"Lelin, keep in mind your father! Why did he encounter something related to the team? That's how he is?"

"Dad likes basketball very much. I heard that he is a member of the high school and has always had a basketball dream. It is normal to be more excited to buy a team after finally buying it."

"But it's been half a year, is it so lasting?"

"Ah? What?"

"nothing."

July has arrived. When the management and coaching staff decided who it was, it was Howard Schultz who was doing interviews, signing contracts and other work.

Zhang Hao was asking Pelinka to investigate where the person he was looking for.

In the past two years, information and communication technology has just ushered in a leap period, and it is easier to find someone. Even though Zhang Hao only provided one surname and knew that he was in his junior year and didn’t even know what his name was, Pelinka still found the person. The data was investigated clearly and his family situation was investigated.

Sam Presty, 23, in the 1995-96 academic year, studied social relations at Virginia Wesleyan College in the 1996-97 academic year, and competed in the NCAA Division III. After confirming that he did not have the talent to become a professional player, he transferred to Boston Emerson University to study resource management. He also worked part-time in the Boston College Hawks' Eagles' part-time newcomer mining job, which is to help Boston College find talented high school students outside the list of major high school students.

His outstanding personal abilities have attracted the attention of some teams...

These information are very consistent with Zhang Hao's impression that Presti was signed as a scout by the Spurs after graduating from university, and highly recommended that Spurs general manager RC Buford choose Parker, which is very consistent.

If it weren't for Presti's strong recommendation, the troika would have disappeared. Popovich initially looked down on Parker... In the end, he didn't look down on him. Parker was the only one in the troika who failed to last his career with the Spurs.

This kind of talent cannot be taken away by other teams when Zhang rebuilds the lineup.

Another thing.

According to the situation Pelinka investigated, Presti only attracted the attention of some teams, but she was too young, only 23 years old, and the team had not officially contacted him. However, Zhang Hao knew that draft vision had nothing to do with age.

At this stage, Mr. Zhang doesn’t need a scout with a great talent in drafting, but twenty years later? Thirty years later?

Now, it will be very useful to establish his identity as the "original work partner" first.

Zhang Hao originally wanted Larry Harris to do this kind of thing, but Howard Schultz rushed to do it! He flew and ran to Boston!

Larry Harris, Alwan Adams, Butch Baird, and the assistants and secretary brought by Larry Harris, except for Alwan Adams' first formal job as general manager consultant, everyone else is professional. Even Alwan Adams' connections cannot be ignored. He is a member of the Colangelo Department. With their joining, the various departments of the Supersonics management have been running smoothly.

Butch Baird is an old fried dough stick as lubricant, and Larry Harris became the general manager based on his father's relationship. Alwan Adams has connections... It's not bad to combine, and it can't be said how good it is, but it's enough to be fine.

At this time, Howard Schultz couldn't find a place to play, so he simply ran to help when he had time.

The big boss who owns more than 70% of the team's shares does miscellaneous work...

The wise and honest man asked him to intern in their Supersonics scouting department after graduation. After the reconstruction is completed, he will help him plating it with gold. It is also good. After another twenty years, he realized that he did not have the talent to be a general manager and was in his 40s. He asked him to come back to work as a scout, just like Butch Baird now, perfect.

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...

Silver Fox received news from colleagues of the Chinese men's basketball national team - under the leadership of Yao Ming and Hu Weidong, the Chinese men's basketball team won the 20th Asian Championships.

For the Chinese team, this Asian Championship is just a championship.

The Asian Championships are held every two years, and the one before the World Championships is very important and is related to the tickets to the World Championships.

But this time before the Olympics has a much smaller effect... If the Chinese team did not win the top two at the Asian Games last year, this would be needed. If the last Asian Championships were a ticket battle for the World Championships, then this time would be a competition for the Olympic qualifying qualification. If the Olympic tickets have been obtained in the Asian Games, the qualification for the qualifying will be postponed.

It is precisely because he won the Asian Games championship last year that the Blue Association of this World Championships arranged for Wang Fei, a domestic coach, to lead the team and exercise.

After learning about the recent situation of the Chinese men's basketball team, Silver Fox put this part of the work aside.

He was very angry with Zhang Hao's bad behavior and actually used his son's future to force him to submit, but for the sake of his son's future, he had to come here to work.

However, after a few days of cooperation with this coaching team, Silver Fox found that it was not bad. His job was not the head coach or the team system. Instead, he was a leader and used his experience to lead these oldest coaches who were only 49 years old.

These coaches, one by one, are all geniuses in some ways.

Paul Westfal, the rookie led the Suns to the finals as a coaching season.

Doug Collins, who coached Jordan and Grant Hill, was only 35 years old when he was the head coach of the Bulls in 1986. It is worth mentioning that Doug Collins was still the No. 1 pick in 1973, was selected as the All-Star three times, and averaged 17.9 points per game in his 8 years of career.

Nate McMillan is really excellent. Although he is less than 35 years old, he has provided great help to the Supersonics coaching staff a few years before his retirement.

Generally speaking, the coaching team of a team should first determine the head coach and the head coach selects assistant coaches, but when they get together, the coaching team is basically all together.

In this case, it is usually difficult to get in and out of time. Not to mention running in, it is not so easy to get along well with the relationship. But most of these people came because of Zhang Hao, and they are willing to cooperate with each other.

"Anyway, the head coach is not me, the headache is not me, I care about him, what should I do..."

After a wave of complaints, Silver Fox went to the conference room, and today there was a joint meeting between the coaching staff and management.

On July 2, it was not far from the 5th draft, and they had already done it. Howard Schultz, the boss who used to sell coffee who built the team as entertainment activities, had already done it. This year, their coaching team had no room for operation in the draft. Zhang Hao and the boss discussed that they would choose those people, and they would have to wait until next year if they wanted to operate.

