Chapter 71: Geniuses and Fools

After becoming the No. 1 pick in the 2006 NBA draft, Yeth has been the focus of public opinion no matter in the United States or China.

America is actually fine.

Since the start of the NCAA last year, Yeth has been making waves in the United States.

The Seattle Miracle, the Garfield Hurricane, and Yees can compete for the number one spot in American sports last year.

Therefore, the changes mainly come from China.

According to Wang Han, the first thing CCTV did after the 2006 draft was to make her a regular.

She is also preparing to build a bigger and stronger media team for her.

It took Wang Han only one year to transform from an intern to the protagonist of the team.

CCTV recognized Wang Han's work with Ye Si in the past year.

What's more, Ye Si also recognized it.

CCTV asked his opinion, and his opinion was that Wang Han was the only one.

Not for any other reason.

Mainly because he was afraid of trouble, he and Wang Han got along very well.

This beautiful female reporter doesn't have that much experience, but she treats him very sincerely.

Now Wang Han still manages his Youtube account and manages his online image for him.

Inexperienced but capable.

She also always knew what he allowed to report and what he didn't allow.

Such a tacit understanding is very important.

After the draft, Ye Si had a lot of mundane affairs.

The formation of the interview team is not the most troublesome, the most troublesome thing is actually the formation of the agent team.

Those brokerage companies in the United States did not sign any of them.

This is the advice given to him by his idol Yao Ming. Yao Ming told him that his future commercial value will be frighteningly high.

Such a huge value should not be entrusted to the brokerage company to take care of it. Sports brokerage companies can be assisted, but the main body must be your relatives and friends, so you can feel more at ease.

Ye Si accepted Yao Ming's opinion and asked Dean Simmons and Anthony Washington, two other members of the Garfield Five, to help him form his 'Team Ye'.

When Yees entered the draft, Dean Simmons and Anthony Washington were preparing.

On July 4, 2006, Yees completed the signing ceremony with the Seattle SuperSonics at the University of Washington's training facility.

A four-year, $21 million contract.

"Yes, you are welcome to join the Sonic family, we have been looking forward to you for a long time!"

Former Seattle SuperSonics general manager and current president Rick Sander is thrilled.

Quanmei is still calling him stupid.

But the moment Ye Si signed his name on the contract, Rick Sander still cried excitedly.

Seeing this moment, he felt that everything he had undertaken was worth it.

So what if they are ridiculed by the whole world, as long as they keep Yes and the Supersonic, everything is worth it!

Because standing behind him are the owners and fans of the Supersonics!

He doesn't need to be responsible for any outsiders, he only needs to be responsible for the Sonics bosses and fans behind him!

They need Yes, then he will do whatever it takes to keep Yes in Seattle!

Rick Sander now feels he can empathize with the dilemma Yes faced five years ago when he hid his talents.

The whole America is laughing, only Seattle stands firmly behind him!

The decision to empty out the entire team for Yes made his reputation in Seattle reach the peak of his managerial career!

The Stranger, Seattle's largest local newspaper, used to be dismissive of him.

But after getting Yes in the trade, the Stranger newspaper continued to praise him on the front page as the greatest general manager in the history of the Seattle Supersonics.

In the past, when he was walking on the road, no one would greet him.

In a place like Seattle where there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers, he, the former general manager and current president of the Supersonics, is really not a big shot.

Not to mention him, even his boss, Howard Schultz, the boss of Starbucks, dare not say that he is a big shot in Seattle.

But recently, many enthusiastic Seattleites greeted him when he was walking on the road!

I saw Bill Gates and those real big shots in Seattle a few days ago, and their evaluation of him was surprisingly high.

"This is the greatest trade in Seattle sports history!"

"Rick, you will become a great man in the history of Seattle basketball in the future!"

This is what Seattle fans say about him keeping Yes!

He was so tall that he couldn't believe it!

Those fans who love basketball, love Garfield, love the University of Washington, just don't love the Sonics, now they will judge him like this!

Just because he left Yes!

