When the players entered, on the CCTV sports channel commentary seat, Zhang Weiping said leisurely: "In our Chinese history, it has been widely spread that the story of Xue Rengui and Xue Dingshan father and son in command in the Tang Dynasty has been widely circulated, and in the modern Republic of China, there are also legends of Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang father and son in charge of the Northeast Army. ”

"Today, at this World Championships, when the final decisive battle began, the Nelson father and son staged a historic scene, this meeting is really something that has never been done in the world competition."

The other commentator was Yu Jia, who was a junior in front of Zhang Weiping, so he started to praise and asked, "Teacher Zhang, how about you introduce this father and son to our fans?" ”

Zhang Weiping was in good spirits and said, "Okay, then I'll talk to the big guy about the pair of father and son I know." Donald Nelson, let's not talk about it, he just became the head coach with the most wins in NBA history last season and the first head coach to win the best head coach five times. ”

Actually, Nelson Sr. was a player in the NBA for 14 years as a young man, and his early career was not as dramatic as it was when he later became a coach, averaging 10 per game in all 1,053 games. 3 points and 4. 9 rebounds, not one of the top players in the NBA that year. ”

"But after Nelson took the reins after leaving his playing career in 1976, he revealed his role as a battlefield commander."

"In the past 26 years, Nelson has been the head coach of four NBA teams, and before 1987 he played 11 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, training a fawn with more losses and fewer wins into a heroic Bucks, and led the team to the playoffs nine times and the division finals four times."

He led the team to more than 50 regular season victories in seven consecutive years in the latter stages of his tenure with the Bucks. In the 1980-1981 season, he also set a personal coaching record of 60 wins and 22 losses. ”

Yu Jia saw that Teacher Zhang opened his mouth and showed a little sign that he couldn't close it, and his heart was suddenly anxious, this explanation is the work of two people, why did you do it alone?

So he had been waiting for Mr. Zhang to have a slot, but he really caught it, so he quickly interjected: "Mr. Zhang, you made a mistake before, the old Nelson's coaching history record has been changed, it is 62 wins last season." ”

Mr. Zhang suddenly nodded and continued to say non-stop: "Yes, I made a mistake just now, let's continue, after he left the Bucks, he applied for the Golden State Warriors and served as executive vice president for one season. ”

From 1988 to 1995, the young Nelson was the head coach of the Golden State Warriors for another seven and a half years. Thanks to his efforts, the Warriors made the playoffs four times in those seven seasons and surpassed 50 wins in 82 regular season games twice. ”

The team had only made the playoffs once in the 10 years he had taken over. For a variety of reasons, Nelson led the team to a 14-31 record in the first half of the 1994-1995 season. In this case, he was dismissed as head coach by the Warriors owner. ”

"And the Warriors haven't made the playoffs since Nelson left."

Coincidentally, after Nelson came to coach the New York Knicks in the 1995-1996 season, his coaching talents were difficult to develop due to the team's conflicts. When the Knicks went 34-25, he was forced to resign again. ”

The two dismissals led to the then 56-year-old Nelson having to take a break from the 1996-1997 season. He thought hard for a whole year, drawing lessons from his more than 30-year NBA career. ”

"At the beginning of the 1997-1998 season, when the Mavericks were only 4-12, Nelson Sr. was invited to the Dallas Mavericks to replace the newly fired head coach Jim Clemons, and he began his own brilliant NBA coaching career again.

"After three years of tuning the Mavericks, especially with the strong support and full trust of new owner Mark Cuban, the elder Nelson finally showed his heroic qualities again in the 2000-2001 season - leading the Mavericks to a 53-29 record and making the team into the playoffs again after 11 years of sinking."

"Nelson Sr.'s specialty is not only to be a good head coach, but he is also a good manager in the management of teams in the NBA."

During his 26 years as head coach, he also served as the team's general manager for 23 years. Expertise in both basketball technology and team management has allowed the NBA-ever head coach to achieve success after success. ”

Not only is he the first coach to win five Head Coach of the Year awards, but he was also named one of the 10 best coaches in NBA history as the NBA celebrates its 50th anniversary. In 1994, Nelson Sr. also served as the head coach of the American Dream II team, leading the team to win the World Basketball Championship in Toronto. ”

Fans are more familiar with the things that followed, and Zhang Weiping doesn't need to repeat it, and then the old Nelson was driven away from the Mavericks, he went to the Warriors, and then got Chamberlain, a genius, who began the most glorious moment of his coaching career in his later years.

In fact, if there was no Chamberlain, then the old Nelson would have planned to retire last season, his prostate cancer treatment was not complete, and his wife also suffered from cancer, but the appearance of Chamberlain gave the old man a second spring, and with the trust of the new owner of the Warriors, the old man continued to fight in the NBA.

Nelson Sr. had a total of five children, of whom Don Jr., known as Little Nelson, was the second.

