Chapter 54: The King of Europe is Coming! Fiery Manu

“OK！”

"No problem, let's try!"

Neither of them flinched because that in itself was what they were supposed to do.

Preparing for management, digging players, digging superstars, these are the things that the offseason is supposed to be.

And as a new army, they should quickly assemble a core team.

Sean Marks obviously knows who Jiang Chao is talking about as the assistant coach of the king of Europe, and he also knows that it is difficult to dig, because he is one of the powerful "related households" of the Spurs.

Stevens also knows, because it is one of the most famous FIFA head coaches in international basketball, and in recent years, in the NBA, their coaching circles know it.

Jiang Chao naturally also knew what they were waiting for:

"That, the position given to him is the chief assistant coach, and the salary is twice that of the Spurs, and if 2 times is not enough, it will be 3 times."

"Great!"

Sean Max is waiting for Jiang Chao's words, with these superior conditions as confidence, it will be much easier for them to poach people.

"Chief Teaching Assistant! I don't think Ettore will refuse. ”

Stevens is also full of confidence, the coach of the European faction, and his egalitarian style of play, is a person who can make sense.

"Okay, see you in the evening."

Jiang Chao was the first to leave, which was the first test for the two high-level executives.

And he spent the afternoon taking a boat ride around the Holy City on the Riverwalk.

This is the route of the Spurs' victory parade, Jiang Chao wears sunglasses to eat some afternoon tea, picks up the notebook he carries with him, lets the boat drift in the wind, writes songs and looks at Mexican-style buildings, so comfortable.

It's so refreshing to shake off the shopkeeper.

……

Night.

When he gathered in Sean Marks' dormitory again, Jiang Chao already had an extra song in his notebook.

And they also brought a man who looked in his 50s, with short black hair and deep sunken eyes, as promised.

is exactly the chief teaching assistant that Jiang Chao wants-

Ettore Messina.

He was also Manuginobili's mentor before he came to the NBA.

Jiang Chao learned that he was because of Manu, because no one didn't like the way the Pampas Vulture played.

And why did the two of them know who the king of Europe is as soon as they hear it?

It is because in the coaching circle, this coach is invincible in Europe.

The Italian basketball coach has coached European giants such as Bologna, Treviso, CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid, and has led teams to win the UEFA Champions League four times (1998, 2001, 2006, 2008).

Nine-time league champion!

He was once named European Coach of the Year (1998).

Among them, Manu Ginobili, who played through Europe from 1999 to 2002, was the favorite general of Ettore Messina.

The mentor and apprentice teamed up to help the team win the Serie A title in the 00-01 and 01-02 seasons, and Ginobili was named the league MVP twice.

He was twice named Champions League Coach of the Year (2006, 2008) and was named one of the top 10 managers in Champions League history in 2008.

So if Manu is a player in Europe, he has made a big move.

Messina is a legendary coach in the heights of Europe.

So last year, he decisively looked for a higher stage to learn and improve, and last year through the introduction of the middleman Manu, he entered the Spurs coaching staff as the fourth assistant coach.

In front of him was the famous Spurs chief assistant coach Mike Budenholzer, who later led the Bucks to a championship.

The other is James Borrego, the 33-year-old second assistant coach is more inspirational, spent 7 years from video coordinator to assistant coach, and later was taken away by Jordan with Parker to become the head coach of the Hornets.

Finally, Monty Williams, who was drafted by the Knicks as a player, is now a coaching consultant.

For the head coach who brought the sun to rise in later generations, Jiang Chao was actually not too cold personally.

Because he didn't coach the weak team before, Jiang Chao always felt that Paul Booker took him away, not him as the head coach, and belonged to the chicken soup faction, and he just had to boil it as the boss after the chicken soup.

All three of them were later taken away as head coaches, which can also see how serious the Spurs' wool is, and the Spurs head coach is blooming everywhere.

However, Jiang Chao doesn't know if it's because the people of the United States don't want to see European basketball or because of the way European basketball is coached.

There has never been a European-born coach in NBA history who has played a head coach role in an NBA game.

And Messina has never jumped ship to become the head coach of any NBA team.

The first time was five or six years later, when Popovich was sent off with a T, and Messina's interim head coach broke the record.

And as the top assistant coach of the Spurs, Messina never got a job in the NBA, and he couldn't survive the day when Mr. Bobo abdicated, so he had no choice but to return to Europe, and was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in the first year of his return.

So Messina's experience in the NBA is not too dazzling, which means that he has been pressed by Popovich as the chief assistant coach for ten years.

But Jiang Chao doesn't care about these, he only knows that this is an absolutely good seedling, and after becoming the chief assistant coach of the Spurs in a few years, the old man has won all the games that the old man is not there, and he has taught the Spurs players a lot of European basketball concepts.

Confrontation, running the ball, open shots, and joint defense are all things that European coaches do best.

It's also something that Jiang Chao wants the players to learn.

Stevens also boasted so, saying that if Messina was the head coach, his achievements would not be worse than Carlisle's. *(Somewhat with a personal element.) ）

He also said that his local academy basketball concept + European basketball concept will join forces to create a better future......

Of course, it is mainly Sean Marks who makes the effort.

The words he recruited punched Messina's heart.

One is that Popovich is strong and will not get out of class easily, at least he has to coach for 10 years to strive for the rhythm of the coach with the first record in history, and it is unlikely that you want to turn positive at the Spurs.

The second is that the Spurs are too strong, so strong that everyone will ignore the role of the coaching staff, he, including the top shooting coach Chip, has been ignored by fans and insiders, only the Spurs and Jiang Chao know how hung they are.

So when you are the third assistant coach at the Spurs, you are basically equivalent to an invisible man, and sooner or later you will be taken away.

Jiang Chao actually wants to recruit Chip, a shooting coach that the average team won't find, but think about the players in the team in the future, forget it, they are all masters who have a very high shooting percentage.

If you have the opportunity to find a retired player to teach, it's cheaper.

The third is the guarantee given to him by Jiang Chao.

Marks said that you will be taken away sooner or later, it is better to go with me and go to the big ball market to show your strength, everyone knows the record of the Knicks, if the record rises, you will be worth twice as the chief assistant coach.

He was given double his salary and promoted to the chief assistant coach, and the conditions have been filled!

"The coach of the Spurs department, our boss said that there must be one, and it's you."

Sean Marquez is also very good at talking, and he didn't directly say that Jiang Chao wanted him, for fear that he would sit on the ground and raise the price or something, he meant that Messina recommended by him could also be replaced by Budenholzel or Borrego, with a faint threat.

If you don't promise me, you can find someone else!

Therefore, Messina agreed to come over and meet the boss and finally decided.

Jiang Chao said a word of chicken soup to him:

"Old man, your resume, you lack an NBA championship, let's get it together."

These words directly moved Messina's heart.

For the 60-year-old king of Europe, he can not wait much, and there is no one in the world who does not like fame and fortune.

As a coach, he also wants to write the words NBA championship on his resume.

So in the face of the 3 young people in front of him, he seems to be 30 years younger, and his fighting spirit is high!!

The Spurs are getting older and older, and with these three young people, maybe they can really break through!!

But in fact, Jiang Chao said that, and followed the Spurs to actually be in the championship ranks.

"Signature or handprint?"

"It's okay if you draw a sketch."

Jiang Chao laughed loudly, worthy of being a person from the birthplace of the Renaissance, and he spoke so artistically.

Art is, explosion!

"It's burning, Knicks!!"