NBA: Start with 20 billion, buy the Knicks

In 2017, Stevens became the head coach of the Eastern All-Star team in the NBA All-Star Game and led the Celtics to win the Eastern Conference in the 2016-17 regular season.

In the 2017-18 season, Stevens still led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals even though the team lacked the two main players of Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward.

Except for the first season, he made the playoffs in all seasons during the contract period!

But you have to see who he brought with him!

He does not have the Big Three, only the shortest 175 in the NBA.

All-star player Heywood led the team to the finals when he was reimbursed for the season in the first game. This is really capable.

Jiang Chao likes his strengths, that is, like him, he likes to discover new players, hoping to train potential players!

He can make the best dishes with the least amount of ingredients.

In other words, Stevens maximized the potential of a group of non-stars in his hands.This is exactly the same as his success in college.

In the second year of taking office, the Celtics were traded 11 times by Angie, and the players in the team were changed 25 times. Stevens abruptly brought the team into the seventh place in the Eastern Conference when Angie himself was about to play badly!

Jiang Chao was very impressed with those people.

Turner, the No. 1 player in Jiang Chao's opinion who will not be able to play in 3 years, seems to have sent 4 triple-doubles in one season. Before that, his triple-double data in the first 0 seasons of the NBA was [-].

Jordan Crawford is a sharp shooter, but he was turned into an offensive organizer by the young coach, and he is very good at passing the ball.

After that, Thomas Jr. directly became the king of the last quarter and was carried into the All-Star.

And Heywood he met just now, why is he so obedient to the young marshal.

Because Stevens is his benefactor.

In a county game, a 6-foot-3 player steals and then dunks with his left hand, and the young man is a tennis player.

Stevens recognized the potential in Hayward, and he also saw the unusual competitiveness and brains of this young man who likes to play video games.

Hayward told Stevens that if he didn't play basketball, he wanted to be an engineer in the future!

But one thing Stevens has always been confident about is keeping people interested in basketball.

So it created the current Haywood, the first white small forward in the NCAA!

At this time, the media introduced the head coach of Butler University who was found by Jiang Chao in this way:

"Strict discipline, selfless spirit, a head coach who emphasizes fundamentals and defense."

Former Butler coach Barry Collier was very excited when he was interviewed by the media locally: "Stevens has brought the team culture to another level. He is fully capable of becoming an NBA-level head coach. I am sure of this. I'm also convinced that the end of Butler's college basketball will come when he's gone."

Of course, the two people here didn't know that the outside world had already spread the word about Boss Jiang Chao's first crazy move.

I didn't look for Kidd or go to the Lakers game, but I came to the remote Butler University.

Stevens finally calmed down and asked Jiang Chao:

"Boss Jiang, I have some questions to ask you, is that okay?"

"can."

At this moment, Stevens' phone rang...

(PS: To make a digression, with the Knicks losing today, the Knicks in the 2022 season will definitely not be able to enter the top 10 in the Eastern Conference, and they will not be able to enter the playoffs. My brother will do it.)

Chapter 38: Downey Jr. beyond authority (second update)

"It's Downey Jr."

Stevens touched his head in embarrassment. It is a taboo to forget to turn off the phone when talking to the leader.

"It's okay, let's take it."

Stevens answered the phone. Downey Jr. was about the same age as him. He was a Knicks scout before and had been to Butler University many times, so the two could be considered friends.

When Downey Jr. came up, he congratulated each other. Young people are all sympathetic to each other.

As a scout, he naturally knows how good this NCAA young coach is in the NCAA. UCLA and Kentucky are not enough for him to play. The school coaches with 4000 people, and he overthrew a bunch of super young coaches from famous NCAA schools.

Then he praised their boss for his foresight. Although he felt that it was too fast to direct the head coach, it was not impossible! ! !

Just to break through!

but.

Downey Jr. overlooked one thing, that is, the current Internet is too developed, so developed that Coach Stevens has not yet agreed.

"That... your boss is still here, I haven't decided yet..."

The scene froze in an instant.

Jiang Chao gestured for hands-free, and said:

"Little Downey, don't you have enough things?"

Over there, Downey Jr. heard the boss's voice, and was startled:

"Boss! No, I am happy!! Coach Stevens is very good at training rookies. You can really choose Curry, and then choose a big center in the second round, and build it according to the OK template."

Jiang Chao said coldly:

"Pay attention to your words. You are the deputy director of the personnel department, not a manager, nor a scout. These are not what you should say."

Downey Jr. was frightened straight away, realizing that he had crossed the line, he whispered sorry!I'm going to hang up now.

This made Stevens look at him with admiration. The boss in front of him was only under 20 years old, and he was able to subdue Downey Jr., a bit like him training Heywood and the others. He must not talk nonsense when doing business.

The HR department does the job of the HR department. You can call to congratulate them, but if you want to do the work of the general manager, you will exceed your authority.

"Wait, you ask Lao Lu to make a long-term head coach contract, and send it by fax."

"Ok!"

This was what he was supposed to do. After hanging up the phone, he hurried to find Lao Lu.

"Let's continue."

Jiang Chao gestured for Stevens to continue asking.

"I didn't expect Boss Jiang to be so strict. It's completely different from the news."

Stevens said with a smile, the news said that Jiang Chao was weak and crazy, but now it seems that it is completely false news.

This is a head coach contract in front of him. Besides him, who else in this school is competent?

