Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 81: Howard's trade package and new Lakers players
"Ding, do you want to use the deal search engine to search for all of Dwight Howard's deals?"

Yes.

After Du Kang confirmed the use of the trade finder for Howard, soon, 7 trade plans appeared on the system interface.

In other words, only seven NBA teams are interested in trading Howard.

"Is this too realistic?"

Du Kang smiled.

This is the league's number one center.

But... understandable.

In fact, Howard not only refused to sign an early contract with the Lakers, but he is now refusing to sign an early contract with any NBA team.

He wants his next contract to be on a team that makes him happy.

He's happy with the Lakers right now, but not completely happy yet.

Faced with Howard like this, even if many teams are interested in him, they dare not trade him. In exchange for not guaranteeing a contract renewal, you can only pay a lot of chips to get Howard's right to use half of the season.

Most normal teams in the NBA don't do this kind of thing.

So are these trading plans abnormal trading plans?

Du Kang began to look at these plans seriously.

The first trading plan was proposed by the New York Knicks, hoping to trade Howard with Amare Stoudemire, a one-to-one exchange.

Stoudemire lost the boss battle with Anthony after multiple injuries in the Knicks, and now his contract has completely become a garbage contract.

Du Kang tried to get the New York Knicks to send jr Smith, and the New York Knicks agreed.

Du Kang tried again to get the New York Knicks to send one of their first-round picks, and this time New York agreed.

Two first-round picks, this time the New York Knicks agreed.

Three first-round picks, this one the Knicks turned down.

The New York Knicks' bottom line for Howard is Stoudemire + jr Smith + 2 first-round picks.

Howard's true value must be more than that, but for Howard, who only has the right to use it for half a year, the Knicks' chips are actually not low. Obviously, the Knicks think their team has enough charm to allow Howard to renew his contract.

And now that the Knicks are in the top four in the Eastern Conference under the leadership of Anthony, the Knicks feel that the value of their next two first-round picks is not that great.

If Howard really left after only playing for half a year, he would not lose too much. Moreover, the combination of Howard + Anthony, even if they only played for one year in the playoffs, might have a good surprise.

"interesting!"

"The trade finder can also test the bottom line of the trade team!"

Du Kang looked at the other three plans.

The Nets are willing to trade Humphries + Gerald Wallace for Howard.

These two contracts of the Nets are still junk contracts.

Du Kang tried to get the Nets to send a draft pick, but in the end the Nets were only willing to add one more first-round pick.

"This is a bit stingy."

One first round + two junk contracts for Howard.

This definitely won't work.

"But it's understandable."

The Knicks are confident in their charisma.

The Nets... It's normal not to have such confidence.

Isn't it also a blind superstition for the attraction of Los Angeles and the Lakers that Jim Shuo forced Howard to come over?

Seeing the Nets, Du Kang can guess that the other transactions must also be junk contracts.

Howard's contract is huge, almost 2000 million, like the Rockets, the Lakers' playoff rivals. Their boss Harden only has a contract of more than 500 million this year, plus the second child Jeremy Lin, the third child Parsons, and the fourth child Asik is enough.

It's not crazy to exchange so many people for Howard's half-year use right.

If the playoff team wants to offer such a contract, even if they don’t sell the entire team like the Rockets, if they don’t get the boss, they have to get the second and third. It will hurt the muscles and bones, destroy the team’s chemical reaction, and dare not move. .

The big teams may not be able to offer such bargaining chips, and the big teams that can come up with chips are basically rubbish contracts.

Sure enough.

Even, these teams are not even willing to play in the first round, and they are more stingy than the Nets. After all, the Nets can play in the playoffs anyway, and the first round is not so valuable.

Moreover, the Nets are still a little confident in themselves, and they will go to New York soon, and they can be regarded as a big family, so they may be able to keep Howard.

"what?"

Just when Du Kang thought they were all rubbish contracts, the last transaction offer surprised him.

The Celtics are willing to trade Pierce + Bass for Howard + Ebanks.

"Really, Pierce is not for sale of the Celtics?"

This made Du Kang not know what to say, and even wondered if there was something wrong with the system.

After thinking about it, Du Kang removed Pierce and replaced him with Garnett.

