Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 460 NBA’s chasm

June 2015, 6, Charlotte, North Carolina.

With Coach D, the Lakers and the Bobcats simultaneously announcing Du Kang as the head coach of the Bobcats, the city of Charlotte is now extremely lively.

At this moment, almost all the major, medium and small media in the NBA have gathered. All the media are waiting for Coach D to come to Charlotte for his first press conference. Everyone is waiting for Coach D to answer what they have already said. I have been accumulating doubts for who knows how long.

Many people even say that Coach D's press conference today attracted more attention than tomorrow's draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn at 7 pm.

This is natural. 2015 is a very small year for the draft. There is not even a natural pick who can play. In terms of attention in the 2015 draft, all the rookies combined may not have Duncan joining. The Bobcats have something to watch.

Therefore, looking at the turbulent press conference at this time, which had only started for half an hour, Mr. Zhang’s Chinese reporters discovered that not only was it crowded with people inside, but it was also crowded outside.

Anyone who knows the NBA knows that there are actually not that many reporters in NBA press conferences.

Even when superstars such as Kobe Bryant, Durant, and James play games, there are actually not that many reporters following the press conference after the game.

Because there are too many games in the NBA.

The average attendance of the Lakers is 110%. It’s not that they can only sit at 110%, but any more may be unsafe. The average ticket price of the Lakers is not only 250, but the Lakers will release some low prices every game. Tickets, proactively. In fact, these low-price tickets can be multiplied several times once they change hands.

Even the Charlotte hotel reservations for these two days were fully booked a week later, and a month later, they were all booked.

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?
Therefore, this time there is continuous attention, and it may even last for a long, long time. Now many people in Charlotte have actually realized what kind of changes and what coach D will bring to the city. Such business opportunities.

Because in the past two days, the hotels in Charlotte no longer have any rooms.

After Du Kang announced that he would join the Bobcats, the basketball news in North Carolina was almost dominated by the Bobcats and Du Kang.

Of course, press conferences for major events such as James' decision, Corvo's incident, Jordan's retirement incident, etc. are of course very sensational, but they are still incomparable to Coach D.

Therefore, the official average ticket price of the Lakers last season exceeded the Knicks' price of 210 US dollars, reaching 250 US dollars. In fact, the actual average ticket price of fans in attendance may have exceeded 500 US dollars.

Coach D is a true academic coach, even the leader of the first academic sect. At the same time, his innovation and transformation of the basketball tactical system has won the respect of most coaches in the NCAA.

But Coach D, this is really different. In the past two days, not only the major, medium and small media from the United States and the world have come to Charlotte, but also many famous coaches from the NCAA who have made pilgrimages.

Otherwise, the ratings of Lakers games would soar to 20% at every turn. Why is this?
Why don't the ratings of other NBA teams have such terrible ratings when they don't play the Lakers?
Obviously, Du Kang's games with the Lakers attracted many NCAA viewers.

In other words, these reporters are planning to stay in Charlotte for at least a month. They not only have to pay attention to the news of Du Kang coming to Charlotte, but they are also preparing to follow Coach D's entire game against Charlotte this summer. Bobcat transformation.

The current coach D has just completed three consecutive championships and led the Lakers to establish a new dynasty in the NBA. Coach D has just helped David Stern complete the restoration and saved the former NBA. It can be said that the current coach D It was the time when popularity and popularity were at their highest, and it was definitely not the head coach of the past.

Coach D is the head of UCLA, the most powerful team in the NCAA. He is not a business coach. You can say that he is the most valuable coach in the world, but he is really not a business coach.

And this is the reason why Jordan failed here. Just like in the NBA, if you ask a coach to drive traffic, even Phil Jackson and Popovich cannot drive traffic.

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

And this is the real reason why it’s so hard to get a hotel bed in Charlotte.

Because many fans from other parts of North Carolina are now making pilgrimages to Charlotte, and they are now grabbing tickets for Charlotte games next season.

Even if a player is Magic, even if he is the greatest star candidate in NCAA history like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, his influence in the NCAA is average, not even a fraction of that of John Wooden, the founder of UCLA.

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

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

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

When the NBA wanted to use Jordan's traffic to revitalize the NBA market in North Carolina, it was actually a joke.

Charlotte’s NBA market is alive and well.

However, Coach D is different.

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

Not enough reporters.

This is what scares them the most.

This makes many NCAA executives who are paying attention to Du Kang's arrival actually very nervous now.

