Jokic hasn't played a game in the NBA since beating James in the regular season.

As a first-round pick, Jokic is still the first in the NBA, without being nearly reimbursed for any injury reasons.

So far this season for the Lakers, a lot of the reviews have been reversed.

For example, Wade, Garnett, Seth Curry, Pierce and Barkley have been criticized for their signing since they arrived with the team this season.

Now one by one has become the key to the Lakers' ability to get to where they are now.

It can be said that Coach D's black spots in the selection and employment of people have all been whitewashed since the beginning of the playoffs, and they are not even just whitewashed, but they have been beautified.

Only Jokic, the champion, is still lying there quietly.

Only Jokic is still the biggest parallel importer in the history of the NBA.

Even Popovich led the Lakers, fully took over the assets left by Coach D, and comprehensively reused the players reused by Coach D, Jokic, a young center who was very reused by Coach D, was not able to be reused by Popovich.

Not to mention reuse, even Popovich has never used it.

The Lakers' road to the playoffs has been treacherous.

Popovich's reluctance to use Jokic is understandable.

Fighting the Warriors, even Garnett was scrapped by Yi Jianlian.

How could Popovich dare to use Jokic?

The Western Conference Finals are useless, and how can the Finals feature a player who has no playoff experience at all?

Popovich has no special affection for Jokic.

He didn't sneer at Jokic or mock the parallel champion in his usual training.

In the same way, he did not love this young man because Coach D loved this young man, and even let Ibanks take him to train hand-in-hand in his usual training, and let Maddy, Kobe, Yao Ming, Barkley, Garnett and other players guide him one-on-one.

Such an investment of resources shocked Popovich.

But, in addition to the shock, Popovich finally chose to ignore it.

Jokic is also trying to prove something to him on the training floor.

Jokic does have some advantages right now, such as good shooting, good passing, and not being a real parallel import.

But......

The Lakers' opponents are too strong.

He is a conservative person, and he does not dare to bet on a rookie player like Jokic who has never played in the playoffs on the frightening road to promotion.

He also couldn't imagine Jokic being grabbed and beaten by Nowitzki and Yi Jianlian.

The Lakers' road to promotion, the interior is the top priority of the Lakers, and it is also the target of the opponent's key attack, even Garnett can't stand it when facing the Warriors, how can Popovich dare to play a rookie player who has never played in the NBA playoffs?

Just because he did well in training?

If you perform well in training, you can gain the trust of the coach, so Novak will definitely go to heaven.

It doesn't hurt, it doesn't itch, and it doesn't pay attention.

This is Popovich's attitude towards Jokic with the Lakers.

Such an attitude is actually the most desperate.

In the end, Jokic was really desperate.

If it weren't for the fact that Ibanks, Kobe, Maddy, Garnett and Barkley were training with the team every day, Yao Ming was guiding and supervising him, making him feel that there were still people in the NBA who continued to support him, and he would have been ready to go back to Europe.

It's better than going to jail in the NBA.

Now, the team has reached the Finals under the leadership of Coach D and Popovich, two NBA coaches, and he still has no chance.

This drained Jokic's patience a bit.

And at such a desperate moment, he actually got the call of Coach D, which really shocked Jokic beyond measure.

"Nikolai, your hard work coach has always been in his eyes, don't be discouraged, as long as you continue to work hard, there will always be a stage for performance."

Along the way, Nash was still friendly and encouraged Jokic.

Jokic is the champion, and the entire Lakers have an ambiguous attitude towards him.

The coach really liked him.

And they're really hard to like Jokic.

Because of Jokic, the Lakers lost Wiggins.

What a loss.

If the Lakers have Wiggins this season, then the Lakers' road to promotion will definitely not be so difficult, and even if it is difficult, at least one player of Wiggins' level is available.

At a time when the Lakers are facing despair, I don't know how many people are thinking about how good it would be if the team had a player like Wiggins at such a moment.

When cornered by the Warriors, Popovich could even dream that the Lakers would draft Wiggins, not Jokic, in the summer draft.

Wiggins has not only been outstanding in the regular season this season, but also in the playoffs.

That talent, that fighting spirit, and that ability that is visible to the naked eye are really eye-catching.

So this season Lakers fans and the Celtics are the ones Wiggins regrets the most.

