The Godfather of Basketball

The Jones family lives in a small two-and-a-half-story bungalow in downtown Houston, which is the standard configuration for ordinary white-collar workers in the United States.

Jones was very enthusiastic about Tang Tian's visit. After all, even in the Rockets, the two of them didn't have much contact. Now that they have left, they have nothing to do with each other.

After making coffee for the two of them, Mrs. Jones also sat aside.

"I hope you can go to Cleveland to help me." After some simple greetings, Tang Tian cut to the chase.

"Cleveland?" Jones held the coffee cup in his hand for a long time, looking hesitant.

"I will let you be my deputy general manager. I don't know much about the work of a manager, so basically, most things will be handled by you. You can even organize the team if necessary. I'm only in charge of the general direction." Tang Tian said bluntly, he gave Jones the greatest freedom.

Jones was obviously moved, but he didn't know why he was still hesitating.

"Is there any problem?" Tang Tian asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, it's just..." Jones hesitated to speak.

"You should go. Alexander's reason for dismissing you is simply unreasonable." At this moment, Mrs. Jones said a little indignantly.

Jones turned his head and stared, and Mrs. Jones immediately shut up.

"By the way, I don't know why you were fired by the Rockets? Have you worked for the Rockets for more than ten years?"

"fifteen years."

"Yeah, fifteen years, this is already more than half of a person's working life, which is really incomprehensible."

Jones hesitated again, he seemed reluctant to speak.

"Mrs. Jones?" Tang Tian looked at Mrs. Jones.

Mrs. Jones glanced back at Jones.

"I think the team should keep you. This team has become a dynasty because of you, but Darrell said that the current lineup can continue to win the championship with Tom leading the team. We argued, and Darrell seemed to know that I was against him. His evaluation was too arbitrary, and he was stuck in a stalemate after the incident, and Dikembe also supported me. In the end, Alexander made a choice, and Dikembe and I were fired together." Jones sighed and finally said.

Tang Tian couldn't help laughing after listening.

This is simply a palace fight. Is Morey driving away all those who disobey him?

"Now it seems that this is actually a good thing." Tang Tian said with a smile.

"You come to Cleveland, we two fired guys are together, can't we just do something? Oh, by the way, there is also Dikembe. My coaching staff is empty now. He is in charge of guiding the inside. I have experience."

Jones glanced at Tang Tian blankly, and then said, "If Dikembe can go, I will go too."

Seeing Jones turn so quickly, Tang Tian also realized that he was blaming himself for Uncle Mu's dismissal.

"Of course." Tang Tian said with a smile.

After staying in Houston for two days, Tang Tian took the Jones couple on the plane to Cleveland.

This trip was a good one.

Back in Cleveland, the Cavaliers also officially signed a contract with him.

The 3-year basic contract of 30 million, with incentive clauses for winning the championship, can reach up to 40 million.

This is also the NBA's largest coaching contract so far. Of course, apart from Tang Tian's excellent coaching ability, a large part of the reason is that he also serves as the general manager of the team.

Jones also signed the contract together, and the latter also received a three-year contract of 3 million yuan, which is much larger than his contract with the Rockets.

Because he didn't have much interest in daily work and he trusted Jones, he threw all the rest of the management team to Jones, and he himself put all his energy on the coaching staff.

He is also the general manager just to have an absolute say in player management. His job is still the head coach, and that is what he is good at.

"Dante, how is the preparation for the interview going?" After signing the contract, Tang Tian called Dante to his office without stopping.

"Yes, it's almost ready. I thought it would take a while, but things developed much faster than I expected." Dante handed a report to Tang Tian while speaking.

"Who doesn't want to be the number one teaching assistant of the Godfather of Dynasty?" Tang Tian said with a smile.

I took a look at the report and found that there are people who are interested in interviewing, with their resumes attached, many of whom have NBA head coach resumes like Terry Stotts and Pete Meyers.

It seems that the job competition of NBA coaches is even fiercer than that of players.

His plan, the interview is only part of it, and then he has to contact the assistant coaches of other teams.

But after flipping to the back, a name made his eyes light up, and he even instantly dispelled his previous thoughts.

Dwayne Casey.

This name is unfamiliar to most people in the league, and even if they know it, at most it is: Oh, that failed coach.

He entered the NBA in 1989 and worked as an assistant coach for more than ten years. In 2005, he won his first job as a head coach. He coached the Timberwolves for one and a half seasons, with 53 wins and 69 losses.

Such a resume is not uncommon in the NBA, and they are uniformly labeled as losers.

But Tang Tian knew very well that the person who will coach the Raptors for ten years and become the number one coach in team history is such an outstanding coach.

"Are you sure Casey will come?" Tang Tian asked Dante again, because it said that Casey is now the first assistant coach of the Mavericks.

"Yes, everyone here is sure to come." Dante said with certainty.

"Good job." Tang Tian smiled, and now he really likes Dante, a peer.

"Let's start the interview tomorrow, first come first interview."

Dante nodded, and then went down to make arrangements.

"Huh! Comfortable!"

Sitting on the soft chair of the general manager, Tang Tian couldn't help shouting.

Sure enough, the feeling of one-handed control is much more comfortable than the intrigue between the Rockets and Morey.

The next day, Tang Tian waited in the meeting room for the first batch of interviewees.

What he never expected was that Casey was among them.

It feels like I can't wait to fall into his arms!

After interviewing a batch, Tang Tian also sat up straight when he knew that the next batch would be Kathy.

Three people came in, and Tang Tian's eyes first fell on Casey.

With dark skin, a big nose and long ears, and a mustache, he looked a bit like a black elf, but his eyes were piercing, and he knew that he had something in his stomach.

Tang Tian looked at it for a while and took his eyes away from Casey.

But at this moment, he noticed that he also knew the two people who came in with him.

Paul Silas, the guy who interviewed the first assistant coach with him in the Rockets, even came.

And the other one, Sam Cassell, a veteran who was still playing for the Celtics a year ago, came to interview the assistant coach directly after retiring!