It started to rain lightly in New York in early June, and the weather suddenly became gloomy.

The depressing weather also affected Bruce, especially after receiving a call from Hubie Brown, Bruce felt even heavier.

As a famous wise man in the history of the NBA, Hubie Brown has already passed on his decades of experience to this group of rookies when the New York Hans were first established.

This 60-year-old man has done enough and done well enough.

Today, Hubie Brown said goodbye to Bruce as a consultant for the New York Hans due to physical discomfort.

Currently, this position is vacant. Bruce could not think of anyone else who could find wise men with such rich experience and life experiences. I am afraid they are just a few old men from the "ancient times".

Anyway, Bruce finally agreed to the old man's request.

Mr. Hubie Brown left the New York Hans, along with "Silver Fox" Del. Harris.

It's just that Del Harris went to China to prepare for the CBA league that started in 1995.

As a Chinese, Bruce must of course build a domestic team in his own country and his hometown mountain town!

Del. Harris went to play front office and make detailed preparations for the new arena and team building.

Basically, Bruce concentrated all the power in China on Del Harris.

As the first foreign head coach of the Chinese men's national basketball team in his previous life, Del Harris has a deep affection for China.

Otherwise, he would not have helped the UAE in the NBA after leaving the national team.

Such a person with special feelings for China is the most suitable person to develop in China.

In the previous life, the CBA in the 1990s was still very immature. This time Del Harris was sent there to let him spread the NBA's concepts to the entire CBA league through the team's players.

The national team can no longer rest on its laurels. Only by learning more advanced concepts can we continue to dominate Asia.

In fact, Bruce also wanted to invite a coach to China specifically, but after asking many well-known opposition coaches and assistants, they all shook their heads and said No.

Some people may be willing to go to China for the sake of money, but can you guarantee that they will not leave after coaching for only one season?

You know, the cultural differences between the East and the West are huge, and they are not as open as they will be after the new century.

In this case, Bruce will let Del Harris shoulder the responsibility.

This would prevent Bruce from having to recruit from all over the United States every year, which would be quite annoying.

Del Harris was appointed deputy general manager and chief assistant coach. Once he leaves, the deputy general manager can be eliminated. Anyway, with Mitch Kupchak, this position is dispensable.

But the chief assistant coach is vacant. This position is particularly important and is the best backup to take over the position of head coach.

According to the league's previous operations, when the team's chief assistant coach leaves, a substitute from the team's offensive coach or defensive coach should be brought in.

Bruce decided to let offensive coach Doug Collins temporarily serve as chief assistant.

All other coaching positions in the team have been arranged by head coach Paul Westphal, so I don't have to worry about who will be the offensive coach and who will be the defensive coach.

Anyway, there are many assistant coaches now. As long as the head coach doesn't leave, it doesn't matter how many Bruces are replaced.

Now that the New York Hans' chief assistant coach has been confirmed, the team needs to add another assistant coach.

Therefore, Bruce is going to have an interview in person this time, and nothing will happen to him anyway.

Bruce told Stu Jackson his idea and application conditions, and arranged for him to officially notify the United States and publish the recruitment notice in newspapers.

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There was a whirlwind of excitement all of a sudden, it was so lively!

Can you imagine Popovich sending you a resume?

Can you believe that the famous coaches in the opposition also asked you to come to New York for an interview?

I can't imagine it anyway, but it's all true.

When Bruce saw Popovich's resume, he immediately folded it and put it away for safekeeping. Maybe it could be used as history or something in the future.

Please Popovich, please, Bruce is okay.

Yes, Popovich is indeed the most awesome head coach in his previous life, and he is definitely one of the top ten legendary head coaches in history.

This is indeed true. If you don't take into account that Popovich has been in office for more than 30 years, Bruce will definitely choose Popovich.

There are several 30-year-olds in life. For Popovich, Bruce will miss Carlisle in the early stage, D'Antoni in the mid-term, and Kerr and Stevens in the later stage.

Is it worth it?

Of course not worth it!

Popovich has dominated the Spurs head coach position in the Spurs for many years. Does Bruce dare to use it?

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I interviewed some people. These people were either boastful or came here for the high salary. All of them were people whom Bruce was not familiar with in his previous life.

Most of the famous head coaches in previous lives only started to develop slowly after 2000.

It’s only 1993, where should Bruce go to find this point?

You can't just find someone to make do with it.

It seems like this is the only way.

Bruce was also annoyed, so he asked Stu Jackson, who was interviewing with him next to him, if he had signed up for an interview.

If there is any left, let's give it to Stu Jackson for an interview.

Stu Jackson looked at the list, there were still a few names left, and read the names of the last few to Bruce.

"Who? What's the name you just read?"

Bruce heard a person's name in a daze, and he suddenly became alert.

Because he seemed to have heard the name of a coach who looked like a comedian in his previous life.

"Oh, my name is Rick Carlisle."

"Quick, show me his information first, and then I want to see him, immediately."

Bruce said eagerly.

Rick Carlisle, in his previous life, looked a lot like comedian Jim Carrey, but this coach's resume is not comedy, and is extremely legendary.

A native New Yorker and a typical academic coach.

The most awesome thing is that he led Nowitzki to win the first championship trophy for the Dallas Mavericks, and he is also a master tactician.

Carlisle appeared during this period, and just in time, an excellent successor to Paul Westphal appeared.

This guy must be locked up tightly and the penalty for liquidated damages must be set high.

After meeting Rick Carlisle in person, they conducted a fake interview, and Bruce asked Stu Jackson to inform the people behind him that there was no need for an interview.

After Stu Jackson left, Bruce looked at Carlisle who was still relatively immature.

"Congratulations, you have become the chief assistant coach of the New York Hans. Let me show you this contract."

Bruce temporarily asked Angel, the assistant to the president, to print this contract. Of course, Bruce dictated it, and assistant Angel was responsible for modifying some of the contract contents.

Rick Carlisle looked at the contract. Most of it was the same as other teams in the league, except that the annual salary had been increased a lot.

Three years and 5 million is quite reasonable. After all, it is not a head coach-level contract.

However, the liquidated damages in the contract are a bit outrageous. If you voluntarily leave during your tenure or are poached by another team, you will need to pay a liquidated damages of 10 million!

How much confidence does Bruce have in me? I’m afraid no one will pay the 10 million liquidated damages!

However, the benefits of this contract are still very good, and other benefits are also very generous.

Even the performance requirements are not specifically stated in the contract.

If your performance is not good, you will be fired if you say you will be fired. Then you will be given so much time to stay in the team. These bosses will not keep idle people.

Bruce has been observing Carlisle, he is not bad, he has a handsome demeanor.

"Mr. Rick, you read that right, it's what the contract says. If you think it's suitable, then sign the contract."

Carlisle was also thinking about it and finally decided to sign the contract.

There is no way not to sign it. Bruce has specified in the contract that he will not be fired based on the team's performance. For this reason, he must sign this contract.

After all, most bosses nowadays are based on performance. Maybe you will be replaced by a well-known coach within a few days of taking office.

Things like this are everywhere in the league.

In the NBA, ordinary-level coaches are not valuable, elite-level coaches are worth some money, and famous coaches are very valuable.

Carlisle thought about his current status, which was definitely worthless.

Thinking of this, Carlisle wrote his name heavily on the contract.

Of course he didn't think Bruce would cheat on him.

As a native of New York, Carlisle certainly knew what Bruce had done in New York City, and he also knew that this young boss was definitely someone who kept his word.

With Bruce's current reputation, it doesn't hurt him. He is not that stupid to use his reputation for a chief assistant coach.

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To be continued...