It's basically a gamble, otherwise, they wouldn't have agreed to let Butch Baird choose Zhang Hao.
When asked to help as head coach to lead the team to tank, Butch Baird didn't refuse, since the salary of a head coach is much higher than that of a scouting director.
It was also around that time that Randy Whitman transitioned from being Chuck Daly's assistant to the chief assistant of Butch Baird, as taught by Chuck Daly.
Because only with the Brooklyn Nets could he, as an assistant, have such power; all tactics were his responsibility, and he could experiment with his strategies without worrying about the team's record.
Initially, both were satisfied with such an arrangement, but now...
"Butch, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Why not? I think we can win some games, our players should also really want to win, to strive to win. Randy, don't you want to see our players strive to win games?"
Using terms like striving to win, wanting to win.
