The early morning of January 24, 2013 was definitely a carnival midnight for NBA fans.
The Lakers lost to the Grizzlies on the road, losing their 10th game in the last 12 games.
The Lakers officially announced that they have fired the team's head coach D'Antoni, and the team's assistant coach Du Kang will temporarily serve as the team's coach.
This is breaking news.
For a time, fans of other NBA teams were wildly laughing at the Lakers for changing four head coaches in half a season.
As a wealthy team, the Lakers have a high hatred value in the NBA. Basically, no fans of other teams like the Lakers.
The Lakers suffered, and everyone was happy.
The best thing is for the Lakers to change their head coach every day, so that everyone can be happy every day.
In fact, Lakers fans are also very happy at this time. That cheating coach D'Antoni finally got out.
In the 32 games coached by D'Antoni, many Lakers fans feel that they are not as good as Mike Brown and Backstaff.
Mike Brown and Beckstaff will never allow the Lakers, an aging and lacking athletic team, to play run-and-gun.
Nash and Kobe's old arms and legs simply can't stand it.
The key is Nash, the core of running and gunning. He can't find an inside man in the Lakers who can play pick-and-roll with him.
Howard, athletic, but can he shoot from the corner?
Gasol can shoot from mid-range, but does he have the athleticism to sprint back and forth with Nash?
In this game against the Grizzlies, D'Antoni actually asked Gasol to come on the bench and Earl Clark to start, and played for 40 minutes. What was he doing?
This is to abolish the Lakers champion Gasol's rhythm of supporting Clark.
Earl Clark works hard, but he doesn't have the ability.
In this game, Howard and Howard were beaten by Randolph, Gasol, and Darrell Arthur on the opposite side.
Faced with such a difficult situation, it is understandable to seek change, but your change needs to be successful and give everyone hope.
D'Antoni's changes in this game were unsuccessful and did not give anyone any hope of success.
Moreover, he is still not changing himself. He can change anyone who can't beat his own system. He can also take advantage of Lakers achievements like Gasol.
I have to say that D'Antoni has courage.
But it did give Lakers fans and Jim Buss a brain hemorrhage.
Using meritorious deeds before he has even established his authority is pushing the players into Aunt Jenny's arms.
Most of the Lakers players had their hearts set on Aunt Jenny and Phil Jackson.
Therefore, 90% of the blame for the Lakers' loss to the Grizzlies lies with D'Antoni.
This game got D'Antoni fired, which was just right.
Fan support.
The players also support that they want to have a family sister-in-law. Can Kobe agree? If Kobe Bryant supports it, that means the players support it.
Management also supports it.
People here in Jimmie feel that D'Antoni is holding back every day.
Aunt Jenny also supported Jim Shu's own slap in the face. Of course she supported it. D'Antoni left. With Jim Shu's connections, it would be very difficult to find a famous coach who was willing to come to the Lakers to take the blame.
Let’s not talk about the personality problems of the Lakers players, just talk about the suitability of the Lakers’ lineup, which is very problematic.
Playing a triangle offense with Kobe Gasol as the core, Nash lacks the defensive ability in positional warfare.
With Nash as the core, Gasol is not athletic enough, and Howard is unable to shoot.
With Howard as the core, one inside and four outside, Kobe and the Lakers' outside players are not strong enough in three-point shooting.
The Lakers seem to have a strong lineup, but they are actually a hodgepodge.
D'Antoni is so confused by this hodgepodge, which famous coach dares to come and step on him?
Aren't you afraid of being fired like D'Antoni when you try to touch a star?
The NBA, after all, is still a league of stars.
Having said that, now that D'Antoni is out of class, public opinion in the NBA is all about who can take over as head coach of the Lakers after D'Antoni is out of class.
Phil Jackson, Rick Carlisle, Van Gundy, Doc Reeves, and even Magic's names appeared.
Well, there is no option for Du Kang, the acting head coach, to become a regular coach.
In the United States, no one paid much attention to Du Kang, the acting head coach of the Lakers.
There are basically no acting head coaches in the NBA who become regular coaches.
What's more, a team like the Lakers that wants to compete for a championship can have an assistant coach lead the team?
What an international joke.
The Lakers have found a new head coach, and Du Kang will be dismissed in the next game.
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However, on the other side, it's different.
After the Lakers announced that the team's head coach D'Antoni was dismissed and the team's assistant coach Du Kang took over, it was already midnight, and Hupu was completely wiped out.
"Really or not, is this Du Kang really Chinese? A Chinese coach coaches the Lakers? Am I not dreaming?"
