Fan Chen ended his work at the Asian Youth Basketball Development Foundation and returned to the United States with Min Congda.
Because the basic structure of the foundation has been established and the daily work content has been formed, he is relatively relieved to hand over the work to his deputy and promote him to the person in charge.
With hope in mind, he came to Los Angeles, officially joined the NBA, and became a sports industry practitioner.
Min Congda asked Ada to arrange a residence for Fan Chen, also near Chinatown, and then solve his visa problem and obtain a labor visa.
Then let Fan Chen adapt to the American routine and living environment first. Fan Chen is a very smart person, and his English is excellent. He has nothing to worry about in China, and he is quickly ready to start a new life.
After the preseason, Min Congda took some time to treat Fan Chen to dinner at the Red Boots restaurant.
Min Congda asked Fan Chen by the way which job he wanted to do. Fan Chen had already thought about it and said he wanted to be a scout.
"Scout, are you out of your mind? It's such a hard, tiring job with no future. How about I make you the deputy manager of the player development department?"
Min Congda brought Fan Chen to the United States mainly because he hoped to have an absolutely trustworthy confidant around him.
Previously, Min Congda had an indifferent and laissez-faire attitude toward the Clippers, so he had no real confidants.
Even though everyone respects him, admires him inwardly, and even worships him, as a manager he is still lonely.
Once he begins to realize that he has power in his hands and wants to use this power to achieve his own goals, doubts are inevitable and the need for caring assistants is inevitable.
Ada can only be regarded as half a confidant. She is a girl after all, and there is still some unclear relationship between the two. It is often a death-seeking behavior for a man to use his lover or wife as a confidant.
Because emotions are too unstable, letting emotions affect rationality and interests is equivalent to setting off a time bomb.
Therefore, in order to strengthen his control over the team, Min Congda brought Fan Chen, a loyal defender, to Los Angeles.
But Fan Chen didn't think so much in his mind. The reason why he wanted to be a scout was because he wanted to have a deeper understanding of the basic logic of how the league operates.
Scouts, the lowest level of human resources mining engineers, are best suited to have a glance at the entire NBA building.
"Mr. Min, it's not good for me to be the deputy player development manager as soon as I come here, right? I'm so young, so I'd better start as a scout and work my way up step by step."
Fan Chen said this, and Min Congda felt that it made sense. It was not a good thing for Fan Chen to be given a high position at a young age.
As for the scouting system, Fan Chen's abilities can be put to good use. At the same time, he is most familiar with the people in the scouting system. We have worked together many times in China, so he can seamlessly integrate into the scouting work.
So, Min Congda agreed to his request and said: "Then you will start as a scout, but I will also give you a part-time job to work in the intelligence center. When the time comes, let Ada take you to the intelligence center to report. , meet Rachelle.”
Fan Chen nodded. He knew that the Clippers had an intelligence center set up by Min Congda. It was composed of the media department, some scouts, some security company personnel, and people from the technical department. It could be called the Clippers' secret service department.
Min Congda's original intention of establishing this department was to assist the league in changing the Lakers' name. To a certain extent, Kobe's departure was fueled by them.
Although Min Congda relied on the system to rise to the top, he is still a reborn person after all. He knows that network technology, artificial intelligence, and big data will develop very rapidly in the future.
This intelligence information center is essentially a big data center that brings together all kinds of information within the team and even the entire league, allowing the team to have sufficient sources of intelligence information.
It can be said that these people are all Min Congda's people, such as Racheli, Ada, and people under Sloan, who are direct descendants.
Min Congda sent Fan Chen to the intelligence center as a scout, which undoubtedly gave him a good training environment.
He will also play a very important role in the intelligence center in the future.
After settling Fan Chen's job, Min Congda's inner anxiety did not lessen.
After all, Fan Chen is still young and it will take time to grow up, but the goal of three consecutive championships is close at hand.
After playing so poorly in the preseason, Min Congda had no idea what the players were thinking and whether anything happened to them.
In the past, he didn't want to know who he loved, it was none of my business, but now he had an idea and needed to know what was going on in the locker room.
In the NBA, locker room culture has always been an unknown secret. What fans often see is the performance of the players on the field, but what determines the performance of the players is often the training off the field and the atmosphere in the locker room.
After all, basketball players are not chess pieces in 2K that can be manipulated by others. Everyone is a living person with their own ideas. Moreover, these people are also basketball elites, and most of them are unruly. I want to keep them together for a long time. It is very difficult to twist into a rope.
The reason why Phil Jackson can become a god is because he has such ability.
Even Popovich is not that good, he can't suppress the real thorn.
The Clippers' locker room has always been known for its stability and friendliness, and Min Congda was originally quite relieved about this.
But before the start of the regular season, two things happened within the Clippers team, which made Min Congda start to worry again.
The first thing is that team veteran Ricky Davis suddenly announced his retirement.
While the whole team was carefully preparing for the regular season, this veteran who had been following Min Congda since 2009 and had played an important role and turned around decided to retire from basketball.
The reason is that Ricky Davis feels increasingly powerless under the new system and basketball trend.
Although Min Congda still gave him a guaranteed contract, Ricky believed that his career should be over.
He specifically found Min Congda and said: "My career is complete. I once did stupid things just to get myself a triple-double. I didn't expect that in the end I would make my basketball life change in this way." So complete. I thank you from the bottom of my heart Smart, really. I want to play for another year, but I can't anymore and I have to say goodbye."
Min Congda really wants to retain Ricky Davis, because although Davis has almost no role on the field, he is already the team's locker room leader and an old man who can speak well.
Many teams have such veterans, such as Fisher of the Lakers, Collins of the Thunder, Haslem of the Heat, etc. The Clippers are Davis.
But Davis has decided to leave. He is satisfied with the achievements he has achieved. At the same time, he knows that his strength will not even give him a chance to play again, and he is a very proud person.
Although the phrase "I thought James was here to help me" was laughed at as stupid, from another perspective it also shows that he is very confident in himself and has his own dignity and pride.
After winning the championship last season, Ricky Davis was not included in the team's playoff roster. He won a ring, but he did not make a single appearance.
This year's situation will not change, or even get worse. After going through training camp and playing with those young people, he knows this even more clearly.
Therefore, Davis resolutely decided to retire and decided to go to some small leagues to continue to shine on the court instead of lying around and collecting wages and benefits.
Anyway, after he retires, the Clippers' salary will still be paid to him.
Min Congda sighed and said bluntly, "You are confused! You don't even need to be organized!"
As a result, there is a vacancy in the Clippers' roster, and at the same time, the locker room lacks a veteran who can suppress everyone.
The instability in the locker room increased, and Min Congda became more worried.
The second thing was that on the night before the Clippers' new regular season opener, Curry invited Min Congda to his house for dinner.
Min Congda happily went, and then Curry told Min Congda at the dinner table, "Smart, in the new season, I want to win the regular season MVP."
(End of chapter)
