ace marshal

Chapter 1321 Olympic Year

Since the Clippers lost to the Lakers in the first round in early May and ended their journey this season, the Clippers have not mentioned the renewal of Lan Shengli for nearly two months.

Therefore, when Lan Shengli's contract expired on July 7, the Clippers automatically gave up the opportunity to renew the contract in advance, and did not express their intention to re-sign with Lan Shengli.

Therefore, Lan Shengli left the position of head coach of the Clippers and officially became a "free coach".

In the past three years with the Clippers, Lan Shengli has successfully helped the Clippers complete the rebuilding, and single-handedly created the core lineup of Harden, George and Love, plus Billups, Jordan Jr., Bass, etc. A capable player, the Clippers are now the team with the most potential in the West, and at the same time have extremely high combat effectiveness.

At this point, only the Thunder, which reached the finals this season, can match it.

And Lan Shengli's playoff results are not bad.

Made it to the playoffs twice in three years, once in the semi-finals, and fell behind 0:3 in the first round of this year, and finally dragged into the tiebreaker. Although he lost the tiebreaker, Lan Shengli proved his ability to lead the team .

But even so, Ballmer still did not offer Lan Shengli a contract extension.

And it didn't say which coach would take over Lan Shengli's job, which is a bit strange.

And after learning that Lan Shengli failed to receive the team's contract extension, players such as Harden and Love all posted on the Internet to complain about Lan Shengli.

And it refers to Sang Huai's comments on the team management.

However, the Clippers only said that they would not renew their contract with Lan Shengli, and did not say that they would not continue to cooperate in the future.

Therefore, maybe the position of head coach of the Clippers is still open to Lan Shengli.

However, because the Clippers chose to let Lan Shengli enter the "free market", it also attracted a strong "offensive" from other teams.

The Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards all offered Lan Shengli an assistant coaching job.

The Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets directly offered a job as a head coach.

I believe that after the tie-break process in the first round of the playoffs, the Lakers will favor Lan Shengli even more.

But Lan Shengli's response to this was even more surprising.

Lan Shengli chose to temporarily put aside the matter of returning to NBA coaching.

And for when to consider returning to the NBA, and why he made such a choice, Lan Shengli did not give an explanation.

Perhaps Lan Shengli is such a person, the decision he makes doesn't need too much explanation.

"Honey, what are you thinking~?!

For such a decision, Mia was also at a loss, so she asked Lan Shengli.

"Because,, because I yearn for freedom, haha~!!"

Lan Shengli said half-jokingly.

"Haha~, just kidding, I have my plan, don't worry, dear~"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"The head coach position of the Lakers, what a great opportunity~, we can continue to live in Los Angeles, you can become the head coach of the Lakers, that is the opportunity for the Lakers, the Purple and Gold Corps, to coach Kobe Bryant and other big stars~!!! , Such an opportunity must be seized~!!!”

Mia continued to speak in a hurry.

"To be honest, my dear, I still want to stay in the Clippers~, I can't live without that, and the players there can't live without me~!"

Lan Shengli replied.

"Aren't you just sticking to someone's cold ass with a hot face~!!, maybe the Clippers have already found a new head coach~!"

Mia said.

"I'm willing to wait~, I trust my intuition~!!, I believe Cole, and Mr. Ballmer will seriously consider re-signing me, maybe I'm one of the few alternative head coaches for the Clippers , but I don’t care, I’m willing to challenge that position again~!!”

Lan Shengli said in a firm tone.

"You are still so stubborn, no one can convince you~!!"

Mia shook her head and sighed.

"I hope my persistence will have a good result~"

Lan Shengli responded.

"But aren't you afraid that those teams that are interested in you will give up on you because of this~?!"

Mia continued to ask.

"Don't be afraid, if you are really sincere, you are willing to wait for me~!"

Lan Shengli responded quickly.

"However, I said that I will temporarily put aside the reason for returning to NBA coaching, and there is another reason~"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"What~?!"

Mia heard and asked quickly.

"It's because this year's offseason is different from previous years~"

Lan Shengli replied.

"Because this year is the Olympic year~!"

Lan Shengli continued to explain.

"Olympic year~?!, do you want to return to the Chinese team~?!"

When Mia heard this, she immediately became puzzled.

"That's right, although I'm not the head coach of the Clippers now, I'm still a senior consultant for the Chinese men's basketball team~!"

Lan Shengli replied.

"Actually, a few weeks ago, the Chinese men's basketball team called me and asked me about returning to the men's basketball team and when. I was busy taking care of you at the time, so I didn't answer at all~, but now I I have to respond to the men’s basketball team~!”

Lan Shengli continued to explain.

"Oh~, I see, you are going back to China~!!"

Mia guessed.

"That's right, I want to return to the Chinese men's basketball team. I want to fulfill my previous promise. I want to follow the Chinese men's basketball team to the Olympics~!"

Lan Shengli said with a firm attitude again.

"That's the Olympic Games~, a global sports event held every four years~!"

Mia sighed.

"That's right, the Olympic Games, which come only once every four years, is the biggest event in the sports world. It is an honor in itself to have the opportunity to participate in it, and it is an incomparable honor to be able to represent one's motherland. Opportunities like this in the NBA come every year, but how many opportunities can you have in this life to compete in the Olympics~?!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"Hmm~!!, makes sense, I support you~!!, go~!!"

After hearing this, Mia immediately nodded and said.

"If possible, I would like to take you to London together (the 2012 Olympic Games will be held in London, the capital of the United Kingdom)~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak with an expression full of expectation.

"Let's see~, when I was recovering from illness, I almost used up my holidays, now it's a bit difficult to go out for a long time~!!"

Mia said.

"But after all, it is the Olympic Games every four years, I will fight for it~!!"

Mia continued.

(End of this chapter)