Jim Bass Ambition

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"Mitch, we have to prepare a press conference to introduce our new players and new head coach." In the Lakers war room, Jim put down the phone call to Trevor Ariza.

"Okay... wait, you said the new head coach? Where is he? When did you contact him? Who is it?" Kupchak was a little confused, and started the continuous questioning mode.

Jim laughed silently.

Kupchak waited for a long time, and suddenly a flash of lightning passed through his mind.

"You...couldn't be...God Jim, this is not a joke, you don't want to tell me, you plan to be the team's head coach yourself?"

Not only Kupchak, but other assistants and coaching staff members in the war room stared at Jim with wide eyes.

"Yes, the head coach of the Lakers next season has been decided, and it's next." Jim felt it was time to announce the decision.

"You must be crazy! I have to stop you from doing this!" Kupchak rushed out of the door.

"Okay, everyone go back to rest, we will officially start the new season tomorrow." Jim gave the order to evict everyone who looked at each other.

Brad Stevens dilly-dally packed his things and stayed last.

"Anything you want to say, Brad?"

"Sir, are you not joking?"

"Why, don't you trust me?"

"No... I was just thinking, if you sit on the bench and direct the game, it must be very interesting. Coach Jackson has his philosophy, but the players you bring in, sir, of course only you can play the most powerful. It's just that it wasn't until I became an assistant coach that I realized that coaching a team is much more difficult than I imagined, we're not playing games..." Stevens said in a low voice.

"I know, otherwise you think I sat in the front row for two years, just to watch the game? Or to chat with Jack Nicholson? Even if the job is really that hard, don't you have you guys around me helping me Is it? Well, I'm afraid there will be new guests later, you go back first." Jim looked confident.

"Brad, this position will be yours sooner or later. I just took care of it for two years when there is no suitable candidate." After sending Stevens away, Jim secretly said in his heart.

Soon, Jim received a call from Dr. Jerry Buss. Obviously, Kupchak had already told the supreme officer what happened just now.

Jim wanders to Dr. Buss' house in his battered pickup truck.

"Jimmy, did you drive here?"

"Yes."

"How could the Los Angeles police dereliction of duty be so serious? Let a man who was drunk and unconscious drive through the entire city? No one even stopped him a little bit?" Dr. Buss was obviously a little angry, and the idea of ​​Jim becoming a coach himself Whimsical, although he can't be called a complete layman, but compared to professional coaches, Jim's level is just a deep basketball enthusiast.

"My stupid brother, don't you think that the championships in the past two years are all due to you? Without the foundation laid by your father and Mr. Jerry West, what do you use to operate? You almost lost last year Champion, this year is not so smooth, I think you are just lucky." Jenny Buss also appeared in the living room.

"It's not my credit, is it yours? If I hadn't used my own shares to invest in that Zuckerberg, our market value is still at the bottom of the league now! I don't have any credit, but I just helped my father clear away. Shaquille O'Neal is a big burden, and with those assets to build a new championship lineup, I can guarantee that this lineup will be competitive for the next ten years! What about you? My dear sister? Except in your bedroom What else did you do besides leaving that eccentric guy?" Jim was also a little angry, and from morning till night, no one seemed to understand him except Stevens.

"Shut up!" Dr. Bass said angrily, interrupting their quarrel. "Jimmy, you apologize to Jenny immediately! And, you have to explain why you did this! I don't accept any incomplete reasons."

"Well, I shouldn't have said that... But we all know that Phil Jackson is a man with a lot of schemes. He is not satisfied with just being a quiet head coach. Joining the management team even requires shares of the Lakers! Am I right?" Jim turned to Jenny, who pursed her lips but said nothing, apparently acquiescing.

"So Phil Jackson's departure is inevitable, we can agree on that. So we need another coach. Byron Scott and Eric Musselman are mediocre, They are not enough to lead the Lakers to continue to win the championship; Pat Riley, he has both qualifications and abilities, but he is essentially the same type of person as Phil Jackson, and we will never compromise on management rights, so Pat Riley Te Riley wasn't a good fit for us either, and George Karl, I think if he came to coach the Lakers, he'd end up having a fight with Kobe Bryant, or me, or everybody."Jim Explain the reasons for not choosing these head coaches.

"What about Rudy Tomjanovich? As far as I know, he is a good man, and he also has the experience of leading the team to two consecutive championships." Dr. Bass looked calm.

"This Tom Janovich's two consecutive championships is just holding Hakeem Olajuwon's thigh. In addition to chicken soup, his other tactical concepts are still ten years ago, but believe me, the league There will be big changes in recent years. Once the head coach fails to grasp the pulse, the team will fall behind. Moreover, his physical condition does not allow him to coach. I believe you don't want to see him coach after half a season. Had to go to the hospital because the bladder cancer was getting worse, and then play the second half of the season with any assistant coach." Jim analyzed.

"So instead of letting these half-assed coaches come to harm the team, it's better for me to do it myself. The coaching staff is formed by me, and I know each of them's expertise; the players are signed by me, and I know the characteristics of each of them. ; and as I said just now, the rules will change, but I will let the players prepare in advance. After this transition period passes, when there are new excellent coach candidates, I will take the first shot." Dr. Si fell silent, Jim struck while the iron was hot, and continued to throw out his own ideas.

"Jimmy, you have to understand that everyone expects us to fail. If we fail to defend our title this year, you will be overwhelmed by people's saliva."

"I'm ready, no one can win all the time, but I will try to make the day when we lose come later."

(End of this chapter)