Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 422 Coach D’s secret weapon

Popovich is now running out of gas. If the Lakers want to win, Du Kang must come out.

However, in order to prevent those people from becoming wary and learning about his true and falsehood, he could not come out directly.

We can only continue to put Popovich in front.

Although the team's G6 play style and tactics were arranged by him, there is still a big difference between directly playing on his own and finding someone to take over.

In this kind of duel between famous coaches, any detail may lead to failure. His tactical play is directed by Popovich. It is said that two coaches are playing against Monty Williams. In fact, it is 0.8+1 The effect may be less than 1.

It is definitely better for him to go straight to 1, but if he comes out and defeats Monty Williams, it is completely different from Popovich defeating Monty Williams.

Now the whole world knows that Popovich is no match for Monty Williams. Popovich's defeat of Monty Williams is just luck and not enough.

However, if Coach D defeats Monty Williams, then the whole world will exclaim, Coach D is still Coach D, and Coach D is the strongest head coach in the NBA!

Those people will only give him and Monty Williams a fair chance to fight. If he defeats Monty Williams, he will definitely wear a magic costume the second time, and will not care whether Monty Williams is It's not possible to take revenge.

Even Monty Williams deserves their trust only once!

In order to get the most bang for their buck, they were willing to give Monty Williams a little bit of credit to play Coach D fairly, and they would step in if anything went wrong.

Therefore, Du Kang cannot come out. After the Lakers won three games, he absolutely cannot come out.

This year is different from the past two years. He is really not sure that he can beat Monty Williams + the magic suit.

Now that he has taken over the command of the team, since he has to direct behind the scenes, it is naturally impossible for Du Kang to tell anyone.

Except for Popovich, Du Kang said no one.

The power of capital is too powerful, and the fewer people know about it, the better.

Therefore, Du Kang has hardly left home these two days, just hiding in his home and talking on the phone with Popovich.

The fierce collision between the two famous coaches, and the sparks produced by the collision can indeed be described as sparks flying.

The main thing is that some of Du Kang's whims shocked Popovich.

You know, he is the one who directly played against Monty Williams, but in terms of understanding Monty Williams and the Celtics, Popovich feels that he is obviously inferior to Du Kang.

"Is this the difference between me and a real top coach?"

Not to mention his coaching philosophy, just in terms of his observation skills and understanding of basketball, he is far inferior to Coach D, and naturally may not be inferior to Monty Williams.

However, after being beaten by two famous coaches this season, Popovich's mentality has become very peaceful.

When you are not strong enough, it will only make you uncomfortable.

Therefore, the current Popovich can definitely be said to be extremely open-minded.

"Coach D, are you really planning to do this?!"

In the end, after the exchange between the two, when Du Kang really made up his mind, Popovich was still shocked.

How dare you!

Coach D is really brave!

"You fight yours and I fight mine. Maybe we shouldn't try to lead Monty Williams by the nose. At the same time, we shouldn't be led by Monty Williams' nose. The next game, They beat theirs, and we beat ours, let’s see, in the end we are defeated by them, or we win a chance to survive.”

I'll beat you, I'll beat mine...

Popovich chewed on what Du Kang said, with a dazed expression on his face.

This famous quote from Monty Williams, coaching philosophy, is very simple, but it is really not easy to do it...

Don't care about your opponent, just care about yourself. What if you collapse?

Just like Coach D’s arrangements for this game...

No matter how you look at it, Popovich feels like his rhythm is about to collapse!

"Coach D, there is no problem with Charles starting, and I have no problem with KG being the substitute, but can you replace Giannis with Devin?"

Facing the inside line of Big Eyebrow and Randolph, use the combination of Barkley and Antetokounmpo, and it is not Barkley vs. Randolph, Antetokounmpo vs. Big Eyebrow, but Barkley vs. Big Eyebrow, Antetokounmpo To Randolph, isn't this a joke?

Even if it's just a joke, Ebanks, who looks more reliable, should be used to defend Randolph!

Popovich gritted his teeth and wanted to make a final push.

"No need to change, just Giannis versus Zach Randolph, Pop. In the next game, as long as Randolph is on the court, I hope Giannis can stay on the court. Charles Barkley's rotation target is KG, and Not Giannis."

In other words, there is either a combination of Barkley and Antetokounmpo or a combination of Garnett and Antetokounmpo on the court. Try not to play a combination of Garnett and Barkley at the same time.

After getting the final answer, Popovich was engaged in his own crazy brainstorming.

He tried to figure out why Coach D arranged it this way.

In fact, Du Kang also wanted to explain it more clearly, but he couldn't explain it.

Just as Popovich worried, neither Antetokounmpo nor Ebanks can actually defend Randolph.

