Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 649 After winning the championship!
On the night when the Bobcats won the championship at home, the whole city was in a carnival.

This is not just because of winning the championship, but more importantly, the Bobcats played very beautifully and attractively throughout the season and have already attracted a large number of local fans.

It can be said that the Bobcats are no longer an unrecognized visiting team in North Carolina and Charlotte, but a local team that is truly recognized by the locals of Charlotte.

As the owner and boss of the team, Jordan can be said to be the main force of this celebration. He led the entire team to party with the fans all night long. But what about Du Kang?

As the most watched and favorite person among the fans, Du Kang handed the stage to the players and left halfway through.

If Du Kang was present at the scene, many of the players' celebrations would actually be very restrained. How could they be so simple when partying all night long?

Therefore, Du Kang is usually very tactful.

When he was on the Lakers, Du Kang was very tolerant of the "Little Bee" combination of Yi Jianlian and Howard. It can even be said that he turned a blind eye and even deliberately indulged them, because Yi Jianlian was originally an introverted player. What can make an introverted player quickly become extroverted?

Of course, the idea is to make more new interpersonal relationships outside, and the final result will naturally be good. Al-Farouq Aminu integrated very well into the Lakers, and then he integrated very well into the Warriors.

Al-Farouq Aminu is on the Lakers, and he and Howard are two little bees.

When they arrived at the Warriors, Al-Farouq Aminu and Klay Thompson were still two little bees.

Yi Jianlian is now the favorite NBA player of many gossip and entertainment media in Los Angeles. It is said that the number of Hollywood stars who have been linked with him is so great that one cannot even count them with two hands and two feet.

From a seemingly innocent player in the NBA to the most enviable hunter among NBA players, all he lacked was a mentor.

From this we can see that NBA players all have the potential to be scumbags.

Therefore, as a head coach, you often need to keep a certain distance from the players. You must not control the players' lives. As a head coach, you must not act like a father.

Maybe in the 1990s, the famous coaches in the NBA were a group of fatherly coaches who wanted to take care of everything, but now, the star players all have popularity, status, and money. They have everything, so don’t they just want to enjoy themselves?

So, how can I like someone who hinders my enjoyment?

Therefore, the sense of boundaries between coaches and players is very important. Coaches should not interfere with the private lives of players. This is the coach's sense of boundaries. At the same time, players should not let their private lives affect their game state. This is also a sense of boundaries. This is the sense of boundaries that players need to abide by.

In the NBA, many players and coaches have internal conflicts due to blurred boundaries, but this kind of thing has never happened in Du Kang's team.

It’s not that Du Kang is born to be a head coach, but that he has a system and he knows very well what the players’ psychological conditions are like. He knows very well what the players like and dislike.

Therefore, both the Lakers and Bobcats players felt very comfortable getting along with Du Kang, and did not feel that their nature was suppressed due to Du Kang's extremely high status.

A coach of Du Kang's status can be the father of the team as long as he wants, and other players have to accept it no matter how much they object.

Du Kang was still very excited when he left the team and returned home.

To be honest, it was quite surprising for him that he won the championship in his first season with the Bobcats.

Du Kang's actual plan is to win the championship next season.

Unexpectedly, it finally came one year earlier.

Many things actually disrupted Du Kang's plan.

If we had won the championship a year earlier, a lot of things would have been different.

If a team does not win the championship, the players can endure a lot of dissatisfaction and move towards the same goal. This is called tolerance for the country.

But after winning the championship, many things are different.

For example, it is difficult to retain some players in the team.

For example, with Tabit's strength, it would be a waste of talent for him to play as the third or even fourth player on the Bobcats.

In this finals, Thabeet actually played very conservatively.

Because the team's leader is Jordan, the team's second-in-command is Beasley, Duncan and Rose are two special players. It is difficult to say that their status in the team is the third in command, but the status of these two people in the team is higher than that of Thabeet.

Tabit is now also a very special existence in the team. Everyone in the team recognizes Tabit's strength and respects his strength, but he has no way to influence the team's locker room.

