This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 244 The proud end, Larry Brown takes over the Charlotte Bobcats
Losing the battle of Tianwangshan, for the Charlotte Bobcats, it is one step away from being out.

Endless injuries and accidents continued to take care of this alliance's new army, allowing them to taste the pain of regret.

At the same time, on the other side of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the battle between the Green Kai and the Cavaliers is also in full swing. They have just finished the sixth game and they played [-]-[-]. Although the timeline has been changed, Zhou Lin I still feel that Lukai will finally win the final victory by relying on home court advantage.

The grudge between Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant came to an end in the sixth game.

The younger, stronger Los Angeles Lakers won the series 4-2 after losing a game first.

In this round of the series, the 36-year-old Shaquille O'Neal could not withstand the erosion of the years after all, and was defeated by the 29-year-old Kobe Bryant.

In this round of the series matchup that should not have appeared in history, O'Neal only scored 13.4 points and 6.8 rebounds.

And Kobe Bryant, despite facing Gerald Wallace, one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, still scored 30.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 6.3 assists, worthy of the season's MVP trend.

In another set of duels, the defending champion San Antonio Spurs and the New Orleans Hornets also scored 3-3 and are about to go to New Orleans to play the tiebreaker.

In the early hours of May 2008, 5, American time, a natural disaster struck across the ocean in China.

Just like in history, the Wenchuan Earthquake came suddenly, mercilessly devouring the lives on the earth, and tore apart many families and wives.

Countless news of injuries came across the ocean from the other end of the Internet.

Yao Ming's phone rang.

Yao Ming wants to set up the Yao Foundation to help those affected by the disaster.

Zhou Lin was obliged and decided to donate 100 million US dollars first.

The Charlotte Bobcats also had a phone call with Zhou Lin the next morning, planning to donate money and materials to the Wenchuan disaster area.

On May 5th, during the home game of the Charlotte Bobcats, before the official game of the Charlotte Bobcats, a donation ceremony was held at the home court. Zhou Lin’s ball was specially embroidered with a black band to express his memory of his compatriots .

Before the game, all the players from the Orlando Magic also came over to hug Zhou Lin.

Many things seem too insignificant in the face of the withering and passing of life.

The game will continue, Zhou Lin suppressed his sadness, and started what may be the last game of the season.

All the fans are eagerly looking forward to the Charlotte Bobcats winning the game at home and bringing the suspense back to Orlando.

In the first quarter, the Charlotte Bobcats felt very good. Zhou Lin and Mike Dunleavy scored two three-pointers, leading the team to a 26-20 lead of 6 points. But in the second quarter, Mike Dunleavy Continuous fouls caused the second quarter to basically be spent on the bench. Zhou Lin was obviously a little helpless. Although he still scored 15 points in the half, the Orlando Magic had completely turned the score around.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Capel also tried to let the substitute players try to attack Howard, but today Howard made 3 of his first [-] free throws, which proves that the touch tonight is really good. Capel almost ran out of the last card.

The score in the third quarter was further stretched, reaching as many as 21 points, but Zhou Lin and the Charlotte Bobcats did not choose to give up easily. Relying on tenacious breakthroughs and three-pointers, the score was once pulled Back to about 10 points, but at the critical moment, Lewis made a three-pointer and two free throws, completely killing the suspense in the cradle.

101-86!

At 1 minute and 23 seconds before the end of the game, Zhou Lin was finally replaced, announcing that the Charlotte Bobcats gave up the game and their opponents entered the Eastern Conference finals, waiting for the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. winner.

In this game, Zhou Lin scored 27 points, 5 assists and 7 rebounds, marking a not perfect end to this season, but he can leave with pride.

In the series against the Detroit Pistons, he averaged 26 points, 9 rebounds and 5.8 assists in seven games.

In this round of the series, Zhou Lin averaged 31.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game. Even fans of the Orlando Magic have to admit that Zhou Lin is strong enough.

And now Zhou Lin is just a rookie in the second grade.

"Congratulations on moving forward, I have to admit that you are the better team!"

Zhou Lin was not stingy with his praise.

