Li Wei saw that Nick was selling off, and chuckled: "Why is it suitable for the Knicks, but you can't come to coach?" Who the hell is he? ”

Jeff Nick said: "Do you know how many championships our team has won? How many retirement numbers are there? ”

Li Wei said: "Of course I know. We won two championships in 1969-70 and 1972-73, and the team retired seven numbers, six of which were key winners in those two seasons.

The seventh number, which is a very special number, is 613, and he is the champion coach Reid Holzman, who led the team to two championships at the time. 613 is the number of games that Mr. Holzman has won with the Knicks. ”

In the current NBA, the two giants are the Celtics and the Lakers, one has won 16 championships, and the other has 11. Further down, there are the five-crown Bulls, the three-time Warriors, the 76ers, and the two-time Pistons, Rockets, Bullets (i.e., the Wizards), and the Knicks.

The Knicks' two championship trophies were won under the leadership of a head coach, and he was none other than the meritorious coach Reid Holzman!

Jeff Nick nodded and said, "Exactly, the coach I'm going to see is a generation of famous coaches, Reed Holzman!" ”

"What, Mr. Holzman?" Li Wei was stunned at first, and then pleasantly surprised.

There are many famous coaches in the NBA, but famous coaches are also divided into different grades. Now Popovich has not yet risen, and the three most famous superstars are Cardinal Auerbach, Phil Jackson, and Pat Riley. Among them, Auerbach is too old to coach anymore, and Phil and Riley, who are still coaching, are peerless.

The first grade under the super handsome must be an old handsome like Holzmann who holds more than one ring in his hand. As for Larry Brown and his ilk, they have to go back row.

In 96, the NBA's 50th anniversary celebration was officially held, and the selection of the top 50 superstars and top 10 coaches in 50 years was officially held. Holzmann is undisputed as one of the top 10 coaches. When it comes to his achievements with the Knicks, Pat Riley can't beat him.

Hearing that Jeff Nick was going to visit Reed Holzman, Li Wei immediately followed. The NBA is also a humane society, valuing connections and qualifications, and if he can be recognized by these older generations, his work will undoubtedly be much better.

Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

The moment he stepped into the ward, Li Wei's mood was very heavy.

No matter how great the coach is, he can't escape the polish of the years, and now Holzman is in his last years and suffers from leukemia. On the hospital bed at this moment, the hair of the legendary sect leader has completely fallen out, and there is no blood on his face. All that the years have left him is pale.

"Old man, I've come to see you!" Jeff Nick shook Holzman's hand.

"Jeff." Holzman nodded, his words not so clear.

"This is the new owner of our Knicks, Li Wei, he heard that I was coming to see you, and he came with him!" Jeff Nick said.

Li Wei sent a bouquet of flowers and said with a smile: "Mr. Holzman, I adore you very much!" ”

"Our new Knicks owner?" Holzman squinted his eyes for a while, as if he wanted to see Li Wei clearly, and then shook his head and said, "I'm old, my eyes are not good." I feel like this boss is very young? ”

"Coach, he looks like he's in his twenties." Next to Holzman's bedside, an old man with the same gray hair, but very slender, said.

"Ahh Holzman's face was full of disbelief.

Li Wei said: "Mr. Holzman, you look young too!" ”

"Hahaha!" Holzman smiled happily from his hospital bed, "Young man, you're very good at talking, and I'm looking forward to you running the Knicks better!" ”

Li Wei said: "I will definitely do it, you can rest assured." ”

Holzman pointed to the white-haired old man beside him and asked softly, "Do you recognize who he is?" ”

Li Wei was stunned for a moment before he reacted: "This is ...... Big D? ”

Big D's name is Dave Debusschel, one of the NBA's top 50 superstars, and his No. 22 jersey is one of seven numbers that the Knicks have retired.

Big D smiled: "That's right, it's me, and now young fans don't know me anymore." ”

Li Weidao: "Where is it, your jersey is still hanging over the Knicks' home court!" ”

Jeff Nick said nostalgically: "That year, our first championship, the big D was our main power forward, and it was he who defended the beast-like Wilt Chamberlain. Alas, the big D was so young back then, and I was also a scout when I first joined the team management. In the blink of an eye, we are all old! ”

Big D said: "Jeff, we are old, but you are not old, and now only you are still working in the team!" ”

Jeff Nick laughed: "You little guy, dare to be older than me?" ”

Big D said: "Haha, of course I'm older than you, when it comes to coaching, you are thirty years later than me!" ”

Jeff Nick said to Li Wei: "David, don't listen to his nonsense. This kid is the youngest head coach in the history of the league, when he was the head coach, he was only 24 years old! ”