"Ding, are you sure you want to trade Dwight Howard for Kevin Garnett and Brandon Bass?"

"..."

What the hell!

Du Kang felt that he had discovered a super big news!

Pierce and Garnett are not for sale for the Celtics! !

After being frightened, Du Kang quickly chose no.

Don't really trade Howard with a trembling hand.

"I just traded Howard for a round just to try my highest authority, but I didn't really want to trade Howard."

Well, it certainly wasn't because he was dissatisfied with the trading chips of these stinky fish and rotten shrimp that he changed his mind to say so.

He really has no intention of trading Howard.

Once he got the highest authority of the team, he didn't give Jim Solo any face, and directly traded Howard. What did Jim Solo think?
Jim Shu always felt that he had lied to Howard for not fulfilling his promise to Howard, owed Howard, and now he was still thinking about how to keep Howard.

Although Howard is not so loyal to him in his heart, he has always been loyal to him on the surface. He has a good relationship with the UAE, Nash, and even Iverson, who is new to the team.

United Arab Emirates, Nash, Iverson, this is his true confidant.

In the eyes of other Lakers players, he has four confidants in the team, and these three plus Howard are his four confidants.

Even Howard was more loyal than these three. He led the UAE off the court, Nash and Iverson Harpy abused Kobe, and worked hard for him on the court.

He really wants to trade Howard.

The Lakers locker room really collapsed.

Such a Howard, who has a positive effect in the team's locker room and is very desperate on the court, cannot move.

Moreover, if the Lakers want to win the championship, facing the unknown playoffs, of course, the more thighs the better.

Especially for a special thigh like Howard, there is no substitute in the entire league now. Without Howard, the Lakers would not be able to make it to the West.

but……

With Howard's personality, he may explode in place at any time, affecting the Lakers' championship path this season.

"It seems that I will continue to suffer from the old science."

Don't worry, the Lakers really won the championship this season. The great coach D will definitely not forget your credit. Good days ahead, sweet.

Isn't it just a mere 81 points?
How can this be worthy of you, Corvo? Coach D went bankrupt, and he gave you a 101 for high and low!

"It seems that the UAE's defensive enhancement plan is also on the agenda."

There is also McGrady's body unblocking plan.

Du Kang looked at his 850 MP at this time, um, it's really not enough.

"Save and save, and there will be no more."

"Simulate one game, at most one!"

"In the future simulated competitions, I will definitely not get on top, whoever gets on top is a dog!"

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On February 2013, 2, the Lakers team had a day off.

Du Kang and all the Lakers players are going to attend the memorial service of Mr. Jeri Buss.

At the memorial service for Jerry Buss, Kobe cried like a tearful man, more sad than a few little Busses.

At the very least, although Aunt Jenny was crying and wiping away tears like crazy, she was not as sad as Corvo.

Touched, Coach D was even moved by Corvo.

Faced with such a veteran, Du Kang immediately gave him another day off.

This made Howard next to him regretful. He was afraid that he would not be able to abuse Kobe tomorrow and would not be able to sleep at night.

On the day of February 2th, the entire NBA fell into the sadness of the death of Jeremy Buss.

And on February 2st, the whole world seemed to have suddenly returned to its former peace.

On this day, Du Kang once again appeared on the pages of the entire American press.

Not to mention the headlines, at the very least, the big media that can name it are all reporting on Du Kang.

The reason, of course, is that Jerry Buss' will was exposed, and the 10-year contract extension between Du Kang and the Lakers was also exposed.

Let's put it this way, the bargaining chip that Old Buss dropped in order to keep Du Kang, it really stunned the four major professional leagues in the United States.

"The craziest head coach contract in the history of American sports was awarded to a Chinese!"

Look at this report from the Washington Post, this headline.

In the United States, the Washington Post is generally not involved in professional sports news coverage.

But this time, I couldn't help it.

"Coach D went from a college student studying in the United States to becoming the most profitable head coach in the history of American professional sports. It only took five years. When he signed the contract, did he ever think about whether he could bear this? The weight of contracts?

Before that, he was already the center of the storm of public opinion in the United States, and he was already the focus of envy and hatred, but now, he will completely lose the opportunity to be an ordinary head coach.

