Fan Chen ended his work at the Asian Youth Basketball Development Foundation and returned to the United States with Min Congda.

Because the basic structure of the foundation has been built and the daily work content has been formed, he is also relatively relieved to hand over the work to the deputy and promote him to the person in charge.

With hope, he came to Los Angeles and officially entered the arms of the NBA and became a sports industry practitioner.

Min Congda asked Ida to arrange a residence for Fan Chen, also near Chinatown, and then solve his visa problem and get a labor visa.

Then let Fan Chen adapt to the American work and living environment first, Fan Chen is a very smart person, and his English is excellent, and he has nothing to worry about in China, and he is soon ready to start a new life.

After the preseason, after taking some time, Min Congda invited Fan Chen to dinner at the Red Boots Restaurant.

Min Congda asked Fan Chen by the way, which job he wanted to work in, and Fan Chen had already thought about it, saying that he wanted to become a scout.

"Scout, you're out of the blue? Doing such a hard and tiring job with no future. How about I give you a player development assistant manager? ”

Min Congda brought Fan Chen to the United States, mainly hoping to have an absolutely trustworthy henchman around him.

Min Congda had an indifferent and laissez-faire attitude towards the Clippers before, so he had no real henchmen.

Even though everyone respects him, admires him in their hearts, and even worships him, he is still lonely as a manager.

Once he begins to realize that he has power in his hands and wants to use it to achieve his own ends, doubts are inevitable, and so is the need for a caring assistant.

Ida can only be regarded as half a confidant, she is a girl after all, and there is still some unclear relationship between the two, a man takes his lover or wife as a confidant, which is often a more deadly behavior.

Because feelings are too unstable, letting feelings affect reason and interests is equivalent to putting a time bomb.

Therefore, in order to strengthen his control over the team, Min Congda brought Fan Chen, a loyal guard, to Los Angeles.

However, Fan Chen didn't think so much in his heart, the reason why he wanted to be a scout was because he wanted to understand the basic logic of the operation of this league more deeply.

Scouts, the lowest human resource sappers, are best suited for a glimpse of the entire NBA building.

"Mr. Min, isn't it okay for me to be the assistant manager of player development as soon as I come? I'm so young, let's start as a scout, step by step. ”

Fan Chen said this, Min Congda felt that there was some reason, and it was not a good thing for Fan Chen to be allowed to hold a high position at a young age.

As for the scouting system, Fan Chen's ability can be used, and he is most familiar with the people in the scouting system, and we have worked together many times in China, so he can seamlessly integrate into the scouting work.

So, Min Congda agreed to his request and said, "Then you can start as a scout, but I will also give you a part-time job to work in the intelligence center, and then let Ida take you to the intelligence center to report and meet Riccelle." ”

Fan Chen nodded, he knew that the Clippers had an intelligence center set up by Min Congda, which was composed of the media department, some scouts, some security company personnel, and people from the technical department, which could be called the Clippers' secret service department.

Min Congda's original intention in establishing this department was to assist the league in changing the Lakers' name, and Kobe's departure was partly fueled by them.

Although Min Congda is a person who relies on the system, he is still a reborn person after all, and he knows that network technology, artificial intelligence, and big data will develop very rapidly in the future.

This intelligence information center is essentially a big data center, bringing together all kinds of information within the team and even the entire league, so that the team has a sufficient source of intelligence information.

These people can be said to be Min Congda's people, such as Riccelle, Ida, and Sloan's people, who belong to the lineage.

Min Congda sent Fan Chen to the intelligence center as a scout, which undoubtedly gave him a good training environment.

In the future, he will also play a very important role in the intelligence center.

After getting Fan Chen's job, Min Congda's inner anxiety was not alleviated because of this.

Fan Chen is still young after all, and it will take time to grow up, but the goal of three consecutive championships is close at hand.

The pre-season game was so bad, what the players thought, whether anything happened to them, Min Congda didn't know.

In the past, he didn't want to know, who he loved, and it was my business, but now he has an idea and needs to know the movement in the locker room.

In the NBA, locker room culture has always been a hidden secret, and fans often see the performance of the players on the court, but it is often the off-court practice and the atmosphere in the locker room that determine the performance of the players.

After all, basketball players are not pawns manipulated by others in 2K, each of them is a living person, with their own ideas, and this group of people are all basketball elites, and most of them are unruly, and it is very difficult to unite them for a long time and twist them into a rope.

The reason why Phil Jackson can be canonized is that he has such an ability.

Even Popovich is not much more than meaningful, he can't control the real thorn.

The Clippers' locker room has always been known for its stability and camaraderie, and Min Congda was originally relatively comfortable with this.

But just before the start of the regular season, two things happened within the Clippers that made Min Congda worry again.

The first thing was the sudden announcement of the retirement of veteran Ricky Davis.

When the whole team was carefully preparing for the regular season, the veteran who had been following Min Congda since 09 and had played an important role and the prodigal son had turned back, decided to quit basketball.

The reason is that Ricky Davis is feeling more and more powerless under the new system and basketball trend.

Although Min still gave him a guaranteed contract, Ricky thought his career should be over.

He specifically approached Min Congda and said, "My career has been completed. I used to do stupid things to get a triple-double, and I didn't think I'd end up making my basketball life so complete in this way. I thank you Smart from the bottom of my heart, really. I want to fight for another year, but I'm not anymore, I have to say goodbye. ”

Min Congda is keen to keep Ricky Davis, because although Davis has almost no role on the court, he is already the team's locker room leader and an old man who can talk.

There are many such veterans in teams, such as the Lakers' Fisher, the Thunder's Collinson, the Heat's Haslem, etc., and the Clippers are Davis.

But Davis is determined, he is content with what he has achieved, he knows that he will not even get a chance to play again, and he is a very proud man.

Although the sentence "I thought James was here to assist me" was laughed at as stupid, it also showed that he was very confident in himself and had his own dignity and pride.

Ricky Davis didn't make the team's playoff squad last season, got a ring, and didn't play a role.

It's not going to change this year, or even worse, and he's even clearer of that after training camp and playing with the youngsters.

Therefore, Davis resolutely decided to retire and decided to go to some minor leagues and continue to shine on the court, instead of lying down and taking wages and benefits.

Anyway, after retiring, the Clippers still have to pay him a salary.

Min Congda sighed and said bluntly, "You are confused! Don't even have a compilation! ”

As a result, there is a vacancy in the Clippers' roster, and there is one less veteran in the locker room who can hold everyone down.

The instability in the locker room has increased by one point, and it has also added one point to Min Congda's worries.

The second thing was that the night before the start of the Clippers' regular season opener, Curry invited Min Congda to his house for dinner.

Min Congda happily went, and then Curry told Min Congda at the dinner table, "Smart, new season, I want to win a regular season MVP." ”

(End of chapter)