What exactly is the reason for Stefansky leaving the Nets?

There is a lot of speculation about this issue.

One of the closest speculations to the truth is that after the new owner of the Nets moved in in 2004, he was quite dissatisfied with the team's building style in the past few years, and then supported Stefansky to take the position, thinking that he could implement his own team building philosophy with Stefansky's hands.

In 2004, former Nets owner Katz sold the team, and the arrival of the new owner was the Nets' most glorious moment in nearly 20 years. The team had just reached the Finals twice, and although they came home in both rounds, the Nets still won two games in the 2003 Finals against the Twin Towers Spurs.

At that time, the Nets' lineup was centered on Kidd, a super point guard in the backcourt, assisted by Kitels, Jefferson, Martin, Collins, and there were also a number of good players on the bench.

Anyone can see that what the Nets lacked most at that time was a big center with the ability to play alone under the basket. If the new owner and Stefansky can send Collins away and find a center with some back-to-back ability, the Nets will surely be able to recreate their own glory in the years after the Sharks are old.

But the new owner of the team obviously doesn't have any obsession with things like championships, he cares more about making money.

As a result, the two meritorious players were cleaned up, and the team fell to the bottom for a while. After Kidd returned and Carter parachuted, although the team's competitiveness has improved, everyone knows that with only these three outside players, the Nets will not be able to drag the extremely weak interior to continue to maintain high competitiveness in the NBA.

But Carter's arrival, and the fast-break triumph combination formed by Kidd Jefferson, is indeed an excellent sight to watch on the court. Many people ignore that even in this period, the foundation of the Nets is still defense. Most fans just saw "Kidd pick up the rebound, Carter Jefferson flew on both wings, Kidd delivered a brilliant pass - BAM!" "Such a picture.

Carter's arrival has injected a shot in the arm for New Jersey's sluggish ball market. The increase in the team's viewing and Carter's personal charm have given the Nets more and more opportunities to appear on the live broadcast in the United States, and the peripheral products are selling better and better.

From a team management point of view, the owner of the Nets has been successful, and for several years, the Nets have brought him a lot of money. The team's record is not bad, at least it has reached the Eastern Conference semifinals.

But Stefansky, as someone who came from the glory days of the Nets, was clearly not happy with this outcome.

The Nets came close to bringing in Raheem, who had an All-Star caliber performance, and later used his brains in the Garnett trade. There have been some negotiations. It's a pity that the Nets owner didn't like Garnett's super high salary, and the deal eventually aborted, and the Nets continued to sink day after day. And the Celtics, who got Garnett, soared to the sky and became a super powerhouse in the East.

Playing the "if if" game, what kind of lineup would the Nets get if they traded for Garnett at the time, even if it was at the cost of Jefferson?

Kidd, Carter, Antoine Wright (outside defender, three-point stops), Garnett, Kostic......

This lineup. It seems to be quite competitive!

However, the boss's veto made this deal, which may have only a 1 in 10,000 chance of happening, stillborn. Later, the boss even proposed to Stefansky to trade Kidd, which made Stefansky, who had worked with Kidd for many years, quite annoyed.

As the season progresses. The Nets, who sent away Kidd, became a bad team in the East, and the relationship with the owner deteriorated, as Stefansky pointed out, to the point where it could not be bridged. Thereupon. After a split of two shots, Stefansky was caught in the middle of the season by Philadelphia, who was in dire need of a general manager.

"It's a smiling tiger, though. It doesn't seem to be very merciless when it comes to doing things, but deep down, it seems that there is still a lot of obsession with victory. ”

Looking at Stefansky's peaceful smiling face at the end of the conference table, Chen Mu nodded slightly, this new manager is really good, as long as he finds out the temper between each other, Chen Mu does not resist working with such a doer.

Looking at the list of coaches in his hand, Chen Mu carefully read the reasons for the recommendation given by Stefansky's team, as well as the detailed analysis, and couldn't help but think more highly of Stefansky.

Eddie Jordan's style has already been said to be quite good at training the outside all-rounder, and if he takes over Philadelphia, Iguodala's future development will definitely improve to a considerable extent. And Iguodala's style of being good at defense is also quite in line with Eddie Jordan's philosophy, and with the initiative and freedom of the outside offense, it is only a matter of time before Iguodala becomes an All-Star level player with both offense and defense.

Lionel Hollins, in Chen Mu's previous timeline, has been recognized by many people as a quite successful defensive coach. But this evaluation mainly comes from the black eight feat he made during his time with the grizzlies. At this point in time, Hollins was still an assistant coach who had only been an overcoach with the Grizzlies, and his record was a poor 18-42......

