There were thunder and heavy rains. The sky seemed to be covered with beaded curtains. The night view in the rain in New York was very charming.

Yang Rui, who was soaked in the rain, hurriedly ran into an old apartment building in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He tried a few keys and opened the door of the fourth-floor apartment, staring blankly at everything in front of him.

This is a mini cottage of up to 8 square meters. It has a two-story iron rack bed. You have to be careful when you sleep on the upper bunk bed. The head can easily reach the roof. The lower bunk bed is now used as a table, and some books and clothes are neatly placed.

On a shabby desk next to it, there was only a bread maker and a pot, a few small plates and a bowl, two pairs of chopsticks, and a spoon.

What’s amazing is that this apartment actually has a bathroom, sitting on the toilet, people’s knees can touch the door. It’s so small that people will never gain weight again when they move in.

Yang Rui changed his clothes while trembling, wrapped himself in a blanket, and muttered to himself: "I almost freeze to death outside... Am I reborn?"

He walked to the door, and there was a small mirror on it, and there was a strange face in it.

He took a while and accepted the reality in surprise.

Yang Rui was 33 years old in his previous life and graduated from a college degree in computer science. Because he was a member of the basketball school team during his school years, he was particularly familiar with basketball and sports news. After graduation, he applied for a job as an administrator in a large sports website, responsible for updating the content of the NBA sector, including player data, team salary, record rankings, various honors of season players, etc.

He did a great job and soon became a white-collar worker on sports websites. He had a high salary and was relatively leisurely. He worked for twelve years. Unexpectedly, he went to New York in June 1997 in a blink of an eye. He was awakened by the rain.

He didn't even know how he came through it. It was clearly in broad daylight, and there was no accident.

His last memory was very clear. He sat in the office as usual in the afternoon. His newly bought Samsung "Never Explosion Model" phone just now fully charged. He called his friend and made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening... Suddenly he was in the United States.

Memories appear intermittently in his mind, and he found them home with the integrated memories.

The man's name is Jerry Yang, 23 years old Chinese. His name was given by the director of the orphanage because he loved watching the cartoon "Cat and Mouse" when he was a child. He laughed happily when he saw Jerry appear.

When he was 8 years old, Jerry was adopted by a middle-aged Chinese man named Yang. At the age of 17, his adoptive father died of illness and left no inheritance for the treatment. Jerry had to work with Thomas Bentley, the best friend of the orphanage, and lived a very hard life.

Memories are like watching a movie, one picture after another, and Yang Rui gradually became excited.

He is not only ten years younger, but Jerry actually took a coaching class at a five-star training camp with the support of Thomas. He just obtained a basketball coaching qualification certificate this year and can compete for basketball coaching in leagues of all levels.

Unfortunately, Jerry spent four months to go to hundreds of schools across the United States, and neither applied for a head coach nor an assistant.

The reality is so cruel. Most schools do not give him any chance to show off. The person in charge drove him away like a beggar.

Jerry returned to New York after spending all his savings and exhausted. Last night, he was invited to attend an in-community party and was depressed to find that all those who graduated from training camp at the same time had found jobs, not only good or bad, but also bad.

At the party, Jerry heard a lot of harsh "care".

"Don't worry, you need to rest, go looking for a job with dark circles, how do you look like a coach? How can you leave a good impression on people?"

"Of course you won't succeed in applying for a job in a dress like this. Those who don't know would think you're going to interview a cleaner. Listen to me, go buy clothes first, and then try again."

"Didn't you do a good job in a restaurant before? What kind of coaching class do you have? I've told you that no matter what you do, you can't succeed without concentration."

"Little mouse, I kindly advise you, change careers quickly, stop dreaming, you can't be a basketball coach."

As a bystander, Yang Rui was so angry that he looked at him. This is called persuasion? This is so naked discrimination.

The Internet will be developed in the future, and many dark things will not hide. The United States is by no means a paradise.

Jerry's coach has solid basic skills, and it is not a problem to arrange player training and arrange offensive and defensive tactics. The fundamental reason why he can't even do junior high school team coaches is racial discrimination.

Let’s see how American cities divide residential areas. In addition to being divided by economic status, they are divided by race, ethnicity, and ancestral home.

"Chinatown", "Puerto Rican District", "Italian District", "Black District", "Latin District", etc.... Each district has its own system, and its architectural form is nationally stylized, with both their welfare mutual assistance organizations and their own underworld and gang groups.

