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"Tom, that Chinese let's go" In the New York Knicks' video editing room, Jeff Van Gundy was watching clips of the New York Knicks and Pacers game. After losing 3-4 to the Heat in the second round of the playoffs in 1997, the team lost to arch-rivals the Pacers again this year, but the final score became 1-4. The fans were dissatisfied, the boss was not happy, and now he was under a lot of pressure, and he even thought he was about to end the class before the break, but fortunately, in the end the team did not hire the Chinese, but continued to choose to believe him.

Although the Knicks' game this season is over, Jeff Van Gundy's troubles are no less, in order to prepare for next season, he is now in the video editing room every day, watching his team's losing games every day, and over and over again, this torture is not understandable to ordinary people, in addition, his most powerful assistant Tom Tin Foil Du told him that the Chinese he hated is coming to New York again, this time not to grab a job, but to dig his corner.

Tom Tin Foil Du is the most effective person on his coaching team, if Tin Foil Du is poached, he can't imagine what will happen to the team next season, he is a coach who likes to defend, and his team's defensive system is built by Tin Foil Du.

But fortunately, Tin Foil Du did not promise the Chinese. This also made him very happy.

"Yes, he left yesterday, he asked me out every day for the past three days, which made me a little annoyed" Tom Tin Foil Du said with a wry smile, he is not a very famous assistant coach, at best he has some experience in the NBA, he used to work in the Timberwolves from 1989 to 1991, but he doesn't want to go back to the Timberwolves now, he is doing well in the Knicks, Van Gundy values him very much, and he himself is very satisfied with his position in the Knicks.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Van Gundy breathed a sigh of relief, and then discussed the game video with Tin Foil Du seriously.

Two very cautious, serious people together can indeed resonate and spark, and this is the case with Van Gundy and Tin Foil Du

Coming to New York twice and leaving disappointed twice, Zhuang Fei is now a little skeptical that New York is his declining place.

He came to invite Tin Foil Du this time is very, very serious, as a former CBA player who takes Yao Ming as an example, he is no stranger to Tin Foil Du at all, Tin Foil Du is Yao Ming's real mentor, many of Yao Ming's skills are practiced with Tin Foil Du, and what surprised him is that Tin Foil Du's rating in the Dynasty System has now reached 90, and the potential level is A+, in the Dynasty System, coaches with potential A+ level are much less than players with potential A+ level.

However, no matter how Zhuang Fei lobbied, this person identified Little Van Gundy, if Little Van Gundy didn't fire him, it is estimated that Zhuang Fei would not want to recruit him in this life. It's really rare to see people who are so persistent.

After three days with the Knicks, he soon had to go to Minnesota to sign with the Timberwolves, and the last two days the mainstream media in the United States has been hyping up his departure from Wake Forest to join the Timberwolves.

The day after leaving New York, Zhuang Fei came to Minnesota.

For Zhuang Fei's arrival, the Timberwolves attach great importance to it, and the person who came to the airport to pick up Zhuang Fei was personally led by the owner Glenn Taylor, accompanied by Kevin McHale, the general manager of the club, and almost all the senior management of the Timberwolves were dispatched. This also startled Zhuang Fei, who also met his two assistant coaches, Stephen Green and D'Antoni, among the people who greeted him.

The signing of the Timberwolves this time is very well prepared, many media have been in place two days ago, Zhuang Fei is not an ordinary coach after all, now rì America, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Post, the Associated Press, these national media in the United States are all present.

This also made the Timberwolves boss Glenn Taylor happy, the previous Timberwolves couldn't hire such a big-name media even if they spent money, let alone the whole army like now, and it was all at their own expense, without spending the Timberwolves a cent of "media public relations fees"

That's the appeal of big-name managers, Glenn Taylor couldn't help but sigh.

The signing ceremony was held in the Timberwolves' Joy Room, which is now a little crowded.

"Although it is reluctant to leave the NCAA, but to be able to enter the NBA to challenge another style of basketball, I think it will be a very great thing, this is definitely not like some of your media reported that I joined the NBA for money, because Wake Forest gave me no less annual salary" As expected, the media is very interested in Zhuang Fei's motivation for coming to the NBA, and Zhuang Fei saw some media hype in New York two days ago that Zhuang Fei ran away for money, which also made him very helpless.

"Since you want to enjoy the NBA style of basketball, why not pick a big team, I heard that the Lakers, Celtics and Knicks have all contacted you in the past? To be honest, the Timberwolves, a team with no history and no background, are not worthy of you at all" After remembering the question, Zhuang Fei obviously felt Glenn Taylor's embarrassment.

However, Zhuang Fei still did not have any mood fluctuations, but said with a smile: "The Timberwolves are indeed a team with no history and heritage, it has only been in the NBA for eight years, and it has not entered the playoffs until this year, the team does not even have a decent banner person, and the whole club is like a blank sheet of paper."

"But, I want to tell you that I love to draw, and I'm happy to fill out that blank sheet with some beautiful drawings on a pure white piece of paper, and I also love making history, just like I did at Wake Forest, which never won a championship before I was in charge, and I would love to make the same history with the Timberwolves."

"You're saying your goal is to lead the Timberwolves to a championship? Do you think the current Timberwolves have what it takes to challenge for a championship? ”

"Why not?" Zhuang Fei asked with a smile, and then continued: "We have a lot of talented players, young players like Marbury, Garnett, mature stars like Tom Gugliotta, and veterans like Terry Porter, Sam Mitchell, I believe these people have the ability to achieve anything."

"Marbury is rumored to be not like staying with the Timberwolves, and Terry Porter and Gugliotta's contracts are about to expire, and they don't seem to have any intention of spending time with the Timberwolves, do you have the confidence to keep them?"

"Of course, of course I think I can keep them all, and they're happy to stay," Zhuang Fei smiled mysteriously, as if the news about the Timberwolves players in the outside world didn't exist.

The signing ceremony lasted for a long time, mainly because there were too many reporters, and after the signing ended, Zhuang Fei officially became the head coach of the Timberwolves.

Although the Timberwolves' season has ended, the players still give Zhuang Fei a lot of face, and almost all of them have arrived at the club, except for one.

"Mr. Glenn, where's Marbury?" Zhuang Fei regretfully asked Glenn Taylor, the team owner next to him. Among these he did not see Marbury.

Hearing Zhuang Fei's question, Glenn Taylor looked a little embarrassed, and then said with a wry smile: "Stephen said that he doesn't want to see you, and hopes that the team can trade him before the start of next season."

Just after he gave Garnett that big contract last year, the atmosphere of the team changed, and in addition to the major owners of the league, the players of the Timberwolves who were dissatisfied with Garnett's contract also included, especially Marbury, Garnett took 20 million a year, close to half of the team's salary space, what should he do in the future, let those players whose contracts are about to expire think, take a salary cut and renew their contracts? It's not impossible to take a pay cut, but is it worth it for your annual lotto team? Originally, Marbury was still hesitating to stay or go, but after hearing that the team's new head coach was Zhuang Fei, he did not hesitate at all, which also disappointed Glenn Taylor. He didn't want Marbury to leave.

Zhuang Fei frowned after listening to Glenn Taylor's words, and had a plan in his heart.

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