Chapter 461: Invincible or a Joke?!
After calling for a press conference on June 24, Du Kang returned to the Bobcats' training gym without stopping.
At this time, the season is long over, and as the Bobcats, who did not make the playoffs, the players have long since left.
But this time at the Bobcats' training gym, Dukang saw most of the Bobcats players.
Whether it's a player who has a contract with the Bobcats or a player who doesn't have a contract with the Bobcats, Du Kang has seen it all.
It can be seen that for Dukang, the new head coach of the team, no Bobcats player dares to take a big picture, so much so that the boss of the Bobcats, Kemba Walker, who went to the Pacific island country for vacation after the season, ran back to Charlotte overnight.
Just kidding, this is Coach D, the biggest difference between Coach D and ordinary NBA head coaches is that Coach D doesn't care about the level of players at all, what star players, what superstar players, there are no cards in front of Coach D.
Coach D has the strength to make a rookie garbage player an All-Star, a superstar, or even a candidate for MVP.
Antetokounmpo, Ibanks, players like these can be brought into All-Stars by Coach D.
Seth Curry even almost became the regular season MVP last season.
So, as long as Coach D likes it, even if you're just a role player and you don't have that much talent, you'll have a future that can change your destiny.
The premise is that Coach D likes it.
So what kind of players does Coach D like?
Anyone who knows Coach D knows that Coach D's favorite thing is those all-star old mature men.
In addition to that, Coach D's favorite thing is a nerve knife like Westbrook, which Coach D himself said when he constantly faced the media, and his favorite player is not Kobe, not Jordan, not Maddie Yao Ming and Iverson, but Westbrook.
After Westbrook, Coach D's favorite players are those who have long hands and feet, can run very fast, jump very high, and are very talented.
Such as Ibans and Antetokounmpo and others.
Before they met Coach D, they were all unskilled physical men, and the future was dark in the NBA, in fact, like Ibanks, it was already very dark.
In the end, because of Coach D's rescue, they both reached heights that they never dreamed of.
And these three types of players that Coach D likes, do Bobcats have them?
Not only that, but there are quite a few.
For example, the elderly All-Star player, Tony Parker is, especially after Coach D announced that he was coming to the Bobcats, Parker can be said to be the most enthusiastic player on the Bobcats right now, and was traded to the Bobcats last season, and Parker simply disdained to be the leader of this team and carry this team forward.
And after Dukang announced his arrival at the team, on the training court, Parker will always show his leadership side, and the Bobcats player who was disdained by him last season is now like a big brother, perfectly showing his best side.
If Leonard and Stephen Jackson saw Parker's scene, they would probably be shocked.
Parker now wants to play on Dukang's team.
Parker still has unfulfilled wishes and ambitions.
Parker wanted to tell the Viper how good he was and how wrong he was to disobey himself at the Spurs.
It is no longer possible to achieve such an ideal by Popovich's side, not even by any coach in the world.
Coach D treated him like that back then, when he left the Spurs, the Spurs were split, the GDP was separated, Popovich left, and 99% of the credit went to Coach D.
If you don't really see hope, it's really stressful to play for Coach D as a Spurs legend.
And what is Parker's hope?
It may feel incredible to say it.
Parker's hope is that Seth Curry almost won the MVP last season.
How incredible is it that a mere Seth Curry, almost in his rookie season, almost won the MVP?
He Tony Parker, although he is now 33 years old, and he will be 34 years old next season, he is considered a veteran, but even if he is old, he can be worse than Seth Curry, who is almost a rookie season?
Parker wants to win the regular season MVP, and he dreams of getting it.
Manu doesn't have such ambitions, but he does, because he used to have FMVP, and as long as he can win the MVP, his career will go to the next level.
Without the MVP, he Tony Parker would just be an average NBA All-Star, and he wouldn't even qualify for an all-time position.
In the history of the NBA, he has no MVP, he can only appear as the P of GDP, he likes GDP, but he also wants to pass alone and become one of the greatest point guards in NBA history.
This kind of ambition is almost like a dream, and he himself knows that it is like a dream.
But he still wants to fight for the last wave.
This is also the reason why he doesn't want Leonard to always have the right to speak for the Spurs.
With Leonard, what's the point of his career?
It's better to retire with Duncan and Manu.
Although he Tony Parker often takes salary cuts at the Spurs, there is really no shortage of money, women, and fame.
It can also be seen from this that the contradiction between him and Leonard is actually an irreconcilable contradiction.
In Parker's mind, Leonard stood in his way.
And in Lena's heart, Parker was also hindering his own way.
