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

Chapter 560
The departure of Steve Kerr is not a small loss for the Clippers.

In his several years of working experience as a professional NBA manager, Min Congda rarely made a relatively "correct" decision.

Min Congda also discovered that the elimination and replacement of coaches will not be disturbed by the system.

This is not like the signing and trading of players. The system will reject Min Congda's operation on the grounds of "unreasonable" every now and then.

The result is that after players such as Curry, Harden, and Gasol were played, Min Congda couldn't send them away.

The contract expires and I am reluctant to let it go, because of the existence of the "Bird Clause", only these players who have stayed with the Clippers can sign long-term contracts, renew their contracts, and pay a large luxury tax.

The coach has no relevant restrictions. In order to recruit Cole, he paid Cole a liquidated damages.

Now that Cole is dismissed in advance, the money for the follow-up contract should still be paid, which is not a small loss for the Clippers.

The economic loss is still a small matter. As the championship team, the Clippers have really had a lot of working capital income this year.

When Min Congda opened up the flowers and opened up the building, the team's cash flow is still abundant, and there are many business cooperations. The financing of major financial institutions and the NBA league is very generous, and there is no shortage of money.

The most expensive thing is investment, and the Clippers' largest investment, the "Huawei Center", is under construction at a leisurely pace.

The biggest loss of Cole's departure is tactical and team command.

Tyronn Lue, as a chicken blood master, a rookie coach, tactical arrangements and on-the-spot command cannot be said to be a piece of shit, but he is also the last among coaches in the league.

Last year's ability to pass all the way was due to the strong self-management ability of the players and the excellent assistance of Steve Kerr.

Players' self-management ability has been cultivated since Deng Lewei's time, which can be regarded as Min Congda's "wrong strike".

However, no matter how strong the self-management ability of the players is, they still need the guidance of the coach in the playoffs or some key games in the regular season.

Not to mention, in addition to the 48 minutes on the field, the coach has spent years of training, tactical analysis and drills off the field. These are the bulk of the coach's work.

10 minutes on stage, ten years of work off stage, an excellent coach or assistant coach often puts a lot of effort into places that the fans can't see.

Cole has been very dedicated to the Clippers for more than a year, and he is energetic, smart, and has great prestige among the players, and his ability to speak is basically second only to Min Congda.

Except for Cole, the Clippers' assistant coaching staff are all old men from the former Dunleavy assistant coaching staff.

These people's abilities are generally limited. Since Dunleavy left, they have basically been in a state of eating and dying in the team.

The main reason for their existence is to maintain a peaceful and friendly atmosphere in the team. Everyone has worked together for a long time, and their personal relationship is very good.

When Cole left, people like Lao Jin were really taken aback, thinking that the coaching staff would not be cleaned up, right?

Once you are laid off, where do you go to find a job?
Even if you can find a job, which team's assistant coach can be as comfortable as the Clippers?

With more money and less work, they are close to home. In more than three years, they have already adapted to the atmosphere of the Clippers as a state-owned enterprise, and they plan to work here for the rest of their lives.

The NBA is indeed a high-paying job circle, but the corresponding mobility is also very high.

Whether it is a player or a coach, the work pressure is high, the performance appraisal is cruel, and the working environment is extremely precarious.

Those well-known coaches can do well in one position for many years. If a team can't stay, there will be other teams.

Those who are not very capable often have to leave after one or two seasons, and then have to go to some lower leagues, schools or overseas to find job opportunities, or simply quit the sports circle to do other jobs.

People like Lao Jin have been in the Clippers for more than three years. Everyone knows that they have contributed to winning the championship, but they belong to the level where you can do it, and you can change without you.

As a result, Min Congda not only didn't dislike them, but also continued to renew his contract with them, at least he can work with the Clippers for three years.

Everyone is grateful for this treatment.

As soon as Cole left, everyone panicked, thinking that Smart lost for the first time this season.

Later, I thought about it, and I should not use Cole to perform the operation. First of all, I should use Lao Jin to perform the operation.

Mr. Smart must have his reasons for doing things.

Later, Cole quickly switched to the Cavaliers and became the head coach of the Cavaliers.

Everyone understood: this is sending Cole to Cleveland as an undercover agent.

Once Cole left, the Clippers were still affected a lot, the most notable being the record.

In November, the Clippers had no defeats, and their 11-game winning streak shocked the entire league.

