Dunleavy is 55 years old, tall, with a half-bald head, and the few remaining hairs neatly combed back to the back of his head, with a serious face like a vulture.

After complimenting Min on his basketball talent, he stepped forward and shook Min's hand, "Hello, Mr. Smart, Mike Dunleavy, the former general manager of the team that you replaced. ”

Although Olchea is the team's head of basketball affairs, Dunleavy is the nominal general manager, which gives him a lot of voice in the team as the team's head coach.

Previously, he shared this power with Elgin Baylor, but now he has been stripped of his power by Min Congda.

Min Congda held Dunleavy's big hand, thinking that these basketball players were really big, and said: "I have been looking up for a long time, I have heard your name for a long time, and I finally met me." ”

Min Congda is talking nonsense, how can he, a person who doesn't watch basketball, hear Dunleavy's name for a long time.

Slightly more experienced fans will know Dunleavy is the head coach of the Lakers in '91 and the Trail Blazers in '00, the inventor of the forward wheel battle, and the father of Dunleavy Jr.

The NBA stars Min Congda knows can count on one hand, where will he know Dunleavy.

'Mr. Smart is really young, which team did he play for in the past? Don't know what to achieve in basketball? ”

Dunleavy didn't speak well, obviously he didn't look down on Min Congda, an airborne soldier, and the question was direct and sharp.

Dunleavy is different from Olser and Rosser, he started as a player, coached many teams, has a lot of prestige in the league, has connections, and if he doesn't coach the Clippers, other teams will find him a job.

Besides, Dunleavy didn't really want to work in the Clippers in the first place, and in '06 he led the team to the pinnacle of team history, reaching the Western Conference semifinals and the Suns in seven games.

The team began to decline in '07 as owner Raheem Sterling was reluctant to put in more reinforcements and they missed the playoffs that season.

Next, Elton Brand, the core of the Clippers, was reimbursed for the season, and the team returned to the belly of the fish, diving all the way to compete for the top spot.

Baylor left last season and has a lawsuit with the team this year, accusing Sterling of racial discrimination, as a courtier of the previous generation, Dunleavy thinks that he can't do it for long, and naturally he doesn't want to give face to the airborne troops.

Faced with the old Dunleavy's questioning, Min Congda didn't care, and replied with a smile: "I haven't worked in the team, I haven't played for the team, I don't know how to play basketball, I used to be an investment." ”

Dunleavy seemed to have expected this answer, he snorted coldly, and walked away to greet the player.

He thought to himself, Sterling is probably thinking about how to dismantle and sell the team, so he found such a layman to be the general manager, this team really can't stay, it's time to think about the next family.

The rest of the assistant coaches and medical and health care personnel all exchanged a few words with Min Congda, and their attitude towards Min Congda was quite good, after all, they had to get by with their salaries for everyone.

The average teaching assistant and medical staff are not paid as much as the head coach, and it is always good to get a raise.

The NBA is actually a small circle, employees move between different teams, and everyone knows each other.

It won't take long for Min Congda to raise everyone's salary to spread throughout the league, which is also something that Min Congda couldn't imagine.

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At half past ten in the morning, Min Congda sat on the sidelines with the scouts to watch the team's morning training.

In the morning, I mainly have some simple warm-up exercises, and after lunch at noon, I will start the formal intra-team tactics and confrontation training in the afternoon.

Min Congda didn't care about the performance of these young players on the field, he just thought about when to have lunch, and didn't know if the food in the training center was good.

The players who participated in the training camp did not think so, and when they heard that the new general manager of the team was there to observe in person, everyone cheered up with the spirit of 12 points, hoping that their excellent performance could attract the attention of the general manager.

A total of 12 young players were called up for the camp, and only three of them were on the Clippers roster: DeAndre Jordan, Eric Gordon, and Stephen Curry.

The remaining nine are all homeless players, playing in the teams' training camps, summer leagues, development league games, or some amateur leagues.

Most of them were not selected in the draft, and a few of them were selected but could not adapt to the high intensity of the NBA after a year or two and were eliminated, so they had to start from scratch and hone and show themselves through these training camps and lower leagues, hoping to get a job opportunity.

They ran and jumped hard to show their physical fitness.

When shooting warm-up, try your best to ensure your shooting percentage, correct your hand shape, and highlight your shooting talent.

It's a pity that Min Congda doesn't care about these at all, and the better you behave, the less he cares.

The only thing that caught his eye was DeAndre Jordan, who stood out among the 12 people in height and size, and it was hard not to notice.

And during the warm-up, he was skillful in holding the ball, with a vigorous posture, and a dunk from time to time, which was very ornamental.

Min Congda pointed at Jordan and asked Ada, "Who is that tall kid?" ”

Ida said: "It's DeAndrew Jordan, a graduate of Texas A&M University. ”

When Min Congda heard his name, he turned out to be Jordan? This is one of the few NBA stars he knows, and it is said that this person is very powerful, known as the god of basketball.

"This isn't the basketball god Jordan, is it?"

"Of course not, that's Michael Jordan. He was selected with the 35th pick in the second round last year. ”

Ida thought to herself that Mr. Smart was really humorous, how many years had Michael Jordan been retired.

As soon as Min Congda heard that Jordan Jr. was a player drafted last year, that means that he was in the team's squad.

It's a pity that if he is not in the squad, such a tall and athletic player must not be allowed to join the team and be cut immediately.

What if the scouts find out and want to sign a contract, it will be more troublesome to refuse, and this son cannot be kept.

At this time, little Jordan, who was showing off his ball-control skills on the court, didn't know that he had already closed the door.

If it weren't for the system restricting Min Congda from arbitrarily dismissing players in the team, he would have lost his job and gone back to drive a harvester to farm.

Min Congda said to Jason Piomberti, the head of scouting who was sitting on the other side, "Jason, show me the previous scouting report of DeAndre Jordan. ”

Jason Piomberti took out Jordan Jr.'s previous scouting report from the data, which was relatively long, but there was a summary at the end:

"Strengths: Athleticism, great potential, physical talent to be a dominant centre-forward. Disadvantages: Lack of strength in the upper limbs and legs, although the athleticism is excellent, but the basic skills are very primitive, and the offense will only dunk. ”

Min Congda was noncommittal about the disadvantages in the back, he saw that Little Jordan was very skilled in controlling luck, and he would definitely improve.

And the previous advantages, "great potential", "become a dominant center", these words stimulated him, how can such a player grow in the Clippers?

But he can't cut Jordan Jr. directly in violation of the law, and the system doesn't allow him to deliberately order players not to play, practice, or trade JB.

Besides, transactions are all about reciprocity, what if you get back a potential stock?

Now that the Clippers are already sucking, it's okay to let it stay as it is and keep the newcomers out of the picture.

So, he said to Jason Piomberti: "Focus on Jordan Jr., a player, some of his performances and situations have to report to me. ”

Always pay attention to these growing potential stocks and quietly strangle them in infancy!

Piomberti nodded, thinking, "Mr. Smart is really optimistic about DeAndrew, when the time comes, talk to Hughes and ask him to take care of Jordan more." ”

Kim Hughes is the lead assistant coach of the Clippers, and he will be the lead coach of the Clippers this summer league.

At half past eleven, the warm-up training was over, and it was finally time for Min Congda's most anticipated meal.

That's what he's here for.