Vol 3 Chapter 772: Woj reveals the inside story of the 2011 Heat Draft

When Demps discussed with Stevens, Tang Tian was also found.
Tang Tian is the core of the team, and his several suggestions have worked, and now he has a higher voice in management.
Tang Tian was a coach in his life, and these coaches are all old acquaintances.
Hollins was first eliminated by him.
Hollins is a star player in the player era. He is more arrogant and has a strong desire to control the team. He has poor interpersonal skills.
In other words, this is a candidate who is more suitable as a head coach than an assistant coach. If he comes, he may fight with Stevens every day.
Then came Brown and Bickerstaff.
Tang Tian is more inclined to Bikstaf.
Bickstaff is completely inadequate as a head coach, but he is excellent as a defensive assistant and young with potential. He will get along well with Stevens.
Brown's words are of the type between Hollins and Bickstaff, and he has no ability to speak of Spurs origin.
But after all, he has been the head coach for most of his career, and he is the head coach of James. It is difficult to say whether he can serve Stevens as a young coach.
After Demps listened to Tang Tian's opinion, he asked Stevens, and Stevens had no opinion.
He flew to Boston the next day, preparing for a more in-depth negotiation with Bikstaf.
But it turned out that he ran away this time.
After hearing that the Pelicans would come to dig a corner again, Angie and Bickerstaff talked through the night, and finally successfully convinced the latter to stay in office.
It turned out that like the original D'Antoni, the Pelicans' first assistant coach also flew.
Fortunately, I had previous experience in this area, and Demps didn't delay time. He directly transferred to Cleveland to discuss the contract with Brown.
Brown is unemployed at home, and negotiations are going well on his side.
Soon the two sides reached a two-year 2 million franchise contract.
Brown's situation is special. He returned to the Cavaliers as head coach in 2015, but was also fired without executing the 20-year 20 million contract.
As a result, he is still leading the Cavaliers' annual salary of 5 million this year.
So his pursuit of money is not so high now. On the contrary, he urgently needs a place that has exposure and can prove himself.
Because only then can he get a new job as a head coach in the league.
The Pelicans are now the kind of place he wants to go.
After signing the contract, Brown went to New Orleans with Demps.
After arriving in New Orleans, Demps arranged for Stevens and Brown to meet and, by the way, called Tang Tian together.
After the three met, the main thing they talked about was the team's defensive system.
Brown's understanding is very close to Stevens, and there are some personal opinions.
He hopes to add more frontcourt pressure in the defense, which can reduce the time for opponents to launch positions, and it will work for teams that are good at playing the Spurs and Clippers.
He also thinks that the Rockets 'defensive system can be used for reference, so that Jokic's defensive end can protect him as much as possible by shrinking the basket, and he can also play Davis' defensive movement quickly and cover a wide area.
These two opinions led Tang Tian and Stevens to nod one after another.
As far as defense is concerned, Brown does have a set, and he seems to have not been idle in recent years.
However, these are all things that Tang Tian expected. What really surprised him was Brown's communicative ability.
This guy called bread, looked full of naivety, but knew the art of speech. In just half an hour, he praised Stevens and Tang Tian more than four or five times.
Things like this personality are only known after getting along, and now it seems to be a surprise.
With a character like Brown, he can quickly integrate into the Pelicans and also play a part of Williams' role.
But thinking about this is also a reasonable thing. Brown was initially talked about by the fans in the Cavaliers, but has a close relationship with James.
This also illustrates his ability to communicate with others.
The next day, the Pelicans officially announced Brown's joining the coaching staff, but did not disclose specific contract details.
After the news was released, it also attracted heated discussions from fans.
"Brown really got worse and worse. At the beginning, the Cavaliers got the best head coach in less than two years as the head coach. After that, the head coach was fired continuously. Now he can only be an assistant coach ..."
"Isn't that the best head coach that James gave at first? Manually funny"
"Brown's ability to be a head coach is indeed a bit worse, but I believe he can still be a assistant coach. His defensive skills are still very good."
"These are not important. Didn't you find out that the expected picture is likely to happen this year? The Pelicans have a chance to reach the finals this year!"
"Brown, as a mentor of James, wants to play against James in the finals?"
"Not only, but he still holds the Cavaliers salary ~"
"Well! I suddenly look forward to the Pelicans passing the Warriors this year and playing the Finals with the Cavaliers, it will be very interesting!"
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Fans have been talking on social media, but the reality is more important than what they are talking about.
Because Brown's first game after joining the Cavaliers, the Pelicans faced the Cavaliers at home.
Fans look forward to what may happen in the finals, which will be staged in New Orleans a day later.
The Pelicans and the Warriors dominate the West, but the Cavaliers dominate the East this year.
The running-in is more and more complete, and the lineup is unprecedentedly strong. Their record of 34 wins and 8 losses is also very eye-catching.
And they won the Warriors in the Christmas War before. If they can win the Pelicans next, their confidence to win this season will become unprecedentedly strong.
Not to mention Brown's point ~ EbookFREE.me ~ But these, after a message from Woj, became less important.
According to Woj, in the 2011 Heat draft, Pat Riley asked James about whether to choose Tang Tian. James gave the opinion that the team already has Miller and Shane Battier Don't need Tang Tian.
The news came out and immediately detonated the media and social media.
woj is the most reliable reporter for nba news, and the news he broke is basically the truth.
Moreover, he and James team have a general relationship, and the choice to break out the news before the two teams meet is obviously to get things done.
But it doesn't matter if you don't do anything, because the news shows at least two things.
James interfered in the management during the Heat, and James' opinions caused the Heat to miss Tang Tian!
Considering the various grudges after Tang Tian and James, this is definitely the hottest news this year!