Chapter 18: Rising and Falling, Senior Scout

So suddenly!

Jiang Chao was taken aback, he said yesterday that he would cultivate for a few days, and he appeared in his office early this morning?

He didn't know much about D'Antoni's character, but he clearly remembered that the mustache of this period was not a white beard, and the original black beard was gray.

"I think it's going to be soon, new boss, hello!"

D'Antoni's voice is a little hoarse, and his voice is a bit vicissitudes.

To say that he is the most tired in the past few days, he has not slept well.

Dolan sent him to the draw a week ago, and when he returned, the team changed hands.

Now in the information age, he knows everything that happens here through his mobile phone, and the life-threatening urging of his colleagues has made him nervous about to weaken.

The new boss demoted Donnie Sr., the old Donnie slammed the door and left, the resignation wave, the new boss's cohesive speech, and the teaching assistant calling him back to New York.......

He's just had a business trip, so there's been too much going on, and then all kinds of rumors about the new owner and the future of the Knicks or something, he's irritated as a coach who doesn't like to change places too often.

I heard that Old Donnie and Jiang Chao chatted for a few minutes before GG, but he wasn't ready to leave.

It's outrageous.

So when the young TAs called him, he just wanted the boss to take the initiative to call and talk to him.

That at least proves that he still has some value in the eyes of his boss.

And Jiang Chao didn't rush to call him, the best coach who led the Suns to 60+ single-season victories.

This made him panic even more.

And the most panicked was in New Jersey, where he immediately found the former Suns owner Robert Sarver, but Robert Sarver made it clear that he would definitely consider the general manager position of Donnie Sr.

But I'm sorry, the head coach position, it's still Gentry.

He signed a 3-year contract with Gentry, doesn't it say that he will be dismissed, and not to mention that he has to pay severance pay, but that D'Antoni has no trust in the hearts of Japanese fans.

Those who have tried and made mistakes, loved!

The other management in the West also said the same, D'Antoni you can't do Popovich and Zen Master at all, the scene is cowardice, no team wants to recruit him as head coach, only the deputy position is left for him.

This made the mustache clearly understand that at this stage, he couldn't find a job as the head coach of another team, and if he only served as a deputy position, it would be better than the Knicks?

Therefore, he really can't be calm, and he doesn't have the capital, he is afraid that the next time he will be fired, this crazy boss, can do anything.

Rather than sit back and wait, it is better to know and reason.

In terms of communication, D'Antoni is still good, and he has never had a conflict with the team or anything.

"Hello, Coach D'Antoni, please be seated."

"Okay, boss, I have something to talk to you about."

"Please."

....

After 15 minutes, the two shook hands and smiled, and the conversation was finished!!

Compared with the grumpy old Donny, D'Antoni is much more elegant.

The first thing he did was to ask the boss what he thought of him and how he would play with the team's current squad.

Sure enough, Jiang Chao thought right, he also said that the team can play and run, but if he wants to enter the playoffs, he hopes that the owner and the future general manager must change.

"This lineup, not the playoff lineup, I'll be honest." D'Antoni downloaded the video of Jiang Chao's speech last night and watched it on the plane, and also knew that Jiang Chao's goal was to make the playoffs or even the championship.

Then, the lineup left by the elder Downey can swoop and swing, as the best head coach, he knows what kind of lineup he needs to win, and he must be based on violent inside + outside All-Star players.

"No problem, I'm definitely going to change."

Jiang Chao agreed to his request first, and the two had the same views on the team.

Later, Jiang Chao also put forward his own requirements.

That is, D'Antoni is no longer the team's head coach.

Transferred to the team's deputy general manager + coach consultant and player trainer.

Coach D'Antoni, who has done a good job in psychological construction, also said:

"Yes, is the contract as before?"

"Hmm."

Jiang Chao knew what he meant, and like Jiang Chao, he was watching and watching.

Jiang Chao is waiting for the player he wants to come over and give him training, and he is waiting for Jiang Chao's operation.