"I remember that Du Kang seemed to have an account in Hupu, and he had analyzed some problems of the Lakers in the Lake District before."
"Let's go to the Lake District and watch the Lakers head coach analyzing the Lakers' posts!"
"Jrs, there's no need to go. Lakers head coach Du Kang was considered by moderators to be smearing the stars and provoking infighting among fans of the stars because of his objective analysis of the Lakers' problems. The post was locked and the account was permanently banned. The previous ban of the Lakers assistant coach in Lake District was a sensation in Hupu, hahahaha."
"Damn it, are you so brave in Lake District? You have banned your own head coach forever, and now you can no longer tell the truth in the Hupu team area. Telling the truth is bad, is it just sowing discord?"
"The homepage of Hupu is still on the most professional basketball forum. The more I read this sentence, the more funny I find it. Such a professional forum can't accommodate China's first NBA head coach."
"Isn't this more professional? Hahahaha..."
"Damn it, the answer upstairs is so graphic, Teacher Chen is coming right in front of me."
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On the American side, the game between the Lakers and Grizzlies ended very late.
It was already early in the morning when the Lakers coaching staff met.
But on the other side of the river in China, the current time is the most exciting afternoon of the day.
The news that Du Kang became the head coach of the Lakers on behalf of the Lakers quickly spread in major sports media in China.
After all, they are the Lakers, one of the most trafficked teams in the entire sports world, and one of the most trafficked sports teams even in China.
And this directly caused a very serious consequence.
Du Kang's cell phone kept ringing, and he didn't have to think about sleeping tonight.
However, even without these calls, he actually couldn't sleep.
Becoming the head coach of the Lakers, even as the acting head coach, made him so excited that he couldn't sleep.
Buzz buzz!
The phone rang again.
"It's really endless."
Du Kang was complaining, but the expression on his face was very happy.
Although he is only the acting head coach, it can still be regarded as a homecoming, right?
He is a top student at UCLA with a bachelor's degree in business economics. After graduation, he did not go to Wall Street to make a lot of money, but went to work as a basketball coach for the Lakers.
This puzzled many people at the time.
In the NBA, if you don't become a head coach and are just a low-level assistant coach, you really can't make much money.
Some of his classmates who went to Wall Street had bonuses from one project that were comparable to his annual salary with the Lakers.
The salary is low, there is no development prospect, and it is not stable. You can be fired at the first sign of dismissal, and there is no guarantee at all. This is like a trap.
Before becoming an NBA head coach, what these people said was really correct.
If he hadn't been hit by the system of this basketball coaching career, he would never have come to coach in the NBA.
The person who called him this time was not his high school classmate, nor his college classmate, nor any journalist friend.
But his father.
"His son is very young and capable. He has become the head coach and he didn't even call to tell him the good news!"
Dad was so excited that he was speaking in garbled dialect. He was obviously a high-level intellectual.
"Am I not just the acting head coach? It won't be too late to announce the good news when I become the official head coach."
Du Kang suppressed the excitement in his heart and spoke lightly. The excited Lao Du on the other end of the phone was silent for a while when he heard what Du Kang said.
"Well, you are right. Do it well. My son is never bad!"
From childhood to adulthood, he never let Lao Du down.
So Lao Du has always supported his decision.
Without Lao Du's support, if he insists on changing careers and becoming an assistant coach with the Lakers, the pressure will be even greater.
"I know, thank you Dad."
After hanging up the phone from his father, Du Kang received many more calls.
The calls didn't stop until four in the morning.
"It's like a dream!"
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The Lakers fired D'Antoni, causing a big stir the next day.
Du Kang's acting head coach is usually a word in the corner of these reports.
However, the local media in Los Angeles did analyze why the final agent was not Eddie Jordan, Hamm, or Clifford.
Hamm is not as qualified as Du Kang.
Clifford is a close confidant of Howard, and his factionalism is too strong, which will make Kobe Bryant and others dissatisfied.
As for Eddie Jordan, he was the second assistant coach and was supposed to step in after the D'Antoni brothers left.
But Eddie Jordan was hired by Mike Brown, and he was one of the people who had been purged before. He was purged before, and now he is going to be used. It is still such a critical moment. Jim really doesn’t dare. If Eddie Jordan jumps directly, he will be behind the scenes. Shooting.
Du Kang is different. He was recruited by the team and belongs to the team. He is also Jim Buss' thorn and confidant in the Lakers.
In the NBA, for the same assistant coach, the composition is different.
There are the coach’s confidants, the players’ confidants, and the boss’s confidants like Du Kang.