There is only one purpose for such a mismatched matchup, which is to compare with hurting each other. Who will hurt more, Barkley hurts the thick eyebrows more, or Randolph hurts Antetokounmpo and Ebanks more. big.

It seems to Popovich that this is a losing bet. After all, neither Antetokounmpo nor Ibanks are serious insiders, but the thick eyebrows are, and the thick eyebrows are the kind of insiders whose defense is almost top-notch, top-notch. Assistance defense, top-notch single defense.

In such a losing bet, in Popovich's view, Devin Ebanks is a more suitable choice, and maybe the loss is not so ugly.

He really can't get how Antetokounmpo is better than Ebanks.

After all, in the minds of Popovich and many people, the lucky Giannis is the most honest person in the NBA.

But in Du Kang's mind, Antetokounmpo has many things that Devin Ebanks does not have, the most important of which is that Antetokounmpo is not that upright, and Ebanks is too upright.

It is no problem at all to say that Ebanks is the second master of the NBA.

Ebanks's views were so correct that he didn't even bother spitting on the court, and even wished that all the sweat he produced had to be wiped off by the on-site staff.

Ebanks is often caught on camera taking a caddy's towel and wiping the sweat off the floor himself.

If the team needs a hero, Du Kang 100% believes in Ebanks, and he believes in Ebanks the most.

He never flinches or hesitates.

However, what is needed to defend Randolph is not a hero.

Facing the rats, the hero would be at a huge disadvantage.

Randolph is naturally not a rat, but Jean's style of play is very like a chicken, a commoner, or even a rat.

In this finals, Randolph almost single-handedly sealed Garnett, consuming Garnett to the point where he had almost no achievements on the offensive end.

Duncan and Garnett, these two legendary NBA power forwards, were defeated by Randolph one after another.

What Duncan and Garnett can't do, how can Ebanks do it?

Therefore, if he is also unable to defend, Du Kang will choose the equally smart Antetokounmpo.

"Maybe Giannis will do a miracle for us."

create a miracle……

Popovich was silent for a moment.

At this moment, Du Kang's voice came again.

"Bobo, I know you are under a lot of pressure, but believe me, miracles will happen."

Popovich was dumbfounded.

How can coach D be sure that Antetokounmpo can bring miracles to him?

Popovich didn't understand.

However, Du Kang knew it very well.

"You have been planning for such a long time and waiting for such a long time. How could you not want me to stand on the sidelines of the court again, standing opposite you?"

Popovich didn't know that he was not only helped by himself, but also by another force.

It should be said that this power has not disappeared, and may even become more rampant.

Du Kang didn't want to take advantage of this power, so he went to Antetokounmpo instead of Ebanks.

Otherwise, the scene on the court may be very ugly.

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The Lakers have been dull since returning from Boston.

There is a sense of pessimism all over Los Angeles.

Many Los Angeles media reported that Coach D had not been seen for a long time, not only at the Lakers' training ground, but also in front of Coach D's house.

Coach D, maybe he hasn't been out for two days.

This made the already pessimistic Lakers fans and Lakers legends even more pessimistic.

Magic said during an appearance on a local show in Los Angeles.

"I have never seen Coach D like this. At any time, he will bring us the sunniest smile. Now, Coach D's smile has disappeared, and even Coach D himself has disappeared. We still don't know what he is going to do. Don’t step up at the last minute.”

Everyone is waiting for Coach D's return.

However, Coach D just disappeared.

"Magic, haven't you called Coach D?"

"No, not at all. Coach D may not want to see us now, so we know he is at home, but we have not gone to him. We don't want to put pressure on him."

This will indeed make the Lakers very disappointed.

"Am I disappointed now? Of course, I am very disappointed now. I have no problem with Coach D. Lakers supporters will always love Coach D. I just want to tell Coach D now that no matter if he fails or succeeds, we will always love him." With him, he is our favorite not because of his success, but because we just love him, and I hope Coach D can know why we love him so much."

Magician's words were very cryptic, but the meaning behind the words was very clear. Even Magician felt that Coach D was an idol and had too much baggage and too much psychological pressure to dare to stand directly. In front of the powerful magical Monty.

This actually disappoints many Lakers supporters. If the opposite magical Monty is the magical Monty wearing a divine costume, Coach D will be afraid.

They also support Coach D not to come out and accept the humiliation. If it is determined that the Celtics must win, the Lakers can give up the game and give up the championship.

However, now it is obvious that the magic suit is not on the side of Miracle Monty, and even wants to wear the magic suit on the Lakers' side.

In the previous three games, Popovich dared to have a fair one-on-one duel with Monty Williams. Why didn't Coach D dare?

