Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 20 Do You Believe in Miracles?

On January 1, at 27:8 pm local time in Detroit, at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

The chief assistant coach of the Lakers, Darwin Hamm, was standing next to Du Kang at a loss.

The expression looked as embarrassing as it could be, and his eyes were secretly aiming at Du Kang.

Well, it seems that the smile on Du Kang's face is quite pink, and Darwin Hamm said weakly to Du Kang: "Du, you believe me, I never thought of being the head coach of the Lakers!"

"Darwin, you can't say that. In fact, you are a very good person."

Du Kang looked at the turbulent Pistons fans around him, put his eyes on Hamm, looked at Hamm seriously and continued: "Maybe what they said is right, you may really be better than me."

"what?!"

Darwin Hamm was stunned.

Looking at the smiling young man in front of him, Hamm almost cried.

Pistons fans cheat me!
At this time, the Pistons fans in the Palace of Auburn Hills were still clamoring turbulently.

Beat L.A!Such a slogan will certainly not make the new head assistant coach of the Lakers feel deeply cheated by the Pistons fans.

What really made Hamm tremble was the pile of slogans held by Pistons fans on the sidelines.

"Rookie, Darwin is more suitable to be the head coach of the Lakers than you!"

"Rookie, hand over the Lakers to Hamm and go back to China!"

"Rookie, you are not worthy of coaching the NBA!"

……

……

The stands were littered with similar signs held by Pistons fans.

Even the live Pistons DJ was cracking jokes.

"If we can get this rookie out of class, then Darwin may become the head coach of the Lakers, so let's send Darwin to become the head coach of the Lakers!"

"Ow~ Darwin! Darwin! Darwin!"

The Pistons fans at the scene responded frantically to the shouts of the Pistons' home DJ.

It can only be said that if things really unfold like this, Darwin Hamm may really become the head coach of the Lakers on behalf of him.

The Lakers originally had five assistant coaches. Don DeAntoni and his brother were fired, and Du Kang was promoted to head coach.

Eddie Jordan, the former first assistant coach of the Lakers who was slapped by Du Kang, lost the opportunity to coach the NBA team, and finally left the Lakers disheartened, and went to New Jersey State Gross University as an assistant coach.

Therefore, the current Lakers are left with two assistant coaches, Darwin Hamm and Clifford.

Even the minimum standard of three assistant coaches officially stipulated by the NBA has not been met.

Of course, this NBA regulation is actually nothing to do, and many teams have not seriously followed it.

For example, the Lakers' opponent Pistons tonight.

The Pistons are actually two assistant coaches now.

In short, under the current situation, if Du Kang is suddenly dismissed, then the only person who can represent the head coach of the Lakers is Darwin Hamm.

"Du, you have to trust me, I have absolutely no second thoughts about you, I have not turned to Jenny Buss!"

"Did I tell you that you took refuge in Jenny Buss? Why are you so nervous? Darwin, you won't, really..."

Du Kang's expression suddenly became serious, it really made Darwin Hamm cry.

Now that Du and Jim are in such a dangerous situation, they are all soldiers, and they don't know the enemy or friend, so they should be suspicious.

Even if it was him, he would be so sensitive and cautious, doubting his colleagues and even his players.

However, he is really loyal to Du Kang!

Even if you have second thoughts, it's too late to turn to Jenny Bass now!
"Du, I really did not betray!"

"Darwin, I was only joking just now."

Seeing that Harm couldn't stand it anymore, Du Kang quickly smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"However, Darwin, do you think that many people in our team would like me to dismiss get out of class?"

Darwin Hamm was silent.

Du Kang's question is very black and very heart-wrenching.

Although his own head coach looks young, he is really a fan.

How does this make him answer?

He said that he was loyal and did not want Du Kang to dismiss from get out of class. Clifford was Howard's confidant, so it was impossible for him to expect Du Kang to dismiss from get out of class.

So the people Du Kang said to ask him to leave get out of class are naturally only the Lakers players left.

It is impossible for the management to directly intervene in this interesting game.

So here comes the question, can he say that there are ghosts among the players?

If he really wants to say that, he won't be able to hang out with the Lakers in the future!

Not to mention the acting head coach, without Du Kang's protection, the chief assistant coach may not be able to keep it.

At that time, he will be completely reduced to a person who depends on Du Kang for survival. As long as he is in the Lakers, he will no longer be able to give birth to two hearts.

However, looking at the very serious look on Du Kang's face at this time, listening to the remarks of the Pistons fans and DJ supporting his superiority.

Darwin Hamm was heartbroken and made a decision.

"Du, I think..."

However, before Darwin Ham finished speaking, Du Kang blocked his mouth with the tactical board in his hand.

Du Kang looked at the astonished Ham, and comforted him: "Darwin, don't blame me for not believing you. Now, I am not burdened with my own destiny. How dare I trust anyone with motives at will."