NCAA fans simply don't like what Jordan did.

The dream basketball that Du Kang brought to the Lakers is so damn good for the taste of NCAA fans.

Everyone across the country knows that in the NCAA, the coach is the number one star.

When people like this come to Charlotte, it can really be said that a big river has entered a small stream, and the small stream is full.

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

Charlotte ranks last in attendance almost every year, with average attendance barely reaching 80%.

Now, with the arrival of Coach D, things seem to be completely different.

Jordan really doesn't have much traffic in the NCAA, so when David Stern moved Jordan to North Carolina to dig up the roots of the NCAA, everyone in the NCAA wanted to laugh.

Yes, the Bobcats are one of the worst teams in the NBA market. After Du Kang announced his joining, team tickets for next season, whether they are season tickets or ordinary single-game tickets, are up for grabs.

Jordan is the number one player in NBA history, but in the NCAA he is just a little brother.

Jordan has an incredible influence in the NCAA.

Not only do NCAA fans like and respect Du Kang, Du Kang is not only the most popular and respected head coach in the NCAA, but at the same time, NCAA fans also like to watch the games when Du Kang coaches the Lakers.

However, for the NBA, this is a small city, a place that has no basketball market and cannot afford to support an NBA team.

This is still a relatively conservative estimate.

By the way, although the Bobcats are miserable, they are not actually the worst team in the NBA 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 and take photos.

Therefore, the average ticket price of less than 20 US dollars for the Bobcats is not the lowest, but the Pacers are really miserable.

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

You know, 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, Pacers fans were very dissatisfied. The entire home game was booed. In many games, fans bought tickets to go in and curse.

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

But for NBA teams, it's difficult. Indiana fans are selective in their love for the Pacers. It depends on what kind of basketball you play. If it's dream basketball, they support it, but if it's the kind of rebuilding that's unique to the NBA, Basketball, so sorry.

What we flatter is that no matter how weak you are, you still have to have a dream.

A team without dreams does not deserve our support.

Therefore, for a home game between the Pacers and the Hawks last season, the seats in the top area were basically around 9 to 10 US dollars, which is so low. The sales situation of the tickets was not ideal, and the web page of the ticket sales website showed that it was still There are more than 1000 remaining votes.

And these tickets are even worse on second-hand ticket sales websites. Not only the top areas, but the tickets in many areas are even as low as $7.72. Since the beginning of the new century, this is the first time in NBA history that a team has tickets for many areas. Under $8.

Moreover, the Indiana fans who bought tickets for this game booed the Pacers so much that after the game, a reporter from CBS Sports sighed: "Pacers fans, have you given up on this team? "

You know, this season, the average ticket price for Reggie Miller, O'Neal Jackson Jr. and Artest's first game back with the team was as high as 300 US dollars, making it completely difficult to get a ticket.

In the same season, there is such a contrast.

You can't even say that Pacers fans are realistic. Everyone's money is not blown by the strong wind. Is it because I'm paying for it because of your bad performance?

In the NCAA, no matter how weak the team is, they have to pursue their dreams, because there is no lottery for the draft, and there are no teams with poor performance to choose good picks.

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

Doesn't David Stern hope that NBA teams can have the spirit of NCAA teams?

Even if you are weak, you must work hard in every game and have dreams. Even if you lose, you must try your best.

That's why David Stern has been cracking down on those who deliberately mess up games to gain draft picks.

But the NBA and the NCAA are different after all. As long as the rules of draft picks are not changed, bad teams in the NBA will never have dreams.

Will NBA draft rules change? Of course it won't change.

If things really change, won't weak teams never be able to get up, especially those in small cities?

This is also the reason why David Stern can only rely on his own skills to attack bad teams, and also to attack the dominant powerhouses like the Celtics.

David Stern actually hopes that the NBA can bloom like the NCAA and have a different championship every year.

However, this is too difficult in the NBA.

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

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

In fact, the fact that the Pacers can get this kind of "double-standard" support from NCAA fans in Indiana is enough to make the Bobcats' management envious.

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

The old Pacers back then were really in line with the appetite of NCAA fans. Just do it for Michael Jordan!

When Larry Bird came to the Pacers, he opened up the NBA market in Indiana. He opened up the ball to this extent, which is really worthy of respect.

They are all looking for survival soil from the desert, and Larry Bird has actually taken root.

