169. Billy Knight

This chapter 3k,I thought about it.,Or these days I'm trying to make up for more in each chapter and make up for yesterday's arrears.,Drag it to the weekend...... It's really procrastinating......

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After a Chinese meal, although the slightly negative impression of Jiang Qi and grabbing his pseudo-fans from time to time has not changed much, Teresa also has to admit that this guy who looks very young and is said to be leading a football team is a little more professional than herself.

Well, the eldest lady can admit that there is only a little bit of disadvantage.

Originally, she always wanted to ask Jiang Qi about the overall team building ideas of the Hawks, instead of giving her his views on some of the NBA's team structure and head coaching style in bits and pieces under the guise of building the team, although Teresa had to occasionally admit in her heart that these things sounded quite fresh.

However, the rookie coach obviously knows how to keep the suspense, and his flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta has not revealed the direction of his team.

It's not that Jiang deliberately teased the tsundere girl of his future partner, but that he also wanted to meet someone and hear what this person had to say, and that person was Billy Knight, who still sat in the position of general manager of the Eagles.

Originally, he also wanted to change someone to be his deputy, Uncle Guybilly Knight's vision of the draft is really not flattering, and the preference for 6-foot-8 swing people can be described as crazy, you must know that at next summer's draft, Uncle Ratio Knight holds the league's ninety-out of nine teams' eye-catching eye sign, but signed Marvin Williams, this kind of selection vision is as strange as the Bucks' wishful thinking that Bogut can develop into the league's top center and serve as the cornerstone of the team's building... …

The Australian is also physically able to bluff people, rough technology and below-par IQ are the shortcomings of this tall white man who aims for the league's No. 1 center, and in the era of the big four centers, Bogut is a scum character.

Then the Bucks and the Hawks, the general manager who occupied a good signing position and was envied and hated by many managers, actually let go of the most dazzling point guard duo in 05, Deron Williams and Chris Paul, which is really incomprehensible.

can be considered that the team is often managed by the general manager as a coolie, and it is necessary to have a certain understanding of the team, have experience in the manager position, and can also let Lao Jiang grasp the general direction, and not miss the rebirth of the golden thigh to guide the candidate who can cooperate steadily...... It's really hard to find, so Jiang Qi decided to meet with Billy Knight first to see if he can continue to appoint this uncle, and he really wants to know Uncle Billy Knight's thoughts.

The Eagles' first management meeting brought together the heads of various departments of the team, but there were only four core figures, one was Geddes, who represented the board of directors to symbolize the surname Jiang Qi and Theresa, and the two incredibly young directors sent to partner in the team, and finally Billy Knight, the current general manager of the team.

"Mr. Knight, I'd like to hear your vision for the future of the team." After introducing each other and getting to know each other, Jiang Qi went straight to the point and cut straight to the topic.

Billy Knight was stunned, because the team acquisition occurred in the middle of the season, he originally thought that he was a transitional figure, and he would get together with the team to make way for the new executive director, he pondered that even if people needed a general manager as an assistant, they would definitely bring a confidant to take office, who expected that this young man did not bring a subordinate, and asked about his team building ideas, which made Billy Knight surprised, but also had more reverie about his future.

Anyone who has been in the NBA for a few years will understand that although the general manager holds the power of life and death of the player, it is not without restrictions, and the will of the boss is the direction of their efforts, so for Jiang Qi, who was parachuted, Billy Knight did not have much resistance, and once a son of heaven and a courtier was just a habitual surname, but unfortunately he really didn't know that Jiang Qi was really unavailable.

Looking at the young man opposite, there was some surprise and novelty in his eyes, Billy Knight also subconsciously straightened his waist, and he also didn't know where Jiang Qi's surprise and novelty came from......

"Offense wins applause, defense wins championships...... This is a phrase that is often mentioned in the league, and some people may have some objections to it in the past, but the first game of the Finals in Los Angeles gave everyone a stunned result, the Pistons won the Lakers away by defense, which is not incredible, but they have reversed the impression of the Pistons and this year's championship in one fell swoop. Billy Knight used the same opening as Jiang Qi did against Teresa, "So, if I had to plan the future of the Eagles, defense is undoubtedly the number one trait that our tactical system needs to have!" ”

Although the first time he saw this legendary general manager, he made the uncle's face after mixing Liu Qingyun and Ouyang Zhenhua, and then brushing a layer of soy sauce, but Lao Jiang was not surprised by what Billy Knight wanted to answer.