Both teams could have had Wiggins at one point.

But the Lakers gave up Wiggins for Jokic.

The Celtics traded Wiggins for the thick eyebrows.

Well, it's just a pity for Celtics fans at best.

And Lakers fans, that's really heartbreaking.

Such a player who makes the Lakers feel painful, just because of Coach D's liking, he has never encountered any discrimination in the Lakers.

Even because of the violent beating of James, he has become the number one person in the entire NBA, and many James blacks regard Jokic as their benchmark.

Jokic has also become the most mismatched player in the NBA right now.

And such a player has always been very embarrassed.

Everyone generally has only one attitude towards such players, and that is to stay away.

Just like Nash's attitude now.

There will never be less good things to say.

However, this kind of polite official language really doesn't make people interested in anything.

And Jokic, for sure, won't be what he wants.

Now, he's not sure what he wants, whether the Lakers can provide him with it, and whether Coach D really trusts him.

Or is it that Coach D is also respectful of himself, just because he beat James violently, for the entire NBA, for Lakers fans, and for Coach D?

As an NBA player, there is no ball to play in the NBA, which inevitably makes people think a little too much.

Especially when his teammates were celebrating like crazy for an incredible victory, Jokic suddenly found himself an outlier for the team.

The entire Lakers, everyone else has played, only him, no.

It's a terrible feeling.

Even a player with an extremely mature personality like Jokic is very uncomfortable.

Jokic's personality and style of play are mature, unlike the maturity of his age.

But he is also a player with a rather irritable personality and style of play.

In such a difficult atmosphere, the only reason why he was able to continue to train hard with Ibanks on the training ground was because of Coach D.

In his heart, he still expects one thing, that is, he is still useful to Coach D.

Coach D has made people train him so seriously during this time, and even train him more, it shouldn't just make him a mascot.

"Let's hope so......"

With great trepidation, Jokic arrived at Dukang's office.

When he saw Dukang again, Jokic was very nervous.

Coach D was the savior of his NBA career.

Because of Coach D, he was able to stay in the NBA.

Coach D is also his Bole, and he was selected as Yao Ming's successor with the champion under the strange eyes of the world, even if the center of the NBA draft organization in 2014 was extremely high because of Yao Ming, he had actually reached the decline of the market at that time.

Even Embiid has come down because of injuries.

Embiid's sudden injury seems to be a constant reminder to everyone of what the biggest hidden danger of a center, especially when playing a playmaking center.

chose himself, because he was not so much like Yao Ming, he didn't feel that his champion was wasted, and he didn't feel that he was deceived, but he continued to invest a lot of resources to cultivate himself, and this friendship is really unrequitable.

Rookies participating in the NBA draft, no one dares to say that they are honest, everyone has more or less done what Yi did back then, shooting at the chair.

It's not cheating the team, it's self-packing.

Yao Ming is very popular, and all the center forwards are packaging themselves like Yao Ming.

Some are really like, some are not at all, and some are just like a little bit.

Players can not speak martial arts.

Of course, the team can do it.

For example, when Yi went to Milwaukee and was found to be far from the player Milwaukee imagined, Yi's status on the team and the importance of the top management were almost gone, and he was finally traded after one season.

If Yi could be focused on training by the Bucks back then, he would definitely not shine in the hands of Coach D.

In the Lakers, he, who was ridiculed all over the world, should be worse than Yi in the Bucks, and the Lakers have more reason to give up on him directly.

But Coach D didn't do that.

So, he now has a chance to stand in front of Coach D.

Jokic looked at Dukang worriedly.

Dukang, on the other hand, was looking at Jokic with a smile.

"Nikola, you've been training really well lately, I've heard Devin and Yao, Bryant say that they rarely praise a player like this at the same time, and I would recommend it to Bobo and let him give you a chance to prove yourself in the upcoming finals."

Jokic was stunned to hear Dukang say this.

It's not just Jokic who was stunned.

Even Nash next to him was stunned.

He knows very well that on this Lakers team, after ceding the team to Popovich, their great D coach has never intervened in the team's affairs.

This is a sign of respect for Popovich.

Even if the Lakers were cornered by the Warriors after leading 3-1, Dukang did not give Popovich any instructions.

Is it really necessary to break the tacit understanding between himself and Popovich for the sake of a mere Jokic?

