Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 101 101. Hire the demon Ranbir as a teaching assistant? !The madness of the madman, the evil of Lambiel! (3.6K words)
"Lu, there is something unexpected about renewing Latrier's contract. Now I really have no choice but to refer to your opinion first." In the office, General Manager McHale looked at Luke helplessly.

This year's draft has been very smooth for the Timberwolves, at least in McHale's view.

From the rookie training to the final rookie selection, the whole process is arranged by the head coach Luke, and McHale is only responsible for some follow-up work with the league handover, which makes McHale, the general manager, a lot easier.

After all, the Timberwolves won the first championship in team history for the first time in 16 years last season. This not only made the head coach Luke rise, but also made McHale's position as general manager secure.

From the perspective of the situation, McHale and Luke are completely win-win. Otherwise, the boss Glenn Taylor values ​​Luke so much, and McHale would have stepped in a long time ago.

Luke took care of all the construction work during the offseason, and now McHale is mainly responsible for signing the contract with "Madman" Sprewell.

Luke seldom intervenes in matters involving finances, and even knows how to avoid suspicion. This choice not only makes the boss Glenn Taylor very satisfied, but even McHale looks up to Luke in his heart.

Whenever Luke meddles in finances and stretches his hand too far, McHale has to consider whether Luke is going to enter the management and seize power with him.

But looking at it now, Luke is very clear about his identity, which makes McHale accept Luke from his heart, and plans to join forces with Luke to create a dynasty team, so that Minnesota will be written into the history books along with his name!
However, during the period when McHale was in contact with "Madman" Sprewell, McHale hit a wall everywhere.

Considering that Sprewell is about to turn 35, McHale only plans to sign the next two-year contract with Madman, but Madman's agent requires a minimum contract of three years.

It is not a big deal to change two years to three years. After all, Madman's competitive state is very good. As long as the Timberwolves still want to work hard for the championship, the three-year contract will definitely not be in their hands.

After discussion, McHale finally planned to provide "Madman" with a three-year contract of 2500 million U.S. dollars, with an average of about 800 million U.S. dollars per year.

For a 35-year-old perimeter veteran, this contract is already very sincere.

And it depends on the fact that "Madman" helped the Timberwolves win the championship last season, otherwise this contract may be even smaller.

While McHale was waiting for Madman's contract renewal response, Madman dismissed General Manager McHale's three-year, 2500 million contract.

Said that the annual salary of 1000 million is not enough to support the family, and claimed that he plans to retire!
Facing the arrogance of the "madman", the general manager McHale had no choice but to ask the head coach Luke for help.

Luke also had a headache when he heard the news. The madman has always had an arrogance in his heart, and no one can compare to this madness.

The "madman" in his previous life used this excuse to abruptly retire from the league. Yes, maybe in the eyes of others, this is just a way for the madman to increase his status.

But only Luke knows that a madman is really capable of retiring in place, and without 1000 million dollars, it is really not enough for a "madman" to support his family!
Whether the madman's personal ability is strong or not depends on which star in the league, but the madman's arrogance is definitely the top of the league, and even Iverson can only take a back seat in this regard.

No wonder Sprewell can be called a madman by fans. Sure enough, there are reasons behind every title!
"First appease Latrier's emotions. This matter is more important to the team. In any case, Latrier must renew his contract during the offseason." Rubbing his forehead, Luke paused for a moment and continued. , "If you can't, just mention my name. I still have some weight in Latrier's heart."

Unless it was a last resort, Luke really didn't want McHale to mention his name, even though the word Luke was much easier to use than McHale's mouth.

But avoiding suspicion is always the long-term way for the management to keep people's hearts. Luke fully possesses the ability to overwhelm the master, but Luke will naturally not do the things that overwhelm the master.

At least before Luke got tired of the coaching industry and really planned to enter the management team, Luke only hoped that he could live a little more lazy.

But Luke can't do anything about it at the moment. The Timberwolves renewing the madman's contract is a cap extension. If the madman doesn't plan to renew the team, the Timberwolves can't use this salary space to sign other stars in the free market.

If the madman really retired in place like in his previous life, then the Timberwolves would lose an All-Star player for no reason.

Therefore, renewing the Madman during the offseason is very important to the Timberwolves. Even if the Madman will be 35 years old after his birthday, the competitive state of the "Madman" can't stand it!
Considering that the Timberwolves are still the first step in the league's championship in recent years, it is not a loss to give the last three-year contract of more than [-] million yuan.

It's just that the Timberwolves' operating space next year will continue to be compressed. This is the main factor why McHale and Madman have been unable to negotiate a consensus.

"Okay, I will re-discuss this matter with Latrier, and I will renew Latrier's contract anyway, and it will not affect the team's plan to win the championship next season." McHale sat on the sofa helplessly. .

It wasn't until this time that McHale realized that the glory after winning the championship will always belong to the owner and the players, plus at most a coach, but the mess must belong to the general manager!
Whether it's paving the way for defending the championship next season, or avoiding being poached by other teams, as well as a series of salary issues, these are enough for the general manager to have a headache for a summer.

Fortunately, a series of construction plans for the Timberwolves during the offseason this year have been arranged by Luke, otherwise McHale would really like to propose resignation every minute, and find a salty fish job to spend his old age!