According to the analysis of the local media in Los Angeles, since Jim Buss no longer trusts coaches from any faction, a confidant coach like Du Kang is the best agent choice.
"It's not Thanksgiving now, but I hope Du can be grateful for God's gift. The next few days will be the most wonderful days of his coaching career. He will have the opportunity to coach superstars like Kobe, Nash, Gasol, and Howard!"
"Maybe it's not coaching, maybe it's just being a puppet for a few days. Even if it's a puppet, it will be a wonderful experience."
Du Kang must not be willing to be a puppet for a few days.
And I certainly don’t want to be a dog chained up on the sidelines that doesn’t bark.
Become a regular employee!
Become a regular employee!
Become a regular employee!
Du Kang is now thinking about how to become a regular employee!
The Lakers' previous acting head coach Bickerstaff achieved a record of 4 wins and 1 loss in the five games he served as agent, and was eventually replaced by D'Antoni.
If the acting head coach wants to become a regular coach, winning rate is one aspect, and gaining the support of the team's superstar players is another aspect.
If the Lakers' four superstars support him and the record is good, he will have a chance to become a regular.
Relatively speaking, the support of superstars goes beyond the performance.
Therefore, Du Kang must show his abilities in the next few games.
The ability to satisfy all the Lakers superstars.
There is a long way to go.
He has been a little transparent assistant coach with the Lakers for half a year. He knows and can talk to the superstars in the Lakers, but he is only a casual acquaintance.
"Is that playboy Jim crazy? With the Lakers' record now, every game is important. If we lose again, we will completely lose hope of the playoffs!"
If you want to say who among the Lakers superstars has the most fighting spirit now, it must be Kobe.
He still wants to win the championship, and he also wants to catch up with Jordan's six championship achievements.
The Lakers' current record is 17 wins and 25 losses.
Ranked 13th in the Western Conference behind the Thunder, Spurs, Nuggets, Grizzlies, Clippers, Warriors, Houston, Jazz, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, and Kings.
Just above New Orleans and the sun.
They are 6 games behind the eighth-place Jazz in the Western Conference.
The Lakers' next game will be a head-on showdown with the Jazz.
If they lose, the Lakers may really lose hope of the playoffs.
7 wins, and there are 39 games left in the end. Even if the Jazz win 20 and lose 19 in the last 39 games, the Lakers must have a record of 28 wins and 11 losses.
Kobe felt that even if he destroyed himself, it would be difficult for him to lead the Lakers, which was full of problems, to achieve this record.
Therefore, the Lakers must win the next game against the Jazz!
But can the acting head coach, who is 10 years younger than him, do it?
He has no NBA coaching experience at all.
It's okay to fire D'Antoni, but the person who represents him should be Eddie Jordan!
"I heard that that kid was Jim's man. Before Jim announced that D'Antoni would be fired, that kid knew that D'Antoni was going to be fired."
"..."
Pelinka sighed.
Kobe was speechless.
Turns out to be Jim Buss' secret spy and confidant collecting intelligence on the team.
What else is there to say?
"Shit!"
I don’t know if Kobe said this shit to Buss Jr. or Du Kang, or both.
At this time, at the homes of some other superstars in Los Angeles.
"Ron, no, Meta, that kid is Jim's crony. Be more obedient these days. He is different from D'Antoni and Mike Brown."
Charity World Peace nodded, and now he still doesn't want to leave Los Angeles.
Mike Brown and D'Antoni would have a hard time letting him go, but Jim Buss can.
Even though he is irritable, he is actually a person who is very aware of current affairs. When he came to the Lakers, who saw him messing with Kobe Bryant?
"Steve, was D'Antoni's face really turned green at that time?"
"Dwight, you've asked me this question a hundred times. Brother D'Antoni felt like he was being held down and fed a bunch of answers!"
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect Jim to be so bad, hahahaha..."
It's normal to place cronies in the team, but it's rare to insert them so deeply.
Who knew before that that little transparent assistant coach was a spy close to Jim Buss?
"Jim Bass is not a good person, and that kid is not a good person either!"
It's so damn deep, it's almost full of evil.
"Steve, I regret it. The Los Angeles Lakers are not a team I can control."
His little cleverness and dark underbelly appear so pure to this Laker.
"Dwight, you regret this for the thousandth time."
"No, Steve, you're remembering it wrong, plus this time it's the thousand and one time."
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Du Kang's appointment as the acting head coach of the Lakers did not cause any turmoil in the American media, but it caused a huge sensation within the Lakers.
Especially after the confrontation between Du Kang and the D'Antoni brothers, and the news that the D'Antoni brothers were fired on the spot by Jim Buss, Du Kang's image within the Lakers completely changed.
