Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Countless New York fans are trying to retain Lu Yong, hoping that he can stay and lead the Knicks to continue to compete for the championship.

However, Lu Yong has decided to leave, and he does not want to experience coaching without shares again.

As for where to go next, Lu Yong has not decided yet and will only know after contacting other teams in the summer.

Online, Anthony fans almost disappeared on the day the Knicks won the championship.

No one has the courage to speak for their idol. Lu Yong has shown with practical actions in this year's playoffs that the team can win the championship without Anthony.

Whoever dares to stand up and support Anthony at this juncture will definitely attract a lot of ridicule.

Two days later, management invited Anthony to participate in the championship parade.

Although this matter was indeed embarrassing, as a member of the Knicks, the staff still informed him.

The result was not surprising. Anthony declined the management's invitation and did not participate in the championship parade with the team.

The reason is that my left knee has just been operated on and it is not convenient for me to participate in large-scale outdoor activities.

The media knew what was going on, and by not making any excuses clear, it was considered as leaving Anthony the last fig leaf.

After the championship parade, the Knicks management immediately held an emergency meeting to discuss the team lineup for the new season.

In the summer, the contracts of many of the Knicks' champions who won the championship expired. In the past, Lu Yong was personally responsible for these matters. With Lu Yong leaving New York, the management had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Of course, the biggest headache for management is the relationship between Anthony and Jokic.

Jokic has been extremely dominant in the playoffs. If Anthony comes back to compete with him for the ball, Jokic will definitely not compromise.

In the past few seasons, Teacher Yue was just a rookie, just serving as a green leaf next to Anthony. Now that Jokic has just won the FMVP, how can he bow to Anthony?

The same is true for Anthony. If the Knicks support Jokic as the core of the team, he will naturally be unwilling to accept the role of second boss.

The top star in history who has won three consecutive MVPs cannot be the boss of the team. Even if Anthony regrets it, there is no possibility of compromise.

What's even worse is that Anthony still holds the power to veto the transaction. Even if the Knicks prefer Jokic, it will be difficult to deal with it. Maybe the New York dynasty will split.

The relationship between the two stars is not handled well, and the role players underneath cannot be retained.

After winning the championship, as long as a team offers high salary to recruit people, they will definitely leave for the sake of money.

The Knicks seem to be doing well, but in fact they are falling apart internally. Without Lu Yong in the new season, it will be even harder to win the championship.

The future direction of the Knicks is no longer something Lu Yong should worry about.

In the past two days, many teams have called him to discuss cooperation, and they have expressed their willingness to spend a lot of money to invite him to coach. The salary is frighteningly high.

The bosses of each team are not fools. All the teams Lu Yong has coached over the years have won championships. There is no doubt about his coaching level and team building ability.

As long as Lu Yong can be tied to the same boat, the money spent will be earned back sooner or later, which is much more suitable than inviting those so-called unreliable famous coaches.

Lu Yong expressed in an interview that he hopes to coach his next team by investing in shares. Many bad teams that are not profitable themselves have extended olive branches.

They can't make money even if they hold 100% of the shares. Now Lu Yong is the God of Wealth walking in the free market. As long as he joins, even if he is given a part of the equity, it will be a bloody profit.

Of course, when Lu Yong chooses his next company, it is not based on who gives the most shares, but based on the size of the city and the character of the partner.

Take Boss Joe's Charlotte Hornets for example. Even if he holds 20% of the shares there, he can't make much money. He might as well get 10% in a big market.

In addition, Michael Jordan is not a good partner, and Lu Yong has almost zero interest in joining the Hornets.

This month, the bosses of various teams almost flooded Lu Yong’s phone calls, and they all came to invite Lu Yong with obvious sincerity.

The most pressing among them is the Rockets.

During the regular season, the Rockets had the third-best record in the Western Conference, but were eliminated by the Spurs in the second round of the playoffs. They were still far behind the championship.

It is no secret that Rockets owner Alexander is selling the team. According to the original historical trajectory, Alexander sold the Rockets to Fertitta for US$22 billion this summer.

Now that Lu Yong has made a high-profile announcement that he wants to coach the team by taking a shareholding, Alexander, who is good at calculation, naturally stopped his plan to sell the Rockets.

If he can invite Lu Yong to coach the Rockets, even if he gives the other party some shares for free, Alexander can make money in the future. He can be a big boss behind the scenes without even showing his face, and the income will be far greater than selling the team.