I am also waiting for the opportunity to change jobs in the future, and I can't be the head coach of other teams at this stage, but there are a bunch of opportunities in the middle of the season, because there will definitely be a strong team that suddenly falls off or a bad team that is dissatisfied with the record, and in order to deal with the fans, the head coach will be changed.

That's when his chance might come.

Jiang Chao doesn't care about this, this position is an idle position, and he doesn't have to pay a buyout fee if he resigns in the middle of the season, and when it comes, he will be reluctant to leave.

Those who want to leave can't be stopped, and those who don't want to leave will still stay.

Dolan and D'Antoni are signed for three years, and it will expire at the end of next season, and Jiang Chao will change positions without a salary cut.

"So, boss, what can I do for you now?"

D'Antoni is also an old man, and he is testing how much Jiang Chao knows about basketball management.

Jiang Chao didn't know much, but he knew what to ask D'Antoni to do.

This position says that the advanced point is the senior scout, but he asked D'Antoni to only look at star players and predict players in the first round, and he will look at the people screened by ordinary scouts, and then write a deep scouting report that belongs to the Knicks.

"And after that, I'll pick a guard, and you will train it."

"Okay, no problem, boss, can you tell me who I want to choose?"

"I didn't think about it."

Jiang Chao wouldn't have told these big mouths so early, especially people like Mustache who are not honest now.

"I think James Harden is good this year, but it's a pity, blame me, I didn't draw a good pick, he should be taken away by Mr. Pu with the No. 3 pick." D'Antoni spread his hands with a little regret.

"Haha, if you have free time recently, you can go to the Thunder to find this player and talk to him."

Jiang Chao didn't expect that this future master and apprentice would have a chemical reaction at this time, so he simply signed a red rope and forgot it.

The NBA also has an unspoken rule, and it will always be used in the future to build a good relationship with the lottery show.

Lotto shows generally last about ten years in the league, and once the rookie contract expires, each team has a chance...

"Okay, maybe it will come to our team in the future."

D'Antoni said goodbye and didn't ask Jiang Chao which head coach he wanted.

He just wanted to see it now.

Which melon peel is better than me, can have such a high status in the heart of this new boss?

I just listened to a few assistant coaches discuss, this Jiang boss can't even look down on Pat Riley, so where is the head coach he wants?

And Jiang Chao also looked at the back of the mustache and sighed.

It makes sense that I couldn't win the championship.

After meeting the mustache in person, Jiang Chao's feeling was that this was an uncle who looked kind and had a really kind personality.

It's so peace&love.

With such a character, you will definitely not be able to win the championship.

The head coaches who won the championship are either immobile and stable like Mount Tai, or vigorous and resolute and iron-fisted hawks, all of which have one characteristic: decisiveness!

Looking at D'Antoni's tangled appearance, Jiang Chao looked tangled.

Everyone can see that he doesn't believe in Jiang Chao and wants to believe Jiang Chao, and he doesn't believe in the big cake given to him by other treacherous and cunning bosses.

"Okay, sir, it's absolutely right to follow me...."

Jiang Chao wanted to say this to him directly to let him relax a little, this character of suffering from gains and losses, no wonder he only believed in those seven or eight people on the court.

But the result is still okay, he accepted Jiang Chao's arrangement, and it is also the first time in his life that Xiaomu has become a deputy general manager, I believe this will be a more suitable role for him.

.........

"Bright Rise and Dark Fall! Head coach D'Antoni becomes Knicks' deputy general manager and coaching advisor

"The second fire of the new official in office!! Wayward Boss Jiang! 》

"No resignation!! D'Antoni's weakness? 》

Save the Mustache!! New York is in a quagmire again! 》

"Is the Knicks going to be broken!" 》

As the news spread, the basketball world became lively again.

And this time.

All the current Knicks players can't sit still!

On vacation on Liberty Island, the old-school player with a short temper, Marik Ross:

"This young boss, is he looking for death!"