Chapter 202: YAO's Phone
The start time of Chinese basketball, unlike football, is generally scheduled for the end of September or mid-October. There are still more than four months left for Li Hao, and in four months, he needs to take on the role of a good boss and help the team get on the right track.
At the shareholder meeting three days later, Li Hao met Yao Ming, a former NBA superstar and known to the media as O'Neal's opponent.
Yao Ming is really tall, and she really looks a bit like Brother Chun. However, he is very easy-going, including some humor in his language, which reveals his humor.
Li Hao, Yao Ming, Yao Tianming, and the three of them sat in the conference room, chatting easily about the Chinese men's basketball team and the future prospects of the Oriental Shark.
"Mr. Li, because there are no outsiders here, and Mr. Li, through the contact in the past few days, we have found that you are not a businessman who only knows profits. Rather than making money, what you hope for is the vigorous development of China's football and basketball careers......" Brother Yao Tianming praised Li Hao without hesitation. What he said was true, not deliberately flattering.
"I've won the prize, do a little bit. Li Hao sat opposite the two and listened to the two talk about basketball.
At this time, Yao Ming, who had been talking and laughing, suddenly said to Li Hao with a serious expression, "Mr. Li, a Chinese young marshal, with a foreign assistant coach, this model is becoming a popular model of Chinese basketball." In the position of coach, Chinese basketball is very obvious. There are many opportunities for big-name coaches, but there are few opportunities, and there are many young coaches and few opportunities. In this way, there is a serious contradiction at the club level of the CBA: using young coaches for fear that they will not be able to withstand it, and using foreign coaches for fear of disobedience......"
Yao Ming hit the nail on the head and analyzed the coaching problems of the Chinese men's basketball team, including the Oriental Shark. At present, the old coach of the Oriental Sharks is retired, and the new coach is still young, and many tactics are not sophisticated. The foreign coaches are also newly recruited, and their qualifications are acceptable. It is likely that in terms of concept and running-in, the cooperation is not very good, and it takes a lot of time to run in, which will affect the new season.
"Okay, I see, thank you for the reminder, about foreign assistant coaches, do you have any good candidates?" Li Hao asked seriously.
"If you can get one of the best coaches in the NBA, that's great, haha. After being serious for a while, Yao Ming returned to his humorous nature and joked with Li Hao.
Although he said it as a joke, Li Hao didn't listen to it as a joke!
"Is the best coach in the NBA, right? Okay, I know, I'll get in touch when the time comes. ”
Li Hao, who returned to the car, directly opened the privilege game, and then through the purchase privilege, chose Coach Scott Brooks, who won the MLB Coach of the Year award in the 2009-2010 season.
[Hello host, did you spend 143 million yuan to buy a 31.7% stake in the Lower Shengnio Hotel?]
"Yes. Li Hao directly pressed the confirmation button. He discovers by looking at the privileges that the Hotel Cenio is the private property of Coach Scott Brooks, so by purchasing the hotel, he can change the game in many ways.
Coach Scott Brooks, born July 31, 1965 in Faring, California, USA, is a former American professional basketball player, point guard, and former head coach of the NBA's Washington Wizards.
Scott Brooks spent 10 years in the NBA, playing for nine teams (six NBA teams) before winning the NBA championship with the Rockets in 1994. In 2001, Scott Brooks officially announced his retirement.
He has been the head coach of the NBA's Washington Wizards since April 26, 2016.
A week later, in the Oriental Men's Basketball Club, younger brother Yao Ming and elder brother Yao Tianming stood next to coach Li Qiu and watched the men's basketball team train on the court.
"The new boss who came over last week, Li Hao, did he say where he wanted to invite the assistant coach to come?" Coach Li Qiu is 42 years old this year, and he is a young among the coaches, and he used to be a CBA player who played for the Oriental Sharks.
"I don't know, he just said that he would contact him, but we don't know which coach is contacting. Brother Yao Tianming was practicing on the field, and then said earnestly.
Recently, the foreign assistant coach and Li Qiu did not cooperate very smoothly, because foreign coaches were only hired for money, and foreigners have many requirements for work, and many concepts are different from Chinese.
The trio watched the players practice for a while, and then prepared to go to the conference room to talk about the team's strategy for the new season.
However, at this time, the mobile phone in Yao Ming's suit pocket suddenly rang. The phone on the screen shows that it is from California, USA.
Yao Ming hesitantly picked up the phone, and then asked the other party in English, "Hello, who is it?"
"HELLO, YAO, HOW ARE YOU DOING? MY NAME IS SCOTT BROOKE, WE'VE MET ON THE COURT!"
"Coach Scott Brook?" Yao Ming instantly remembered the name, and the image of the number one person came out in her mind.
"Coach Scott Brooke, did you call me for something?" asked Yao Ming curiously.
"Oh, YAO, I've already bought a ticket to China here, and I'll be able to meet you soon......"
On the phone, Coach Scott Brooke briefly explained his intentions. Three months ago, he fired the coach of the Wizards, and then received an invitation from Li Hao, so he came from thousands of miles to serve as the coach of the Eastern Sharks.
Yao Ming hung up the phone with wide eyes, and those words of Coach Scott Brooke were still echoing in her head.
"What's wrong? That phone call just now?" asked my brother Yao Tianming, a little worried. He didn't speak English very well, so he didn't understand a few words of the conversation just now. I just heard what Brooke or something.
"Brother, the former coach of the Wizards, coach Scott Brook, said that he received an invitation from Li Hao and would come over to coach our club. ”
As soon as the words fell, Yao Tianming and Li Qiu, who were standing beside them, suddenly looked at Yao Ming in shock and asked, "What? Wizards?
"Coach Scott Brooke, one of the best coaches in the NBA?"
Head coach Li Qiu, Yao Tianming, and Yao Ming were once again shocked by Li Hao's methods. The three of them couldn't figure out how Li Hao used to invite the famous coach Scott Brooke over.
Even if he doesn't play with the Wizards, other NBA teams will rush to hire him as a coach.