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

Chapter 303 Two Rumors (Second)

Cole was dubious about Lao Jin's words.

In 1988, Cole was selected by the Suns in the draft to enter the league. He has been in the NBA for more than 20 years.

Regardless of how the media promotes the NBA and coats NBA players with a golden coat, Kerr, who is in it, knows that this place is definitely not as beautiful as most people think.

Passion, self-discipline, friendship, inspiration, etc., appear more in NCAA universities and high school campus basketball, which is a more pure place.

Entering the fame and fortune circle of the NBA, good things are only part of it, and a considerable part is given to violence, pornography, gambling, fighting for power and profit, and ruthless. It can be said that it is full of pornography, gambling and drugs.

These are often covered up, just like the locker room of an NBA team, which is always only open to the media and the public for a short while, and most of the time the door is closed to hide those shady things.

As a sports league with black players as the majority, Kerr knows the virtues of most of the players here.

If the old metal is a bastard, then at least he is a conscientious old good guy who can play a positive role in the team and bring a good team atmosphere.

And some players, even if they have excellent skills and brilliant statistics, can make waves on the court, and thousands of fans applaud, then they are out-and-out bastards off the court.

If it weren't for the skill of basketball, they would have basically zero contribution to society, or even negative effects, such as his former Bulls teammate Dennis Rodman.

Needless to say, in Kerr's view, Michael Jordan is also an out-and-out jerk, but he is too good at playing on the court, and a jerk off the court is a jerk. His paranoid, competitive and tyrant character, after all, promote It has played a positive role in promoting the progress of the whole team.

A group of jerks often needs a bigger and more violent jerk to restrain everyone and spur everyone towards victory and success.

This is why many coaches who look gentle and elegant in suits and shoes are actually grumpy and swearing, and they are not normal people in daily life.

Because if you don't do this, you won't be able to gain the respect of those old blacks at all. They will think you are weak and easy to bully, and they will not listen to you.

The basketball court is a place where the weak and the strong prey on the strong. Most of the players have not finished college and have become rich overnight. What kind of noble character and quality do you expect them to have?
In Kerr's impression, the coach with the best temper is Phil Jackson, who rarely yells, often sits on the court without saying a word, and has superb concentration.

Because Jackson has an extraordinary ability to check and balance off the court, he can teach students according to their aptitude, he can talk nonsense when he sees others, from superstars to role players, from team owners to off-court employees, he manages interpersonal relationships well, and there is no need for violent suppression .

But even for the team coached by Phil Jackson, Cole, as a witness, knows that they have not reached the point where the players will consciously practice new tactics and make progress together.

To put it bluntly, the NBA team is a workplace, and it is a workplace with high salaries and high mobility.

Who will consciously work overtime with colleagues who may not work together next year to jointly develop new projects that have no shadow?
So I heard from Kim Hughes that the young people of the Clippers will practice more tactical moves every day, pondering and learning pass and cut tactics together.

Why is he so unbelievable?Isn't this a fairy tale?
If they don't go to nightclubs to study girl-picking skills and gambling strategies, they will be very popular, and they will continue to study business after work, which is simply a joke.

Kim Hughes knew that Cole didn't believe it, and he continued: "This is the atmosphere of the Clippers. Everything is spontaneous. If the players want to improve and win, they will calm down and study. It's as simple as that."

"Smart won't force you to win and win the game?"

"Of course not. Mr. Smart never cared about winning or losing. To tell you the truth, he didn't tell us to hire an assistant coach, but I'm really old and can't help the team, so I have to ask you for help."

Cole still couldn't believe it. He had both contacted and heard a lot of rumors about Smart.

There is a rumor that he is extraordinarily generous, unrestrained and free, has a very high talent for basketball, sees people very accurately, does things boldly, and does what he says. He is very popular with players and employees. Sterling trusts him extremely.

There is also a saying that this person is good at playing power, conspiring to seize the ownership of the Clippers, has manipulated Sterling, suppressed the Clippers management, bought people's hearts, made a lot of talk, and the stingy guy went to the team cafeteria every day to grab a meal and never gave money, and took the team’s disposable cups and toilet paper home for use...

The former statement came from Clippers employees, staff, and players. Cole thinks the credibility is relatively high.

The second statement is what Cole saw from Twitter. The origin of these remarks all point to the mysterious account "NBA-Batman".

Cole is a loyal fan of NBA-Batman. He is not a fan of NBA-Batman gossip, but is fascinated by those post-match analysis reports.

It's just that the content on NBA-Batman's Twitter is very polarized. When it comes to team transactions and changes, it is quite accurate.

But once the team gossip, especially the Clippers' gossip, is extremely exaggerated, the team coups every three days, and Smart seizes power today and lays off staff tomorrow.

Even with some NBA twitter accounts, they started to make some exaggerated news. Yesterday Kerr saw someone on Twitter posting "Curry was shot and killed by James Harden in the locker room, and then resurrected and asked Smart- Min cut Harden", what the fuck is that.

Everything on NBA-Batman is believable except the Clippers news.

Based on his own judgment, coupled with the few phone calls and contacts with Smart, Cole believes that the first statement is reliable.

Now, Kim Hughes told him that the entire Clippers team is eager to win, and the players have spontaneously trained and developed new tactics, and his heart was suddenly touched.

He decided to go to Los Angeles, take a look at the Clippers, and accept an interview with Smart.

Perhaps the Clippers are really the place where he can realize his career as king and overlord.

So, Cole told Kim Hughes that he was willing to go to the Clippers for an interview, and took a day off to go to Los Angeles.

On January 1nd and 2rd, the Clippers had exactly two days without games.

On the 3rd, the Clippers team organized training in the training center, and Cole visited the center.

The Clippers were conducting tactical training in the morning, and Cole found that Smart hadn't come to the training center.

Curry, who had surgery on his ankle, came here.

He asked Kim Hughes, "Isn't Mr. Smart coming?"

Jin Hughes said: "Don't worry, he will definitely come for lunch."

Hearing Lao Jin's words, Cole's heart trembled, wondering if the second rumor was true?

(End of this chapter)