Because this team is Jordan's team.

Because Beasley became the second-in-command of this team earlier than him.

Because of this team, Rose and Duncan have a very high influence in the locker room.

Tabit rose too late, but rose too high.

You can't ignore his existence, and in the end, you can only place him high up.

To be honest, for a player of such great strength, it is actually very, very rare for him to be respected like this without causing trouble.

In this finals, Thabeet was qualified and capable of winning the FMVP, but in the end, Beasley won it because Beasley was the second-in-command of the team. When Jordan was unable to win honors in the playoffs, Beasley got the honor. So at the critical moment, Beasley could get the support of his teammates to compete against Kobe.

In the end, Tabeet accepted this reality and played a supporting role for Beasley steadily, without standing out to steal the show.

Such a Tabit naturally gained the respect of his teammates.

So after Beasley won the FMVP trophy, in addition to thanking Du Kang first and hugging teammate Rose, the second teammate he hugged was Thabeet.

Thabeet's growth is the key to defeating the Lakers in this finals and winning the championship one year ahead of schedule.

However, Tabit's growth was so high that Du Kang was very surprised. A bronze star card, a Hu Weidong star card, allowed Tabit to grow to such a height. This was a huge surprise.

Without this huge surprise, the Bobcats would not have been able to win the championship this year.

It was also because of this huge accident that the Bobcats were bound to lose Thabeet after winning the championship.

During the finals, almost 28 teams in the league were waiting for the finals to end and offered trade offers to the Bobcats.

These teams also endured very hard, knowing that Coach D did not like to be affected during the team's important games.

I also know that Coach D is a very special head coach. As long as you give him enough respect, he will also respect you. As long as Thabeet himself is willing, you can get Thabeet without any great cost.

So, at the moment the finals ended, after Du Kang left, Tabit quickly left the celebration scene as well.

Because his agent's phone has been bombarded with calls.

Almost all teams in the NBA are calling Thabeet.

The trade of Thabeet is now the focus of all NBA teams' summer work.

The draft, the free market, Curry, Durant, none of these are important. Compared to Thabeet, these are really unimportant.

If we get Thabeet, we will get a player who can be the strongest player in NBA history in his prime.

Especially after this finals, expectations for Thabeet have become higher, and his reputation among NBA management has also become higher.

Everyone knows Kobe's strength. Jordan admitted that Jordan was not as good as Kobe now. But what is Kobe's situation in front of Thabeet?
It’s difficult to even take action!
It is simply unimaginable that Kobe had difficulty even shooting when being defended one-on-one.

If Thabeet could be a little more selfish, attack more, and improve his statistics, Thabeet would definitely be the MVP of this year's finals.

In the eyes of professionals, the strongest player of the Bobcats in this year's finals is Thabeet, but Thabeet is just playing conservatively.

Perhaps, Thabeet will be able to compete with Yao Ming and McGrady for the title of the strongest player in the NBA and the number one player in the NBA next season.

For a player like this, you don't need any good bargaining chips. Coach D doesn't care about this. Coach D only cares whether Thabeet is willing to join.

So, no matter you are a championship team, a playoff team or a lottery team, as long as you can convince Thabeet to join, then you can get Thabeet.

So, it doesn’t matter whether you quote or not.

The important thing is to convince Thabeet.

So, a very interesting situation occurred.

That is, the entire league is crazy about Thabeet.

However, no team in the entire league actually made an offer to the Bobcats right away. Instead, all of them sent messages to Thabeet, hoping that Thabeet would give them a chance to visit their team.

There are many free agents in the NBA this year.

In addition to Thabeet, the biggest free agent is of course Durant of the Thunder.

A free agent of Durant's level has no voice at this time. All the voices are on Tabeet. This is really incredible.

It’s not that Durant is not attractive, but these teams all want to try to get Thabeet. After getting Thabeet, it won’t be that difficult to get Durant, right?
In this Western Conference Finals, the Lakers didn't even play the Big Three of Kobe, McGrady and Yao Ming, but they still defeated the Thunder in a game seven. A mere player like Ricky was able to fight Durant to a draw. This situation is simply despairing.

