"Ding, your player Covington successfully learned the skill Death Coil (gold) from Antetokounmpo, and the activated training plan has been issued, please check it."

"Ding, your player McAway has successfully learned the skill Death Coil (gold) from Antetokounmpo, and the activated training plan has been distributed. Please check it."

"Ding, do you want to give Yao Ming the key shooter skill (purple)?"

Du Kang frowned.

Still choose No.

"Du, are you okay?"

Seeing Du Kang suddenly frowning, Ham next to him was a little worried.

Isn't it because the team lost a big score to the Rockets at home last night?

On February 19, the Lakers sat at home to face their first opponent after the All-Star Weekend, the Western Conference playoff rival Rockets.

Before the start of this game, the Rockets' record was 36 wins and 17 losses, and the Lakers' record was 32 wins and 21 losses.

Before the game, the Rockets ranked fifth in the Western Conference and the Lakers ranked eighth in the Western Conference.

Because the Lakers rested four All-Star players, Kobe, Olajuwon, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, they lost 108 to 134 at home.

After the game, the Lakers' record became 32 wins and 22 losses. They were surpassed by the Grizzlies, who defeated the Clippers at home on the same day, and fell from eighth in the Western Conference to ninth in the Western Conference.

This is the first time the Lakers have fallen out of the playoff area.

For a time, the pressure on the entire Los Angeles became extremely huge.

As the acting head coach of the Lakers, Clifford is under particularly great pressure.

As for Du Kang, the real head coach of the team, he is naturally under a lot of pressure.

If it weren't for the crazy performances of team stars such as Kobe, Maizi and Olajuwon in the All-Star Game, the Lakers would not be in such a predicament.

As the head coach of the All-Star Game at the time, Coach D did not stop this.

From an ideal perspective, Coach D is great.

From the perspective of interests, especially from the perspective of the interests of the Lakers head coach, Coach D failed miserably.

Now the Lakers have fallen out of the playoff area.

It will take at least ten days for Kobe and Olajuwon to return.

Maizi won’t be back until the next game.

The competition for the playoffs in the Western Conference is so fierce now. When Kobe and the others come back, what will the Lakers' record be like...

It’s simply unimaginable.

But the only good news is that Yao Ming will be back when he plays the Celtics at home in the next game.

"Du, are you really not ready to intervene in the team now?"

Ham knew that Clifford was under tremendous pressure right now, but thinking of the Lakers' current crisis, Ham still reminded him.

"The loss to the Rockets is not Steve's responsibility. He did nothing wrong. Moreover, we cannot leave our destiny in the hands of others."

Du Kang shook his head.

Of course Du Kang understood what Ham meant. After the Lakers fell out of the playoffs, the league supervisor who supervised Du Kang returned to New York for business again.

Well, Du Kang can sit behind the coaching bench and direct the game again.

The New York Knicks' methods can be described as blatant.

The New York Knicks want to control the Lakers' destiny.

Phil Jackson wants to control Coach D’s destiny!

The best Lakers are the Lakers who are ranked eighth in the Western Conference. They help the New York Knicks completely muddy the water in the Western Conference and make the already cruel Western Conference even more cruel.

Therefore, the Knicks will never allow the Lakers to rank in the top five, and they will never allow the Lakers to fall out of the top eight.

Now the situation is stronger than the people, and everyone within the Lakers actually hopes that Du Kang will immediately step in to command the team.

Except for Jim Shu, it depends entirely on Du Kang’s wishes and will not put any pressure on Du Kang.

Everyone else is putting pressure on Du Kang.

Aunt Jenny is even more crazy, constantly exaggerating the current crisis of the Lakers in tabloids.

"Darwin, please give these two training plans to McAway and Covington." Kanshu La

Looking at the training plan in his hand, Ham was stunned.

Now that the league director has returned to New York, Du can actually go to the team's training ground.

But Du still didn't go back...

Du's choice is already very obvious.

Now, he still has no intention of getting involved in the team.

Thinking of this, Ham was really moved.

Now that Du is involved in the team, Clifford will be hurt the most.

In fact, counting starts from Du’s suspension.

Du seems to have always been like this.

Regardless of whether Nash led the team in the beginning, they couldn't win a game.

Or he led the team to lose all the time.

Now Clifford is leading the team.

Dudu did not intervene in the team when they lost.

Except for that away game against the Rockets, when Nash refused to take the initiative, Du has always respected them.

Du also knows very well how big a blow his intervention will have on their establishment of prestige in the team.

"Du, you are the best boss!"

After Ham finished speaking seriously, he took the training plan in his hand and left Du Kang's office.

Looking at Ham's back, Du Kang smiled.

The Lakers' record is indeed very dangerous now.

But Du Kang always felt that with Clifford's ability, he really wouldn't lead the Lakers out of the playoffs.

Maybe his judgment was wrong.

But he is willing to take all responsibility for his wrong judgment.

When Clifford accepted his request to coach the Lakers, Du Kang promised to support him forever.

It makes no sense, just after falling out of the playoff area, you can't wait to join the team.

There are still dozens of games left in his suspension.

Clifford's growth is very important to the Lakers' performance in the playoffs.

Now everyone is saying that the New York Knicks are using the Lakers as a knife, but what if, in the Western Conference playoffs, the Knicks change their mind? Or simply don’t think so, what should they do?

Even if Du Kang can give advice in the playoffs, this advice still needs to be implemented by Clifford.

No matter how detailed Zhuge Liang's plan is, there is nothing he can do when he encounters Ma Di.

Du Kang hopes Clifford can adapt to such pressure.

Compared with the pressure of the playoffs, this kind of pressure is actually nothing at all.

"Now I should concentrate on cultivating the young players of the team."

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Du Kang smiled.

Now he still has some chips in hand, and there are still a lot of them.

The purple skill Key Marksman rewarded by Reggie Miller's personal mission.

An intensive training camp for the whole team.

2 purple attribute potential cards.

There are also 2 purple glory points, which are prepared for Yao Ming. Use three to buy a golden dream card for Yao Ming to change Yao Ming's character and develop an advanced character for Yao Ming.

It doesn’t matter when the team’s intensive training camp is held, there’s nothing to worry about.

The remaining two resources are a bit confusing.

For a purple-level key shooter, the Lakers have no suitable candidate.

There is no need for veterans. Among the young players, McAway and Antetokounmpo have shooting problems, and Covington and Canaan are role players.

In the end, Du Kang could only choose among Oden, Ebanks, Yao Ming and Roy.

Roy's key shooter is golden, which is actually very useful. Let's rule it out first.
To be continued...