I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 110 A Story of 105 Men and 3 Women (Part [-])

After today's practice, Dunleavy asked Ricky Davis to stay and said he wanted to talk to him.

Ricky Davis had no intention of leaving the training center. He planned to stay and continue to practice to improve his shooting accuracy.

Seeing that Dunleavy wanted to chat with him, Davis put on his sports coat and followed Lao Deng to the coach's office.

The relationship between Ricky Davis and Lao Deng has always been not salty, and even a bit stiff with each other, because Ricky feels that he cannot be reused by Dunleavy.

In the 2007-2008 season, before Davis was traded to the Clippers, he averaged 13.6 points per game in the Timberwolves.

After being traded to the Clippers, Davis' scoring plummeted, dropping to an average of 6.4 points per game.

His data this season is even worse, averaging only 4.5 points per game, and he is close to the edge of the end of the bench.

Davis believes that on the one hand, he was affected by injuries, and his state is indeed not as good as before.

On the other hand, he felt that Dunleavy would not use him and always wanted to use him as a small forward.

Davis' playing style is a standard shooting guard. He needs to hold the ball, break through, and play singles.

Instead of standing in the corner, running around, waiting for his teammates to pass the ball, he makes a shot, and then puts his energy on defense.

To put it bluntly, he is the boss of the team, but his ability has long been unable to support the status of the boss.

The heart is higher than the sky, and the ability is not enough. There are too many players like this in the NBA.

Dunleavy has also seen a lot. If he wants to survive, he must pinch himself into what the environment needs.

You want to grow with your own mind, either your ability reaches the top of the pyramid, or you go to a lower league to be Jordan.

Dunleavy feels that with Davis' ability and style of play, it's better to go to the lower leagues and be Jordan.

European League, Chinese League, or NBDL or something, that's the right place for him.

Calling Davis to the office, Dunleavy looked at the unshaven black man and said, "Ricky, do you have any plans for your future?"

Davis found a stool and sat down by himself, and said, "What else can I plan, play well."

Dunleavy said: "Do you think you still have the ability to play well? Your performance this month is not very good."

As he said that, Dunleavy showed Davis the statistics of the November game. Davis still had points, assists, and rebounds.

But his advanced statistics are terrible, and the team's defensive and offensive efficiency have declined when he is on the court.

To put it simply, Davis is now the team's cancer, but Randolph has a high victory contribution value.

"Mr. Smart came over and said, can you increase the playing time of Ricky Davis? After all, he has a salary of more than 200 million, and it is not good to always sit on the bench. I said, his current state and performance, You put him on the coach and you probably bench yourself. What do you think, Ricky?"

Dunleavy wanted to use such words to anger Davis and make Davis turn his face, so that Dunleavy had a reason not to use him.

Even if Min Congda asked, Dunleavy could explain that Davis himself didn't want to perform well.

With Davis' personality, he would like to see him put forward a trade application, or not come at all, and let the team buy out.

After all, Deng Lewei is an old coach of the league. If Min Congda doesn't put pressure on his record and let him play freely, he will be completely obedient if he gets on the bench more?

Dunleavy is not a puppet. He has his own ideas and coaching philosophy, and he will not follow Min Congda completely.

Just like in some units, the leaders ask their subordinates to do things, but it is impossible for subordinates with some ability to execute 100% perfectly without discount, and they must have their own little calculations.

Those who are capable and have crooked thoughts will go against the leader.

The ability is small, there is nothing wrong with it, stealing and cheating are discounted.

Those who want to implement 100% without discount are incapable people.

And those who are incompetent can't do anything.

Dunleavy is not too capable, and he doesn't want to confront him, but he is not completely obedient.

Ricky Davis listened to Dunleavy's words, looked at the form in his hand, clenched his fists, and said, "Then...Coach Dunleavy, what do you think I should do? How can I perform better, and do it for the team. contribute?"

Dunleavy wanted to meet Davis' bad temper, but he didn't expect this guy to give in?

It's unbelievable, what's going on, I've always been arrogant on weekdays, and I thought James was here to assist my man.

Now I even lowered my head and asked the coach, what can I do to contribute to the team?

Dunleavy rubbed his nose. He had to think about how to deal with it. Doesn't this guy play his cards according to the rules?

"You...you start with defense first. You have to do extra defensive training every day for two weeks, and I will consider increasing your playing time."

Ricky Davis' defense has always been a short board, but this year he is 31 years old, let him start practicing defense again?

His body, his consciousness, and his technical foundation were basically finalized 10 years ago, so how can he practice.

At most, practice the defensive attitude and get back the state a little bit, that's all.

But Davis nodded vigorously, and he actually agreed.

"Good coach, starting from tomorrow, I will practice defense every day after training... No, there is no need to start tomorrow, just start today. I will go to training right away."

After speaking, Davis got up from the bench, returned to the court, and went to practice lateral movement and sliding.

Dunleavy came out of the office and was surprised to see Davis practice basic skills on the court like a high school student.

"What's the situation? Why has he become so obedient? Is he really enlightened?"

Dunleavy suddenly thought of Zach Randolph.

Randolph's recent performance is equally gratifying.

Dun Levy didn't like this fat black man very much before.

In terms of ability, he is not much worse than Brand.

In terms of physical fitness and talent, Randolph is even better than Brand.

But in terms of character and background, Randolph and Brand are very different.

What is Brand's origin?
Mr. Basketball in New York State in high school, graduated from the prestigious Duke University, NCAA Player of the Year, All-American First Team, John Wooden Award winner, No. 1999 pick in the [-] draft, and Rookie of the Season.Whether on or off the court, he is a reliable top power forward, a true captain, and Dunleavy will never worry about it.

The Clippers in the 2005-2006 season is a fond memory of Dunleavy's coaching career. The team was really great that year.

It's just that the sudden turnaround and Brand's departure made Dunleavy heartbroken. He still had ambitions.

Look at Randolph again. In high school, he missed an entire season because of gun theft. Although he and the team reached the semi-finals in college, his personal honor is empty-handed and he has nothing. Entering the NBA is even more troublesome.

Randolph got himself into nightclub beating trouble before the start of the season.

But after that one time, Randolph seemed to be a different person, becoming mature and reliable.

Even after renewing his contract early, he still played conscientiously, changing his appearance on and off the court.

"It's really strange, does Smart really have any magic power?"

Dunleavy couldn't figure it out and was about to leave. When he passed by the gym, he saw Randolph doing strength training inside.

"Xie Te, Smart... Maybe he really has magical powers... He seems to have a special affinity with these bastards. Is he Song Jiang?"

Not to mention, Deng Levy is quite knowledgeable. He has read the English version of Outlaws of the Marsh, the story of 105 men and 3 women.

(End of this chapter)