Conquest The Rise of Will Shore

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Wang Shuo, who had a very pleasant conversation with Mike Brown, asked the Wizards management to go through the procedures, draft the contract and confirm the signing with him that day.

The contract is for one year and the annual salary is US$150,000 before tax.

Brown was very excited after signing the contract and kept thanking Wang Shuo.

Although compared with the big names in the industry, an annual salary of $150,000 is only entry-level, but for Brown who has been in the NBA for many years, it is still a considerable income.

Moreover, this also means that he, who has always longed for the NBA coaching position, finally gotta chance to shine.

Brown felt that he had met a noble man. After receiving part of the salary paid in advance by the team, he immediately treated Wang Shuo to a big meal.

In the next two days, Wang Shuo was not in a hurry to carry out his big gambling plan.

Instead, he asked the team management to help him contact another Mike who was still coaching at Manhattan College at the time.

Mike Malone: (33:45)

As a result, Malone, who had just planned to submit his resume to the Knicks this summer in an effort to become an intern assistant coach in the NBA, booked a flight to Washington without even thinking twice.

As the head coach of the team that had just won the NBA championship before Wang Shuo traveled through time, Malone was also known for his defense.

Although his player rotation method, which is even more Westbrook-like than the sewer, has driven Nuggets fans crazy many times in major forums and BBSs, his rich tactical knowledge reserves can also help Wang Shuo well, as long as he does not need to consider how to rotate the players on the court.

In addition, Malone is also very good at coaching inside players with certain organizational and supporting abilities.

Speaking of which, in Wang Shuo’s previous life, when Mike Brown was the head coach of the Cavaliers, his assistant coach was Mike Malone.

In other words, these two will be loyal ministers who will assist His Majesty the Emperor in the future.

Unlike Brown who is humble and low-key, Wang Shuo felt the breath of "American spirit boy" as soon as he met Ma Long, who has a loud voice, on the 6th.

To be honest, if Brown and Malone had swapped positions in his original time and space, the Cavaliers might have had a better ending.

Still in the same cafe.

After listening to Wang Shuo's description of the team's tactical framework, Malone suggested to Wang Shuo: "If possible, we'd better transform Richard (Hamilton) into a three-point shooter.

I watched the Wizards' games last season, and Richard's long-range shots accounted for almost 60% of all his shots.

In my opinion, this offensive choice is too inefficient."

Hearing this, Wang Shuo was immediately moved.

Because compared to the old-school coaches in the NBA today, young coaches are indeed more willing to explore new content in the game.

In the future, after the league officially adopted the famous "No. Handcheck" rule, many fans believed that the original "Handcheck" hindered the arrival of the three-point era.

But here comes the problem...

Didn’t Reggie Miller make 2,560 three-pointers under the “Handcheck” rule?

Given Miller's physical fitness, no one would really think that this rule hindered the arrival of the three-point era, right?

It is true that the "Handcheck" rule will give defensive players more advantages on defense, but it is not the fundamental reason that hinders the arrival of the three-point era.

In the new season, if the Wizards want Chef Joe to concentrate on making braised pork elbows in the low post, Gotta must set up a turret on the outside.

Because only the three-dimensional offensive system of "three-pointers-two-pointers-low post" can create space for team owner Joe.

Therefore, even if Ma Long didn't say it today, Wang Shuo would find a way to contact Hamilton in the near future.

As the "mid-range shooting king" that will be well-known to the future NBA fans, Hamilton's shooting touch is very soft. As long as he can make slight changes and adjust his shooting method, Wang Shuo is confident that he can transform him into the Wizards version of Reggie Miller.

Of course, the training to adjust your shooting form cannot be completed overnight.

But who is to blame for the Wizards' poor record this year?

What does the Wizards' poor record mean?

This means that the Wizards players have more time to practice this summer than other teams.

So, in a sense, the Wizards' poor record this season also gives Wang Shuo more room to maneuver.

Moreover, Wang Shuo does not need Hamilton to adjust all at once.

Because again...

Instead of betting on a big two points, it is better to take a step back and see the bigger picture.

