June 24, 2015, Charlotte, North Carolina.

With Coach D, the Lakers and the Bobcats announcing Dukang as the head coach of the Bobcats at the same time, the city of Charlotte is now extremely lively.

At this moment, almost all the NBA's large, medium and small media gathered, all the media are waiting for Coach D to come to Charlotte's first press conference, and everyone is waiting for Coach D to answer the questions they have been accumulating for an unknown amount of time.

Many people even said that Coach D's press conference today is more interesting than the draft meeting at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn at 7 p.m. tomorrow.

This is natural, 2015 is a small draft year, not even a good boy who can play, the 2015 draft conference in terms of attention, all the rookies combined may not have Duncan is about to join the Bobcats.

Therefore, looking at the scene of the surging press conference at this time, it was still half an hour before it began, and Mr. Zhang's Chinese reporters found that not only was it crowded inside, but it was also crowded outside.

Anyone who knows the NBA knows that the number of reporters in the NBA's press conference is actually not that large.

Even if it is Kobe, Durant, James and other superstars playing games, there are not so many reporters below at the post-game press conference.

Because there are so many games in the NBA.

Journalists are not enough.

Of course, press conferences on major events such as James's decision one, a certain incident of Lao Ko, a certain retirement incident of Jordan, etc., are of course very sensational, but they still cannot be compared with Coach D.

Because in the past two days, the hotel in Charlotte has no rooms.

Even, the Charlotte hotel was fully booked for both days a week later and a month later.

In other words, these reporters are going to stay in Charlotte for at least a month, not only to focus on the news of Dukang's arrival in Charlotte, but also to follow Coach D's transformation of Charlotte's Bobcats this summer.

So the question is, after Coach D's transformation of the NBA is over, will they expect the results of the transformation and continue to stay here?

So, this time it's an ongoing focus, maybe even for a long, long time, and now many people in Charlotte have actually realized what kind of changes and business opportunities Coach D will bring to the city.

The current Coach D, who just completed the three consecutive championships, led the Lakers to establish a new dynasty in the NBA, Coach D has now just helped David Stern complete the restoration, and has just saved the former NBA, and the current Coach D can be said to be the most popular and popular time, definitely not the head coach of the past.

When such a person comes to Charlotte, it can indeed be regarded as a big river entering a small stream, and the small stream is directly full.

Well, in fact, in the United States, Charlotte is not a small city, and in the United States, North Carolina is not without a basketball market, and may even have one of the best basketball markets.

It's just that for the NBA, this is a small city, a place where there is no basketball market and cannot afford to raise an NBA team.

Now, the arrival of Coach D seems to be completely different.

This has made many NCAA executives who are concerned about Du Kang's arrival actually nervous now.

Charlotte's NBA market is alive.

That's what scares them the most.

Back then, the NBA wanted to use Jordan's traffic to bring the NBA market in North Carolina to life, which was actually a joke.

Jordan has a ghost influence in the NCAA.

Jordan is the all-time No. 1 NBA player, but in the NCAA it's a little bit of a brother.

NCAA fans simply don't eat Jordan's set.

In the final analysis, Jordan is still a commercial basketball star, a commercial star packaged by the NBA.

However, Coach D is different.

Coach D is the head of UCLA, the number one giant in the NCAA, he is not a business coach, you can say that he is the coach with the most commercial value in the world, but he is really not a business coach.

Coach D is a true collegiate coach, even the head of the first collegiate school, and at the same time, his innovation and transformation of the basketball tactical system has won the respect of most coaches in the NCAA.

The whole world knows that in the NCAA, the status of the coach is much higher than that of the star.

The whole country knows that in the NCAA, the coach is the number one star.

Even if a player is a Magician, even if he is the greatest star candidate in NCAA history, Abdul-Jabbar, his influence in the NCAA is average, and even a fraction of that of UCLA patriarch John Wooden.

And that's why Jordan is sinking here, just like the NBA, if you ask a coach to drive traffic, even if it's Phil Jackson and Popovich, it's impossible to drive traffic.

Jordan really doesn't have much traffic in the NCAA, so seeing David Stern bring Jordan to North Carolina to dig up the roots of the NCAA, the NCAA people want to laugh a little.

But Coach D, this is really different, in the past two days, Charlotte is not only from the United States, the world's large, medium and small media, but also many NCAA pilgrimage coaches.

Especially the ACC's famous coaches, they are really close to Charlotte.

After Du Kang announced his move to the Bobcats, North Carolina basketball news was almost contracted by Bobcats and Du Kang.

NCAA fans not only love and respect Du Kang, who is not only the most popular and respected head coach in the NCAA, but also the NCAA fans who coach the Lakers.

Otherwise, why would the Lakers' ratings soar to 20% at every turn?

Why don't other NBA teams have such horrible ratings when they're not playing the Lakers?

Obviously, Du Kang led the Lakers to the game, which attracted a lot of NCAA audiences.

Du Kang's dream basketball brought up by the Lakers is too TM to meet the appetite of NCAA fans.

