Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 595: There are seven people in the six big Goats? !

On the evening of June 2016, 6, Game 3 of the Finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers finally started.

This year's Lakers and Bobcats finals far exceeded any previous NBA finals in terms of popularity.

It is no exaggeration to say that this year's NBA Finals is the pinnacle showdown in basketball history.

Therefore, this year's finals not only attracted the attention of fans, experts and celebrities, but also attracted the attention of celebrities and guests, even the active NBA stars who have already gone fishing were attracted.

The game has not started yet at the Charlotte Bobcats' home arena, but the entire arena was already packed early on.

At the stadium, you can not only see celebrities and fans from all over the world, but also follow the camera to see many active NBA stars.

For example, the 76ers have been extremely popular recently, but the super rookie Embiid, who has not played a regular season game, and his teammates Canaan, Covington, Devin Booker and others.

Another example is Curry, the star of the Warriors, who have been in a mess recently and look like they are about to fall apart. Next to Curry is his younger brother Seth Curry, the star player of the Knicks.

In addition, not far from the Curry brothers, the Warriors' star players Yi and Klay Thompson, as well as Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala, Kevin Love and others were also present.

Fans who often watch NBA games know that NBA game live broadcasts like to capture famous people, especially active or retired stars.

Generally speaking, there are more chances for retired stars to appear in a game, but not so many chances for active stars to appear.

But in this finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers, an incredible number of active stars appeared.

As the broadcast camera moved, many fans in front of the TV and on the Internet were exclaiming.

"I knew Oden from the Cavaliers would come. Haha, sure enough, Oden brought Irving, Lowry and other Cavaliers players here!"

"Next to Oden, Garnett brought Lavine, Wiggins and other Timberwolves players here too!"

"Look at those young men who just entered the arena and are trying to look cool. Who are they? Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and Ibaka! Where are Carter and Anthony?"

"Carter and Anthony are on the other side, with Iverson, Reggie Miller, Wade, Paul and others!"

"Are all the NBA superstars, stars and all-stars coming to this NBA Finals?"

"Who can miss the opportunity to witness the game in the highest hall of basketball? I heard that many All-Star players can't even buy front-row tickets without connections, and can only squeeze in the stands with fans. Hahahaha, did you see that shot just now? Is that the Celtics' current star player Paul George? Paul George is squeezing in the stands with fans now. No matter how rich he is, he can't buy front-row tickets for this game without connections, and can only squeeze in the stands. It's so funny, hahahaha..."

"Have you seen Davis, Leonard, and especially James?"

The live broadcast camera was switching scenes frantically, and NBA stars who were crowded in the stands began to appear one by one.

In fact, not only the audience, but even the broadcast cameras are actually looking forward to seeing James.

For many viewers, the most desired entertainer in such a finals is James, who was once touted as the Goat by the media and capital.

Goat. When James was challenging Jordan's Goat position under the hype of a group of media and opinion experts, he probably never dreamed that one day there would be six Goats in the NBA.

Moreover, among these six Goat-level players, Jordan may be the weakest for the time being. At the same time, the six of them will play in the finals on the same field.

Even James and the capital media that tout him probably never dreamed that James was not even qualified to participate in such a basketball event.

At least Durant and Westbrook allowed the two big GOATs, McGrady and Kobe, to warm up, so they were indirectly involved.

James didn't even have the qualifications to let Beasley warm up. He was beaten throughout the whole process. They were not on the same level the whole time. It was like dust, dust, which disappeared with a wave of his hand.

However, the camera at the scene turned around and saw Aldridge, Cousins, Griffin, Rondo, Jordan Jr., Davis, and even Leonard, Randolph, DeRozan, Pau Gasol, Millsap, Al Horford and other NBA stars, but there was no sign of James.

"James said in his retirement statement that he would disconnect from the Internet. Is James really going to disconnect from the Internet?"

James was indeed disconnected from the Internet.

But Rich Paul would tell him a lot of important NBA news.