Because of Parker's ambitions, Leonard will never be able to take the position, even if Duncan and Manu are fair, they will definitely grit their teeth and support Parker.
In Leonard's heart, Parker, an old thing, didn't want to think about what kind of character he was, and dared to dream of such a thing.
However, considering the strength of the Spurs in those years, as well as James's reputation as a bad sister, and the Lakers' superstar injuries one after another, Parker does have a certain chance as long as he gets full support from the Spurs.
In the 11-12 season, Parker was ranked fifth in MVP and sixth in the 12-13 season.
In the past two years, Parker has been ahead of Kobe Bryant.
If you're Parker, you wouldn't want an MVP.
But in the 13-14 season, Leonard rose and didn't let Parker at all.
Even Duncan and Manu have supported Parker as the core of the group, but Leonard has not let him go at all.
It would certainly not be right to put the problem on Leonard.
Parker has a big problem facing the bag, and the main reason for Parker's poor performance in the face of the bag was that Parker lost to the Thunder in the West that year.
You can't face the bag yourself, and in the end let Leonard come out, Parker himself of course has a big problem.
There are times when a player's ambition and quality don't match, but that doesn't make the player feel like he's not good.
Bogut really felt like he could compare to Duncan from the bottom of his heart.
Parker is now working hard for his ideals.
He worked hard to rebuild his influence in the Bobcat community, trying to convince both Duncan and Ginobili to come to the Bobcats to support him.
However, it was not enough to do all this, because at Bobcat, in addition to him, there are some players that Coach D likes very much, especially some of them are his competitors in the same position.
Kemba Walker, the leading player of the Bobcats, was Rose Rose's rival in high school, although after coming to the NBA, he was not as good as Rose Rose, who was suppressed by himself in high school, and he was a somewhat fallen genius.
But isn't this kind of young and somewhat fallen genius exactly the player that Coach D likes very much?
In addition to Kemba Walker, Parker has a rival in the same position, Mo Williams.
Williams also came to the Bobcats halfway through last season.
After playing half a season, Williams is also unlikely to stay with the Bobcats, his contract expires this year, and he has no plans to renew it at all, and before Coach D came, I heard that he was ready to go to the Celtics to find his former boss James.
Then, Xiao Mo went to Boston on the front foot, and Coach D on the back foot announced that he was coming to the Bobcats, and then Xiao Mo came to Charlotte from Boston overnight.
Although Celtic's Magical Monty is also a super coach, in terms of player magic, Magical Monty is far inferior to Coach D.
Fantastic Monty hasn't proven right now that he can push the limits of a player, or that he can turn a role player into a superstar.
Jeff Green's success in the Finals last season can only be regarded as Jeff Green being brought to his place by the magic Monty, not beyond him.
If you're talented enough, there's not that much difference between Coach D and Magical Monty.
It's clear that Williams doesn't feel like he has that much talent right now.
Anyway, next season is to get a base salary, and the Boston Celtics will definitely not get a base salary as in the Bobcats.
Mo Jr. and Kemba Walker, two of Parker's rivals with the Bobcats.
Although Parker is now the leader of the team, he is still full of hostility towards the two men.
Especially to Kemba Walker.
Xiao Mo can accept the substitute, and even, even if the sixth person can't get it, the seventh person can, and there will never be a chance to shine under Coach D.
But Kemba Walker and Parker certainly can't accept the bench.
Kemba Walker wants to catch up with Rose, his former rival and rival, not to mention MVP, and he must hope for a while.
Kemba Walker is hoping to take off next season.
If you want to take off, how can you do it without a starter?
In fact, Kemba Walker's first target is a starting point guard.
He's the height of a point guard, but his style of play is a split play, so he was the starter with Parker a lot of the time last season.
Parker points guard him at the point.
Compared to point guards, the division is definitely more able to play to his strengths.
If it's just a point guard who passes the ball to Jordan, with his ability, especially his playmaking ability, he basically exposes his shortcomings.
So Kemba Walker's team wasn't so happy after Du Kang arrived.
Because it wasn't just Du Kang who came, but Jordan as well.
Because now the whole world knows that Coach D will definitely start Jordan as a shooting guard next season.
As a result, the Bobcats are left with only one guard starter.
A starting point guard position that needs to be fought over by Kemba Walker and Tony Parker.
It's not even just these two people competing.
After all, the NBA doesn't have just these two point guards.
In this year's free agency, there are a lot of point guards in the NBA.
For example, Aaron Brooks, who I heard that Coach D liked very much when he was a fan, has now come to Charlotte and is ready to join the Bobcats.
