"Ding, would you like to use the trade searcher to search for all of Dwight Howard's trades?"
yes.
After Du Kang confirmed using the transaction searcher for Howard, 7 trading plans appeared on the system interface soon.
In other words, only 7 NBA teams are interested in trading Howard.
"Isn't this too realistic?"
Du Kang smiled.
This is the league's number one center.
But...it's understandable.
In fact, Howard not only refused to sign an early contract with the Lakers, in fact, he now refused to sign an early contract with any NBA team.
He hopes that his next contract will be with a team where he can be happy.
He's happy with the Lakers 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 obtain the right to use Howard for half a season.
Most normal teams in the NBA would not do this kind of thing.
So are these trading plans abnormal trading plans?
Du Kang began to look at these plans seriously.
The first trade plan was proposed by the New York Knicks, hoping to trade Amar'e Stoudemire for Howard in a one-to-one exchange.
After Stoudemire was injured many times in the Knicks, he lost the boss battle with Anthony, and now his contract is completely reduced to 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 time the Knicks declined.
The New York Knicks' bottom line for Howard is Stoudemire + Jr. Smith + 2 first-round picks.
Howard's real value is definitely more than that, but for Howard who only has half-year rights to use it, the Knicks' bargaining chips are actually not low. Obviously the Knicks think their team is attractive enough for 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 two future first-round picks is not that great.
If Howard really only plays for half a year and leaves, he won't lose much. Moreover, the combination of Howard + Anthony may have some good surprises in the playoffs even if they only play for one year.
"interesting!"
"The trade finder can also test the bottom line of the trading team!"
Du Kang looked at the other three plans.
The Nets are willing to trade Humphries + Gerald Wallace for Howard.
These two contracts from the Nets are still junk contracts.
Du Kang tried to get the Nets to send away draft picks, 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 garbage contracts to exchange for Howard.
This definitely won't work.
"But it's understandable."
Knicks is confident in his charisma.
As for the Nets... it's normal not to have such confidence.
When Jim forced Howard to come over, wasn't he also blindly superstitious about the attraction of Los Angeles and the Lakers?
Seeing the Nets, Du Kang can guess that the other transactions must also be junk contract transactions.
Howard's contract is very large, almost 20 million. For example, the Rockets, the Lakers' playoff rivals, their eldest brother Harden's contract this year is only more than 5 million, plus the second eldest brother Jeremy Lin, the third eldest Parsons, and the fourth eldest Asik That's enough.
I'm afraid it's not crazy to trade so many people for half-year rights to use Howard.
If a team in the playoffs 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 still have to get the second and third, which will strain their 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 teams that can afford them basically have junk contracts.
Indeed it is.
In fact, these teams are not even willing to go out in the first round, and they are stingier than the Nets. After all, the Nets can make the playoffs, and the first round is not that valuable.
Moreover, the Nets are still somewhat confident in themselves. They are going to New York soon. They are considered a wealthy family and may be able to keep Howard.
"Huh?"
Just when Du Kang thought they were all junk contracts, the last trade offer surprised him.
The Celtics are willing to trade Pierce + Buss for Howard + Ebanks.
"Really or not, Pierce is not for sale to the Celtics?"
This made Du Kang not know what to say, and he even felt that there was something wrong with the system.
After thinking about it, Du Kang removed Pierce and replaced him with Garnett.
"Ding, are you confirmed to trade Dwight Howard for Kevin Garnett and Brandon Bass?"
"..."
Damn it!
Du Kang thought he had discovered a super big news!
Pierce and Garnett are not for sale to the Celtics! !
After being frightened, Du Kang quickly chose no.
Don't really trade Howard with a trembling hand.
"I just traded Howard just to try out my highest authority, but I didn't really want to trade Howard."
Well, I definitely didn’t change my words because I was dissatisfied with the trading chips of these rotten fish and shrimps.
He really has no intention of trading Howard.
As soon as he got the highest authority of the team, he didn't give Jim Shu the face and directly traded Howard. What did Jim Shu think?
Jim Shu has always felt that he cheated Howard and failed to fulfill his promise to Howard, and owed Howard. Now he is 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 Arab League, Nash, and even Iverson, who is new to the team.
Arab, Nash, Iverson, these are his real confidants.
From the perspective of other Lakers players, he has four confidants in the team. These three people plus Howard are his four confidants.
Even Howard was more loyal than these three people. He led the Arab League, Nash and Iverson Happy to torture Kobe off the court, and worked hard for him on the court.
