The strongest bishop in the NBA

Chapter 127 Candidates for assistant coaches

In addition to age, there is one obvious difference between the Big Three of the Heat and the Big Three of the Celtics.

The Big Three of the Celtics were all traded in real deals. In order to get Garnett, the Celtics almost traded half of the team to the Timberwolves, 5 players plus two first-round picks. 7 In exchange for Garnett, Ray Allen was also acquired through a trade. These two players almost overdrawn the Celtics' draft picks for the next few years, completely exchanging the future for the present.

The Heat are different. Both James and Bosh joined the Heat as free agents. The Heat did not pay any price. Even in order to ensure the balance of the salary space, the Big Three chose to cut their salaries. The lineup remains more competitive.

Therefore, the composition of the Heat's Big Three has far more influence than the Celtics' Big Three!

Wang Xiao has already set his target on the Big Three of the Heat, which means that what he and his team are facing will be one of the strongest teams in the league in the next few years!

However, the Wizards are not vegetarian.

Curry, Harden, Paul George, the future strength of these three players is not inferior to the Big Three of the Heat, but they have not fully grown up yet.

After the system is upgraded to version 3.0, each victory can earn 200 victory points. A large number of victory points can help these rookies grow up quickly.

But before that, Wang Xiao still has one very important thing to do.

Digging.

In the summer of 10, Suns general manager Steve Kerr announced his departure.

This is an opportunity. If Kerr, the initiator of the Warriors' small-ball tactics in the future and who led the Warriors to three championships in four years, can be recruited as an assistant coach, it will definitely make the Wizards a very good leap forward!

Wang Xiao remembers very clearly that after Cole left the position of general manager of the Suns, he returned to the work of game commentary until he became the head coach of the Warriors in 2014.

After returning to Washington, Wang Xiao immediately inquired about Cole's phone number and called.

"Hello, I'm Wang Xiao, head coach of the Wizards..."

Cole was a little surprised when he received the call from Wang Xiao, but after Wang Xiao explained his intentions on the phone, Cole still paid more attention to it, so the next day, he took a plane and came to Washington for an interview with Wang Xiao in person .

To be reasonable, if it is not impossible, Cole is not willing to return to the commentary position.

After he became the general manager of the Suns in 07, he planned several transactions, the most famous being the exchange of Shaquille O'Neal with Sean Marion and Marcus Banks. , This transaction was a failure, and O'Neal was completely unable to fit with the Suns, who are good at playing fast break and running.

Then he also made several trades, but they all had little effect.

In July of this year, with Stoudemire's announcement to join the Knicks and failed to retain the core of the team, Cole has lost the trust of the Suns boss.

Cole has been a professional player, a game commentator, and a team general manager, but this is the first time for him to work as a coach, and even Wang Xiao is the first person who hopes to hire him as an assistant coach.

Wang Xiao is now a legendary figure in the league. He became the head coach of a team in his early 30s, and led a team at the bottom of the league to the regular season in just one season. In terms of second place in the league, the playoffs also reached the Eastern Conference Finals.

And his super vision in selecting players in several draft conferences has also made many teams jealous.

Cole is also very interested in Wang Xiao, because he also has a plan to become the head coach of a team. People like Wang Xiao who have achieved unremarkable achievements at a young age are naturally his learning goals.

Therefore, Cole agreed to Wang Xiao's invitation and was willing to become the assistant coach of the Wizards.

But... when signing the contract, a small problem occurred.

Wang Xiao has the right to trade the team's players and can decide whether each player will stay or not.

But this does not include management personnel such as coaches.

When the general manager Grunfeld learned that Wang Xiao was going to sign an assistant coach, he immediately became furious.

"What are you kidding? Wang Xiao! You don't have the personnel rights of the team management! This team is not what you say!"

Facing the angry Grunfeld, Wang Xiao looked calm. "Mr. General Manager, I made such a decision for the sake of the future of the team. At present, the team still has flaws. For example, in terms of defense, you can see how bad the team's defense was last season, right? Although the team won He finished second in the league and entered the Eastern Conference finals, but to be honest, it has a lot to do with luck, if we don't make some changes this season, it may be difficult to make further breakthroughs in performance."

To be reasonable, Grunfeld wished that the team's record was bad, and Wang Xiao would pack up and leave.

But he couldn't say that, and when Wang Xiao proposed to report the matter to the team owner and let the owner make the decision, he gritted his teeth and agreed to sign Cole.

If even the signing of an assistant coach has to alarm the team owner, then he is too dereliction of duty as the general manager.

After successfully signing Cole, Wang Xiao actually wanted to hire another coach.

Brad Stevens, who is still coaching at Butler University, is a famous young coach in the future and the head coach of the Celtics.

However, after calling, Stevens politely declined Wang Xiao's invitation.

Stevens just led his team to the NCAA finals this year, and lost to Harvard University in the finals.

Unwilling, he wants to make a comeback next year and win the NCAA championship!

Although it's a pity, Wang Xiao can't help it.

If nothing else, Stevens failed to win the NCAA championship next year, and his team fell again in the finals. Finally, in 2013, Stevens chose to join the Celtics as the Specials head coach.

The team has a complete lineup, and has got assistant coach Steve Kerr. Everything is ready, and the new season is only short of the start of the Dongfeng.

But at this moment, something happened that Wang Xiao didn't expect.

The Washington Wizards are up for sale!

According to the "Washington Post" report, the Wizards' acquisition agreement has been officially completed, and it only needs to be reviewed and approved by the league's board of directors.

Since Pauline Sr. passed away, news that his family began to try to sell the Wizards has been emerging endlessly, and there are many interested parties, but because of the high price of the team, many people are discouraged.

And with Wang Xiao's entry into the Wizards, the team's record began to soar, and it became one of the strongest teams in the league. This also made the news of selling the team less and less.

Wang Xiao didn't remember the information about the team's owner very clearly, so he didn't know whether the Wizards of another time and space changed their owners, so he didn't expect that before the start of the new season, the team's owner actually changed. .

(End of this chapter)