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Chapter 1223 You Are The Kind Of Coach I'm Looking For
Lan Shengli, who had just returned to Los Angeles, went directly to the team base and to Ballmer's office.

After a brief exchange between the two, they quickly got to the point.

"Let me continue to listen to your vision for the team in the new season, as well as your preparations during your time in China~!!"

After all, after Ballmer became the owner of the Clippers, he had already exchanged his views on the team with people in the management, but only Lan Shengli had not communicated.

"Ahem~, then we'll start~!!"

"First of all, let's talk about some operations of our team during the offseason~"

Lan Shengli flipped through the notepad and began to analyze it.

Lan Shengli first analyzed the team's current lineup, the rookie contract issues of young players, and the preparation of salary space to renew important players in the future.

Before the Clippers have found a new general manager, these things can only be considered and dealt with by Lan Shengli.

And judging by the general manager's appearance, he seemed to agree with Lan Shengli's analysis.

"After talking about the starting lineup, let's talk about the changes that have taken place on the bench~"

Lan Shengli continued flipping through the notepad and talking.

"The team first renewed the contract with Bass for another two years. This operation is also very supportive. Through the performance of last season, Bass has proved his stable scoring ability on the bench. The help from inside is very useful~!!, and Farmar and the Nets have completed the contract extension, but it has not had a serious impact on the team, after all, his position can be easily replaced by others~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to analyze.

"And other players, such as Delfino, Okur, etc., have contracts, so basically they will stay, unless the team will have a big deal in the future, but I think this will happen. The possibility is extremely low~, after all, the new season will start in less than a month~, and now every team is busy adjusting the lineup, there is no time to discuss trade matters~"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"That's not necessarily oh~!!"

Ballmer shook his finger and said.

"Is it~, is there a situation~?!"

Upon hearing this, Lan Shengli immediately asked anxiously.

"It's okay, you can continue to talk about yourself~"

Ballmer responded.

"Okay~, then I will continue to talk~, um~, there is also the aspect of the draft, because the draft just happened to catch up with the team auction, so the entire Clippers did not regard the draft as a One of the most important tasks to do, plus the team’s first-round pick has been given to the Timberwolves, so our second-round pick was also swapped out, and we got a later pick next year~”

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"It seems that you really know the operation of the team~!"

Ballmer listened, sighing.

"Of course, if you don't understand these operations, how can you be a head coach~!"

Lan Shengli replied.

"In my opinion, an excellent head coach is not only able to lead the team to win more games, but also to enable the team to establish a long-term winning culture, just like the Spurs and Popovich ~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"Every team wants to replicate the success of the Spurs, but obviously, it's not easy~"

Ballmer responded.

"That's right, so we can only do our best to get closer in that direction~"

Lan Shengli replied.

"Since we didn't get anything in the draft, and we haven't been able to sign any players in the free market, so there are certain vacancies in our roster, I think the training camp that has already started is the best place to be. , I am also very much looking forward to finding players suitable for our team in the training camp, it is said that it has been three years of tinkering~, haha~!!"

Lan Shengli said with a smile.

"Well~, that's the only way to go now, after all, the team has gone through too many things this summer, and it's not easy to keep the core lineup~!!"

Ballmer nodded and said.

"Yeah~, besides, I think there is really no need to make any reinforcements for our current lineup. As long as we do our best, we will be fine. And I believe that young players like Harden will be able to play well in the future. The improvement during the offseason is our biggest reinforcement~!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak in a firm tone.

After all, young players such as Harden were personally selected by Lan Shengli, so Lan Shengli should be very confident about their growth space.

"Well said~, I am also looking forward to how these guys can improve~"

Ballmer nodded and said.

"Then what about next season~, maybe I'm asking a bit early now, this matter should be discussed at the season mobilization meeting after a while~!?"

Ballmer asked.

"It's all the same, it doesn't matter~, after all, you are the boss, I will report to you in advance, it's normal~!"

Lan Shengli replied.

"That's right, let's talk about it~, pick the key points~"

Ballmer responded.

"Okay~, in the new season, considering the changes in the situation in the Western Conference and what other teams know about us, I think we may not have the third place in the Western Conference anymore~, so we will first ensure that next season Under the premise of qualifying for the playoffs, try to get home court advantage in the first round~”

Lan Shengli responded concisely.

"Then what's next~~?! Last season, the team almost made it to the Western Conference Finals~!"

Ballmer responded.

It sounds like Ballmer is not very satisfied with Lan Shengli's goal.

"Times have changed, and the situation is completely different now, because I haven't communicated with a few young players, so I'm not sure how they practiced this summer~, if the improvement I expected before, maybe we really We can improve a little bit compared to last season~!"

Lan Shengli said in a very cautious tone.

"And through the experience of last season, I understand that the Clippers have a lot to do if they want to manage more~!!"

Lan Shengli added.

"Oh~, listening to you say this, I seem to have returned to the era of working at Microsoft, surrounded by a group of guys who are full of work, haha~"

Ballmer looked up and sighed with a smile.

"After listening to what you said, I finally confirmed that you are the kind of coach I'm looking for~!!"

Ballmer looked at Lan Shengli with an expression of approval and said.

"Mr. Ballmer, you~, I~"

Suddenly receiving such a high evaluation from Ballmer, Lan Shengli was a little dazed.

"Why~, the senior lecturer at Berkeley also stutters when he speaks~!!"

Ballmer looked at Lan Shengli and smiled.

(End of this chapter)