After Du Kang finished speaking, he smiled again, looked at Hamm and continued, "But for Darwin, I am sure that you will never betray me."

Hamm, who was already in despair, was really moved to cry when he heard what Du Kang said, and he was so emotional.

Putting himself in the situation, he himself estimated that no one would really believe it.

Du Kang finally chose to trust him completely.

Seeing Darwin Hamm, who was so moved at this moment and looked like he was going to die for Du Kang, Clifford behind the two of them was stunned.

What he saw was not moving, what he saw was terror!
The way this 23-year-old young man beat Darwin Hamm just now is simply superb!

Du Kang said: I don't dare to trust anyone now, so I trust you unconditionally.

This is an allusion to Hamm's special status.

Du Kang said he was sure Ham would not betray him.

Why are you sure?
Of course: everything about you is under my control, so I can be sure that you haven't betrayed me!
Du Kang planted a seed in Ham's soul that did not dare to betray.

Tell Hamm, you have a special place in my heart, so there is one eye that is always staring at you.

After such a beating from him, even if Jenny Buss really wanted to instigate Hamm in the future, Hamm would not dare to betray him.

The boss' secretary.

The head coach's confidant assistant.

are all crucial roles.

These roles require absolute loyalty.

Du Kang and Hamm are not blood brothers like the D'Antoni brothers.

Nor is it a mentor-student relationship like Mike Brown and Hamm.

Their previous relationship was friends with the same level status.

In such a relationship, trust is actually very fragile.

Why can you be the head coach but I can't?

Such a relationship is the easiest to betray.

Du Kang promoted Hamm to the chief assistant coach, I am afraid that he is always waiting for an opportunity to beat Hamm.

Pistons fans just now gave him a chance to beat Hamm.

Thinking of this, Clifford also showed worry on his face.

"It's not that easy for Dwight to use him..."

But soon, Clifford breathed a sigh of relief, with an expectant expression on his face.

"Only someone with such strong means would dare to touch Kobe, would he dare to clean Kobe from the Lakers?"

Dwight's position as the head of the Lakers is expected!
We must remind Dwight, don't make small moves in front of him, and you must listen to him carefully before you kill Kobe!
"Well, there is a chance to invite Yao Ming over and ask him to help Dwight and Du deepen their relationship!"

Clifford was already thinking about binding Howard and Du Camp once and for all.

Before he became Howard's confidant, he worked as an assistant coach in Houston for 4 years, and accompanied Yao Ming all the way from a rookie to a superstar.

He was Van Gundy Jr.'s apprentice.

It is this achievement that will be valued by the Magic and dug to help train Howard.

He and Howard were both teachers and friends.

In fact, he and Yao Ming are both teachers and friends.

In the past 10 years, he has trained the two strongest centers in the NBA in the past 10 years.

Pistons fans are very excited about today's match between the Pistons and the Lakers at home.

Both the Pistons and the Lakers have a record of 18 wins and 25 losses. The Lakers rank 13th in the West and the Pistons rank ninth in the East.

Both teams will hope to boost their chances of making the playoffs with a win in this game.

At 8:15 in the evening, the game officially started.

Howard and Greg Monroe jumped the ball in the middle circle. The excited Howard easily beat Monroe and won the game for the Lakers.

In this game, the Lakers' starters are Howard, Gasol, Artest, Kobe and Blake.

Yi Jianlian was sitting by the drinking fountain in a suit.

Yi Jianlian has been playing in the CBA before, and the game is in a good state, but Du Kang feels that it is not the best time for Yi Jianlian to play.

Du Kang felt that although he had removed Yi Jianlian's CIC attributes, there were still too many things Yi Jianlian lacked.

In addition to attributes, skills, and personality issues.

There is also the question of confidence.

Du Kang felt that Yi Jianlian needed a very good game to open up his confidence and the confidence of others in him.

Therefore, before the right opportunity arises, Yi Jianlian only needs to wear a suit and be responsible for playing handsome on the team's bench.

By the way, Nash didn't start this game either.

Du Kang's adjustment made the Lakers' rotation players very excited.

Especially Steve Blake, who started the game, felt that he had misunderstood Du Kang.

"The coach is not a head coach who only relies on stars. He finally found that I am more suitable to be the starter of the Lakers than Nash!"

I'm better defensively than Nash, I'm good with the ball, I can shoot the ball, and as for passing the ball, we have Kobe, why do we need a point guard?
A dribbling guard with defense and shooting is the most suitable for the Lakers and Kobe!
"If the game is won and the players' satisfaction is not 100%, I will definitely catch a few insiders!"

Du Kang looked at Blake who staggered and dribbled the ball halfway under Stucky's defense on the court, thinking viciously in his heart.

The Lakers started this game not Nash, but Blake.

