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177. Offseason plans

The next day, Yang Fan was sleeping soundly and was woken up by a burst of rapid phone calls.

Since the Thunder won the away game yesterday, a series of awarding ceremonies were held away.

However, when Prostie learned that the team swept the Cavaliers 4:0 and won the championship, Yang Fan and others took a special plane back to Oklahoma that night.

Because General Manager Prostie can't wait to see what the championship looks like.

Even though the team has won a championship trophy in the history of the Thunder, it has nothing to do with Prosty after all.

So Prostie is very excited about the team's championship.

He even held a banquet that night to reward everyone in the team. As the head coach of this team, or a well-deserved soul figure.

Yang Fan was naturally drunk. As for what happened later, Yang Fan had no memory at all. Yang Fan only knew that it was already three in the morning when he returned home.

When Yang Fan heard his cell phone ringing, he thought it was Prostie who wanted to ask him to participate in the championship parade.

After all, teams that win NBA championships every year hold parades. In addition to being able to show off, they can naturally become a means to win people's hearts.

But later Yang Fan thought that this possibility should not be great. After all, he didn't wake up at this time, let alone that guy Prosty.

So even if Prostie is in a hurry, it is impossible to prepare for it so quickly.

"Hey, hello." Yang Fan asked listlessly after answering the phone.

"Hello, Yang, I'm Donald Sterling, I don't know if I have time to talk."

When Yang Fan heard the sound on the other end of the phone, he lost his sleepiness.

Donald Sterling? Isn't this the owner of the Clippers?

"Actually, I don't have time normally, but if you have something to do, you can just say it." Yang Fan replied without any politeness.

It’s not that Yang Fan deliberately made a fool of himself, nor that Yang Fan was rude enough, but that Donald Sterling was really not very good.

Not to mention that this guy is a racist, he was even forced to sell the Clippers because of racist remarks in later generations.

Just saying that Sterling is likely to be a bisexual makes Yang Fan shudder.

Anyway, I don’t have any good feelings for Sterling, so I naturally don’t have to be polite.

"Jing, our Clippers want to hire you as the team's head coach. I know you still have a contract, but if you are interested, I can pay the liquidated damages for you at any time." Sterling said in a low voice.

After hearing Sterling's words, Yang Fan was obviously stunned.

Obviously, Yang Fan never expected that Sterling called himself early in the morning to dig out a corner of the Thunder.

But I think so, the Clippers are in a city like Los Angeles, but the team has always been poor in terms of performance.

Especially last season, the Clippers only scored 29 wins and 53 losses, and the management even fired the legendary coach Mike Dunleavy in the middle of the season.

So no wonder Sterling couldn't wait to contact him, because it took only two years to lead this slim Thunder to win the championship. This ability is really enviable.

But when you go to the Clippers? Yang Fan won’t go to the Clippers even if he kills him.

It’s not that the Clippers’ lineup is so bad. To be honest, if Yang Fan wants to go to, then the foundation of this team is not important at all.

Because Yang Fan is confident that any team will be transformed within two years, but Yang Fan really looks down on this guy Sterling.

Racial, bisexual, miser, stingy, unreasonable, black-hearted, basically all bad things can be found in this guy.

So Yang Fan would rather be a scout than coach the Clippers. At least before Sterling left the league, Yang Fan would not consider it at all.

"Sorry, I'm very uninterested." Yang Fan replied a little coldly.

After hearing Yang Fan's answer, Sterling fell into silence, because Sterling really didn't expect Yang Fan to be so cold.

Logically speaking, even if you are not interested in coaching the Clippers, at least you shouldn't talk to yourself in such a tone.

I adjusted my personal emotions, "Okay, Yang, but I still hope you can consider it. After all, the Clippers are in a market like Los Angeles, which is still very beneficial for your future development. If you figure it out, you can find me at any time."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Fan threw his phone aside and didn't care about this matter at all, because Sterling was already on Yang Fan's blacklist.

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Yang Fan only showed his face symbolically in the following championship parade, not as crazy as Durant and others.

Even though this is also the first championship trophy in Yang Fan's coaching career, the key is that Yang Fan still has a lot of things to deal with.

The first is the upcoming draft, because in the previous deals, the Thunder's draft picks were already very few.

There are only two first-round picks left this year, and one of them was made by Prostie a long time ago.

These two draft picks are the 18th pick in the first round and the 30th pick in the first round respectively.

For the Thunder, this ranking is already very good.

But the key is that there were not many players Yang Fan needed at this year's draft, and to be precise, the success rate was not very high.

Although there are players such as Wall, Paul George, Cousins ​​and Hayward, who Yang Fan prefers, the draft picks of these players are too high, and the Thunder have no chance to win them at all.

In Yang Fan's personal memory, the Thunder's current draft picks can defeat Bradso, Bradley, Dabai Bian and others.

However, these players can only be considered good and are far from amazing.

At least compared with the players currently available to the Thunder, these are not enough for Yang Fan to train them specifically.

So after thinking about it, Yang Fan finally decided to give up this year's draft and convert these draft picks into immediate combat power through trading.

Strictly speaking, it should be a package with the players to exchange for some giants!!

The Thunder team's lineup is already very outstanding, and both starters and substitutes have a group of players who are very good at playing.

But the Thunder are not outstanding in terms of highest combat power, which has been exposed in this year's Western Conference Finals with the Lakers, that is, the starting lineup cannot complete the crushing.

Even though the entire Thunder team has multiple offensive starting points, even the bench is sitting on Westbrook, Jeff Green and Ibaka.

But when the game is really in a state of anxiety, no matter how many players the Thunder can play, they can only arrange five players to play in the end.

So giant-level players will become crucial to the Thunder.

Especially in Yang Fan's personal memory, when the Heat will soon form the three giants that are unprecedented this summer, this forced Yang Fan to pay attention to it.

I believe that if nothing unexpected happens, James, Wade and Bosh will have reached an agreement in private, and they will only be able to fully announce the world in front of the media.
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