It's just that he has always been a little strange in his heart. He has never seen or heard of this boss before, so why is he so determined to want him?

Although he did not find the wrong person, Stevens knew his level of basketball understanding. It was not for the 6-year-old to watch the video of the game!

Although Stevens was excited, as he thought, he didn't know Jiang Chao well. He just wanted to see if the boss and himself were the same.

After all, it is really difficult for him to make a decision.

His mother is a professor at Butler University. His lovely daughter and beautiful wife live and work here in peace and contentment. The team has a good record and is going for the NCAA championship next year.

He went out at this time, except for factors other than money, he was really reluctant.

He also knows that the NBA head coach will give a lot, which is more than 10 times the salary he coaches here.

"Just ask."

"Boss Jiang Chao, you rejected Iverson today, so what do you think of him and Jason Kidd?"

Jiang Chao simply responded:

"I don't play with emotions. There are so many guards in the draft this year. I don't need to spend a lot of money to buy past-style guards. I'm not an AI fan, and I don't like guards who are open and don't shoot."

As for Kidd, maybe it’s because of the fact that later generations of tigers are not as good as celebrities. Jiang Chao always thinks he’s not good. This is indeed a fake fan, but it doesn’t matter. He is also a young man who likes to play 2K. He still likes every position. Players who can have the ability to single-handedly eat opponents.

This cold answer had the boss's inner taste, and Stevens gave Jiang Chao a thumbs up from the bottom of his heart.

The boss has to be like this, not playing tricks.

Who do you like to say clearly, messing around behind the scenes is the scariest thing.

"So, can I ask? Which rookie do you want to pick this year?"

"Steph Curry is one."

"Why? Don't you dislike him?"

"The NBA is different from your NCAA. It is a big company, and it is inevitable to intrigue."

"I can tell you unequivocally that he's a top 3 rookie this year."

Historically, Curry worked hard in the second half of the game, catching up with James Jr., and ranked second in the best rookie behind Evans.

Stevens gasped, why is he so decisive now.

At that time, he saw the photos during the trial training. Aren't Jiang Chao and Jordan Hill chatting in full swing?

As for Jordan Hill, he thinks it is the most unsuitable for this era. In this era, it is either a heavy tank or an insider like Bosh who can shoot. Jordan Hill is just talented, but he can't shoot. If he is too thin, he can be in the NCAA. Kill the Quartet, but in the NBA, I can't compliment it.

Jiang Chao spread his hands, the NCAA is all about talking, as long as you have a good relationship with some five-star high school students, just pull them over.

"Ok!"

Stevens was purely probing, because he knew Curry, they also trained together once in the NCAA this year, and he was very impressed with this baby-faced boy.

He couldn't believe that the boss of the Knicks let Curry go. Now it seems that the boss can still act...he has fooled everyone.

"That's the last question." Jiang Chao didn't let him ask more, and smiled.

"Ok!"

Stevens forced a smile. Obviously, the boss couldn't let him keep asking.

So he asked the most wanted question.

"Why do you look for me first? You can definitely look for the general manager first, and then let the general manager look for me. There's no need for you to come to me in person, right?"

Chapter 39: Sign the Young Marshal!The storm of youth blows

Haha!

Hearing this, Jiang Chao laughed directly.

good question!

It was a question he could only lie about.

This is related to Stevens before his time travel.

The real reason is that it doesn't matter what the general manager is, because Stevens himself can be the general manager.

In 2022, Ainge retired, and head coach Stevens was promoted to president of operations.

This instead made him fully unleash his fists.

Because while coaching the Celtics, to some extent, Stevens may have been victimized by his own success in the first two years.

After Isaiah Thomas led this motley team to the playoffs in his second and third years in charge, free agents began to show interest in the Celtics, such as Al Horford (whose He will join the Celtics).

Kevin Durant (he put the Celtics on the list for the final meeting when he picked the team to join)

The following summer, Stevens reunited with his student Gordon Hayward, and in the trade case at the end of August, welcomed Kyrie Irving.

These are actually not what Stevens wants to do. What he wants to do is quietly like the first year, a bunch of rookies, and then cultivate them!

It's all driven by general manager Danny Ainge, who likes to build giant lineups.

Of course, the goal of the Celtics is still to win, but obviously the two work in completely different ways. The lineup coached by Stevens often changes due to Angie's trade changes and injuries.

This has been clearly reflected after Stevens took office as general manager, steadily improving the team's combat power in an orderly manner.

Stevens cleverly used the trade exception to get Josh Richardson;

Signed Dennis Schroeder cheaply with the mid-level exception.Seven months later they traded some of their first-round picks and some of their players for Derrick White and Daniel Theis.

Before Jiang Chao crossed over, the Green Army changed from No. 11 in the Eastern Conference to No. 1 because of this deal. He knew what the team needed very well, and cooperated very well with the head coach Udoka at the time!

The players the Celtics acquired weren't superstars, or even stars, but they were the players Stevens would have wanted to recruit and coach as a coach.

While some criticized him for paying too much to facilitate trades, others praised his ability to quickly and carefully turn players into team members after he found them.

These points coincide with Jiang Chao. Jiang Chao knows that they will become stars in the future, but at least they are all mediocre players now, and Stevens is his favorite and will be cultivated.

How many times have the fans sprayed that double-prospects cannot coexist, but he knows that their playing style and personality and mentality can coexist, so the Celtics have stabilized all the way.