Wang Shuo, who had a good chat with Mike Brown, asked the Wizards management to go through the process, draft a contract and confirm the signing with him that day.
The contract lasts for one year and the annual salary is US$150,000 before tax.
Brown was very excited after signing the contract. He kept thanking Wang Shuo.
Although compared with the big names in the industry, the annual salary of US$150,000 is only an entry-level salary, but for Brown, who has been in the NBA for many years, this is still a considerable income.
Moreover, this also means that he, who has always longed for an NBA coaching position, finally got the opportunity to shine.
Brown felt that he had met someone noble. After receiving part of his salary advanced by the team, he immediately treated Wang Shuo to a feast.
In the next two days, Wang Shuo was not in a hurry to make his big gambling plan.
Instead, the team management helped him contact another Mike who was still coaching at Manhattan College at this time.
Mike Malone.
As a result, Malone, who had just planned to submit his resume to the Knicks this summer to become an NBA intern assistant coach, turned around and booked a flight to Washington without a second thought.
As the head coach who had just won the NBA championship before Wang Shuo traveled through time, Malone was also good at defense.
Although his player rotation method, which is more like Westbrook than a sewer, has driven Nuggets fans crazy many times in major forums and post bars, under the premise that he does not need to consider how the players on the court should rotate, he The rich reserve of tactical knowledge can also help Wang Shuo very well.
In addition, Malone is also very good at training insiders with certain organizational and support capabilities.
Speaking of which, in Wang Shuo's previous life, when Mike Brown was the head coach of the Cavaliers, his assistant coach was Mike Malone.
In other words, these two are all ministers who will assist His Majesty the Emperor in the future.
Unlike Brown, who has a humble and low-key attitude, on the 6th, as soon as he met Ma Long, who has a loud voice, Wang Shuo felt the aura of an "American spiritual boy" coming to his face.
To be fair, if Brown and Malone had switched places in his original time and space, the Cavaliers might have had a better outcome.
Still in the same coffee shop.
After listening to Wang Shuo's description of the team's tactical framework, Malone suggested to Wang Shuo: "If possible, we'd better transform Richard (Hamilton) into a three-point shooter.
I watched the Wizards' game last season, and Richard's long-range mid-range shots accounted for almost 60% of all his shots.
In my opinion, this offensive option is too inefficient. "
Hearing this, Wang Shuo suddenly became emotional.
Because compared with the old-school coaches in the NBA today, young coaches are indeed more willing to explore new content in the game.
In the future, after the league officially adopted the famous "No. Handcheck" rule, many fans believed that the original "Handcheck" hindered the arrival of the three-point era.
But here comes the problem...
Didn't Reggie Miller make 2,560 three-pointers under the "Handcheck" rule?
With Miller's physical fitness, no one really thinks that this rule hindered the arrival of the three-point era, right?
It is true that the "Handcheck" rule will allow defensive players to take more advantage when defending, but it is not the fundamental reason that hinders the arrival of the three-point era.
In the new season, if the Wizards want Chef Joe to make braised elbows in the low post, they must set up a fort on the outside.
Because only the three-dimensional offensive system of "three-point-two-low post" can create space for Boss Qiao.
Therefore, even if Malone doesn't say anything today, Wang Shuo will find a way to get in touch with Hamilton in the near future.
As the "King of Mid-range Shooting" that NBA fans will be familiar with in the future, Hamilton's own shooting touch is very soft. As long as he can make slight changes and adjust his shooting method, Wang Shuo is confident that he can transform him into the Wizards version of Reggie Miller. .
Of course, the training related to adjusting your shooting style cannot be completed overnight.
But who made the Wizards have a bad record this year?
What does the Wizards' poor record mean?
This means that Wizards players have more time to practice this summer than other teams.
Therefore, in a sense, the Wizards' poor record this season also gives Wang Shuo more room to maneuver.
Moreover, Wang Shuo does not need Hamilton to adjust at once.
Because it’s still the same sentence...
Instead of betting two points on the big number that steps on the line, it is better to take a step back and the sky will be brighter.