It can be said that at least half of Hollins' success is due to the Black Eight taking out the Spurs. Having gained the upper hand and winning in a head-to-head encounter with a tactics textbook like Popovich, Hollins made a name for himself.

Hollins' style is also defense-oriented, and the use of the team's interior advantages is quite in place, on-the-spot command, delicate lineup scheduling, and calm sideline style are very good for Chen Mu's appetite.

As for Lawrence Frank, he is also a defensive coach and has a lot of experience in the adjustment of outside point guards. Now that Philadelphia has a young all-rounder point guard, Lowry, Frank can join the team as a coach, which will definitely be of great benefit to Lowry's future development.

The three coach choices, respectively, aimed at the appetite of Iguodala, Chen Mu, and Lowry, the three team tandems, Stefansky does not seem to be blind and comes to Philadelphia directly after getting a paper order.

Before coming to the Philadelphia 76ers, Stefansky must have done a lot of hard work.

The Philadelphia 76ers' current basketball style is mainly defensive and focuses on quick counterattacks, and these three coaches are very familiar with this style.

Eddie Jordan has coached the Wizards' outside trio, and the flow of defensive counter-attacks is also one of their lifeblood.

Hollins' offensive tactics may be a little more immature, but the defensive tuning skills are even more amazing, and with him in charge, the team's defense is bound to take it to the next level.

Not to mention Frank, the head coach who coached the Nets, basically all of his tactics were defensive counterattacks.

These three coaches are all quite good, although it is difficult to say which is stronger or weaker than Cheeks, but they are all no less than Cheeks' choices.

But these three people are tied together to form a coaching group, and they can't match the attraction of the fourth candidate to Chen Mu.

"Rick Carlisle, born in 1959, major accomplishments: 2001 NBA Coach of the Year, 2004 All-Star Game Eastern Stars Head Coach, two 50-win seasons, one 60-win season."

That's him!

The moment Chen Mu saw Carlisle's name, he almost shouted excitedly.

Rick Carlisle, the quintessential academic coach, has a similar tactical style and coaching style to Cheeks. And in terms of tactical analysis, especially in terms of tuning on the offensive end, the strength is far above Cheeks.

Carlisle took office with the Pistons in 2001 after many years as an assistant coach, leading the Pistons to a 50-win record in his first season to the playoffs. In his debut season, he became the best coach in the NBA, and he was in the limelight for a while.

A year later, the Pistons won 50 again and made the playoffs again.

After that, the Pistons fired Carlisle, and coach Larry Brown took over, leading the Pistons all the way through the test, and in the 2004 Finals, they eliminated the unbeatable Lakers and became the champion.

Although most of the world's praise has been given to Larry Brown, if you think about it, Larry Brown's success is inseparable from Carlisle's meticulous work for two consecutive years.

And the Pistons won the championship, in addition to Larry Brown's magical powers, the team's introduction of Rasheed Wallace is a stroke of genius.

If, just if, if Carlisle can stay in Detroit, after the team brings in Rashid, is there really no way for him to lead the team to a championship?

If Carlisle could have led the team to win the championship at that time, would the evaluation of his coaching career be even more terrifying?

The following year, Carlisle came to the Pacers, and when faced with the question of "whether the strength of the Pistons made Carlisle the rookie coach of the year, or whether Carlisle's coaching brought about a qualitative change for the Pistons", Carlisle used a fierce 61-win season to make a name for himself.

With the league's No. 1 win rate and a strong defensive team, Carlisle faced the Pacers in the Eastern Conference playoffs to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost to ......

Larry Brown, and his Detroit Pistons.

Since then, Carlisle's coaching career has gone from prosperity to decline, and has gradually fallen to the bottom.

In the 2004-2005 season, the Pacers may have been the best time to win the championship, with the Auburn Hills incident, and the team and the Pistons, who eliminated themselves last year, went straight to the court. The three best players on the team were massively suspended, and the years that belonged to the Pacers are over.

For two consecutive seasons, the Pacers' record has been declining, with two 40-win streaks. Then, in the 2006-2007 season, the Pacers went 35-47 and missed the playoffs for the first time in a decade.

Carlisle, was fired from the team.

Did Rick Carlisle become famous after leading the Mavericks in the throes of transformation to win the championship and become a god after seven games against the mighty Spurs? Or did you already have extraordinary coaching skills before that?

Chen Mu chose to believe the latter.

"Come, let's all share our opinions."

Following Stefansky's words, Chen Mu raised his head, looked at his teammates around him, and then at his mentor Cheeks, who was smiling at him, and stood up from his seat. (To be continued......)

PS: Jim Carrey! Master tacticians of the future! By the way, after the Mavericks won the championship in 11 years, the photo of him holding the gold cup and bowing his head and closing his eyes in contemplation is really ―――――― fantastic!