Legendary Basketball Tycoon

As for the forward Eric Williams, he is also a very good role player. Last season he averaged 10.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game as a substitute. It's not for Eric Williams to play the starting lineup, and what to do with such high demands.

Judging from this deal, the Celtics and Supersonics feel that they have made a profit, but who really made it? This can be said later.

But in any case, Bruce has turned the Sonics into a civilian version of the Pistons, which is even stronger than the Pistons in the past. The current Sonics not only has such a superpower than Iverson. In addition to scoring ability, there are a lot of good players sitting on the bench, such as Avidas Sabonis, Kurt Thomas, Dale Ellis, Michael Finley, Doug Christie, Nate McMillan and other players. Compared to the bench for the Pistons, the strength is simply a luxury version.

Even before the start of the new season, such a lineup could rank among the top five in the league's strength list.

The reason why it is not in the top three is that there are still relatively strong teams such as the Bulls, Knicks, and Jazz in front of last season. Otherwise, it is really hard to say that this supersonic team is worse? !

I'm afraid it's still the coach. The head coach of the SuperSonics last season, Gentry has been driven by Paul Allen, and now he is in the same position as the Hans without a coach.

But in fact, this is the case. The Han people have already agreed with Chuck Daly, and the Sonics have also long been given the head coach. Yes, it is the famous coach Larry Brown. The reason why Larry Brown was invited to coach was also the result of the discussions between Bruce and Paul Allen. There is no alternative. Whether the 76ers led by Iverson or the civilian version of the Pistons, Larry Brown is the head coach. This led to Larry Brown destined to be the head coach of these two combined teams.

For this reason, Paul Allen personally went to the door to invite Larry Brown. In short, after paying some price, Larry Brown officially became the new head coach of the Sonics.

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Of course, there are still two positions left on the 15-man roster of the Supersonics. The general manager of the team, Bob Whitchite, did not know what was going on. He actually obeyed Xia Song’s suggestion and invited Ma Jian and Mengke Battelle. In this way, the personnel for the new season of the Sonics have been determined.

I have to say that Xia Song is indeed a little capable, and actually fooled Bob Whithit, but both of them signed a three-year contract with a cabbage price of 500,000 US dollars.

But don’t the blues know what strength Ma Jian and Monk Battelle are? It can be said that these two are at the strong level in Asia. No matter whether it is physical or technical in Asia, it is true that they are not in Asia, but if they are placed in the NBA If that is the case, then it can only be haha.

Although Bruce knew that the general manager, Bob Whitshite, risked signing the two men just to flatter himself, but Bruce himself didn't vote against either.

It's just that Bruce is a bit sigh: Ma Jian was also unhappy in his previous life to play in the NBA and the national team. Although this is still the case, with his butterfly effect, Ma Jian has long been reconciled with the national team, otherwise he would not be able to return to the CBA. Playing; Don't even mention Battelle. He came to the NBA so early to start a game, so he should have a higher starting point than his previous life.

But fortunately, the prices of these two people are not high, Bruce can still accept it, after all, it is considered to be taking care of the fellow.

But Bruce’s CBA team Fire Dragon is miserable. After leaving Ma Jian and Mengke Battelle, the Fire Dragon’s internal strength has declined more than a little bit. In the past few seasons, the Fire Dragon relied on the stable output of Hu Weidong on the outside. In addition, there is a foreign center Jason and the two players are basically in the CBA. It can be said that they are killing the Quartet. They are weak in winning the championship, but now, only Hu Weidong and Jason are left. They are all less well-known players. How can they play? Besides, Hu Weidong will enter the NBA next year, so Lao Hu Yi's departure from the Fire Dragon team will not be more chilly!

Fortunately, Bruce is just a base for training talents for the country. If the star players are gone, let’s go. Otherwise, if those young people are in the position, then Bruce thinks that the problem is not big. He will introduce players later. NS.

If you change to another CBA boss, then you won’t do it. They are all thinking about the results. As long as the results are not good, either the coach will leave or the players will be loaned out. There is really no such thing as Bruce who doesn’t care about the results. . That is, Bruce is just a big surprise.

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A few days later, the Sonics officials announced that the famous coach Larry Brown was appointed as the head coach of the Sonics. The contract was 10 million in five years.

Suddenly the nation was shocked!

The famous coach enters the SuperSonics, and the contract is still such a big, this is not common in the past, everyone may know that the NBA is a business league, the team owner mainly depends on the results, and once the team's performance is not good, the main The coach must be the first to be hired, so basically no owner of that team will offer such a big contract for the head coach, and even some head coaches are hired in less than a month, so these bosses give The head coach’s contract is only three years old, and when Larry Brown’s five-year contract of 10 million yuan comes out, can you keep everyone from thinking about it? !

Didn't Paul Allen give Larry Brown performance requirements? !

It is still said that Paul Allen was convinced that Larry Brown could bring out the results of George Carr, so he gave such a big contract.

Yes, after all, Paul Allen has money, and this little money is completely sprinkled to him!

You know, in the 1990s, there were basically very few head coaches who could get a five-year contract. It can be said that Larry Brown is the highest paid among current head coaches, even now the hottest Bulls head coach Phil Jackson. It's incomparable, one can imagine how big this matter is.

Of course, this is still limited to the 90s. If it is after 2010, this 10 million is also equivalent to the salary of a famous coach for one year instead of five years.

In addition, the Sonics also made a small amount of fine-tuning like the Hans. All of Gentry's assistant coaches left last season, and Paul Allen didn't leave a single one. Even the management has changed blood. Although the scene is not too big, it will always be a little turbulent, right.

But no matter what, the current SuperSonics team is completely an affiliated team of the Blues. Except for Paul Allen, it’s okay to come to the Key Arena to see the ball. The other thing is to pay for the salary, and all other management rights. All secretly belonged to Bruce.