The Warriors call themselves the Golden State Warriors, but in Golden State, the best team is not the Warriors, whether it is the Lakers, the Clippers, or the Kings, who have fared better than the Warriors in recent years.

And the 2000-2001 season happened to be the worst season for the Warriors, and this season they have been ranked first from the bottom of the West. In fact, since the elder Kohan bought the Warriors in 1995, the Warriors have never made the playoffs, ninth in the West in the 96th season, tenth in the West in the 97th season, eleventh in the West in the 98th season, tenth in the West in the 99th season, and fourteenth in the 00 season.

The Warriors are getting worse and worse, but the team management thinks differently, they changed to a new head coach Dave Cowens last summer, aiming for the playoffs, but half a season has passed, and the Warriors have only won 10 games, which is completely rotten! Just like Adou who can't be supported, no matter how invested the Cohan family is, the warriors just don't produce.

Before taking over the Warriors, Richard had a whole set of plans, and the Warriors were able to do what they are now, and in Richard's mind, the management had a big problem, so before going to Oakland to take over the Warriors, Richard made a phone call and found an old friend of his.

In a restaurant on the outskirts of San Francisco, Richard met Larry Foster, an old friend of Richard, before that, the two were both students at Harvard Business School, but compared with Richard, who was living at Harvard, Larry Foster was a top student at Harvard University, and Richard remembered that in the year he graduated, Larry Foster won the second place in the Harvard University scholarship!

And the reason why Richard and Larry Foster became friends was naturally because they shared a common hobby, basketball!

Larry Foster is a Chicago Bulls fan, which is normal, after all, they grew up watching Michael Jordan play. Fortunately, Richard is not a fan of a certain team, so they would watch the game together in college, and then they could talk about something very harmoniously, and now, with Larry Foster out, Richard naturally needs Larry Foster's help.

He needed a helper, a helper who could help him run a good warrior.

"Larry, what have you been up to lately?" Richard cut the steak, but didn't want to eat it at all.

And Larry Foster over there laughed, looking at Richard's face with a look I had already guessed: "I knew you had something to do with me, say, what are you looking for me for?!" ”

Richard smiled bitterly, touched his nose and said, "I don't know what you're doing now, but I have a great plan in my hands now, and I hope you can help me." ”

"Great plan?" Larry Foster had a playful smile on his face, and then spread his hands with a helpless look. "Okay, let's hear it."

Richard smiled: "You know, I'm from the Cohan family, recently my dad didn't want to do it, and assigned the Warriors to me, and now your brother and I also have an NBA team, I now have an idea, I want to build the Warriors into the greatest basketball team in the United States, whether it's competitive or commercial, so, I don't know if you can help me?" ”

Larry Foster had a look of surprise on his face when he heard that Richard had the Warriors, but then, when he heard Richard say that he wanted to make the Warriors the greatest basketball team in the United States, he smiled, and waited until Richard finished speaking before he spoke: "Dude, you seem to have forgotten that the Warriors are now the bottom team in the West!" ”

"Hey, what's wrong with the bottom? Just because you're at the bottom now doesn't mean you'll be at the bottom in the future! ”

"Okay, okay, but if that's all there is, you can't convince me that I've been working on an investment project on Wall Street lately, but it's much better than working on an NBA bottom team, and besides, I'm in commercial development, what does the basketball team ask me to do?" Larry Foster refused, and he needed Richard to give him more reasons to give up his current job.

Hearing Larry Foster's words, Richard smiled, but he didn't speak immediately, but organized the language in his mind, although he had thought about this theory many times, this was the first time he said it in front of others.

"Larry, you know, business sports?" Richard asked tentatively.

"Business sports? What is that? Larry Foster was a little unresponsive.

Richard had to change his expression: "Or, commercial football, you should know, right?" ”

"Do you mean Manchester United or Real Madrid?" This time, Larry Foster instantly understood.

"That's right! What I mean by this is that if football can be a commercial football, why can't basketball? The NBA league can rely on the strength of the entire league to bring out a Michael Jordan, so we will use our own strength to bring out a Golden State Warriors! Manchester United is the Manchester United of the world, Real Madrid is the Real Madrid of the world, and the Warriors will be the warriors of the world! ”

Richard Excited. He said a lot of words with emotion, and then looked at Larry Foster, waiting for Larry Foster's reaction.

Larry Foster still looked so calm, but he was silent for a moment before he spread his hands: "Okay, I'll admit, you've convinced me, I'd like to hear more detailed conditions." ”

Richard smiled, Larry Foster had agreed to help him, so the first piece of the puzzle of the Warrior Empire was found! As for the more detailed conditions, it was naturally the position and salary that Larry Foster wanted, which Richard had already prepared.

"Executive Vice President, primarily responsible for the team's commercial operations." Executive Vice President, this position belongs to an NBA team above 10,000 people, so Richard is confident enough that Larry Foster will definitely accept his terms!

Sure enough, Larry Foster held out his hand: "Then I wish us a happy cooperation!" ”

The two laughed and shook hands......

With Larry Foster's help, Richard drove from San Francisco to Oakland, where Richard took Larry Foster and the commercial team brought by Larry Foster to conduct an inventory of the Warriors' management.

Just one day later, Richard announced that the general manager of the Warriors had been fired, and the new general manager would be Chris Mullin, a veteran of the team!

The reason why Richard fired the general manager of the Warriors in one day is naturally because the former general manager did a really bad job, and in 98 he exchanged Vince Carter for Antoine Jamison, which can also be explained because he is a rookie, so it is inevitable to make mistakes; But then, the lottery pick was exchanged for a Murchy Brelock; Don Yell Marshall, who was on the rise, was exchanged for a Danny Fortson who played only six games before the season was reimbursed; Madman Ratley Les Prewell in exchange for an embarrassing bunch of role players......

With all kinds of brain-pumping transactions, Richard chose to fire the former general manager of the Warriors almost without any consideration.

The new general manager is Chris Mullin, who is still a player of the Warriors this season, but is now close to retirement, as a veteran player of the Warriors, Chris Mullin has become the general manager of the team, which is also expected, Richard believes that such a player with a high reputation in the team will be reappointed as general manager, and he will definitely help him deal with the internal affairs of the team.

After firing the former general manager, Richard began a purge of the Warriors' management, and there was no one left in the transfer department, and all of them were fired; Only a few staff members were left in the athletic department, and the rest were all rolled up and left; The same is true for the team doctor; In the end, the only thing left was the team's scouting department.

Originally, Richard didn't even look down on the scouting department, but after seeing the latest scouting report of the scouting department, Richard changed his mind and finally decided to leave the scouting department of the Warriors, because there were several names written on this scouting report, and these names made Li aware that the scouts of the Warriors were still a little level.

Gilbert Arenas, Gerard Wallace, Zach Randolph, etc., these are the favorites in the 2001 draft, but the Warriors scouts focused on several players who are not high in prediction picks, but in Richard's view, this vision is a bit against the sky, Gilbert Arenas? Gerard Wallace? And Zach Randolph, all three of whom were later All-Stars!

In the star-studded 2001 draft, these three players can be said to be extremely powerful!

The fact that the Warriors' scouting department was able to highlight these players shows their vision and level.

Therefore, of the several major departments of the Warriors' uniform group, the only one that completely remained was the scouting department, and as for the rest, all of them were fired!

The reorganization of the new management was also in full swing after the purge......