NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

This offseason is destined to be an uneasy time.

Shocking news came one after another.

Miami Heat president Pat Riley made the decision to fire team coach Erik Spoelstra in order to keep James and prepare to find a new head coach for the Big Three.

However, shortly after Spoelstra was fired, the great King LeBron James announced on social media that he would opt out of his contract and not exercise his player options for this season. This meant that after the Heat resigned as head coach for him, James suddenly turned his back. Make yourself a free agent!

This news spread rapidly throughout the NBA like a magnitude 10 earthquake. All teams except the Heat began operations to sign James in the offseason.

And the "magic fortune teller" Pat Riley never imagined that one day he would be plotted against by a player!

After a period of selection, James rejected all Eastern Conference teams and chose to sign a 1+1 contract to join the rising Golden State Warriors!

"I want to bring my talents to San Francisco, where I have the teammates and coaches I want. This is a very difficult road." James said on his social media.

Because of James' arrival, the Warriors instantly jumped from a playoff-level team to a championship-level team, because they have Stephen Curry, LeBron James and Andre Iguoda in their lineup. Pull and other star players, as well as a variety of very capable role players!

In terms of championship odds before the start of the season, the Warriors also surged from 10th in the league last season to first in the league.

In addition to James, the Warriors have also made drastic changes in the coaching staff. Steve Kerr, the original TNT ace commentator, succeeded Mark Jackson and became the new Warriors head coach.

After returning to Washington, Li Kaiming received a message from team president Tommy Shepard, who asked him to come to his office.

"Li, happy wedding!" Shepard stretched out his arm towards him. Li Kaiming smiled and said thank you, and then hugged Shepard.

After the two sat down, Sheppard got straight to the point, "Lee, the team needs a new coach in the next few seasons. Do you have any ideas?"

Li Kaiming has always had an indifferent attitude towards such team personnel-related issues, because no matter who is the head coach, he has the confidence to bring the Wizards to the finals. This is the confidence given to him by the title of God of Basketball!

When Shepard saw that Li Kaiming was silent, he took out a document from the table and said, "I know you generally don't understand these things, so I prepared a list for you. Come and take a look..."

It’s here, it’s not good if you don’t watch it.

After taking the document, Li Kaiming lowered his eyes, and the first name on it made him frown.

He was very familiar with this first person. It was Erik Spoelstra who had just been fired by the Heat!

"Tommy, Coach Spoelstra has been seriously injured in the past three years, and he was just fired. It will be difficult for him to come out again..."

A mysterious smile appeared on Shepard's face, "If I can put him on this list, I will be confident that he will become the head coach of the Wizards. It depends on whether you want him to coach the Wizards!"

Li Kaiming was silent for a while.

After competing with the Heat led by Spoelstra for four years, he certainly knows that Spoelstra has a brush in his hands. Otherwise, James put pressure on Riley last year. Why would Riley try to protect Spoelstra? The fortune teller is still very accurate in judging people. , I just didn’t expect to be set up by James!

The subsequent candidates are all coaches with no achievements. They are not at the same level as Spoelstra, so there is nothing to consider.

"I recognize Eric's level, but it must be difficult for him to be the head coach again, and we have defeated them for three consecutive years. Isn't this surrendering to the enemy..."

Sheppard smiled and said, "There is no way a head coach would surrender to the enemy or not. There are only dozens of people in the league. It is normal for him to change teams and coach. Since you also agree that he will be our coach, then I will Go and make arrangements..."

It turns out that Spoelstra is also the most suitable coach in Shepard's eyes. No wonder Spoelstra is ranked first on the list!

The next day, in a private room of a cafe in Washington.

Li Kaiming stood up to greet the guest who came in. He was a man with dark wheat-colored skin. After taking off the hat on his head, he revealed a face that Li Kaiming was all too familiar with.

"Hello, Eric!" Li Kaiming reached out his hand.

With a calm expression on his face, Si Bo shook hands with Li Kaiming, and then sat down on the sofa opposite. Sheppard sat on the sofa in the middle, and the three of them were distributed in a cross-shaped pattern.

"Eric, I invited you here today because I want you to serve as the head coach of our Wizards team. I believe there is no need to say more about the strength of the Wizards team..." Shepard said with a confident smile on his face. road.

Spoelstra rubbed his chin a few times, then changed his position and said, "Tommy, I think you misunderstood. I have no interest in being a head coach anymore."

Shepard was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Why?"

"I think I'm fed up with the life of watching videos and studying tactics every day. You don't know, during the four years I was the head coach of the Heat, I rarely had time to spend with my family, but during the period when I was fired, During the time, I spent the happiest time in my life. I didn’t need to worry about how to arrange the team rotation at night as soon as I woke up in the morning. I also didn’t have to worry about my family being lonely and my children having no one to accompany them..."