In the new season, Hamilton must increase his shooting from beyond the three-point line. This is for the sake of the team. At the same time, Wang Shuo also believes that Hamilton, who can practice three-pointers, will have better employment prospects in the future than he remembers.
after all......
As for Hamilton's physical ability that can make his own dog run away and cry, whenever he thinks about the scene of Hamilton passing Kobe Bryant on the court in the future, Wang Shuo is reminded of the famous scene of Miller passing the boss Joe.
Like Brown, after chatting with Malone all morning, Wang Shuo invited him to join the Wizards' coaching team for the new season.
However, Malone's salary is tens of thousands of dollars less than Brown, because Brown is the noble second assistant coach, while Malone is only the third assistant coach.
However, for Malone, who is only 29 years old at the moment, this is still a job opportunity that he could not even imagine before he submitted his resume to the Knicks.
Praise God and thank Wang Shuo!
"What do you want to eat? I'll treat you today!" Malone looked particularly happy when he walked out of the Wizards' office and received an advance salary check from the team.
Wang Shuo always felt that he had seen this scene before.
"Am I too harsh on him?" As for the other side, after Wang Shuo asked the team to sign two little-known assistant coaches, Wizards general manager Unseld was reflecting on himself.
Although the Wizards management headed by Unseld did not trust Wang Shuo, who was too young, at first, after spending a few days with Wang Shuo, everyone was still very satisfied with the young man's work attitude after taking over the team. and recognized.
In addition, Wang Shuo calls everyone "Brother" when he meets everyone, he speaks nicely, and he is quite handsome, so it is easy for him to gain favor from the team management.
In the NBA, most team management don't like coaches who constantly put pressure on the top management or make things difficult for the team management.
Wang Shuo is very self-aware. From the first meeting of the uniform team to the subsequent selection of assistant coaches, he has not made any excessive demands to the team management.
But in fact, the Wizards in 2001 were not a team reluctant to spend money.
In the 01/02 season, the Wizards' total team salary reached an astonishing 54.77 million, which was even 400,000 more than the Lakers during the same period.
It was only because of Boss Joe's unique vision that serious differences arose between him and the Wizards management. The Wizards significantly reduced the team's budget during the 2002/03 season.
Indeed, because Wang Shuo was a rookie coach, Unseld's attitude towards him was not very good at first, but no matter what, since Wang Shuo is Jordan's designated head coach candidate, in a sense, he is Jordan's people.
Unseld knows that the most important thing for the Wizards right now is to prepare for Jordan's comeback.
Therefore, at this juncture, Unseld did not want to make everyone unhappy because of his overly harsh attitude.
As the saying goes, when doing big things, you must focus on the overall situation.
Unseld made up his mind that as long as Wang Shuo did not ask the team to trade for star players, he would satisfy Wang Shuo as much as possible.
But how could the old Unseld know...
The reason why Wang Shuo did not make excessive demands on the team at the beginning was because he had more excessive demands to make.
On the 7th, after getting his second and third assistant coaches successively, before Boss Lajo came to the final gambling table, Wang Shuo used the trust he had recently gained from the team through his low-key and modesty to let the team management The team put him in touch with the first assistant coach he had chosen from the beginning.
Unlike Mike Brown and Mike Malone.
Mike D'Antoni, who had already made a name for himself in the Italian Basketball League before entering the NBA, was not only more expensive, but also the most difficult to get.
To be honest, if it weren't for D'Antoni's outstanding performance when coaching the Nuggets in the 1998/99 season, D'Antoni decided to serve as an assistant coach first to settle down for a period of time. In addition, he was in charge of the old Dunleavy in the Trail Blazers this season. Currently, he is unemployed due to the resignation of old Dunleavy...
As far as Wang Shuo's current qualifications are concerned, there is really no possibility that such a coach with certain qualifications and reputation can be his deputy.
But how could Wang Shuo have imagined...
Not even an interview.
On the phone, he simply described the Wizards' offensive framework for next season to D'Antoni, and D'Antoni chose to join.
"We have a lot to talk about about your offensive frame!"
A thousand pieces of gold are easy to come by, but a confidant is hard to find.
At this moment, D'Antoni just wished he could fly to Washington immediately to meet the new Wizards coach who he had never met but was definitely his long-lost brother...
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