Chapter 365: Popovich's Vote!
Because of the influence of Spurs fans who traveled to Dallas, Popovich's press conference was a mess at the beginning.
However, after being severely humiliated by Spurs fans and Holy City reporters, Popovich returned to the hotel lobby to continue the press conference, and order returned to normal.
At the very least, it looks like a normal press conference.
At the very least, reporters are asking questions related to the next game, not simply humiliating Popovich, the acting head coach of the Lakers.
"Bobo, can you tell us about Dwayne's current physical condition? Will he play in the next game? KG and Paul, and Charles, will they play? ”
The first serious game problem is Eddie Severco, a reporter for one of the largest local newspapers in Dallas, the Dallas Morning News, who is probably one of the NBA's most professional basketball reporters and has a high reputation.
The Dallas Morning News also has its own column.
He is best known for his near-successful prediction of the 2009 NBA playoffs.
In the 2009 playoffs, Yao Ming was the last glory of the Rockets, leading the team to the Western Conference semifinals, but was finally injured and unfortunately lost to the Lakers 3-4.
Before the playoffs began, no one expected the Rockets to perform so well in the playoffs.
However, this one predicted.
In March, before the playoffs started, the regular season was not over, when the Mavericks ranked eighth in the West and the Rockets ranked fifth, he predicted that the Mavericks and Rockets would become the biggest dark horses in this year's playoffs, and they might even meet in the playoffs and stage another bull fire battle.
As soon as this prediction was announced, the entire NBA experts, fans, and reporters laughed like crazy.
At that time, the Mavericks and the Rockets met in the playoffs, and the Mavericks were going to beat the Lakers and complete the Black Eight, just kidding!
At that time, the Lakers were in full swing, how could they lose to the Mavericks?
As for the Rockets and the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers obviously support more people, who doesn't know that the Rockets' No. 4 position is a lump, and the point guard is unstable, while the Trail Blazers have Aldridge, Roy, and at the same time, the Trail Blazers also have a bunch of big centers to top Yao Ming, and the front line is enough.
Rockets and Mavericks were both in the same round at the time.
You say that Mavericks and Rockets are underestimated, they are underestimated?
What happened next shocked everyone.
The Rockets soared all the way, and finally lost to the Lakers due to injury, almost overturning the Lakers.
And the Mavericks, the Black Six defeated the Spurs, who were third in the West, and it was still a 4-1 gentleman's sweep.
However, in the end, the Mavericks and the Rockets still did not meet, and the Mavericks lost to the Nuggets, a team of beasts, and the Rockets were defeated by the Lakers.
If that's the case, this one must not be so prestigious, and can only be said to be average.
After both the Mavericks and the Rockets were out, he said that the Mavericks should not move up from eighth to sixth in the last minute to avoid the Lakers.
The Mavericks have Kidd, have Nowitzki, and are not afraid of the Spurs, Lakers, Rockets and other technical flow teams, compared to technology, the Mavericks with Nowitzki and Kidd are the pinnacle of the NBA.
The Mavericks should choose to avoid the Nuggets instead of avoiding the Lakers.
As soon as these words came out, there must have been a bunch of ridicule.
Do you really think that if the gentleman swept the Spurs 4-1, the Mavericks would be invincible?
Don't be afraid of the Lakers, do you really think that Black Eight is so easy?
Then he was ridiculed for 2 years.
It wasn't until 2 years later that the Mavericks miraculously won the championship in 2011.
The Lakers, who are striving for three consecutive championships, are simply vulnerable in front of Kidd and Nowitzki.
Kidd is really good at Kobe Bryant.
And the Lakers' invincible twin towers also look so fragile in front of Nowitzki.
It's hard to say that in the past two years, Kobe, Gasol and Bynum have fallen off a cliff.
The Lakers may really be weaker than they were two years ago.
However, the Mavericks are also weaker than they were two years ago, and even let a three-man master.
If the clash between the Mavericks and the Lakers really happened in 2009, everyone suddenly discovered that the Lakers might not be able to beat the Mavericks!
