Shuai Tang quickly helped Swift up.

Swift cast a hint of gratitude to him.

After the concert was over, Swift said to Tang Shuai: "Tang, thank you really for the front."

"It's okay, you wear high heels just to cooperate with me. If you are really injured, I will not be able to get over it." Tang Shuai said with a smile. Swift is 1.8 meters tall, not much shorter than him.

"Anyway, thank you really, do you have time? We'll go out for a coffee when it's over?" Swift said.

"Change it again, it's getting late." Tang Shuai declined. Although he was on the stage for protection, Su Mei said she would watch the live broadcast before coming, and he was still a little confused.

"Well, that's right, then you go back and rest early, I'll ask Hunter to send you a gift." Swift continued.

"No need, I drove here by myself." Tang Shuai said with a smile.

Swift nodded and sent Tang Shuai away, his expression was a little complicated, so he turned around to the press conference where there were still a bunch of reporters waiting for her.

Like her and artists of this level, they really don’t have to rest every minute.

After Swift's concert, Tang Shuai soon got to the villa.

When I went back, I found that Su Mei was still using her tactical tests to study.

"There was something unexpected in the concert." Tang Shuai said after entering.

"Well, I saw it, don't worry, I won't be jealous." Su Mei said this when she heard Tang Shuai talk about it as soon as she entered the door.

Seeing that Su Mei really didn't care about this matter, Tang Shuai didn't say much. The two of them were tender for a while and then went to bed.

The next day, Tang Shuai arrived at the stadium early.

Speaking of which, the Lakers have been unlucky recently. There will be games on the first day after the trade deadline. Now, the new players have only been with the team for 3 days. They are about to welcome the strongest opponent in the league, the Warriors.

The two sides had a confrontation before, and the turbulent team finally returned with a crushing defeat. At this time, meeting the Warriors again was destined to be a difficult game.

After Tang Shuai arrived at the stadium, he saw that Xiao and many of his teammates had arrived, especially the five new members who joined the team had already arrived at the stadium, and he had been practicing for a while because he was sweating profusely.

Tang Shuai was still very pleased to see the team's atmosphere. Putting aside his strength, this positive attitude is very rare.

"Tang, you are here, just in time, go with me later." Xiao saw that Tang Shuai was coming and spoke to him.

"Where to go?" He looked at Xiao in confusion.

"You will know later." Xiao said mysteriously.

When Tang Shuai saw that Xiao had no intention of saying anything, he did not ask any further questions.

After the training was over for a while, a staff member came over to say hello to Xiao. Xiao called Tang Shuai, Noel and Batum and walked directly to the coach's office.

Tang Shuai looked at Noel and Batum, then looked at the place he was going, and suddenly realized what might happen next.

The Lakers should have found a new head coach.

Sure enough, when they pushed the door open, they saw someone sitting at the head coach's desk, watching there with the team's roster.

"Changxi, I called the person here." Xiao said directly after entering.

When Tang Shuai heard Xiao’s voice, he saw the man sitting on the stool with a big bald head, and when he saw the familiar face, he suddenly felt excited.

Billups! It turned out to be Billups!

"Well, let's sit first." Bilups signaled them to sit down, then looked at Tang Shuai, and said with a smile, "Tang, long time no see."

"Long time no see, Coach Changxi." Tang Shuai suppressed his excitement. There was no rumor that Billups would be the Lakers coach. This sudden meeting surprised him and was both surprised and excited.

"Sit down." Billups motioned to him.

When Tang Shuai sat down, Xiao continued, "I believe you all know Changxi, especially Tang. I know that you have worked together for a while when you were in the Clippers."

Tang Shuai nodded vigorously. Kassel was the coach who brought him in, and Billups was the coach he admired the most. His tactics, insight, and his ability to get along with the players was top-notch. He had been a talented person before as an assistant coach in the Clippers.

"The team has not announced it to the public yet, but Changxi has signed a contract with the team. He will become our head coach in the next time." Xiao said, with no big emotional fluctuations on his face. Although he has also been a head coach, he also knows how much he has. As an old Laker, he has performed well in interpersonal relationships.

"I called you here today, mainly to meet. I should have come to the team after the official announcement, but because I will play the Warriors tomorrow, time is tight." Billups said.