In order to earn more MP, he racked his brains.

And this also made the Lakers' offense mess up in the first quarter of this game.

In addition to Bryant's iron sound, the Lakers' offense has no bright spots.

The situation is so passive, the Lakers have a tendency to collapse as soon as they come up.

Hamm, who had just been beaten by Du Kang, couldn't sit still. He wanted to show his loyalty to the team to win in front of Du Kang, and kept shouting from the sidelines.

As the head coach of the Lakers, Du Kang was still sitting there calmly.

Nash also sat beside Du Kang with a relaxed expression.

Pistons head coach Frank, who was also standing on the sidelines, had actually been looking at Du Kang.

Seeing the ease on Du Kang's face, Frank showed disdain.

This is why he looks down on Du Kang and the Lakers.

This Lakers haven't been integrated yet!
The stars fight on their own, and the coach and the stars are at odds. For such a team, it is luck to win a game, and it is impossible to win forever.

"I think in this game, the reason why Coach D put Nash on the bench was to appease Kobe."

"In the last game, it can be said that Nash was the biggest hero of the Lakers. Although Kobe scored the most points, his shooting percentage was too low. If Nash plays the hero of the last game, he will definitely control the ball. At that time, Kobe will play very badly. Comfortable."

"That's true. In the last game, Kobe was very dissatisfied with his performance. This game must prove himself. The Pistons know it. It is impossible for Coach D not to know. Even if his goal is to finally clean up Kobe, It’s also impossible not to give Kobe any face, after all, Kobe is one of the greatest legends of the Lakers.”

"This is the difficult part of the Lakers team. There are many stars, but they are not in sync. You have to consider the feelings of these stars."

The game between the Lakers and the Pistons was also broadcast live across the United States.

Barkley and Kenny Smith chatted with each other sentence by sentence, which made the Lakers fans in front of the TV worry.

At this time, on the court, the score of the two teams made the Lakers fans even more amazed.

Kobe was 9 of 3 when he came up, and he shot a lot, but his state was the same as the last game. He was too anxious and wanted to prove himself.

This is simply to take away the Lakers.

More importantly, the Pistons are really not the Jazz.

The Jazz's two insiders, Al Jefferson and Millsap, are not tall enough to compete with Howard and Gasol.

But the two insiders of the Pistons are different, Monroe and Drummond, the backcourt protection is really good.

Pistons head coach Frank also used power forward Villanueva to play small forward, three insiders!

This is bullying the Lakers' lack of athletic ability on the outside.

Kobe missed the ball, Howard and Gasol faced such a Pistons inside, they couldn't grab it at all.

Therefore, in the sound of Kobe's banging iron, the Lakers collapsed as soon as they came up in the first quarter.

"Hahaha, the rookie coach's Kobe shot, Howard Gasol's robbing tactics are no good, Kenny, I heard that this rookie doesn't know any other tactics and systems, so he will use Kobe to shoot, Howard Gasol robs."

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers hadn't collapsed yet, and they kept saying Coach D, Coach D.

The collapse of the Lakers directly called the rookie rookie.

Barkley showed everyone what it meant to be real.

And such a real Barkley made Jenny Buss in front of the TV very satisfied.

"Jenny, this rookie really can't do it!"

The assistant next to her was very excited, while Jenny Buss smiled gracefully.

"His coaching in the first game was amazing, but I have never heard of a coach who can't play tactics in the NBA and can be successful."

This is what his boyfriend and now husband Mayfair Jackson said to her.

This is her confidence!
She believes in the vision of an 11-time head coach!
Now, it really shows its original shape!
"Ji, Jim, like, if the Lakers lose this game..."

On the other side, Jim Buss' assistants were already watching TV and about to cry.

The Pistons are already one of the weakest opponents in the Eastern Conference's five-game streak.

And the first one to play, the Lakers veterans are also the most physically strong.

But the result is like this.

Even if it's just a little more than one quarter now, the Lakers have already collapsed!

"Calm down, the game is not over yet."

Having said that, Jim Buss' hands were tensely clenched into fists.

"Haha, if the rookie coach really has the ability to predict the player's status as he boasted in the last game, I think he will definitely not let Nash, who performed well in the last game, be a substitute and let Kobe attack."

"Charles, I think you look like a clown now!"

Although the head coach of the Lakers is indeed a parallel importer.

However, it is unnecessary to add insult to injury like this, right?

After all, he is still a 23-year-old kid.

Hahahaha...

However, I have to say that Jim Buss, the owner of the Lakers, actually turned a 23-year-old kid who had only coached one game into a regular. This may really be the biggest laughing stock in NBA history.

"It's over, it's over, this game is completely over..."

After the game started, the Lakers assistant coach Darwin Hamm, who had been jumping up and down excitedly on the sidelines, squatted on the ground with his legs weak and his eyes glazed over.