In the West, in the Thunder, Durant has no chance of making a breakthrough.

Durant has to go.

Durant has won two MVPs in the Thunder and has suffered a lot of injuries for the Thunder. He was even out for the whole season last season. He has no future, his body is ruined, and his strength is reaching its peak. Even die-hard Thunder fans can see that Durant has no reason to stay in the Thunder.

In this year's finals Game 7, Durant tried his best but failed to lead the team to victory. He continued to play despite being injured during the game and almost ruptured his Achilles tendon.

Yes, it was really just a close call of rupturing my Achilles tendon.

Thunder fans are also very desperate about this. Judging from his professional attitude, Durant is absolutely professional. He almost ruptured his Achilles tendon, but he still stayed on the court to fight the Lakers.

Although it did not rupture in the end, Durant's Achilles tendon did have some problems.

For the Thunder, Durant has really done his best.

The Thunder is a small team. They have done what they can. They have brought in Anthony, but it still doesn't work. There is nothing else they can do.

Durant did everything he could.

The Thunder did what they could.

Perhaps the only mistake was letting Harden go for a few million. If Harden was there, perhaps the situation would be completely different.

But there is no point in blaming anyone now.

Whether it is the Thunder or Thunder fans, the players have actually accepted the fact that Durant is leaving.

As long as Durant doesn't go to his arch-rival Lakers, Thunder fans will bless him to go to any team.

Of course, it would be even better if Durant could sign and trade to leave something for the team out of consideration for the Thunder's cultivation of him.

Charlotte, Durant watched the finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers and was not in a hurry to leave Charlotte.

As the second most popular player this summer, Durant is the backup option for most teams in the league, after Thabeet.

In fact, many teams contacted Durant while contacting Thabeet, but they did not make any promises to Durant.

Durant and his agent Kleiman also know about this.

Compared with Thabeet, Durant is inferior in terms of strength and hidden injuries.

Durant's Achilles tendon problem has not been resolved yet, and it has not yet been decided whether to choose conservative treatment or surgery.

The reason why no decision has been made is, of course, because the contract has not been signed yet.

Most teams actually don't dare to make a commitment to a player who has undergone Achilles tendon repair surgery.

If this person was not Durant, but someone else, I'm afraid no one would care.

Because this person is Durant, many experts believe that even if Durant's Achilles tendon is ruptured and he has lost his athletic ability, he is still a threat when he stands on the court, at least a Nowitzki.

Of course, Durant's situation is not that bad.

It is broken but not completely, it is equivalent to being broken in half. It can be treated with surgery or conservatively.

Of course, if you want to eradicate the hidden dangers, surgery is definitely better, as conservative treatment is too likely to lead to recurrence.

So, now Durant's overall value is that of a superstar.

However, the value of Thabeet, one of the strongest players in the NBA, is really far apart.

"KD, you don't really want to join the Bobcats, do you?"

Seeing that Durant didn't say anything, which was considered as his agreement, Kleiman widened his eyes.

“KD, are you crazy!!!”

The salary cap has increased significantly this year, but how many stars do the Bobcats need to renew their contracts?
Even if the Bobcats wanted to give Durant a maximum salary, they don't have the space.

Durant can get a maximum salary if he goes to most teams in the league. The Thunder promised that if Durant stays with the team, he will still get the highest salary even if he undergoes surgery.

Go to the Bobcats and take the mid-level class?
This is not crazy, what is it?
"Look again."

Durant's attitude made Kleiman feel relieved.

On the other side, the Warriors also in Charlotte, Warriors consultant Jerry West, stood up against all objections in a high-level meeting.

"We can't trade Steph. Not only should we not trade Steph, we should apologize to Steph for not supporting him enough last season."

"Then, all of us, together, prepare a plan to attract Thabit!"

(End of this chapter)