Chapter 988: The Lakers' new head coach
Zhuang Fei has been running around for a while, whether it is running Boston before or returning to Los Angeles now, he needs to find a replacement for himself, plus because he has to prepare for the wedding recently, it can be said that Zhuang Fei is now busy one or two big, for him, the recent period should indeed be the busiest period after he came to the United States.
In the past, in Zhuang Fei's team, his assistant coaches were the busiest during the season, and Zhuang Fei's team knew that this Chinese would not be in charge of the team's day-to-day affairs, and these were done by his assistants.
So whether it's Thibodu or Green, they are the two busiest Lakers in the middle of the season, and now these two are not holding any training camps because the team is on vacation, these two are rare to get a rest, especially for Thibodo, the Lakers' assistant coach is now the most relaxed, and Green on the other side also needs to prepare for the men's Asian Basketball Championship on September 8th, just the day after Zhuang Fei returned to Los Angeles, Zhuang Fei invited his two very relaxed assistants to his office recently.
Zhuang Fei is about to resign, this matter is not a secret to his two assistants, so these two people are actually ready to resign with Zhuang Fei for a long time, Green will, he has the position of head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Zhuang Fei needs to rest for a period of time now, and he can also concentrate on the Chinese men's basketball team.
After all, in 2004, the Chinese team reached the semifinals of the Olympic Games, and almost all Chinese fans are looking forward to whether Green can lead the Chinese men's basketball team to create a miracle in the 2006 World Championships and the 2002 World Championships. Green led China to a seventh-place finish, the best result in history. So under such expectations. Green also needs to focus more on the Chinese men's basketball team.
Zhuang Fei's rest Green is not worried about not having a job, and the same is true of Thibodo, as Zhuang Fei's assistant coach, this is the most popular and most sought-after position in the United States, such as D'Antoni and Sam Mitchell before.
Zhuang Fei has very few assistant coaches, which is something that all fans or experts in the United States know, and there were only two in the NCAA. One is the current Wake Forest head coach Mark Allen, and the other is the retired veteran scout Bill Lambo who has now entered the North Carolina Basketball Hall of Fame.
And then several assistant coaches in the NBA are even more thunderous, known as the successor of the run-and-bomb, D'Antoni, who is now the general manager and head coach of the Wizards, and Sam Mitchell, the founder of the Raptors Youth Guard, these people have achieved great success in both the NCAA and the NBA.
As long as Zhuang Fei announced his resignation and left the NBA for a period of time. Thibodo announced that he was considering becoming the head coach, and it is estimated that a large number of people will come to grab it. It will even snatch the head.
However, now, there will be no such situation in the league to grab the head, because Zhuang Fei has no intention of giving his two assistant coaches to the market, and both Zhuang Fei have arrangements.
Larry Brown's resignation not long ago, the Boston Celtics need a head coach, and now that he is leaving, the Lakers also need a head coach, not to mention Green, he can be the head coach of both teams.
This Zhuang Fei's most proud disciple, except for the less experience in the NBA, except for Zhuang Fei's terminator tactics that he did not learn, this Zhuang Fei's first disciple basically learned all the things of Zhuang Fei, what No. 5 tactics, triangle offense, Princeton, run and bomb, and the defensive system of Larry Brown and Thibodu He has learned all of them.
Of course, in the NBA, theoretical invincibility does not mean that he can succeed, the head coach of the NBA is not so easy, but whether it is easy or not, he has been the actual controller of the Celtics in the past three years, and the actual controller of the Lakers in the past year, even if he can't reach Zhuang Fei's height, it will not be too low.
Green can coach any team now, and Thibode's limitations are much less, his style is completely unsuitable for the Lakers, this Lakers is a team that only advances and retreats, only offense, no defense, but Thibodo can replace Larry Brown, and because he used to be an assistant coach of the Celtics, even if his offense has never been very good, but he will not be like Larry Brown who will not know the previous Celtics' offensive routines at all, he is still familiar with the Celtics' previous offensive routines, and at this point he is perfectly suited to the Celtics.
Of course, in the original arrangement, Zhuang Fei didn't think that the Lakers would lack a head coach, so Zhuang Fei originally arranged for Green to be the head coach of the Celtics, after all, Green's family still lives in Boston, and it is more convenient for him there, but now, this disciple of Zhuang Fei may not have a way to go to Boston.
