D'Antoni's dismissal was reasonable and unexpected.

Many people, especially loyal fans of the Lakers, believe that D'Antoni should have been out of here, especially when the team's poor record in November came out, the call for this was even higher.

How bad is the Lakers' record? You can take a look at it briefly. After playing the Spurs, they encountered the Hawks, Timberwolves, Pelicans, Grizzlies, Pistons at home in turn, and played the Mavericks, Rockets, Pelicans, and Nuggets away. After playing the Pistons on the 18th, they encountered four consecutive days of no games that were rare in 10 years. They all rested from the 19th to the 22nd, and they only played a game with the Golden State Warriors at home on the 23rd, the day before D'Antoni was dismissed.

In 9 games, there were only two back-to-back, but among the three teams they encountered in these four games, only the Rockets were considered strong teams. After the Rockets, the No. 8 played against the Pelicans, the No. 9 played against the Pelicans, all away games, the No. 13 played against the Pelicans, and the No. 14 played against the Nuggets away games.

A group of young people, the Pelicans, with last year's No. 1 pick Anthony Davis as the core, can't be said to be a strong team, they even hyped up the head coach of the year and the best general manager, and even the team's only star Iguodala was sent away. The Nuggets who completely knocked down and rebuilt cannot be said to be stronger than the Lakers, but what happened? They lost all four games, and the Purple and Gold Army did not even win a single game.

Except for the Warriors, the schedule is not intensive in 21 days, no matter what, but what are the results? Three wins and six losses, put aside the four back-to-back, five games, the Lakers won three wins and two losses, and the three teams won were the Timberwolves, Pistons, and Mavericks. What kind of team are these? Except for the Pistons that have won this summer, they are actually unreliable wave-going king Brandon? Jennings, the Timberwolves lost Kirirenko, and the Mavericks have no decent stars except Nowitzki. Can such a victory be a real victory?

D'Antoni was fired this time, and he had nothing to say, because no matter Xiao Han, Kobe, or even Nash, who was openly opposed to him, had never dragged him down during these twenty days. Instead, it can be said that he followed his wishes and everyone made changes.

Xiao Han did not hide anything at all and used all his abilities. Whether it was assists or scores, it can be said that all reached a career high. In 9 games, he averaged 37 points and 15 assists per game, which was terrifying to the point where he was shocking. As D'Antoni wished, Kobe also turned into a pure pitcher, which was in line with his needs for transformation after injury, so Kobe had no resistance. Although the average score was a little less, only 25 points, it did not drop much compared to before he was injured, and he could barely be satisfied. The most important thing is that Kobe firmly believed that after his transformation was successful, he would be able to return to his previous state.

Xiao Han scored a lot, and Kobe was not jealous, because the past 20 days used the style of attacking D'Antoni advocated in 7 seconds or even shorter. In this way, Xiao Han took advantage of his speed and got more opportunities to play mobile phones than others. In addition, he had a high shooting rate, so it was natural to have a high score.

If you want to talk about sacrifice, it is Nash. Among Xiao Han's 15 assists, 5 to 6 times were given to Kobe in each game, and 4 to 5 times were given to Gasol and Kaman, and the rest was given to him. Although the above is just the average, sometimes Nash can get more opportunities, but it can be seen from his average of only 7 shots per game that he has gotten much less opportunities.

This is actually equivalent to limiting Nash's role to a very low level. Although Xiao Han is now better than him in all aspects and he doesn't need him to help with passing the ball, if he only uses Nash as a pitcher, it would be burying his talent. It would be better to let him take the substitute lineup to play. With Nash's height, it is not suitable to make him a pitcher. He is easily disturbed by the opponent. His two old legs can't run without a pick-and-roll.

Who will let Nash pick-and-roll? Gasol or Kaman? It is obviously not realistic. Let alone the movement speed of the two is not very good. Even if they have this ability, they are still waiting to cooperate with Xiao Han. Besides, Nash has too few opportunities, and the two inside players who are not worthy of being moved their tired legs.

But no matter what, Nash seized the open plan, scored 4 goals in 7 shots, averaged 10 points per game, and also received 3 assists. With Clara, who has few ball rights in his hand, this kick is amazing, but even so, what can it be?

In these 9 games, the Lakers averaged more than 100 points per game, which shows that Xiao Han has sorted out the team's offense very well. He can still break 100 when the substitute lineup is extremely weak, which is very difficult, but why are their record still so miserable?

The reason is very simple, defense is not good.

If a team can make young players like the Pelicans score 120 points above their heads, without overtime, just a regular four-quarter time, then what else can they say after they lose?

So when Kupchek talked to him again, D'Antoni had no excuse at all. The Lakers' general manager did not be polite to him this time and told him directly that the Lakers had defeated them once this season in the next game. If even the Warriors can't beat them, the team can only apologize to him.

D'Antoni was under great pressure and was in a heavy mood, so he had a deep conversation with Nash before the game. When the old man who was really good to him was almost crying in front of him, Nash was shaken. He promised D'Antoni that he would play a game in the Suns mode and promised to do his teammates' work in person.

Of course, you have to do it, but that is the last little respect for D'Antoni. This man, he has vainly praised the title of a famous coach, but in fact he is just a coward who dares not admit defeat. What he is worried about is not what will happen if his actions cannot help the team, but what will people think of him once he admits that the idea that pure offense and defense can also win is a big mistake.

Sad, ridiculous, and pitiful. From the moment he agreed to D'Antoni's request, Nash had no feelings for him again.

Xiao Han agreed to what Nash asked him to do and ambushed him to be a shooter. Kobe now hated D'Antoni. He did not agree to Nash's request and firmly expressed that he would only be himself.

To D'Antoni, Kobe's attitude doesn't matter. Now, as long as he can catch a life-saving straw, Xiao Han promised to help him, he was overjoyed.

A coach who once loved Kobe very much made this trust turn into disgust in just one year, but D'Antoni was not at all conscious, which made people sigh, how could such a person be a good head coach?

It’s not that D’Antoni can still maintain tolerance for Kobe at this time, but that he knows that superstars like Kobe who can break through and shoot are indispensable in his tactical system. As long as Kobe can play well, it will be a guarantee of victory for him. The biggest reason is that he dare not anger Kobe in this matter.

Xiao Han had no longer concealed his contempt for D'Antoni. In order to make the old man wake up, he went to find Gasol in person and asked him to pull him outside to play. Gasol also agreed. The expressions of both of them were very strange when they broke up, especially Gasol, with a strange relaxation on his face.

In this game, the Lakers lost a crushing defeat. Kobe did show his past playing style, but I don’t know what happened. This day happened to be his iron-smashing day, and Gasol also put 5 three-pointers outside, but no one of them scored.

It wasn't everyone who discussed who to destroy the platform - although D'Antoni would definitely think so, Gasol didn't know how to shoot three-pointers, and Kobe always missed iron from time to time. This is normal, especially Gasol's affairs, which was completely expected before the game.

No matter how hard you try, it is impossible to succeed. Unfortunately, D'Antoni never realized that this is a mistake in his entire life.
Chapter completed!