Zhuang Fei's face became worse and worse when he looked at the fax from the American team selection committee, and even D'Antoni and McHale could see the flame in Zhuang Fei's eyes. When Zhuang Fei finally looked at the document, he threw it aside, and then looked at McHale with burning eyes.

"What does this mean? So what makes me submit a list of entries for this year's Olympics? Isn't there already a 20-man roster on it? What list do I need to submit? Zhuang Fei suppressed his anger and said, as the head coach of the American team, he actually has no right to choose players, how can this not make him angry, if the American team does not have the players he wants in the end, it will be a fart.

"Zhuang, calm down, the selection of the previous American teams has been like this, don't you still have 4 indicators? Now these 20 people on the list are already very good players in the NBA, and they fully meet the requirements to represent the United States team. As long as you fill the list of 24 people, our selection committee can vote, and we can also select players for this year's Olympic Games" McHale said with some disapproval, he himself is also a member of the selection committee, the United States selection committee is composed of the general managers or presidents of major NBA teams, aiming to select players and coaches to represent the United States team in the Olympics and the World Championships, in a sense, Zhuang Fei is also selected by them, so in this committee, Zhuang Fei is just an employee of them, equivalent to a player in status.

"Calm down? Kevin, you said that as the head coach of the team, I don't have the option to choose the players, how will I manage the team in the future? How are the team's tactics executed? Zhuang Fei said with a sneer. This so-called general manager voting model of this committee is simply a bastard, and in a sense, it is similar to the seniority of the Chinese Basketball Association when selecting people, which is also a kind of bureaucracy. And it is obvious that this kind of voting is suspected of sharing the cake, if Zhuang Fei personally selects Garnett and Pierce will definitely be selected, and let this group of general managers or chairmen vote it is not necessarily, if in the end because these general managers share the cake and make a mess of the players of this American team, then Zhuang Fei will not cry to death. When the time comes, if the army is really defeated, there will be no place for Zhuang Fei's face in Sydney.

"Zhuang. We'll take that into account, in principle we'll be in the center, in the forward. Split the players evenly across the three positions at the back so you can rest assured that you have full room to play your tactics. You will have enough players in each position to execute the tactics, and according to the strength of the American team, there is no need for more complicated tactics, and any 12 people in the NBA can sweep the world, so you don't have to worry so much at all" McHale sighed helplessly and said: "Zhuang, this is a good gilded opportunity for you, you are now the triple crown champion of the NCAA, maybe the NBA championship is nothing to you, but there is only one chance for the Olympics, If you miss this one then there won't be any more, I know. There's nothing wrong with you being in the U.S. Basketball Hall of Fame, but Zhuang, your ultimate goal should be more than just a Hall of Fame coach, right? If you can win the NCAA and the NBA and win the Olympics at the same time, you're going to be the greatest coach in basketball history."

"Zhuang, I know you're proud. You don't allow anybody to interfere with your team, but with your ability, with the ability of the NBA players, it's not easy to win an Olympic title? After McHale finished speaking, even D'Antoni on the side nodded, in his opinion, McHale was right.

Become the greatest head coach in basketball history? Zhuang Fei didn't think about such a thing. His biggest goal since his rebirth is to realize his NBA dream, but in the eyes of outsiders or others, the biggest reason why Zhuang Fei left the NCAA to challenge the NBA is to challenge the limits of basketball, as long as he achieves the same achievements in the NBA, then he is the greatest head coach in basketball history, of course, before 1992, it may be so, but after 1992, there has to be an Olympic champion to be perfect, Now Zhuang Fei has the opportunity to become the greatest and most perfect head coach in basketball history. …,

However, what makes Zhuang Fei feel incredible is not that McHale said that he has the opportunity to become the greatest head coach in history, but that McHale still maintains his contempt and contempt for international basketball. Their understanding of international basketball is still stuck in 1992 when the dream team swept the world, in their opinion, international basketball in the face of the impact of NBA players will become a chicken, vulnerable, as a traverser, Zhuang Fei naturally will not think so, so he has been very cautious about this trip to the Olympics, he needs to choose the players he needs most, and then to win.

