Not long after receiving the call, Supersonics publicly announced the dismissal of head coach PJ Calesimo.

When Su Yang saw the news, he realized the determination and sincerity of Supersonics, and also carefully prepared the interview content.

He mainly focused on player selection, player positioning and team goals, and team tactical system did not take much time, because the Supersonics will have major personnel changes in the next two years, so it is more important to cultivate the tactical awareness of the main players.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 16th, Su Yang rushed to the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills as agreed.

I took the elevator to the conference room on the eighth floor. As soon as I opened the elevator door, I saw a staff member with the supersonic team sign.

The Thunder interview team has arrived, and the headlines are General Manager Presti and a small boss.

Presti has a small back, a long face, a cold face, a pair of glasses, a suit, and a light beard around her mouth. The elite looks quite obvious, especially like the beastly clothes in Hong Kong dramas.

As for the little boss, he was a typical businessman style, and his small eyes looked at Su Yang frequently.

After a greeting, Su Yang sat down. Before he could recover, the topic suddenly quickly moved forward to the official interview.

Presti opened the folder: "From your public resume, is the Trail Blazers scout for the first job?"

Su Yang nodded, Presti pushed his glasses: "Then please give a brief evaluation of this work experience."

"I took office on May 23, 2007. I am mainly responsible for the evaluation of players from the Orlando rookie training camp, as well as the joint trial training organization of the sixteen teams, and serve as on-site command to examine the tactical understanding and execution capabilities of rookie players..."

After about one and a half minutes, Su Yang briefly described the main experiences and achievements of scouting work, believing that scouting work is very important and that scouting work should be improved, especially tactical scouts, which often play an important role.

"I have a close view to you..."

Presty nodded, "Speaking of this, I also had a scouting experience. When I was at the Spurs in 2001, I suggested to coach Popovich to choose Tony Parker, that was the highlight of my scouting career.

By the way, we have drawn the fourth pick this year. Do you have any suggestions?”

“I recommend Russell Westbrook…”

Su Yang said: "He is the best player besides Derek Ross and is also the most suitable player for the current Supersonic lineup. He can match Kevin Durant well. He is the kind of surviving player with faith."

When Prestil was slightly surprised when he heard what Su Yang said, blinking repeatedly, and quickly calmed down his expression.

"I saw that you mentioned in your resume that you have served as the Trail Blazers player development coach. If we chose Russell Westbrook at the Supersonics, which player do you think he is suitable for development as a template?"

Su Yang spread his hands: "Westbrook is a unique player. If he has to be positioned, in my opinion, it should be Jason Kidd, who has enhanced physical fitness and scoring ability. He has the potential to become an MVP-level player."

"Why is Jason Kidd?"

Presti asked calmly: "The scout report mentioned Westbrook's current ball control technology deviation, and he also needs to improve his outside shooting and free throwing ability. The template tends to Rajon? Rondo, how did you come to the conclusion?"

"Because Russell Westbrook is naturally unruly and loves freedom..."

Su Yang smiled and said, "That makes him like to rush around and solve problems in the simplest and most direct way, but he can also have a calm mind and use shooting and assists to help the team, but someone needs to guide him."

"You think you are that person?"

"I have no choice."

"Okay." Presty breathed slightly, "Let's talk about Kevin Durant, what do you think of him?"

"I said in the All-Star Rookie Championship that he has the potential to reach the top ten in NBA history..."

Presti asked with a smile: "If it weren't for you, would he still have a chance to reach the top ten in history?"

“So there too!”

Su Yang said solemnly: "He is the brightest star in the night sky. Even if he is blocked by dark clouds, he will show bright light sooner or later. But if I were coaching, it would be difficult for him to encounter dark clouds and he would stay where he would not go anywhere else."

Hearing the 'not going anywhere else', Presti raised his eyebrows slightly and asked with a smile: "Then how do you plan to help him reach the top ten in NBA history? He needs to compete with Duncan, Kobe, O'Neal and others, and retired superstars."

"First of all, I will design tactics for him that are efficient and give full play to his technical characteristics.

Secondly, I will let him learn a way to play that saves more effort and extends his career and make long-term preparations.

Of course, you also need to configure a reasonable lineup for him to maintain competitiveness for a long time like the Spurs.”

After Su Yang finished speaking, Presty was a little surprised: "It seems that you have really thought about how to do it. As for the third point, you mentioned that Westbrook has MVP potential, so how can we balance the ball rights of both of them?