He is really going to trade Howard.
The Lakers locker room really collapsed.
Howard, who has a positive effect in the team's locker room and works hard on the court, cannot be moved.
Moreover, if the Lakers want to win the championship and face the unknown playoffs, of course the more legs the better.
Especially for a special player like Howard, there is currently no substitute in the entire league. Without Howard, the Lakers would not be able to break out of the Western Conference. The Thunder's two young men can directly kill the Lakers' veterans.
But……
With Howard's character, he may explode on the spot at any time, affecting the Lakers' championship this season.
"It seems that I have to continue to suffer Corvo."
Don't worry, the Lakers really won the championship this season. The great coach D will definitely not forget your contribution. The good days ahead will be sweet.
Isn’t it just a mere 81 points?
How can this be worthy of you, Corvo? Coach D has lost everything, and I will give you a 101!
"It seems that the UAE's defensive enhancement plan will also be put on the agenda."
And McGrady’s physical unblocking plan.
Du Kang looked at his 850 MP points at this time. Well, it was really not enough.
"If you save it, it will be gone again."
"One game is simulated, and at most it is simulated once!"
"I will never take the lead in future simulated competitions. Whoever takes the lead will be a dog!"
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On February 20, 2013, the entire Lakers team had a day off.
Du Kang and all Lakers players are going to attend the memorial service of Mr. Jerry Buss.
At Jerry Buss's memorial service, Kobe cried like a tearful man, crying more sadly than several younger Busses.
At the very least, although Aunt Jenny was crying crazily and wiping tears crazily, she was not as sad as Corvo.
Touched, Coach D was moved by Corvo.
Faced with such a situation, Du Kang immediately gave Corvo an extra day off.
This made Howard next to him very regretful. He was afraid that he would not be able to torture Kobe tomorrow and would not be able to sleep at night.
On February 20, the entire NBA was plunged into sadness over the death of Jerry Buss.
But on February 21st, the whole world seemed to suddenly return 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, almost every major media outlet that you can name is reporting on Du Kang.
The reason, of course, is that Jerry Buss's 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 Old Buss threw away in order to keep Du Kang really shocked the four major American professional leagues.
"The craziest head coaching contract in the history of American sports was given to a Chinese!"
Look at this report from the Washington Post, this headline.
In the United States, the Washington Post generally does not participate in professional sports news reporting.
But this time, I couldn't bear it anymore.
"It took Coach D only five years to go from a college student who came to the United States to become the most profitable head coach in the history of American professional sports. When he signed that contract, did he ever think about whether he could withstand this? What is the weight of a contract?
Before this, he was already at the center of a storm of public opinion across the United States, and he was already the focus of envy and jealousy. But now, he will completely lose the opportunity to be an ordinary head coach.
Now, he has got a contract that is more generous than Popovich and Pat Riley. From now on, everyone will demand him according to the standards of a godfather. Coach D has lost all his retreat options! "
It’s hard to say whether the Washington Post’s report is bad or bad. It should be neutral.
While amazed and shocked, he pointed out the pressure Du Kang felt after accepting this gift.
This is actually not unfounded or alarmist.
At Jerry Buss' memorial service, the Lakers stars looked at him with something obviously wrong.
At that time, Magic received a gift from Jerry Buss, which was only 4.5% of the shares, and it was not free. Magic had to spend some money to buy it.
In order to appease the resentment of other Lakers stars, Jerry Buss said at the time that Magic bought it for US$10 million, which was slightly lower than the market price.
But this claim has never been confirmed.
Because most people didn't believe that the magician at that time could spend 10 million US dollars at once.
But at least Jerry Buss gave me an explanation: I didn’t give it away for free, Magic actually paid for it.
Although this explanation makes people not believe it at first glance, it at least explains that as the first person in the history of the Lakers, there is nothing wrong with buying the team's shares at market price, and everyone accepts it.
But what happened to Du Kang?
Does he have a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers?
He didn't even play in the playoffs!
He led the team to play 13 regular season games, and was given 6% of the Lakers stock for free, as well as a 10-year contract extension with the first annual salary in the league?
Why?
Although the money is Old Bass's money, it doesn't matter how he spends it.
However, the mouth is also on your own mouth. If you don't accept it, you just don't accept it.
Let's put it this way, except for Magic, who was also gifted by Jerry Buss, most of the Lakers' stars are unhappy.
