Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 657 Melancholy Durant and Regretful Larry Brown
The number of players that the Bobcats have currently confirmed, or that have been confirmed to be on the team next season, is not large, but it is definitely not small either.

After the season ends, many NBA teams have seven or eight players under contract.

In fact, most NBA players are the type who just live from day to day. They don’t have any goals and just go wherever they can. They don’t care about any route or pursuit.

Treating the opposing team as an imaginary enemy is something that only championship-contending teams would do.

There will never be more than five teams competing for the NBA championship. In any era, there will never be more than five teams qualified to compete for the NBA championship.

There may be some strong playoff teams, but these strong playoff teams will not actually regard their opponents as imaginary enemies, and are still in the stage of performing their best.

Therefore, the Bobcats' current personnel reserves are actually quite rich.

Point guard position: Rose and Curry
The shooting guard position includes: Jordan, Norman Powell.

The small forward position includes: Beasley, Ding Yanyuhang, and Grant Hill.

The power forward position includes: Chris Webber, Myles Turner, and Roaring God Wallace.

The center position is: O'Neal.

There are people in every position, and the staff reserves in most positions are very good.

Take the point guard position for example, Rose and Curry, that is definitely the top configuration in the NBA. As for the problem that Curry is not good at confrontation, that is not a problem at all for Du Kang.

As for Curry's current Achilles' heel, the forward-pushing tactic, there is no problem with that. Just because the Warriors can't solve the forward-pushing tactic doesn't mean that the Bobcats have no solution.

Curry and Rose can even coexist on the court at times, and even start together.

The backcourt combination of Rose, Curry and Jordan will be quite flexible.

With Beasley at the small forward position, the combination of the four will be very interesting and there will be a lot of chemical reaction.

This is a very good thing for the Bobcats.

Even, the four of them can start together.

If all four start together, the Bobcats will need an extremely talented true inside center.

O'Neal is definitely very good, but his playing time is limited after all, and he does not have the ability to play stably.

Chris Webber, God, actually all of them are like this.

Even if it is really necessary to play a small lineup, Grant Hill can also start, but Hill's problem is the same.

However, because of Xiao Ding, a five-small lineup can be put together.

However, it was impossible to put together a lineup with one big player and four small players, one star and four shining stars.

This is also the reason why Du Kang is now setting his sights on Milicic and Chris Bosh.

Of these two, who is more suitable to be the star among the Bobcats' many stars?
Who is suitable to be the big man in the Bobcats' one big and four small lineup?

In fact, Du Kang’s initial choice was only Milicic.

After Ham convinced Milicic, Chris Bosh's proactive appearance gave Du Kang another option.

Milicic and Chris Bosh have very distinct characteristics, and their strengths and weaknesses are very obvious.

Milicic is better at one-on-one defense, better at help defense, better at defense, and has better height, weight and strength.

But Chris Bosh has more experience, better offensive skills, and better athletic ability.

In fact, Milicic has good athletic ability, and Chris Bosh's one-on-one defense and help defense are also very good, especially the help defense, which is absolutely first-class, even top-notch. In the 2012 Finals, the Heat were able to defeat the Thunder. Chris Bosh and Battier played a vital role in Durant's one-on-one defense and one-on-one defense.

Chris Bosh's help defense was the key to the game.

Both Milicic and Chris Bosh have great potential and are very comprehensive.

They are all very suitable to be the big man or star of the Bobcats.

However, the problem is that the Bobcats have already confirmed 11 players. If they keep two players for rookies, there will only be two spots left.

We can't really put both of these spots in the inside and ignore the outside.

Although the Bobcats still have a rich reserve of outside players, with the addition of draft picks, it is not bad.

"Du, since we can't make a choice, let's all stay, Chris Bosh and Milicic, both stay!"

Du Kang did not hesitate, but Clifford next to him, the former mentor of Howard and Yao Ming, would like to see more inside players on the team.

