2. Draft conference? Robbery conference!
Finally, in the summer of 2008, the Thunder, who were determined to go through reconstruction and forgot to start again in the future, kept picking head coaches in the free market.
Although there were also several head coach candidates with good personal resumes in the free market at that time, Sam Prostie, as the general manager, was not satisfied with them.
Because as we all know, Sam Prostie is a very strange person. If the general managers of other teams like to pick up ready-made ones, Sam Prostie is exactly the opposite.
Compared to enjoying his success, he prefers to be brave enough to innovate. In the end, General Manager Sam Prosty, who had chosen to break out of the contract at that time and planned to enter the NBA, happened to be in a good look at it.
So, amid the doubts from the outside world, Prostie, as the general manager, finally gave Yang Fan a four-year, $12 million contract without hesitation.
Although anyone with discerning eyes knows very well that even if a contract is signed, the team can choose to lay off the position of head coach at any time.
But at that time, people were still very puzzled by Thunder General Manager Sam Prostie's choice.
Because even though Yang Fan has excellent results in leading the team in NCAA and is brave enough to innovate, as a university head coach, he has no experience in coaching the NBA team after all.
So people feel a little strange about Prostie's decision.
It can be said that when the Thunder officially announced that the NCAA coach Yang Fan would take charge of the team's coach next season, the external pressure Yang Fan faced was even heavier than the Thunder's college head coach Donovan later.
Because although both of them have no experience in coaching the NBA team, they have directly grown from university coaches to NBA head coaches.
But Donovan was a native American after all, and Yang Fan was a yellow man at this moment.
So for a local fan who has an inexplicable sense of superiority, the Thunder's operation is simply a bit imaginative.
But no matter how strong the doubts from the outside world are at this moment, this still cannot change the fact that Yang Fan will take over the Thunder team coach next season...
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As Yang Fan and Sam Prosty talked to each other in the room, Stern's iconic voice came from above the podium at this moment.
"Congratulations to the Miami Heat for choosing Michael Beasley from Casas State in the second pick in the first round!!"
As Stern's voice came out from the stands, a young man immediately stood up below.
At this moment, the thighs did not leave a cool dirty ditch braid like later generations, but the whole person had a squid figure. Like this year's No. 1 pick Derek Ross, he was somewhat "bald".
Seeing that Beasley stood up and hugged each other with his relatives around him, even Yang Fan in the room subconsciously gave Beasley an applause.
Although this guy is a drug-abusing person who is a typical waste of basketball talent, no matter what, Beasley can be regarded as a man baptized by CBA. It is not an exaggeration to call him a CBA celebrity.
Well, the reason why Yang Fan in the room gave Beasley his applause along with the public was because Beasley was indeed something during this period.
If we only look at personal offensive ability, then it is no less than Durant of the Thunder team at this moment.
Even if the two fight one-on-one, Durant is likely not Beasley's opponent.
However, no matter how strong Beasley's offensive ability is, Yang Fan has no intention of coaching him. It's not that Yang Fan is afraid that he can't suppress this thorn, but it's just a problem that can be solved by stars. Why do you have to add trouble to yourself???
I quietly became a salted fish on the coaching seat and was waiting to die. Isn’t it fragrant?!!
When Yang Fan thought of this, he fell into deep thought again, but unlike before, what Yang Fan did not think about the player construction this time.
On the contrary, I think that the offseason is still long, should I win over a group of coaching teams in advance?!
After all, let alone the Thunder team's ability to be a coach assistant team is quite limited at the moment. Just talking about the fact that I am not familiar with the place and using the remaining coaches of the former coach, this is not as good as I can promote, right?!
And for some outstanding coaches in later generations, Yang Fan was right at this moment. After all, the man with the Eye of God is not a joke...
The only thing that is a bit troublesome is that after the draft, the league will organize some young players and players who have no ball to play to participate in the summer league.
Before that, the outstanding assistant coaches in the free market were basically robbed by other teams.
So if Yang Fan really wants to recruit, then there are not many choices left for him at this moment.
"Congratulations to the Oklahoma City Thunder for choosing Russell Westbrook from the University of California in the fourth pick in the first round!!"
As Yang Fan thought a little tragically in the room, the Timberwolves used the Tanhua lottery to choose the OJ Mayo, the most offensive ability among this rookie.
And at this moment in the stands, Stern had already announced the player selected by the Thunder in the fourth pick in the first round.
That's right! It's a famous brush called the Tintoon Turtle...
Ahem...
Bah! It is the famous triple-double king Westbrook!!
When he heard Stern's announcement, although Yang Fan had already prepared before, he still felt a little excited at this moment.
And even if he was reborn once, Yang Fan still chose Westbrook step by step in the fourth pick in the first round, rather than Kevin Love behind him.
Although Westbrook has the problem of being distracted at the critical moment, for Yang Fan, who has been a two-year-old man, it is absolutely unquestionable to take away some big and small problems.
Moreover, as he will take over the Thunder this season, it will definitely play a crucial role in the growth of Westbrook and others.
At least it can help them avoid detours in their career paths. If nothing unexpected happens, the Thunder this season will definitely make everyone feel bright.
After all, people outside the world only know that the Thunder team currently has too many draft picks, so they will definitely stock up on a lot of potential.
If you ask how many draft picks the Thunder have this season, there are too many?! Isn’t it a bit too exaggerated?
His grandma's, in a single season draft, the Thunder team has six draft picks!!
Isn't this fucking exaggerated enough?!
Even when Yang Fan learned the news, he almost died suddenly in excitement...
That's 6 draft picks. This is not a draft pick. It's clearly a robbery meeting!!
But as of now, except Yang Fan, others are absolutely unimaginable how great the current Thunder team has.
If the Thunder fans are standing on the first floor at this moment, scout Paca is standing on the second floor, and general manager Sam Prosty is standing on the third floor.
Then Yang Fan, who held 6 draft picks at this draft, was basically standing outside...
As for why you are not standing on the top of the pyramid?
Because the team already has Durant and Jeff Green, Yang Fan still holds six draft picks in this draft, and you still tell me about the pyramids?!
This season I have to lift my ashes to you...
Chapter completed!