I'm a big shot in basketball

I never expected that after less than a month in the industry, I received an interview invitation from the head coach of a team.

As a young man with no NBA experience, it is completely understandable that I received an interview invitation from the chief assistant coach, because the gap between the chief assistant coach and the head coach is quite large, and there is no need to deal with player relationships, management and the media.

The invitation from the Nuggets was quite unexpected. The person currently serving as the head coach of the Nuggets is the famous Dan Issel. He once led the team to create the first black eight miracle in NBA history. He voluntarily resigned from the position of general manager and returned to the position of head coach, but unfortunately the effect was not good. After missing the playoffs for five consecutive years, he still failed to score.

With Dan Issel's status, unless the boss directly fires him, a general manager like Vandeweghe will have nothing to do.

According to the historical trajectory, Dan? Issel resigned in the middle of the rookie game. Unfortunately, I didn’t pay much attention to the Nuggets in my previous life. I don’t know exactly what happened. Prepare.

"I need to think about it."

The sudden situation is unclear, more information must be obtained, and although the opportunity is good, it is useless to rush to the interview.

After all, it was just an interview, and it was not confirmed that I was invited to be the head coach. If it is not suitable or the negotiation fails, it will be a loss to my reputation. At that time, many teams in the league will be curious: Why did the Nuggets not accept it?

Of course I am confident, and I can't stand other people's wild thoughts.

"Okay, if you need any information, call me at any time, but before that, I need to give you a brief introduction..." Vandeweghe then began to introduce the basic situation of the Nuggets, starting from Denver's Chinatown .

It was nothing at first, but I heard that Denver's Chinatown is really a bit of Bengbu. When the Chinese were building a railway in Denver, many people were burned and looted to death. It's a history of blood and tears.Su Yang immediately lost his favor by two points, because there are too many cities that exclude China.

After about 3 minutes, after Vandeweghe finished his introduction, Su Yang politely hung up the phone and went out to find Griffin and others.

It is a good thing for the Nuggets to invite an interview, but it is not enough to disrupt the plan and prepare overnight. As a reborn time traveler, this small thing will not change your mentality, and it is not about earning hundreds of millions of dollars or dating top Hollywood female stars. Why do you have to do it? what.

Instead, he approached Moon and Arroyo, bluntly saying that the Rockets did not have a contract for them, and suggested that they go to the Utah Summer League to look for opportunities. Come down, you can still find yourself in the future.

"Both of you are capable, but it's a pity that there are very few opportunities for you now. You have to maintain confidence and practice more catching and shooting three-pointers. As the league rules change, the demand for three-pointers will become higher. As long as you practice There is absolutely no need to worry about a contract when you come out.

If you practice according to the method I taught before, you will be able to practice, even if you don’t need a personal trainer. "

After some comfort and encouragement, Su Yang bid farewell to the two of them, and then approached several other players of him. He said bluntly that if he wanted to go to overseas leagues, especially in mainland China, he could contact him. He knew people in the CBA, and there were no brokers Make the difference.

Introducing suitable people to the CBA is also a way to help the national basketball team improve. Anyway, you can do as much as you can.

Moon, Arroyo and others sincerely thanked for the suggestion, chatted and decided to go out for a barbecue dinner and drink some wine.

Early the next morning, Su Yang began to study the Nuggets.

He made more than a dozen phone calls in a row, including Radmanovich's agent, TNT team reporter and commentator Charles Barkley, and others. He also contacted former Nuggets coach D'Antoni who had been fired. After three hours of inquiry, plus consulting various public information and media reports, by eleven o'clock in the morning, I had a general understanding of the current situation of the Nuggets.

The Nuggets failed to make the playoffs for six consecutive years after the Black Eight. The main problem was that Mutombo was not retained. The small place lacks attractiveness and it is difficult to recruit stars. The overall hard power is not enough in the tragic West. The other is the team There is a problem with positioning and lack of patience. Five head coaches have been replaced, and there is no way to form a system. Talents have not been selected or cultivated.

The only star is McDyess, who is alone.

