A week later, Tang Tian ended his trip to Nigeria and returned to New Orleans.

A few days later, the Pelicans' training camp opened at the New Orleans Arena.

On the first day of the camp, all 14 people from the team arrived.

The Pelicans have outstanding strength in the new season and are almost going to the dynasty. The excitement that everyone on the team can't hide.

Especially for newly added role players, it is exciting to think about it.

However, even though the strength is strong on paper, the Pelicans' coaching staff still has strict requirements.

Strong strength also represents pressure. A lineup like theirs will probably be criticized if they lose a game.

After the development of modern social networks, trolls don’t care about so many reasons, and they will criticize you if they don’t like it.

Anyway, they will not lose anything except wasting keyboards.

So Stevens' requirements are still the strictest, even more stringent than last season.

After a class, except for the Pelicans' original teammates and Butler, other newcomers kept complaining.

But this also made them realize something.

Nothing is accidental. The Pelicans were able to defeat the four-star Warriors and Cavaliers in a row last season with such a lineup, which was not luck, but hard strength.

And after the training, the Pelicans coaching staff received an unexpected surprise.

This surprise is not Dedmon.

They already knew about Dedmon's three-pointer training.

What surprised them was Siakam.

In addition to its already good defense, this sophomore student has made great progress in both ball-breaking and passing, or even three-pointers!

According to his current competitive state, he has a good chance to enter the team rotation in the new season!

The Pelicans coaching staff was very surprised, and Tang Tian was also a little surprised.

You should know that he had met Siakam in Bauchi, Nigeria before, who could take a vacation in the national park with Embiid!

But this is the subconscious mind of humans.

Just like he appeared there, it was a leisure time after a summer of hard practice.

For Siakam, maybe it is not the case?

The human subconscious sometimes causes people to misjudgment.

And Siakam has enough motivation to practice hard.

He was a rookie last season, Brogdon, who joined the Pelicans with him, has become an indispensable player in the Pelicans' backcourt.

But he rarely played last season and spent most of his time in the Development League.

There is no harm without comparison, and this will definitely stimulate him now.

After Tang Tian realized this, he suddenly felt that he could consider including Siakam in the training camp for hard training next year.

Before, he chose Siakam to open his eyes, but now he realized that he is a hard-working player, it is necessary to recruit him into the training camp.

This is also the biggest difference between them, the hard training of brothers and the four heroes of Fengchen, and they are growing stronger.

After the training, Demps and Stevens communicated.

Tang Tian went over and said hello.

It was only then that he noticed that Gentry was not there.

"Kin is going back to the sun."

When Demps told Tang Tian the news, Tang Tian was surprised.

Unlike Mike Brown before, Gentry signed a contract with the Pelicans for many years, and the contract is not small.

But it's not too surprising to think about it carefully.

Water flows to the lower places, and people walk to the higher places.

For contract matters, just pay some liquidated damages after resigning.

Moreover, if Gentry stayed with the Suns for 6 seasons before the Suns, he would have a stronger intention to go back.

Speaking of which, the Pelicans, like the Warriors in the previous two years, are almost becoming the training base for assistant coaches to become head coaches.

Demps and the positioning and communication are about finding the new chief assistant.

Gentry's incident happened suddenly, and it was not that easy to find a qualified chief assistant temporarily.

"What do you think of Steve?"

Tang Tian spoke up and suggested.

The Steve in his mouth is Nash.

Nash has been a Pelicans adviser for three years and is familiar with players. Although he has no coaching experience, his tactical literacy is really high.

Stevens nodded immediately.

He is the kind of person who appreciates capable people very much, just like he admires Tang Tian before.

"Steve probably won't accept our invitation, right?"

Tang Tian and Stevens both agreed, and Demps had nothing to object to, but he still raised his concerns.

In fact, when Tang Tian just recruited Nash three years ago, the Pelicans had a plan to let Nash join the team's coaching staff, but unfortunately Nash disagreed.

The final consultant was also the result of Tang Tian’s efforts and negotiation between the two parties.

"I'll try it."

Tang Tian said.

Demps nodded.

It was Tang Tian who recruited the team at the beginning. It was the best thing that Tang Tian was willing to try again.

The season has not started yet, and Tang Tian is now taking his family on vacation in Toronto.

Tang Tian and Nash made an appointment and flew over directly.

"You want me to be the team's assistant coach?"

“Chief Assistant.”

After hearing Tang Tian’s purpose, Nash looked at his two daughters who were playing in the distance, as well as his newly born son, whom he and his new wife, and he was a little hesitant.

Seeing Nash's reaction, Tang Tian felt happy.

If Nash refused at first sight from three years ago, it would mean that there was no chance, but this hesitation would be different.

Moreover, Tang Tian probably guessed the reason for the change in Nash's attitude.

"I think you might want a chance to stand in the spotlight and win the championship trophy."

Tang Tian continued.

When the Pelicans first won the championship trophy two years ago, because Nash was just a consultant, he was not qualified to appear at the award ceremony.

Finally, he just secretly kissed the trophy in the corner.

That scene was seen by Tang Tian.

For the previous generation of stars, especially super stars, it is a pity that they will never have a championship in their lifetime.

Nash stared at Tang Tian for a while.

Tang Tian's words hit his heart and just reached his heart.

"The climate in Canada is not very friendly to children, and going to port cities to change the environment is also a good thing for children."

Tang Tian struck while the iron was hot.

After hearing this, Nash looked at Tang Tian and laughed.

He found that Tang Tian was really suitable to be a lobbyist.

He was convinced by Tang Tian three years ago, but three years later he found out that he was still convinced.

“I’ll go to New Orleans.”

He nodded.

After leaving Nash's house, Tang Tian called Stevens and Demps immediately.

Demps' movements over there were also very fast.

Although it took some time for Nash to move, the Pelicans officially announced the news the next day.

The Pelicans will sign an assistant coach contract with Nash, and Nash will serve as the Pelicans' chief assistant coach!

The news came out, and Pelicans fans couldn't help but feel excited again.
Chapter completed!