For example, Hinrich of the Bulls, the perfect traditional point guard next to Jordan, Billups Jr., and Kidd Jr.
At the same time, Hinrich is now also waiting for his chance in Charlotte.
In addition to that, there is Rondo, the point guard of the Clippers.
Rondo was sent to the Clippers last season to follow his mentor Dou Greaves, who is certainly Rondo's first choice, but if Dukang is called, then it is clear that this first choice will be marked with a question mark.
And then there's Ross, and even Ross has access to the trading market.
If Du Kang is willing, there will be a lot of options in the free market and the trading market this year.
And that's what Parker is trying to persuade Duncan and Ginobili to do.
Now with Duncan and Ginobili in their backing, Parker feels like the best starting point guard.
If you want to compete with the Lakers next season, lineup familiarity is the most important.
Since you want to build a team with Duncan as the core, then there is a Parker who is very familiar with Duncan, isn't this the most perfect choice?
Although Jordan is the top player of this Bobcat, just like the Bulls back then, Jordan is not the organizational core of the team, but the offensive core, and the real organizational core of the team is Pippen.
With him and Duncan, Jordan doesn't have to worry about team organization at all.
So as long as he is in the starting lineup, now Coach D only needs to find the right players in the small forward and center positions.
I have to say that with Duncan's insider, Parker is very well-informed.
Du Kang brought Duncan over so solemnly, definitely not to let Duncan play role players.
Since Duncan is the core player and Jordan's support, then he Tony Parker is the best Duncan support.
Jordan and Duncan are older, in the style of Coach D, the two of them must be the core of the core in the playoffs, and they must have a lot of rest in the regular season.
So, he just needs to be the third on the Bobcats.
Compared to Parker, Kemba Walker is indeed not so well-informed right now.
He has been average for four seasons in a row, Rose was already an MVP in his fourth year, and he was just an average prospect in his fourth year.
His rookie contract expires, this summer is a free agency restriction, and he's not afraid to leave if he doesn't get his future with the Bobcats.
It's still young, anything is possible in the future, and no matter how great Coach D is, he can't be the kind of player that the Lakers' Antetokounmpo and Jokic Ibanks recruit like Coach D, and he needs a stable core position.
Just when the Bobcats' training gym players were intrigued.
In the office, Du Kang and Jordan are discussing the operation of the summer.
"Keep the draft picks and see if there are any rookies to look forward to."
This year's Bobcats had two picks, ninth in the first round and ninth in the second round.
"What about the picks kept and reinforced?"
Jordan looked at Du Kang with wide eyes.
In addition to draft picks, the Bobcats' assets are really Kemba Walker, and Kemba Walker is still a quasi-star restricted free agent who doesn't have that much value, and if it's an All-Star young man, even a restricted free agent has a lot of value.
So, the Bobcats simply can't make up if they keep the draft picks.
"Michael, the Bobcat is lotto every year, but in the end the team's assets are so shabby, which is also rare."
After Du Kang finished laughing, Jordan smiled awkwardly.
If it wasn't Du Kang who said this, but someone else, even Fei'er, he was ready to punch.
Isn't this just mockery of my poor draft ability?
Well, does Comrade Michael's draft ability need to be mocked?
"Coach D, since you don't move the draft picks, I'm afraid one Kemba is not enough to strengthen ......"
Du Kang looked at this year's free agent roster and shook his head with a smile.
"Enough, actually, enough."
After thinking of something, Du Kang said with a smile to Jordan.
"Shaq is not kidding, he's really coming to Charlotte, really coming back to the Bobcats."
Jordan's eyes widened.
O'Neal, Duncan to partner with the inside combination!!
And on the streets of Charlotte.
O'Neill, who had just walked out of the hotel, and his camera team instantly became the most beautiful scenery.
"Farke!! Shaq O'Neal has really come to follow Coach D!!! ”
"O'Neal, Duncan, Jordan, oh my God, if they could be 20 years younger, the Bobcats would be invincible next season!!"
"It's a pity they can't be 20 years younger!"
So, not invincible, will it be a joke?
In the Bobcats' head coach's office, Dukang received another phone call.
A lot of retired veterans want to come to him and make a comeback.
It's not him begging O'Neal, it's O'Neill begging him.
In the end, the prop he used for Barkley last season chose O'Neal.
"O'Neal, Duncan, Jordan......"
Du Kang looked at the excited fans on the Internet and smiled.
He's actually looking forward to it.
"Invincible or a joke?"
I think it's going to be invincible!
(End of chapter)
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