Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

Chapter 12 Moving!Prepare for the new season!

As soon as he opened the door, general manager Chris Wallace stopped him. "Lu, you're here. This is team owner Michael Heisley. We were talking about you just now."

"Hello, Mr. Heisley." Lu Yong calmly smiled and shook hands with him.

Heisley said with a smile: "Chris always said that you are a young man with magical powers. When I saw you today, he was indeed a talent."

"Thank you, it's because the management of the Grizzlies has good vision and is willing to give me a chance." Lu Yong said with a smile.

"I appreciate your talent, work hard, and the Grizzlies will not treat you badly." Heisley patted Lu Yong on the shoulder, "You can give advice on anything at work, young people are flexible, and the team needs you kind of fresh blood."

"Of course, Manager Chris's work ability has always been excellent, and he always likes to listen to everyone's opinions." Lu Yong backhanded a bunch of rainbow farts, and this kind of good words that don't cost money are almost out of his mouth.

Several people stood at the door and chatted for a while, and Wallace accompanied the boss to the center of the stage in a good mood.

When everyone was present, Heisley raised his wine glass to face everyone. "Thank you for your busy offseason. I wish the Grizzlies better results this season. If they can win the championship, the team will not be without your bonuses."

Michael Heisley's words are usually heard in one ear and out in the other. It is true that the Grizzlies have the strength to reach the playoffs, but how easy is it to break out of the hell-difficult Western Conference?

The sophistication of the Spurs and Mavericks alone are two big mountains on the heads of other teams. If the Grizzlies want to win the championship, they must play a new offense, otherwise Pau Gasol alone will at most lock the playoffs.

During the free activities, people came to chat with Lu Yong one after another, and took the initiative to talk to him.

Because of his amazing performance in the summer league, he became the protagonist of today's celebration banquet.

The chief assistant coach does not have a high status in the team, but everyone can clearly see the picture of owner Michael Hayes slapping Lu Yong just now.

Although I don't know what the old fox Heisley meant, but on this occasion today, there is no one who does not have eyes to provoke Lu Yong, it is purely to make himself unhappy.

That night, when Lu Yong returned home, he called Tony Brown and asked him to help him find a new apartment tomorrow. He asked for only one apartment, and the security environment was good.

Tony Brown is very familiar with this environment. He also has a relative who lives in the street not far from the Memphis Arena. He has been staying there recently. It is definitely more reliable to find him for renting a house than Lu Yong himself.

Brown heard the words and patted his chest in response. He hoped that Lu Yong, the chief assistant coach, would ask him for help.

These personal matters are the bonds that can bring the two of them closer. Lu Yong is obviously promising in the future. Tony Brown is ready to hold his thighs.

Early the next morning, Tony Brown drove to Lu Yong to meet the landlord of the new apartment.

The house has a layout of upper and lower floors, and the total area is just over 200 square meters. The decoration is not luxurious, but it is very modern and the price is quite reasonable.

The most important thing is that the new apartment is a single-family design, surrounded by many shops, and the security environment on the main street is very good.

It is also not far from the Memphis Arena, home of the Grizzlies, about a 10-minute walk away, and it meets Lu Yong's requirements for finding a house in every way.

After seeing the house, Lu Yong expressed his satisfaction, immediately signed the contract and paid one year's rent.

The landlord is a middle-aged man in his 50s. I heard that Lu Yong is the assistant coach of the Grizzlies in the new season, and he generously waived the utilities for three months. He is a guy with a very interesting personality.

In the morning, the two of them added a lot of new furniture, and bought a solid wood desk to put in the study on the second floor. By the way, they put a folding single bed in the corner.

After the start of the regular season, as an assistant coach, he has to summarize a lot of information, and he will probably spend more time in the study than in the bedroom.

With the idea of ​​planning for a rainy day, Lu Yong simply set up a bed in the study, and fell asleep when he was tired from work, saving even the time of walking back to the bedroom.

After solving the house problem, Lu Yong ushered in his own vacation, and he was able to rest until September before returning to work for the next season.

Coaches are more comfortable than players because they don’t have to train hard during the holidays, and mental workers don’t have to worry about a decline in their status.As long as there is ink in the stomach, one trick can eat all over the world.

The general manager Chris Wallace is still working. The offseason is the busiest time for the general managers of each team. After the start of the new season, they are not so busy.

Wallace called all three of Luyong's summer league invitations to free agents.

Signed a training camp contract with Ariza, Reggie Evans, and Barea. They will represent the Grizzlies in the October preseason.

The performance of the training camp will determine the amount of the contract they finally get. This is a common signing method used by the general managers of each team, and it can be regarded as the last inspection before the contract.

The undrafted Barea has proven his potential in the summer league. He is different from Ariza and Reggie Evans who have played in the NBA.

Wallace directly gave him a two-year, $100 million rookie contract, the second year of which was a team option.

"Little Flying Squirrel" Stoudemire is no longer young, and his breakthrough efficiency is still much worse than at his peak.

Barea, a short guard who can shoot suddenly, can just take over and release his offensive talent as a substitute.

The Grizzlies currently have four spots on their 15-man roster. Reggie Evans and Trevor Ariza will definitely be able to stay in the end, but the specific contract period and amount will be determined according to their performance in the training camp.

After seeing Reggie Evans' performance in the summer league this year, Nuggets coach George Karl regretted it a bit.

He shouldn't have refrigerated Evans last season, and it would be a bloodbath to let this rebounding monster go for nothing in the summer.

Lu Yong was not idle during the team's vacation. He began to use the vacation to supplement the basketball tactics of this era, analyze the technical characteristics of each player of the Grizzlies in the new season, and write down his thoughts and opinions in a notebook.

In addition to analyzing his own team, Lu Yong also took the time to analyze all the other 29 teams in the league.

Only by knowing your enemy and yourself can you win every battle. Lu Yong, who has come back from the future, knows the style of play of this era very well. In addition to Xia Tian's detailed analysis of each team's tactics, he already has a very complete text analysis in his notebook. It records in detail the playing style and employment of different teams.

It was his first time as an assistant coach of an NBA team, and Lu Yong devoted great enthusiasm to this job.

Every day is to watch the game video repeatedly, indulging in tactical research and enjoying it.

There are too few things to play in this era. Instead of staying at home and playing games boringly, Lu Yong still prefers to become a "offseason tactics master" and analyze current tactics with a future perspective.

Take the essence and discard the dross, so as to integrate his own ideas and create his own brand-new tactics.

The good news is that after a month of hard work, Lu Yong already has a lot of ideas on tactical insights.The bad news is that these ideas are very advanced, and it is difficult for him to bring his ideal style of play into reality in a short period of time.

In mid-September, Lu Yong, who had been at home for two months, finally received a call from the management to inform him to prepare for the new season.

Three days later at the latest, everyone on the team has to rush back to the arena to gather and prepare for the upcoming 06-07 season! !
(End of this chapter)