The Pistons have not improved in their record in recent years, and finally made the playoffs, but they are also the role of accompanying the prince to study, in the final analysis, it is still a problem of team configuration, the team boss Jerry Starkerhouse, has the ability, but he can't connect his teammates together, the game is full of all kinds of singles, you have to understand, there are many people with super singles ability in the NBA, but even if they are as strong as Jordan, they must rely on the system, and Starkerhouse can score nearly 30 points per game at his peak, He was the league's second-leading scorer, but even so, his style of play was not well received by then-Pistons head coach Rick Carlisle.

Carlisle played for the Celtics when he was young, and was teammates with Bird, Parish, and McHale, but Carlisle's playing days were the same as Phil Jackson's, and his playing days were too unknown compared to their coaching days, Carlisle retired at 30, and apprenticed to Trail Blazers head coach Carlismo at the time, and worked as an assistant coach by his side for three years.

The so-called famous teacher out of the apprentice, in the side of Calesimo, the master of tactics, Carlisle has also learned, pay attention to tactics and teamwork, last season learned out of the mountain, was hired by the Pistons to become the head coach, just started the team boss Jerry Starkerhouse alone and his own coaching philosophy is contrary to his own coaching philosophy, but because he is a newcomer, he can only be reluctant to accept, but last season was not the case at all, Carlisle won the best coach trophy, which is undoubtedly in the game between coaches and players, Added a huge stack for yourself.

Carlisle mainly plays half-court positional offense, and the core of the tactics is a high-quality point guard who can direct teammates to run, but throughout the NBA league, such point guards already have new owners, and in the end, the Pistons put the treasure on the ill-fated and budding Chauncey Billups.

Why is it ill-fated, it all starts in 1997, Billups is the No. 3 rookie in the first round in 1997, that is, Tanhua, the team that selected him is the old powerhouse Boston Celtics, although Billups's rookie season can be said to be very good to describe it is not bad, except for a little iron - 11 points and 4.3 assists per game, shooting 39% Although he participated in the All-Star Rookie Game, he scored 9 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, Although he shot 107 three-pointers to rank first among rookies in the league, it all ended after Game 51 of the season, and Celtics head coach Rick Pitino told young Billups that we have a future superstar to develop — second-year Anthony Walker, and we want an experienced All-Star-caliber point guard, Kenny Anderson, a 1994 All-Star who averaged 15 points per game and eight or more assists for seven consecutive years.

In fact, this is just a beginning, Pieno doesn't like Billups, Pieno's coaching style is a bit like the current D'Antoni, playing fast rotations, and shooting a lot of three-pointers - this "mass" is compared to that era, and as long as Billups is replaced, the situation on the court must be a slow half-court offense, which is Billups's style, but it also makes Pitno crazy.

In this way, the young Billups seemed to have been sold, from the Boston Celtics, who had a long history and can be called a giant, to the rookie eggs in the NBA league, the Toronto Raptors, which was established only three years ago, the Raptors were a group of young people who could run and jump at that time. As long as you rely on talent and super physical fitness, you can dunk the ball in, so Billups averaged 11.3 points per game in the last 29 games of his debut season, and his poor 34.9% shooting rate was better than the Raptors' founding philosophy, so after the end of the season, Billups was kicked by the Raptors to the highland city - Denver Nuggets, and here, this is Billups's hometown, playing for his hometown team is what every athlete desires, and Billups is the same, Just as he was about to make a big move—

He's hurt—

The shoulder injury made Billups only play 45 games in his sophomore year, averaging 13.9 points and 3.8 assists per game, shooting 38%, this data is an improvement compared to last season, but it is not obvious, but there is progress to be expected, but who knows that fate is still playing tricks on Billups, in the third grade, Billups's injury is not good, and after playing 13 games on and off - season reimbursement, With an average of 8.6 points per game, the impatient Nuggets finally sent Billups to the Orlando Magic, but the Magic team was like a hot potato, and they didn't want to keep Billups at all, and their trade was purely to free up salary space, so Billups was sent to the cold Minnesota before he could put on the Orlando jersey.

This is Billups' fourth season, and the Magic, who are eager to clear the salary space, deservedly did not give Billups a contract for the next year, Billups is facing unemployment, but as a flower show, the Timberwolves gave him a chance, and in desperation, he accepted a two-year $4.7 million contract from the Timberwolves, why is it helpless, because the starting salary of this contract is $2.25 million, which is not even as good as the $2.38 million in Billups' first season as a rookie!