Among them, the Lakers' meritorious head coach, Phil Jackson, who led the Lakers to five championships, was very unhappy.
"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 it and he should 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 will need to succeed quickly, which will be huge for him. pressure."
"Fei'er, you mean Coach D is not worthy of this right now?"
"Of course, he hasn't achieved anything yet, and he hasn't even won the Coach of the Month award."
Well, Phil Jackson has been telling facts and reasoning throughout the whole process, and this is actually correct.
Du Kang has indeed not even won the Coach of the Month award.
Therefore, Mayfair Jackson went crazy with jealousy.
When Bass was dividing his inheritance last night, Phil Jackson, the son-in-law of Bass, was not even qualified to enter the ward.
The 10% shares that Old Bass gave to Aunt Jenny were gifted in trust.
In other words, as Aunt Jenny's husband, Phil Jackson couldn't even get a dime of Old Bass' inheritance.
I worked hard for the Lakers and won five championships!
I am still your son-in-law!
Wasn't it just that he and Jenny took away Jerry West?
Forget it if you don’t give me a dime.
Give an outsider, a rookie head coach, 6% of the shares.
If you were Mayfair Jackson, you would also be separated.
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 is no longer in Los Angeles at this time.
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"Du, although I have a very good relationship with Dwight, my influence on Dwight is not that great. I cannot guarantee that he will remain strong during the most critical period of the team."
Even Clifford, who has 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 needs some insurance.
After accepting Jerry Buss' gift, he has greater pressure to win the championship this season.
If he fails to win the championship this season, he will lose even more.
If the team fails to win the championship this season, not many of the veterans who came to win the championship will remain.
The Lakers may have to rebuild by then.
By then it won’t be a matter of a year or two, it will be a bigger unknown.
Faced with such a situation that cannot fail, it is impossible for Du Kang to put all his bets on the X factor of Howard.
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 realistic and necessary matter.
He moves fast, is tall enough, and has very good defensive abilities. Such an insider is everyone else's treasure.
The entire NBA is lacking such treasures.
"Du, it's not like there aren't players like this, it's just..."
"only?"
Du Kang looked at Clifford doubtfully.
"Du, look."
Du Kang looked at a YouTube account.
This account is a training video posted by an ESPN reporter.
The big man in the training video is sprinting. This big man is very tall, but he sprints very fast and jumps very high.
"Auden!"
When the big man's weathered face appeared in front of him, Du Kang's eyes lit up.
This big center 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 has made a player as talented as Durant the second-best player for thousands of years.
"Didn't you say that he is useless?"
Du Kang looked at Clifford curiously.
"Du, look at the comments below this video."
Du Kang clicked on the comment curiously.
"Everyone can have sex again."
"Don't be fooled by this useless brokerage team."
"He is becoming more and more like the kind of contract cheater. 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 high salary and long contract. He was signed. It’s a miracle if you can even go up and shoot for a few minutes.”
"Alas, he was also like a god when he was in college. Six years later, Durant is about to become the MVP, and he can only be reduced to cheating for an NBA contract."
"Looks so much like James."
"Although I know it's a lie, it's only available during training. I'm really greedy for this talent. I only have a basic salary, so I probably won't come."
"What is this guy doing? Does he still think he is participating in the draft?"
"It's a pity for the emperor. It's really good if it doesn't hurt. It's also a pity for Roy and Ade. Coach D can save McGrady and Iverson, but can he also save the emperor and Roy?"
"Why do you think my stabbing is just to add disgust to the Heat? It would be good to drive up the market price."
"He looks so much like James' father. Go to the Heat and reunite the family. Don't come and stab me!"
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Du Kang was stunned when he saw the comments under the video.
Let’s not talk about the comments about black people who are obviously inferior in quality. From those valuable comments, Du Kang still got some information.
That is, Oden still has talent, but he can only show it in training and refuses the confrontation training required by the team.
If this is really the case, then there is no doubt that it is a contract fraud.
At the same time, Du Kang also saw from the comments that both the Heat and the Spurs were very interested in him.
This is actually understandable.
Both the Spurs and Heat lack that kind of fast high center.
Oden's talent shown in training, although they know that he may be cheating on the contract, the Heat and Spurs are still covetous.
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 this season and adapt to the team's atmosphere in advance."
Judging from Conley Sr.'s interview, the information Du Kang read was that Pat Riley was interested in Oden, but had doubts after the investigation, but did not reject it completely.
