The Godfather of Basketball

"I'm your coach, the one who decides your job." Tang Tian looked straight at him.

Woods' face froze, but relying on being an old player, he straightened his back and said, "It was Coach Thibodeau who invited me to play, and I only listen to him."

Thibodeau looked embarrassed for a while, this Woods really can turn his gun.

Just when he was about to speak, Tang Tian said directly, "You can leave now."

Woods was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Tang Tian to say it so simply, completely disregarding Thibodeau's face.

"Do you need me to use security to invite you out?" Tang Tian said coldly when he saw that Woods hadn't moved.

Woods glanced at Thibodeau, saw that he didn't mean to speak, snorted coldly, and then went straight out of the training hall.

With Woods' lesson, the other team members suddenly became quiet.

This disarming power made them realize that Tang Tian was definitely not someone to be messed with.

"It seems that you can all do it." Tang Tian continued.

"Yes, Coach," Millsap said.

"Yes, Coach."

The other team members also spoke one after another.

Tang Tian nodded, his serious face softened.

"All of you come to the summer league with only one purpose, to fight for the opportunity to enter the NBA. This is not an easy road. Even if you play a wonderful performance here, you may still have the opportunity to play in the preseason. nothing."

Tang Tian's next words touched the hearts of the team members immediately.

"But my team is different. I don't need you to have beautiful statistics, because when you get to the Rockets, you don't need those at all. What I need is for you to play your own characteristics and let me see your special skills. I can guarantee that if you impress me with your skills, even if you don’t score a single point in the entire league, I can take you to the preseason.”

After saying this, not only the players, but Thibodeau looked very surprised.

This was the first time he met a coach who dared to say that.

But saying this is indeed very effective. After the team members came back to their senses, they were all eager to try.

In the summer league before, the ball was basically in the hands of the defenders. Everyone rushed to lose the data, fearing that everyone would be lost, but Tang Tian assured them that their mentality was completely different, and their fighting spirit was also aroused.

Seeing that the players were getting better, Tang Tian didn't talk nonsense, and then started training.

The summer league will officially start a week later. It is obvious that complex tactics cannot be practiced, so Tang Tian's tactics are very simple.

Offense, pick-and-roll tactics; defense, zone defense.

Although it is simple, it also takes time. The subdivision of pick-and-roll includes on-ball and off-ball pick-and-roll, and zone defense also has 2-3, 3-2 and 2-1-2 points.

But with Tang Tian's guarantee, the players trained very hard.

After a week, although there is no tacit understanding, some tacit understanding has been established among the team members.

A week later, Tang Tian and Thibodeau, with his group of players, got on the plane to Las Vegas.

They will usher in the summer league journey there.

Las Vegas, nicknamed "City of Las Vegas", is one of the most prosperous cities in the United States. It is a paradise for the rich, full of feasting and feasting, and this is why Tang Tian made the third requirement in advance.

Because it is the first Chinese coach in NBA history, the Rockets have received quite a lot of attention this time in the Las Vegas Summer League.

As soon as he took the bus from the plane to the entrance of the hotel, he was blocked by reporters at the entrance.

Naturally, they all came here for Tang Tian.

"Tang Tian, ​​there are rumors that you are the son of a rocket executive, is that true?"

"Tang Tian, ​​are you the key for the Rockets to renew Yao Ming's contract?"

"Tang Tian, ​​I heard that the team's most famous player, Quintelle Woods, was expelled from the team by you. Are you ready for a complete defeat in the summer league?"

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Reporters swarmed in, and the questions were a mess.

After Tang Tian signed with the Rockets, he hadn't shown his face in front of the media. Now that he was caught by the reporters, all kinds of problems were thrown over him.

Tang Tian originally wanted to directly refuse to answer, but he couldn't stand the crowd of these reporters and it was not easy to use violence in public, so he had to stop.

"You don't have a named player in your team. Are you confident to win a game?" Amongst the messy questions, he heard a slightly normal question.

"We're going to win the championship."

Tang Tian's answer was very simple, but it caused a commotion among the reporters.

In their eyes, two guards who are 1.83 meters tall, two second-round picks, and a bunch of fringe people who can't be named, it's not bad to win a game, but they still want to win?

Taking advantage of the commotion of the reporters, Tang Tian put in more effort and squeezed past with Thibodeau.

Those reporters still wanted to go up, but were stopped by the hotel's security.

"It's the first time I've met a summer league with such a big scene, Don, you're under a lot of pressure." Entering the hotel, Thibodeau said with emotion.

"Is there? Why can't I feel it?" Tang Tian said with a smile.

Xibodu glanced at Tang Tian blankly. Although he admired Tang Tian, ​​he didn't know where Tang Tian had the courage to say that he won the championship, and he felt that he was in control.

"Okay, let's put down our luggage and go eat something, I'm a little hungry too." Tang Tian smiled and patted Thibodeau on the shoulder.

Thibodeau shook his head and said nothing.

Putting down his things, Tang Tian was about to go out when his cell phone rang.

He picked it up and looked at it. The caller ID was Hathaway.

This cousin made many phone calls one after another, and it seemed that she really cared about him.

"Tang, I heard from the people in the Chinese medicine store that you have long since stopped working there. What happened?" Hathaway's anxious voice came from over there.

"Oh, I changed my job and found a job as a basketball coach. I forgot to tell you." Tang Tian said apologetically.

"Basketball coach? When did you know this? Where are you now?"

"I'm in Las Vegas, and I'm going to play a game tomorrow." Seeing Thibodeau come out, Tang Tian signaled him to wait.

"Are you in Las Vegas?!" The voice over there became louder.

Tang Tian took the phone away from his ear a little, and let out a "hmm".

"Where are you now? I'll come to pick you up." The other side said quickly.

"Are you also in Las Vegas?" Tang Tian was stunned.