You should know that becoming the top ten levels in NBA history not only requires great honors, but also requires data accumulation."

Su Yang shrugged slightly: "There is no need to be deliberately balanced. My second article also mentioned that it will make him play more effortless and prolong his career. Be prepared for a long time. Just imagine that they will stay healthy for a long time and have a very high playing rate."

"OK, you make sense of logic..."

Presti's tone changed: "Then do you think that if they are teaming up, if they aim to make the playoffs, how long will it take to work together? If they aim to win the championship, what lineup will they need to match?"

"If I just make the playoffs, then next season, I will have the confidence to take them to complete..."

Upon hearing what Su Yang said, Presty raised his eyebrows suddenly, and Su Yang continued: "But that needs to suppress their nature, delay their growth rate, and increase the risk of injury for an insignificant victory. It is not worth it.

In comparison, I would rather let them grow quickly and then stay competitive for the long term.”

Presti asked: "What about winning the championship? Under the precursor of your rapid growth."

Su Yang thought briefly: "I don't know the slowest, but if everything goes well, it will be as fast as 10 years."

“I must say…”

Presti took a deep breath, "You are indeed as confident as others evaluate, and you have never had any failure cases... Then again, if you were coaching, what tactical system would you build?"

"I haven't studied the tactical system in depth..." Su Yang said truthfully.

"But I will let them play European more first    Ballscreen      offense (European pick-and-roll offense). That system will have several basic modes that can quickly improve their reading and understanding of the game."

Presty nodded and then raised her hand to signal: "Please briefly introduce the main characteristics of European pick-and-roll attacks."

"Pick-and-roll is an important part of any tactical system, and the understanding and execution of the European pick-and-roll system is very simple, and it is flexible and varied, making it difficult for opponents to predict and has strong continuity. It emphasizes continuous empty cut and running to open up space, and uses the advantages of small fast spirit to constantly find misaligned offensive opportunities, and seize opportunities with one-on-one strength, and then launch a full-staff attack.

This tactical system is very suitable for Durant, Westbrook, and Jeff Green…”

When Su Yang finished speaking, Presti immediately asked: "I noticed that in your previous story, you mentioned the use of the advantages of small fast spirit many times, which means that you don't pay much attention to center players or inside players, and the lineup is more biased towards the Suns?"

“Weakening the center is one of the options…”

Su Yang shook his head, "The key is to give full play to the advantages of dislocation. If the center can achieve the effect, it will naturally be used."

"Then can you draw a specific tactic now?"

"Can!"

Su Yang took the tactical board, recalled it for a moment, and drew a Slash    Action, which is an European pick-and-roll offensive tactic invented by Coach Jerry Sloan, which is slightly different from the traditional stagger.

"The so-called Slash   Action is to cut the basket by 2 empty spaces, and 1 uses 4 cover to circumvent..."

Su Yang explained the general tactical start and variants in detail to the tactical board, and the structure was very clear.

Presti nodded with satisfaction, and Su Yang used Durant as the object and drew a few more tactics.

Compared to the tactics PJ? Carlesimo copied from the Spurs, his tactics are much simpler.

As we chatted, the interview was almost an hour, and Prestie made a temporary rest.

When the rest ended, I talked about it for about an hour, and all my doubts and thoughts were spread out.

It was twelve o'clock in the blink of an eye, and Presti said that the interview was officially over and chatted casually.

"Do you know? Besides Durant hopes to invite you as head coach, Kevin also recommends you to us, saying you are the most special young man he has ever seen. I also asked Monty Williams, who thinks you are a broad-minded young man, saying that you are not angry about his stereotypes, and even support his many ideas.

Kevin and Monty, I have worked with the Spurs, and I totally believe what they say.

That gave me great hope for this interview today, and you successfully convinced and impressed me.

Later, we will send you a job-related email, which will contain specific salary and other content. If you have any ideas, we will contact you. In addition, I suggest you hire an agent because I sometimes ask my assistant to handle salary and things like that, and I will soon enter the preparations for the draft, so it is difficult to communicate directly with you.

If everything goes well, then welcome you to join Thunder in advance. Is it a name changed, Simon?"

Presti turned his head and looked at the little boss named Simon. Simon hurriedly got up and shook hands with Su Yang.

"I'll confirm as soon as possible." Su Yang's heart was surging.

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