"Anyway, it's great to be able to return to the life of ordinary people. I like this pace of life." Si Bo smiled and picked up the coffee on the table, then took a leisurely sip.

Sheppard was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect that after being fired, Spoelstra would lie down directly and start enjoying life. He didn't expect this situation. He didn't know what to say for a while, and the room fell into awkward silence. silence.

At this moment, Li Kaiming, who was an audience member on the side, suddenly put down the coffee cup in his hand, then looked at Spo with a smile, "Eric, do you mind letting me say a few words?"

Spo looked at the young man in front of him who had failed him for three years, and wanted to see something in the latter's eyes.

But he failed. He could only see a kind of calmness in Li Kaiming's eyes, like the water surface when there is no wind, and there are no waves in an ancient well.

He hesitated for a moment, then smiled, "Of course, it doesn't matter if you say so!"

Li Kaiming crossed his legs, and the first words he said made Si Bo's eyes flash with shock!

"You said you wanted to return to life, but that was just your excuse!"

Shiba immediately retorted, "I think you misunderstood, Lee."

But Li Kaiming didn't give him a chance to refute. He continued to use words to pry Spoelstra's defensive line: "As a head coach, you have never really been in control of your own team. Are you willing to do that?"

Si Bo opened his mouth and did not answer.

"Are you willing to give people the impression that you are an incompetent coach who can be easily manipulated by the players on the team?"

Sibo was silent, but his hand was gradually shaking...

"Are you willing to just throw your talents into the trash because of other people's ignorance?"

Spo's eyes gradually lit up with light, and his fists were clenched so tightly that even his knuckles turned white!

Li Kaiming suddenly leaned his upper body forward, approached Spoelstra, and said in a firm tone: "Don't you want revenge? Don't you want to prove that you are not an incompetent coach? Don't you want to wash away the grievances of being kicked out?"

After these three consecutive questions, the atmosphere in the entire room seemed to condense, and even Shepard next to him couldn't help but hold his breath.

Spoelstra lowered his head and was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head with piercing eyes, "I can be the head coach, but I need everyone in the team to obey my command! I need to have complete control of the team!"

Seeing this familiar look, Li Kaiming laughed. He knew that he had come to the right place today!

Because this is a look with ambition, full of the flame of revenge!

"Of course, with my position in the Wizards, if I fully support you, no one on this team would dare not listen to you..." Li Kaiming spread his hands.

"Eric, I believe you are a great coach, let's create history together and achieve great things!"

Li Kaiming stood up and stretched out his hand towards Spo across from him.

Sipo thought for a while, then stood up and shook Li Kaiming's big hand. Different from the initial handshake, this time it was a handshake with trust.

"Time waits for no one. The new season is about to start. I want to go home immediately. After settling everything, I will go to the team to report!" Spoelstra quickly got into work. It seems that he has not fully adapted to ordinary people. life, you can take over a team again at any time!

After seeing off Si Bo, Shepard next to him looked at Li Kaiming with admiration.

"Li, sometimes I really wonder if your brain has been modified by aliens? You can make Eric change his mind in such a short time. I think you should study law. You can definitely become a lawyer. !”

Li Kaiming chuckled, "If he doesn't want to cooperate with us, why would he come to see us..."

Shepard was immediately stunned.

"Everyone has self-esteem. Eric just needs a step and a reason to convince himself, and I just acted as an introduction..." Li Kaiming said leisurely.

The news that Erik Spoelstra became the head coach of the Wizards immediately detonated the entire American news circle.

James joined the Heat and Spoelstra, and then joined the Warriors.

And Spoelstra turned around and became the head coach of the Wizards, who won three consecutive championships, and these two teams happened to be the favorites to win the championship!

There’s a lot of fun to watch in this season’s finals!

The two biggest favorites, the Wizards and the Warriors, have lived up to the fans' expectations. After the end of the season, one will be first in the Eastern Conference and the other will be first in the Western Conference.

Li Kaiming is still a double team, Leonard was selected to the third team and the best defensive team, and also became a dpoy. The Wizards won the best defensive player award for two consecutive seasons.

As for the regular season mvp, because Li Kaiming has won it for three consecutive years and his regular season record has declined this season, this mvp was won by James, who "led" the Warriors to win the league's first place. Many American local media started again Rendering of "peerless twins".

Unfortunately, in the finals, James was unable to show his strength in the face of Spoelstra's targeted arrangements and the internal and external defense of Leonard and Kaiming Li. In the end, the Wizards defeated the Warriors 4-2 and won their fourth consecutive championship! Li Kaiming won the finals mvp!

This is also the first four consecutive championships in the modern NBA!