Except for Nelson Jr., Nelson Sr.'s other children have little interest in basketball, but with Nelson Jr. alone, Nelson Sr. is proud enough.

When it comes to Little Nelson, people always have the feeling of "Lao Tzu is a hero", and they may think that his actions are just an assistance and inheritance of his father's Nelson Sr. career.

In fact, this assessment is not comprehensive, and the old Nelson's expectation of his beloved son is "better than blue", which can be seen not only from his usual trust and bold use of his special assistant, but also from the name he chose for his son.

Nelson's English name is "DonNilson", and Nelson's name is "Donn-Nilson", and his son has an N more than his father, which can be understood as his father's expectation that his son will be more promising than himself.

Looking back at the NBA journey that Nelson Jr. has traveled, he does not have the experience of 14 years as an NBA main player and becoming the head coach of an NBA team at the age of 36 like his father.

In 1984, when he was 22 years old, Nelson Jr., who had been working in the NBA for three years, finally officially became a scout on the Bucks coached by his father.

Two years later, Nelson Jr. followed his father to the Golden State Warriors, and in this way, Nelson Sr. can be said to be a military coach who "does not avoid suspicion and does not avoid relatives".

From his son's more than two years as a scout, he saw Nelson Jr.'s talents as an NBA coach. When the Warriors owner decided to hire Nelson Jr. as the team's assistant coach, Dad, who was the Warriors' executive vice president at the time, did not hesitate to support the team's decision to appoint his son.

During his eight-year career as an assistant coach from 1987 to 1994, Nelson Jr. was not so much the Golden State Warriors' head coach's first assistant coach and the team's main playmaker on the court, but rather one of Nelson's proudest students.

It was here that he gradually mastered the true meaning of being an NBA coach from his father's words and deeds, calmly responding, decisive decision-making, knowing people well, careful deployment, improvisation, strategizing and so on.

In the 1994-1995 season, when Nelson Sr. was fired by his boss halfway through the schedule due to poor performance, Nelson Jr., as the first assistant coach, could not stay with the Golden State Warriors anymore.

This time, he broke away from the aura of Nelson Sr., and instead of going to the New York Knicks with his father, he was hired as an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns, and worked for three seasons in a row.

After leaving his father's umbrella, Nelson Jr. worked harder in his new role. Michael Finley, who happened to be spending his first NBA season with the Suns at the time, later recalled, "Don Nelson was the hardest working coach I ever met. Every day on the training ground he was always the first to arrive and the last to leave. It was he who took my game in the NBA to a higher level. ”

On January 2, 1998, Nelson Jr. said goodbye to the Suns and came to the Mavericks as the first assistant coach and personnel manager.

One of the most direct reasons is that Nelson Sr. took over the position of head coach of the Mavericks at a time of crisis.

Nelson Sr. felt in need of his son's help, and he had a stronger belief in "fighting brothers, going to war as father and son", so Nelson and his son began another new phase of their NBA journey with the Mavericks.

If Nelson Sr. has dedicated his life to NBA domestic games, then Nelson Jr.'s contribution to basketball around the world is significantly greater than that of his father.

He was hired as an assistant coach for the Lithuanian national team, participated in the last three Olympic basketball tournaments, and helped the Lithuanian team win a bronze medal.

Nelson Jr. is also the only U.S. coach to have participated in the training camp of the former Soviet national team, and training basketball talent for countries around the world has become one of his main tasks in recent years.

Especially in terms of introducing international players to the NBA, Nelson Jr. has set many precedents in NBA history. During his tenure as an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors, he brought in the NBA's No. 1 former Soviet basketball player, Sarunas Mathiullionis.

In terms of international player scouting, he is better known for Dirk Nowitzki, who was playing in the high school league and playing mediocre when Nelson Jr. first saw the German chariot.

Nelson Jr.'s vision was really speechless, and at that time he concluded that King Nuo had the strength to become an NBA-level star, and then helped him find an agent in the United States, and has been personally looking for a coach for him to train, which is why he is now leading the Mavericks.

Therefore, to this day, even if there are so many grievances between Nelson Sr. and Kuban, Nowitzki and Nelson Jr. still have a good relationship.

After entering the court, the old Nelson deliberately lined up at the back of the lineup in order to avoid suspicion, and the little Nelson was at the front of the Chinese team, and he wanted to lead the team.

Lao K is naturally the leader of the American team, the two head coaches shook hands first, and then pretended to congratulate each other, maybe Lao K sincerely congratulated Nelson Jr. on the achievements of the Chinese men's basketball team.

However, little Nelson could never congratulate the old K, he wished that the old guy would suddenly have a stroke and fall to the ground so that he could be more relaxed.

Chamberlain stood with West and Curry chatting, Griffin also jumped over, Chamberlain high-fived him and asked, "Rookie, is your leg okay?" ”

Griffin laughed, "Of course, my legs are like springs now, and I can jump and fly." ”