Last season, the Nuggets changed owners due to operational deviations, but when the former owner sold the team, he retained part of the decision-making power through an agreement. In order to buy the team, the new owner temporarily managed a third party to ensure that the Nuggets would not move out before 25 years , Made the internal decision-making of the Nuggets very chaotic, so that the famous Dan Issel gave up the position of general manager to coach again, and wanted to give it his all.

But I don’t know if it’s because of the resignation of the general manager position, resulting in insufficient authority. After the Nuggets’ four consecutive defeats in the Eastern Conference last season, Dan Issel was boycotted by the Nuggets for not participating in training because of his criticism of the team, which triggered CNN. reports.

It is extremely difficult to be a head coach in this situation.

"Internal decision-making power is chaotic, there are many uncles among the players, and the local climate and environment are not good..."

After weighing for a long time, Su Yang called Vandeweghe and bluntly said that unless he had the decision-making power in the draft and trade, he would not consider participating in the Nuggets' head coach interview, and he would not immediately exert himself as the head coach, and would first make a bad two. Year.

Vandeweghe was confused on the spot and said that he would study it carefully.

Su Yang didn't worry about it, he went out to accompany Jason Koller, Dan Lange and others to the airport, and after seeing them off, he returned to the hotel and prepared to take Eddie Griffin to the LV Louis Vuitton art exhibition as planned , I never thought that Griffin had already checked out and run away.

I couldn't get through the phone either, it was obvious that I was going crazy.

There is no way, nature is hard to change, and being able to suppress Griffin during the Xialian cycle is already considered a great success.

The goal has been achieved, let him go.

Considering that I have nothing to do in the afternoon, I temporarily accepted an interview with the "Los Angeles Times". When talking about the excellent results of this summer league, I humbly said that I only did a little work, and I am still a beginner, and there is still a lot to go.

After the interview, Dawson, the general manager, called and said that he had sent a notice to the personnel department, and the six-month internship period ended ahead of schedule, and Lisa, the personnel specialist, immediately called and informed that the annual salary of 50 US dollars would be effective from now on. Payroll.

Perhaps Vandeweghe has already issued an application to make Dawson and Alexander more aware of their value. Perhaps the excellent results in the summer league also made Dawson and Alexander more aware of their value. Anyway, the salary is raised.

Su Yang was delighted, and immediately went to the LV store, ready to swipe his card to buy an outfit. When he walked to the door of the store, he chose to give up. There is no need to wear expensive clothes for the occasion. If you want to attract the attention of beautiful stars, handsome looks are enough. .

In a blink of an eye, at seven o'clock in the afternoon, I rushed to the LV show.

Looking around, I saw many female stars, such as Jessica Alba, Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie, etc. There are also many male stars and singers, and there is a Chinese model with freckles on her face , a few Chinese designers with fancy dresses.

LV held a joint show and cooperated with artist Stephen Sprouse. A group of models came out with big bags, saying that elegance and intellectuality were integrated with street punk, but they didn’t see anything. They really didn’t inherit even a little Children's fashion cells.

After two hours of walking the show, it was finally over.

The artists continued to communicate and discuss. Su Yang wandered around twice, gave up the idea of ​​flirting with Hathaway and other beauties, and left through the gate. He never thought about it but was stopped by reporters. Ask what you think.

Su Yang recalled briefly and decided to make some nonsense, "This joint name can be regarded as a success from an artistic point of view, but from a commercial point of view, consumers cannot accept the combination of two styles for the time being. Stephen Sprouse Like Van Gogh, it will be temporarily unable to be recognized by the public. After a few years, maybe starting from 05, with the prosperity of the Internet..."

Among the words, there is only one core point. This joint venture failed, and it will take until 05 to be accepted by consumers.

The reporter and a few LV executives were dumbfounded on the spot. So many celebrities and artists before all said that this joint name was a great success.

After the words fell, a woman with the appearance of an LV female executive leaned over, smiled and said thank you for the suggestion, and hoped to invite participation again in the future.Su Yang nodded in agreement, and then left the venue and returned to the hotel, preparing to catch the early flight back to Houston.

Dawson called in the middle of the night and said that Francis had flown to Los Angeles and could try to repair the relationship with him.

After a little thought, Su Yang felt that it was feasible.

Anyway, sooner or later you need to face it.