The invincible kryptonite of basketball

At the end of the game, many Warriors fans at the scene were moved to tears.

Although they knew that the team had a great chance of winning, when the real moment came, most of them still couldn't control their tears.

After 40 years, this has been longer than half of NBA history, and they finally won the championship again!

The fans were crying, but the Warriors on the field were laughing.

With Curry and Thompson around, it is impossible to cry, you can only smirk like this.

The results of the FMVP selection will be released soon.

With his performance in the Finals averaging 30.5 points and 6.7 assists per game, Curry was successfully elected as the Most Valuable Player of the 2014-2015 Finals.

When Tang Tian saw the result in front of the TV, he couldn't help laughing.

In history, Curry has passed the FMVP every time, but he did not expect to get it in the first year now.

In this way, his time travel has helped many Kumis realize their dreams.

But this selection is well-deserved, the Warriors are stronger than in history, and Curry's performance without injury is also good enough.

"Congratulations to the Warriors, congratulations to Curry, congratulations to Kerr, they completed an incredible season!"

"My emperor is so pitiful. I won a championship after running with the Heat for three years. Now that I am back in Cleveland, do I have to continue running for three years?"

"Not necessarily, look at the Warriors' core lineup is still very young, and the salary structure is very ideal!"

"It seems that we can only wait for the summer of 2016, when the salary cap skyrockets, and the Cavaliers have room to reinforce an excellent second or fifth position at that time."

"Well, the salary space of the Warriors is more ideal. They may be able to upgrade the third position, or even get Durant, Don or something!"

"Tsk tsk, brother, you think it's beautiful, but it seems interesting. The contracts of Durant and LeBron both expire in the summer of 16. I think the free market will definitely explode by then."

"Stop talking, the Cavaliers were just defeated by the Warriors, how could LeBron go to the Warriors? Let alone the Thunder, Durant is the leader of the team trained by the Thunder, how could he leave! ￣へ￣"

"That's true, but next year, I have super high expectations for the Pelicans. Have you noticed that the Pelicans are the only team that has won the Warriors at home in the playoffs, and they are The Warriors lost 2-4."

"Pelicans overall runner-up?"

"It is indeed the overall runner-up. This reminds me of what Kobe said after the Lakers lost. They are the number one loser."

"Haha, Tang's leaning back is very Kobe-like, and this encounter is starting to resemble him, but he doesn't know his child."

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The Warriors won the championship, and the curtain of the 2014-2015 season also fell.

Similarly, the pace of the 2015~2016 season is quietly approaching.

Because the finals ended very quickly, for each team, they have a full half a month this time to make sufficient preparations for the draft.

But at that point, with some domino effects of the season ending, a lot happened.

The Lakers fired their head coach Mike D'Antoni.

Last season, the Lakers were swept by the Warriors 0-4. Such a result is difficult to satisfy the fans. The management found D'Antoni to be the one to blame.

The Rockets also changed the head coach.

The Rockets reached the Western Conference semifinals this season, but were swept by the Warriors in the second round. This result made the team management very dissatisfied.

And because after the Warriors changed their coach, they changed from a second-rate strong team to a top-level strong team, which gave the management a lot of inspiration.

Rockets coach McHale's contract was signed in the summer of 2011. He signed a 3+1 contract, which just expired this season.

The Rockets gave up on renewing the contract with McHale, and instead targeted the market.

D'Antoni, who had just been fired by the Lakers, Stevens, whose contract with the Celtics had expired, former Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy, and George Karl, who had trouble with the Kings management, were all members of the Rockets. target candidates.

Harden was second only to Curry, Tang Tian and James in the MVP selection last season. Coupled with the good lineup of the Rockets, this is the coaching position that many head coaches like, and it is expected to attract a wave of fierce competition.

In addition to the changes at the coaching level, there is another thing that attracts attention is Duncan.

According to San Antonio field reporter Catherine, Duncan is strongly inclined to retire this season in order to create enough salary space for the Spurs to strengthen in the summer.

This news has attracted a lot of attention.

As the veritable No. [-] power forward in history, Duncan's retirement came as soon as he said it, leaving everyone defenseless.

Tang Tian was startled when he saw the news.

He knew this Catherine. When he was playing for the Spurs, he was often interviewed by her. Her words were sharp, and she was often played by him.

However, this person has a close relationship with the Spurs, and the news he revealed is basically true.

Speaking of which, Duncan's retirement in history also means that he retired as soon as he retired. He neither retired from the tour nor exchanged jerseys, and he was also caught off guard.

Tang Tian had Duncan's personal phone number, so he called directly.

The two chatted for a while, and Tang Tian was basically sure that Duncan wanted to retire.

And the idea is similar to what Catherine reported, it is to create salary space for the Spurs.

He still has a one-year contract of 1 million yuan, which is enough to sign an All-Star player in the market.

This old guy has played for the Spurs for so many years, and he still thinks about the Spurs after he retires, which is also emotional.

"Tim, you said the future is mine, you at least want to see me win the championship, right?"

Tang Tian didn't want Duncan to retire so early. The Spurs back then were nostalgic, and he still wanted to continue to fight Duncan on the court.

Duncan was also in good form last season, and playing for another year is definitely not a problem.