Job discrimination is more obvious. The most typical example is that the United States legally refuses to recognize the education of many third world countries. In this way, a large number of doctors and technicians from other countries have difficulty finding jobs after immigrating to the United States, so they have to change careers and engage in simple manual labor and auxiliary work.

The most discriminated in the United States are blacks and Asians, followed by Latin Americans. It seems that the degree of discrimination is proportional to their skin color. It is too difficult to find a high-end job.

Yang Rui was very unhappy to receive these memories. If it were him, he would definitely fight back and would not give these classmates a good look.

However, Jerry chose to endure it, drank a lot of stuffy wine, left the party drunk, walked for a long time, and finally slept on a recliner by the side of the road.

Jerry is not a fragile person. On the contrary, his perseverance is amazing, so he can get the certificate he has always dreamed of. But he encountered walls everywhere in interview work, and he was now so dying, and his nerves could not stand it.

The person who stimulated him the most was actually his friend Thomas.

Thomas is so outstanding that he has been a top student since childhood. He has been a first-class scholarship winner for four years at Ivy League University. And he will devote his time, energy and attention to those jobs that can be paid, and never miss any opportunity to make money.

Compared with his best friend, Jerry looks like a waste.

Thomas graduated from Columbia University this year and went to an internship in a company in Los Angeles, but Jerry only had $8 left in his pocket, and even the rent for this snail residence was rented by Thomas.

Jerry owed him too much because he didn't attend the other party's graduation ceremony because he went out to find a job. He witnessed his friend wearing a bachelor's hat from Columbia University.

Yang Rui took a deep breath, carefully took out the precious certificate from the drawer of the broken desk, looked at it and looked, his brows gradually stretched out, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Poor guy, let me continue your life. I will help you realize your dream!"

Yang Rui is very willing to become a basketball coach. Making money is secondary. The important thing is to be good enough and it is related to his previous work, which can prove that he did not live in vain in his previous life.

So what if he starts from scratch? He comes from the future, knows a lot of big things, and understands the information about the future of NBA. His vision is unmatched. No one in the school is at all, there are ready-made opportunities nearby. Jerry hasn't been interviewed for the NBA team yet.

The weather in New York is not hot in June, and it rains a few times almost every week.

Summer cultural performances start at this time of year. There are concerts in Central Park and operas and dances near Lincoln Center. The programs are dazzling and colorful. It is the best time to learn about the local customs and culture of New York.

However, Yang Rui was not in the mood to play, especially when all the belongings were only single digits left, he was considering which route from the Upper West Side to New Jersey is the cheapest.

Searching memory, he found that New Jersey is only a river from Manhattan, two kilometers away in a straight line, so he walked to it.

His target is the Nets, he is such a bold person.

In his previous life, he had a college diploma from a third-rate university and dared to apply for a white-collar position in a large company. He succeeded and was regarded as a god by his classmates. If his parents had not died early, he would have been proud of him.

He wore a dark blue sportswear and shaved. Although he looked more like a player than a coach, his outfit at least felt refreshing and capable, and would leave some good impressions.

He went out early in the morning and at around 10 a.m., he arrived at the Road Aeronautics in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

He is full of confidence. Jerry has a lot of knowledge about basketball coaches in his memory, and he has a solid foundation. He also understands the future popular tactical concepts of NBA, which can be said to be a combination of two swords.

The reason why his first choice was the Nets because the Nets were bad enough. They only had 30 wins and 52 losses in the 1995-96 season. They asked the coach of the University of Massachusetts John Calipari to take charge of the team 96-97, and the result was even worse, with 26 wins and 56 losses.

Next season, if Calipari doesn't get any results, it's not far from being dismissed. Calipari is Larry Brown's disciple, good at building a defensive system, and his offense is bad. Yang Rui believes that his offensive philosophy can impress him.

Yang Rui also knew that this year the Nets will exchange the No. 76ers for the No. 1 pick Van Horn, with obvious tactical effects. After the first half of the season, they only started to make efforts in the second half and returned to the playoffs.

The team played very badly in the early stage, so as long as he gave Kalipari a strong laxative in the middle stage, he would have the opportunity to be ordered to be in danger when he was defeated, to rise strongly, and turn the tide.

Wait, it's all an illusion...

Yang Rui shook his head. Such a misconception was obviously Jerry's thoughts. Fortunately, he came over and there was another good person in the world.

After the regular season, two assistant coaches of the Nets were fired, and Calipari needed a new assistant and stayed in the arena to discuss work with the management.

