I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 15 Focus
Dunleavy is 55 years old. He is tall, with a half-bald head and the few remaining hair neatly combed back. He has a serious face like a vulture.

After praising Min Congda's basketball talent, he stepped forward and shook hands with Min Congda, "Hello, Mr. Smart, Mike Dunleavy, the former general manager of the team replaced by you."

Although Olshey is the chief executive of the team's basketball affairs, Dunleavy is the nominal general manager, which gives him a great say in the team as the team's head coach.

He shared this power with Elgin Baylor before, but now his power has been deprived by Min Congda.

Min Congda held Deng Lewei's big hand, thinking that these basketball players are really big, and said: "I have heard about your name for a long time, and I finally saw you in person."

Min Congda is talking nonsense. He doesn't watch basketball, how could he hear Dun Levy's name for a long time.

Only slightly more experienced fans will know that Dunleavy is the head coach of the Lakers in 91 and the Trail Blazers in 00, the inventor of the forward wheel battle, and the father of Dunleavy Jr.

Min Congda can count the NBA stars he knows on one hand, how could he know Dun Levy.

"Mr. Smart is really young. Which team did he play for in the past? I don't know what achievements he has made in basketball?"

Deng Lewei's tone was not kind, obviously because he didn't like Min Congda, an airborne soldier, and the question was direct and sharp.

Dunleavy is different from Olshey and Roser. He started as a player and has coached many teams. He has a lot of prestige in the league and has connections. If he is not coaching in the Clippers, other teams will look for him. Work.

Besides, Dunleavy didn't really want to work in the Clippers. In 06, he led the team to the pinnacle of team history, reaching the Western Conference semifinals and fighting the Suns in seven games.

The team began to decline in 07, because owner Sterling was unwilling to invest more in reinforcements, and they missed the playoffs that season.

Then the Clippers' core Elton Brand was reimbursed for the season, and the team returned to the belly, diving all the way to the top pick.

Baylor resigned last season, and this year he filed a lawsuit with the team, accusing Sterling of racial discrimination. As a courtier of the previous generation, Dunleavy believes that he can't do it for long, and naturally he doesn't want to give face to the paratroopers.

Faced with Deng Levy's questioning, Min Congda didn't take it seriously, and replied with a smile: "I have never worked in the team, nor have I played for the team. I don't know how to play basketball. I used to be an investor."

Dunleavy seemed to have expected this answer, he snorted coldly, and walked away to greet the players.

He thought to himself, this guy Sterling is probably thinking about how to dismantle the team and sell it, so he hired such a layman to be the general manager. This team really can't stay, and it's time to think about going home.

The rest of the assistant coaches and medical staff exchanged pleasantries with Min Congda. Their attitude towards Min Congda was pretty good. After all, they gave everyone a salary increase, so it must be decent.

Ordinary teaching assistants and medical staff do not have as high a salary as the head coach, and it is always a good thing to get a salary increase.

The circle of the NBA is actually not big, employees flow between different teams, and everyone is acquainted with each other.

The fact that Min Congda raised everyone's salary will soon spread throughout the league, which is something Min Congda never expected.

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At 10:30 in the morning, Min Congda sat on the sidelines with the scouts, watching the team's morning training.

In the morning, we mainly do some simple warm-up exercises. After eating at noon, we start the formal team tactics and confrontation training in the afternoon.

Min Congda didn't care about the performance of these young players on the field, he just thought about when to have lunch, and didn't know if the food in the training center was good.

But the players who participated in the training camp didn't think so. They heard that the new general manager of the team came to observe in person. Everyone was very energetic, hoping that their excellent performance could attract the attention of the general manager.

A total of 12 young players were called up in the training camp, and only three of them were on the Clippers roster, namely DeAndre Jordan, Eric Gordon, and Stephen Curry.

The remaining 9 players are homeless players who are mixed in the training camps of various teams, summer leagues, development league games, or some amateur leagues.

Most of them were not selected in the draft, and a few were selected but could not adapt to the high intensity of the NBA and were eliminated after playing for one or two years. They had to start from scratch, hone and show through these training camps and low-level leagues. I hope to get a job offer.

They run and jump hard to show their physical fitness.

When warming up for shooting, try to ensure your shooting percentage, correct your hand shape, and highlight your shooting talent.

It's a pity that Min Congda doesn't care about these at all, the better you behave, the less he will care.

The only thing that caught his attention was DeAndre Jordan, whose height and build were so outstanding among the 12 players that it was hard not to notice.

And during the warm-up, he is skilled in handling the ball, has a vigorous posture, and dunks from time to time, which is very entertaining.

Min Congda pointed to Jordan and asked Ada, "Who is that tall kid?"

Ada said: "It's DeAndre Jordan, a graduate of Texas A&M University."

When Min Congda heard his name, he turned out to be Jordan?This is one of the few NBA star names he knows. It is said that this man is extremely powerful, known as the god of basketball.

"Isn't this the basketball god Jordan?"

"Of course not. That's Michael Jordan. He was the 35th pick in the second round last year."

Ada thought Mr. Smart was really humorous, how many years had Michael Jordan retired.

When Min Congda heard that Jordan was drafted last year, that means he was on the team's roster.

It's a pity, if he is not on the squad, such a tall and strong player must not be allowed to join the team, and he will be cut immediately.

What if scouts find out and want to sign a contract? It will be more troublesome to refuse, so this child cannot be kept.

At this time, Jordan, who was showing off his ball-handling skills on the court, didn't know that he had already passed the hell.

If it weren't for the system restricting Min Congda from arbitrarily abolishing the players in the team, he would have lost his job and returned to drive a harvester to farm the land.

Min Congda said to the scouting director Jason Piombetty sitting on the other side: "Jason, show me the scouting report from DeAndre Jordan before."

Jason Piomberty took out Jordan's previous scouting report from the data, which is relatively long, but there is a summary at the end:

"Advantages: Rare athleticism, great potential, and the physical talent to become a dominant center. Disadvantages: Insufficient strength in the upper body and legs. Although the athletic ability is excellent, the basic skills are very primitive, and the offense can only dunk."

Min Congda was noncommittal about the disadvantages in the back. He saw that Jordan was very skilled in controlling movement, and he would definitely improve.

And the previous advantages, "huge potential", "becoming a dominant center", these words stimulated him, how can such a player grow up in the Clippers?

But he can't violate the rules and directly cut Jordan, and the system doesn't allow him to deliberately order players not to appear on the field, train or blindly trade.

Besides, transactions are all equal, what if you get back a potential stock?
Now the Clippers are already bad, let it maintain the status quo and not let newcomers stand out.

So, he said to Jason Piomberty: "Let's pay attention to this player, Jordan, and report some of his performance and situation to me."

Pay attention at all times, and silently kill these potential stocks in their infancy!

Piombetti nodded, thinking, "Sure enough, Mr. Smart is also optimistic about DeAndre. When the time comes, tell Hughes and ask him to take care of Jordan."

Kim Hughes is the chief assistant coach of the Clippers, and he will be the lead coach of the Clippers this summer league.

At 11:[-], the warm-up training was over, and it was finally time for the meal that Min Congda was most looking forward to.

He came today mainly for this.

(End of this chapter)