The signing ceremony between the Seattle SuperSonics and Yees was very grand.

Team owner Howard Schultz, team president Rick Sander, team general manager Sam Presti, and team head coach Bob Hill all attended.

Seattle's original plan last season was to strive to enter the conference finals, use the results to attract big players to intervene, and keep the SuperSonics here.

After playing 30 games in the regular season, Bob Weiss led the team to 13 wins and 17 losses. Rick Sander immediately fired Bob Weiss, changing the goal of the Sonics from striving for results to striving for Yes.

In the 52 regular-season games since then, the Sonics, led by two All-Stars, have gone 7-45, including a 25-game losing streak that irked David Stern.

Bob Hill is the head coach who was complained by David Stern that he is not as good as the Huskies.

He was originally invited by the Sonics to play badly.

The last time Bob Hill served as the head coach of an NBA team was 10 years ago in the 1996-97 season.

At that time, he was the head coach of the Spurs. After being fired by Popovich, he never coached the NBA again.

If it wasn't true that there was no job, who would want to be the Husky of a bad team!

In the 96-97 season, Popovich dismissed Bob Hill and failed to invite the old Nelson. In the end, Popovich could only be the Huskies himself.

A year as the Huskies, in exchange for Duncan.

Bob Hill is almost 60 years old, a typical old-school coach.

He is not qualified to coach Yes.

The dedicated old man was fired by the Sonics after welcoming Yeth as head coach.

This is a preordained ending.

"Yes, we invited Don Nelson, he will be the team's head coach in the new season"

"Don Nelson?"

Can the Sonics invite Old Nelson?

As far as the current strength of the Supersonic Speed ​​is concerned, it is not attractive to a super coach like Old Nelson, right?

"Mr. Nelson is very interested in coaching you. When we were bad last season, Mr. Rick Sander contacted Mr. Nelson and reached a private agreement with Mr. Nelson. As long as you can come to the Sonics, Mr. Nelson will agree to serve Supersonics Head Coach"

After Presti finished speaking calmly, Ye Si was stunned.

This is why Presti has always felt that Rick Sander has no problem with any operation except that the target is too obvious.

Rick Sander is no fool.

If it was him, he didn't think he would do better than Rick Sander.

If it were him, the old Nelson would probably be the head coach of another team now.

"Tell Mr. Nelson for me that he is very welcome."

In the current supersonic speed, Ye Si has the energy to decide some things.

He'll keep that energy going into the new season.

After the start of the new season, he performed well and his energy will be even greater.

His performance is average or poor, and he loses his energy.

"Yes, we are discussing a deal with the Magic, do you prefer to partner with Petro or with Milicic?"

Petrol was the semi-main center of the Sonics last season, and Presti was asking him about the starting center for the team next season.

"Milicic Bar"

Milicic is tall and has long arms and heavy weight, so he can take over the pot.

Yess said in the morning that he would like to partner with Milicic, and in the afternoon he saw the Sonics and Magic deal.

The Seattle SuperSonics and the Orlando Magic have completed a deal.

The Orlando Magic traded Milicic and an unprotected 2013 first-round pick to the Sonics for Earl Watson and Johan Petrol.

It's only worth a first-round Milicic and the 2013 Magic's first-round pick in exchange for a qualified Howard backup and a very high-quality three-point shooter.

Another robbery!

What's the use of Milicic, and what's the use of the Magic's first round in 2013!

In 2013, Howard was only 28 years old, the peak age of a super center!

After the deal was completed, the public opinion that the new supersonic general manager Presti is also an idiot once again flooded the public opinion in the United States.

"Calm Adventurer"

That was Yeth's first impression of Presti, his future collaborator, after seeing the deal close.

Howard will usher in the peak at the age of 28, yes.

Similarly, the 28-year-old Howard will happily usher in a new choice in his life.

What others see is Howard ushering in the peak.

What Presti saw was Howard would be the second O'Neal.

There is a fine line between geniuses and fools.

Whether someone like Presti or Rick Sander is a genius or a fool can only be answered by time.