Yang Rui had a good time and successfully handed over his resume. Kalipari and everyone in the management were surprised. First, he was qualified for coaching at such a young age, second, he had no coaching experience at all, third, he actually dared to come to the NBA team for an interview?!

"You have never coached in school, so you are here to apply for an assistant coach of the NBA team?" Manager Ed Stefansky looked at Yang Rui in disbelief.

Anyone who joins NBA at the age of 23 will reach the top in one step. There has never been such a precedent in NBA history.

As the world's highest-level basketball league, no one can do even an assistant, so Ed suspected that Yang Rui was crazy about his brain.

"Yes." Yang Rui nodded with a smile.

"Why do we hire you? There are countless coaches with coaching experience in the United States." Ed looked disdainful.

Faced with the other party’s questioning, Yang Rui was still calm and his psychological age was much older. Thinking from the perspective of others, he was the team manager and he also felt that young people were unreliable.

This is not discrimination, but human nature.

"Because I have the ability to make the nets attack to a higher level. Is it okay? I will know if Mr. Kalipari tests? Ability cannot be fake." Yang Rui looked at Kalipari sitting on the sofa.

Kalipari sat on the sofa and didn't raise his head, and hummed, "I'll think about NBA after you have brought the students to play for a few years. I don't have time to waste time with you."

"So, if you don't try, you have to refuse?" Yang Rui's eyes changed, and he felt very uncomfortable. It would be fine if Kalipari didn't want to give the test. What does it mean to open a sarcasm?

It is his way of dealing with friends as warm as spring and his enemies as cruel and ruthless as winter.

"Yes, if you have time to talk, you might as well try your luck in the middle school team. People should be self-aware." Kalipari did not hide his disdain.

Yang Rui looked straight at Kalipari and smiled: "I think the dribble breakthrough tactic should be called 'aasaa', that is, 'I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight, I'll fight again'. Mr. Kalipari, you have carried forward this tactic and given it a new title ddm. Among them, the defender's ability to break the ball with the ball is its life goal. I'm right?"

"What do you mean?" Kalipari's face turned gloomy when he heard the young man suddenly arranged his proud tactics.

This is the guard-oriented offensive routine. The defender kept running, infiltrating, hitting the basket or three-point line in the offensive half, giving a shot back. The core is the outside line, and only a blue-collar worker in the inside line needs to grab the rebound, so the Nets traded at Calipari's request and Van Horn.

Yang Rui continued: "I mean very simple. If the opponent is stuck in the core guard, you can't win without a good point guard."

"Ha, are you teaching me? I've never seen a young man more crazy than you." Kalipari glared at Yang Rui fiercely, but found that the other party was still calm and showed a smile that made people's backs chill.

"You misunderstood. I just elaborate on a fact and predict your failed and pathetic future in NBA."

Since he would not stay, Yang Rui would not be polite to others. He knew very well that Kalipari could not prove himself in the NBA.

"I think that with the depth of the lineup, you can make the playoffs by taking this Nets. Your tactics are easy to be thoroughly studied by your opponents. At the latest, the team's record will decline sharply. I am the boss and I will definitely give you a cut. Maybe you are unwilling to leave like this and will find a team to be an assistant coach in order to turn things around, but it is useless. In the end, you will only return to college and implement the "I beat me and I fight" tactic."

Hearing the curse-like words, Kalipari was furious. "What are you? Chinese people don't even have anyone who can play NBAs and don't understand basketball at all. You deserve to evaluate me?"

"Not worthy of evaluation? People should be self-aware. When you are scolded by fans in the future and are cut by the net team, you will definitely regret it very much. If you are not so arrogant, it may be a completely different life." After that, Yang Rui stood up and walked out of the office slowly.

Nets, go to hell, a brainless team that has never won the NBA championship.

At this moment, Yang Rui deeply understood what it means to "being talented but not being appreciated". You are obviously very capable, but the most difficult thing is not to do your job well, but to make those who are incompetent but have the right to speak believe you.

Managers Ed and Calipa looked at each other, but they didn't expect that there would be such a young man. Is this the attitude he should have when applying for a job? They have never said that they failed to apply for a job and belittled the head coach.

Ed was wondering why Yang Rui was confident to do this. Could this Chinese really be a little bit awkward? There are only a handful of people who got the coaching qualification at the age of 23, and the five-star training camp certificate is real.

"Damn, I don't believe any team would want someone like him." Kalipari said angrily.
Chapter completed!