NBA Story Club: Divac s "Moonlight Box" wish, if you can go back to the past, you will choose Doncic at all costs

The European Cup for the men's basketball team is in full swing. In the past, Divac, as the most well-known European basketball player, will definitely watch the game in person, but this time he can only lie on the hospital bed to watch, because in June this year he was riding a motorcycle in Montenegro, causing a hip fracture and his injury is very serious. He is currently receiving treatment at the Lisang Town Hospital in Heishan.

Just last month, the American media NBA memes released a group photo of the NBA 2018 draft. In the picture, Bagley III, Ayton, Trae Young and Doncic were among the NBA president Xiao Hua, with the caption of the picture: "Is it stupid? The Kings chose Bagley III instead of Doncic and Trae Young." Divac saw this news and was mixed in his hospital bed. In addition to the pain caused by hip injury, he was even more distressed, because it was him who made this bad decision.

Whenever Doncic performs a magical performance in the Slovenian national team and the NBA, Divac's heart is bleeding. It's like a girl who once took off her clothes and waited for you in bed, but you chose to go home to play King of Glory. Many years later, this girl became a female star that thousands of people pursued. This feeling of regret that I realized afterwards will last forever. Divac wanted to have a Doraemon time machine or the Moonlight Box of Supreme Treasure, which could go back to the past and go back to the summer of 2018. This time he would definitely choose Doncic at all costs.

But just like the lines of Van Debiao's failure to stew the beans in the TV series "Ma Dashuai Ma" that caused students to be unable to ask: "Time - can you go backwards? I ask you time - can you go backwards? Ah?" Time will never go back, and the past can only be recalled. Today, we will reminisce about the most failed draft choice in NBA history from Divac's first-person perspective.

My name is Vlad Divac. I am one of the most well-known basketball players in the former Yugoslavia. I led the Yugoslavia men's basketball team to win the gold medal in the World Championships and the silver medal in the Olympics. In 1989, I was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Lakers, thus becoming one of the first European basketball players to join the NBA. Later, I exchanged Kobe for the Los Angeles Lakers in a famous deal, and then played the peak performance of my career with the Sacramento Kings.

After retiring, I did not stay away from basketball, but served as an executive in Serbia and Real Madrid basketball teams in Spain. In 2009, I decided to go into politics. As the most successful basketball player in Serbia, I was successfully elected as the chairman of the Serbian Olympic Committee based on my reputation and worked for 8 years. But in 2014, I was criticized at home for failing to prevent Kosovo (from Serbia independent from Serbia in 2008). Some things are not something I can control, because I feel a little discouraged by Serbia's work.

In 2014, as a meritorious player of the Sacramento Kings, I was invited to the United States to attend a banquet for the Kings' new boss Rana Dave. Rana Dave is an Indian rich man who made a lot of money in Silicon Valley with computer software in the United States. At the same time, he invested in the NBA Golden State Warriors, but he made a big profit. Since then, he has developed a strong interest in investing in basketball. In May 2013, he joined hands with two partners to acquire 65% of the Kings' shares for US$348 million, thus becoming the new boss of the Kings. By the way, he has a daughter, An Jiali, who also likes basketball very much, is cheerful and lively, and is very likable.

At this banquet, I had a great chat with Ranadave. I told him about my unhappiness in the Serbian sports department. As a new NBA boss, Ranadave had no experience in team management. He urgently needed relevant talents to help manage the team. I am an NBA Hall of Fame player, a legend in the history of the Sacramento Kings, a retired No. 21 jersey, a professional NBA athlete, familiar with everything about NBA operations, and is as close as a father and son with Lakers general manager Kupchek, and has rich experience in basketball management. It is simply a tailor-made executive candidate for Ranadave.

Ranadave sent me the most sincere invitation. He wanted to replicate the successful model of Silicon Valley big brother Joe Racob in the Golden State Warriors. He asked me to be the general manager of the Sacramento Kings. In addition to the high salary, he also promised that everything was final. This job was a hundred times better than the insulting and accusations he had worked hard in the Serbian sports department. The most important thing was to have a big boss who valued himself so much.

In March 2015, the Kings only played a bad season of 29 wins and 53 losses under the leadership of Coach Mike Malone. Boss Ranadave could not bear it. He asked me to take office immediately. Then I quickly took office as the general manager of the Sacramento Kings.

Soon I started to establish my authority. The Kings' former general manager Pete Dali Sandro quit tactfully. The first job before me was the 2015 draft. We won the 6th pick. I hope to use this lottery to select an excellent combat force to get a good start for my management work.

Before the draft, the team's head coach George Carl and several veterans came to me. They proposed to trade Cousins ​​as a thorn-headed player. I asked the boss for his opinion. The boss was also open to trading Cousins, which forced me to plan to consider the inside cornerstone of the team after Cousins ​​left.

I have a close relationship with Kalipari, the head coach of the University of Kentucky men's basketball team. I am ready to have the opportunity to poach him as the head coach of the Kings. In terms of the draft, I also have a very good opinion of Kalipari. He recommended the team player Willie Cowley Stan to me. After testing, I highly recognize the player's athletic ability and physical talent. Later, we chose him with the 6th pick. Now he plays in the Chinese CBA League..

The boss Ranadave looked at the two brothers' passionate performance and asked me to give an explanation angrily. I stuttered, "Can time go backwards? I asked you, time go backwards? Ah?" The next day I submitted my resignation report and everything was over.

Then in recent years, Doncic was getting better and better, while Bagley was getting worse and worse. The King's management still carried out various incredible transactions, but the negative impact was far less than that of my mistakes when I missed Doncic. Later, I finally understood in tears that some people, once they missed, would spend their whole lives paying off their debts.