basketball never sleeps

Chapter 34 It’s really a waste of money!

"Actually, you don't have to pay too much attention to the team's recent training results. Just be yourself. Larry still likes you more."

While Mo Wen was talking to Prince, he threw the basketball on the backboard. Next to him, Milicic charged forward, picked up the basketball, and dunked hard against the basket.

Milicic still couldn't let go of this kid. Mo Wen kept suggesting that he roar after hitting, but this kid always felt it was shameful to do so and couldn't let go.

"Everyone has a unique talent. Your talent... to be more precise is that your mentality is not aggressive enough, and joining the Pistons will not give you that much space to display your offensiveness."

Prince's character can be said to be the calmest among the Pistons. "Calm, team-oriented, and selfless" is his label. On the defensive end, he is a qualified executor, but on the offensive end, his desire to take shots is greater than that of others.

Capital is low.

Ben's low offensive desire is because he knows that his offensive shooting percentage is low and he is afraid of being "hacked". Prince's offensive talent is not bad, and he can break through, shoot and pass, but he simply lacks passion.

On the offensive end, Prince gives the impression of a man in his 40s who has to pay public wages, emphasizing a routine.

That's why Larry Brown likes him.

Although Mo Wen is also based on defense, he does not have no desire to attack.

In the recent dungeon, Mo Wen invested more and more physical energy on the offensive end. Half of the potential raw stones produced in the dungeon were added to his body as usual, and the rest was added to his mid-range shot (75→

80) and three points (68→71).

Technical potential is realized much faster than physical potential. According to his prediction, all his increased potential will be realized before June.

It's a pity that the Pistons don't have much room for him to play. If Mo Wen's shot count increases, it will definitely destroy the Pistons' current chemical reaction and offensive fluency. Although Mo Wen's average data will definitely not be like this by then, but

Correspondingly, efficiency will also be reduced.

From a team perspective, the selfless Prince is more suitable for the Pistons than Mo Wen.

"If you really want to enrich your offensive methods, I suggest you go to Rashid and learn his straight-arm shooting. For a tall and long person like you, it is better to master a technique like me.

It’s better to dabble in a little bit of everything.”

"Of course, if you let me teach you, I can teach you my banned trick in the training match."

Mo Wen smiled evilly and made a one-armed loop in the air.

"Your long arms are actually very suitable for this. I believe if I learn how to do this, your average score will definitely increase by three or four points per game."

But Prince stepped back and waved his hands, shaking his head like a rattle.

"No, no, no, I... I can't learn this trick from you, I will get beaten."

The scene where Mo Wen made a foul on Malone and resulted in a fight between the two was still vivid in his mind. Prince looked at his big frame and saw that he was okay at playing, but he really didn't have much confidence in fighting.

I thought that Mo Wen didn't want to teach him, a competitor, but what Prince didn't expect was that Mo Wen later took him to train with Milicic.

The content of training is also something Prince lacks.

Mo Wen is not a stingy person, and it is really appropriate for Prince and Milicic to practice together.

Prince, an honest man, has no savvy when it comes to fake moves, and Milicic, an 18-year-old, has little experience in defending fake moves. If they were allowed to practice alone with Mo Wen, both of them would be beaten by Mo Wen.

Made autistic

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As expected by Mo Wen, but what surprised the rest of the Pistons was that Prince returned to his starting position immediately after returning to health.

The reason given by Larry Brown is also very Larry Brown-Prince can better help the team on the defensive end.

"I should have listened to you, changed my agent a long time ago, and then applied for a deal. That old man is blind!"

Milicic thought he was still fighting for Mo Wen, but Mo Wen just waved his hand.

I'm still young, earning 3,800 yuan a month, and spending my life on it. That's not how this business works.

Mo Wen's injury resistance is not high. Even if Larry Brown doesn't mention it, Mo Wen will take the initiative to apply to return as a substitute when Prince recovers from his injury.

Look at Corliss, look at Oku, he is so happy to be a substitute now, forget about starting the game, man is really not good at it!

The new backup point guard Mike James is already in his second year and is still like a little brother. After training, he helps the masseur massage Billups' legs and shoulders, for fear that the big brother above his head will be injured.

The Pistons players whose contracts expired this year are the happiest. Larry Brown signed a five-year contract with the Pistons. As long as they don't renew his contract this year, there is a high probability that the next contract will perfectly avoid this bad old man.

