The sudden change of coach of the Cavaliers shook the entire league.

Mike Brown has been the head coach of the Cavaliers since the 2005-2006 season, leading the Cavaliers to the playoffs that season.

This is the first time the Cavaliers have made the playoffs since 1998.

LeBron James, the highly anticipated No. 1 pick, failed to help the Cavaliers reach the playoffs in the first two years of his career.

At that time, the strength of the east was really not very good.

Mike Brown can do this quickly, which shows that he has the ability to quickly unite a team.

And in the 2006-2007 season, the second year of Mike Brown's coaching, the Cavaliers reached the Finals!

This is a great honor for James and Brown.

In the game against the Pistons, James showed the potential of the emperor superstar.

This is only the fourth season of James' career, and he is only 22 years old at the time.

Tim Duncan both told James after the Finals that the future is yours.

As a result, until the 2012-2013 season, the era that truly belonged to James still did not come.

Mike Brown won the best coach as the head coach, but in the important moments of the playoffs, he really lacked the ability to make a decisive move and strategize to win a thousand miles.

The loss to the Spurs in the '07 Finals was understandable, and the Cavaliers did have too thin and inexperienced.

Mike Brown faced his teacher Popovich, there was no way at all, and the 0:4 loss was neat.

Every game seems to be a small margin of loss, and in fact, the Cavaliers have basically no chance of winning.

The point difference is small, it is the last moment of no chance, score a few goals to close the difference.

The milk that belongs to the child is dead and has no substantive effect.

In 11 years against the Dallas Mavericks and losing 2-4 to his opponent, Brown completely fell behind in the battle with Carlisle.

The two sides were evenly matched, and the Cavaliers were generally expected to be superior before the game.

Both sides are single-core teams, and Nowitzki is 33 years old and has been called a soft egg for many years.

As a result, the Mavericks won the championship, and two of the games they won were late-minute reversals.

This shows that Mike Brown, as a head coach, has a big lack of tactical arrangement and psychological stability of players.

Compared to top coach Phil Jackson, the gap is obvious.

Phil Jackson belongs to the category of not giving his teammates any chance once the strength on paper is superior.

When he was with the Chicago Bulls, as long as the Bulls had home-court advantage, the series was a must-win.

In 1994, the Bulls did not have Jordan, and they were still third in the East in the regular season, losing to the New York Knicks, who later reached the finals, in the semifinals 3:4 and stealing seven.

It is enough to see that Jackson is very good at coaching.

Of course, it's a bit difficult to compare Mike Brown to Jackson, the best coach of all time.

But if LeBron James wants to be the best player of all time and surpass Michael Jordan, then his coach can't be much worse than Jackson, right?

In the 2012 finals, the Cavaliers were still dominant in public opinion before the game.

With Kyrie Irving, they're stronger overall than they were in 11.

As a result, the 2:0 lead was reversed, and the players had to bear the main responsibility, while the coach couldn't run away with a secondary responsibility.

After four games in a row, Mike Brown is to blame for not giving proper adjustments and responses.

It's just that Brown and James are quite deeply bound, and he has always been James in the team.

James doesn't want to change coaches, and Mike Brown's position is stable enough.

When James thinks about it, it's just a matter of words.

So, after a big game with the Clippers, on the plane to the next game, James discussed with the team's general manager that he wanted to change a head coach.

Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant asked James if he had a good match, and James said, "You'll find out tomorrow."

Grant didn't hesitate too much, and after the plane landed, he interviewed Mike Brown at the hotel and announced that he had been relieved of his position as head coach.

However, Mike Brown did not leave the Cavaliers because of this, and Grant persuaded him to stay as the team's head of player development.

Because Mike Brown didn't make any mistakes, it wasn't a wise idea to fire him outright.

While the Cavaliers have a mediocre record this season, they have just taken down the Clippers and are heading in a good direction.

It is more reasonable to change the position than to dismiss him.

Mike Brown was of course very surprised at first, but he quickly accepted the decision from management, or rather James.

He was sure that there must have been James' support behind him, and maybe even directly instructed by him.