And that's the real reason why it's hard to get a ticket for a bed at the Charlotte Hotel.

Because there are still a lot of fans from other parts of North Carolina on the pilgrimage to Charlotte, who are now here to grab tickets to Charlotte's games next season.

Yes, the Bobcats, one of the worst teams in the NBA ball market, will have to grab tickets for next season's team, whether it is a season ticket or an ordinary single-game ticket, after Du Kang announced his arrival.

Charlotte is at the bottom of the class almost every year, with an average attendance rate of 80%.

And Charlotte tickets are notoriously cheap, with the average ticket price last season even less than $20.

You know, last season, the Lakers' home attendance was 110%, and the average ticket price was $250.

The average attendance of the Lakers is 110%, not only to sit to 110%, but any more, it may not be safe, the average ticket price of the Lakers is not only 250, but the Lakers will release some low-cost tickets every game, actively, in fact, these low-cost tickets can be multiplied several times as soon as they change hands.

So last season, the average official ticket price of the Lakers surpassed the Knicks' $210 and reached $250, and in fact, the average ticket price of the fans who actually bought tickets in the stadium may have exceeded $500.

This is still a relatively conservative estimate.

By the way, although the Bobcats are very miserable, they are actually not the worst team in the NBA ball market, after all, the Bobcats have Jordan, and Jordan comes to the scene from time to time, which can still attract some NBA fans to come over for pilgrimage and group photos.

So the Bobcat's average fare of less than $20 is not the lowest, and the walker is really miserable.

After the Pacers rebuilt, tickets for many games last season even sold for less than $10 on average.

Keep in mind that the average ticket price for the Pacers in the first round of the playoffs last season was more than $270.

Then after the Pacers demolished their home, the Pacers fans were very dissatisfied, and the home game was booed all over the game, and many fans just bought tickets to go in and curse.

The situation in Indiana is actually the same as Charlotte, and the Indiana ball market is also very hot, and the NCAA finals have been held here for many years.

But the NBA team, it's hard, Indiana fans are selective about the Pacers, depending on what kind of basketball you play, if it's dream basketball, they're very supportive, but if it's the kind of rebuilding basketball that is unique to the NBA, then I'm sorry.

What we flatter is that no matter how weak you are, you must have dreams.

A team without a dream doesn't deserve our support.

So, in a home game between the Pacers and the Hawks last season, seats in the top area were basically around $9 to $10, which is low, and the ticket sales are not ideal, and the page of the ticketing website shows that there are more than 1,000 tickets left.

And these tickets are even worse on second-hand ticket sales websites, not only in the top area, but also in many areas as low as $7.72, and for the first time in the history of the NBA, there is a team in the history of the NBA with tickets below $8 in many areas.

And the Indiana fans who bought tickets for the game booed the Pacers so much that after the game, a CBS Sports reporter exclaimed, "Pacers fans, have you just given up on this team?" ”

You know, this season, Reggie Miller, O'Neal Jackson Jr. and Artest returned to the team's first game, the average ticket price was as high as $300, which was completely hard to find.

In the same season, there is such a contrast.

You can't say that Pacers fans are realistic, everyone's money is not blown by the wind, and my TM's money is based on your rottenness?

In the NCAA, no matter how weak the team is, it has to pursue its dreams, because there is no draft draw, and there is no team with poor results to pick well.

In fact, this state of Pacers fans is even encouraged and supported by David Stern.

Didn't David Stern want NBA teams to have the spirit of an NCAA team?

Even if you are weak, you have to work hard in every game, you have to have dreams, and even if you lose, you have to do your best.

So David Stern has been cracking down on people who deliberately lose and brush draft picks.

But the NBA and the NCAA are different after all, as long as the draft pick rules are not changed, the NBA will never have a dream.

Will the NBA's draft rules change?

Of course, it will definitely not change.

It's really changed, the weak team won't be able to get up forever, especially the weak team in those small cities, won't it never work?

This is also the reason why David Stern can only rely on his own wrists to fight the bad team, and also to fight the Celtics, who were the dominant powerhouses of the year.

David Stern actually hopes that the NBA can compete like the NCAA, and there can be a different championship every year.

However, this is too difficult in the NBA.

The rules and cultures of the NBA and the NCAA are almost inherently different.

The attitude of Indiana fans towards the Pacers is almost the same attitude of NCAA fans towards NBA games.

In fact, the Pacers can get the support of NCAA fans in Indiana, which is enough to make the Bobcats' management envious.

It can only be said that the foundation of the Pacers is built on the dream basketball played by a group of Pacers players such as Reggie Miller.

The old Pacer back then really met the appetite of NCAA fans, what Michael Jordan, it's over!

When Larry Bird came to the Pacers and opened up the NBA ball market in Indiana, it is really respectable to open up the ball to this extent.

They all find the soil for survival in the desert, and Larry Bird is actually rooted.

At the very least, Indiana fans' selective sex with the Pacers is love.

The Bobcats, on the other hand, have never played dream basketball and have never been loved by Charlotte fans.