Because the quality of the inside line will be the key to the success or failure of the Bobcats next season.

Especially now that Yao and McGrady have come to the Eastern Conference, many things need to be considered carefully.

The interior is undoubtedly something that Eastern Conference teams, especially aspiring teams in the East, need to focus on.

Just as the Bobcats were conducting training and tryouts in full swing.

In a luxury hotel in Charlotte, Durant is still waiting for something.

Although he knew that the chance of this happening was very slim, he still hoped to receive the news he wanted.

"KD, if you really want to go to the Charlotte Bobcats, we can recommend ourselves."

Does Durant want to go to the Bobcats?
I definitely want to go.

But recommend yourself...

As a very sensitive person who really wants to be valued by others, Durant definitely doesn't want to go to the Bobcats on his own initiative.

Because, if he went to the Bobcats, he could only get a middle-class contract, which was equivalent to a minimum salary for him. Would he recommend himself to get a maximum salary? This is definitely not possible.

Therefore, he needs others to invite him, which also gives him a reason to convince himself and the whole world.

Because the Bobcats and Coach D need him, he is willing to make sacrifices for Coach D and the Bobcats and is willing to join even for the minimum salary.

However, Coach D and the Bobcats did not invite him and did not even know that he wanted to join the Bobcats.

If it were James, he would definitely spread the news through various sources at this time to tell the Bobcats that he wanted to go to the Bobcats. What's more, the Bobcats have his good brother Beasley. As long as he is willing, Coach D will know his thoughts immediately.

But in the end, he still didn't release the news. It was simply because of the sensitivity of the situation, and he couldn't bring himself to release the news to Beasley.

Just as Durant and his agent were staring at each other, Durant, who was scrolling through his phone with a melancholy look on his face, suddenly saw a piece of news.

"Bobcats training camp ends, Coach D signs Milicic and Chris Bosh!"

Milicic...

Chris Bosh…

After seeing these two names and reading this news, Durant was stunned for a moment and then sighed helplessly.

"Rich, tell Toronto I want to go to the Raptors."

How could Coach D know that he was willing to come to the Bobcats?

The Bobcats can't offer a big contract. Renewing the contracts of the top players in the team is already a headache, so how can they take him directly?

I can only say that we are not destined to be together.

Moreover, the Toronto Raptors are indeed a good place to go.

Here are his favorite idols McGrady and Carter, and here is also someone he likes and respects very much, Nash. Nash is the disciple of Coach D and the head coach of the Raptors.

In addition, the point guard here, Chris Paul, seems to be a player who knows how to pass the ball very well.

Moreover, the Raptors also have Rudy Gay, who has been lacking a suitable substitute player in the Thunder for so many years, a high-quality substitute player who can share the defensive and offensive pressure with him, so that he can do everything by himself, even the dirty work. Now that the Raptors have Gay, he can devote himself to what he wants to do.

It can be said that, as McGrady and Carter said, this Raptor was built for him.

Now, we just have to wait for him to join the team.

The Bobcats have pre-signed contracts with Milicic and Chris Bosh, both of whom are 2+1 contracts.

In fact, it doesn't matter how many years the contract is. Those who know Coach D know that as long as you stay in the team and do your best for the team, Coach D will not stop you from leaving even if you have a contract. He can even send you away directly without any bargaining chips.

2+1 is just a guarantee for Milicic and Chris Bosh, not a financial guarantee, but a psychological guarantee. They can at least get two years of training from Coach D.

The whole world knows that when Coach D trains a player, he needs to tailor his training to the characteristics of the player, and sometimes it takes a year to find the characteristics of a player.

If it is a 1+1 contract, Chris Bosh and Milicic really don't have that much sense of security, and they will wonder whether Coach D will really train them wholeheartedly.

It has to be said that in a big melting pot of interests like the NBA, players who can have such ideas can only appear in Du Kang's team.