In the new season, Hamilton must increase his shooting from beyond the three-point line for the sake of the team. At the same time, Wang Shuo also believes that Hamilton, who has mastered the three-point shot, will have better job prospects in the future than he remembers.

after all......

Hamilton's physical fitness is enough to make his own dog cry. Whenever Wang Shuo thinks of Hamilton walking with Kobe on the court in the future, he is reminded of the famous scene when Miller walked with Team Owner Joe.

Like Brown, after chatting with Malone for a morning, Wang Shuo invited him to join the Wizards' coaching team in the new season.

However, Malone's salary is tens of thousands of dollars less than Brown's, because Brown is the noble second assistant coach, while Malone is only the third assistant coach.

However, for Malone, who was only 29 years old at the time, this was a job opportunity that he had never dared to think about before submitting his resume to the Knicks.

Praise God and thank Wang Shuo!

"What do you want to eat? It's my treat today!" Malone looked particularly happy when he walked out of the Wizards office and received an advance salary check from the team.

Wang Shuo always felt gotta, as if he had seen this scene somewhere before.

"Am I too harsh on him?" On the other hand, after Wang Shuo asked the team to sign two unknown assistant coaches in succession, Wizards general manager Unseld was reflecting on himself.

Although the Wizards management led by Unseld did not trust the too young Wang Shuo at the beginning, after spending a few days with Wang Shuo, everyone was very satisfied and recognized the work attitude of the young man after taking over the team.

In addition, Wang Shuo calls everyone "brother", speaks nicely, and looks handsome, so it is natural that he can easily win the favor of the team management.

In the NBA, most team management do not like coaches who constantly put pressure on top management or make things difficult for team management.

Wang Shuo is very self-aware. From the first uniform group meeting to the subsequent assistant coach selection, he never made any excessive demands to the team management.

But in fact, the Wizards at this time in 2001 were not a team that was reluctant to spend money.

In the 01/02 season, the Wizards' total team salary reached a staggering 54.77 million, even 400,000 more than the Lakers in the same period.

It was only because of the team owner Joe's unique vision that serious differences arose between him and the Wizards management, and the Wizards drastically cut the team budget in the 02/03 season.

Indeed, at the beginning, because Wang Shuo was a rookie coach, Unseld's attitude towards him was not very good, but no matter what, since Wang Shuo was Jordan's designated head coach, in a sense, he was Jordan's man.

Unseld knew that the most important thing for the Wizards right now was to prepare for Jordan's comeback.

Therefore, at this juncture, Unseld did not want to make everyone unhappy because of his overly harsh attitude.

As the saying goes, when doing big things, you have to put the overall situation first.

Unseld made up his mind that as long as Wang Shuo did not ask the team for a trade for a star player, he would try his best to satisfy Wang Shuo.

But how could the old Unseld know...

The reason why Wang Shuo did not make excessive demands on the team at the beginning was because he had more excessive demands to make.

On the 7th, after successively securing his second and third assistant coaches, before going to the final gambling table with the team owner, Wang Shuo used the trust he had recently gained from the team through his low-key and humility, and asked the team management to help him contact the first assistant coach he had chosen from the beginning.

Unlike Mike Brown and Mike Malone.

Mike D'Antoni, who had already made a name for himself in the Italian basketball league before entering the NBA, was not only more expensive, but also the most difficult to get.

To be honest, if it weren't for D'Antoni's performance as the Nuggets coach in the 1998/99 season, which was too bad, Gotta D'Antoni decided to serve as an assistant coach for a while, plus he was currently unemployed due to the departure of Dunleavy, who was helping out old Dunleavy in the Trail Blazers this season...

Considering Wang Shuo's current qualifications, there is really no possibility for him to allow such a coach with certain qualifications and reputation to be his deputy.

But how could Wang Shuo have imagined...

Not even an interview.

On the phone, he simply described to D'Antoni the Wizards' offensive framework for next season, and D'Antoni chose to join.

"We have a lot to talk about regarding your offensive framework!"

It is easy to get a lot of money, but it is hard to find a true friend.

At this moment, D'Antoni only wished he could fly to Washington immediately to meet the new head coach of the Wizards, who he had never met but was definitely his long-lost brother...