James may not be the king of the NBA, but he is definitely the king of Cleveland.

Since 2010, when he chose to renew his contract with the Cavaliers, the owner has been obedient to him.

Generally speaking, if a team is too obedient to a player in management, draft, and trade, the team is likely to be yellow.

Because playing on the field and running and organizing a team are fundamentally different things, two kinds of work.

In fact, people who can do both things at the same time can be counted on one hand.

Like Michael Jordan when he was in the Bulls, he was often dissatisfied with some of the team's drafts and trades, this one didn't like that one.

It turns out that if the Bulls management couldn't resist the pressure to listen to Jordan, the team would be finished.

Luckily, for the past two seasons, James has been giving very good advice.

Trades, signings, drafts, the Cavaliers did a good job and helped the team build a solid system.

For James, not winning the championship twice in the Finals is a failure.

But for the Cavaliers, the team's operating income and market value have been greatly improved, and the owner has begun to make money.

And the binary combination of Irving James, both of them are still young, and with them, theoretically the Cavaliers can remain competitive enough for at least the next five years, which is really undesirable for the Cavaliers, a millennium bad team.

The premise is not to leave.

Mike Brown is in this environment, and it's normal for him to bend his knees to the king.

He didn't complain too much and announced the decision the next day with the team's management.

On the same day that the Cavaliers announced that Mike Brown was stepping down as head coach, Steve Kerr also left the Clippers.

That night, the Cavaliers contacted Kerr and persuaded him to join the Cavaliers.

Cole boarded a plane to Detroit early in the morning on December 3.

The Cavaliers will face the Pistons tonight at the Palace Arena in Auburn Hills.

The plane arrived at the Detroit airport at about two o'clock in the afternoon, and Knights general manager Grant personally greeted Cole.

To be honest, both Cole and Grant are quite confused, especially Cole.

The day before yesterday, he was an opponent with the Cavaliers, and as the head coach, he carefully studied the Cavaliers' tactics and lineup, thinking about how to deal with the Cavaliers in the new season.

No matter how well the Cavaliers start the regular season, they will always be an important imaginary opponent for the Clippers in the Finals.

As a result, he is now the head coach of the Cavaliers and is forced to defect to the enemy.

Of course, Grant was also confused, because it was completely out of his plan to have Kerr as head coach.

His original plan was to make some mid-season trades to bolster the team's interior line, especially the No. 4 spot.

Jamison is aging rapidly and is not very useful this year.

Robin López can only say that it is enough, but the ceiling has reached the end and cannot go further.

The Clippers also added a champion Anthony Davis.

In the No. 1 game, if it weren't for Randolph's injury and Davis's foul problem, there would really be a big question mark over whether the Cavaliers could win.

There was no hint of the trade plan yet, and James went straight to the head coach.

Generally speaking, in this kind of situation where the head coach suddenly leaves the class, the team will let the assistant coach act as an agent for a period of time.

After that, depending on the situation, you can either correct the assistant coach or slowly search for and recruit a new head coach.

Finding a new manager, interviews, tactical communication, planning and then slowly taking over the team.

And an enemy airborne soldier like Kerr, Grant has been in the NBA for so many years, and it's really the first time I've seen him.

The two immediately drove to the Auburn Hills Palace Arena, where the team was training for court adaptation at half past three in the afternoon.

In the press room of the Auburn Hills Palace Arena, Grant took Cole for a simple inauguration ceremony.

Immediately after the ceremony, Kerr jumped into his role, training with the players on the pitch in Auburn Hills.

He was accompanied by former head coach Mike Brown to answer questions.

This situation is very strange, but the NBA says it is a battlefield, but it is actually a river and lake.

Kerr and Mike Brown are old acquaintances, when Kerr was still playing for the Spurs, Mike Brown was an assistant coach with the Spurs, and the relationship between the two was quite good.

So, although Kerr suddenly took Brown's position, it didn't affect their relationship.