After being broken by the Cavaliers on December 12, the morale of the entire league was shaken.

Not only because the Clippers lost, it broke people's psychological fear of the Clippers.

It's even more because the Cavaliers showed the entire league how to compete with the Clippers.

Although the Cavaliers' victory over the Clippers took advantage of Randolph's absence, even if Randolph returns, the thinking is still the same.

To put it simply, it is the basketball version of the bus, trying to use intensity and rotation to contain the Clippers' outside offense.

Especially with a large number of defense changes, giving up the traditional strong and weak side with more defense and less defense, and giving up the obsession with defensive formations. In the face of the Clippers' large space, more three-pointers, and fast passing offense, comprehensive defense is no longer possible. Focused defense is the right way.

While focusing on defense, the offensive end must storm the Clippers' perimeter, especially the back line. This is the biggest loophole in the Clippers' defense.

Curry and Harden are the core of the team's offense. The offensive end itself allocates a lot of energy and physical energy. The defensive end cannot go all out to defend, and the defense of the two is not very good.

Once the opponent crazily bites the two on the offensive end, it will have a considerable impact on the Clippers' offense and defense.

Of course, even if you seize this weakness of the Clippers, it does not mean that you can easily defeat the Clippers.

All teams have weaknesses, the game is a dynamic game between the two sides, and the Clippers have a pretty solid lineup.

On December 12, the Clippers challenged the Utah Jazz in an away game, and the Clippers, who broke their golden body, immediately vented their anger on the Jazz.

After Boozer and Deron Williams left one after another, the Jazz entered a new period of reconstruction.

Their hope for the future is white small forward Gordon Hayward sitting on the bench.

Although the Jazz played very disciplined and were as tough as the white snow mountains in Utah as always, they had no ability to resist under the fierce offensive of the Clippers.

The Clippers easily defeated their opponents in the away game and avoided a losing streak.

But then returned to the home court to face the seasoned Dallas Mavericks, and the Clippers suffered a disadvantage.

Carlisle deserves to be a very good head coach in the Mesozoic era. In the 11 Western Conference Finals, the Mavericks defeated the Clippers.

At that time, the Clippers players were still very young, but their style and style of play were exactly the same as they are now, without much change.

After the Mavericks declined, they are no longer the opponents of the Clippers, because their own players are getting old and walking, and their condition is not as good as before.

At the same time, the young people of the Clippers have grown up rapidly. They are no longer Wuxia Amon, and there are too many Mavericks in good condition.

But in the regular season encounters, the Mavericks can still teach the Clippers a lesson.

At the Staples Center, the game between the two sides was quite intense.

The Mavericks grabbed a point tonight and kept attacking the Clippers' backline with pick-and-rolls.

Veteran Carter, as well as guard OJ-Mayo, both used the pick-and-roll to seize the opportunity to bombard the Clippers with mid-range and three-pointers.

At the same time, on the defensive end, Carlisle gave up the zone defense he had relied on for success, insisted on one-on-one defense throughout the game, and chose to give up the double-team defense on the inside at a risk, clearing the opportunity for Gasol Jr. and Randolph to attack, and turned to attack the Clippers with all their strength.

This method is quite risky, because once the inside line is pierced, it is likely that the entire court will be pierced.

As a result, the Mavericks played inextricably with the Clippers in regular time.

As Curry missed a three-pointer from the outside at the last moment, the two sides entered overtime.

The Clippers' three-pointer tonight was greatly disturbed by the Mavericks, and the inside offense relied on Randolph and Gasol Jr., and failed to kill the Mavericks.

At the same time, Nowitzki led a group of veterans to play well and successfully dragged the game into an extension.

There are many variables in the overtime game. The two sides drew again in the first overtime and dragged into the second overtime.

As a result, Tyronn Lue made a mistake at a critical moment: this guy took the initiative to call a timeout when he was leading by 2 points in the last few tens of seconds, giving the Mavericks a chance to breathe and arrange defense and offense.

As a result, Harden missed a mid-range jumper in the outside attack, the Mavericks got the rebound in the backcourt and launched a counterattack, Carter received the pass and made a three-pointer from the corner!
The key three-pointer helped the Mavericks take the lead for the first time in this game!
Then the Clippers were surprised to find that there was no timeout!
Tyronn Lu was stunned, did he just use up the last timeout?
What's going on?

You can no longer call a timeout, and calling a timeout again is a technical foul, two free throws and one throw.

