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

Chapter 70 Cleaning the coaching staff!Lu Yong: Tell him to hurry up and get out!Sign the veteran again!Reinforce two-time All-Stars
After being busy with the annual draft, Lu Yong returned to Seattle by plane and began preparations for the construction of the coaching staff.

He doesn't care about outside fans' comments and doubts about the Supersonics, and there will naturally be answers after the season starts.

On the day Lu Yong landed, he met with the three assistant coaches of the Supersonics, and chose a mid-level restaurant to fill his stomach and connect with each other at the same time.

Physical trainers and shooting coaches are not involved in team tactics. They have their own jobs. Lu Yong only called three assistant coaches who will advise him in the new season.

Assistant coaches are easy to find. As long as you have an idea, you can easily find someone in the Development League.

Lu Yong intends to examine the level of the assistant coaching team, he doesn't want to bring a few bastards to gilt the new season.

Tony Brown is the person he brought over. Lu Yong is not afraid that no one around him can be used, and he will be turned into a poor commander by the former coach's team.

In the worst case, he turned the table and turned his face, and made another big change to the teaching assistant team.

As soon as they met, Lu Yong found out the moths in the team.

That's right, the former head coach of the Golden State Warriors and the chief assistant of the SuperSonics last season, PJ-Carlesimo.

After the Supersonics laid off the old coach Bob Hill in the offseason, Carlesimo was quite happy, thinking that he could take over the coach in the new season as a matter of course and resume the position of head coach.

As a result, before he was happy for too long, the Supersonics signed Lu Yong in a flash, and directly appointed this young man as the team's new coach.

The worst thing is that Tony Brown came with Lu Yong as a confidant, and even if you think about it with your ass, you can imagine that Brown will definitely be valued.

After careful calculation, he had been the head coach in the NBA for six years, and he didn't even count as the chief assistant. This made Carlesimo unbearable, and his stomach was full of resentment.

Bob Hill, no matter how good he is, is also the younger brother of Spurs coach Popovich. Not only has he led the team to achieve results, but he also has some connections in the league.

It is completely acceptable to be Carlesimo as an assistant coach for Hill, but he can't accept it in the new season to let him assist a young marshal.

During the meal, Lu Yong chatted about tactics logically.

Carlesimo would play against him from time to time, slapping a hammer here and there with a stick, and what he said was not only nutritious, but also full of bad breath, which made Lu Yongxun spit up.

Anyway, this guy is working against Lu Yong, and he firmly does not agree with Lu Yong's offensive concept. It seems that he wants to vent his dissatisfaction in this way.

Lu Yong was not angry, but just quietly watched him pretending to be aggressive, and he had already been sentenced to death in his heart.

If this kind of scourge is not uprooted, can it still be kept for the New Year?

If it wasn't for the latent investigation, Lu Yong would have told him to pack up and leave without waiting for the meal to finish.

There is another assistant coach who knows Lu Yong without introducing him. His name is Scott Brooks. He is a coach with excellent character and ability.

In the parallel world, Brooks once led the three Thunder players to the finals, and it was also the closest to the championship before the three players disintegrated.

He always has a stern and mean look, and fans rarely see a smile on Brooks' face.

However, this guy has a warm heart under his serious appearance.

He was sadder than anyone else when he lost in the finals for the first time, but he still pretended to be free and easy to appease the young players, telling the players that the future will be better, please send blessings to the champion team after the game, and accept the defeat with generosity.

He has no hostility towards Lu Yong, and expressed his thoughts when discussing tactics. Obviously, he has done enough homework in this area, and he is very professional in seeking his own affairs in his position.

The next morning, Lu Yong met with the general manager of the team, Sam Presti.

After the meeting, he did not hide it, and said straight to the point: "Please let Carlesimo get out this summer, he will only harm young players if he stays in the team, and it will be a loss for the team to keep him for one more day."

Presti was not surprised, and said with a smile: "Can't we talk together? It seems that the first contact with you is not very pleasant."

Lu Yong didn't deny it, nodded and said: "Not only can't we talk about it, I can't communicate with him at all. This person relied on his experience as a head coach to sell the old. It's a pity that the madman didn't strangle him. I don't need a troll as an assistant this season, cut him."

Presti thought for a while, and persuaded: "How about I ask him to talk again? The team now has only one assistant coach with rich coaching experience. If you cut him, your coaching staff will be full of newcomers." , If you want to temporarily recruit an old-fashioned coach, not only the time is tight, but most qualified people are unwilling to come to Seattle to be an assistant coach.”

"There is nothing to be sorry about. What ability can a coach with a coaching winning percentage of barely 40% have? If he is really experienced, he will not stay in the Sonics as an assistant coach. He is not even as good as the former head coach Bob Hill. , Persuade him to stay as a mascot?" Lu Yong said firmly.