After Brown said hello, he immediately asked curiously, "What's the matter, man, why didn't you suddenly stop working on the Clippers?" Ran to the knight to rob me of my job, did I offend you? You were the ones who won last year. ”

Kerr shook his head helplessly and said, "Actually, I want to continue working on the Clippers, but... Someone doesn't want me to do it. ”

"You didn't quit on your own? You... Could it be Smart's madman? ”

Mike Brown immediately guessed that Kerr had been fired by Min Congda.

And Min Congda, this guy is "well-known" crazy in the alliance, and he will do anything.

The dismissal of such a good assistant coach as Kerr is completely within the logical scope of his behavior.

Kerr added: "Actually, it's my dream to come out and be a manager. But Mike, why were you fired too? Also so sudden? ”

The two of them had the same idea in their hearts, could it be Smart too?

It's unlikely, Smart is the manager of the Clippers and not the manager of the Cavaliers.

And he's sick, so he changed the Cavaliers coach and sent a Clippers coach over?

Poverty alleviation through technology? Peer support? Friendly team?

Mike Brown said: "Maybe it's because of the team's poor record in the new season. But you're here just in time to share some Clippers team secrets, your rise is really fast, what's going on on the team? ”

Cole smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, I'll tell you these secrets slowly." It's no secret that championship teams always have similarities. But the Clippers are a very special team. Let's talk about the team's training, tactics and the night's games. ”

So, the two began to talk about all aspects of the Cavaliers.

In fact, Kerr's understanding of the Cavaliers may not be much worse than that of Mike Brown.

It could even be more and deeper than Mike Brown.

Because the one who understands you best is often your enemy.

As the Cavaliers' biggest enemy last season, Kerr studied the Cavaliers a lot.

I was working on it three days ago, but now it's working.

During training, Cole briefly met with the players and introduced each other.

In fact, they all know the opponents of the finals, who doesn't know whom.

James shook hands vigorously with Cole, excited and nervous about Cole's arrival.

Excitedly, he believed in his father-in-law's vision, and the people he chose to send were all very good.

Nervously, will Kerr make big changes to the team? Will he be allowed to go to a position that he is not used to?

When James first entered the league, his first season was playing at point guard.

He's got a lot of organising, very good passing.

However, in order to give full play to his superior fast ability, James' position was gradually fixed at the No. 3 position.

However, Kerr, including Min Congda, believes that the No. 3 position is actually not the most suitable position for James.

Because the No. 3 position plays a role of glue and panacea in defense and offense.

Especially at the moment, when the position is blurred, the inside players are outside, and the functions of the players are becoming more and more comprehensive, the universal responsibility of the No. 3 position is more important.

But James, as the core of the team's ball-holding and the most important offensive endpoint, will definitely not be able to allocate enough physical energy and energy in defense, rebounding, garbage work, etc.

So, the team has equipped him with players like Battier, Miller, Danny Green, etc., to complement those features.

If Min Congda is in charge, he has said in his previous conversation with James that he will let James lose weight further to play the No. 1 position, and then find a way to match James with a good No. 4 position.

James said at the time, "You have to find a way." ”

"I've been thinking about it!"

As a result, thinking about it, the excellent No. 4 position didn't come, and Steve Cole was thought of.

And Steve Kerr's solution to the good No. 4 position is simple – James, come on.

If James plays four, Grant won't have to go to the market to find any good interior lines, and having Lopez and Anderson will be enough.

However, James was not willing to play in the No. 4 position.

Because it's too tiring to play on the inside, and doing a lot of work, the data doesn't show up at all.

You work the inside to get stuck with the opponent inside and then create a good rebounding opportunity for your teammates.

And then on an Excel sheet, nothing will be there, what's the point?

So, after practice, when Kerr approached James to talk about the team's system arrangement, James said bluntly: "Steve, you can do whatever you ask me to do, but there is one thing I don't want to do, I don't want to play in the number four position. ”

Before Cole could speak, James had already blocked Cole's words and expressed his attitude.

This made Kerr a little frustrated, could it be that his plan of "James dealt cards at a high level" could not be realized before it began?

Kerr thought about it, patted James on the shoulder, and said, "No, LeBron, I don't want you to play the number four position." ”

"That's good."

"I think it's better for you to play the number five position."

(End of chapter)