At the very least, Indiana fans love the Pacers for their choice.

The Bobcats have never played dream basketball and never received the love of Charlotte fans.

It can only be said that Jordan and Larry Bird are on completely different levels when it comes to team building.

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

But here comes the question, can the Bobcats really only do things to the same level as the Pacers?

Really, is it enough to just get selective love?

Then, I got love this season, and with Coach D leaving, the love disappeared. Is this really okay?

Does this count as a success?
This is actually a very acute question.

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

We admit that you are better than Jordan. You are indeed a threat and a figure like Larry Bird. But, then, will you stay with the Bobcats forever?
If not, then everything you do here will eventually be lost.

After Du Kang's press conference started, all the questions were actually very harmonious.

But after this question came out, Teacher Zhang, all Chinese reporters, and other reporters at the scene fell silent.

"This is a question that touches the soul..."

Is Coach Xiao Du really just a glorious passer-by when he comes to Charlotte this time?
Is it just a brief memory?

Just when teacher Zhang Lili was in trouble for Du Kang, Du Kang didn't think anything and just smiled and looked at this reporter who was obviously sent by the NCAA to cause trouble.

"This is a good question, but have you ever watched a Los Angeles Lakers game? Before I went to Los Angeles, this team was ridiculed by many fans as the softest team in the NBA. It won so many championships. It's unheard of for him to be considered a softie even though he's still considered a softie, but this is the reality and it won't change just because I and the Lakers are dissatisfied."

Du Kang withdrew his gaze, smiled and continued speaking as if talking to himself.

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

Du Kang asked this question in return and looked at the reporter again.

The reporter sent by the NCAA had a look of astonishment on his face. He never thought that Du Kang would answer like this.

In the end, he could only nod in panic.

"Of course the current Los Angeles Lakers cannot be a soft-ball team. They are the toughest team in the history of the NBA and the toughest team in the history of basketball."

Even NCAA fans need to respect this Lakers. This Lakers is not a commercially promoted team. It is completely different from the previous OK Lakers and the previous Magic Lakers.

Yes, this Laker is star-studded, but it's also worthy of respect.

Faced with the crazy pressure from the referees and the crazy blackouts from the NBA, they did not flinch even when trailing 0-3, defeating the magic outfit and completing the reversal.

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

Why is Coach D so popular in the NCAA?
It's because his performance with the Lakers was so terrifying and incredible.

Seeing what the NCAA reporter said, Du Kang smiled again.

Although he was here to cause trouble, he was not messing around, which was recognized by Du Kang.

If he was just messing around, Du Kang had another theory.

Now, of course there is no need to do that.

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

"This time I came to the Bobcats, I didn't intend to just use this place as a temporary stage. Even if I'm here for only one day, this is my team. I will leave my mark here, just like I did in Los Angeles. By doing that, I can change the culture of Los Angeles, and I can change the culture of the Charlotte Bobcats."

Change culture? ! ! !
Not only do you need to bring along a bunch of veterans such as Jordan and Duncan, but you also need to transform the culture of the Bobcats?

You are the boss of Bobcats and you have shares in Bobcats. Can you stay with Bobcats for a long time?

Do you think changing culture is that easy?
Do you believe it or not, even if you change the culture of the Bobcats and make NCAA fans fall in love with the culture of the Bobcats and become one with the Bobcats, all this will disappear after you leave?
Don't underestimate the pickiness of NCAA fans.

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

Even if Larry Bird stays with the Pacers, he has not established a culture for the Pacers that NCAA fans will always like!

Many people were paying attention to Du Kang's press conference, including naturally Larry Bird.

"Building an NCAA-like culture in Charlotte?"

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

Because the NBA has a draft, because the NBA cannot recruit people randomly from all over the world.

If he wants the Pacers to get up, he must do something that goes against the NCAA's values.

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

This is the natural chasm between the NBA and the NCAA.

With this natural moat, there is this dark history.

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

I have no reason to break this rule in the Pacers. Coach D, can he?
So, how does he do it?
Larry Bird was curious.

Not only Larry Bird was curious, but all the reporters at 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, everyone knows.

They will have to wait and see!
So, during Coach D’s trip to Charlotte, did he leave a mess behind, or did he really leave God’s gospel and tradition behind here?
Larry Bird.

Jordan.

Monty Williams.

Even David Stern…

Everyone is watching at this time.

Everyone is now full of curiosity and waiting to see.

(End of this chapter)