warrior godfather

It is no news that the Warriors won the summer league championship.

After Zhang Yu acquired the Warriors, the Warriors began to dominate the Las Vegas Summer League. In recent years, they have won more summer league championships than championships.

Many people watched the Warriors Summer League game live when they traveled to Las Vegas, and were attracted by the Warriors, thus becoming Warriors fans.

This summer league is different from the previous ones. Since Cole left the team and the Warriors' chief assistant coach was vacant, the elderly Ron Adams had to re-dress and lead the team in the summer league.

After returning from Las Vegas, Adams and Zhang Yu jokingly said:

"Ronan, you have to find a chief assistant. It's better to find another defensive assistant. You can't expect a 62-year-old guy to help you build a dynasty."

The old coach has no intention of retiring, but his energy is getting weaker and older as he gets older. It is difficult to be in charge of the Warriors' defensive system like in previous years.

Last season, Adams's dedication to work declined, and he took time off from time to time due to minor illnesses.

For an elderly person, the intensity of teaching assistant work is too high.

Of course, Zhang Yu must meet Adams' request. The old coach has made great achievements. Without him, the Warriors would not have the impregnable defense they have now.

As for the chief assistant, he has already been selected. He personally contacted Mike Brown, who is at home, and invited him to come out again.

Brown readily agreed. When he was coaching the Lakers, Zhang Yu invited him to the Warriors as an assistant coach. However, after he dismissed get out of class from the Lakers, he got the opportunity to take charge of the Cavaliers. This matter will not be followed.

But Brown only coached the Cavaliers for one year before he was fired, and has been living at home since then, until now, two years have passed.

After the two consecutive bad resumes of the Lakers and Cavaliers, no team is willing to give Brown another chance to coach. He can only "tearful" at home and lead the Cavaliers' $500 million annual salary until he signs an assistant coaching contract with the Warriors.

In fact, the contract Brown signed with the Lakers didn't expire until 2015. If he doesn't show affection, he can receive two salaries at home.

But unless Brown made up his mind not to hang out in the NBA circle in the future, he would not do such an absolute job. Taking full salary and taking a step back for both parties is the most reasonable solution.

After Brown signed the contract with the Cavaliers, according to the unspoken rules, he no longer received money from the Lakers. Gilbert helped the Bass family save at least 600 million US dollars.

After signing with the Warriors this time, Brown also generously gave up the Cavaliers' $500 million salary in the last year.

I don't know what kind of complicated mood Gilbert will have when he saw the Warriors who slaughtered the Cavaliers in the finals and saved him millions of dollars in luxury tax.

After signing a three-year contract with Brown, the Warriors solved the two problems of chief assistant and defensive assistant in one fell swoop.

Adams will still guide the Warriors' defense next season, but he will assume more roles similar to consultants, reduce the number of trips with the team, be responsible for the construction of the defensive framework, and at the same time focus on the training of young players. If you are overworked, the specific work will be undertaken by Brown.

In addition, Cole's departure made the Warriors need an assistant coach in charge of offensive tactics.

Zhang Yu doesn't want to design specific offensive tactics. If he can't instruct the assistant coach to work... No, if he can't give the assistant coach a chance to exercise, how can he be called a qualified head coach?

Later, Zhang Yu asked Riley to release the announcement of the recruitment of assistant coaches, which soon spread throughout the circle of NBA assistant coaches, and there were many responses.

Zhang Yu's two assistant coaches, Silas and Cole, both successfully became regulars. Cole went to the Celtics who had just signed Durant.

Silas also led the team to the playoffs many times in the Rockets. Although he was fired later, he took over the coach of the Hornets and gained a firm foothold as the head coach.

Even Stevens, Zhang Yu's assistant coach during the NCAA period, also won the position of Bulls coach, and even led the Bulls to win the championship in his rookie season.

Zhang Yu's assistant coach is a door leading to the position of head coach.

Although the Warriors only recruited two assistant coaches this time, they attracted hundreds of people to sign up, whether they are senior assistant coaches who have served as head coaches and want to use this as a springboard to return to the coaching position, or just stepped into this industry with ambitions. Vigorous young newcomers flock here.

Zhang Yu personally screened, and after three rounds of interviews, two final candidates were identified—Willie Green and Jalen Collins.

Both are former players who have just retired. Collins retired in 2011, and Willie Green just retired this summer.

This is in line with Zhang Yu's habit of appointing offensive assistants. He doesn't like older assistants to train offense.

Back then, Silas was a young assistant coach, and Cole had never been an assistant coach before, but Zhang Yu trusted them a lot.

Zhang Yu believes that defense requires experience, and it is easier for older senior assistants to train defense; offense requires spirituality, and young assistants are often unrestrained and can give full play to their talents.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, Willie Green served as an assistant coach in the Warriors and the Suns successively, helping the team achieve good results. After that, he got the opportunity to coach the Pelicans.

However, he was responsible for player development in the Warriors, and then went to the Suns as the chief assistant coach, responsible for training the team's defense.