What makes Mo Wen happy and worried is that Milicic's younger brother's rebellious mood has become even higher after changing his agent. He still doesn't dare to contradict Larry Brown, but he can ignore him.

Milicic has been working hard in basketball training recently, and he hasn't fallen behind in the boxing gym either.

He is very worried that if he is not traded next season, Milicic will really hit Larry Brown with no one to persuade him.

Mo Wen knew very well that Dumars would never let Milicic go easily. Everyone in the Pistons except Larry Brown who "didn't wear glasses" knew about Milicic's talent.

If Milicic was really left alone, he felt that it was necessary for him to buy an insurance policy for Larry Brown. Of course, the name of the beneficiary must be written as Mo Wen.

Time has entered April, the regular season has also entered its final stage, and the pattern of the playoffs has gradually become clear.

In the remaining 7 regular season games, the Pistons will play the Pacers again.

But the Pacers, who had high hopes, and the Pistons as a whole have completed their role swaps.

The addition of Rasheed allowed the Pistons to no longer be helpless against Ou, and with Ou being locked up, Artest's offense alone was not enough.

And Prince's "big spider" style just restrains a reckless guy like Artest.

If you can't break in, you will be interfered by Prince's huge defensive range. If you break in, you will be delayed and double-teamed. Passing to Xiao Ou will not make sense, which is called a frustration.

Seeing Artest getting increasingly irritable on the court, Larry Brown glanced at Mo Wen several times.

That little look seems to be saying - look at this defense, you will never learn it in your life!

Mo Wen also noticed the look in the little old man's eyes and just smiled. The conflict between the two in the team was becoming more and more obvious due to Mo Wen's unabashed disobedience.

If it weren't for the fact that the Pistons had no one to use him, Larry Brown wouldn't even want to let Mo Wen play one more minute.

Larry Brown, who was a villain, played ruthless tricks in this game. The Pistons, who had already won by 18 points in the last 5 minutes, did not replace the main players. They waited until the last minute before symbolically replacing the substitutes.

It won't work if he doesn't change. In the last two minutes, the Pacers only scored 59 points. Prince still looked loyal to his duty. Artest was even anxious. A strong team scored less than 60 points in the last two minutes. This is embarrassing for Dafa.

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Seeing Artest's attitude of wanting ribs or defense, Larry Brown could only "mercifully" replace the main player.

The Pistons won this focus battle, but their final record was still lower than the Pacers.

After the regular season, the Pacers ended up with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, pinning the 55-win Pistons.

At the same time, this also means that the Pistons can only participate in the playoffs as second place in the Central Division.

This is very unreasonable, because the Nets, the first team in the Atlantic Division, only have 47 wins, and the Heat, the first team in the Southeast Division, only have 42 wins. According to the rules, these two teams are ranked higher than the Pistons in the playoffs.

high.

Stern's division ranking rules were originally meant to be a whole thing, but it turned out to be a joke.

Finally, a meeting was held within the league. Seeing that the Heat's record was disgraceful, they moved the Pistons up one spot online.

That's it, the Pistons' boss isn't satisfied yet.

If they were ranked the same as last year in the playoffs, they should be second, and the team they faced should be as rubbish as the Knicks.

The Knicks have changed three head coaches this season, and their salary expenditure is almost twice the current salary cap. There are five players on the team with an annual salary of more than 10 million. Taking into account the luxury tax, the salary expenditure has exceeded the "small goal" of an ugly country.

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However, it was of no use. Their winning rate in the regular season was even less than 50%.

Mo Wen served as the starter against the Knicks at the end of March. The Knicks' best performer in that game was their blue-collar center Muhammad.

Seeing Marbury, who has an annual salary of 15 million, being beaten by Billups, who has an annual salary of 5 million from the Pistons, Mo Wen once had the urge to hug New York.

This is the real Sabi... Oh no, this is the real Sabi!

From a small perspective, everyone agrees that the Eastern region is terrible.

The Celtics, who ultimately ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference, only won 36 games in the regular season. This number of wins ranked them third from the bottom in the Western Conference.

The Clippers, who are last in the Western Conference, are not even in the top three in the Eastern Conference.

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One more update, if you don’t want to watch the World Cup, go to bed early.

(End of chapter)