the team has to try to finish in the bottom three! ”

Chuck Daley's face suddenly became very ugly.

After a long time, he said slowly: "I understand your rebuilding thinking, and the Celtics did the same last year. However, playing bad doesn't necessarily make you pick the player you like, like the Celtics this year, and it's impossible to pick Duncan.

On the other hand, you should know what kind of person I am. With the exception of the incomplete season when I first coached, my team never left the playoffs, not once. If I become the head coach, I can't mess up at all, because I don't want reporters and the media to say that I'm not going to be able to play a bad night! ”

"Huh?"

Li Wei blinked, suddenly a little embarrassed, he forgot to consider how much the old man cared about his reputation!

A coach like Larry Brown doesn't want to mess up, and Chuck Daley has led the team to the playoffs every year all his life, so how can he mess up?

"Mr. Daley, I don't mean to offend you, but I really want to hire you as a head coach. Because I think you're best suited to be a mentor to those young people, to develop them into talent, and only you can build the Knicks into a championship team. ”

Chuck Daly laughed: "I feel your sincerity, but what I'm most proud of in my life is that as a head coach, I have a winning rate of more than 60 percent, and I can lead the team to the playoffs every year." If you were me, would you be ruined in New York? Are you willing to add a flop to your near-perfect coaching resume? ”

Li Wei secretly thought that Daley's coaching resume in his previous life had indeed added a failure. Of course, he can't be blamed, everyone understands what kind of injuries the Magic went through that season, and even if he didn't make the playoffs, he did well enough!

It's one thing to passively add to the failures, and it's another thing to actively find the failures. Li Wei felt that if he was Chuck Daley, he would definitely cherish his feathers, and he must not be unsure of his feathers!

Miscalculation, miscalculation, do you really have to choose between hiring Chuck Daley and swinging badly?

Can't have it both ways?

Wait, maybe think of something else!

A spiritual light suddenly crossed Li Wei's mind. He shook Chuck Daly's hand and said loudly: "Mr. Daley, how do you look at this, you come to our team to preside over the work, but the team's record is not counted in your head coaching resume!" ”

Chuck Daley wondered: "I went to the team to host the work, but the team's record is not counted in the manager's resume?" How is this possible? ”

Li Weidao: "It's very simple, have you heard of the player and coach? ”

"Player-coach?" Chuck Daley nodded, "In the fifties and sixties, this kind of thing was very common, and the youngest head coach in history was our Pistons' big D, who was only 24 years old when he was a part-time head coach. Then he went to the Knicks and helped you win two championships, and the jersey was retired with you.

However, since the introduction of the new salary cap system, this kind of thing is basically impossible to happen again. No one wants to take one salary and work two jobs, and the job of a coach is really hard. ”

Li Wei smiled: "Haha, the coach's job is indeed very hard, but if you put your name on, it won't be hard." In the new season I will be a player and a part-time head coach of the team. Actually, it's just a decoration to put the team's worst record on my resume. In addition, I hired you as the team's first assistant coach with the same annual salary, and the real affairs of the team are up to you.

That's what I'm talking about, you do the work, but the team's results don't count towards your manager's resume!

When we finish this year, select the right rookies, and then run in the lineup to ensure that we can challenge for the championship, I will step down as head coach and you will be responsible for leading the team to win the championship, what do you think? ”

Chuck Daley was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "Hahaha, you can think of this kind of ghost idea!" You are the nominal coach and only responsible for recording the worst results on your own head? That's too unfair to you, isn't it? ”

Li Weidao: "There is nothing unfair, as the head of the team, I have long had this determination that I will not go to hell, who will go to hell." As long as it can be good for the future of the team and make the Knicks a champion, I can accept no matter how bad the coaching resume is! ”

Chuck Daley sighed: "I'm ashamed that you say this, I've been a coach all my life, but I can't see it as thoroughly as you!" ”

Li Wei said: "Mr. Daley, where are you talking about this?" If I were a coach like you, I wouldn't want to add failures to my coaching resume. Luckily, I'm not a coach, not even a coach, so I don't have any pressure and I can lose happily.

If you don't object, let's make up our minds, I'll take the black pot in front, and you can strategize and cultivate those children. Knicks, I really can't live without you! ”

Chuck Daley picked up his coffee and took a sip.

It is extremely rude to invite a famous coach to be an assistant coach, and it is even more impossible for someone of his status to be an assistant coach.

But at this moment, he didn't feel that there was a problem with this invitation, he only felt the other party's pure heart!

This short Knicks boss not only respects the elderly, but is also willing to spend money, and is willing to bear the blame for the team, and is not even afraid of abuse, no matter how you look at it, he is a good boss, no wonder Holzman and others will praise him!

Perhaps, take a trip to New York?