He's probably eyeing Larry Brown's accomplishments with the Pistons for a long time, because in the summer after the Finals, Billy Knight will poach Brown Sr.'s assistant coach Woodson to become the new coach of the Hawks, and use a lot of 6-foot-8" and physical swingmen to occupy the Hawks' roster.

Following his train of thought, Jiang Qi naturally asked, "Does Mr. Knight have any suitable candidates?" ”

"Pistons assistant coach Woodson!" Uncle Knight did not hesitate to report the name, "The Pistons' defensive system is undoubtedly successful, and I think recruiting the Pistons' assistant coach will also help polish our defensive system." ”

Although only one Finals game was played, the Pistons have become a success story in the league that can go down in history, and a civilian team relies on defense to knock down giant-like opponents, which is too strong to be a model and understandable.

"I agree with polishing the team's defense, and I also hope that the team can have a stable tactical system, which will not rely on superstars to survive, at least to maintain the basic strength of the team in the absence of key players, rather than collapse instantly." The rookie head nodded, but then the conversation changed, "However, when it comes to tuning and coaching the team's defense, I think of a better candidate than Woodson." ”

Billy Knight hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

"Jeff Van Gundy's assistant, Tom Thibodeau!"

Although it is not the time for Thibodeau to start to be in the spotlight after the Celtic Green Shirts won the championship in a few years, the assistant coach who focuses on defense is also quite well-known, but he should not have received an unsolicited offer from the team right now...... Although I don't know how determined Xibodeau is to take this step, Jiang Qi has prepared the greatest sincerity.

What the Hawks are facing now is a complete rebuild, and such a team with a certain reputation will definitely not rush to take over, not to mention that the head coach does not have too much power in the selection of team builders, and the team's management is still unusually young, although Atlanta has not announced the news to the public now. With so many factors coming together, coupled with the case analysis of many basketball novels in later generations, Thibodeau became Lao Jiang's first choice.

For the NBA, there must be both positive and negative sides to a successful head coach in the league, on the one hand, he is loved by fans, and on the other hand, many fans will dislike the head coach and find out the weaknesses that he seems to be unable to bridge.

Zen master Phil Jackson's tactics relied too much on superstars, and many people liked to throw out the inference that KFC's grandfather would fall from the altar to the mortal world after leaving Jordan O'Neal.

Larry Brown is more of a tyrant in team management, and many people speculate that Brother Shui was abolished in this way, and if he changes to a coach who suits him, he may be able to play the top score.

D'Antoni never knew how to get his players to defend and his team was always a backdrop that could only win applause, not championships.

** Vicky's stereotypical emotions are simply no one's supposed emotions, and the image of the governor is a suitable mess, so the successor of the Terminator series appeared.

Jerry Sloan, the old man, distilled the NBA game into the word "pick-and-roll", which is even more unforgivable......

The same can be said of Tom Thibodeau, who led the Bulls to the top spot in the regular season in his first season in charge, but the criticism of the use of key players is obvious argument that Rose was beaten to a half-crippled state for an entire season.

Jiang Qi also considered this, since the choice of head coach must understand his strengths and advantages, and he needs to fit the team's goals, as for the criticized shortcomings, there will always be a way to solve them...... Picking out a deep bench line-up with someone's eyes, talking to Thibodeau about the protection of the main players, and finally adding Billy Knight to the side to supervise and balance, he is fully confident that this problem can be avoided.

Since the young man sent down from above is also a defensive-minded person, and Thibodeau does have a certain reputation in this regard, so Billy Knight did not express his objections, and the choice of the head coach for the new season reached a tacit understanding, the only thing to wait for is the result of Jiang Qi's persuasion to go to Houston, well, and add Miss Teresa who took the initiative to ask Yingyan to become an assistant.

However, after coming to Houston, Jiang Qi did not contact Tom Thibodeau directly, but contacted another person through the information network......

Because Lao Jiang heard that Yao Ming had also stayed in Houston for the past two days, if he didn't take advantage of the fact that his identity was secret, he would not be so convenient to meet the legend of this Chinese basketball player after adding the Eagles logo to his business card in the future.

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