Alexander's calculation is very good. If his dream comes true, his future income will be far greater than the US$22 billion gained from selling the team. It is a long-term investment that will make a profit without losing any money.

However, Lu Yong was not interested in cooperating with Alexander, a miser. Not to mention that this old guy had almost no sincerity except for his eagerness. He was only willing to transfer up to 10% of his shares to Lu Yong.

Just talking about Alexander's wealth and utilitarianism, Lu Yong didn't want to form a long-term partner with him.

Alexander only has money in his eyes, and the team's honor is taken lightly. Lu Yong only holds 10% of the shares, and he will definitely conflict with Alexander in strengthening the lineup in the future.

After all, in addition to making money, Lu Yong also hopes that the team he coaches can win the championship instead of making the playoffs.

The two have great conflicts in their team building concepts. Even if they cooperate, irreconcilable conflicts will break out sooner or later.

Although Alexander, who holds 90% of the shares, cannot kick him out, he can force him out in a disgusting way. Alexander can definitely do this kind of thing.

Mavericks owner Cuban also came, but he was only willing to provide Lu Yong with 5% of the shares. Unless Lu Yong spent money to acquire it, he would be willing to sell at most 25% of the shares.

Lu Yong knew what was going on in Cuban's head.

He didn't even bother to open his mouth to bargain, and he refused just as simply.

It was not until mid-June that Lu Yong finally saw sincerity in his negotiating partner.

Yes, the person who came was none other than Boss Cai, who had just spent a lot of money to buy the Brooklyn Nets in the summer.

In Lu Yong's previous life, Cai Chongxin only completed the acquisition of the Nets in the summer of 18.However, the butterfly effect instigated by Lu Yong has gradually improved the status of Asians in the NBA. Boss Tsai also bought all the shares of the Nets from the Russian wealthy businessman Prokhorov a year in advance, spending a total of 24.5 billion.

Boss Tsai has another advantage besides not being short of money. He desperately wants the Nets to succeed and takes the team's honor very seriously.

This is very crucial for Lu Yong. They are like-minded. At least there will be no conflicts in the future because of heavy signings.

The conditions proposed by Boss Cai also satisfied Lu Yong, and he was willing to provide Lu Yong with 15% of the shares, which was a technical investment without spending any cents.

The premise is that Lu Yong signs a five-year contract with the Nets. If he leads the team to win the championship within five years, Lu Yong can also internally acquire shares of the Nets, up to a maximum of 30%.

After the contract expires, Lu Yong can choose to enter the management or retreat behind the scenes and become a small boss. His sincerity is impeccable.

As long as Lu Yong nods, he will not only get a super maximum salary in the new season, but also hold 15% of the shares of the Nets and participate in the sharing, and his annual income will steadily exceed 9 figures.

The most important thing is that the Nets are located in Brooklyn, just across the river from New York, where land is at a premium.

Both the golf market and the geographical location are very nice, which meets Lu Yong’s rigid conditions for his next club.

After the meeting, Lu Yong quickly reached a cooperation with Boss Cai, who entered the NBA, and signed a contract in the conference room.

The news of Lu Yong's air landing in Brooklyn was temporarily suppressed. Except for Boss Cai and a few executives, no one else knew about it.

Lu Yong has met with many team owners during this period, so even if the media caught him meeting with Boss Cai, they would not be able to determine his next club.

The matter was settled smoothly, which made Lu Yong feel very good. For the first time in so many years of coaching, he had a sense of belonging to a certain team.

The share transfer in the contract is just a string of cold numbers, but when 15% of the team's shares fall into his pocket, he is completely tied to the future of the Nets.

Boss Cai stretched out his left hand and smiled cordially at Lu Yong, "I'm glad to be able to cooperate with you, Lu. I'm not short of money. I just hope you can let me watch the team win the championship with my own eyes. That's what I dream of. Even if you don’t join, I will spend money to bring in stars in the summer. As long as the results are achieved, all the expenses will be worth it.”

Boss Cai is really not bragging when he says this. In his previous life, the first thing he did after taking office was to spend heavily on Durant, Irving and Harden to form an epic Big Three. He didn't even pay attention to spending money on signings. Don't blink.

Although the Nets' Big Three failed to bring a championship to the team in the end, and the Big Three also fell apart due to injuries, Boss Tsai's willingness to spend money is real.

