Chapter 13 Get the Best Coach
Compared with these big names, in fact, the Warriors' management really likes a coach - D'Antoni. A former head coach of the Phoenix Suns in the NBA, he has been with the team since 2003 and was named NBA Coach of the Year in 2004-05, leading the team to a 62-20 record in the regular season and a Western Conference Finals. Later, he coached the Knicks as head coach, but was not very successful. Jackson, who once won the championship with his rigorous triangle offensive tactics, believes that D'Anthony's running and shooting can also win the championship, although the Phoenix Suns he once coached never made it to the Finals. However, for fans and commentators alike, D'Antoni's run-and-gun tactics will give the team a flashy, fluid offense and a powerful destruction on the court, but his neglect of defense makes it difficult for his team to go far in the playoffs. But the Warriors aren't a near-perfect bombardment team, and let's not forget, this Warriors team is a typical Nelson team. Nelson Sr. and D'Antoni are both coaches known for their bombardment offense, although the style of play is slightly different, and D'Antoni's bombardment emphasizes the role of playmaker more than Nelson Sr's. Therefore, the Suns' game is synonymous with gorgeousness, rarely reluctantly attacking, and finding the right shot through reasonable passing, and because of this, D'Antoni has achieved two-time MVP Nash. Nelson, on the other hand, emphasizes more on the limits of speed, and weakens the role of playmaker, emphasizing crazy running, finding the most suitable shooting opportunities under the running of all players. For coaches, such a difference seems negligible. If D'Antoni were to coach, wouldn't the Warriors' offense change much? At the same time, don't forget, even if the Warriors don't have a playmaker in the strict sense, but their players have never lacked the ability to organize, Keynes's passing vision and organizational talent have certainly not been fully released, because the Warriors have too much emphasis on speed and Lin Fei's offense, so they can't be used at all, at the same time, the Warriors also have Lin Fei, a point guard who is born with amazing speed, and in many cases, Lin Fei has also proved that he is completely capable of converting his speed into assists. and Stephen Curry, although he is also a point guard who is good at shooting, but don't forget that he is no weaker than anyone else in the control of the Warriors. In the face of such a lineup, D'Antoni will definitely be tempted, and it only depends on what the Warriors management does.
In fact, when Nelson announced his retirement this season, D'Antoni had already begun to prepare. Of course, this preparation does not mean that he covets the head coach position of the Warriors, but he has already begun to study what Nielsen's strategy really is. He heard from some friends that almost all of Nelson Sr.'s things came from Eastern cultures. What Tai Chi gossip and five elements are definitely a mess for D'Antoni, and what he can do may be to understand Nelson's tactics and offensive routines in his own way.
In the face of such a scandal. The Warriors players will not remain indifferent. Although they didn't dare to discuss it publicly, they were active in private.
"Hey! Lin Fei, do you know? Our head coach is D'Antoni, you know? It's the Suns' D'Antoni, the head coach who made Nash the MVP......"
The news is spreading more and more. For a while, it seemed like D'Antoni was a bit of a favorite, and almost all fans wanted the Warriors to keep their flashy and win championships the way the Warriors belonged, and the city hated ugly defense.
Warriors management seems to be out of the woods all at once. They did have contact with D'Antoni, obviously, the Warriors are a team that picks the door, in the face of Lin Fei's clear statement, they have almost given it a go, renewing the contracts of Keynes and Jobs, and Curry's contract will be completed soon, which makes the Warriors have exceeded the luxury tax. The price they offered D'Antoni was a four-year, $8 million contract. That's obviously a bit low for a manager who has ever won the best coach. But in fact, the Warriors management has the bottom in their hearts, and the real temptation for D'Antoni is not what kind of price the Warriors can offer, but a lineup like the Warriors, and some people even joke that even if the contract price offered by the Warriors is zero, many head coaches will be tempted, because it seems that the Warriors will win the championship next season is almost a certainty. Who can not be tempted? Moreover, even if the Warriors can't win the championship, according to their current configuration, they can play a record of nearly 70 wins, and for a head coach, the value will skyrocket.
The two sides are still weighing up.
The Warriors felt the need to discuss with Lin Fei, and Lin Fei also felt that he might need to discuss with his mentor Nelson.
"You don't exist because of any tactics." Nielsen's advice to Lin Fei is simple.
"My opinion is not informative." Lin Fei's advice to the Warriors' management is also very simple.
A press conference followed.
The next day, almost all the sports media put up the tagline "Constant Madness". Everyone seems to be quite expecting the combination of D'Antoni and the Warriors. But there are also people who sing, "Whether the Warriors made D'Antoni the second Nielsen, or D'Antoni made Lin Fei the second Nash, the final result may be the same, no championship." Such comments are vicious enough. But the Warriors have come this far, are they still afraid of what others say?
What I have lost, I will surely regain with my own hands. At the moment when the Warriors decided to sign D'Antoni, Lin Fei also said to himself secretly.