NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 58 Keep Winning!
The next day, the Thunder undoubtedly appeared on the front pages of various sports magazines. "Sports Illustrated" described: "Presti used last night's game to officially tell the media who laughed at him that I easily beat the last Eastern Conference champion with my own rookie."

And ESPN said: "Facing the league's top defensive team Magic, Curry mocked the media that looked down on him with one three-pointer after another, and Livingston's performance is also responding to the outside world. I have ability, but I lack a coach who gives me trust. Now I have found it."

And according to another ESPN statistics, the ratings of the Thunder vs. Magic last night was less than 100 million viewers in the first quarter, but it had grown to 270 million viewers in the second quarter, and reached 400 million viewers by the end of the game.

Since the Thunder's first game, the tickets for the Thunder's regular season games at home have been sold out!
There are even a number of radio stations already negotiating broadcasting contracts with Thunder.

Clayton was in the office watching the replay of the Thunder game last night with all the shareholders. Everyone was grinning. No way, they never dreamed that the Thunder had undergone such drastic changes under the hands of Presti in just one offseason. Everything this morning showed how wise they were to invest in the Thunder.

It's only been a year since moving from Seattle to Oklahoma, and the profits that can be seen are already so huge, plus others?

A shareholder couldn't help but said: "Clayton, Presti's contract is for several years. How about signing a new contract for a few more years? We will give you how much!"

Other shareholders also kept nodding in agreement,

Clayton felt that the most sensible thing for him was to fight against all opinions and recruit Press from the Spurs and directly promoted to the general manager. Now he has received a generous return in just two years, but he seems unwilling to stay longer.

Clayton nodded and said, "It expires next summer. I will keep discussing with Presti recently. I believe he will renew his contract."

When the shareholders heard this, they stopped talking.

In the NBA president's office, Silver praised: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect that Presti would have such ability. He has a unique draft vision, can create topics, and is proficient in tactics. This is simply a gold stone. How do I feel that he is more attractive to a city than a superstar?"

After a pause, he said, "We... praise him?"

Scotten was silent for a while and said: "I really didn't expect it, but it's only the first game, let's look down."

The Thunder became the most talked about team in the league, and the Thunder players also became the center of the topic. Although Presti expected it, he didn't expect it to be so violent. Of course, he was not worried. After all, these are all superstars who have proved themselves in previous lives.

Next, the Thunder will play away against the Timberwolves. In the evening, Presti took the Thunder players on a plane to Minnesota.

The Timberwolves are also one of the most anticipated teams this season. The Timberwolves and the Thunder made the most important deal this summer. The Timberwolves got the future All-Star Dragic recognized by the league, and the most reliable Baron Davis at critical moments.

At first, everyone thought that Presti was stupid, and used these two people to exchange unknown draft picks to scratch the lottery, but after yesterday's game, it seemed that the Thunder were okay.

At the same time, this game is also the Timberwolves' first game, so this game attracted a lot of people, even if the price of tickets was doubled, it was sold out.

In the locker room before the game, Presti joked: "Everyone relax today, it's just a team practice"

"Haha!" The players laughed when they heard this, and then looked towards Curry,

Curry didn't react for a while, Presti patted him on the shoulder and said: "Your pick was traded for Dragic and Baron Davis. You understand this game." After finishing speaking, Presti nodded towards Curry.

"Let's go" Presti said as he walked to the door of the locker room and waved.

To be honest, this game did not attract Presti's attention. There is no way that the gap in strength is too obvious. At this time, Love has not lost weight and cannot keep up with the speed of the Thunder players. Baron Davis without the blessing of the system will be a pit. Although Dragic is good, he has limited talent after all.
Sure enough, as soon as the game started, the Thunder played at an offensive speed like the wind, and the Timberwolves couldn't parry at all.

When the Timberwolves attack with the ball from the outside, they all use single defense! , Even though Davis passed Curry easily, there was nothing he could do about the inside gate Ibaka, and once the ball holder entered the penalty area, the Thunder players would consciously close in, which made it difficult for Davis and Dragic to move.

And sometimes there will be vacancies, but the overall shooting rate of the Timberwolves is terrible, and the iron is clanging.
Originally, rebounding was an advantage of the Timberwolves. After all, with Love and Jefferson, they had 20 rebounds, but the Timberwolves' outside line was not allowed.
On the other hand, the Thunder is too easy. When advancing the frontcourt, no player in the Timberwolves dare to let go, break through the ball, go down the pick-and-roll, and directly shoot from the pick-and-roll. Every simple tactic can be played easily.
And once the opponent misses the attack, the Thunder who won the rebound will push forward like the wind, and the Timberwolves will be even more unable to defend

In just 6 minutes, the Thunder had already led the Timberwolves by 10 points! !

Timberwolves finally suspended!

Presti glanced at the Timberwolves bench, and saw David Kahn's gloomy face. It is not necessary to guess that he must be cursing himself at this time. After all, Curry played so well on the court, while Davis has 9 of 1 and 2 turnovers, and Dragic's performance is only satisfactory.

Soon the game continued, Presti put on 5 rotations, and the Timberwolves coach also put on 5 substitutes, didn't he know that the loss would be even worse, my substitute was at the starting level!
Presti closed his eyes silently, rested his mind, he didn't want to see the tragedy.

At this time, the commentator noticed Presti, who was on the Thunder's bench, and asked in surprise, "What is Presti doing?"

"He seems to be sleeping," another commentator said. Hearing that Presti was sleeping, the media's cameras all pointed at Presti, taking pictures like crazy
The assistant coach knocked on Presti in embarrassment after hearing what the commentator said, but he didn't wake up, the assistant coach shook Presti vigorously helplessly,

Presti woke up suddenly, stood up all of a sudden, and said, "Ah, is the game over? How much did you win?"

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!The media frantically took pictures, and there will be news to write next time, there are two emoji packs!
After regaining his composure, Presti knew that he was famous again, and looked up at the score. At this time, the Thunder had already led the Timberwolves by 18 points, and the second quarter was about to end.

After 1 minute, the first half of the game was over. As soon as the whistle sounded, the media rushed out to interview Presti!Presti immediately ran away when he saw this, it would be better if the heat of sleep disappeared.

The second half of the game started after 15 minutes. At this time, the home audience did not leave a lot. They were expecting miracles to happen. After all, Davis created many miracles in the Thunder last season, and Dragic was also from the Thunder. He was also very, very good last season.
But after 5 minutes of the game, the audience gave up. The reason is very simple, 28 points behind. At this time, the Thunder played a lineup of Curry, Westbrook, Harden, Durant, and Ibaka.
Finally, when the whistle blew, the game was over and the Thunder beat the Timberwolves by 29 points!
The reporter next to him rushed out quickly, and the reporter on the Timberwolves bench did not interview Presti first, but David Kahn!Presti could only mourn him in silence.

(End of this chapter)