Now, he has got a contract that is richer than Popovich and Pat Riley. From now on, everyone will demand him according to the standards of the godfather. Coach D has lost all his retreats! "

It is hard for you to say whether the Washington Post report is black or honey, it should be neutral.

While amazed and shocked, he pointed out the pressure that Du Kang felt after accepting this gift.

In fact, this is not something out of thin air or alarmist talk.

At the memorial service for Jerry Buss, the Lakers celebrities looked at him obviously a little wrong.

Back then, the magician received a gift from Jerry Bass, which was only 4.5% of the shares, and it was not free. The magician had to spend some money to buy it.

In order to calm the resentment of other Lakers celebrities, Jerry Buss said at the time that the Magic bought it for $1000 million slightly below the market price.

But that claim was never confirmed.

Because most people didn't believe that the magician at that time could spend 1000 million US dollars at one time.

But anyway, Jerry Bass gave a statement, I didn't give it away for free, the magician really bought it with money.

Although this kind of explanation is hard to believe at first glance, it has been explained anyway. As the No. 1 in the history of the Lakers, there is nothing wrong with buying team shares at the market price, and everyone accepts it.

But what about Du Kang?

Does he have a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers?
He didn't even play in the playoffs!
Just led the team to play 13 regular season games, and was given 6% of the Lakers shares for free, and a 10-year renewal contract with the league's first annual salary?
Why?

Although the money was old Bath's, he didn't care how he spent it.

However, the mouth is also on his own mouth, and if he refuses to accept it, he just refuses to accept it.

Let's put it this way, except for the magician who was also gifted by Jerry Buss, most of the Lakers' celebrities are unhappy.

Among them, the meritorious head coach of the Lakers, Mayfair Jackson, who led the Lakers to five championships, was very upset.

"Coach D is of course a very good head coach. He is very suitable for the Lakers. He will definitely be very good in the future, but I think he is not qualified to accept such a gift now. He should refuse and focus on the game. , focusing on leading the Los Angeles Lakers to success. As one of the most successful teams in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers cannot fail forever. When he accepts this gift, he needs to achieve success quickly, which will be huge for him pressure."

"Fair, what do you mean, Coach D is not worthy of this now?"

"Of course, he hasn't achieved anything yet, not even the best head coach of the month."

Well, Mayfair Jackson was telling the truth and making sense the whole time, which is actually true.

It is true that Du Kang has not even won the best head coach of the month.

So, Mayfair Jackson went mad with jealousy.

When Old Bath divided up his estate last night, Mayfair Jackson, the son-in-law of Old Bath, was not even eligible to enter the ward.

Old Bath gave Aunt Jenny 10% of the shares as a gift in trust.

In other words, as Aunt Jane's husband, Mayfair Jackson, he won't even get a dime of Old Bath's inheritance.

I worked hard for five championships for the Lakers!

I'm still your son-in-law!

Didn't they just take Jerry West away with Jenny?

It's fine if you don't give me a dime.

Also give an outsider rookie head coach 6% of the shares.

If you were Mayfair Jackson, you'd be separated too.

Facing the bombardment from Mayfair Jackson, Du Kang pretended not to see it.

It doesn't matter how the public opinion outside ferments.

Du Kang ignored it.

Even Du Kang was no longer in Los Angeles at this time.

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"Du, although I have a good relationship with Dwight, my influence on Dwight is not that great. I can't guarantee that he will remain strong during the most critical period of time for the team."

Even Clifford, who had been with Howard for so many years, said so.

Du Kang feels that if he wants to bring the Lakers to the championship this season, he still needs some insurance.

After accepting the gift of Jerry Buss, the urgent pressure on him to win the championship this season has increased.

If he fails to win the championship this season, he will lose even more.

If this season fails to win the championship, there will not be many veterans on the team who came to win the championship.

At that time, the Lakers may have to rebuild.

At that time, it will not be a matter of a year or two, but a greater unknown.

Faced with such a situation that absolutely cannot fail, it is impossible for Du Kang to place all his bets on Howard, the X factor.

Not sure how much it will cost to bring the UAE's defense to the top.

Finding a potential replacement for Howard is a very real and necessary thing.

He moves fast, is tall enough, and has a very good defensive ability. Such an insider is someone else's treasure.

