The day after returning to school, Jiang Dongbing was in the office wondering where Jackson and David were.

"Ding ring ring..." The phone on the desk rang.

After Jiang Dongbing picked up the phone, he chatted with the other party for half an hour. After hanging up the phone, Jiang Dongbing's expression was quite wonderful.

The call came from the athletic director of Virginia Union University, who kindly invited Jiang Dongbing to serve as the head coach at their university.

The reason why Jiang Dongbing's expression is wonderful is that this university is the alma mater of ASXS No. 1 center Ben Wallace.

Unfortunately, Ben had already signed up for the draft in 1996. Although he was unsuccessful, the head coach of the Washington Bullets, Bonecrusher Unseld, gave Ben a chance to join his team.

According to the content of the conversation on the phone, Jiang Dongbing could also clearly feel that the other party's main target was actually David Taillon. They might be thinking of recruiting David to make up for the internal vacancy left by Ben's departure.

As for Jackson, they didn't even dare to hope!

If Virginia Union University was a top school, then Jiang Dongbing would definitely agree without saying a word, but now they are only a second-tier league school, and Jiang Dongbing couldn't sell David just because the other party asked him to be the head coach.

The key point is that Jiang Dongbing doesn't look down on going to a second-tier league school, so he might as well stay at Butler.

Players that Butler cannot recruit cannot be recruited by Virginia Union. Jiang Dongbing can live a more comfortable life if he stays at Butler.

Of course Jiang Dongbing has ambitions to climb up, but his goals definitely do not include second-tier league teams.

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Just after hanging up the phone, the phone rang again. Jiang Dongbing answered dozens of calls throughout the day.

Half of these calls were from people like Virginia Union University, who were trying to offer Jiang Dongbing a job and then get David Taillon.

The other half are Division I teams, and they are more targeting Jackson.

The second-tier league probably knew very well that Jackson couldn't choose them, so they didn't mention Jackson's name at all.

Jiang Dongbing thought for a while and called Jackson and David to his office the next day. David's mother Robin was also called over.

"Young men, in the next few days, you may make the first extremely important decision in your life." Jiang Dongbing said to the two favorite generals in front of him.

Jackson's face was full of longing. Although he had been delayed for a year, under Jiang Dongbing's training during this year, he could clearly feel the improvement in his strength.

Just like what Jiang Dongbing has always said, sharpening the sword does not waste time cutting wood, and he will enter the NCAA with stronger strength. This delay of one year is not necessarily a bad thing.

Robin was also looking forward to it. She never dreamed that her son would have such a day. Her eyes were full of gratitude when she looked at Jiang Dongbing.

Before Jiang Dongbing could continue speaking, the phone rang, and Jiang Dongbing turned on the speakerphone.

"Hello, Coach Jiang, I'm Rogers, the director of basketball operations at the University of Louisville who contacted you yesterday."

"Hello, Director Rogers, Stephen and David are right next to me. You can have a good chat with them." Jiang Dongbing was like a matchmaker helping people connect.

Rodgers only had Jackson as his target, and was not very concerned about David. This may be because they have a strong center on the team, and they felt that David's performance against the Jayhawks was just a flash in the pan.

"We are very happy to welcome Stephen to the Cardinals. He is a natural leader. We just lack such a leader to lead us to compete for the national championship."

"If Coach Jiang is interested in joining the Cardinals, we are willing to provide Coach Jiang with a job." Rogers finally said.

These words directly made Jackson's eyes shine, and he quickly asked: "What kind of job? What kind of job can you provide for the coach?"

He had never thought that he would be able to play under Jiang Dongbing in the future, but now that Rogers reminded him, he found that as long as Jiang Dongbing was willing, they could "transfer" with Jiang Dongbing.

"The Cardinals are currently short of an assistant coach, with a salary of about $80,000," Rogers replied.

Jackson was immediately unhappy, "Assistant coach? Do you know what you are talking about?"

"David and I will both be NBA All-Stars in the future. You want two All-Star coaches to be your assistants?! Why don't you let Clinton be your assistant to the principal!"

"Bang!" Jackson hung up the phone without waiting for Rogers to reply.

The corner of Jiang Dongbing's mouth twitched. Jackson was really too straight-tempered and would directly blame the other person to the sky if he disagreed with him.

"Coach, a good idea suddenly occurred to me. Why don't we go together and let three of us join a team?"

"David and I are packaged together. How can we help the coach get a head coaching position, and it must be a first-level league team."

"David, are you willing to continue playing with me and my coach?" Jackson used his arm to support David Taillon next to him again.

"Yes." David whispered back.

Robin's eyes were red with joy. She was originally happy and worried. She was happy that her child had the opportunity to enter a good school, but she was also worried that after David left, he would not be gregarious and be bullied.

It's fine now. If the three people in front of him can really continue to work together, Robin doesn't have to worry about David at all. He believes that Jiang Dongbing can take good care of his children.

Jiang Dongbing felt strange. Did he eat the soft rice from Jackson and David? Not to mention, the soft rice smelled delicious.

Then many top universities called, but none of them had any intention of hiring Jiang Dongbing as their head coach. Jackson was very straightforward and hung up the phone when he heard the other party didn't agree.

It is true that Jiang Dongbing's qualifications are too low. He said he led the team to defeat the Jayhawks, but now he has no actual results. Who cares about the results of the third-level league...

Therefore, it is not that easy for Jiang Dongbing to find a decent head coaching job.

"Dong dong." There was a knock on the door outside the office.

Jiang Dongbing opened the door and was surprised to find Principal Vitti standing at the door with a middle-aged man in a suit.

"Miss Viti, who is this?" Jiang Dongbing asked curiously.

"Let me introduce, this is Mr. Pirlo, the director of the Basketball Operations Department of the University of Pittsburgh."

"You are also an alumnus of the same class as me. I have important matters to discuss with you this time." Viti winked at Jiang Dongbing and smiled.

"Hello, coach Jiang. It's a pleasure to meet such a young and promising coach like you." Pirlo politely extended his hand to Jiang Dongbing.

After a few people sat down, Pirlo said straight to the point: "This time I came to Butler, in addition to wanting to recruit Stephen and David..."

"We also have the idea of ​​​​letting Mr. Jiang Dongbing be the head coach of our Panthers. I wonder if Coach Jiang is willing to do this?"

The Pittsburgh Panthers are lacking everything right now. They cannot find a leader like Jackson or a strong insider like David. Even their head coach is only an interim coach now.

Originally, Pirlo had never considered hiring Jiang Dongbing. His main purpose of coming this time was to recruit Jackson and David. However, after learning about Jackson's resolute attitude from colleagues at other schools, he simply made a favor.

Anyway, they don't have a very suitable head coach candidate, so it's better to let Jiang Dongbing do it first and get Jackson and David first.

If Jiang Dongbing does well, they will make money. Even if he does not do well, Jackson cannot stay at the University of Pittsburgh for the rest of his life and will find a way to replace Jiang Dongbing.

Facing the olive branch extended by Pirlo, Jiang Dongbing originally wanted to be reserved...

As a result, Jackson made the decision directly without saying anything, "We agreed, when will we enroll in school?!"

"Yes, our David also agreed." Robin also said immediately.

Pirlo is overjoyed to be able to acquire Jackson and David so smoothly. The Panthers' competitiveness will be at least one level higher next season!
Chapter completed!