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Quiet, Zhuang Fei's office was quiet for a while, Zhuang Fei's content on the reader's document word by word, for fear of missing even one inconspicuous paragraph, and the strange atmosphere of Zhuang Fei's office made D'Antoni who came in later a little uncomfortable. He was very curious about why Zhuang Fei and McHale were like this.

"Why is it my turn so soon?" Zhuang Fei put down the document and muttered to himself, the United States National Team Selection Committee is an organization responsible for selecting members of the national team of each American team, responsible for representing the United States in international competitions, the head coach of the 1998 Men's Basketball World Championship last year was the head coach of the Rockets Tang Shuai, and the head coach of the 2000 Sydney Olympics was the Jazz head coach Sloan, who had served as the assistant coach of the Dream Three team like Zhuang Fei, but because of the shutdown of the league, the NBA players had no insurance, and they refused to play for the national team. So let Tang Shuai return home with a big defeat at the 1998 World Championships, Tang Shuai, who was so strong, naturally didn't want to carry this shame. So Tang Shuai is unwilling to hand over the position of the United States team, he also wants to continue to coach the 2000 Sydney Olympics, ready to take revenge, because Tang Shuai is highly respected, and the United States team selection committee has no choice but to let Sloan lead the 2002 World Championships, originally led by Zhuang Fei in 2002, this Zhuang Fei himself also knows, he himself did not expect to be able to go to the Olympics, he is also very open, the World Championships of basketball and the Olympic Games are incomparable, and it doesn't matter if you can't go. But Sloan doesn't want to, who wants to give up his Olympic qualification? Sloan has always had a dream of the Olympics, so it is naturally impossible to get Sloan's consent under the coordination of the U.S. national team selection committee. In a fit of anger, Sloan directly threw himself away, which also made Zhuang Fei very angry at the time, originally he didn't want to go to the thankless World Championships, because American big-name stars didn't dump the World Championships at all, but in the end, because of Sloan, he had to go to the World Championships again. However, this appointment of him as the head coach of the United States team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics surprised him a little. Could it be that Tang Shuai doesn't want to take revenge? Zhuang Fei also set his sights on the team's general manager McHale, and his news is much better than Zhuang Fei's.

Tang Shuai felt that he was no longer able to do it, and the results of the Rockets this year were terrible. Originally, the Rockets formed a big three, and fans were extremely looking forward to it, but the first-round exit hit them hard, and the fans were a little dissatisfied. So Tang Shuai finally decided to resign as the head coach of the U.S. national team, I think it should be announced in two days" McHale also sighed, but he could still see the joy in his eyes. Now in the NBA, it is every NBA coach's dream to be able to lead Team USA to the Olympics. Including Pat Riley and Phil Jackson, who have not been treated well by professional coaching circles, these two have never been able to join the Dream Team. Before 1992, only college students could participate in the Olympics, so the head coach of the NBA had this heart and did not have that qualification, but after 1992, their hearts began to live, and the head coach of the 1992 Olympics was Chuck Daley, the most respected head coach in the NBA. That's his assistant coach is Lenny Wilkens and Duke University's K coach, the head coach of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is the former Chuck Daley's assistant coach Lenny Wilkens, and Wilkens' assistant coach is Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and Wake Forest head coach Zhuang Fei, the originally scheduled head coach of the 2000 Olympics is Jerry Sloan, this is the origin of the head coach of the U.S. team in the Olympics. Passed down from generation to generation, is it similar to some elections in China? This is also an unspoken rule in the American professional coaching circle, and Zhuang Fei can be recognized to some extent not only for his success in college, but also for his Olympic experience. The other two popular head coaches who corresponded to Zhuang Fei were tragic, Phil Jackson and Pat Riley were never treated well by those people and could not enter the coaching staff of the U.S. team as assistant coaches. Naturally, it is impossible to become the head coach of the American team.

"I didn't expect this good luck to come to me, I thought I could only pass away and have fun, but in the end, I, the third candidate, was actually corrected, if Sloan knew that Tang Shuai would quit, I am afraid that my intestines would be repentant" Zhuang Fei said with a smile, Sloan's luck has really not been very good, and now Zhuang Fei has also reduced his resentment against the "killing" task that Sloan made some time ago. For this iron handsome Zhuang Fei, who has been unlucky all his life, he really can't hate it.

