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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' memorial service, Kobe cried like a tearful man, crying more sadly than several other young Busses.

At the very least, although Aunt Jenny was crying crazily and wiping away 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’ will was exposed, and Du Kang’s 10-year contract extension with 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?

How much does a contract weigh?

Before this, he was already at the center of a storm of public opinion in the United States, and he was already the focus of envy, jealousy, and hatred. 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!

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It’s hard to say whether the Washington Post’s report is bad or bad. It should be neutral.

While amazed and shocked, it pointed out the pressure Du Kang felt after accepting this gift.

This is actually not unfounded or alarmist.

At Jerry Buss's memorial service, the Lakers stars looked at him with something obviously wrong.

When Magic received a gift from Jerry Buss, it 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 theory has never been confirmed.

Because most people didn't believe that magicians 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, the magician really paid for it.

Although this explanation is hard to believe at first glance, it at least explains that as the first player in the history of the Lakers, there is nothing wrong with buying team 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 for 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, your mouth is also your own. 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 a perfect fit 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 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 entire process, which is actually correct.

Du Kang has indeed not even won the Coach of the Month award.

Therefore, Mayfair Jackson went crazy with jealousy.

When Buss 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 donated in the form of trust.

In other words, as Aunt Jenny's husband, Phil Jackson, he won'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!

Didn't you just kill Jerry West with Jenny?

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 divorced.

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.

In fact, 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 the gift from Jerry Buss, 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 absolutely cannot fail, Du Kang cannot 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 a treasure.

"Du, it's not like there aren't players like this, it's just..."

"Just?"

Du Kang looked at Clifford in confusion.

"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.
To be continued...