"I think in the future, we will fight many more times, come on, brother!"

Howard hugged Zhou Lin and patted him on the back and said, "Also, I feel sorry for the suffering that your compatriots are going through."

After G6, Michael Jordan came to the locker room and expressed his encouragement and appreciation to the players who have played for a season.

Next, most of the players will enter a rare offseason.

But for some players, the offseason does not mean absolute rest. Many players will improve themselves and hone various skills during the offseason.

There are also many marginal players on the team who will work hard for the contract. There will be many such players on the Charlotte Bobcats side.

As far as the management is concerned, they will be even busier, and scouts will fly all over the country and even around the world to inspect players.

Drafts, signings, trades, and reinforcements will become the main theme of the offseason for the Charlotte Bobcats.

The 08 draft is not strictly considered a draft year. In addition to Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley, who are now known as the peerless twins, there will also be Westbrook, Kevin Love, Eric Rick Gordon, OJ Mayo some quality players.

Because of entering the playoffs again, the Charlotte Bobcats will not have a particularly high draft pick, but Zhou Lin is still looking forward to the team's success in the draft.

In this draft, there will be many low-ranked but very useful inside players.

Well, there are too many!
The Lopez brothers on the edge of the lottery.

Marris Speights, Roy Hibbert, and JJ Hickson in the middle of the first round can all be considered to be able to play in the NBA for a while.

And the source of happiness is JaVale McGee.

At the back end of the first round, there are Costa Koufos and Serge Ibaka.

Well, the 4th card who can play the 5th/18th position is now predicted to be around 25th. Although the first round pick of the Charlotte Bobcats has not yet come out, it should be similar to last year. It should be between 16-19 In the meantime, it would be best if Ibaka can be selected-but Ibaka slightly overlaps with Okafor!
In the second round, Nikola Pekovic, the great pyrene from Russia, and the emperor's uncle DeAndre Jordan, two insiders who can be used as meat shields and defend, are also very suitable for the Charlotte Bobcats Team lineup?
After all, Zhou Lin can open the eyes of the sky!
But the first big thing the Charlotte Bobcats did in the offseason was not a player trade or draft, but a coaching change!

Although Coach Capel, the interim head coach, is already very good, leading the team to the longest 9-game winning streak in history, and leading the team to the second round of the playoffs, but he Still failed to become a regular, because Jordan found another big boss.

Champion coach Larry Brown!

On the third day after the Charlotte Bobcats were out, Larry Brown reached a contract with the Charlotte Bobcats and became the third head coach in the history of the Charlotte Bobcats.

No matter how you compare, Capel is no match for Larry Brown.

If some young head coach with less seniority comes to the Charlotte Bobcats, maybe Coach Capel will fight for it.

But when Larry Brown came, Capel lost the courage to even fight.

However, his contract with the Bobcats is still there, and he will stay with the Charlotte Bobcats as the chief assistant in the new season.

This is the seventh NBA team coached by Larry Brown.

He has won almost 7 regular-season games with the first seven NBA teams.

Except for the New York Knicks in the 05-06 season, all his teams have made great progress during his tenure.

In the 03-04 season, he personally eliminated the old enemy Los Angeles Lakers and won the championship, making up for one of the shortcomings of his coaching career.

Because Zhou Lin will leave the United States soon and return to China to prepare for the Olympic Games.

So Larry Brown invited Zhou Lin to dinner on the second day after signing the contract.

Accompanied by Capel.

"I am Larry, Larry Brown, young boy, I have watched almost every game of yours, you have such a talent, let me have a full vision for this Bobcats team."

After Larry Brown hugged Zhou Lin, he first praised Zhou Lin's talent.

"Welcome, Master Qiansheng!"

Zhou Lin looked at this relatively 'thin' old man, the 77-year-old Larry Brown looked very energetic, but Zhou Lin didn't like his slightly aggressive eyes. Although his words were very polite, his eyes There is a captivating light in it.

There are not many Qiansheng coaches in the NBA, and I can count them on my fingers.