In Nash's opinion, the tacit understanding between Coach D and Popovich is not worth anything at all.

They even wanted Popovich to fall out with Coach D, and then Coach D went straight out of the mountain to drive Popovich away.

However, they really don't want Coach D to give Popovich some talk.

Since the power is completely delegated to Popovich, then give Popovich all the power, so that Popovich will lose when he can't play God basketball, and will respectfully ask Coach D to come back when the team is desperate.

Within the Lakers, all the players and coaches are still looking forward to the return of Coach D.

They are the ones who know God's basketball best.

No one in this world knows God basketball better than they do.

Popovich felt confident and felt he had a chance.

Actually, Popovich didn't have a chance at all.

The real reason why the Lakers players are so excited and high-spirited now is that the finals are over, and their great D coach is finally coming back!

As long as Popovich really sees the power of God's basketball, Popovich will know what to do.

As long as Coach D comes back, even if it is 0-3 down, they are not afraid.

So, Nash and the Lakers players are really willing to let Popovich try.

This is the tacit understanding of Popovich spontaneously formed by the Lakers coaching staff and players.

Therefore, Du Kang had to take the initiative to ask Popovich for Jokic because of Jokic's affairs, which definitely disrupted the tacit understanding between the Lakers players and Popovich.

"Coach!"

Jokic was still stunned.

When Nash came to his senses, he wanted to stop it directly.

However, before he could finish speaking, he was stopped by Du Kang.

"No one in this world wants to step into the same river for the second time, we won't, and no one else thinks, this year's finals will be more difficult than last year, every game, even every round is very important, I want the team to win the championship, you win the championship under Bobo and win the championship under me, both are the championship of the Lakers."

Looking at the smile on Du Kang's face, Nash is of course extremely respectful, the great D coach is a completely selfless person for the team.

They can't compare to this kind of realm in any way.

But!

Nash is still very unwilling.

And Jokic, who came back to his senses, was shocked.

In Coach D's mind, I was even the key to winning the championship?!

In Coach D's mind, I'm even the key to the Lakers' championship?!

Oh my God!

Jokic felt that his whole body was covered at this time, and his head had exploded a little.

All his previous worries were in vain?

In Coach D's mind, I'm really not a dispensable mascot!

In Coach D's heart, I really didn't have such a status because I beat James and was angry for everyone!

The Finals between the Lakers and the Celtics, and now the biggest problem for the Lakers is the inside.

Ross Barkley can only play one game and one break.

Garnett is in need of an inside partner on his side.

It's a real inside partner, not cameos like Antetokounmpo and Ibanks.

Even, the Lakers have to make it difficult for Garnett and Barkley to be unable to play because of the foul crisis.

They did that to the Cavaliers in the Eastern Finals, and in the Finals, they will only go more crazy and not relentless.

If you want to whitewash James, you naturally need to make James's championship look taken for granted, and the bottom line must be there.

But this bottom line is superficial.

And they can completely disobey the private bottom line of not shooting superstar players.

In the past, even if Xiao Hua played black whistle, he would be open to superstars, but the superstar's whistle could still be slightly different.

Now, they can completely disobey.

Auden was gone in one section.

If you can kill Oden in one section, you can't do Garnett and Barkley in another?

In the NBA, there is always a whistle to look for.

Maybe in this Finals, their bottom line is that the Lakers have at least five players playing on the court, so that James' championship can be taken for granted, not to be said to be a gift.

So, every player on the Lakers right now counts.

In particular, Jokic, who is recognized as the most rubbish player on the Lakers, is perhaps the player who has been on the court for the longest time in the Lakers' Finals.

They need to give James a focal point and make fans forget about the black whistle gimmick.

Is there a bigger gimmick than revenge on Jokic and beating Jokic on the court?

After Jokic left, Dukang looked at the newspaper in his hand.

"They're already reviewing the news footage of James being beaten up in a series of pictures......"

It was cruel to James personally.

No one likes to watch images and videos of themselves being beaten up.

But......

Jokic

Capacity: 89

Potential: 99

"Bobo, don't let me down, I really hope you can win a championship with the Lakers......"

Lakers training gym.

Hang up.

The look on Popovich's face was not very good.

Soon, though, Popovich's face returned to normal.

"Nikolai...... Jokic. ”

(End of chapter)