Chapter 85: Double Steve lineup, help Max in the air!

Stevens called to find out what was going on on in Turkey, and the simple thing was that Turkdrew was too hot, and now the main competitors were the Raptors and the parent club Magic.

And he himself is still waiting and watching because of the long offseason, and he is also waiting to see the attitude of Magic management.

Either you throw Lewis's sky-high contract out for a few strong players and continue to compete for the championship next year, or I'll leave to get a big contract.

"Let's help him."

"I hope it works." Stevens, the coach who is about to be recruited, finally got to know him, and he is also an assistant coach with a very tough style, which is one of his idols.

"Sure it will succeed, money can do anything."

Jiang Chao knew that on the contrary, the working people were the best to dig, and the people died for money, and the birds died for food, and the work in New York was much better than that in Orlando.

The man they were poaching was none other than the Van Gundy brothers' right-hand man, who had been learning to defend with them for several years and was now an assistant coach for the Magic

– Steve Clifford.

When Messina heard the name, he also raised his hands in welcome.

This coach is very energetic.

Jiang Chao knows this better than them.

The 48-year-old has a similar resume to Stevens during his time at the NCAA, having spent four seasons at Adelphi University early in his coaching career, with an excellent 86-36 overall record and 20+ wins in four consecutive seasons[4].

He is the first coach in the history of the school to lead the team to 20+ wins in two consecutive seasons.

It's just a pity that he didn't have Bole at the time, and then went to the Knicks for a short time as an assistant coach, but he wanted to improve, so he has been learning defense with the Van Gundy brothers who went to the Rockets, and it was at this time that he established a reputation as a defensive expert.

He regarded Van Gundy as both his brother and his mentor. In the five seasons he played for the Magic, he made it to the playoffs in all of them, and it is rumored that he is Howard's personal defensive coach for Warcraft, without whom Warcraft would not have such a strong defensive ability.

So when Jiang Chao found him, the reason was very simple, you came to teach our recruits to defend with iron and blood.

Because of his resume later, Jiang Chao also knew that he was poached by the Clippers as a teaching assistant with money in 12 years.

The first time he became a head coach was when he was hired by Jordan as head coach of the Bobcats in '13.

In his first season in charge, Clifford infused his defensive attitude into the team's philosophy, establishing itself as one of the league's top five defensive powerhouses, and a year before he took over, the Bobcats were a team that was near the bottom of the table defensively.

In 2014, in his first season in charge, he led the team to a 43-39 record and made the playoffs.

Prior to his arrival, the Bobcats had only won 28 in two seasons. In April 2014, he was named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month after leading the Bobcats to a 7-1 record and advancing to the playoffs.

And why did Jiang Chao say that he was angry, because he later went to be the head coach of the Magic team, but the Magic wanted to rebuild, and he openly refused to rebuild.

In the end, he parted ways with the management.

As long as he is there, he never pursues a draft pick, he believes that as long as he is a player, he can play through defense!

This is a bit similar to the Knicks' goal this season, not to pursue next year's lotto, to play wherever they want.

Clifford also took this into account, judging from the first-round swap between Jiang Chao and the Pacers, the Knicks will not leave room for themselves next season.

"How? $1.5 million for 3 years, $100,000 for the top five in the league for defensive efficiency in a single season as our defensive coach, come to us. ”

Jiang Chao's contract is also very simple, it is to smash it with money.

People die for money, birds die for food, it's really that the Knicks are asking too high, the Magic have no money to keep him, and Jiang Chao won't save money on this kind of defensive coach.

Of course, Van Gundy's salary is too high, and the young marshal has saved Jiang Chao a lot of money.

Steve Clifford made a phone call to Big Van Gundy, and Big Van Gundy said you go out and get a big contract, in fact, their functions coincide, and the Magic need some offensive tactical assistant coaches, otherwise the tactics are too simple.

"Oh, yes, these rookies are going to be devastated defensively."

Stevens hugged the famous assistant coach, and this is truly plug-and-play top talent.