It used to be a harmless little transparency.
Now he instantly transformed into a dark and cunning scheming man.
Even Aunt Jenny has heard about Du Kang.
"It seems that we all underestimated Jim's IQ. Jim didn't dare to let anyone else act for him. He was afraid that they were all my people and would deliberately lead the team to lose, so he used his trump card that had been hidden in the team. Being able to think of these things can be regarded as his far-sightedness.”
"Is this young man really a 23-year-old rookie coach?"
"Jenny, don't worry, he hasn't coached a single game in his coaching career. In the next ten games, the Lakers won't win a single one!"
The Lakers have lost 10 of their past 12 games under D'Antoni.
As far as the strength of the Lakers' lineup is concerned, if you say that there is no Auntie Jenny in the Lakers, Jim Buss won't believe it.
As the old Buss is dying, at the critical moment of the Lakers' power handover, is it such a coincidence that the Lakers lost so much?
In the next 10 games of the Lakers, only the Bobcats have a lower record than the Lakers. The others are all strong teams.
The Thunder, Heat, and these super strong teams from the East and West are all going to play.
This schedule is worse than when D'Antoni led the team.
D'Antoni led the team and lost 10 in 12 games. The rookie led the team and lost 10 in 10 games. This is reasonable, right?
"Then we also need to ensure that no one dares to take over the Lakers' business."
"Jenny, I promise, no!"
Aunt Jenny smiled at this assurance.
The longer that young man remains in the acting position and the more he loses, the better for her.
But in the end, the high probability is that Jim, the idiot, can't find a famous coach to take over, and he will just find an ordinary head coach and replace the young man.
In fact, it doesn't matter.
No matter what that idiot Jim did, she had already completed the layout of this Laker.
The Lakers are in a deadlock now.
Even if Jim got the inheritance, he could only leave with failure in the end.
There was no way the Lakers could succeed under Jim.
No one can stop the Lakers from going into the abyss under Jim's leadership.
Not even Kobe!
Even if Kobe breaks both of his legs, he still can't save the Lakers who are now being held in her hands!
Aunt Jenny is so confident.
In this big drama of the Lakers, even Kobe is just a pawn!
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It's hard to deal with the mundane things after finishing serving as the Lakers' acting head coach.
Du Kang could finally stay in the apartment with peace of mind and open the upgraded system.
Name: Du Kang
Position: Los Angeles Lakers acting head coach
Contract: 2 years, $200,000
MP points: 2512
Offense: D
Defense: E
Player inspection: D
Player training: D
Potential: A+
This is your personal main interface.
Not a small change.
However, the biggest change in the system is the addition of several more sections.
From left to right: calendar, coach's office, coaching, player inspection, and training.
The calendar shows the Lakers’ upcoming schedule.
The Lakers' next game will be at home against the Jazz on January 25th.
"Hey, can I click on the game calendar?"
Du Kang clicked on the Lakers and Jazz game calendar.
"Would you like to consume 100MP to simulate this match?"
Forehead.
no!
Du Kang immediately refused.
100MP is not a small number. One simulation is 100 points. If it is just a compass deduction and cannot bring the simulation results to reality, wouldn't it be a big loss?
When you have more points in the future, you can simulate it as a training exercise before the game officially starts.
Du Kang clicked on the second interface, the coach's office.
The large interface of the coach's office has ten sub-options.
Roster, player search, free agency, extensions, view draft picks, proposed trades, trade finder, G League free agency, salary cap list, and uniform staff.
"Is this my right to be the head coach of the Lakers?"
Du Kang was stunned.
"I am just an acting head coach. Can I manage player contract renewals? Can I propose trades? Can I sign free agents?"
Although he had deeply felt the power of the system in the past few years, he was still shocked now.
"Is the system really so powerful?"
Du Kang clicked on the free agent with some excitement.
He wanted to try out the depths of the system!
Ranked by overall rating!
The first one on the list is Yi Jianlian with an overall rating of 79!
Du Kang clicked on Yi Jianlian.
Four options appear on the interface.
Cancel
View player card
Edit player
Negotiate contract
Choose to negotiate a contract!
There is no room for salary, so choose the basic salary.
For the contract period, select 1 year.
Sure.
"Ding, free agent Yi Jianlian accepts the Lakers' contract."
Accepted? !
So, will the Lakers also sign Yi Jianlian in reality?
If that's true...
Then his power as the acting head coach will be great!
He can also use the authority of Jimmie!
Du Kang clenched his fists with excitement.
Could this be a puppet? !
Maybe, he can really become a regular!