In the absence of the coach's arrangement, the last shot went to Leonard on the outside.

Leonard made a mid-range jumper, but it was a pity that he missed it.

The Mavericks narrowly beat the Clippers by 109 point at 108:1 after two overtime battles.

The two sides played two overtime games, and the score was only 109:108, which is enough to show that the Clippers' offense was really bad tonight.

Their three-point shooting percentage is only 20%, which is more than ten percentage points lower than the usual normal shooting.

Although Randolph and Gasol played well inside, their offense failed to make up for the lack of three-pointers from the outside.

Besides, Nowitzki faced Randolph tonight, which made Randolph very uncomfortable.

The immature Anthony Davis was even teased by the old fritter driver.

In 25 minutes of playing, Davis only scored 7 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 fouls.

For Davis, the No. [-] rookie pick, the rookie wall should hit or have to hit, and the sooner he hits, the better.

As a result, the Clippers finally won a Jazz game, and immediately suffered a second defeat after the game.

Failure is the same thing as losing virginity, once it starts, it will come in a steady stream.

After the game, Tyronn Lue naturally received a lot of criticism.

At the press conference after the game, a reporter asked Tyronn Lue: "Why was a timeout called at the end of the second overtime, when the Clippers were clearly ahead. And this was the last timeout for the Clippers, so it was used casually."

Tyronn Lue scratched his crotch, and said with a crooked mouth: "The atmosphere at the scene was too tense, and I made some mistakes, for which I am fully responsible."

Tyronn Lue took all the responsibility on himself, which did not satisfy the reporters and fans.

But Tyronn Lue doesn't care, as long as the team manager is not dissatisfied.

When Tyronn Lu finished the press conference and returned to the locker room, Min Congda was indeed waiting for him.

Tyronn Lue was still a little nervous, after all, the loss was all his fault!
The team just took Cole away, so he won't be the next one, right?
He didn't want to lose this stable job.

Tyronn Lu's inner fear of losing his job is greater than that of Lao Jin.

Because from his point of view, Lao Jin and others are veterans of the Clippers, who belong to the team's relationship and people with background.

Both Tyronn Lue and Cole were temporarily airborne to jump in and have no foundation in the team.

Especially with Tyronn Lue as the head coach, the team doesn't even have one of its own, so the power is really weak enough.

But the working atmosphere of the Clippers, as well as the salary and benefits are really enough, especially the quality and reputation of the champion coach. Director Lu has self-knowledge, and he cannot have this achievement in other teams.

Facing the trembling Tyronn Lu, Min Congda patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said, "You did your best tonight, and you did a good job."

Facing Min Congda's encouragement, Tyronn Lu felt a warm current in his heart, and he wanted to say something.

But Min Congda stopped him and said: "No need to say anything, I know, you called a timeout to replenish the players' physical strength, I understand you. It's because the assistant coach's job is not enough, I will assign you a new assistant coach."

Hearing this, Tyronn Lue was no longer warm, but his eyes were rosy, and tears were about to gush out.

What does it mean for a scholar to die for his confidant?
That's it.

Tyronn Lue was just an ordinary assistant coach with no experience and was selected as the head coach.

In the end, he successfully won the championship and became the champion coach. Without Min Congda's insight and talent, is this possible?

Now that he has made a mistake, Min Congda doesn't mind at all, and in turn comforts him.

Most importantly, only Min Congda can really understand why he called that damn timeout!

It's two overtimes and everyone is tired. Is it wrong for me to call a timeout to let the whole team rest?

It's a pity that such thoughts can never be known to others, and they will definitely laugh at themselves.

Only Mr. Smart, always Sister Li.

Long live Sister Li!

After appeasing Tyronn Lu, Min Congda also had to think about it, where would he get an assistant coach?

The Clippers have started scouting across the league again. This time he has to be careful, but he can't get Cole over.

But how can we get a hard-working assistant coach who is neither high nor low, has no ambition, and no imagination?

At such a headache moment, LeBron James actually came to "reciprocate".

He called Min Congda on Christmas Eve and recommended him a former assistant coach of the Cavaliers.

After Cole came to the Cavaliers, this person was fired, and Cole replaced him with a friend in the coaching circle he was familiar with.

James has a good relationship with him, wondering if the Clippers just need an assistant coach?Just let him come.

This man's name is Mike Malone.

(End of this chapter)