Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 366

Home of Dr. Jerry Bass.

"The thing about Kevin Garnett, I regret it, and in that moment, I thought of 1989, the same thing happened. It's just a pity that your first season in charge could have had a chance to make history. ’” Jenny Buss spoke first.

Jim smiled slightly, come on, 25 years ago you were busy wandering around, how could you care about watching football?
"Luck is also a kind of strength. We are lucky enough. If Carl failed to come back in time last season, Phil's ring is not easy to talk about... In short, it is my responsibility, and I will take it."

"You will take it? Do you know that if we don't win the championship, it means the failure of the season? How much income is lost if we fail to reach the finals? If Phil is sitting on the coaching bench, we are now in Detroit! "

Jim sneered, and was about to retort.

"Enough." Jerry Buss, who had been silent all the time, spoke in a low tone.

The two stopped arguing.

"Father, it's all because of his stupidity and conceit. I really thought I could be the head coach after watching the game for a few days. If we have a serious head coach this season..." After a long silence, Jenny continued to accuse Jim .

"Hahahaha, you and I understand what your Phil wants, so don't embarrass yourself in front of the old man." Jim couldn't help it.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Jerry Bass tapped the table three times with the goblet in his hand, and the wine in the glass spilled out.

The room fell into silence again.

"Jimmy, I want to hear your thoughts. In the current situation, what do you do? Continue to serve as the team's vice president and head coach? I think that after this season, you should have a sense of your ability. Sober understanding. We ranked fifth in the Western Conference without major changes in the main lineup. Even if Kevin Garnett is not injured, it will not be so easy to beat the San Antonio Spurs." Dr. Buss stared at Jim .

Jim gave a wry smile.

"That's right, I'm really not the material to be a head coach, I just don't want those mediocre people to disrupt my plan."

"Mediocre people? Do you think Rudy Tomjanovich and the others are mediocre people?" Jenny's eyes widened.Jim said those words only to Stevens and Kupchak.

"What plan?" Dr. Bath caught the point.

"I think Brad Stevens has the potential to be the next Pat Riley and be the commander of the team for the next 20 years, but he's too young for a championship team right now. He needs the right guidance, and the basketball philosophy of people like Rudy Tomjanovich and Byron Scott will be completely subverted within three years, and will never keep up with the development of the times , I don't want Brad to be delayed. You know, no coach is willing to accept a one-year contract. When there is no suitable candidate on the market, I can only fill this vacancy by myself and transfer my understanding of basketball to him. Pass it on to him as soon as possible." Jim briefly explained his philosophy.

"Naive! Stupid!" Jenny immediately commented.

"It seems so now, but I don't regret making such a choice. Brad's growth rate is very fast. In my opinion, he will become an excellent head coach in a few years. Maybe Lu If Di Tomjanovich leads the team, our record this season will be better, but with his physical condition, he is afraid that he will be relegated to the second line before the end of the contract. I will save you a few hundred Ten thousand dollars, are you still not satisfied? Chief Financial Officer?" Jim glanced at Jenny.

"These are secondary, I want to know now, what are you going to do next to reverse the current situation? Is it to hire a head coach, or to continue to serve in this nondescript way? What is our goal, I think you should Very clear." Dr. Bass said seriously.

"Give me a month, I can handle the head coach, the team lineup and the next development plan. And I will give you a satisfactory answer. If I fail to win the championship next season, I will resign from the Lakers. Father will appoint suitable candidates to take over all duties." Jim calmed down and said in a deep voice.

"What kind of tricks do you want to play again? Trade randomly, then sign a few rubbish contracts, and then resign and hand over the mess to me? Find a place for yourself and wait to see my jokes with dividends? If this is your plan, I I just want to say that you don't want to waste your father's hard work!" Jenny mocked.

"You really know me." Jim smiled and stopped talking.

Jim Buss in his previous life did exactly that, and the Lakers were trapped for several years without recovering.

"Fine. Then I'll see what you do."

The confrontation between the Spurs and the Pistons was extremely fierce, but there was nothing exciting. Popovich faced his mentor Larry Brown. The position, the rhythm is extremely slow, the game is full of muscle collisions and rough fouls, and it is difficult to score.

73 to 68, 77 to 81, after two games at the Spurs' home court, the two sides tied 1 to 1, and the game moved to the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit for the next three contests.

Compared with the iron-clad finals, the news about the Lakers is more eye-catching.

Lakers vice president and head coach Jim Buss held a press conference to announce his resignation as head coach of the Lakers to concentrate on returning to the team's operations.

The position of head coach of the Lakers has become vacant, and people who eat melons have speculated who will take over this position. Now the famous coaches who are unemployed at home include Phil Jackson, Don Nelson and Rudy Tomjanovich. Phil Jackson is the most vocal. After all, he has brought 5 championship trophies to the Lakers. His failure to renew his contract last season surprised many fans. On the second day after Jim resigned as head coach, a large number of Lakers fans I came to the outside of the arena and pulled up a banner that said "We want Phil!", trying to make the management wake up in time and sign the champion coach.

"I knew it would be like this. Phil must be smiling happily at home now." Jim sighed, throwing Laughlin's list of rookies aside.

"At this juncture, if you take the initiative to contact Phil Jackson, he will definitely put forward a lot of unacceptable conditions. I really don't understand why you want to limit the time limit of one month and one year. This is a trap for yourself. They will have a better chance to sit on the ground and raise the price." Kupchak looked helpless, of course he knew that as Jim's direct descendant, once Jim fell from power, his fate would not be much better.

"It's not an option to wait like this. It seems that I have to show a little sincerity. Bonnie, help me look at the ticket."

(End of this chapter)