Butch Baird is originally a scout and advisor, not a very outstanding head coach. The team's better coach is Randy Whitman.
However, his analytical skills and vision are excellent, as evident in the Brooklyn Nets' draft picks for the past seven to eight years. The players he recommended for the Nets in the first round usually perform well, rarely turning out to be flops. The second round does not matter much; he likes to gamble.
Previously, when he received an invitation from Reggie Seawus to watch the Adidas Training Camp Elite Competition, he was amazed by Zhang Hao's performance in actual combat.
Top athletic ability combined with incredibly stable shooting accuracy during real games; just these two points made him consider Zhang Hao as a draft target.
Although he did not send Zhang Hao an invitation for a tryout, he truly put effort into investigating Zhang Hao and clearly understood Zhang Hao's characteristics during the draft—
