As the hottest supernova in the NBA today, Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks can be said to have earned enough eyeballs, and the Lone Rangers can quickly complete the reconstruction of the "post-Nosotian era", indeed thanks to Doncic's joining, if it is not him, the current leader of the Lone Rangers, it is estimated that he is still the little Dennis Smith of the nerve knife attribute.
Watching Doncic become a popular rising star, did the Sun regret it?
Looking at Doncic now shining in the lone ranger, the most mixed feeling in his heart is probably the sun, although in the past two years under Paul's planning, the sun has finally ushered in the day of turnaround, but in fact, if they had picked up Doncic in the draft, the team may have ushered in the improvement earlier. Back on May 4, 18, when the Suns hired Jazz assistant coach Igor Koshkov as the team's new manager, he became the first European head coach in NBA history at that time, the coach from Serbia, who led Slovenia to the European Championship in 17 years.
Donchici had recommended that the Sun sign the beloved apprentice with the champion, but it was contrary to the boss's idea
After just becoming the coach of the Suns, Kokoshkov also suggested that the Suns with the first sign in his hand picked the "European Golden Boy" Doncic from Slovenia at the 18th NBA Draft, but unfortunately, he did not have much say when he first arrived, and the boss Savo insisted on using this title to strengthen the team's most lacking interior line, so as to use the first title in his team history to take off Ayton from the University of Arizona, and did not become doncic. He was not taken to Sacramento by the king in the second pick, but fell to the third place before being taken off by the Eagles, and then the Lone Ranger immediately made a deal with the Eagles, swapping Trae Young and Doncic, who was selected in the fifth pick, so that the European talent player went to Dallas and became the "successor" of the Notian King.
Kokoshkov can be said to be familiar with Doncic, and in an interview with reporters in 2020, Kokoshkov, who had been fired by the Suns at the time, also said that if the Suns had chosen Doncic that year, he would not sit here and talk to the reporter face to face (meaning that if Phoenix chose Doncic, his coaching career at the Suns would continue). It is worth mentioning that on the night of the NBA draft in 18 years, when Doncic finally obtained the identity of Tanhualang, he also deliberately made a joke that his mentor Kokoshkov did not sign himself, but he may not know at the time, in fact, his mentor wanted him to come to Phoenix to work with him, but the boss finally insisted on his own ideas, resulting in Doncic's failure to come to Phoenix to start his NBA career.
If you get Doncic in the first place, the sun may be able to turn over the salted fish in advance
Although the Suns have now become the strength of the whole league under the leadership of Paul, Ayton and Booker, if they can get Doncic as an all-round star, the team may not be able to usher in the "salted fish turnover" in advance, after all, coach Kokoshkov knows Doncic very well and can fully activate his potential.