Is he really going to passively be the acting head coach of the Lakers and passively betray Du?
It's not really Hamm's fault.

Because the game played 10 minutes, the Lakers have fallen behind by 15 points.

Among them, Kobe Bryant, the mainstay of the Lakers' offense, made 13 of 4 shots in front of him.

Kobe is not in good shape, and the Lakers' speed is not good enough to break through the defense of the Pistons Monroe and Drummond's double center tactics.

It is impossible to catch up with these 15 points.

In this game, the Lakers will lose!

Going back from the east, Du will definitely dismiss get out of class!
He hasn't had time to turn to Aunt Jenny yet, and he will definitely represent one or two games by then, and he will follow Du and Jim out of the Lakers.

My Du, my chief assistant coach position, I have struggled for 20 years!

Hamm thought about it, and broke down and cried like he did when he won the championship with the Pistons.

That's horrible!
This ups and downs are too miserable!
Back then, he was a mere role player, and the Pistons cried the most when they won the championship. Billups, Hamilton, and Wallace couldn't help but cry.

This role player loves the Pistons so much, you stars, you can't be bad!

It made Hamilton and the others want to kick Hamm to death.

However, for Pistons fans, they still like Hamm very much.

"Hahaha, what a lovely picture, our Hamer, burst into tears again, every time our lovely Hamer collapses, it is a good day for the Pistons, thanks to the rookie head coach of the Lakers, he let us look back Sweet 2004, hahahaha, 2004, also the Lakers!"

Seeing that the lacrimal glands were overdeveloped and the emotions were too full, Hamm suddenly collapsed, and the DJs and fans of the Pistons went crazy.

They are all gloating and molesting Du Kang and the Lakers.

At this time, the Lakers fans in front of the TV didn't think Hamm was cute, they were simply ugly!
"Our chief assistant coach of the Lakers, is this the stuff?!"

"Who signed him!"

"It's that rookie!"

"Who signed that rookie!"

"It's Jim Buss!"

"Jim Buss, rookies, clowns all get out!"

Under the rhythm of some caring people, Lakers fans are going crazy on Twitter and other basketball forums in the United States at this time.

The first game of the five-game streak in the Eastern Conference, against the Pistons, collapsed in the first quarter in the sad place of the Palace of Auburn Hills?

The Lakers fans completely broke their defenses!

In fact, in Auburn Hills, one person also broke the defense.

That is Kobe.

The DJ at the scene led the Pistons fans to laugh at Du Kang crazily, reminiscing about 2004, which definitely hurt Kobe by mistake.

Kobe was eager to prove himself, he was a little anxious, he didn't feel good, the team collapsed again, a lot of negative emotions, and now he was brought up again about the sad incident in 2004...

bang!
Bryant admitted that he did have an elbow.

But he definitely didn't do it on purpose!
He just had all the negative emotions these days rushed to his head, and he couldn't control himself.

Moreover, he is a certain person, if he really wants to harm someone, he won't elbow someone's belly!

He couldn't do such a shameful thing as intentionally elbowing someone's belly!
but……

Seeing Villanueva rolling around on the ground with his hands in pain, Kobe sighed and closed his eyes.

He was fooled.

Beep beep beep!
For a second-level malicious foul, bald Crawford made a direct expulsion.

"God, at such a desperate time, Kobe was evicted!"

"I guess Kobe must have done it on purpose. He wants to kill this rookie like Mike Brown!"

Barkley went crazy with excitement.

And Aunt Jenny in front of the TV jumped up excitedly.

As for Jim Solo...

"Calm down, calm down, calm down, the game is not over yet..."

At this moment, not only Jim's hands were shaking, but his lips were turning blue.

And the assistant next to him had already slumped on the sofa.

"It's over, it's over, it's over..."

……

……

Palace of Auburn Hills.

Bryant bit his jersey and walked past Du Kang, without hugging Du Kang who stretched out his arms, and went straight to the player tunnel.

However, when he was about to enter the tunnel, Bryant stopped.

"I didn't mean to, I didn't want you to leave."

After Kobe finished speaking, he was about to get into the player tunnel without looking back.

It's a pity that I didn't prove myself in front of him...

But at this moment...

"I'm not leaving, and I'm not leaving the Lakers until I see your sixth championship."

what? !

My sixth championship?
Isn't he going to fuck me?

Moreover, you are like this, how can you lead me to win the sixth championship?
Kobe, who originally wanted to get into the player tunnel, suddenly turned around and looked at Du Kang in shock.

Du Kang smiled, turned and returned to the Lakers bench.

"Steve, come on."

"Yes, coach!"

Looking at Du Kang and Nash hugging, looking at the fighting spirit and determination on Nash's face at this time...

Kobe's heart was beating wildly.

"Bryant, do you believe in miracles?"

"You are a miracle, and so am I!"

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