Such a baby is lacking in the entire NBA.

"Du, it's not like there are no such players, it's just..."

"only?"

Du Kang looked at Clifford suspiciously.

"Du, look."

Du Kang looked at a YouTube account.

This account is a training video posted by an ESPN reporter.

The big guy in the training video is sprinting. The big guy is tall and big, but he rushes fast and jumps high.

"Oden!"

When the vicissitudes of life of this big man appeared in front of him, Du Kang's eyes lit up.

This big center, he has been famous for a long time.

A combination of Duncan + O'Neal.

A combination of Garnett + Yao Ming.

A combination of Russell + Chamberlain.

In short, this is a guy who makes a player as talented as Durant can only be the second child of a thousand years.

"Didn't it mean that he was already disabled?"

Du Kang looked at Clifford curiously.

"Du, look at the comments below this video."

Du Kang clicked on the comment curiously.

"Everyone can flirt again."

"Don't be fooled by this useless agent team."

"Now he is becoming more and more like the kind of cheating contract. Choosing a team is more soap opera than James. The most important thing is that he has not done confrontation training. He is secretive and wants a high salary and a long contract. He was signed. It is a miracle to be able to go up and play for a few minutes.”

"Hey, when he was in college, he was like a god. Six years later, Durant is about to become the MVP, and he can only be reduced to cheating on an NBA contract."

"It really looks like James."

"Although I know it's a lie, it's only available in training. This talent is really eye-catching. The dog thorn only has a basic salary, so I probably won't come."

"What is this guy doing, do you think you are participating in the draft?"

"It's a pity for the emperor. It would be nice if it didn't hurt the heart. At the same time, it's a pity for Roy and Adrian. If Coach D can save McGrady and Iverson, can he also save the emperor and Roy?"

"Why do you think my stabbing is just to make the Heat feel sick? It's also good to drive up the market price."

"Looks really like James' father, go to the Heat, the family is reunited, don't come to stab me!"

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Du Kang looked at the comments below the video and was stunned.

Leaving aside the comments of those black people whose quality is obviously poor, Du Kang still got some information from those valuable comments.

That is, the current Oden still has talent, but he can only show it in training and refuses the confrontation training required by the team.

If this is the case, there is no doubt that it is a fraudulent contract.

At the same time, Du Kang can also see from the comments that it seems that both the Heat and the Spurs are very interested in him.

This is actually understandable.

Both the Spurs and the Heat lack that kind of speedy high center.

Oden showed talent in training. Although he knew that he might be cheating on the contract, the Heat and Spurs were still greedy.

At the end of this training video, an ESPN reporter interviewed Oden's agent Conley Sr.

"Mike, is Greg ready to accept the Heat's invitation to try out?"

"Although the specific time has not yet been determined, we very much hope to meet with the Heat's management and understand their ideas, but Greg is very interested in joining the Heat, if the Heat can give Greg enough respect. "

"We have not received any response from the Heat yet. However, in the past three weeks, Mr. Pat Riley and I have had some exchanges, and they are also very interested in Greg."

"Greg, who is currently recovering actively, is ready and is very likely to sign with the Heat before the end of the season and adapt to the team's atmosphere in advance."

Judging from the old Conley's interview, Du Kang read the information that Pat Riley was interested in Oden, but he had doubts after the inspection, but he did not completely reject it.

The old Conley was leading the Oden team to cheat the contract, while Pat Riley didn't point it out and kept hanging.

In this tugging, it is old Conley who is anxious.

At the end of the video is an interview with Oden.

Compared with the old Conley who played Tai Chi, Oden is much more sincere.

"I'm worried about my knee. He's injured it three times. I'm recovering now, but...if the time is right and the knee is okay, I hope to come back this season. Any team can."

"Thanks, I'll be patient because I've had injuries before when I came back, so I'll slow myself down."

Oden was very worried about his knee. Even if he recovered, Oden himself felt that he might be injured again at any time.

If it weren't for the needs of this shooting, he would not even dare to run and jump without confrontation this time, his heart is already dusted.

After reading it, Du Kang fell into silence.

Clifford, who was beside him, broke the silence.

"He's looking great right now and he's moving really well."

Yes.