But it doesn't mean they have no work. Zhang Hao and the boss just provided some lists and operational trading options, which are up to them to decide.

It is precisely because Zhang Hao and the boss gave the list and options instead of specifying who to choose that the new coaches were in a good mood. After all, when they came, the trial training of each team in the league had already ended.

After everyone arrived, the meeting began.

Doug Collins said: "We have received the draft list at the 9th pick, Sean Marion, Jason Terry, Ron Artest, if Richard Hamilton falls, we will choose Richard Hamilton first, 21st pick, Andre Kirirenko, Devin George, James Percy, these two picks, the boss gives us the candidate, but there is no fixed choice for whom.

There is a designated candidate in the 8th pick in the second round, so there is no need to discuss this. According to Butch's investigation, the person we want will definitely be selected in this position.

The theme of our meeting today is to discuss who to choose the two draft picks with the 9th and 21st picks based on the characteristics of our existing players in the interior."

Larry Harris added: "The boss said that the 9th pick and 21st pick can be used for trades, with the goal being to take down the outside players we need.

There are two recruiters on the back of Aix. The news he gave me is that the probability of recruitment is very high, and we don’t have to worry about our starting point guard and guard substitute pitcher.

In terms of inside, Aix also has a candidate who will definitely come. When the free market opens on July 10, we can contact them.

We need to consider these factors when selecting people…”

In fact, the information, the coaching team and the management have long communicated with each other. This is just a process, and the focus is on people who have ideas about it to express their opinions.

Speaking of which, these people were all gathered together. As soon as they got together, they received the boss’s draft instructions, trial reports, draft candidates, and recruiters from the free market... they all lived together, asking them to make decisions without more preparation... They are really focused and hardworking now.

The work has come and must be done well.

After the head coach and general manager explained the basic situation, others began to speak.

Nate McMillan said first: "I think Marion doesn't have to consider it. Judging from our trial report, media draft report, and Aix's evaluation, Marion may be the most promising striker in this class, but his characteristics are very similar to Aix, and the draft report is also a shorter and weaker version of Aix."

McMillan's words were echoed by others.

McMillan continued to see this: "I don't think we have to consider Artest, his personality is too bad. He has fought many times in college and often fights in school. We had just ended the season and could have won the top ten pick, so I have studied the rookies in this range. Artest is very talented, but he is a time bomb."

Others agree with McMillan's view of Marion, but more people oppose McMillan's view of Artest.

Scott Collins said: "Nate, as far as I know, Artest looks very happy when playing basketball. He is a very competitive person. The coach of St. John's University is my classmate. Artest in his eyes is very excellent."

Silver Fox also echoed: "I don't think we have to worry about temper issues. As long as he doesn't get angry for no reason, he can fight. We should pay attention to one premise when selecting people, we have Aix."

Paul Westfal also said: "From the trial situation, Artest is really good. He has good defensive talent and excellent combat power. We are not a regular rebuilding team. We must play well in the new season."

After being collectively refuted, McMillan was a little embarrassed. He had a good relationship with Paul Westfal, but at this time, even Paul Westfal did not support his opinion.

Butch Baird said at this time: "Nate, we are all just expressing our opinions. This time they refute you. If you think the opinions they put forward are wrong, you will also refute them fiercely."

As soon as these words came out, laughter was heard in the conference room.

In fact, it is the most normal thing to have controversy during meetings, but others have been in the management and coaching industry for some years, but McMillan is only in his 30s now and only retired from the professional arena last year. This is the first time he has really entered the society to work. He is still very thin. Others have not noticed this. According to habits, McMillan naturally can't hold on to his face.

Originally, no one would think it was wrong when a controversy occurred during the meeting, but McMillan's resentful expression caused the atmosphere to gradually become awkward. Fortunately, Butch Baird broke the embarrassment.

When he was a head coach, Butch Baird was very serious and had methods... but his coaching ability was not very good.

But when he was in charge of the department, Butch Baird was another face.

However, this made McMillan quickly understand what the workplace is like when she first worked.

After this little episode, the coaching staff and management began to discuss fiercely who to choose.

The boss gave them a framework, which is beneficial and disadvantageous to them. The advantage is that the workload has become smaller, but the disadvantage is that there are more restrictions.

But they must ensure that they are not wrong in selecting the person. No matter who gives the list, if they choose the wrong person, they will be the one who takes the blame in the end.

Silver Fox watched his colleagues work seriously, and the discussion progress was quite efficient...

"This dead child is so lucky. The temporary coaching team and management team can cooperate well..."

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Soon, on July 5th, the day of the draft has arrived.

Recently, the most popular topic is about the top pick.

After the finals, many topics about the No. 1 pick were exposed.

The Supersonics once used the 9th pick in the first round to add Wen Baker to the Bulls. They wanted to get the Bulls' No. 1 pick and were willing to take Ron Harper's contract of $5.28 million in the last year, but the Bulls refused.

The Grizzlies also tried to use Rahim and the second pick to trade the No. 1 pick, but were also rejected.

This year's No. 1 pick, Kobe Bryant, the top favorite in the No. 1 pick, was not tested by the Bulls from Duke University, and did not receive any team's trials. This incident has also sparked discussions.

However, Kobe is not the only favorite in the No. 1 pick, and his teammate Elton Brand also has nod to the No. 1 pick.

Therefore, the market value of the Grizzlies' No. 2 pick is also very high.

Although Olovo Kandi's performance last year hit the media that boasted him in the face, this year's draft was another buzz.

Kobe, contemporary Jordan.
To be continued...