Crazy inventor Nelson Sr., Guardian of Salt Lake City Jerry Sloan, Zen master Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich...

It seems that every coach whose name is spoken will be crowned with respect for greatness, but Larry Brown needs to use words like 'awe'.

This is a very dual-faced coach. It has to be admitted that he is a great coach and a coach who can lead the team to win more games, but his temper is definitely not as gentle as his current appearance.

After leaving the New York Knicks, Larry Brown got some stains that should not have appeared on the coach Qiansheng.

This is a bad-tempered, even tyrannical head coach.

Nate Robinson in his rookie year once shed tears when he couldn't stand Larry Brown's violent temper and insults, but Larry Brown never restrained his temper. He might even insult some players he didn't like in public.

After leaving New York, he was accused by many players.

Because in the team, what he dislikes the most is the rookie player, even the grave of a rookie!

Although the Pistons won the championship in the 03-04 season.

Darko Milicic, the second place in the 03 Platinum Generation, was also the first player in the 03 Generation to win the championship.

But compared to other stars, among the top five picks, LeBron James is the first, Carmelo Anthony is the third, Chris Bosh is the fourth, and Dwyane Wade is the fifth. He's a Hall of Fame player.

Milicic is a complete 'loser'.

The former Serbian basketball genius left basketball at the age of 28.

Let's look at the data.

03-04赛季，达科.米利西奇的菜鸟赛季，他的场均出场时间只有4.7分钟；04-05赛季，达科-米利西奇场均出场时间不过6.9分钟。

When the rookies who entered the league in the same year had quickly grown into the absolute core of the team, Larry Brown was unwilling to give the second place Milicic more opportunities to prove himself and put him on the bench.

For inquiries from the outside world, he always uses blunt rhetoric such as "this big man is not yet qualified to integrate into the team's rotation system" for a century, but more of it is due to prejudice and arrogance.

Larry Brown's domineering and stubbornness made him not try to realize the importance of encouragement and teaching for the growth of a rookie.

In other words, during the most critical two years of building confidence, what Darko Milicic received was not the guidance and training from the coach, but shouting and hiding. One of the reasons for his patience and enthusiasm.

In the 2005 Finals, after the Pistons lost to the Spurs in seven games, Larry Brown was fired because of his personality and communication skills.

Until that moment, Chauncey Billups could express his endless regrets to the media for Darko Milicic without any scruples: "This kid has unparalleled talent, and he is omnipotent on the court. But La Ray Brown had his ego shattered and Darko never recovered from it with his gruff attitude. His heart was torn apart and he may never get back on his feet."

Chauncey Billups' sentiments came true.

In 2006, Darko Milicic left the Pistons to join the Magic, and then moved to the Grizzlies, Knicks, and Timberwolves. In history, he bid farewell to the NBA after playing one game for the Celtics in 2013.

Darko Milicic did not realize his proud talent.

There was also a lot of disputes with the unruly Iverson when he was in the 76ers.

In other words, Larry Brown's desire for control has not been satisfied.

There is also the Athens Olympic Games, which only won No.3 in the end. In the 03 class, James, Anthony, and Wade were pressed on the bench for a long time. It can also be seen that this coach is not so friendly to newcomers.

In fact, Larry Brown's reputation is not good, but it is undeniable that he is very capable.

If according to Zhou Lin's wishes, Zhou Lin would prefer the conscientious Capel as the head coach.

But at this moment, it is obviously a done deal, and the decision made by the management cannot be shaken by himself. What's more, even Capel himself took the initiative to accompany Larry Brown here. It can be seen that Capel himself feels that he can't compare Larry Brown, why bother to offend the new coach?

Of course, Zhou Lin also hoped that those rumors were all speculative.

Or Larry. Brown has begun to change himself.

Having a meal with Larry Brown, the two got along fairly well, discussing the formation of the next team and how to work hard in the new season.

However, when Zhou Lin wanted to give Larry Brown some advice on the draft and rookies, Larry Brown skipped it directly. Quickly promoted to the championship level...

On one side, Capel could only show an embarrassed smile.

(End of this chapter)