It can only be said that in terms of team building, Jordan and Larry Bird are completely different magnitude existences.

It was naïve for David Stern to hope that Jordan could replicate Larry Bird's success, or even surpass Larry Bird's success.

But the question is, can the Bobcats really only do things to the extent of a walker?

Really, is it okay to just get selective love?

Then, this season got love, and with Coach D leaving, love is gone, and so, is it really okay?

Is that considered a success?

This is actually a very acute question.

As the biggest threat to the NCAA right now, Du Kang's first press conference, it is impossible not to have a reporter from the NCAA department ask this question.

We'll admit you're better than Jordan, you're a threat indeed, a character like Larry Bird, but, then, will you stay with the Bobcats forever?

If not, then everything you've done here will eventually disappear.

After Du Kang's press conference began, in fact, all the issues were very harmonious.

But after the question came out, Mr. Zhang, along with all the Chinese reporters and the other reporters on the scene, fell silent.

"It's a question that touches the soul......"

Is Coach Xiao Du's visit to Charlotte really just a brilliant passerby?

Is it just a fleeting memory?

Just when Mr. Zhang Lili was embarrassed by Du Kang, Du Kang didn't think about it, just smiled and looked at the reporter who was obviously sent by the NCAA to make trouble.

"That's a great question, though, have you watched the Los Angeles Lakers game? Before I went to Los Angeles, this team, ridiculed by many fans, was the softest team in the NBA, and it was unheard of to win so many championships and still be considered soft, but that's the reality, and it won't change because I'm unhappy with the Lakers. ”

Du Kang withdrew his gaze and continued to speak with a smile as if talking to himself.

"But right now, do any of you still think the Los Angeles Lakers are a soft team?"

Du Kang's question came out and he looked at the reporter again.

The reporter sent by the NCAA was stunned, he didn't expect Du Kang to answer like that.

In the end, he could only nod in a panic.

"The current Los Angeles Lakers certainly can't be a soft-egg team, they're the toughest team in NBA history, and they're the toughest team in basketball history."

Even NCAA fans need to respect this Laker, this Laker is not a commercially promoted team, and the former OK Lakers, and the former Magic Lakers, completely different.

Yes, this Laker is star-studded, but equally worthy of respect.

In the face of the referee's crazy suppression, the NBA league's crazy black, they even fell behind 0-3, did not flinch, defeated the god costume, and completed the reversal.

Such a legend, even in the NCAA, is a dream that has never been dreamed of.

Why is Coach D so popular in the NCAA?

It's because the performance he brought with the Lakers was too terrifying and incredible.

Seeing this NCAA reporter say this, Du Kang smiled again.

Although he came to make trouble, he was not doing something blindly, which was recognized by Du Kang.

If it's foolishness, Du Kang has another set of theories.

Now, naturally, there is no need to do that.

Therefore, Du Kang's voice was still calm and eloquent.

"I'm here for the Bobcats, and I'm not going to just use this as a temporary stage, even if I'm only here for one day, it's my team, and I'm going to make my mark here, just like I did in Los Angeles, I can change the culture of Los Angeles, and I can change the culture of the Charlotte Bobcats."

Changing the culture ?!!!

Not only to bring a bunch of veterans such as Jordan and Duncan, but also to transform the culture of the Bobcats?

You're the owner of the Bobcat, you own a stake in the Bobcat, can you stay with the Bobcat for long?

Do you think it's that easy to change the culture?

Believe it or not, even if you change the culture of the Bobcats and make NCAA fans like the culture of the Bobcats and thus become one with the Bobcats, when you leave, it will all go up in smoke?

Don't underestimate the pickiness of NCAA fans.

They hate commercial basketball, which is full of copper smell, so so far NCAA players can only make money secretly if they want to make money.

Even if Larry Bird stayed with the Pacers, he didn't build a culture for the Pacers that NCAA fans would always enjoy!

Du Kang's press conference was watched by a lot, including Larry Bird, of course.

"Building an NCAA-like culture in Charlotte?"

Larry Bird was in a trance, he wanted to do this, but he couldn't.

Because the NBA has a draft, because the NBA can't just hire people from all over the world.

For the Pacers to get up, he has to do something that goes against NCAA values.

Every time a team rebuilds, it needs to be done once.

This is the gap between the NBA and the NCAA.

With this moat, with this black history.

NCAA fans will never really fall in love with NBA teams.

I'm in the trench where the Pacers didn't break this rule, Coach D, can he?

So, how does he do it?

Larry Bird was curious.

It wasn't just Larry Bird who was curious, but even all the reporters on the scene were curious.

But Du Kang did not give an answer.

It should be said that there will never be a written answer to this question.

So, everybody knows.

They need to wait and see!

So, did Coach D's trip to Charlotte leave a lot of chicken feathers after leaving, or did it really leave the gospel and tradition of God here?

Larry Bird.

Jordan.

Monty Williams.

Even David Stern......

Everyone was watching at this point.

Everyone, now full of curiosity, is waiting to see.

(End of chapter)

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