"Okay, I'll go to him and talk about termination."

Presti made a choice, and he still knew who was more important.

When the team coach and assistant coach are destined not to coexist, the one who leaves can only be Carlesimo.

That afternoon, the Sonics issued a notice to lay off Carlesimo.

He implemented the team option for the last year of his assistant contract, and he didn't have to pay liquidated damages.

Carlesimo was stunned when he heard the news. He couldn't believe that he, who had a wealth of experience, was fired just because he gave a few words to the new coach. The management was absolutely crazy.

He vented his displeasure in front of Lu Yong yesterday, but today Lu Yong didn't even stand in front of him, which made him even more displeased.

This feeling was not very pleasant, which made Carlesimo even more resentful.

The most embarrassing thing is that this guy called Brooks after being laid off, and said that Lu Yong would clean up all the staff of the previous head coach, and he would be the next one to be used for surgery.

As a result, Brooks ignored him at all, and hung up the phone after only saying something important, as if a mad dog had farted in his ear.

He knew that Carlesimo's words were not credible at all. The relationship between him and the former head coach Bob Hill was very tense. He hoped that Hill would be cut by the team and he would take over the coach.

In terms of coaching ability alone, Carlesimo is still a little bit, but his character is too bad, and his mouth always likes to offend people.

It was not without reason that he was almost strangled to death by the "madman" Sprewell when he was directing the team's training. People with bad mouths always seem to be particularly worthy of beating.

After cleaning up the pests in the teaching assistant team, Lu Yong officially started working in Seattle.

During the day, Tony Brown and Brooks studied the tactics of the new season, and at night analyzed the pattern of the league next season.

By the way, list the missing players who can be traded and signed in the future, and make full preparations.

In mid-July, the free market started during the offseason, and all the teams started recruiting and spending money crazily.

The Charlotte Bobcats traded Brandon Wright, the No. 8 pick in this year's first round, to the Golden State Warriors for Jason Richardson, plus Jemario Day, the No. 36 rookie just selected by the Warriors. Weiss.In order to achieve trade salary parity, the Bobcats also sent a special case of their own $1000 million trade to the Warriors.

Billups agreed to sign a multi-year contract with the Pistons, a 5-year contract worth 6 million, the last year of which is a team option.

The Magic also completed the renewal of the contract with the team's core player Dwight Howard. The contract lasts for five years and the total amount exceeds 8500 million US dollars.

Of course, the most shocking thing this summer is the formation of the Celtics' epic Big Three.

Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen teamed up to create a new era, and tied with the defending champion Grizzlies as the biggest favorite to win the new season.

The instigation of the butterfly effect caused Pau Gasol not to join the Lakers this summer. He just won the regular season MVP. It is impossible for him to be the second head of the Lakers.

This also means that the Lakers withdrew from the championship ranks ahead of schedule in the new season, and are no longer the purple and gold giants who can face the big three of the hard steel and green army.

The Grizzlies and Magic also broke out a deal, getting the No. 03 pick in [-], Darko Milicic, to make up for the departure of the meritorious veteran Eddie Jones, aiming to defend the title in the new season.

Milicic played 80 games for the Magic last season, averaging 8 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks per game, which can greatly improve the height of the Grizzlies second team.

The Grizzlies also renewed the contract of Ariza, a role player, plus Paul Gasol, Mike Miller, Gay, Lowry and others who have gradually grown up. Stop the Grizzlies?
To Lu Yong's surprise, the Sonics actually signed a big-name veteran in the free market.

Since the salary cap has not crossed the poor line and cannot meet the minimum standards of the league, the management signed two-time All-Star swingman Michael Finley with a two-year premium contract of 900 million yuan.

迈克尔-芬利身高2米01、体重98公斤，能打得分后卫和小前锋两个位置。今年34岁，有着很强的单打能力，擅长中远距离投射，巅峰赛季场均22.6分6.3篮板5.3助攻和1.3次抢断。

上个赛季迈克尔-芬利为马刺打满82场，出战22.2分钟拿下9分2.7篮板1.3助攻，三分命中率36.4%，非常适合引领杜兰特成长。

He was selected as an All-Star twice, was elected Player of the Month once, and is one of the famous iron men in NBA history.

Last season, Michael Finley's annual salary was only 289 million. Even so, the Sonics still used a premium contract to win him.

It's not that the management has a lot of money, it's that there are not many big fish in the free market this year, and there are very few veterans who are willing to join the Sonics. It is not easy to snatch people from the Spurs.

After the management meeting, Lu Yong agreed with both hands. In his opinion, this signing is worthwhile.

The 34-year-old Michael Finley can help newcomers gain experience and play the role of leader of the locker room.

If the playing time is controlled, not only will he not delay the growth of newcomers, but he can also greatly increase the offensive firepower of the Supersonics.

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