Noel and Batum both nodded. Although they had not been coached by Billups like Tang Shuai, Billups still had a great reputation in the league.

"Then there is no need to say anything else. You guys go back to training first. I will appear in the training ground in the afternoon." Billups continued.

The three of them nodded, then walked out of the office, and Xiao also got up and went out.

"Tang, please stay." Billups called Tang Shuai.

Shuai Tang motioned for Noel and Batum, asking them to go back first, and then walked back to the office.

When Xiao went out and brought the door with him, there were only two people left in the office, Bilups and Tang Shuai.

"Changxi, I really didn't expect you to come to the Lakers. I'm really excited." When there were only two people left, Tang Shuai didn't suppress his excitement and said directly. Originally, he was a little regretful for Walton to leave. After all, Walton's coaching level is still very good, but now that Billups takes over, it will definitely be an improvement. And more importantly, Billups attaches great importance to it from the bottom of his heart, and his development will definitely be smoother because of it.

"The Lakers sent me a message very early. I thought it was a good opportunity for a while." Billups said with a smile.

"This is definitely an opportunity." Tang Shuai said.

"Compared with the Clippers, although the Lakers are a little weaker, as long as they have a good record this year, they will be attractive in the free market next year. At most, the team will rise rapidly next year." Billups said and looked at Shuai Tang, "And you are in the team, I have great confidence in you."

When Billups said this to his face, Tang Shuai's face turned slightly red. He said that his wholeheartedly focused on his ability to cut off gold. Walton had a gap with him before, and although his performance was pretty good, he always felt a little uncomfortable. Now that he is better, Billups' joining has completely lost his worries about this.

"Okay, it's still a long time. We have time to reminisce about the past. You can go back and train with them first. I still have a lot of information to be familiar with first." Billups said, pointing to the information piled up by his side to the height of his shoulders.

"Well, then you can do it first." Tang Shuai stood up with a smile, then left the coach's office.

Just as the Lakers players were training on the court, the Lakers officially announced the team's head coach without any rumors before.

Chauncey Billups will become the new head coach of the Lakers with a contract of 40 million in four years.

After the announcement of this news, it caused a stir.

As a player, Billups is quite outstanding. Grassroots MVP has won him a lot of popularity in the league. Even as an assistant coach, he did a good job with the Clippers last season, but the problem lies in this contract.

Similar to Kidd's first coach of the Nets, Billups' contract is really a bit big, with 40 million in four years, which is worth a middle-class player.

The annual salary of this contract is directly the same as that of Van Gundy and Thibodeau, and even more than Lu, who just won the championship, is the second highest salary in the league, only 1 million less than Po Povich's annual salary.

No wonder there is this public opinion. After learning the news, Old Barry even joked: The new salary cap has caused the coach's salary to soar. When will the commentator also raise the salary?

Coincidentally, after learning the news, Kenny Smith said that the purpose of this contract was to give Tang Shuai a reassurance. After all, the two had successfully cooperated with the Clippers before, which was equivalent to directly tied the two people together, and the signing itself did not make much sense.

Billups was calm. Faced with the pressure of media public opinion, he only talked about his responsibilities at the press conference of joining the franchise. Finally, he was forced to say something after repeated questioning from the media.

"My salary is the value that the team management thinks I am worth it. No matter what the reason is, this is the fact. I don't have to prove anything, because everything is just going to go with the flow."

Billups did not refute positively, but there was a considerable momentum in this statement. It was like saying that success or victory was not something to fight for or prove, it would happen naturally.

After the press conference, Billups met with the players as the head coach during the training class that afternoon.

"You don't have to be too nervous, just treat me as your friend. Actually, I'm not a few years older than you, even though I do look a little older than Luke." Billups' opening remark was full of humor.

The team members laughed and the distance between them was much closer.

After a brief exchange and meeting each other, Billups didn't waste time, and then began to arrange the evening game against the Warriors.

The Warriors are really strong this season. Before the All-Star Game, they had 38 wins and 2 losses, and just had another 20 consecutive wins. It can be said that their performance is even better than the scouts expected before the game. For them, victory seems to have become a normal situation.
Chapter completed!