The Godfather of Basketball

Cole's resignation and James' signing must be a chain reaction. After all, this is his gamble. He spent a lot of money in exchange for James from the Cavaliers, and then recruited McGrady.

Now that James is gone, the Suns will definitely not be able to rely on an injury-ridden McGrady and an old Nash. They can only choose to rebuild.

It's just more interesting that Cole left before James.

Howard had been traded to the Lakers by the Magic before, and James' departure, to some extent, further promoted the formation of the Lakers' "new F4".

It's like all roads lead to Rome. Although many things have changed, most of them have been corrected by history as Tang Tian expected.

James' signing also affected many subsequent transactions, and Nash's transaction was just one of them.

Ray Allen, who has not reached a contract extension with the Celtics due to salary issues, chose to sign with the Heat with a three-year mid-level contract of 9.53 million.

This contract is much smaller than that offered by the Celtics. On the one hand, it shows that Ray Allen is disappointed with the attitude of the Celtics to renew the contract. On the other hand, it also shows that he is pursuing the championship wholeheartedly.

The Heat team in the previous life came two years late, and most of the lineup seems to have returned. Although Battier signed with the Cavaliers, the James transformed by Tang Tian is also stronger than the James of the Heat in the previous life.

After Tang Tian joined the Thunder, the formation of the Heat's Big Three shocked the league once again.

In the new season, the "Big Three" Heat, the "Four Youngsters" Thunder, the "Dynasty" Cavaliers, and the "Immortal" Spurs, this is a realistic version of Star Wars, and several teams have gathered superstars. Come to the biggest.

It is absolutely difficult to win the championship this year.

But at this moment, the good news that Tang Tian had been waiting for finally came.

"I have resigned as the head coach of Butler University."

Stevens made his final decision.

Butler University's lineup this year is very average, not even a player of Shelvin Mark's level that Tang Tian didn't remember. Although team basketball can win, at least the core is still needed.

With the current lineup, not to mention winning the championship, even Stevens can barely reach the quarterfinals.

Butler University also quickly announced their new head coach, Chris Holtman, who has been Stevens' assistant and is equally good.

And Stevens came to Oklahoma the next day.

Tang Tian saw his future first teaching assistant in the conference room, smiled and hugged him.

Stevens' words can greatly reduce the work pressure of his head coach. Even if the plan goes well, when he enters the management team, Stevens can really inherit his mantle.

In the meeting room, we chatted about some random topics. This time, Stevens didn't complain about Tang Tian anymore, but behaved very gentle and refined. Not only Tang Tian, ​​but other management members also liked him very much.

The two sides quickly reached a 5-year 5 million assistant coach contract, and the salary of this contract also broke the NBA's previous assistant coach salary record!

After Tang Tian took over Thunderclap, he really made big deals one after another.

But just as Clayton assured Tang Tian before, the board of directors has not interfered much.

They gave Tang Tian enough freedom, and it was time for Tang Tian to perform in the next season.

Having finalized his first assistant coach, the core of the Thunder's coaching staff has basically been finalized.

Immediately afterwards, the shooting coach was identified as Peja Stojakovic, a retired player who had played for the Cavaliers in the past.

In addition, Tang Tian also drew experience from the coaching of the Cavaliers, and hired Will McConton, a well-known psychologist in Oklahoma City, as the team's psychological coach to help the players decompress during the game.

So far, the Thunder's new coaching staff is basically complete.

After finishing the matter of the coaching staff, Tang Tian finally freed up his hands to deal with the inner ghost.

In fact, there were only 4 people in the conference room that day. Apart from him and Jones, only the director of the operations department, Mick Bernard, and the chief scout, Manning Joseph, were left.

It is actually very convenient to check.

The best entry point is naturally the Warriors.

When Tang Tian was in free agency before, he was very familiar with the top management of each team, so this kind of thing, after a little in-depth discussion, plus some exchange of interests, basically got it out of the way.

As expected, the inner ghost is Mick Bernard, the director of operations.

Bernard used the leak for personal gain, helping the Warriors intercept Hu Gelin, and got paid $100,000 from the Warriors.

And after careful investigation of Bernard, it was discovered that this guy was not the first time, he had done such things one after another before.

It's no wonder that the Thunder's draft level has dropped sharply since Ibaka was selected. This has always been the reason.

For such a person, Tang Tian naturally didn't need to be merciful.

With direct expulsion and the exposure of his improper behavior, this guy can't continue to hang around in the NBA circle.

When Bernard was fired, Dante, who had been fired by the Cavaliers before, was recruited. The managers of various departments are basically people he trusts.

Finally, Stevens was arranged to lead the team to play in the summer league. After a busy summer, Tang Tian could finally have a little leisure time.

There was the London Olympics in 2012. The national team also hoped that he could continue to lead the team, but he refused.

On the one hand, he was caught in the turmoil of changing teams before. On the other hand, Guo Shiqiang, who has practiced with the Cavaliers for two consecutive years, should also go to the field to test and test.

There are still 3 full months before the opening of the new season, Tang Tian will not go to the Olympics, and he does not plan to spend time in the United States like in previous years.

This year he plans to return home.

Since time travel, except for the first year when he went back, he has basically spent time in the United States.

Although this body grew up in the United States, he himself is still Chinese, and he always feels like a stranger in a foreign country.

Of course, the most important thing is that this time he returned to China with a mission.

The previous Sino-US basketball training camp brought very good results. The young players who participated in the training camp have been greatly improved after returning.

So this time, at the invitation of the Chinese Basketball Association, Tang Tian will hold the first personal basketball training camp in China this summer.

There are such things as basketball training camps at home and abroad, and they have also exported a lot of young basketball talents for each of them.

For example, the well-known Wang Fei training camp in China is very effective.

As for Tang Tian, ​​because he is the head coach of the NBA, his influence will only be greater.

And this time when he returned to China, Tang Tian naturally didn't just do it for this.

The influence of a training camp is always limited. When he goes back this time, he plans to invest in the construction of a basketball school.