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Chapter 1378 Li Yuan Hei's Invitation

After the draft, the Lakers started the championship celebration in a hurry.

In the words of old Bass, don't take advantage of the excitement of the fans and quickly expand the momentum, do you have to wait until everyone calms down before celebrating?This is not possible, the results of half a year of hard work must be publicized more vigorously.

Louis didn't want to waste his limited energy on this, so he handed over the celebration to Old Buss himself, and then asked the other party for half a month's leave.

Old Bath naturally wouldn't refuse, and Louis didn't need to ask him for leave.

Because the Lakers have not had any major events that require the president to take care of them recently.

In the past half month, the basic job of the Lakers is to sign rookies and renew contracts with several key players.

Such as Wilson, Liu Yuqing, Ellis, Rodman and so on.

Even if Louis didn't ask for leave, he had to push this job to West.

He never likes to discuss too much with players on money issues. On the one hand, it is a vital interest. If he wants to talk, he must stand on the side of the team to lower the price as much as possible, which is too much to lose favor with.

You can't pressure others' worth while expecting others to think of you well.

So Louis needs someone else to be the black glove.

Baylor used to do the job, now it's West.

The funny thing is that West is also not good at bargaining with players, so the contract renewal work was kicked to Mitch Kupchak's feet like a football.

Kupchak said that he is only the deputy general manager and is not qualified to decide how much salary Benj should receive in the new season.

When the ball was kicked back to Louie, the Lakers president got angry.

Louie didn't want to be interrupted by these things while he was on vacation, so he asked one last time who was going to take over.

Still no one took the initiative to stand up and take over.

As a result, Louis appointed Jim Buss as the team's deputy general manager, and then let Zhao Yuanzheng serve as Buss's assistant, and they took over the signing and renewal work this summer.

Kupchak's inaction objectively provided an opportunity for Zhao Yuanzheng.

On the surface, the job of renewing the contract was handed over to Bass Jr., but in fact, Zhao Yuanzheng was actually in charge.

This has always been the working mode of Bass Jr.

He assumes the title, assumes the responsibility, and takes credit for it. In fact, it is Zhao Yuanzheng who works hard for it.

Zhao Yuanzheng enjoyed it, and Louis was willing to see it succeed.

Because the more little Bass trusts Zhao Yuanzheng now, the more he will pay more attention to Zhao Yuanzheng when he takes over in the future.

In terms of contract renewal, Louis gave five points to Bass Jr. and Zhao Yuanzheng.

Meet all requirements of Benj;
Do not sign long-term contracts and maintain space flexibility for the next few years;
Suspend Ostertag's trading jobs;

After the confession, Louis could finally unload the burden for a short time and do other things.

On July 1997, 7, Louis and his family flew to the capital.

Today is undoubtedly a holy day. Xiangjiang, which was ruled by the British for 156 years, will return today.

For many Chinese, it will also be a special day that is rarely remembered in life.

Louis originally planned to go to the scene to witness, but the time would be too tight, so he chose to return home early.

As one of the invited guests of Hong Kong's handover cultural evening, Louis needs to understand some procedures.

In the evening, Li Yuanhui, the director of the basketball management center, invited Louis to have dinner at the Kyoto Hotel.

This meeting was proposed suddenly by Li Yuanhui, not a prior arrangement.

Louis had dealt with Li Yuanhe in the United States before, and had a good impression of him, so he had no other ideas and brought his wife to the banquet.

What Louis didn't expect was that Li Yuan was not just inviting him to dinner.

Thinking about it, why would a normal person invite a friend he doesn't know very well to dinner at a Kyoto restaurant.

Li Yuanhe chatted for a while, and then talked about the men's basketball team with Louis.

This year, two more Chinese players were selected in the NBA draft, which is no longer news to the Chinese basketball world.

China has no shortage of NBA players, what China lacks are Chinese players who can win honor for the country in international competitions.

After Song Tao completed his experience in the United States, he quickly took the lead in the national team. For a long time, he was a world-class insider. Surprise people.

The reason is that there are more players in the NBA, but the Chinese team is always just a lineup with the world's top teams, but can only play second-rate results.

Since 1984, the Chinese team has won the quarter-finals in many consecutive international competitions, and has been dubbed the ten thousand year old eight.

Louis has always been concerned about the Chinese team.

The main reason why the Chinese team has won the quarter-finals these years is because of their unstable performance.

In the group stage, they can go back and forth with strong teams like Yugoslavia and Lithuania. Even if they lose, the scene is not ugly, but facing those teams whose cards are not as strong as their own, there are always inexplicable problems.

It is easy to overturn in the group stage, so it is impossible to get a good ranking. Without a good ranking, it is easy to meet those teams with stronger cards than yourself in the knockout round.

A strong team must have a stable ability to abuse food, and this is what the Chinese team lacks the most.

Louis couldn't help asking: "So what's the problem? Didn't the coaching staff make a game plan?"

Li Yuanhe smiled wryly and said: "Some plans cannot be implemented immediately after being formulated. The young people nowadays have their own personalities. Most of them play abroad and are used to seeing big scenes. Our local coaches are in front of them. There is no prestige, and even if the training is hard, many people will complain."

What Li Yuan said, Louis knows.

The emergence of Louis has brought the development of domestic basketball into a golden age, but correspondingly, players who have experienced the influence of the NBA have no feeling for the local coach's three obediences and one major.

It reminded Louie of Palace's failure in Atlanta.

"So what are you going to do?" Louis asked.

Li Yuanhe said: "This matter is easy to say, but difficult to say."

"I can listen to it."

In fact, Louis already had a premonition of what Li Yuanhe would say.

"If you can be the coach of the men's basketball team, maybe we can become one." Li Yuanhe said helplessly, "After thinking about it, the only coach who can convince those players is you, Coach Lu."

Lorraine was taken aback. She had been learning Chinese all these years. Now it is difficult to understand Chinese, but there is no problem in listening.

She didn't quite understand Li Yuan's words.

"But honey, aren't you the coach of the Lakers?"

Li Yuanhui hurriedly explained: "Madam, don't worry, the national team's game cycle and the NBA's schedule are completely staggered, and it will not affect Coach Lu's work."

"Completely staggered?"

"Yes, the new NBA season usually starts in November and ends in June of the following year, while the main games of the national team are concentrated in July and August."

Lorraine looked more serious.

"In this way, won't it be open all year round?"

(End of this chapter)