Then, this journalist, who was once considered a violent theory, became a god.
At the very least, no one thinks that he said in 2009 that the Mavericks should play the Lakers in the eighth round, the Rockets in the second round, and then the Nuggets in the West Finals, the Nuggets are unstable, maybe the West Finals without the Nuggets, the Mavericks can win the championship, and now no one thinks such remarks are tyrannical.
Even many Nuggets fans said that if this is really the development, the Nuggets may be the 2009 championship.
"I'm not a prophet, I just know calves better than any of you."
The legendary Dallas reporter actually came over this time, apparently because of the impact of Popovich's severe humiliation by the Dallas reporter in the last game.
With the black spots on Popovich now, any Dallas journalist could become famous by Jetting Popovich.
Except for the already famous and legendary journalists, who can resist the temptation of Jetpovich to become famous?
So, seeing the legendary journalist from Dallas, Popovich was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face.
This is goodwill!
Obviously, this kindness certainly can't be the Dallas Morning News, or the kindness of the Dallas Mavericks on their own initiative.
They wanted Popovich to die.
Obviously, this was Nowitzki's kindness.
And the people who can talk about moving Nowitzki, the entire Lakers, only Nash and Coach D.
Coach D is the most likely.
Coach D not only invited Tim and Manu for him, but also solved his worries.
At the same time, the legendary Dallas reporter was brought in to shift the focus of the game from the attack on his life to the game itself.
Coach D has not been showing up after handing over the team to him.
This is out of trust in him.
Also out of respect for him.
As long as he doesn't take the initiative to ask, Coach D will definitely not show up.
This kind of trust, such respect, is very touching.
At the same time, Coach D has not completely disappeared.
He is out of sight, silently solving all the troubles on and off the field for him.
After reading all this, Popovich didn't know what to say.
At first, he felt that Coach D was cheating on himself.
It's a conspiracy.
Where is this pit, where is this conspiracy!
Coach D is a true gentleman.
He really did it.
The current Lakers are his team, his Popovich's team, and the current Lakers are no longer enemies, but their own people.
Coach D did it first.
When he was still suspicious, Coach D put it down.
Can anyone really put down a team like the Lakers?
In front of Coach D, he is a real villain.
He is the heart of a villain and the belly of a gentleman.
Because he is not as selfless as Coach D, Leonard, the Spurs' group of young people, betrayed him at the most critical moment, for his own sake.
"The best manager is the most selfless manager for the team, as long as it is for the good of the team, any sacrifice is fine, and anything important is not so important."
'Is this the best manager? Is this the gap between me and Coach D? ”
Popovich took a deep breath and then stabilized his emotions.
He felt as if he had realized something again.
But this is clearly not the time for enlightenment.
Now, the most important thing is to beat the Mavericks and bring the Lakers to the Western Conference Finals!
"Dwayne sprained his ankle in the last game, and the next game, this series, will not play again, and in the next game, KG, Paul and Charles will come back."
Popovich finished smiling, and all the reporters below were in an uproar.
Also includes Eddie Severco.
What's that?
Wade didn't have a knee injury, wasn't a career reimbursement, just sprained his ankle? Really?
This is quite surprising.
Popovich also understood their surprise, because he himself was surprised, after the game he was ready for Wade's season and career reimbursement, but he didn't expect it to be just a slight sprained ankle.
If he wanted to, the series could have Wade force his way on.
It's just clear that he's not a manager like that.
Coach D can rest his injured players when he can, and he Popovich can do the same.
The more he gets to know this Laker, the more confident he is that he can beat the Mavericks without Wade.
"Bobo, is this Coach D's decision? Although you are the acting head coach of the Lakers, many people say that Coach D has been manipulating you behind the scenes, and you are just a toy of Coach D, a toy that is being played with at will, is this the case? ”
As Eddie Severko brought the focus of the series back to the game itself, more and more questions about the game were being asked.
Although the aggression is still very strong, how can it be difficult to get Popovich.
He couldn't handle the direct insults of the heart, because they might be right.
How could he not cope with the work he had been doing for decades?
