Larry Riley thought that Min Congda was mocking him, but in fact, Min Congda was really asking for advice humbly.
After hearing Riley's answer, Min Congda thought to himself that Sterling was a walking zombie puppet to him.
If he can help, what else can I accomplish? Wouldn't it be over if I leave the team in charge to him?
Min Congda patiently explained: "I don't mean to laugh at you, I just hope to gain some useful experience."
Riley sighed and said: "You are right, the experience of failure is also experience, so let me explain it briefly."
The Warriors' previous failures cannot be said to be entirely the failure of the management, but more due to the boss's misbehavior.
Every NBA team is a company, and different companies have different management structures and styles.
Some team owners have big businesses, and NBA teams are just part of many industries, so they usually hire professional managers to take full charge of them.
Some teams have many owners and are a large consortium without an absolute boss. These teams will also be managed by professional managers.
There are also teams where the owner is the only one who has nothing else to do but just hang around the team all day long, meddling in everything.
Like Sterling before, Cohan of the Warriors, Cuban of the Mavericks (Cuban mainly because of love), etc., they are all typical examples of bosses who like to join in blindly.
Riley detailed what Cohan has done in the Warriors for more than ten years. Putting aside business operations, he has a lot to say about team building.
Webber, the No. 1 pick in the 1994 season, jumped out of his contract as the best rookie. Of course, there was Webber's problem, but it was also related to the boss's preference for Nelson in the conflict between Webber and Nelson.
That's why Webber put aside his 15-year, $74 million contract and jumped out of the contract to join the Wizards to join forces with Juwan Howard.
But if you prefer Nielsen, go ahead. It made Weber angry and then fired Nielsen a year later...
By 1995, the Warriors held the No. 1 pick, but skipped Kevin Garnett and Rasheed Wallace and took Joe Smith.
The confusion of this choice is similar to the Clippers' selection of Olowokandi in 1998.
In the golden year of the 1996 draft, the Warriors did not select Kobe or Nash with the 11th pick, but instead took a man named Todd Fowler.
In 1998, they missed Nowitzki again because Nelson was already working for the Mavericks.
If they give up Webber for Nelson and then hold on to Nelson, Nowitzki will be coming to Golden State.
Instead of choosing the ticket-selling artifact Carter, he sent Carter away in exchange for Jamison, and then Jamison couldn't keep it and moved to the Wizards.
In 2003, Webber's story happened again. Previously, it was the imperfect rules of the first-round contract that caused Webber to jump out of the contract and go to the Wizards. This time, it was the imperfect rules of the second-round contract that led Arenas to go to the Wizards (the Wizards really took advantage of the Warriors). .)
This has resulted in the Warriors never building a stable core lineup in 15 years.
Excellent talents come and go, go and come, come and go, and finally they all go to the Wizards.
What the Warriors have experienced in drafting and trading over the years is really the same as the Clippers.
Those who hear it are sad and those who hear it shed tears.
Larry Riley also told Min Chongda that the Warriors coaches change frequently.
From 1994 to 2004, the team changed 7 coaches in 10 years.
Coaches are changed every 1.5 seasons on average, leaving the team's system in tatters.
"Every time the team wants to establish a style or culture, Cohan makes the team change. He is very anxious and always wants to lead the team to rise overnight. He has no patience. This season is not good. , we will make major changes next season, either changing coaches or sending away core players."
Larry Riley just became the Warriors' general manager last season after serving as an assistant coach with the Warriors.
In the early years, I worked for teams such as the Bucks and Mavericks. Although I was not a Warriors employee, I was very familiar with the Warriors' operations.
The NBA is such a big circle. Everyone jumps around in different teams, and everyone knows what bad things happen.
After staying with the Warriors for four years, Riley finally witnessed the Warriors' final glory, Black Eight, and then Cohan quickly became impatient again.
He continued to dismantle the team and rebuild it, but this time the team couldn't bear the trouble, and his financial situation couldn't bear the trouble. Finally, he was done with it and had to sell the team.
Riley briefly talked about some of the things he knew, and said: "How is it, do you have any inspiration for you Smart? I think you did a good job. You see the Clippers' lineup is very stable, and you still used the No. 1 pick to win the prize." Take Curry. You know, last year when you took Curry, Don was going crazy in the draft office."
Of course the Don Riley was talking about was Don Nelson. This was the first time Min Congda knew about this, and he asked curiously: "You want to take down Curry?"
Riley nodded and said: "Yes, he is a very special player. Nelson told me at the time that if I had the chance, I must choose Curry. In fact, we were very sure at the time, because you would definitely take Griffin, and the Timberwolves were I won't choose Curry. I didn't expect it... Curry's performance has proven that he is outstanding."
The scar in Min Congda's heart was revealed again. Selecting Curry in the opening game was really a mistake among mistakes!
Now he wants to make up for this mistake and trade Curry, but the system doesn't allow it.
A good No. 1 pick ranked second in Rookie of the Year. Do you want to trade him?
This is not 1993 or 1994, when the Warriors could sign Webb a 15-year contract.
Then there is the player option in the second year. Webber can get out of the contract and go to the team he wants to go to.
The Warriors gave away Webber, who was acquired by Hardaway, in the draft, but ended up with nothing.
I only got the right to use it for one year.
Now that the contract and transaction rules are complete, it is impossible for Curry to break out of the contract.
The transaction was unreasonable and not allowed by the system. Min Congda's choice was to let Curry play blindly.
At present, there seems to be doubts. Is Curry's upper limit really that high?
The good news is that, as Fan Chen said, Curry's body does have some glass.
Injury issues have plagued the No. 1 pick since his second season.
Riley asked Min Chongda, "How did you turn around the Clippers' decline? It's amazing that you were able to make a profit last season."
Min Congda smiled awkwardly, "You are hurting me. I don't want to make a profit at all."
He coughed and said: "I think the Clippers can make a profit because they are lucky. We are in the metropolis of Los Angeles and have the aura of the Lakers. We just got a little bit of light."
Riley shook his head and said, "You are not being honest. I have shared my experience of failure with you, but when it comes to your experience of success, you ignore me?"
Min Congda thought, I didn't deal with you, I am really lucky.
The Clippers have good luck, but I have bad luck.
If I had been lucky, the Clippers would be losing money right now.
Maybe they will go bankrupt and sell the team!
(End of chapter)