Durant signed Milicic and Bosh, and soon the news was all over the internet.

In fact, it is mainly the fans' own carnival.

"Coach D signed Milicic and Chris Bosh. The people who are most uncomfortable right now are definitely not the Lakers head coach Aunt Jeanie, nor the Spurs head coach Popovich, nor the Raptors head coach Nash. The people who are most uncomfortable right now must be Larry Brown and LeBron James, hahahahaha..."

"When he was in the Pistons, Larry Brown took his anger out on Milicic because he didn't get Anthony. He attacked Milicic in all kinds of ways and beat him to death. Milicic was a nobody and no one stood up for him, not even he himself. I'm looking forward to Milicic becoming an NBA big shot with the help of Coach D, and he's the first to fire at Larry Brown, hahahaha..."

"Also, if Chris Bosh, like Wade, successfully rises again with the help of Coach D, then will LeBron James, the only one of the Heat's Big Three who still has a negative image, feel very uncomfortable? I can't even imagine the scene of LeBron James coming out of the rat hole and seeing Chris Bosh holding up the championship trophy next to Coach D, hahahaha..."

The news became so big that Larry Brown and James actually knew about it.

The expression on Larry Brown's face at this moment showed some memories, some regrets, and some remorse.

Of course, it was just a little bit. The matter of him taking his anger out on Milicic was actually very complicated. It is difficult for anyone in that environment to say that they are innocent.

In 2003, after Milicic completed two training sessions with the Pistons, his tryout was very successful and impressed the then general manager Joe Dumars. Joe Dumars almost had to choose him. Milicic's team was also very proud, but as a cautious person, Larry Brown still wanted to take a look at Anthony.

After all, no matter how strong Milicic's inside talent is, the Pistons also have a perfect inside combination. When Milicic is not needed immediately, Anthony is different.

Larry Brown really wanted to try Anthony and evaluate his defense and footwork. Given Anthony's offensive ability, if he had good defensive skills, he could immediately become the team's starting small forward without forcing Prince into the team.

Moreover, even though word had spread that the Pistons were going to draft Milicic and Joe Dumars had to pick Milicic, Anthony's agent still called and asked the Pistons to bring both Milicic and Anthony to the training ground so that they could compete together.

Obviously, Anthony also wanted to come here very much.

Generally speaking, if a team is strong, they will definitely want to see a comparison between the two hot rookies.

Normal people would think like this.

But at that time, the Pistons management was dazzled by Milicic's talent, which was abnormal.

Is Anthony qualified to compete with Milicic?

What kind of talent does Anthony have to be worthy of it?

Joe Dumars told Milicic's team about this. Milicic's agent got angry and refused at the first moment. He did not agree to put Anthony and Milicic together for a tryout and said that this was disrespectful to Milicic.

Finally, under the tough attitude of Milicic's team, the Pistons' management collectively softened under the leadership of Joe Dumars. Finally, under the persuasion of Joe Dumars and the Pistons' management, he agreed to choose Milicic.

Well, it's 'persuasion'. If you don't agree, the Pistons can still change their head coach.

In order to get Milicic, if he refused at that time, he might be kicked out.

Given his personality, could he have endured this?

You're not in the Pistons yet, and the Pistons would do anything to get you.

When you arrive at the Pistons, you will no longer be a goddess. At that time, I, as the head coach, will be able to do whatever I want to you. How can you get any favor from me when you are on my turf?

The end result was that he really ruined Milicic, the genius who made the Pistons choose him over Anthony, and even wanted to give up on him soon.

However, after leaving the NBA, he sometimes felt regretful in his dreams at midnight, thinking that he had gone too far.

In fact, what does this have to do with Milicic?

He was just an 18-year-old kid at the time. The team's dominance and disrespect had nothing to do with him, and he shouldn't have to bear such anger.

After sighing.

"I hope you find your joy in basketball again with Coach D, Darko."

(End of this chapter)