Conley Sr. was leading Oden's team to cheat on contracts, while Pat Riley didn't point it out and kept hanging on.
In this tug-of-war, it is Old Conley who is anxious.
At the end of the video, there is an interview with Auden.
Compared with the old Conley who practices 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 comes and there's no problem with the knee, I hope to come back this season, and any team can."
"Thank you, I will be patient because there have been cases of re-injury after coming back, so I will let myself slow down."
Oden is very worried about his knee. Even if it recovers, Oden himself feels that it may be injured again at any time.
If it weren't for the need of this shooting, he would definitely not have dared to run and jump without confrontation. His heart was already covered in dust.
Du Kang fell into silence after reading it.
Clifford next to him broke the silence.
"He's looking great right now and moving 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 to him.
Pat Riley couldn't bear to part with such a talent.
If Oden hadn't fallen to this point, Pat Riley wouldn't even have the chance to covet it.
"Steve, I want to go take a look."
"personally?"
Just invite him over for a trial training.
"is it necessary?"
Clifford looked at Du Kang doubtfully.
Du Kang smiled and looked at the 25-year-old man with a vicissitudes of life in the video again.
"Is necessary."
Because the minimum salary contract he just offered in the system was rejected.
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February 21, 2013, Ohio State University training facility.
Dukan arrived here accompanied by Ohio State head coach Ted Matta.
Ted Matta 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, in 2004. He was only 37 years old at that time, and became Butler in 2000. He was only 33 years old when he was a college head coach.
In his 13-year NCAA coaching career, he led the team to the Final Four twice and the finals once. In the NCAA, Mata is also considered a talented head coach.
The only time he led a team to the NCAA finals was the Ohio State team with Oden and Conley.
It can be said that Auden was his most proud disciple, and he was really worried about Auden.
"If Greg doesn't find a way in the NBA, I would ask him to go back to school and learn knowledge while being an assistant coach for the Buckeyes. I don't want him to end up like those people. That would be too bad. .”
"Greg is really a good kid. He told me that if one day there is no way out, he will come back to me and try to give back to society and teach basketball skills and experience to children. He said, I also like being with the younger kids, being with the younger generation, and seeing how they think about and use 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 the current Greg, but you are not Same."
Du Kang looked at Ted Mata curiously.
"Why should I be different?"
"Because you are Mr. John Wooden's disciple, because you are from UCLA, then you must have an ideal and pursuit of basketball that goes beyond profit. You will not throw away a basketball dream at will, just like you saved the dying person in the NBA. The top four defenders.”
"..."
This was said so nicely that Du Kang was stunned.
All I can say is that Mr. John Wooden is awesome.
As a disciple of this old man, as long as you strive for success and make a name for yourself, your status in the American basketball world will be extraordinary.
"Coach D, look, Greg is over there."
As the most popular basketball figure in the United States, the head coach of the Lakers, and the future godfather of the Lakers appointed by Jerry Buss, Du Kang's name is basically known to everyone in the basketball circle.
The appearance of Du Kang soon caused a sensation in the entire Ohio State University basketball team.
"Coach D, my God, it's actually Coach D. Is he checking me out?!"
"Deshawn, shut up, you deserve to be in Coach D's sight?!"
DeSean Thomas is not happy.
"I was the big shot who led Ohio State to the Final Four in last year's championship!"
"In Coach D's eyes, that's the big shot."
Aaron Craft pointed to Oden, who was doing shooting practice alone not far away, and finally shut up.
There's no one like this big guy at Ohio State.
Of course Auden also saw Du Kang's arrival.
So his shooting hand was trembling.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
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After Du Kang arrived, his shooting was like being possessed by Beethoven, and he began to play a welcoming symphony.
This is actually understandable.
Mike said Pat Riley and Popovich were interested in him.
However, he didn't even receive calls from these two people.
But Coach D!
Such a big shot!
He actually came here in person!
Will my destiny be changed?
Oh, God!
Please, let me score one and 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-clad, so iron-clad that he almost cried.
Not to mention Oden, Mata, who was accompanying Du Kang, was embarrassed at this time.
I just spoke so well of Auden, this...
"Coach D, what do you think?"
Mata asked bravely.
"Well, not bad, the sound of shooting is very nice."
"..."
After Du Kang said with a smile, he seemed to hear the sound of his basketball dream being shattered by his own hands.
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This is the second update today, two updates today!
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