Although Popovich was beaten and everyone was laughing at Popovich, they were also bitter about Popovich's honesty and courage. Most fans and experts were actually praising Popovich.

Now Popovich has said so much overtly and covertly, and everyone has expected so much now covertly and covertly. Coach D, why don't you come out?

Popovich almost knelt on the ground and said that he could no longer lead the Lakers to win. Coach D, why don't you come out?

If you don’t come out, you won’t come out. Why don’t you even say a word?

On June 2015, 6, on the day of G16 of the Finals between the Lakers and Celtics, there was a pre-game press conference before the game.

At this time, the press conference was crowded.

"Teacher Zhang, will it be Coach Xiao Du who comes out later?"

"I don't know either. I can't get through Coach Xiao Du's phone either. The line is always busy and busy."

Zhang Lili said with a wry smile.

The Chinese reporters around him sighed after hearing everything.

Was Coach Xiao Du really scared by Magic Monty this time?

There are many people in this world who say they know Coach Xiao Du.

But if we really want to say who knows, it is definitely the Chinese journalists like them.

As for coach Xiao Du's character, they absolutely do not believe that he is a coward.

They definitely don't believe it, and they still don't know what kind of person Coach Xiao Du is.

But why is Coach Xiao Du so self-defiled?

Black water and dirty water are coming so overwhelmingly. Not only do you want to avoid it, but at the very least, you have to stand up and hold an umbrella, right?

Why do you have to let the dirty water of black water make you dirty?

All the reporters at the scene were waiting for Du Kang to appear.

In front of the TV, Adam Silver, David Stern, and that group of people were also waiting for Du Kang.

Especially that group of people.

"Coach D doesn't really think that the consequences of losing to Miracle Monty are too big and he doesn't dare to come out, does he?"

"Hahahaha, after all, he is the number one in history. Everyone will hesitate and get entangled."

People who love fame and wealth can best sympathize with Du Kang's behavior.

"Perhaps we are the ones who can best understand Coach D's current behavior, hahahaha..."

Because this was their previous mentality. They had paid so much for James and so much to control the NBA, spending billions of dollars. Can this really stop in time?

No, they can only go all the way to the dark side. Even if they know that there is a head coach like Coach D, they want to dominate the NBA with one hand. It is very difficult to completely control the NBA. They have to go all the way to the dark side.

This is the goal and success they have worked hard for for so many years, and they have just come so close to achieving it that they really can’t bear to part with it.

Coach D, on the other hand, is further ahead than them. Coach D has achieved the strongest goals and results, but his mentality will only be worse than theirs.

Just like Miracle Monty can lose to Popovich, he cannot lose to Coach D.

Coach D cannot lose to Coach D in such a duel.

"I guess Coach D will definitely not come out! Today, Coach D will definitely not come out. He will let Popovich lead this game and take all the blame, and he will be peaceful in the years behind him!"

Almost at the same time, Popovich came out.

Sure enough, Du Kang did not show up, even...

"Coach D told me in this game that he couldn't come to watch the game because of something. I will still direct this game."

Not only did he not direct the game, he didn't even dare to come to the home court.

Damn it, are you afraid of being booed by the Lakers fans at the scene?

Are you afraid of being booed by the Celtic fans?

After Popovich finished speaking, the scene was silent for a while, and then in an instant, it exploded.

"No one will be hacked in this year's finals, except Coach D, no one should be hacked!!!"

"There is no doubt that in this finals, the biggest winners are Miracle Monty and James, and the biggest loser is Coach D!!!"

"Coach D will regret this cowardly behavior in the future!"

"Let us congratulate the amazing Monty for being crowned the strongest head coach in NBA history. He deserves it!!!"

……

Listening to these messy words coming from his ears, Popovich closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and looked silent.

Coach D really shouldered everything for him...

And on the other side...

"We have been preparing for so long, do you really want Coach D to just hide behind you for a long time?"

"Of course not!"

"Even Popovich can bravely bite off a piece of Magic Monty's flesh, and even Popovich can win three games against Magic Monty. At the most critical moment, it would be inappropriate for Coach D not to come out, right?"

The people around him smiled knowingly.

Isn’t Coach D not afraid of black water and dirty water?

Then, let the dirty water and black water become dirtier and stinkier!

Even if Coach D doesn't come out, they can completely destroy Coach D!

In a luxury hotel in Los Angeles.

"It's useless, Coach D, it's useless for you to be like this... they still won't let you go."

At this time, it is useless to keep Qingshan without fear of running out of firewood.

They will completely destroy you...

David Stern sighed.

In the end, it was all in vain.

(End of this chapter)