According to the current understanding of international basketball in the American basketball community. There is nothing wrong with the selection committee of the American team, anyway, there is no problem in sending 12 people at will, or even sending a head coach at will, if it is not for the fact that the head coach of the American Dream Team is passed down from generation to generation, Zhuang Fei, a Chinese, has no chance to become the head coach of the American team at all.

"Kevin, I need to have autonomy, especially the autonomy to choose players, I will not make the slightest concession at this point, of course, I will also consider your difficulties, I know you have to share the cake, but I need to have a minimum of 7 places, I need to have 7 of the 12-man squad for the Olympics I need to decide by myself, the other five are selected by your selection committee, of course, my 7-man list is of course the players in the 20-man squad you gave me, I will not let some people indiscriminately" Zhuang Fei's face became slightly softened and said, why the United States team lost in the 02 World Championships and the 04 Olympic Games one after another, of course, there is a big reason why some players are unwilling to participate, and the bigger reason is that the selection of the dream team is messy, which is not in line with the manager's tactical ideas at all, and it is very chaotic in terms of tactics.

It was because of the fiasco in '02 and '04 that the U.S. selection committee announced reforms, and the current chairman of the selection committee, NBA vice president Stuart Jackson, also resigned as chairman. Crongolo, the chairman of the Phoenix Suns, of course, this is a matter of the future, now Zhuang Fei is more unlucky, and now the selection committee of the American team is still smoky and bureaucratic, Zhuang Fei is certainly not a fool, he is just a small head coach. Although he is very famous now, if he goes to the selection committee directly, there can only be one. That is, he himself handed over the position of the U.S. team, just like Jazz head coach Sloan, isn't the sad Sloan at odds with the selection committee. In the end, it was shelved.

Zhuang Fei doesn't want to have a hard time with the bureaucracy's selection committee, but he also doesn't plan to tie his hands down, if he really loses this Olympics, the media will not say that the selection committee bureaucrats, only that he Zhuang Fei is incompetent, so he can only fight for the greatest personal interests now, 7 autonomous places, which is the minimum requirement for the implementation of Zhuang Fei's tactics, if the other five people are really not suitable, Zhuang Fei can also use these seven people to compete. Zhuang Fei can't control how to choose people, but how to use people in the final game is still up to him Zhuang Fei.

"Seven people" McHale was also hesitating, seeing McHale like this, Zhuang Fei's expression softened again, and then said with a smile: "Kevin." I know you can help me, this time I owe you a favor" Zhuang Fei felt a sense of grievance in his heart after saying this, and the smile on his face was also very awkward, this is the first time Zhuang Fei has said that he owes someone favor, Zhuang Fei has been very strong since he was reborn. The principle of everything is not to ask for people, the last time I went to ask Eagles head coach Wilkens to trade Wang Zhizhi Zhuang Fei did not say such soft words, this time Zhuang Fei is really a little open-minded. Seeing Zhuang Fei like this, D'Antoni and McHale were stunned for a long time. It wasn't until the end that McHale nodded.

He does have connections in the selection committee, and now the chairman of the selection committee, NBA Vice President Stuart Jackson is his good friend, plus he is also a Hall of Fame player, and others are willing to buy him face, if he really makes up his mind to fight for a few spots for Zhuang Fei, there is no problem. …,

"Zhuang, you give me the list of 7 people you selected, I'll go and communicate with you, as for whether it will work out or not, I can't guarantee it" McHale finally sighed, he really has no way to deal with Zhuang Fei's kind of calculations, in his opinion, Zhuang Fei is not necessary at all, participating in the Olympics is as easy as traveling, why make yourself so miserable.

"Kevin, thank you this time" Zhuang Fei saw that McHale agreed, and immediately wrote his list of players on the desk.

The list of seven people is not long, and soon Zhuang Fei handed over the list to McHale, who didn't look at it, but was directly startled after reading it.

