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Chapter 39: Sign the young marshal! The youth storm is blowing

Ha ha!

Jiang Chao laughed out loud when he heard this.

good question!

This was a question about which he could only lie.

This has something to do with Stevens before he time traveled.

The real reason is that it doesn't matter what the general manager is, because Stevens is completely qualified to be the general manager himself.

When Ainge retires in 2022, head coach Stevens is promoted to president of operations.

This actually made him fully unleash his fists.

Because while coaching the Celtics, to some extent, Stevens may have been harmed by his success in the first two years.

In his second and third years, after Isaiah Thomas led a ragtag team to the playoffs, free agents began to show interest in the Celtics, such as Al Horford (who no one expected).

He will join the Celtics).

Durant (when he was selecting teams to join, he put the Celtics on the list of people he would eventually meet with)

The next summer, Stevens reunited with his disciple Gordon Hayward, and welcomed Kyrie Irving in a trade at the end of August.

In fact, these are not what Stevens wants to do. What he wants to do is to quietly cultivate a bunch of rookies like he did in the first year!

This is all driven by general manager Danny Ainge, who likes to build giant lineups.

Of course, the Celtics' goal is still to win, but obviously the two work in completely different ways. The lineup coached by Stevens often changes due to Ainge's trade changes and injuries.

Stevens has clearly demonstrated this since he took over as general manager, steadily improving the team's combat effectiveness in an orderly manner.

Stevens cleverly used trade exceptions to acquire Josh Richardson;

They used the mid-level exception to sign Dennis Schroder cheaply. Seven months later, they used some of their first-round picks and some of their top players to acquire Derrick White and Daniel Theis.

Before Jiang Chao came over, the Green Army went from 11th to 1st in the Eastern Conference because of this deal. He knew very well what the team needed and cooperated very well with the then head coach Uduka!

The players the Celtics acquired were not superstars, or even close to stars, but they were the players Stevens would have wanted to recruit and coach when he was the coach.

While some criticized him for paying too much to push for trades, others praised him for quickly and carefully turning players into members of the team after he found them.

These points coincide with Jiang Chao. Jiang Chao knows that they will become stars in the future, but at least for now they are all mediocre players. Stevens is the one he likes and will train them.

How many times did the fans complain that the two picks could not coexist, but he knew that their playing style and personality and mentality could coexist, so the Celtics stabilized along the way.

Then here comes the problem.

Why doesn’t Jiang Chao let Stevens serve as general manager with greater responsibility?

Jiang Chao had this idea and wanted to match the original coach Uduka.

It's just that the Green Army head coach Uduka Ya is still playing with the Spurs.

It took Uduka four years to become an assistant coach for the Spurs, and then he became the coach of the Green Army in 21 years.

So let Stevens flourish in his familiar position.

It would also be nice to make him the Auerbach of the Knicks!

Jiang Chao couldn't say that in front of the young marshal. He said directly:

"Emmm, I know you are a tactical genius, so I will give you time to fully prepare our team's tactics, so that you will be strong, that's all."

Stevens believed it. It seemed that the boss really wanted to create a different lineup.

Only a young coach like him has new ideas.

Jiang Chao also took advantage of the situation and threw his own shells:

"Actually, the book "Influence" explains it thoroughly.

Even a teacher who has been teaching for decades may not necessarily have better teaching skills than a new young teacher.

Because coaches have stayed in their comfort zone for decades and have not changed. Whatever is radical, they will follow the same path as in previous years.

It is obvious that young people have more flexible thinking and more reasonable driving directions, which is why I chose you."

"You are only in your early 30s, and I am 20 this year. Let's work together to create a youth storm in the NBA and cause trouble!"

Jiang Chao's words moved Stevens completely. What a good young man he was.

Promoting him directly to the position of NBA head coach is a sign of trust and expectation!

"I will give you a 5-7 year contract, you choose it yourself, with an annual salary of 1 million wins and a championship bonus."

hiss.....

Such sincerity!

If a one-year contract is all about your quality, then a five-year contract is all about your sincerity.

still.

tmd.

Sincerity!!!!

"I promise you."

"However, I have to go home and consult my family, is that okay?"

"No problem, the family can also move to New York. I have rented a three-bedroom apartment for you in Manhattan."

Jiang Chao had already thought carefully and asked people from the human resources department to rent several luxury apartments for recruitment purposes before going on a business trip.

He was absolutely ruthless with the money he needed to spend.

He will buy local real estate for each of his core employees. What he has now is money, but what he lacks is people's hearts. The purpose of renting mansions for a long time is to stabilize everyone's emotions and work hard here.

Moreover, the multi-room apartments reserved for important positions such as head coaches and general managers are definitely not suitable for one person to live in.

The meaning is obvious, it will be no problem for your whole family to move here!

If you give enough sugar-coated bullets, even gods will want to come down to earth.

You must know that the young coach has promised his entire hometown thousands of times, "I will never leave Butler for coaching positions at other schools in my lifetime."

But the coaching position in the NBA is different...it directly makes him shaken.

"Thank you, Boss Jiang." Stevens raised his head excitedly. The boss had rented a house for them, and the atmosphere was so high...

To be honest, there are at least 2,000 head coaches with similar status to him in North America.

There are only 30 NBA head coaches in the world, and there are five or six who are as stable as melon skin.

It is completely his honor to choose him.

Thinking of this, his face flushed with excitement, he stood up and bowed and shook hands with Jiang Chao:

"Thank you Boss Jiang for your trust. Do you want to have dinner at my house? I'm going to go back and ask now."

"I'm not going. You guys should have a good chat. After all, it's a big deal in life. You have to leave your beloved hometown for at least five years. I understand."

Jiang Chao himself has not been back to China for a year, and homesickness comes up from time to time.

That's why he was so thoughtful, wouldn't it be nice to let the young coach move directly to a big football market?

The children's studies and social circle are much better than those in small cities, and with the income of a head coach, they can live comfortably in New York.

"Okay, there are a lot of delicious food in the school. Tell me your name and I will reimburse you!"

Stevens packed up his mobile wallet and quickly walked out of the meeting room, and then handed over the team training to the assistant coach.

He rushed out of the stadium directly, ignoring the players who called him. He was afraid that their tears would be seen by them, and he was afraid that he would give up such a hard-won promotion job because of them...

These are the children he has watched grow up!!