Brad Stevens is 29 years old, a sunny white handsome guy, and is currently eligible to join Yang Rui's Justice League, and you can see from his resume how much he loves basketball.

In 1999, at the age of 23, Brad quit his job as Eli Lilly's head of marketing operations and joined Butler University as an unpaid basketball volunteer.

What kind of madman would leave America's largest pharmaceutical company and be willing to volunteer? If he were in China looking for job stability, his parents would probably have to hire a great immortal to draw talismans in his bedroom to slay demons.

In 2001, Brad Stevens began as an assistant coach at Butler University, where he has remained until now. After hearing that the Lakers were going to recruit a new assistant coach, he sent his resume with the mentality of trying, and if he could succeed, it would be a step to the sky.

Yang Rui called and said that Brad had been chosen, and Kupchak couldn't believe it. "You're looking for this young college teaching assistant? Aren't there a lot of NBA assistant coaches? There are also retired NBA players. ”

The implication is that anyone else is more qualified than Brad, such as Fred Hojberg, who played for the Lakers.

Yang Rui thinks that among all the people who submit resumes, the most promising is Brad.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Brad served as the head coach of Butler University from 2007 to 2013, with a 77.2% coaching win rate, leading Butler University to the NCAA Finals twice, the youngest head coach to lead the team to the NCAA Final Four since Bob Knight in 1973, and the youngest head coach to lead the team to the Finals since 1940.

On July 4, 2013, the Celtics announced the appointment of James Brad as the team's 17th head coach on a six-year, $22 million contract.

Brad struggled with the Celtics because Angie sent both Pierce and Garnett away in the summer. By the way, coach Rivers was also traded to the Clippers, creating a precedent for trading head coaches.

Angie is a broken jar and ready to rebuild, and last season James beat the Green Army to score 45 points and has no play. As a result, there is not even a single person who is willing to compete for the Green Army in the summer, and the remaining group of goods in the Green Army must be at the bottom, and no one wants to take the blame.

At this time, Stevens stood up and said, "I can I up"!

With no support, he led a group of players that no one looked forward to, and after a year of running-in, he played 40-42 in the 2014-15 season, returned to the playoffs, and won the title of "Young Marshal".

Then in the 2016-17 season, everyone's jaws fell to the ground very badly, and the Green Army actually won the first place in the East in the regular season, and the core was Isaiah Thomas, who was only 175CM. The Green Army also reached the Eastern Conference Finals, losing 4-1 to the Cavaliers.

You know, the Cavaliers lineup is terrible, aside from the Big Three and TT Thompson, the benches JR Smith and Shambaugh both have tens of millions of annual salaries, Korver 5.24 million, Frye 7.81 million, and the marginal people who don't want money are all celebrities such as Deron Williams, Derrick Williams, Dundee Jones, Richard Jefferson, and James Jones.

The Cavaliers Stars have a salary plus luxury tax of 160 million a year, which is not playing but playing money. It's all too normal for the Green Army to lose, after all, the Cavaliers can win against the Big Four Warriors...... A.

In short, Yang Rui knows Brad's future achievements, and knows that this person's tactics are flexible and bold, even if he is not enlightened now, he will get better in the future, and he can be Bole and let him get ahead earlier.

The number of coaches in the "Jerry Department" has increased, and if he will be the head coach in the future, Yang Rui will also have a bright face.

Brad made a big joke when he received a call from Kupchak because he didn't believe the identity of the other party's Lakers manager at all. "Don't think I can fool me without hearing your voice, you must be David's friend, right?"

Kupchak suddenly felt that this product was unreliable, and Yang Rui just read the resume in the email and decided to be a teaching assistant, which was too hasty.

"I don't know how your friend usually jokes with you, but I'm really Lakers general manager Kupchak, and Jerry Young asked me to let you know that I'm coming to Los Angeles the day after tomorrow for a second round of interviews in ......"

The other party said the location seriously and asked him to rush to Los Angeles as soon as possible, and Brad was convinced that it was not a prank. No matter how much his friends messed around, they wouldn't fool him from Indianapolis in the Midwest to Los Angeles.

Hanging up the phone, Brad jumped excitedly. Being able to enter the second round of interviews is a success for him, this is the Lakers, there must be a lot of people who want to join, and his unqualified college assistant coach can discuss tactics with NBA-level assistant coaches, which is a proof of strength.

Kupchak reacted quickly, and didn't say that Yang Rui had already decided that it was Brad, otherwise he wouldn't believe it.

The next day, Brad flew to Los Angeles in full gear, dressed appropriately, and arrived a day early at his hotel near the Staples Center to rest well, recharge his batteries, and look his best for the important interview. He didn't have much hope, but what if he stayed? After five years in college, he was already looking forward to promotion, and the NBA was his ultimate goal.

The result was even more dramatic than Brad imagined, he went to the manager's office to meet Kupchak and Yang Rui, there were no other interviewers, and his mood suddenly relaxed a lot, and there was a lot of competition pressure on someone.

Yang Rui chatted with him about the work of the new season, as well as the concept of basketball, and asked him a few more questions.

Brad has been trained as a professional coach, and he has laid a solid foundation in leading the team in training.

Yang Rui asked him what he thinks of the Lakers' current tactics and how he plans to use the team's fringe people. These questions are not easy to fight, and they must be raised constructively.

What tactics the Lakers' rotation players played last season, as long as the coach who paid attention to the game could say, it was not a big deal, and it was the ability to use rookies such as Gibson and Millsap.

Opportunities are for those who are prepared, and Brad has eaten up the Lakers' tactics thoroughly, and many of Butler's tactics are copied by the Lakers. Of course, this has something to do with the relatively simple tactics played by the Lakers last season, if it is the kind of multi-player no-ball running position when the Wizards are on the team, no matter how experienced the coach is, it will be messed up and will have to be studied slowly.

He believes that the key to the Lakers' starting tactics is to help superstars play their individual abilities, as long as they open up the space and create single opportunities and misplaced single opportunities, it is enough, there is no need to change, if there is a coach to arrange complex running tactics for the "drug combination", it is absolutely a neurosis.

On the fringe side of the team, Brad appreciates the small defender who has the speed and can break through, and suggested reusing Louis Williams next season; can let Millsap and Luiz play the pick-and-roll, and Wharton, Capono, and Gibson will open up on the perimeter and wait for opportunities to shoot three-pointers; Hayes' role is relatively simple, he can only defend, and on the offensive end, he is ready to grab the rebound in the front court in the low post on one side, attract the defense, and do not have to go out to cover.

In college, Brad suggested reusing small guards who have speed and can break through, but the head coach didn't allow it, and the two argued about it.

In the NCAA, players who play poorly and are short often don't even get a chance to sit on the bench. Stephen Curry is an example, he shot accurately, graduated from high school and didn't want to go to college, and finally his dad went around and joined a bad team. Luiz has also been underdogs, barely playing last season.

Brad's idea is to Yang Rui's heart, as soon as Williams leaves, he does plan to increase Luis's playing time, and he can also shoot three-pointers, and Louis's breakthrough ability is better than Gibson and Jones.

If the Lakers' marginal lineup is good, the offensive and defensive ends are not weak, and Brad's tactics are very reasonable. He has a nimble mind and believes that on-the-spot adaptation is the most important thing in the game, and he will definitely be able to do the job as an assistant next season.

After the chat, Kupchak took out the prepared contract, the first two years guaranteed, the third year team option, and the new assistant coach was confirmed.