The same Zhuang Fei's original arrangement for Thibodu was not the head coach of the Celtics, but Green's assistant, Green's head coach has little experience, although Green now has a very high reputation in the international coaching circle, but the international coaching circle and the NBA head coach are completely different ecosystems, and there is such an old assistant coach as Xibodu to assist Zhuang Fei can also rest assured, it can be said that Zhuang Fei attaches great importance to his own disciple, and Sam Mitchell is an external disciple who is not comparable to this.
After Green and Thibodu came to Zhuang Fei's office, Zhuang Fei told his two assistants about his arrangements, so to speak, when Zhuang Fei finished speaking, these two people were a little surprised, after all, these two NBA teams are not a team of cats and dogs, these two teams are all NBA giant teams, if he takes over, there is a chance that it will cause a sensation in the United States and even the world.
"Coach, I'm afraid I don't have the right position right now"
Just as Zhuang Fei expected, after Zhuang Fei finished speaking, his personal disciple Green wanted to refuse Zhuang Fei, and it would be strange if the assistant coach, who had never been very confident, agreed at the beginning.
So for this disciple of his own, Zhuang Fei is extremely helpless, Green is also a former Zhuang Fei player, and he has been following Zhuang Fei for ten years, but this kid has not changed this problem in the past ten years, although it is not his fault that he is not confident in himself.
After all, when he was in Wake Forest, when he was a player, he was sprayed by all the media in the United States as the weakest starter in Wake Forest, sprayed for two years until he graduated, after all, those players around him can really make him feel inferior, especially his peer Duncan.
And when he graduated and became a coach with Zhuang Fei, and when he was by Zhuang Fei's side, he was always covered by Zhuang Fei's light, and he almost couldn't open his eyes, even D'Antoni said that he had some doubts about himself after staying by Zhuang Fei's side for two years, not to mention that this was a guy who didn't have much confidence and stayed by Zhuang Fei's side for 10 years.
It's just this time, although Green doesn't want to be the head coach of the Lakers, the pressure is too great, after all, the former head coach of this team is the most feared teacher, as long as he takes over this team, he will be compared with Zhuang Fei by everyone, for this comparison, he really doesn't have a little confidence, and he doesn't even have the idea of comparing his name and Zhuang Fei's name side by side, however, Green doesn't want to be the head coach of the Lakers, and he can't help himself.
Looking at Zhuang Fei's suddenly changed face, Green, who had just refused to become the head coach of the Lakers, was also heartbroken, his teacher was angry, and when he thought of this, Green was also aggrieved, it was obvious that his teacher would not let him escape this time.
"Stephen, this time, you have to go if you don't go" Finally, looking at himself, a disciple who is obviously already considered a full level, but always doesn't want to leave from his side, this time Zhuang Fei is going to kick him away anyway, it's time to let him be alone, if he is letting him follow him, Zhuang Fei doesn't know if this disciple of his own will really degenerate into a guy who can only be an assistant coach, such a person is not what Zhuang Fei wants, In Zhuang Fei's mind, Green is definitely not as simple as the first assistant coach in the NBA or the first assistant coach in the world.
Zhuang Fei's opinion was very firm, and at this time, Green could only catch the ducks on the shelves, under Zhuang Fei's extremely majestic gaze, this Zhuang Fei's personal disciple finally agreed to Zhuang Fei's arrangement, and this also made Zhuang Fei's face look good immediately.
It's just that just when Zhuang Fei felt that things were arranged so smoothly, he was choked again.
"Zhuang, I don't have any interest in being the head coach of the Boston Celtics, I don't have any interest in being the head coach of any team, I can't leave the Lakers right now, I said, I must study the defensive system of small players, otherwise I will never leave, since Stephen is now staying with the Lakers as head coach, I can be his assistant, I think now Stephen is willing to let me be his assistant."
Looking at Zhuang Fei and Green, who were surprised, the defensive maniac coach said his thoughts somewhat calmly.
At this time, Zhuang Fei looked at the assistant who had lost his hair in order to let the current Lakers have a defensive system, and he didn't know how to express his current mood.
It's just that no matter how you express it, Xibodu's opposition is unusually resolute, Xibodu is not Green, and Zhuang Fei can't be strong.
In the end, Zhuang Fei could only sigh with a wry smile, this Mr. Xibodu is really stubborn and cute. (To be continued......)