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Chapter 1542 The effect of becoming a strong team

"Bru has already come to see me, and I have finished talking to him, he has accepted my resignation, and he has already thought about it, and I recommend him to go to old Nelson, maybe it can help him learn something~! !"

Shortly after leaving the coffee shop, Harper received a call from Cole and told Cole about his conversation with Lan Shengli.

"At this time, Lan Shengli may have already boarded the plane to Hawaii~, to be honest, that place is not very easy to find, but with Bruce's IQ, he should be able to find it soon~"

Harper continued.

"Old Nelson~, what a long-lost name~"

Cole sighed.

"I hope he can learn something~, and I hope the team can find a suitable assistant coach~"

Cole continued to sigh.

After chatting for a while, the two hung up the phone.

Lan Shengli did find the old Nelson's residence very smoothly, and after accepting the "apprentice fee" request of 50 US dollars, he successfully became the number one closed disciple of the old Nelson.

Of course, I don't know if Old Nelson has other disciples.

"Wow~!!!"

Accompanied by Lan Shengli's surprise, the old Nelson took Lan Shengli into a place that could be called the old Nelson's basketball career honor exhibition hall.

In this room of about 15 square meters, the walls are full of jerseys from the old Nelson player era, including the Chicago Zephyrs that have disappeared from the league, and the Los Angeles Lakers, but the most conspicuous one is the green one. The number 19 jersey of the Celtics.

After all, Nelson won five NBA championship rings with the Celtics during his player days, and his No. 19 jersey has also been retired by the Celtics.

And there are more medals on the table.

Most of these medals were obtained when the old Nelson was a coach.

There are the World Championships won by coaching the Dream Team II that year, and the NBA Coach of the Year trophy, in short, it is full of honors.

After all, the coach in front of Lan Shengli is the coach with the most victories in NBA history.

Although old Nelson is reluctant to touch basketball anymore, this room tells you that this old man spent most of his life with basketball.

"The 50 is more and more worth it~, haha~!!"

Lan Shengli was already in a dazzled state, shaking his head and sighing.

"I don't have any place in my home that is suitable for class, so it's okay here~?!"

asked old Nelson.

"Of course, I think ordinary people can't get in here~?!"

Lan Shengli continued to watch and asked.

"You're right~, after all, my most valuable possessions are here now, how can I let people come in and out at will~"

Old Nelson said jokingly.

"Hahaha~!!!, that's right, that's right~!"

When Lan Shengli heard this, he immediately burst out laughing.

"Before I teach you, let me listen to what is your coaching philosophy~?! Let me have a preliminary understanding of you~"

Soon, the two sat down, and Old Nelson got to the point.

"My philosophy is team basketball, and then,,,"

Lan Shengli replied.

"I really appreciate the concept of fuzzy positions that you once proposed. I think that is the ultimate form of basketball games~!!"

While Lan Shengli was telling the story, he did not forget to praise his master.

The two masters continued to talk, and continued to chat.

Lan Shengli should learn a lot during his schooling journey.

For so many years, Lan Shengli has always been "self-taught". Now Lan Shengli finally has a real master. Look forward to the new changes of Lan Shengli's coaching in the next season.

Not only Lan Shengli is trying to get better, but so is the Clippers.

Losing the finals is certainly disappointing, but it also gave team owner Ballmer hope.

"We must continue to strengthen during this offseason, even if we pay the luxury tax, it doesn't matter, I think we are really very close to the championship~!"

At the beginning of the offseason, Ballmer left Kerr with such an order.

This can also allow Cole to open up his fists and recruit talents in the free market.

And the Clippers are no longer the perennial team, not the Los Angeles team.

They are the newly promoted Western Conference champions, a favorable contender for the championship, and a championship-level team.

And the performance in the finals has shown that the Clippers have enough strength to wrestle with the Heat.

So in this context, the Clippers' signings are even easier.

Agents with more free agents contacted Kerr actively, hoping to join the team, especially those players who are very eager for the championship and still have the strength to fight.

So after the start of the offseason, it is not the players who choose the Clippers, but the Clippers who choose players.

Cole is having a lot of fun.

There are even many players who originally had an annual salary of tens of millions, one after another voluntarily asked for a salary cut to join, in order to be able to join a team that has a better chance of hitting the championship.

This may be the effect of becoming a strong team.

"If you bloom, butterflies will come"

However, the Clippers lost a starter first.

That is Billups, the most experienced guard on the team.

Although the Clippers gave the 37-year-old point guard a mini-middle-class contract worth $500 million when the contract expired, Billups did not choose to renew.

Billups instead accepted a veteran's basic salary contract from his old club, the Detroit Pistons. Perhaps Billups also wanted to end his playing career in the most glorious place of his career. This is called falling leaves returning to their roots.

After sending Billups away, the Clippers have not been vacant at the point guard position for too long.

Cole made a quick move, choosing a guard who seemed to be the most suitable for the team among the players who "showed favor".

At that time, the Jazz was in charge, and Chris Paul was brilliant for a while, and then went to the Nets to decline, but there was only 30-year-old Deron Williams.

Deron didn't reach a contract extension with the Nets, or the latter didn't want to keep Deron at all.

3 million in 2850 years, Deron joined the Los Angeles Clippers.

It became the Clippers' first blockbuster signing this offseason.

In the new season, he will form a star backcourt with Harden.

For Billups, Deron should be an upgraded version of the latter.

And I believe that with the strong team effect and Ballmer's strong support, the Clippers will continue to recruit and strengthen.

In the new season, what kind of luxurious lineup the Clippers will form and how much Lan Shengli can learn from Nelson are all people looking forward to.

(End of this chapter)