June 29th was Monday, the fifth day that Min Congda became the general manager of the Clippers.
Min Congda stayed in the apartment on Saturday and Sunday. He spent two days fully understanding the complex NBA trading system and adding some NBA common sense.
But I only got a rough idea. The details are too complicated, especially when it comes to salary matching. There are so many designed rules and clauses.
When Min Congda woke up on Monday morning, he felt angry.
"Damn it, it was obviously going to be ruined, why did I stay at home and work overtime to read the materials for two days on the weekend?"
"Let the game start quickly and lose. The system will pay me a salary. I want to go out and play around in the United States!"
Ada came downstairs to the apartment on time to pick up Min Congda from work. Seeing that Min Congda was a little depressed, she asked with concern: "Mr. Smart, didn't you sleep well?"
Min Congda said: "I didn't sleep well. I kept reading information and didn't go out for two days."
Ada marveled in her heart. It turned out that Mr. Smart was a workaholic. He asked his employees to go home from get off work, but he worked at home for two days.
As expected, it is really not easy to become a top management figure.
Arriving at the team headquarters, there will be a meeting as usual on Monday to decide on the work items for the week.
The first item discussed at the meeting was Randolph's trade.
"I think trading with the Kings is a better choice. Gooden can bring strong defense. If he and Kaman form an inside partner, our inside line will be more stable."
Director of player personnel Sachs believes Gooden is the best replacement for Randolph.
"I think Jamison would be a better choice. He is an All-Star and has strong scoring ability. If he comes, it will definitely help the team's box office revenue."
Deputy General Manager Olshey felt that a deal should be made with the Wizards. He took into account the box office issue.
Sachs retorted: "Olshe, box office is not an issue that the basketball department should consider. Only when the team has a good record can it have box office. And Jamison has long since expired. He is already 33 years old and cannot score 50 points in two consecutive games." ”
Sachs used to be a little afraid of Olshey. After all, Olshey was the general manager of the basketball department.
But now that there is Min Congda on top, Sachs dares to go against Olshey.
Olshey glared at Sacks and said: "If we win Griffin, we naturally don't have to consider the box office issue, but now we have to consider this, right, Mr. Smart?"
Min Congda listened to the argument between the two and thought to himself that Olshey is really a small-minded person. Why can't he get through something like this in the draft?
Forget it, let me resolve your conflicts and make a decision.
Min Congda interrupted the argument between the two and said: "Every player is a valuable asset of the team. If you want to sell off the assets, you must consider it carefully."
"If a person does not fully utilize his talents in a place, it may be his problem, but it may also be a problem of the environment."
"Now that we have to trade Randolph away, it shows that everyone thinks this is Randolph's problem."
"However, the fact that some teams are willing to accept him shows that some teams still recognize Randolph's talent."
"That means Randolph didn't use his talents well. It may also be a problem with our team. We didn't provide him with a good working environment!"
"I looked at Randolph's work experience. There is a saying in China that a prodigal son returns with no money. He only stayed with the Clippers for less than a year and sent him away? I think this is not good. I should give him a chance. , let him stay in the team and really show his abilities!"
"So! I decided to cancel this transaction and let Randolph stay."
Min Congda talked a lot, which he had prepared in advance, otherwise he would not have enough vocabulary.
Of course, they are all bullshit. Some leaders in the industry used to like to talk this kind of bullshit. What they say is the same as what they don’t say.
Either way, he is right.
Olshey and others were shocked, why would a rotten guy like Randolph still be around? Still displaying your true abilities?
But because of Min Congda's unequivocal authority, no one dared to object, so everyone had no choice but to acquiesce.
Olshey was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, but he had already broken the pot. He wanted to see what the Clippers could do in the new season!
Later meetings discussed some details of daily management, but Min Congda ignored them and left Olshey to worry about them.
Ada reminded Min Congda, "Mr. Smart, you haven't met with the coaching staff and the people in the health center yet. The team will hold a training camp at the training hall today. Do you want to visit?"
"Well, I'm going to observe the players' training. By the way, is there food in the training center?"
"Yes, the team's cafeteria is located there..."
"Very good! Then let's set off right away and go to the training center to eat... or to observe the players' practice."
Not active in eating, there is something wrong with the mind.
Min Congda can save a lot of money by going to the training center to eat.
When the system does not start paying wages, the little money can be saved.
Following Min Congda and Ada to the training hall were people from the scouting department.
This training camp at the end of June is to prepare for the upcoming summer league in July.
Therefore, those who participated in the training were young players from the team and some wandering players looking for job opportunities.
"We need to make up a 15-man roster before the start of the regular season. There are still a few vacancies and we can choose from these players. Then, we can also examine the strength of young players."
Scouting director Jason Piombetti handed the training camp roster to Min Congda for review.
Because he gave everyone a 20% salary increase, Min Congda invisibly enhanced his prestige.
Everyone works very cooperatively and takes the initiative to report matters to the leader.
Once a leader loses the support of his unit or team, his subordinates will all be wiped out even if they do not rebel.
Just do your own thing well, and don't even help if the oil bottle falls over.
Min Congda looked at the list, emmm...I didn't know anyone except Curry.
In addition to having fun, this observation can also be regarded as a small acceptance of my draft results.
If Curry can't even beat other young people on the team, it means he made the right choice.
The Clippers' training facility is located in the newly built sports training center near Marina del Rey in southwest Los Angeles.
When Min Congda and his team arrived, the coaching staff and the health center had not arrived yet, and neither did the players.
Ada and the scout team took Min Congda to visit the training center.
The environment around the training center is very good, with mountains, trees and water, and the facilities inside the center are also very new.
This is a training hall that broke ground in 2007 and was put into use just last year. It has two basketball courts, a gym, a physical therapy room, a swimming pool and other facilities.
Min Congda looked at the newly put into use training hall and thought that it was such a pity that the team played so poorly with such good equipment. What a pity.
After walking around in a circle, I heard the sound of "bang bang bang" hitting the ball on the basketball court in the center. It seemed that some players had come to the training hall to practice first.
Min Cong arrived on the court and saw that it was none other than the only person he knew on the list, Stephen Curry.
"Hey, this kid is quite diligent in playing basketball. It's not good to come here so early. It's a bad habit. It's best to change it."
