Dunleavy is 55 years old. He is tall, with a semi-bald head and the remaining hair neatly combed back. His face is serious, like a vulture.
After praising Min Congda's basketball talent, he stepped forward and shook hands with Min Congda, "Hello, Mr. Smart, Mike Dunleavy, the former general manager of the team you replaced."
Although Olshey is the general manager of the team's basketball affairs, Dunleavy is the nominal general manager, which gives him a strong say in the team as the team's head coach.
He previously shared this power with Elgin Baylor, but now his power has been taken away by Min Congda.
Min Congda held Dunleavy's big hand, thinking that these basketball players are really big, and said: "I have admired you for a long time, I have heard about your name for a long time, and finally I met you in person."
Min Congda is talking nonsense. How could he, a person who doesn't watch basketball, hear Dunleavy's name for so long?
Only slightly more experienced fans will know that Dunleavy was the head coach of the Lakers in 1991 and the Trail Blazers in 2000, the inventor of forward rotation, and the father of Dunleavy Jr.
Min Congda knows as many NBA stars as he can count on one hand, and how could he know Dunleavy?
"Mr. Smart is really young. Which team did he play for in the past? What achievements did he have in basketball?"
Dunleavy's tone was unkind, and he obviously looked down upon Min Congda, an airborne soldier. The question was direct and pointed.
Dunleavy is different from Olshey and Rosser. He started as a player and worked his way up. He has coached many teams. He is quite prestigious in the league and has connections. If he is not coaching the Clippers, other teams will look for him. Work.
Besides, Dunleavy didn't really want to work with the Clippers. In 2006, he led the team to the peak of team history, reaching the Western Conference semifinals and playing seven games with the Suns.
The team began to decline in 2007 because owner Sterling was unwilling to invest more in reinforcements, and they missed the playoffs that season.
Next, Clippers core Elton Brand was retired for the season, and the team returned to its weakest position, diving all the way to compete for the No. 1 pick.
Baylor resigned last season, and this year he filed a lawsuit with the team, accusing Sterling of racial discrimination. As a servant of the previous generation, Dunleavy believed that he could not last long, and naturally he did not want to give face to the airborne troops.
Facing Old Dunleavy's question, Min Congda didn't take it seriously and replied with a smile: "I have never worked in a team or played for a team. I don't know how to play basketball. I used to be an investor."
Dunleavy seemed to have expected this answer. He snorted and walked away to greet the players.
He thought to himself, this guy Sterling is probably thinking about how to break up the team and sell it, so he hired such a layman to be the general manager. This team really can't stay here anymore, and it's time to think about a new home.
The remaining assistant coaches and medical staff all exchanged greetings with Min Congda. Their attitude toward Min Congda was quite good. After all, they had given everyone a salary increase, so they should be able to live up to their reputation.
Ordinary assistant coaches and medical staff do not receive as high a salary as a head coach, so a raise is always a good thing.
The NBA is actually a small circle. Employees move between different teams, and everyone knows everyone.
Min Congda's salary increase for everyone will soon spread throughout the league. This is something Min Congda could not have imagined.
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At 10:30 in the morning, Min Congda sat on the sidelines with the scouts and watched the team's morning training.
In the morning, some simple warm-up exercises will be carried out. After lunch, formal team tactics and confrontation training will begin in the afternoon.
Min Congda didn't care about the performance of these young players on the court. He just thought about when to have lunch and wondered whether the food in the training center was good.
The players who participated in the training camp didn't think so. When they heard that the team's new general manager was personally watching, everyone was very excited, hoping that their outstanding performance would attract the attention of the general manager.
A total of 12 young players were called into the training camp, and only three of them are on the Clippers roster, namely DeAndre Jordan, Eric Gordon, and Stephen Curry.
The remaining nine are all homeless players, hanging out in various teams' training camps, summer leagues, development league games, or some amateur leagues.
Most of them were not selected in the draft, and a few were selected but could not adapt to the high intensity of the NBA after playing for one or two years and were eliminated. They had to start from scratch and go through these training camps and low-level leagues to hone and demonstrate. myself, hoping to get a job opportunity.
They ran and jumped hard to show their physical fitness.
When warming up for shooting, try your best to ensure your shooting percentage, correct your hand shape, and highlight your shooting talent.
It's a pity that Min Congda doesn't care about this at all. The better you perform, the less he will care.
The only one who caught his attention was DeAndre Jordan. This guy's height and size stood out among the 12 players, and it was hard not to notice.
And during the warm-up, he handled the ball skillfully and had a strong posture. He would dunk from time to time, which was very entertaining to watch.
Min Congda pointed at Jordan and asked Ada, "Who is that tall boy?"
Ada said: "It's DeAndre Jordan, a graduate of Texas A&M University."
When Min Congda heard his name, he turned out to be Jordan? This is one of the few NBA star names he knows. It is said that this person is so powerful that he is known as the God of Basketball.
"Isn't this the basketball god Jordan?"
"Of course not, that's Michael Jordan. He was the 35th overall pick in the second round last year."
Ada thought to herself that Mr. Smart was so funny, how many years had Michael Jordan retired?
Min Congda heard that Jordan was a player in last year's draft, which meant he was on the team's roster.
It's a pity that if he is not on the roster, such a tall and strong player will never be allowed to join the team and will be cut off immediately.
What if he is discovered by a scout and wants to sign a contract? It will be more troublesome to refuse, and this player cannot be kept.
At this time, Jordan, who was showing off his ball-handling skills on the court, didn't know that he was already in danger.
If it weren't for the system that restricted Min Congda from arbitrarily laying off players on the team, he would have lost his job and gone back to farming with a harvester.
Min Chongda said to the scouting director Jason Piombetti sitting on the other side: "Jason, show me DeAndre Jordan's previous scouting report."
Jason Piombetti took out Jordan's previous scouting report from the data. It is quite long, but there is a summary at the end:
"Advantages: Rare athletic ability, huge potential, and the physical talent to become a dominant center. Disadvantages: Inadequate upper body and leg strength. Although he has excellent athletic ability, his basic skills are very primitive and he can only dunk in offense."
Min Congda was noncommittal about the disadvantage behind. He saw that Jordan was very skilled in controlling luck. As a human being, he would definitely improve.
The previous advantages, "huge potential" and "becoming a dominant center", these words stimulated him. How can such a player grow in the Clippers?
But he couldn't directly lay off Jordan in violation of regulations, and the system didn't allow him to deliberately order players not to play, train, or trade blindly.
Besides, transactions must be reciprocal. What if another potential stock is exchanged?
Now that the Clippers are in bad shape, just let them stay as they are and not let newcomers come forward.
So, he said to Jason Piombetti: "Pay close attention to the player Jordan, and report to me some of his performance and situations."
Always pay attention to these growing potential stocks and kill them in their infancy quietly!
Piombetti nodded and thought, "Mr. Smart is really optimistic about DeAndre. When the time comes, tell Hughes and ask him to take more care of Jordan."
Kim Hughes is the chief assistant coach of the Clippers, and he will be the head coach of the Clippers in this summer league.
By 11:30, the warm-up training was over, and it was finally time for the meal that Min Congda was most looking forward to.
This is the main reason why he came today.