He naturally knew about the legendary battle between the Lakers and the Bobcats, and also knew that the Bobcats had a new Goat-level player, Thabeet.

Thabeet is even the strongest player in NBA history in one-on-one situations.

James also knew that the legendary finals between the Bobcats and the Lakers was about to take place.

So, James, who had already traveled to Africa, found a hotel with better facilities, turned on the TV, and watched the finals.

Yes, the language of the live camera was very clear, and James could see that they were looking for him.

Even Barkley has directly posted a missing person notice.

James knew very well what these people were thinking.

He is a clown now.

Tonight's finals is the most glamorous moment for NBA and basketball, the most wonderful moment. At this moment, such beauty and glamor naturally need a clown to contrast.

There are only two people in the NBA who can afford such a beautiful comparison, one is Adam Silver, and the other is LeBron James.

And Adam Silver is already in.

Naturally, the only one left is LeBron James.

"One day, I will go back, and I will let you see me standing on a stage like this and fighting against them!"

James looked at his hands. Ever since losing the Eastern Conference Finals, he has started his journey of traveling like an ascetic. He wants to completely reconstruct his own basketball. He wants to see what basketball is like in various parts of the world, the most primitive basketball.

The whole world says that his basketball is hypocritical, the most hypocritical basketball in history. He himself thinks so too. Now he also feels that the basketball he plays is very hypocritical.

So, he wanted to see what the most authentic basketball was like.

During this half-month journey, he witnessed many realistic scenes.

He used to think that his life in the United States was already very miserable. When he was a child, he came from a single-parent family and was poor, which was already very miserable. However, when he came to Africa, he realized what true misery and real purgatory were.

If we say that he was miserable, it was a character created for him by Hook, in fact he had never lacked food and clothing since he was a child in America.

But in Africa, even playing basketball is a luxury. Many people use stones as basketballs.

He had never been able to imagine such a situation.

This reminded him of what Oden said to him in last year's Eastern Conference Finals: "Do you know what it feels like to hit a basketball with a rock? You never really cherished the basketball."

He didn't know what Oden meant at that time, but now he understands.

Because they never truly cherished basketball, they treated it as a tool to achieve fame and fortune.

If he cannot fundamentally change his understanding and mentality of basketball, then all his imaginations of rising will actually be illusions.

He needs to truly fall in love with basketball, which is the first step in his rebirth. Now he has taken this step.

And those people he looked up to are already standing on the most legendary stage, waiting for his return.

At this moment, James was looking at the Lakers and Bobcats players appearing on TV with indescribable envy.

He doesn't know when he can go back, but these people's basketball will become his motivation.

At this time, the Bobcats and Lakers players in the Charlotte Arena naturally did not know that they were being watched by James and were regarded as role models by James.

In fact, it doesn’t matter even if you know it.

James is now an insignificant little person.

For Kobe, McGrady, Yao Ming, Jordan, Beasley and Thabeet, on the path of basketball they pursue, there is no room for James in front of them, behind them, or even next to them.

Now, they and James are not on the same track at all.

Maybe for those who are watching the fun, they hope they can slap someone in the face, but for them, they only have each other in their eyes now, and there is no meaning in slapping an insignificant little person in the face.

As the Lakers were playing away from home, it stands to reason that they would be booed by the entire stadium as they were playing in the finals and were a visiting team.

However, what is very interesting is that the Bobcats fans at the scene gave great respect to the Lakers players who came to play away.

When Yao Ming, McGrady, Kobe, Roy Jokic, Antetokounmpo and Ebanks came on the court, the Bobcats fans at the scene welcomed them as if they were welcoming the home team.

So much so that Barkley, the live commentator of the game, was sighing.

"This is a final that goes beyond winning or losing. Only such an audience and such emotions can be worthy of such a game, such a stage, and such great players!"

"The Bobcats fans have set an example. Now, all the pressure is on the Lakers fans!"

In fact, it wasn't just the Bobcats fans who showed their friendliness. Even the players on both sides of the court were extremely friendly after they came on the court.

