roccoschili Chapter 374 The Inertia of History
Chapter 374 The Inertia of History
Chapter 374 The Inertia of History
Just after comforting Iverson, Zhao Ke's phone rang again.
This time it's still not Stephen Marbury, but Rasheed Wallace. It is estimated that the "horse political commissar" is about to smoke in a hurry.
Today is ex-teammate return visit day?
Rasheed Wallace brings big news to Zhao Ke:
The Detroit Pistons are on the rise!
Larry Brown's attitude towards the Detroit Pistons before completely angered Pistons owner Bill Davidson.
This old man cherishes the Detroit Pistons very much. Although he is 83 years old, he almost never misses any home game. He is a true lifetime fan of the Pistons.
Buddhas fight for a stick of incense, people fight for a breath.
After Larry Brown signed with the New York Knicks, Bill Davidson decided to be self-willed once, spend money to create a championship team, let that damn Larry Brown regret it!
The Detroit Pistons first retained the core combat effectiveness of the team, Mask Man and Big Ben.
Richard Hamilton was signed in 2003 for 7 years and 6200 million US dollars. This is definitely a good price and it will not expire until 2010.
However, the three-year, $2003 million contract Ben Wallace signed with the Pistons in 3 expired.
Daben's agent tends to sign a six-year maximum salary with the Pistons, but Daben is 31 years old this year, and he will be 37 years old in six years!
A 37-year-old blue-collar center with a maximum salary of more than $2000 million?
How many times does the Pistons management have to be demoted before they can do this kind of god (nao) fairy (can) operation exclusive to the New York Knicks!
Naturally, the Pistons would not agree, but they were reluctant to let go. Daben was at the peak of his career, holding three best defensive players, three times selected to the best defensive team, leading rebounds and blocks...
Ben Wallace played 80 games last season, all starting, averaging 12.7 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.5 blocks and 1.4 steals per game.
He is the steel backbone of the Detroit Pistons, and he can play five on the defensive end!
Must stay. After arduous negotiations, Ben Wallace renewed his contract with the Detroit Pistons for 4 years and $6800 million.
After laying the foundation, the Detroit Pistons began to recruit troops everywhere.
The first fire was directed at the weakest point guard, Andre Miller, a restricted free agent who was in the Clippers for a six-year offer of $6 million.
Clippers owner Sterling has always been known for being stingy. A contract with an annual salary of tens of millions is almost killing him. This guy is very happy to say that it does not match.
The second fire is aimed at the small forward.
Target Tayshaun Prince, 4 years 4800 million dollars, offer to the Spurs.
Popovich has always suspected that Tayshaun Prince was an insider during the finals, but there is no evidence. It just so happened that Michael Finley of the Mavericks came to shoot, and the Spurs' small forward position is full of talents.
The third fire was particularly spectacular.
The Detroit Pistons traded Antonio McDyess, Darko Milicic and Carlos Arroyo for Rasheed Wallace from the Portland Trail Blazers.
Everyone gets what they need, the Portland Trail Blazers are determined to play badly.
In this way, the Detroit Pistons assembled a former championship starting lineup:
Point Guard: Andre Miller
Shooting Guard: Richard Hamilton
Small Forward: Tayshaun Prince
Power Forward: Rasheed Wallace
Center: Ben Wallace
There are also helpers such as Lynch Hunter, Dale Davis, and Maurice Evans on the bench.
Larry Brown is gone, but the most perfect lineup in his mind is complete.
Of course, there is a price to pay for such a championship lineup. The total salary of the Detroit Pistons next season will be as high as 8273 million US dollars, which is 2000 million higher than that of the Miami Heat!
Zhao Ke is unable to complain, does this count as a grouping at the peak?
What the hell, I thought you guys had lost interest in the championship a long time ago, and you only have beautiful knives in your heart!
The inertia of this history is still really awesome, it is hard to get the Detroit Iron Army together!
If Billups and the Nuggets hadn't renewed their five-year, $5 million contract with the Nuggets last season, wouldn't the Pistons be able to get him back?
In the end, the uneasy Stephen Marbury finally called Zhao Ke, and after Zhao Ke swore to the lamp that he would not tell Larry Brown, he hung up the phone with satisfaction.
By Qiao Rannuo's side, time passed extraordinarily quickly, and the leisurely summer slipped away in such a hurry, Zhao Ke was called back to Charlotte by Don Nelson.
Zhao Ke was recalled as an assistant coach, and the other players were still scattered all over the world, going on vacation and going to training camp.
There are many NBA training camps that are very complicated. In fact, they are mainly divided into two types: team organization and individual organization.
The training camp organized by the team has a special summer league to play. Most of the participants are rookies who have just entered the NBA or marginal players in the league. Individuals organize it in the name of stars, such as Jordan training camp.
The Charlotte Bobcats played the most games in the league last season. Due to the existence of the iron-strapping league and the practice of overnight training for away games, they are also the team with the largest amount of training in the league, which is even harder than the Miami Heat, which can be called the devil's training camp.
So the team delayed recalling players and didn't play in summer league.
Tom Thibodeau was poached by the Celtics in the summer, and Don Nelson is now alone. He wants to make a training plan for the new season, and there is no one around him to discuss it.
In fact, Boss Joe has recruited Don Nelson a lot of senior and capable assistant coaches to fill the coaching staff.
But the old man is still used to discussing with Zhao Ke. He thinks that Zhao Ke's brain is more active, he is the same kind of person as him, and has the temperament of a "mad scientist".
The thinking of those "bad old men" is too rigid and old-fashioned, he doesn't like it!
Zhao Ke really wanted to ask the 65-year-old Don Nelson: "Are you old?"
Thinking about his appearance when he was selected into the Hall of Fame at the age of 78, forget it, some people, even if they live to be 100 years old, still have a vigorous heart!
As soon as they met, Don Nelson looked Zhao Ke up and down, and asked, "Has your weight not changed?"
Zhao Ke nodded and said, "The nutritionist told me to slow down for a while, it's not good to grow too fast."
Don Nelson looked happy, and said, "It's good this way, recover slowly, and don't leave any sequelae. You can play half of the games next season."
Zhao Ke was a little strange: "I can understand half the game, but why do I think you are very happy?"
Don Nelson said with a smile: "You only play 41 home games, and the other 41 away games as interim head coach. I don't have to fly around the world with the team..."
Zhao Ke said: "Aren't you afraid of losing all away games?"
The old god Don Nelson said, "Don't be afraid, even if you don't say anything, with Chris Paul, he can bring me back half of the victory! I have to say, your eyes are really poisonous!"
(End of this chapter)