Problems that can be solved with money are not problems. This guy is indeed a big man with ideals.

Lu Yong stretched out his hand to shake it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are many things in this world that I can't solve, but leading the team to win the championship is not among them. You will see that day happen soon. We have the same idea, hope Happy future cooperation.”

Boss Cai pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with a smile: "Lou, the Nets will leave it to you for the new season. I know it will be difficult for the team to achieve results in a short period of time, but I believe in your ability. This is a professional matter. Leave it to professionals, and all I, a layman, can do is try to cause as little trouble as possible."

The Nets' record last season was only 20 wins and 62 losses, ranking last in the league.

Although the Nets still have room to decline in terms of record, their ranking cannot be lowered.

Even if a famous coach takes over this bad situation, it will take time. Boss Cai knows this very well, so he is not in a hurry.

With the Sonics' lessons learned, he believes Lu Yong will have a way to lead the Nets out of the predicament.

"The Nets' situation is very different from the SuperSonics' situation back then. The situation is really bad, but it's fun. I like challenging jobs."

For Lu Yong, the biggest struggle for the Nets right now is not the team's record, but the high draft picks that have been traded to the Celtics.

The worst record in the league also failed to get the top three picks. To be precise, it helped the Celtics win the third overall pick.

Fortunately, the Nets still have two first-round picks this year, the 22nd and 27th picks respectively. Lu Yong has enough room to operate in the summer.

If it's like last year and there's no first-round pick, then that's really fucked up.

The first thing Lu Yong did after taking office was to stop the trade negotiations between general manager Sean Marks and the Lakers.

In Lu Yong's previous life, the Nets sent Brook Lopez and the No. 2017 first-round pick in 27 in the summer to acquire Russell and Mozgov from the Lakers.

This deal didn't seem like a disadvantage at the time, but now that Lu Yong has landed in Brooklyn, naturally he can't just watch Lopez be sent away again.

As one of the few players in the league who can defend Jokic alone, Lopez's presence is very important. He is the Nets' protection in the penalty area against Jokic and Embiid in the future.

How good is Daluo's defense?
In the season before Lu Yong crossed over, Embiid played three games against Lopez, averaging 22.3 points per game, which was far lower than the season average, and his shooting percentage was only 33.8%, lower than his 47.4. %average of.

The same goes for Jokic. In the two games against Los Angeles, he only scored 12.5 points and shot 36.6% from the field, which was lower than the average of 52.8%.

These two MVP-level centers were restrained when they met Luo. They are one of the best centers in protecting the frame today.

In addition, after the small ball era became popular, Lopez gave up his previous hard-hitting low-post style and began to adapt to the development of the times and focus on magic ball, which opened up a lot of space.

Last season, Lopez averaged 5.2 three-pointers per game and shot 34.6% from three-point range. He has successfully transformed into a space shooter.

What is rare and precious is that while Luo can pull out to shoot three-pointers, his inside killing ability is still very good, with a shooting percentage of 69.5% at the basket, and he can score 1.08 points per round in the low post, exceeding 86.2% in the league. player of.

Lu Yong is very aware of the growth rate of Jokic and Embiid, and keeping Da Luo is the top priority of the Nets at the moment.

As for Russell, he will not give up either, but the chips he provides to the Lakers will have to be changed.

Even though Russell's ability to fight hard is weak and he is affectionately called "Water Pull" by fans, he was isolated by his teammates because of the exposure of teammate Nick Young's cheating video last season, which led to a tense atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room.

The Lakers management's patience with him is gradually dwindling, and they plan to sell him at a low price. This is a good opportunity for the Nets to take advantage of the situation.

The Nets have many players with outstanding statistics, but their playing style is not liked by Lu Yong. It is only a matter of time before they are eliminated.

These people can all become bargaining chips for the Nets to make an offer to the Lakers. No matter how many Lu Yong is sent away, it won't hurt. Anyway, they are a group of leftovers with no training value, and they are perfect for robbing Russell.

Once the negotiations with the Lakers management go smoothly, the Nets will not only keep Luo Luo in the new season, but also get Russell for nothing. It is exciting to think about it.

After contacting Sean Marks to re-provide a trade offer to the Lakers, Lu Yong sat behind the scenes and carefully planned the Nets' reconstruction. (End of chapter)