This time, Zhang Yu didn't intend to recruit Willie Green, but during the interview, his views on offense were quite in line with Zhang Yu's wishes, emphasizing space and transition, and before retiring, he specially studied the coaching course, which was helpful. Enough professionalism, Zhang Yu decided to give him this opportunity.

Jalen Collins is in charge of player development. He has no experience or talent, but he has a gentle personality. As a former NBA player, he understands the psychology of players very well and can provide them with guidance, which meets Zhang Yu's requirements.

So far, Zhang Yu has built a coaching team for the new season, including Brown, Willie Green, Frazier, Collins, and Adams.

Cole is gone, but the Warriors' assistant coaching team is getting bigger and bigger. Basketball is moving towards an era of more and more refined development, and the assistant coaches are responsible for more and more detailed work.

I just don't know how many future NBA head coaches will come out of these five people.

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The news that the Warriors recruited three assistant coaches only caused a sensation within the NBA. In addition, only Warriors fans paid attention to one or two, and the attention of other fans was all attracted by the Rio Olympics.

On August 8th, the 5st Summer Olympic Games opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The next day, the Olympic men's basketball competition started.

In this Olympics, the U.S. men's basketball team is strong and strong, led by two superstars Curry and Durant, Clay, Green, Leonard, Butler, Paul George, Lowry, DeRozan, Irving, Cousins ​​and Jordan went out with the team.

As soon as the 12-man roster of Dream Team [-] came out, there was an uproar in the United States. The Warriors accounted for one-third of the players, and Butler was also from the Warriors. In this Olympic Games, nearly half of the players have something to do with the Warriors!
Barkley was very dissatisfied with this, and mocked:
"Why didn't Coach K bring Olynyk with him? Oh, I forgot, he's Canadian. It's a pity we won't be able to see the Warriors start at the Olympics."

When the US team was interviewed, a reporter asked this question, Coach K said:

"The Warriors are the strongest team in the NBA. They have won four championships in the past five years. They have many outstanding American players. This is exactly what the American team needs."

Facts have proved that Coach K is right. After the start of the Olympics, the U.S. men's basketball team has overcome obstacles all the way, and the Warriors have played a big role.

On August 8th, in the first round of the group stage, the US team faced the Huaxia team, winning 7:108 by 76 points and getting off to a good start.

All the Warriors players contributed. Coach K even sent four of them on the court in the middle of the third quarter to partner with Cousins. The four of them cooperated tacitly, and the offense was like flowing clouds and water.

In the fourth quarter, the Warriors players took the initiative to ask for a rest. Coach K did not send them to the field again, which gave the Huaxia Men's Basketball team a chance to narrow the point difference.

Although the other players of Dream Twelve are all stars, they are not as good as the Warriors' four generals in terms of offensive and defensive cooperation, revealing a lot of flaws.

Yi Jianlian played bravely and scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Huaxia men's basketball team to narrow the point difference to 32 points. Although it was still a big defeat, it was much more respectable than the original 62:119 defeat of 57 points.

Among them, Zhang Yu played a big role.

Originally in this game, Yi Jianlian scored 25 points, but this time, he scored 38 points, creating a personal international scoring record, second only to the 2004 points scored by Yao Ming against New Zealand in 39, and ranked first in China. Second place in men's basketball history.

Yi Jianlian scored such a high score, on the one hand, because he is the only one in the Huaxia men's basketball team who can play singles with the ball, and the ball is concentrated in his hands. Scoring chance.

On the other hand, it is because Yi Jianlian has been playing in the NBA, and under the fierce competition and scientific training, his competitive level far exceeds his own in the same period.

Moreover, he can play against these stars of the American team every season. He is very familiar with them, has no fear, and is not panicked at all.

Of course, this has something to do with the release of the Warriors players.

Zhang Yu told them not to chase after the Olympic Games, otherwise it will consume too much and affect the preparations for next season, especially when playing against the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team, winning by [-] to [-] points is almost enough, it is best to save some face.

They kept Zhang Yu's advice in mind. They took a lead of 40 points in the third quarter, and the overall situation was settled. In the fourth quarter, they took the initiative to apply for a rest, giving Yi Jianlian a chance to narrow the gap.

But except for Yi Jianlian, the other players of the Huaxia men's basketball team played very averagely under the strong oppression and fierce physical confrontation of the US team, and no one scored in double figures.

The two rookies Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin selected by the NBA, in front of Cousins ​​and Jordan Jr., were collectively invisible, and did not give Yi Jianlian any help.

After the game, Curry and Yi Jianlian exchanged jerseys. Dream Twelve members collectively praised Yi Jianlian's performance, especially Warriors players, including Butler, who praised the former teammate's skills and professional attitude. It is said that Yi Jianlian is "No.1 in Asia".

This news was sent back to Huaxia, allowing Huaxia fans to get some comfort after the big defeat. They are more supportive of Yi Jianlian's Nets and the warriors who trained Yi Jianlian.