Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 658 Curry is so tired and desperate!

Although the news of Milicic and Chris Bosh signing with the Bobcats is big, the biggest news is that the Thunder's former star player Kevin Durant appeared in Toronto.

It is impossible that Durant went to Toronto to travel. There is only one possibility, that is, Durant joined the Raptors.

So soon, speculation came from the entire NBA, and the official statements from the Raptors and Durant also came very quickly. The Raptors did not get Durant as a free agent, but got Durant through a trade.

The Raptors and the Thunder will sign first and then trade, taking away Durant's bird rights and also giving Durant the highest maximum salary contract. The Raptors' respect for Durant can be said to be maximized.

The Raptors traded for Durant with Carroll, James Johnson and Biyombo, which can be said to be a good show of sincerity. The Thunder naturally didn't need these three players very much, but these three players brought the Thunder two first-round picks and one second-round pick.

Originally Durant could have left for free, but in the end he left some chips for the Thunder. Although the chips were not that much, it was the best he could do.

Durant suffered a lot of injuries while playing for the Thunder, and left some bargaining chips for the team when he left. There is nothing much to say.

So, on Durant’s social media, under Durant’s statement, there were blessings from Thunder fans.

In addition to the fans, there are also many blessings from players. Although Durant has a somewhat strange temper, he has many friends in the NBA.

Among the group of friends who wished Durant well, there was no Westbrook. Logically speaking, at this moment, the one who should have wished Durant the most was Westbrook, but Westbrook never showed up.

Obviously, Westbrook felt extremely unwilling and unhappy about Durant's departure.

This kind of unwillingness and dissatisfaction must be very complicated.

It is even possible that most of them are unwilling and unhappy with themselves.

Why can't I succeed with Durant on the Thunder?
Why did the Thunder brothers back then go their separate ways in the end?

If he were stronger and his playing style was more reasonable, Durant would not have been injured. If Durant had not been injured, he would not have felt that kind of despair. Because his body was injured, he could no longer fly and do everything like he did when he was young, so Durant wanted to leave.

If Durant can still do everything and fly, then Durant is still willing to accompany him for another two years.

It can be said that Westbrook is now licking his wounds, full of resentment towards himself.

He couldn't bless Durant's departure because he didn't want to see it.

Even if he had nothing to blame for Durant's departure, he was unwilling to accept it.

This is different from Harden's departure. Durant has really been taking his brothers and big brother with him since he was just a little reckless man when he first entered the league.

Now that the basketball environment has changed, he has become the league's best point guard because of his forward-forcing tactics, and is even a recognized superstar player. However, he is still the only player who is convinced by Durant.

Even before Durant made the decision to leave the Thunder, he told Durant that even if Durant's Achilles tendon was ruptured and the surgery was unsuccessful, so he could only be a pitcher, he would still be willing to be Durant's younger brother, and be Durant's younger brother for life!
Westbrook's words were sincere, but also a bit naive.

He was worried that Durant was leaving the Thunder because he could no longer control himself due to his injuries. Maybe this was a factor, but it was not the whole story.

Moreover, sometimes, in a team, what the team leader says is not always the truth.

If Westbrook is stronger than Durant, even if Westbrook is willing to be Durant's younger brother, the other players on the team do not have so much affection for Durant, and Westbrook will not be able to help himself at that time.

By then, under the instigation of people around him, the result may be that he will not even be able to be brothers anymore.

There's no room for two tigers on one mountain, unless it's Coach D's mountain.

As Westbrook became stronger and stronger due to the forward-forcing tactic, Durant's performance became somewhat weakened due to his excessive efforts in the forward-forcing tactic, and coupled with the injury in the final fight, the world was turned upside down. The fate of the Thunder's disbandment was already decided, and the fate of Durant's departure was already decided.

No matter what, Durant can't become Westbrook's little brother.

Westbrook still couldn't figure it out, or rather, Westbrook could understand it but was unwilling to accept it. He clearly had no intention of competing with Durant, so why was Durant unwilling to believe him?
Even if the whole world really supports him to usurp Durant's position as the team leader, he will not do such a thing.