In just four years, the Celtics, Raptors, Nuggets, Magic, Timberwolves, as a scouting show, have been traded so frequently throughout the history of the NBA It is also extremely rare, and since then his scouting report has noted this -

Parallel Trading......

But even so, Billups has a strong heart and will never be knocked down by the so-called "rules", and he expects to have a new life at the Timberwolves, but unfortunately, to his detriment, he is no longer the starter who played 30 minutes before in the Timberwolves. Their point guard is star guard Trill Brandon, who averages 16 points and 7.5 assists per game, Brandon has long been famous, he was a two-time All-Star in 1996 and 1997, and he was hailed as the best point guard in the NBA in the mid-1990s, and his position is unshakable.

Billups played in 77 games this year, only 33 starts, averaging 23.2 minutes per game, compared to the previous three years, he was treated as 116 starts in 138 games, averaging 29 minutes per game, but Billups finally took a little bit of this limited opportunity, averaging 9.3 points and 3.4 assists per game, and shooting 42.2% from the field.

Billups' fifth season, that is, the 2000-2001 season, Billups finally waited for the opportunity to prove himself, Trill Brandon was reimbursed for the season due to a knee injury, Billups sat in the Wolves starter in the second half of the season, averaging 12.5 points and 5.5 assists in 28.7 minutes per game throughout the season, shooting 42.3%, he is already the team's third firepower after Garnett and Szebiak!

After the end of the season, the Timberwolves offered Billups a 2-3 year mid-level contract, worth about $10 million to $15 million, but as everyone knows, Billups has already been targeted by the Pistons general manager Joe Dumas, who is like a torch, and he immediately contacted Billups and sent a 6-year contract worth a total of $35 million, which is also known as one of the most cost-effective contracts in NBA history.

I'll talk about how much this contract is worth, but the Pistons' road to reinforcement is far from over.

In the summer of 2002, in Washington, D.C., the Wizards' small owner Michael Jordan was still dissatisfied with the third-year rookie Chad Hamilton, Hamilton was the No. 7 rookie in the first round in 1997, after three years of tempering, even if Hamilton has been able to score 20 points per game, but in Jordan's eyes, Hamilton is still full of shortcomings, thin body, not strong defense, can't shoot three-pointers, can't pass, average per game Delivering 2.7 assists is accompanied by 2.1 turnovers, and more importantly, Hamilton's ability to attack with the ball is very limited, he is just like a shooter, or just a shooter who can only shoot in the middle range, in those days, there was no team whose star was not the decisive existence at the critical moment by relying on the team boss's own strength, so when the Pistons sent Jerry Starhouse, who was super capable of individual combat, to Jordan's eyes, Jordan's eyes were like a cat meeting a mouse, and then he signed the trade contract.

On September 11, 2002, the Pistons officially sent Jerry Starkhouse, Brian Cardinal and Ratch Varda to the Houston Wizards, thus acquiring Richard Hamilton, Hubert Davis and Bobby Simmons.

Hubert Davis used to be one of the best three-point shooters in the league, tied with Steve Kerr, shooting over 44% from three-point range in his career, but this season is already Davis' eleventh season, and he has entered the twilight of his career, he has become a locker room leader, but he has very little role on the court.

Another Mesozoic fan of the big deal should still have the impression that in 2008, the Nets used Jefferson in exchange for Yi Jianlian and this Bobby Simmons, Simmons's life is also up and down, he was selected by the SuperSonics with the 13th pick in the second round in the 2001 draft and then traded the draft pick to the Wizards, in the Wizards is a marginal figure who averaged 10 minutes per game and scored 3 points, and the second season was sent to the Pistons with Hamilton's big trade, less than two weeks, He was cut by the Pistons before the season began, and then he was signed back by the Wizards on a short contract, and he was waived after playing half a season, and signed with the Clippers on a two-year, $1.7 million contract. Averaged 16.4 points per game and was named the most improved player of the year, after the end of the season, he was poached by the Bucks with a 5-year 47 million contract, the Bucks thought they had dug up a treasure, who knew that Simmons, who signed a big contract, had a sharp decline in status, the first season of the big contract averaged 13.4 points per game barely enough, the second season averaged 7.6 points per game, the third season averaged 7.8 points per game, after playing three seasons completely, he was hit by injuries, in 2008 he was already a representative of the league's high salary and low energy, the Nets chose Simmons, but they just took a fancy to Simmons' expiring contract, in order to clear the salary space, this is all a later story.

The Pistons' road to reinforcement this season is far from over, signing Billups in free agency and trading Hamilton from the Wizards became key members of the Pistons Predators, including the 2002 draft, the Pistons again captured reinforcements......