Jiang Chao: "Don't you have a phone call with Howard?" ”

Clifford laughed: "I can't leave if I call him." ”

"Haha, it's okay, call him over next year, leave room for him."

"Anyway, you're better at teaching defense on the inside."

"That's right." Clifford told the truth that the reason why he didn't meet the Van Gundy brothers' standards was because he wasn't that strong on the outside.

"But I'm not just going to be defensive on the inside, I'm also good offensively."

"Yes."

Jiang Chao made an OK gesture, in fact, Clifford was very good during his later years as the head coach of the Magic.

Putting Vucevic, a player who was penniless in the first six years, to an All-Star who averaged 24.5 points, 11.8 rebounds, and 40.6 percent outside shooting per game after he coached, it's just that the Magic team is just too bad.

As soon as Clifford left, they traded Vucevic and Gordon away, and the Magic team is always so magical.

In the last century, O'Neal was released, and Jiang Chao was already looking forward to them letting Howard go next year.

Stevens also talked about his strengths as a head coach, an expert in tactics, and Clifford complemented each other when he heard it.

"Agreed! I'm back to the Knicks! ”

Clifford, who had been an assistant coach under Riley for a while, didn't expect to go around and go back to where he started, and he was working with a bunch of young people, and he felt a lot younger.

"Enough top! go!”

Messina: "We've got two Stevies on the team, haha. ”

Jiang left Orlando with a wave of his hand, what level is this wave.

Although there are still a lot of good potential teaching assistants, they are now fully sufficient.

Since then.

The Knicks coaching staff is complete.

The most luxurious coaching staff in history in Jiang Chao's mind!

Head Coach Stevens: Best Coach, Invincible Young Marshal! Leader of the Storm of Youth.

Chief Assistant Coach Messina: King of Europe, master tactician, and the best at stopping the head coach.

Assistant Coach, Shooting Coach, Analyst Steve Kerr: Triple Crown Coach and Coach of the Year winner.

Assistant Coach Tyronn Lue: Champion Coach, Master of Duanshui, Peacemaker, and the most needed man around the superstar.

Defensive Coach Steve Clifford: Defensive guru under Van Gundy and interior coach.

Tactical assistant coach Mark Jackson: The founder of the Warriors dynasty and an assistant to assist the young marshal in thinking about tactics.

Deputy General Manager, Coaching Consultant D'Antoni: The best coach, the creator of running and shooting, magic ball, and 8-second fast break, and the man who knows how to use defenders the most.

Jiang Chao has brought together all the current and future good coaches, and there are too many honors to count.

It's no exaggeration to say that the most luxurious coaching staff of all time is available.

In addition, if the Knicks are lucky enough to outperform the Mavericks next year, there may be a legend who won the best coach in 2002 to come over and bend over as an assistant coach. (Carlisle)

Academic, Tactical Stream, Defensive Stream, Shooting, European Faction, Chicken Soup Stream...... It's all there.

It's no wonder Stevens smiled, the boss obviously put a lot of thought into setting up a coaching staff, and after a business trip, the coaching staff became visibly stronger.

Everyone has their own duties, and they can definitely collide with different sparks.

And he always felt that there was an invisible boss on the team's coaching staff, and that could be the young boss himself.

He understands the assistant coach so well, so doesn't he know the coach himself very well?

On the plane, Jiang Chao and the three of them had a brief exchange.

When he got off the plane, he helped Musk in the air, and asked Clifford to help lobby Tek Drew.

This is a key part of the Knicks' recruitment this summer, if he can't come, then no one else can either, there is a butterfly effect.

Clifford was thrilled to learn the information: "Well, his defense still needs to be polished. ”

"You Knicks young people are too good at making trouble, and they have already recruited him, the efficiency is so fast, it's completely different from what I imagined."

"It's not you, it's us."

Old man Clifford chatted about juvenile madness, looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and laughed heartily.

The shadow of the fiasco in the finals has also come out a lot:

"Okay, we!!"