Why can't you trust him?
As long as he stays with the Thunder, he will win that damn championship for Durant even if he has to risk everything. Why can't Durant trust him?

Westbrook is too confident in himself.

Perhaps the only person in the world who has such confidence in Westbrook, besides Westbrook himself, is Du Kang.

Durant supports Westbrook very much, but he is not that confident in Westbrook. After all, they have worked together for eight years, and he knows Westbrook better than anyone else in the world.

These are true teammates and brothers who have been together day and night for eight years.

“KD, Russell still isn’t answering your calls?”

Durant didn't expect Westbrook to react so strongly to his departure. To be honest, given his current condition, it would be awkward for everyone if he stayed in the Thunder.

After he was injured, the Thunder's top management and coaching staff still respected him and said that the maximum salary was always there and he could sign it at any time.

But as a sensitive person, he could clearly feel the changes in the attitude of the team management and coaching staff towards him.

They want to promote Westbrook to the starting lineup next season. The coaching staff originally wanted to use Westbrook as the core of the team. Now that he is injured, everything will go smoothly.

It's just that he is indeed the greatest star of the Thunder and the legend who pulled the Thunder together. As long as he is still there, it will be difficult for the Thunder to force Westbrook to be the leader of the team, and Westbrook himself will not be willing to do so.

So, there will definitely be a lot of shit happening by then.

His leaving the Thunder is actually the best thing for everyone.

He was able to break free from the shackles of the Thunder and get the opportunity to pursue his dreams freely.

The Thunder got the player they had always wanted.

Westbrook has successfully risen from a second-in-command to the top of the team and can now compete for the league's great honors. It is impossible to win the MVP when being the second-in-command of the team, but Westbrook can now compete for the MVP.

From the perspective of interests, his departure is all good.

"But humans are not profit-driven animals. At least, not all people are profit-driven animals. Humans also have the most genuine emotions."

After Durant hung up the phone, he continued: "Don't worry about Russell, he is with James and Sergio now, there is no problem." Yes, Westbrook is now with James Harden and Ibaka.

In fact, the Thunder not only traded Durant, but also Ibaka. No, Ibaka was traded first.

Ibaka has also suffered injuries in the past two years, and there has always been controversy about his age. The Thunder have always had some reservations about Ibaka. The Thunder's management is very shrewd. With the sharp increase in the salary cap in 2016, the cost of keeping Ibaka has become very high.

The 2012-year, 4 million contract that Ibaka renewed in 5000 is considered a child labor contract now, but Ibaka's contract expires in 2017, which is next year. Next year, Ibaka will be a free agent, and the Thunder have no way to renew Ibaka's contract. With Anthony and Westbrook, how could the Thunder possibly offer Ibaka a big contract?

Who knows if Ibaka's body will suddenly collapse. After all, he is a player who has played against a closed player, and his age is questionable.

Therefore, this summer is the most appropriate time to trade Ibaka.

This became the first straw that broke the camel's back for Westbrook, and was the reason why Westbrook reacted so strongly after Durant left.

Over the years, the old friends who grew up with the Thunder team have left one after another. In the end, Westbrook found that he was the only one left from that group of young people.

How lonely it is.

Who could have thought that the promising young guard that many people thought had the potential to dominate the NBA would end up like this.

With Durant's departure, the Thunder Guards completely disappeared.

Meanwhile, in Charlotte, the Warriors' former star guard and now point guard Stephen Curry, who was traded to the Bobcats, finally reported to the team.

As a newcomer to the team, Curry did not come alone. He came with his younger brother Seth Curry.

Although Seth Curry is a player of the Knicks, he has always had a close relationship with Coach D and is very familiar with Coach D's team. He often visits the Bobcats with the 76ers led by Iverson.

Having someone so familiar with the Bobcats lead the way can also reduce the cost of Curry's integration into the Bobcats.

