Chapter 910 Understood

The plane landed at Sacramento Airport more than half an hour later.

Divac personally drove to the airport to pick him up.

The Serbian bearded center has an indissoluble bond with California.

His career started with the Lakers, and he was brilliant with the Kings. He once changed Kobe alone, and finally ended his career with the Lakers.

Last year, the king's meritorious veteran became the king's general manager and began to build the youth army from scratch.

Li Liang's arrival disrupted his established plan, but made him feel extremely excited.

The arrival of Bruce Lee is stronger than all the established plans.

After seeing Li Liang, Divac stepped forward and shook his hand vigorously, which is the greeting ceremony in a socialist country.

Divac had it all sorted out.

Accommodation, dinner, and a visit to the king's headquarters and everything else.

He arranged it quite thoughtfully, and the group first went to the King's new headquarters at the Kimpton Intercontinental Hotel.

This is part of the "Downtown Community" being built by the City of Sacramento.

The planning center brings together retail, residence, hotel and entertainment.

At the center of this community is the Kings' new arena, "Golden One."

Around the Golden No. 1 arena, various living and entertainment facilities have been built nearby. Everything is new and has just been opened this summer.

This kind of brand-new atmosphere gives people a very good feeling.

Afterwards, the group went to the team's training center, which was still a brand new facility, a high-tech spa, and a professional health team.

Because Li Liang's visit was very sudden, the Kings were not particularly well prepared.

But that's not what Li Liang cares about.

In Divac's office, Li Liang, Ranadive, and Divac sat down and had a serious discussion.

Ranadive told Divac about Li Liang's conditions, "Bruce wants to be the coach of the Kings, but our coach has not been determined yet?"

Ranadive is not tall and looks like a thin Indian. He is shorter than his daughter.

But his eyes are firm, his Indian accent is very light, and his words are concise and in place. It is very comfortable to talk to him.

Hearing what the boss said, Divac was obviously taken aback. Li Liang actually wanted to be a coach?

To be honest, this request Divac never thought of.

Yeah, who would have thought that?

If you don't want to be a good player, you still want to be a coach?

This is to support the family, do you want to work part-time because you think the money is too little?

The hard work and pressure of the coaches are unimaginable to ordinary people - of course, except for Li Liang's coach.

Divac really couldn't figure out why Li Liang would make such a request.

"Answer me, do we have a coach?" Ranadive asked again, a little impatient in his tone.

On the plane, he agreed with all his heart. For him, Li Liang didn't want to be a coach, you just want to be a general manager, and he can fire Divac now.

A capitalist doesn't care about how the business is run or how the positions are arranged, he only cares about whether the capital will increase in value.

As long as Li Liang can come, performance improvement is inevitable, and the team's market value will definitely rise, and the football market will definitely become popular.

So for Ranadive, this condition is nothing at all.

But Divac is different. He thinks more about issues from a basketball perspective. Li Liang's condition is unheard of.

In the history of the NBA, there are not no successful players and coaches. Needless to say, Bill Russell, there are also Lenny Wilkens and Dave De Buschel (this is not considered successful).

However, after the 1980s, the player-coach disappeared from the league.

After all, the professionalism of coaches is getting stronger and stronger, and not everyone can do it concurrently.

The energy of the players is also limited, and they are assigned to the coaching position, what should they do with their usual training.

Not to mention that the players are not convinced with each other. You can be a teammate or a boss, but you have to be a coach?

Why don't you go to heaven.

But Li Liang is different, he can really go to heaven.

Four consecutive personal championships, two regular season MVPs, and four finals MVPs. He is now retired, and he is among the top ten in history.

What's more, he is only 26 years old now, he is in his prime, and there is still room for improvement.

No matter which team it is placed on, it will be offered as a treasure.

What's wrong with being a coach?

Divac figured this out quickly.

Isn't it the coach? It just so happens that the candidate for the new head coach of the Kings has not yet been determined.

Before the Kings invited the famous coach George Karl to take charge of the team.

As a result, the famous marshal did not get along well with the king's young man.

Especially the king's head star Cousins, when the king wanted to invite Carl to coach, Cousins ​​and his team didn't welcome Carl very much.

Because Karl's tactical style has always been to underestimate the stars, focus on the team, and like to play fast breaks.

His relationship with the stars has never been good.

In the Bucks and Ray Allen, they had conflicts with Anthony in the Nuggets.

But the king still thinks that the young king needs an old-school coach to overwhelm him.

After all, Carl is well-known. Although he has never won a championship, it is quite easy to enter the playoffs. He is one of the few coaches with a thousand victories in the league.

But Carl, who has suffered from cancer, is no longer in the prime of life.

After coming to the king, he did not integrate the young team well. On the contrary, he had some conflicts with the grumpy Cousins.

In the 2016 season, after the Kings missed the playoffs again, George Karl was fired.

After that, Divac began to look for a head coach for the new season.

Before Li Liang put forward the conditions, his eyes were locked on the former Grizzlies coach Jogel.

Jogel's training in the Grizzlies in the past few years is obvious to all, but with the Grizzlies' current lineup, their potential has been exhausted and they have reached the ceiling.

After failing again in the first round of the playoffs this year, the Grizzlies announced the dismissal of Jogel as head coach.

Divac quickly contacted Jogel, but Jogel did not immediately accept Divac's invitation.

This matter has been delayed for the time being, until August.

Recently, Jogel has been discussing the details of the contract with the Kings and is ready to accept it.

Who knew that Cheng Yaojin would come out halfway.

And this Cheng Yaojin is not an ordinary Cheng Yaojin, but a real devil incarnation.

Divac, Ranadive, and Li Liang reached an agreement in the office.

Li Liang will serve as the new coach of the Kings and will sign a four-year maximum salary contract with the Kings.

This time, Li Liang is not going to sign a short-term contract and get a small salary.

At the same time, in order not to leave an excuse for the league, the king also offered Li Liang a coaching contract.

However, the time limit is only one year, and Li Liang also wants to see if he can be the head coach.

Both Divac and Ranadive breathed a sigh of relief after a verbal agreement was quickly reached.

This big fish just fell into his net pocket.

Moreover, you have to stay here for at least three years.

Ranadive couldn't wait to announce the news to the outside world.

It is really happy and exciting to think that once the news comes out, the market value of the king and the stock price of the company will rise.

And Divac had basketball in mind.

He asked Li Liang, "Then, who should the assistant coach hire?"

Divac believes that although Li Liang is the head coach, in fact a lot of work is estimated to be done by assistant coaches.

Therefore, the position of assistant coach will be very critical.

Li Liang smiled and said, "I think you should know the candidates for this position."

Divac was taken aback for a moment, then understood and smiled.