"These are the seven people you want?" McHale took a closer look and confirmed that it was not wrong, among these 7 people, in addition to the two masters of the Timberwolves, Pierce and Garnett, there are also the former Wake Forest Big Three Duncan, Szzebiak and Carter, and the last two are Maddie and Kobe, who have been very popular recently, in McHale's opinion, Duncan and Carter plus Garnett in this list will definitely be able to enter this American team, Pierce will definitely be eliminated because of Garnett, and several other people are very hanging, Therefore, although Zhuang Fei said that he wanted seven places this time, it was actually only two and a half places, which also made McHale a lot easier. If the 7 people on Zhuang Fei's list are all controversial figures, then no matter how well-connected he is, it is impossible for Zhuang Fei to do it. But this one roster has no center and no point guard, and this lineup has a big flaw. However, McHale thought that when Zhuang Fei was in Wake Forest, he seemed to shock the world because of the lineup without a point guard and a center, and now Zhuang Fei wants to replicate the miracle of Wake Forest?

"Well, just these seven" Zhuang Fei nodded with a smile, as long as there are these seven people, it doesn't matter if the other five are all Liu Wei, if you really let that group of selection committee choose this Olympic Games, only four of these seven people can be selected at most. Zhuang Fei also knew that he couldn't ask too much, in fact, Zhuang Fei also wanted to bring Ray Allen and Iverson. However, these two are also controversial players now, so Zhuang Fei must choose between Ray Allen and Szczebiak, and also between Iverson and Kobe. After all, now is the time when American geniuses collectively emerge, these people are too shallow, and it is very likely that they will be brushed down in the end, according to Zhuang Fei's previous life, Carter was defeated in the vote PK with Ray Allen in 2000, and finally took the last train, but in this life, Ray Allen will not PK with Carter but with Szebiak PK. However, for Zhuang Fei, he can only fight for these 7 people, but for Ray Allen and Iverson, he will not give up. There will definitely be opportunities in the future.

"Okay, Zhuang, I'll try my best to fight for you" Finally McHale nodded and went out, while Zhuang Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. I hope there will be no surprises this time.

"Zhuang, I don't think the general managers of the NBA will like a head coach like you" D'Antoni said with a smile on the side, what he said is also the truth, McHale's embarrassing encounter with the Timberwolves is not a secret in the American basketball circle, so Zhuang Fei's villain image is very popular in the NBA management, and recently in an authoritative media investigation, Zhuang Fei is the head coach that the NBA general manager hates the most.

"Mike, what we want is not their liking, what we want is to win the game, when you have victory, you have everything, if in the end you become a head coach who survives by the preferences of the general manager, then it can only prove that you are getting farther and farther away from victory" Zhuang Fei looked at D'Antoni lightly and said with some meaning, while D'Antoni nodded thoughtfully.

"Zhuang, maybe I still have to study by your side for a while" McHale said with a smile at the end, while Zhuang Fei shook his head with a smile: "Mike, you can really become a teacher, there are some things that you still need to comprehend yourself"

"No, there's not enough I can do right now"

There is not much that Zhuang Fei can do now, he can only hope that McHale can really fight for him successfully, on March 7, the Timberwolves hosted the weak Wizards, this game Garnett only played 30 minutes and went off, the data is 18 points and 12 rebounds, because this game was already garbage time in the fourth quarter, Garnett did not have any discomfort after he got off the court, but cheered for his teammates on the side, it was obvious that he really turned the corner by himself, It was really nice to see Garnett like this.

ended the home game with the Wizards, the Timberwolves went to the road again on March 9 and March 11, defeating the Mavericks and Rockets one after another, and in the game with the Mavericks, Wang Zhizhi scored 14 points in the fourth quarter alone, and scored 20 points in the game, which is also the first time Wang Zhizhi scored 20 points this season, and the game ended with 110-79, which is also the reason why Wang Zhizhi has enough time to cut points, there is too much garbage time, of course, Wang Zhizhi's own adaptation to the NBA and the progress of his strength are also a big reason. Zhuang Fei has also been helping him grow up according to his promises, maybe Zhuang Fei can't give him a promise now, but Zhuang Fei thinks this is the best way to train him.

When Zhuang Fei left Dallas for Phoenix, McHale brought Zhuang Fei good news, his seven-man roster was all approved, and the other five were also selected.

But when the U.S. selection committee announced the list, it caused an uproar. (To be continued) RQ