"Latrier's matter will be decided first. Although Latrier has an arrogant personality, he is a smart person. He will not make things difficult for you in a win-win situation."

"What's more, Latrier will definitely give me this face, let's leave this matter here first, and now I have a more important matter that I need to ask you to deal with." Breathing out a puff of smoke casually, Luke raised his head and looked at McHale.

"Huh? Just tell me what's going on, and I'll start preparing right away." McHale asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"The team's coaching staff needs to be expanded. The current level of everyone except Raymond and El is too poor."

"To be precise, I have a goal that I need you to contact. Pull him in as the team's assistant coach for the new season. This matter will not be difficult. As long as you explain your purpose, I believe he will be interested." Luke He showed a half-smile expression.

"So who are you trying to win over?"

"Bill."

"Bill? Which Bill?"

"Demon, Bill Lanbier!"

"Hi~"

Luke's words made general manager McHale gasp. As a former famous NBA star, McHale naturally knew who Lambiel was.

That's the famous axe-wielding villain, court devil, and the number one thug of the 90s bad boy army!

If Rick Mahon was the team boss and locker room captain of the Bad Boys back then, even Rick Mahon, a teammate, would call him an asshole when Lambir joined.

He said that if this guy wasn't his teammate, he would have broken six of his ribs with his own hands!
Even the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan said in an interview that no one is willing to break through and score under the penalty area guarded by Lambir, because no one wants a layup to end his career in advance.

And "Magic" Johnson's evaluation of Lambiel is even more pertinent, "One thing is very strange, whenever you see Lambiel standing under the basket and looking at you expressionlessly, you don't have the desire to score a layup. "

It can be said that Lambiel is a complete court demon, and it is slightly different from Luke's ruthlessness. In addition to being ruthless, Lambiel is also dirty on the court!
That's why general manager McHale was surprised when Luke proposed to win over Lambiel to become a member of the Timberwolves coaching bench.

"Lu, you have to think about this matter carefully. Bill has never been a person who is willing to suffer. If you lure him to the coach's bench, you will not be allowed to have some quarrels between the two of you."

"I'm afraid that if there is a conflict at that time, you will...you will suffer!" Seeing McHale's eyes, Luke knew what this guy wanted to say should be, "I am afraid that if there is a conflict, you will be beaten to death by him! "

"In Detroit, he was the representative of the Bad Boys, and in the WNBA he was the Godfather of the Shock, but when he comes to Minnesota, even God has to get down!" Luke tapped his fingers on the table lightly, and Luke showed a look of ruthlessness on his face. cruel.

"But, Lu..."

"Okay, Kevin, this matter is settled. I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, Bill has been looking for opportunities to enter the NBA and seek a coaching job."

"However, due to his previous bad habits, no one has been willing to hire him as an assistant. This is well known in the NBA."

"I am willing to hire him not because of how much talent he has in coaching. No matter how good he is in the WNBA, he is still a women's basketball team. The attention he receives is completely different from that in the NBA."

"Although Bill is a bit tricky, I have to admit that he is really strong on the defensive end, especially the grasp of foul strength, which can benefit the team a lot."

"The team wants to win the championship. In the past two years, the Spurs, Pistons and Heat will be the number one enemy. Sometimes the wicked need to be tortured by the wicked. You should understand this truth."

"And with him here, I can retreat behind the scenes. He must know better than me about things like teaching Larry last season." Speaking of this, Luke had a sneer on his face.

"Hey, I hope your decision won't make the team worse." McHale sighed with a wry smile.

Lambiel is currently serving as the head coach of the Detroit Shock in the WNBA, but there are only a few teams in the Women's National Basketball League.

There are only 34 games in a single season, so no matter how strong the coaching ability is in the WNBA, he is only a rookie in the NBA.

To put it very realistically, even a bad coach in the NBA doesn't bother to look at the godfather of the WNBA dynasty.

The reason why Lambiel coached in the WNBA was to accumulate qualifications to prepare for entering the NBA in the future, so once McHale spoke, Lambiel had no reason to refuse.

Under normal circumstances, Lambiel should have the opportunity to enter the NBA as an assistant coach in 2009, and by coincidence, the first team that Lambiel served as an assistant coach in his last life was the Timberwolves.

It's just that the head coach of the Timberwolves at that time was called Kurt Rambis, and he was kicked out by the team after two seasons of coaching.

And in these two seasons, Rambis' team leadership performance was only an embarrassing 32 wins and 132 losses, making him one of the most trashy head coaches in the league at the time!

Now Luke fanned the butterfly effect and quietly fiddled with the gears of history, allowing Bill Lambert, the "devil assistant coach", to land in the NBA ahead of schedule and become his right-hand man on the road to his dynasty.

Some things are inconvenient for Luke to do in person, but if it is replaced by Lambir, it is obviously much more straightforward!
After all, Lambiel was originally a street rat, and everyone shouted and beat him, and the various notorieties he carried made any team feel jealous.

Otherwise, Lambiel would not be able to find a job as an assistant coach in the NBA, so he could only rely on his relationship to go to the WNBA women's basketball team to seek a way out.

But Luke likes to deal with bastards like Lambiel!
Luke is not afraid that Lambiel is extremely vicious, but Luke is afraid that this guy will abandon his martial arts and follow the good path after entering the coaching staff, and he will embark on a path of justice from then on, bah!It's going down a crooked path!
(End of this chapter)