Chapter 297 Pat Riley
On March 10, the Los Angeles Lakers will visit the Golden State Warriors away. The two teams will have a duel at the Oakland Arena, and Li Zhiwen will also go with the team.
Li Zhiwen went to Oakland with the team, and first of all, he wanted to see Pat Riley's quality. After all, Pat Riley was the head coach selected by Li Zhiwen. Although the team belongs to Li Zhiwen himself, if the team's record is not good, they will be scolded by the people in Los Angeles.
Originally, after Paul Westhead was cut by Li Zhiwen, he said that the Lakers will definitely not be able to pass the first round.
In addition, Li Zhiwen made Pat Riley a young man the team's head coach even more dissatisfied fans in Los Angeles. After all, Pat Riley was not a magician at this time and did not prove his ability.
Not everyone has traveled through time in later generations and knows Pat Riley's abilities.
The second is to go to Mars Capital, located in San Francisco's Silicon Valley, to discuss an important investment with Kuratos Blank.
The plane slowly rose to the sky. This special plane included not only Lakers players and staff, but also some of the Lakers players' families.
After all, Li Zhiwen is not as stingy as the Magic's management. He had a good talk with Shifo Duncan, and Duncan really firmly wanted to play in Orlando.
At that time, Duncan asked a question: whether the Magic agreed to take the players on the team's plane. Rivers, who was the head coach of the Magic, replied: "No!"
These two words broke Duncan's fantasy about Orlando and renewed the contract with the Spurs.
Therefore, Li Zhiwen did not prohibit his family from taking the team's plane. On the contrary, Li Zhiwen planned to buy a private plane for the Lakers as a team's special plane for the Lakers to play away games in various cities in the beautiful country.
Even Li Zhiwen asked Bill Sharman to give players some tickets every time he had a Lakers game at Reebok Arena, and asked the players to invite their families to cheer for the players.
Li Zhiwen sat in front of the plane, and no player or staff were riding in the seats beside him. After all, although the boss was amiable, the boss fired Paul Westhead, the hero of the team's championship last season, from the team a few days ago, so no one dared to sway in front of Li Zhiwen to avoid losing his job.
Li Zhiwen was closing his eyes and resting with his blindfold. Suddenly, he felt someone sitting in the seat beside him. He simply couldn't sleep. Li Zhiwen took off his blindfold and saw who it was.
Just like what Li Zhiwen guessed, he is Pat Riley, the new head coach of the Lakers.
"Boss, I'll disturb you to rest!" Pat Riley said.
"Nothing, Mr. Riley, you have been here for so many days and have not welcomed you to join the Lakers family. Welcome, Mr. Riley!" said Li Zhiwen.
"Thank you, the boss, I will lead the Lakers to glory. Please be sure to believe me, I love this team!" Pat Riley said.
"Of course, Mr. Riley, let it go. If I don't trust you, how could I designate you as the team's head coach!" Li Zhiwen looked at the young and divine chasing and said with a smile.
"I didn't expect that the boss really appointed me as the head coach. I always thought what the fans said was fake!" Pat Riley said.
Obviously, when Bill Shaman informed Pat Riley, he did not inform Pat Riley that this was what the team boss meant. Maybe he had the idea of taking the blame for the boss. After all, now, no one believes in Pat Riley's ability.
As for why fans know, it was obviously the news sent by Paul Westheide, who was fired. After all, before Bill Sharman asked Li Zhiwen for instructions, no one expected that Paul Westheide would leave in the end. Even Lakers general manager Bill Sharman was inclined to Paul Westheide. It was obvious that Li Zhiwen, who was "not understanding the ball" with a higher position than Bill Sharman, was instructed by him.
"Of course it's me, and I think this decision is the greatest decision I have ever taken over the Lakers!" Li Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Thanks to the boss for his trust, I will work hard to lead the team to defend the champion and slap others in the face." Pat Riley said.
"Of course, I have always believed in you, but Mr. Riley, your most important job at this time is to defeat the Warriors, the bottom team, and even massacres with a big score!" Li Zhiwen said.
"Of course, our Lakers have the best center in the league and the best point guards. If we can't massacre with big scores, it's just my dereliction of duty." Pat Riley said.
"I believe you, let go! If you need anything I need, you can come to me. If there are any players you are very optimistic about, you can report to Bill Sharman directly, and I will fully support you." Li Zhiwen said.
"Thank you for your trust!" Pat Riley said excitedly.
Before coming to Los Angeles, Pat Riley was worried and couldn't figure out the temperament of the Lakers boss. However, after talking to Li Zhiwen, Pat Riley felt that this boss was the boss who really loved the team.
The plane slowly landed at San Francisco International Airport, and the Warriors' Oakland Arena is only half an hour's drive from San Francisco International Airport.
Since Auckland Airport has a lot of international cargo, the plane did not land at Auckland Airport, but at San Francisco International Airport.
Lakers players and staff walked out of the airport and walked straight towards a bus that would take Lakers players to the near Orlando Arena to rest and wait for the game at 7 o'clock in the evening.
The bus walked forward and arrived at Auckland via the cross-sea bridge.
The cross-sea bridge here is not the Kingsoft Bridge, but the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. However, the scenery here is still very beautiful. Li Zhiwen looked at the scenery thrown back outside the window and didn't know what he was thinking.
The bus was moving forward. After about 40 minutes, the bus stopped near a hotel. When the Lakers players got off the bus, they were "warmly welcomed" by Golden State Warriors fans.
The fans played the instruments and sang there, and even a few black people were raping there, but their singing voices were really not satisfactory.
The Lakers players all walked towards the hotel with expressionless expressions. Obviously, this is not the first time that the players have encountered such a "warm welcome". From here, you can imagine the intensity of the playoffs, and this is just a simple regular season game.
After a few hours, the players took a bus to the Oakland Arena in such a noisy situation. During the game, the players showed great power and responded to the welcome of Golden State Warriors fans.
Chapter completed!