"And I remember that the contract you signed with the Spurs has options. You can let the team give up the draft and sign a new small contract with you. That will be good for the Spurs and you."

Tang Tian gave Duncan a suggestion.

Doing so would make the Spurs stronger, but that's not as important as giving Duncan an extra year.

Duncan in history didn't retire until the summer of 16. If Duncan retired a year earlier because of his butterfly effect, he would blame himself.

"I will think about it."

Tang Tian's words reached Duncan's heart. In fact, he wanted to retire, and the management was also persuading him, but Tang Tian gave him a solution.

Hearing Duncan's answer, Tang Tian felt a little relieved.

Not long after the call with Duncan, he received a message from Dempsey.

He said he wanted to come to Tang Tian's house, and it was inconvenient to ask Fang.

Tang Tian called back and asked what was going on. Apart from talking about the draft, Dempsey also had one more thing to do with the team's head coach.

Chapter 7 Eleven The Pelicans are about to change coaches (second update!)

Williams' coaching style is Rivers' type, but his tactical level is much worse than Rivers'.

Strictly speaking, he should be a bit like former Warriors head coach Mark Jackson.

In the two years since Tang Tian took over, he has led the team to rise, and he has been close to the best head coach twice.

Generally speaking, he and this Pelicans team are still very compatible with Tang Tian.

This is also similar to the situation with Mark Jackson in the Warriors.

But just like not winning the best head coach, Williams' performance is difficult to satisfy the management due to his limited tactical level.

Especially in this year's playoffs, the Pelicans were counterattacked by opponents several times, and the timeout was called slowly.

If it weren't for Tang Tian's 63-point game, the Pelicans would have stopped in the Western Conference semifinals.

And it's a bit like the original Warriors. The core lineup of Tang Tian, ​​Davis, and Jokic is full of offensive talents, but the Pelicans have no offensive system and average points per game are not high.

What Dempsey said now was what Benson meant.

With the lessons learned from the Warriors here, the management hopes to change to a capable head coach.

Tang Tian understood all these situations.

But Williams has been of great help to the players in the Pelicans in the past two years. Emotionally speaking, he doesn't want to give his opinion on this kind of matter.

It is good to say that Dempsey is willing to listen to his suggestions, but sometimes he is not good at choosing.

It is inappropriate to talk about coaching changes with him like when Cole was traded back then.

"Mr. Benson has decided to change the head coach. This cannot be changed by others, and you don't have to worry too much about Monty's market. He played so well in the Pelicans for two years. Finding a new job is not a big deal. Disaster."

Seeing that Tang Tian hadn't spoken, Dempsey added.

He said the previous sentence was to tell Tang Tian that a coaching change was imperative, and the latter was to let Tang Tian get through the test in his heart.

Tang Tian nodded.

He is not a cold-blooded animal without emotion, but he also knows when and what to say and what not to say.

Now that the management has made a decision, it is useless for him to insist.

Like Curry, expressing his displeasure at the firing of Mark Jackson didn't do anything.

"If Monty doesn't find a head coaching job elsewhere, if he wants to, I think it would be good to bring him back as the first assistant coach. He is at the top of the league in terms of developing players and encouraging morale."

Tang Tian said after thinking for a while.

Firing the head coach and letting him go as an assistant coach is a seemingly unacceptable thing.

So Tang Tian said a premise, if Williams did not go to other teams as the head coach.

After all, there are only 30 head coach positions in the NBA. If Popovich and Carlisle are excluded, there are actually not many opportunities.

After Mark Jackson was fired by the Warriors, no one wanted him, so he could only return to TNT and continue to be a commentator.

Dempsey nodded.

Williams is a very charismatic coach, and they get along very well.

If that were the case and Williams wanted to come back, he would definitely do it.

"Does management have a target candidate?"

Having reached this point, Tang Tian asked along the way.

"Mike D'Antoni."

Dempsey gave Tang Tian the answer.

"D'Antoni's coaching in New York and Los Angeles was not smooth, but this cannot conceal his excellent offensive system. Mr. Benson admires him very much and hopes that he can do the same thing as Steve Kerr."

Tang Tian nodded after listening.

Benson seems to like the Warriors a lot.

But this is also human nature. The Warriors have gone from second-rate to champion in one season. This kind of drastic change must be eye-catching.

Now the situation of the Pelicans looks a bit like the Warriors a year ago.

Now choose a D'Antoni who is also good at offense.

This is completely understandable.

Moreover, in D'Antoni's history, he went to the Rockets to liberate Harden and started playing magic ball, which also made the Rockets the favorite to win the championship.

Now the Pelicans Tang Tian holds the ball, Ariza, Holiday, Morrow is a kind of shooter, plus Davis and Jokic, this is also very suitable for magic ball.

It is indeed good to let him coach the Pelicans.

As for the issue of defense, it would be good to hire an assistant coach who is good at defense.

The Rockets hired Jeff Bzdelik.

"Are there any other candidates for consideration?"

Tang Tian asked one more question.

"George Karl, Rick Adelman, Avery Johnson."

Demps said several other backup candidates for management.

Tang Tian probably understood after listening.

These are all offensive coaches, the same type as D'Antoni.

The Pelicans management is determined to improve the team's offensive capabilities.