The NBA stipulates that coaching meetings cannot be held, and Yang Rui personally invited the two remaining assistant coaches of the Raptors to dinner, intending to contact the relationship. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info physical trainer, shooting coach does not make substitutions, does not participate in tactics, he did not call.

During the shutdown, everyone was at risk, players couldn't sign and assistant coaches were hard to find. If Thibodeau hadn't volunteered to follow Yang Rui to Toronto, he would have been in trouble for the new season.

As soon as they met, Yang Rui clearly felt the malice from the original coaching staff, and the 196CM tall, 40-year-old black assistant coach Butch Carter looked at him very unpleasantly.

Last season, the Raptors cut Darnell Walker in the middle of the season, and Butch took over as coach for 33 games, a slightly better record than in the first half.

After the season, Butch happily waited for the team to negotiate a contract extension with him, hoping to continue to be the head coach of the Raptors. As a result, the bad news came one by one, the Raptors signed Yang Rui and Thibodeau, and he was not even the first assistant coach. The salary is not reduced, but he is completely unmotivated.

During the meal, Yang Rui took the initiative to show goodwill, but Butch ignored it, and when it came to basketball, Butch began to speak out, repeatedly refuting Yang Rui's tactical intentions.

Yang Rui said that offense is the main thing, he said defense, Yang Rui said to reuse Billups, he suggested Alvin Williams, it seems to use the way to prove his worth, or just vent his frustration of not being reused.

Yang Rui was not angry at all, always smiling.

The other teaching assistant was a small white man, about fifty years old, named Jack Smiley.

The surname spelling is smiley, which can be translated as "happy, smiling". As his name suggests, he always has a faint smile on his face.

He gave Yang Rui a lot of face, and did not rely on the old and sell the old because he was a senior, saying that he was mainly responsible for player training.

The next day, Jan met over lunch and asked straight to the point: "How long does Butch Carter's contract expire?" ”

"One year, it's a team option." Glenn smiled bitterly, "What, you guys are talking unpleasantly? ”

Yang Rui nodded: "Not only that, I can't communicate with him at all, this person gives me a look everywhere, since it is a team option, let's cut him, two assistant coaches and trainers are enough for the new season." I don't need an assistant who drags my feet. ”

Glenn was stunned for a moment and persuaded, "Do you want me to talk to him?" It's hard to find experienced teaching assistants right now. I don't know when this shutdown will be, the training camp and preseason are canceled, and the players have no time to run in. ”

"Because he didn't have time to run in, he had to go, anyway, if he had real experience, he could go to other teams to find a job, right? He provoked directly without even studying the personality of the new coach he was working with, how could he arrange suitable tactics for the players? There's Tom in defense, and there's no need for him. You can't leave him to lift the bar every day, right? Yang Rui said politely.

"......" Glenn said.

Yang Rui smiled: "I understand, you will consider it from the human side, but I must make this request, because in the new season, you must lead the team to attack and lead the team to the playoffs, and there can be no internal obstacles." Cutting him, at most Butch Carter himself is uncomfortable, and if he doesn't leave in the new season, it will be me, the whole team. You don't want to see me have a season with him, do you? ”

"Okay, I'll go talk to him about terminating the contract." Glenn made a decision.

He knew that Yang Rui and Butch Carter could not coexist. But it was too overbearing to get rid of the teaching assistant after one meeting. A young man showing this kind of strength made him feel uncomfortable.

He can fully understand that Yang Rui is very gentle on the surface, but there is a wildness hidden in his bones, and all the past proves that there is a price to be paid for provoking him, and Butch has made his temperament find the wrong person.

"Thanks, I'll stick to my previous bet and have a way to lead the Raptors to win. Young people lack experience, but the advantage is also obvious: physical fitness and explosiveness. Yang Rui smiled: "The Brad Miller I recommend, the team will sign it, right?" ”

"Of course, I'll give him a two-year salary and a team option for the second year." Glenn replied.

"Okay, the meat shield player must have it."

Because of the player strike, the U.S. national team to participate in the World Championships had to select talent from overseas, and Miller was lucky to be selected and won a bronze medal with the team. Miller didn't play much playing time, averaging just 5.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, but his solid defensive skills and basketball IQ attracted the attention of several scouts.

With his strength, he must be qualified as a substitute in the team, and his height and physique are good.

Yang Rui is optimistic about every newcomer, how to arrange tactics, and in which direction to train them, all have a detailed plan. In this case, it is even more unlikely that he will let his assistant point fingers.

For example, Miller is suitable for attacking and catching and shooting after blocking, if Butch Carter has to find fault and let Miller show off his feet under the basket, play low-post offense, and show toughness, who has time to talk nonsense with him?

Glenn contacted Butch Carter in the afternoon to announce that the team was waiving the final year of his contract. Team option, layoffs are a matter of one sentence, and there is no need to pay liquidated damages.

Butch was dumbfounded on the spot, everything happened so fast that he was unprepared and began to succumb. "Glenn, can I talk to Jerry Young again?"

"Do you know what he says about you? He said that you don't even study the personality of the new coach you work with and provoke directly, how can you arrange suitable tactics for the players? Glenn spoke firmly. You're no longer fit to continue working on the Raptors coaching staff. ”

Butch was speechless, he only saw Yang Rui's age, and felt that this kind of coach who would go to shoot a reality show had no majesty and was easy to deal with. He forgot that no matter how unreliable he looked, it was also the head coach, his boss.

Yesterday he gave Yang Rui a dismount, and today Yang Rui directly gave him a saber.

Butch was cut, so he could only complain to his former colleagues, call Smiley, and provoke Yang Rui to be a dictator, and he would be attacked in the new season.

Smiley listened awkwardly and didn't say anything.

He knew that Butch's words could not be trusted at all. He had a good relationship with his former coach Darnell Walker, and Carter often talked about how Darnell was useless after the former coach left.

Temporarily taking over the head coach, Butch also ran the train with his mouth, saying that he wanted to make Camby the core of the team, but Camby was still a blue-collar worker in the second half. He watched Maddie's performance in the All-Star Game and said that he would give Maddie more opportunities to perform, and Maddie's stats did not improve in the second half.

At the same time, Smiley's impression of Yang Rui has also deteriorated, thinking that this young man is too much, how can anyone make a lot of nonsense at the press conference as soon as he signs the contract, and kill the former assistant coach as soon as they meet?

In the case of Smiley, he will choose to be patient and try to impress Butch with sincerity. He felt that Yang Rui had low emotional intelligence and would not be a man, and sooner or later he would have to make a mistake.

In fact, this is the reason why Smiley is only a teaching assistant at the age of 50, he has been pretending to be a grandson for most of his life, pretending to be used to it, and he does not dare to fight for interests in front of him, and he will always look like a good man. This kind of person looks as stable as Mount Tai on the surface, but in fact, he does nothing and can't do great things at all.

Some people say that those who are too rigid are easy to break, and those who are good and soft are undefeated; It is also said that to succeed, you need friends, and to achieve great success, you need enemies; Both statements make sense, and the key also depends on the position of the person.

Not being envied is mediocrity, and indecision is wastewood.