Du Kang nodded.

This is why even the audience and fans can see it, but Pat Riley still hasn't given up and is hanging on him.

Pat Riley is also reluctant to bear such a talent.

If Oden hadn't fallen to this point, Pat Riley wouldn't even have the chance to covet him.

"Steve, I want to go and have a look."

"personally?"

Just invite to try out.

"is it necessary?"

Clifford looked at Du Kang suspiciously.

Du Kang smiled, and looked at the 25-year-old man in the video with a vicissitudes of life again.

"Needed."

Because, the basic salary contract he offered in the system just now was rejected.

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On February 2013, 2, the Ohio State University training facility.

Du Kang came here accompanied by Ohio State head coach Ted Mata.

Ted Mata is 46 years old this year, and he is actually considered a young coach in the coaching world. He became the head coach of Ohio State 9 years ago, that is, in 04. He was only 37 years old at that time. He became Butler in 2000. He was 33 years old when he became a college head coach.

In his 13-year NCAA coaching career, he led the team to the final four twice and the final once. In the NCAA, Mata can be regarded as a talented head coach.

And the only time he led a team to the NCAA finals was with Ohio State with Oden and Conley.

It can be said that Auden is his most proud disciple, and he is really worried about Auden.

"If Greg can't find a way out in the NBA, I'm going to ask him to go back to school, learn knowledge, and be an assistant coach for the Buckeyes at the same time. I don't want him to end up like those guys. That's really bad. .”

"Greg is really a good boy. He told me that if there is really no way out one day, he will come back to me, try to give back to the society, and teach children basketball skills and experience. He said, he I also love being with the younger kids, being with the younger generation and seeing how they think about and play basketball."

Along the way, Mata told him a lot about Oden.

"Coach D, many people have been here in recent months, but you are the only one I have personally received, I can see that those people are here for profit, they are not suitable for Greg now, but you are not Same."

Du Kang looked at Ted Mata curiously.

"Why am I different?"

"Because you are a disciple of Mr. John Wooden, and because you were born in UCLA, then you must have an ideal and pursuit of basketball that goes beyond your interests. You will not discard a basketball dream at will, just like you saved the dying team in the NBA. The four defenders."

"..."

The words were so sweet that Du Kang was stunned.

It can only be said that Mr. John Wooden is a cowhide.

As this old man's disciple and grandson, as long as you work hard and make a name for yourself, then your status in the American basketball world is not generally high.

"Coach D, look, Greg is over there."

As the most popular basketball figure in the United States, the head coach of the Lakers, the future godfather of the Lakers hand-picked by Jerry Buss, the name of Du Kang, basically anyone who is in the basketball circle knows it.

Du Kang's appearance soon caused a sensation in the entire Ohio State University basketball team.

"Coach D, my God, it's actually Coach D, is he inspecting me?!"

"DeShawn, shut up, you deserve to be in Coach D's sight?!"

Deshaun Thomas is not happy about this.

"I'm a big guy who led Ohio State to the Final Four in last year's tournament!"

"In Coach D's eyes, that's the big guy."

Aroncraft pointed to Oden who was doing shooting practice alone not far away, and finally shut up.

At Ohio State, no one can match the big guy.

Of course Auden also saw Du Kang's arrival.

So his shooting hand is shaking.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

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After Du Kang came, his shooting was like being possessed by Beethoven, and he began to play a welcome symphony.

This is actually understandable.

Mike said Pat Riley and Popovich were interested in him.

However, he never even received a call from these two.

But Coach D!

Such a big man!

He actually came over in person!
Will my fate be changed?
Oh, God!
Please, let me make one, let Coach D see that even if I dare not run or jump, I can still shoot and be a 7-foot shooter!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

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As Du Kang's footsteps got closer and closer, Oden became more and more iron, so hard that he was about to cry.

Not to mention Auden, Mata, who was with Du Kang, was embarrassed at this time.

Just now what Auden said so well, this...

"Coach D, you, what do you think?"

Mata asked sternly.

"Well, yes, the sound of shooting is very nice."

"..."

After Du Kang finished speaking with a smile, he seemed to hear the sound of his basketball dream being shattered by himself.

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　This is the second update today, two updates today!

　　
　
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