Li Wei said in surprise: "24-year-old head coach, so remarkable? ”

Big D said: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I was a player and head coach at the time, I led the team for three seasons, but I didn't achieve results, and I left my job as a coach to be a full-time player." Compared to my teacher, Mr. Holzman, and Jeff, I'm far behind! ”

Jeff Nick said: "In the NBA in that era, there were really a lot of part-time coaches, and Bill Russell was also a player and coach, and he also won two championships!" ”

Li Wei hadn't paid attention to this kind of player-coach problem before, and said in surprise: "The player is a part-time head coach, and he can still be a coach while playing?" ”

Big D laughed: "What do you think? In those days, I had to play when I was on the field, and when I got off the court, I had to study tactics and arrange training, and I was busy all day long! ”

Li Weidao: "You are really amazing, can you still be a player and coach in the current NBA?" ”

Big D said: "Can be can, but basically it won't appear." First of all, the work of coaching is becoming more and more professional, and only the kind of person who has several years or even more than ten years of successful coaching experience can be favored by the team management. The players are busy playing and can't possibly have a rich coaching resume.

Secondly, the current salary cap system will make it possible for a player to be included in the salary cap once he is also the head coach. All teams are careful about their budgets, for fear that their salaries will exceed their caps, and what team would be stupid enough to appoint an inexperienced player as a head coach and add the coach's salary to the salary cap? ”

Li Wei said: "Players are part-time coaches, will all salaries be added to the salary cap? So what if the coach only gets one player's salary? ”

Jeff Nick said: "Haha, you, as the president, really don't think about the employees. Do you know how hard it is to be a coach right now? For such hard work, you don't pay the salary, only let the family receive the player's salary? Even if you want to, people won't be willing, no one likes to just work without getting paid, and the reverse is pretty much the same! ”

"Hahaha!" Li Wei laughed, "It's me who didn't think it through." Big D, what are you doing now? Do you want to be a coach again? ”

Big D shook his head and said, "You spare me, I can't do any work now." ”

Jeff Nick said: "The big D turned out to be the vice president of our team, and Patrick Ewing was brought into the Knicks by him when he was a rookie. However, he had a bad heart and retired in 87. ”

Big D nodded and said, "Yes, I don't even dare to look at the Knicks' ball now, I'm afraid of being nervous, hey!" ”

Li Wei said: "That's really unfortunate. Well, how about you continue to have a VP on the team? I don't ask you to do anything, just come and see me and show your support for me, and I think the rest of the team wants to see you as a veteran from time to time! ”

Big D chuckled: "Forget it, I really can't do any work now, how can I get a white-collar salary?" ”

Li Weidao: "I like white-collar salaries, if Mr. Holzman can also go to the team, I can give him the position of president!" ”

Holzman shook his head and smiled, "You'd better let me live for two more days!" ”

Holzmann really didn't even have the ability to turn around the team, so he could only lie in a hospital bed. But after everyone got acquainted, Li Wei still gave him the title of honorary chairman of the team for life.

In addition, the president also announced that as long as Holzman is alive, the team will pay him the honorary chairman for life!

At the kind invitation of Li Wei, Big D also became a senior consultant of the team, and he also didn't have to worry about anything, white-collar salary.

There is too much negative news about the Knicks now, which makes people desperate when they see it, and Li Wei wants to buy horse bones and do some positive publicity.

As the saying goes, the name of a person, the shadow of a tree, even if a few celebrities don't do anything, just light up their names, fans will feel at ease when they see it.

Several old men didn't consider Li Wei's true thoughts. Although Holzmann is a famous coach, the salary in the era when he coached was not high, and now he suffers from leukemia, and his daily expenses are very large, so he is very grateful to Li Wei.

Big D has suffered from heart disease for many years and has gradually been forgotten by the world, but how can he really be willing to do nothing? can show his face with the title of senior consultant, and at the same time have a white-collar salary, he also has a good impression of Li Wei.

As for Jeff Nick, that's not to mention. The old man has always felt that Li Wei is a young man who knows how to respect the elderly, and now he is more convinced of his own ideas.

This little president is sensible and promising!

Holzman said: "I heard Big D say that you sold Ewing and fought with Oakley, thinking that you were difficult to get along with, but I didn't expect the truth to be the opposite. ”

Li Weidao: "I'm used to treating others as they do to me. Oakley, they call me a dwarf, and they stretch out their hands to beat me, and I can't spare them. You are all elders, and I deserve to be respected! ”

Big D said: "Those little guys are not very good-tempered and like to fight." David, I don't think you're a good businessman, but I just like people like you because you'll be a good friend! ”

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed in unison.