Popovich now felt instantaneous, accepted the job given to him by Coach D, and everything seemed to be going smoothly.
Resistance is painful.
Submissive, makes people happy.
This feeling is very strong.
"Bobo, one last question, where are you going after this year's playoffs? Will it go back to Spurs? I heard that the U.S. national team is going to invite you to the national team, Coach K wants you to lead the team to play in the 2016 Olympics, he has already delayed his retirement once, this time he doesn't want to delay, what do you think? ”
Hearing this, Popovich fell silent again.
And Duncan, who was behind Popovich, looked at Popovich sympathetically.
This is a very painful question.
For Spurs fans, even if they loved Bobo before, it was impossible for Bobo to return to the Spurs from the moment Bobo contributed to the Lakers.
Unless, Bobo takes the Lakers this season and really succeeds in killing God in the end, and surpasses God in one fell swoop, Spurs fans may choose to let go, not forgive, just let go, let go of the best head coach.
Just like the Thunder's Durant if he leaves like Popovich, the Thunder will not let Durant come back if they want to make a face.
No matter how successful Durant is outside, he won't want Durant back.
Unless Durant becomes Jordan on the outside, Thunder fans may re-admit a Jordan-caliber Durant.
Become a god.
For Popovich.
This possibility is equal to zero.
At the very least, no one thinks Popovich can succeed this season.
Therefore, he can't stay with the Lakers.
Spurs, he can't go back.
The only place to go is Team USA.
Coach K has been preparing to leave the U.S. team, but the U.S. team has not had a suitable candidate, so he has been asking Coach K to overdue.
In fact, Coach K should have been handed over for the 2012 Olympics.
I've never seen a head coach of the U.S. team do it that long.
Generally speaking, it is an Olympic Games, a World Championships.
Now with Popovich as a candidate, it is indeed perfect.
Only, now for Popovich.
This question is indeed to rub salt on the wound.
Very heartache.
"No one can say what will happen in the future, let's take one step at a time."
After Popovich finished speaking, he turned his head and left, and no one knew what his mood was like right now.
However, everyone could hear what his emotions were like.
"For the sake of the Lakers, Bobo gave up far more than we imagined."
Duncan, Manu, and Parker sighed in their hearts.
At this time, in the conference room of the hotel, the Lakers players, led by veterans such as Garnett, and led by supervisor Kobe Bryant and others, also watched Popovich's press conference.
After reading it, I saw the moment Popovich turned around, and looked at the crystals shining in Popovich's eye sockets.
To be honest, they also felt very sad.
'Now, he's our acting head coach.'
Bryant's sentence gives all the conclusions.
And this conclusion was also recognized by all the Lakers players present.
Becoming the acting head coach of the Lakers is easy.
But it's not easy to really make all Lakers players believe in him and be willing to listen to him.
And now, after seeing how much Popovich sacrificed for the Lakers, no one doubts Popovich's loyalty anymore.
If it's to humiliate Coach D and take revenge on the Lakers, you don't have to do it to such an extent.
Popovich has already come up with a vote for himself.
And this vote is quite ruthless.
Harder than everyone imagined!
It's not just the Lakers' players who are paying attention to Popovich's world-famous press conference.
On the Mavericks' side, there must be concern.
Mavericks head coach Carlisle hit Wade three times in a row with his right hand after determining Wade's reimbursement for this series.
“Yes! Yes! Yes!! ”
For the Mavericks, Wade, who played in the last game, really scared them!
As long as the Lakers don't have Wade, Seth Curry can't go crazy, as long as they fall into position, the Mavericks with the blessing of God are something that the Lakers can beat?
"In the next game, the Lakers are stable and will lose!"
In fact, Nowitzki was also following the press conference.
His focus is that in the next game, he is really going to play against KG in the playoffs again!
Too envious!
When KG beat Tim in the last round, he was so envious!
"Now, it's finally my turn!"
"Coach D, you said you would let me see a brand new KG, I'll wait and see!"
Thinking of last night's call with Coach D, Nowitzki was excited at this time.
(End of chapter)