The Godfather of Basketball

Anji's visit broke Tang Tian's little vacation and made him realize that the new season has arrived.

The game between the Finals and the Cavaliers is still vivid, but 20 days after that, the draft for the new season is about to usher in.

The joint trial training, the private trial training and inspection of each team are also coming to an end by this time.

A team that hasn't even decided on its head coach is equivalent to being 20 meters behind its opponent in a 100-meter race.

Daryl Morey was clearly the one most anxious.

Alexander had ordered Tang Tian to renew his contract more than once last season, but after the season ended, he couldn't even find Tang Tian. His new general manager really had a bad start.

"Hey~"

He was annoyed when there was a knock on the door.

"Who?!" His tone was very bad.

"It's me, Case." A middle-aged voice came from outside.

Keith Jones, the old man of the Rockets, came up step by step from the team doctor. He once worked as Yao Ming's personal trainer and is now the deputy general manager of the Rockets.

"Come in." Morey's tone softened obviously. Although he is the general manager, he has spent far less time with the Rockets than Jones.

"What's the matter?" He asked holding back his luck.

"Tang Tian came to the office." Jones followed up.

"What! Tang Tian is back?!" Mo Lei suddenly stood up from his seat after hearing this.

"Yes, he went back to the coach's office, I don't know if he came to get it..."

Before Jones finished speaking, he saw Morey running out in a hurry.

"Don, you're finally back!"

As soon as Tang Tian walked to the office and hadn't sat down, Mo Lei hurried in.

Seeing Morey, Tang Tian didn't seem too surprised. The new general manager of this team didn't say that he was familiar with him in his previous life, even he had met him last season.

"Well, I've almost had a rest." Tang Tian said with a smile.

Hearing Tang Tian's words, Moreido, a smart person, immediately knew what he meant.

"It's time to take a break. You were busy enough last season." Morey said.

"Well, by the way, how is the team's rookie inspection going? I just checked the office and there seems to be no information." Tang Tian followed up.

"It's with me, I'll go get it right away." Hearing Tang Tian's words, Mo Lei was 100% sure of his choice, turned around and walked back after speaking.

Seeing Mo Lei's anxious look, Tang Tian couldn't help but smile.

In fact, at the moment the season ended, he already had a decision in his heart.

Last season, because he started as an assistant coach, he couldn't speak for many decisions at the beginning of the season, resulting in a congenitally insufficient team lineup, and he didn't have a good bargaining chip in the middle of the season.

Adding all these together, if it weren't for Uncle Huo's injury, Thibodeau's unintentional words just awakened the memory in his mind, and the championship would have belonged to the Spurs.

But even if you are lucky to win the championship in the end, it is far from enough.

Last season, the Spurs and the Suns were the only two competitive teams, but there are only these two. The strength of other teams is obviously inferior. Such a champion, even if it is changed from the Spurs to the Rockets, will win the championship among many descendants. In his eyes, it was just "half-picked".

Winning the championship in the weakest year, these words are absolutely inescapable.

Tang Tian would obviously not be reconciled if he left Rocket with such words.

If history has not changed, this year the Lakers will get Gasol, and the Celtics will have the Big Three. The difficulty has soared from the "easy mode" of last season to the "hell mode".

If you can still defend the title in hell mode, it will really reflect the value.

Only with difficulty can there be excitement, and only then can I be sorry for the identity of this time traveler.

This is also Tang Tian's favorite thing to do, challenge.

Soon, Morey came over with a dozen documents. He, the general manager, just took office, and now he looks like an assistant.

"Mr. Mo Lei has worked hard." Tang Tian said as he got up and went to help.

"It's okay, it's okay." Mo Lei smiled. Tang Tian was able to come back. He finally completed the task assigned by the boss, so what a run for a while.

As he spoke, Morey took out a document from the top of the file.

"This is a contract extension after I discussed it with the management. Look, it's just a draft. If there are any problems, I can change it."

Tang Tian took over the contract and motioned for Morey to sit first.

The content of the contract is similar to the previous one. The biggest difference is the annual salary and the number of years.

The annual salary has changed from the original 2 million to 4 million, the annual salary has doubled, and the number of years has also changed from 1 year to 4 years.

The annual salary of 4 million is already an absolute high salary for a coach who has only coached for one year. You must know that the Rockets signed Adelman in the previous life, which was only 3 million, and even a famous coach like Van Gundy at the time , It is only 5 million a year.

This kind of treatment shows that the Rockets absolutely recognize Tang Tian's ability.

"There is no problem with the contract, but I hope this can be changed." Tang Tian pointed to the number of years and said.

The annual salary and the number of years are next to each other. Morey thought Tang Tian was referring to the annual salary, and then said, "Is the salary too low? I'll talk to other people in the management team."

"No, I mean the number of years. If possible, I hope to sign another one-year contract. If the salary is less, it's okay."

When Tang Tian said this, Morey was obviously stunned.

The intensity of competition for NBA head coaches is much greater than that of players. After all, there are more than 300 players in a league, but there can only be 30 head coaches.

And there is a big difference among some players that the coach's contract is fully guaranteed, even if he is laid off, he can still get all the salary in the contract.

Therefore, on this basis, NBA head coaches hope that the longer the annual salary of the contract, the better. After all, the coach is the first to take the blame and dismiss get out of class when the team's record is not good.

But luckily now, Tang Tian actually asked to change from 4 years to 1 year, which is really unheard of.

Seeing Morey's surprised eyes, Tang Tian probably guessed what the other party was thinking.

A normal person wouldn’t ask for this, but the problem is that he is a time traveler, and he doesn’t want to stay in one team all the time. It is acceptable to him.

"I'm still looking forward to a salary increase." Tang Tian said with a smile, he gave a reasonable reason.

Mo Lei thought for a while and nodded, believing what Tang Tian said.

"I will try my best to explain to the management." Morey did not give a positive reply. The one-year contract is too short, which is not stable for the team.

Tang Tian nodded, and after dismissing Morey, he picked up the draft materials and looked at them.