"yes. Jerry is afraid that this is really the case, by the way, Zhuang, you don't want to be too happy now, I'm afraid your phone calls will be constant," McHale said to Zhuang Fei with a smile. Zhuang Fei was stunned for a moment and then understood what McHale meant. Although he is only the head coach of the 2000 Olympic team of the United States, he is now deciding who will be the head coach of the 2004 Olympic Games, so now all NBA head coaches in the United States will focus on the position of Zhuang Fei's assistant coach, the assistant coach of the American team participating in the Olympic Games is generally three, one is from the NBA, one is from the NCAA and the other is the best assistant coach in the United States, and the assistant coach from the NBA will become the head coach of the next Olympic Games. Unless he doesn't want to do it himself, then he'll let someone from the NCAA take over. The World Championships are not so particular, you can play whatever you want.

"Don't worry, I don't have any connections in the NBA right now, and I'm afraid not many people will call me," Zhuang Fei said with a smile. Just after Zhuang Fei said this, the phone on his desk rang.

Pat Riley has been in a bad mood recently, the team was originally the first in the East, but now it has been blacked eight, and he has been blacked out by his former team New York, he has now been ridiculed by the media in New York for more than half a month, and now they still have a little excitement from time to time to grab him, especially after New York reaches the Eastern Conference Finals. This is an "achievement" that can be nailed to the pillar of shame forever, just when Pat Riley has been sullen, today he got excellent news for him, it is rumored that the current American head coach Tang Shuai is ready to resign, Sloan and the committee fell out, so the next head coach does not need to guess who it is.

If Tang Shuai and Sloan were the head coach Pat Riley didn't even have the heart to think about it, these two people wouldn't have taken a fancy to him, even if he really dropped his face and didn't ask those two people, it was estimated that there would be no good result, now it's different, if the head coach is Zhuang Fei, then there will be no problem, he asked himself that the relationship with Zhuang Fei has always been very good, and the two used to be very "in love" for a detailed discussion all night, it can be said that in Pat Riley's heart Zhuang Fei is his confidant, of course, this is just his unilateral opinion.

In order to fulfill his dream of participating in the Olympics, Pat Riley also let go of his old face, and finally picked up the phone and dialed the Timberwolves head coach's office.

Zhuang Fei was very helpless, really like McHale said, as soon as he received the letter of appointment, he received a sāo harassing phone call, for Pat Riley's enthusiasm Zhuang Fei didn't know how to refuse, in later life he also heard of Pat Riley's yearning for the Olympics, he was the one who hung the Olympic champion flag on the Miami Heat's home stadium, looking at the entire NBA, no one would do this, this is a bit like Zhuang Fei's desire for the NBA championship.

Seeing Zhuang Fei's wry smile, McHale of course knew what the reason was, but he didn't give Zhuang Fei's opinion, many things need to be solved by himself, McHale admires Zhuang Fei's coaching ability at the same time, he will also be a little worried that Zhuang Fei will ignore the construction of contacts, in the NBA, connections are quite important, and becoming the head coach of the American team is a great test of connections and development of connections.

"Zhuang, choose well, it will help you in the future" Looking at D'Antoni, who had been standing aside for a long time, McHale didn't plan to stay longer.

"By the way, Kevin, I still have a few points to arrange about our team's draft this year" Seeing that McHale wanted to leave, Zhuang Fei also hurriedly stopped, almost forgetting to get down to business because of the affairs of this national team.

"Do you have any plans?" The draft has almost gone on with McHale, and the Timberwolves are not in high order, so there are no good talents for him to pick, so it's faster.

"I need a center, a lot of center, preferably a center with good flexibility and some technical ability"

"Well, Zhuang, to be honest, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to accomplish this goal, if there is really such a center, we will not be selected, we don't have a lotto" McHale was stunned for a moment and then said with a wry smile, Zhuang Fei's arrangement is a bit difficult for a strong man, the center is a hot commodity now, and the center with a certain technical ability is even more so, everyone wants to get another Duncan, otherwise the Clippers will not miss Carter.

"That's it," Zhuang Fei also shook his head, knowing that he was a little inconsiderate. However, the heart of looking for the center is still not dead, otherwise his trump card will never be used, at this time Zhuang Fei thought of the same Chinese as him, but thinking of that person's situation Zhuang Fei was overwhelmed.

"Zhuang, I'll let the scouts investigate it well, don't worry, then I'll go out first" McHale saw Zhuang Fei's troubled look, and finally accepted Zhuang Fei's task and left.

"By the way, Mike, do you have something to do?" Zhuang Fei asked when he came back to his senses and looked at D'Antoni, who had been standing on the side for a long time.

"The Lakers announced that Phil Jackson is in" After Green left, D'Antoni needed to do a lot of things on behalf of Green, and this one was no different.

"That's right," Zhuang Fei was not surprised, which made D'Antoni a little surprised.

The fifth game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs is also scheduled to start on June 6, and Sloan's mission is almost over.