For example, Bobcats players Parker and Ginobili, after coming out, immediately ran to Lakers head coach Popovich to greet Popovich.

As former master and apprentice, the interaction between Parker, Ginobili and Popovich is definitely the focus of the entire court.

However, what is interesting is that the D in GDP did not go to Popovich.

Even Popovich himself was a little surprised by this.

This time, Popovich hopes to have a century hug with his former disciples in the finals.

When the four of them left the Spurs, it can be said that they all left with a lot of grievances and reluctance.

When he left the Spurs and was brought to the Lakers by Coach D, he never thought that one day he would be whitewashed.

Maybe his connection with the Spurs has been completely severed and there is no future for him.

He even thought at that time that after he left the Lakers, he would not be able to return to the Spurs, and maybe he would have to coach the US team. Although he had no objection to coaching the US team, as an NBA head coach of his level, sooner or later he would coach the US team and win the Olympic championship to make up for his own honors.

But it is obvious that as a head coach with aspirations, he has never thought of doing such a simple job to retire at this moment.

Leading the US team in international competitions is too easy for him, and he doesn't want to go for the time being.

But at that time he really had no choice.

Now, the Spurs have been cleared for him, so if he leaves the Lakers, his future is already settled.

Coach D can't stay away forever, he can't always be the head coach of the Lakers, he can return to the Spurs in the future.

So, after returning to the Spurs, he naturally hopes to bring GDP back as well.

He would never allow GDP to retire outside the NBA.

At that time, due to the conflicts between the old and new members of the Spurs team and the conflict between Leonard and Parker, the Spurs team had disappeared.

Coach D completely dismantled his Spurs, and now he wants to take them together bit by bit.

But now it seems that Tim is not very willing.
Tony and Manu are here, why doesn't Tim want to hug him?
Before he came on the field, he had thought of countless ways to hug Duncan, but now, Duncan didn't come over.

This made Popovich a little uncomfortable.

Now, although Popovich was chatting and laughing with Parker and Ginobili, his eyes were very wandering.

His eyes were always on Duncan.

At this time, Duncan was standing very obediently next to Coach D. Looking at this scene, it was impossible for Popovich to say that he was not heartbroken.

Just like Parker and Ginobili came to find Popovich, many Lakers players also went to find Du Kang.

After greeting the Lakers players, Du Kang waved and called Iverson, who was sitting in the back row of the Bobcats' bench.

"Allen, that's enough. Now you can give Tim the final injection."

Du Kang looked at the time.

After receiving Du Kang's instructions, Iverson immediately took the silver needle from Nash.

Duncan was very obedient and lay down on the blanket that had been spread on the ground.

Seeing this scene, the audience at the scene and the audience in front of the TV were all very curious.

Of course they knew that Iverson had been treating Duncan this past week.

"Coach D just said this is the last time, right? Coach D is not serious, right? If we can't restore Duncan's peak athletic ability, won't we be embarrassed in front of the whole world?"

"Coach D has been asking Iverson to give the acupuncture this time. Even if it is embarrassing, it is Iverson's shame. Coach D has already thought of the reason!"

"What do you think? If Iverson really gets back Duncan's peak athletic ability, then Duncan's strength must be at the Goat level, right? It's said that tonight will be a battle between the six Goats. Have you ever thought that there might be seven of the six Goats?!"

"Or, from the beginning, Coach D planned that there would be a seventh player in the battle of the six Goats, and you thought Thabeet was the strongest because he was the last one brought out by Coach D and had the strongest template. If Duncan was Coach D's last secret weapon, then would Duncan be a stronger template than Thabeet?!"

Barkley said this expectantly, and Duncan, under Iverson's needle, shouted loudly, resounding throughout the world!
"The more painful it is now, the stronger your future will be!"

Duncan is gritting his teeth!
Looking at Tim, who had turned into Coach D, Popovich's heart was bleeding.

There's no going back, there's no going back...

(End of this chapter)