Therefore, Curry's choice is a good one. He should take advantage of the draft period to establish good relationships with some of his teammates on the Bobcats.

In fact, Curry doesn't need this at all.

Well, Curry actually doesn't need his younger brother Seth Curry to act as a guide.

Because the Bobcats already have someone who is very familiar with Curry.

That is Beasley, who played Durant in his dream, let the team draft Curry in his dream, and was Curry's teammate for countless games.

Beasley's feelings for Curry are absolutely beyond imagination.

In order to complete the mission, Beasley and Curry experienced countless touching life and death battles in their dreams.

Curry certainly doesn't know about this.

So, when he came to the Bobcats training ground, Seth Curry was still giving instructions to his brother.

"Now the star players of the Bobcats should not be here. Beasley, Rose, Jordan, O'Neal and Grant Hill should not be here. Ding, Chris Webber, Rasheed Wallace, Milicic, Chris Bosh, Norman Powell and Myles Turner should be on the team. You should build a good relationship with them first and integrate into them slowly. Finally, you can integrate into the core circle. The core circle of the Bobcats is the circle with Michael Jordan, Beasley and Rose as the core. Ding is the player closest to this circle. As long as you build a good relationship with Ding, you can quickly integrate into the core circle of the Bobcats."

Seth Curry said as Stephen Curry nodded.

Now he is no longer the superstar point guard. Now, he is a down-and-out point guard who is driven crazy by the forward-forcing tactics.

Everything has to start from scratch. The NBA is often very realistic. Coach D is a saint, but the players around Coach D are not necessarily so sacred. They are all NBA players and mortals.

Stephen Curry, who is serious and studious, learned a lot of inside information about the Bobcats from Seth Curry.

For example, the core of the Bobcats locker room is not Jordan.

It's the trio of Jordan, Beasley and Rose.

It even seems that Rose is the real core of the locker room, the only player on the team who can reconcile the conflicts and relationships between Beasley and Jordan, and the team's locker room leader recognized by both Jordan and Beasley.

"The reason why the Bobcats locker room is like this is because Jordan and Beasley like to duel one-on-one, and most of the time Beasley beats Jordan unilaterally. Jordan is a man who cares about face. Being beaten like this by his teammates in the training ground, Jordan must be embarrassed to rush to the Big Israel Wolf in front of his teammates and embarrassed to be the team's locker room leader. As for Beasley, although he is the strongest in one-on-one duels, he also knows that this is Jordan's team. Even if Beasley wants to be the team leader, he can't. In the end, Rose is the intersection between Beasley and Jordan, and also a buffer zone. In the end, Jordan and Beasley are willing to give the team leader position and the right to speak in the team locker room to Rose."

"Stephen, Rose is a very easy-to-talk-to guy. You won't encounter the same situation as the Warriors with the Bobcats."

Curry is really miserable on the Warriors.

He didn't expect that the person who would stab him in the back was his good teammate and brother Draymond Green, who grew up with him.

He even suspected that Draymond Green wanted the big contract and finally played tricks in the team. When he was in the most difficult time, he stabbed him in the back, did not help him, and watched him go crazy by the forward-forcing tactics.

As the team's ball handler and traffic controller who also serves as the pick-and-roll man, it's too easy for Draymond Green to mess with him.

This is also the reason why he is disappointed with the Warriors.

Yi is a good person.

But the problem is, Yi is too good.

So, even if Yi could see that Draymond was messing with him, he couldn't intervene because he had to take responsibility.

This is a classic case of a good person being manipulated by a bad person. This is a classic case of a selfish person manipulating a selfless person.

"There's no place for someone like Draymond Green in the Bobcats."

Seth Curry smiled at Curry and said, "Stephen, you can continue to believe that the world is full of kindness."

Is this world really full of kindness?
Will Rose integrate a player who is a competitor for his starting position into the team?

In the past year, Curry, who was stabbed in the back by the Warriors, was really tired and desperate.

(End of this chapter)