Drexler's injury caused Petrie to be criticized by many Kings fans.

They were not optimistic about this deal at first. Now, Drexler had just finished a game and suffered an injury that had to recuperate for more than a month, which would definitely damage the king's strength.

The defending champion will not dismantle the lineup, which is the consensus of all champion teams.

Of course, the accusations of fans will not have any impact on Pitrie, but will only damage Pitrie's face.

Davidson was too lazy to follow the crowd and blamed Pitrie because he knew that Pitrie would be getting more and more sad.

It is very likely that he can't work as the position of King General Manager for too long.

...

In the next few games, although Drexler is missing, it is not a big problem. After all, there is still a Christie on the bench who can replace Drexler, and the effect of the replacement is quite good.

Nash will also be mentioned to the second position by Davidson from time to time, allowing Kassel to play the team's main control.

The Kings started to maintain a winning streak again, but this winning streak is definitely not as easy as before. As Barkley is one year older, it is already a bit difficult on the court.

If it were a positional war, Barkley would be fine. Now he was playing fast attack, so Barkley could only grit his teeth and persevere.

...

In mid-November, Davidson received a call.

It's no one else, it's Gong Luming, the head coach of the men's basketball team who led the Chinese men's basketball team to the Olympics before.

Davidson was naturally impressed by this coach.

When it comes to the coaching group of Chinese basketball, Davidson feels that Gong Luming may be the strongest one.

From 1991 to 1995, he had been assisting Jiang Xingquan. The men's basketball team had no such thing as assistant coach at that time, but Gong Luming's nature at that time was almost the same as assistant coach.

In recent years, I have won three Asian Championships and eighth place in the World Championships.

Then in the next 1996, Gong Luming became the head coach of the men's basketball team and led the team to score fourth in the Olympics.

Of course, if the bus had not evolved, the results would definitely not be so outstanding.

Under normal circumstances, it is the eighth place.

It means that in the past two years, the men's basketball team has scored eighth twice in international competitions, all of which are historically good results.

Gong Luming is indispensable in these two good results.

...

The other party called Davidson, meaning he wanted to lead the men's basketball player to Saramento to learn more and prepare for the next 1998 World Championships.

Davidson naturally nodded and agreed, it was not something that made him embarrassed.

Besides, he also wants to get in touch with these male basketball players.

Davidson was quite impressed by the young man named Dazhi that Gong Luming introduced last time.

He performed quite well in the Olympics. In any case, Davidson's opinion, this is definitely a good seedling to become a bound player.

...

Two days later, Davidson took the bus and others to pick up the men's basketball team and his group at the airport.

Gong Luming led the team, and almost all the members of the men's basketball team came this time.

Being able to observe the daily training of NBA players at the closest distance is definitely a good opportunity for men's basketball members to improve themselves.

Moreover, the players they are observing are the champions of last season, which means even greater.

So even though the CBA league was playing, the men's basketball members took leave and joined the trip to the United States.

The CBA teams are also very cooperative, after all, they also think that their players can become stronger.

...

When Davidson saw the men's basketball team again, he felt extremely friendly.

"Hello, Coach Dai." The group said hello to Davidson one after another.

Davidson also greeted everyone with a smile, and finally his eyes remained on Dazhi.

A year has passed, and Dazhi looks a little mature, but his body still looks thin.

"Dazhi, you have to practice your body well, otherwise you will easily get injured after entering the NBA." Davidson joked at Dazhi.

Dazhi's face was full of smiles. This was not the first time Davidson said that he could enter the NBA.

It can be said that being able to play in NBA is the dream of 99% of professional basketball players.

Money, glory, fame, and self-improvement, there are everything professional players need in NBA.

Dazhi is naturally no exception.

...

Davidson and his group found a French restaurant and asked everyone to have a meal of foreign meat.

Chinese people have the habit of talking during meals, and this time is no exception.

Gong Luming sat next to Davidson and whispered: "Coach Dai, do you think the next NBA draft will be the 1998 draft. Can Dazhi participate in the DJI?"

Although Gong Luming's voice was low, the scene still made the scene quiet. Dazhi opened his eyes wide and looked at Davidson.

"How old is Dazhi this year?" Davidson asked.

The next 1998 draft will be completely different from 1995.

There are no rules in 1995, but in 1998, there are still requirements for foreign players.

"If you were born in July 1977, you will definitely be 19 years old by June 1998." Gong Luming said with a smile.

Obviously Gong Luming also knew the rules of the draft and knew that if he was not nineteen years old, he would not be able to participate in the draft.

Davidson nodded. If you are old enough, there will definitely be no problem.

However, it would be very difficult to be selected by a high ranking.

"You can run for election, but the draft pick is probably not very high, so you need to be prepared for this." Davidson said with a frown.

"That's okay. Isn't the bus's ranking not high? This ranking can only determine the starting point. Whether it can be played depends on your personal ability. I believe Dazhi can definitely play it." Gong Luming was obviously quite confident in Dazhi.

Davidson nodded, Gong Luming said nothing wrong with this, and the draft pick can only determine the starting point for a player.

Sometimes the starting point is too high, and it may not be a good thing.

If the starting point is too high, the hopes of being placed will naturally be high. Once the expectations are not met, the players' mentality will definitely be affected.

"Yes, this is very insightful, so let's run for the election."

"But I remember Dazhi should also be playing in the professional league now? Can his team let people go?" Davidson asked again.

"Don't worry about this coach. The basket manager has now been treated as a bus. With the bus, we almost won the medal. What if there were two buses? Maybe we could really get the trophy. Not to mention the gold medal, at least there is hope for bronze or silver medals..."

"Since Coach Dai thinks he can run for the election, the basketball manager will definitely notify the Bayi team. It is not enough not to let go. In the face of national interests, what is the team's interests?" Gong Luming said with a smile.

Davidson nodded, and he also clearly understood the current situation of basketball in China from Gong Luming's words.

Because the bus played in the NBA, the strength comparison was not in the NBA, and the improvement was greatly improved, and it helped the men's basketball team achieve the best results in history.

So now the basketball coach is not at all contrary to domestic players coming to the United States to play. After all, there is already a bus. If there are two buses, the men's basketball team can really win a precious medal, let alone.

The medals of the three major balls are too valuable.

Even if you have two gold medals in other events, as long as you can get the medals of three major goals, it is absolutely cost-effective.
Chapter completed!