Anyway, after the 2004-2005 season, the Pistons surprisingly didn't give Honorary head coach Larry Brown a contract extension, so why did this happen?

According to the main reasons exposed later, there are main highlights, one is that the old Brown has a temper and does not deal with the management of the Pistons, this sentence may be inaccurate, it is the old Brown's temper, and the management of all teams in the league does not deal with it, the old Brown is not only a senior academic head coach, but also a senior academic temper, that is, I am the head coach, you don't know the ball, don't interfere, the player is from Dumas can still talk to Brown, as for the boss Davidson, you are a businessman who makes a fortune making glass, Do you know the ball?you know the ball！

Translated, it roughly means -

Do you know the ball? You know a ball!

The Chinese language is really broad and profound.

At the end of the season, when the playoffs have not yet begun, the Cavaliers want Brown to be president, and the Knicks want Brown to be the head coach, which makes Brown quite excited, but the heart is moving, and people don't say that they have to do it when the season is over, but the Pistons owner Davidson thinks that Brown has not yet shaken the morale of the army by finding a way back for himself before the season is over, and he made a decision and corrected Sanders. Brown signed with the Knicks on a five-year, $60 million super contract in just ten days after that.

And then, what happened?

The Knicks were already very bad that year, and I hoped that Brown, who was good at correcting the weak team, could come back to life, but how do you know that the team boss - Marbury doesn't hesitate to eat old Brown at all, if you dare to criticize me publicly, I will publicly criticize you! The Knicks' record is not as good as last season, with only 23 wins in the whole season, and Knicks owner James Duran once wanted to buy out Brown's super big contract...... That's all for later......

Brown Sr.'s coaching career with the Pistons is over, so what is the origin of this Philip Saunders?

Sanders coached the Timberwolves in 1995 and spent a full 10 years in Minnesota, including four seasons with more than 50 wins, and in the 2004 All-Star Game, as the head coach, he only handed over the Western All-Star and single-handedly cultivated superstar Kevin Garnett, but in his hands the Timberwolves ceiling is too limited, although the regular season is calling for wind and rain, but in the playoffs for six consecutive years, the best year to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, and only this year, Last season, with the departure of Sam Cassel and Szczebiak among the Timberwolves' trio, the Timberwolves won only 25 of their first 41 games.

This season, on the basis of retaining the original lineup, the Pistons selected two newcomers in the draft, and the 26th pick in the first round selected Jason Mark Hill, a power forward with a height of 201 cm, this old brother is also a rough man, 201 cm tall, weighing 118 kg, and the role of the inside meat shield, it is rare to be willing to fight, and he is not afraid of death, and has been playing in the Pistons for eight years since then, averaging 7 points and 6 rebounds per game in the peak year, which is all an afterthought, and Mark Hill does not get much playing time in the rookie season, Only played 26 games, with an average of only 6 minutes of performance time per game, does this big brother sound familiar, yes, let me help you remember, on January 8, 2016, when he had joined the CBA Tianjin team Mark Hill against the Shandong team, he clashed with Wu Ke on the inside line of the Shandong team, so as to chase Wu Ke on the field, which caused an uproar in the CBA circle...... In fact, although Marc Hill is five big and three thick, his temper has always been gentle, but Wu Ke's foul was too bad......

Another newcomer to the team is Amir Johnson, who was selected with the 26th pick in the second round, is 206 cm tall and weighs 113 kg, he is also a rough man, but he is a little better than Mark Hill, at least occasionally he dares to shoot a basket in the middle distance, Johnson can be said to be a model of low-pick counterattack, although he is a second-round pick who is ranked lower, but he has also won a three-year contract of tens of millions in his career, and he spent his peak time in the Raptors, offensive efficiency, rebounding protection is also not bad, But in the first four years of the Pistons' tenure, he had limited opportunities, playing only three games in his rookie season and eight games the following season.

Sanders was able to lead the Timberwolves to the playoffs for six consecutive years, proving that he was not an idle person, and after entering the Pistons, he quickly developed an extremely effective tactical system for the team, making the original structural framework very stable The Pistons team went further, and Sanders was more emotional and flexible than the old Brown, giving his players, especially the team's brain, which is bigger and more imaginable than Loops, which makes Billups like a fish in water, playing more freely, and playing 81 games this season, He averaged a season-high 18.5 points and a career-high 8.6 assists per game, and shot a career-high 43.3% from three-point range. This performance also made Billups selected for the NBA All-Star Game for the first time in his career, and was selected to the All-Star Team for the first time after the season (2 teams), and for the second year in a row, he was selected to the All-Defensive Team 2 teams!

Hamilton has played in 80 games this season, averaging a solid 20.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, which also made Hamilton an All-Star for the first time.

Rasheed Wallace is 32 years old this season, and he can still contribute 15.1 points and 6.8 rebounds this season, as well as 1.15 steals and 1.6 blocks, which is also the last time Tianzun averaged 15+ points per game in his career.

Big Ben has also played well this season, averaging 7.3 points, 11.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.8 steals and 2.2 blocks per game, while Big Ben has won the Best Defensive Player trophy for the fourth time in a row, and has been named to the All-Star team for the fifth consecutive year!

Yes, you read that right, the Pistons' four starters, Billups, Hamilton, Tianzun, Big Ben, and were selected as All-Stars this year, although they are all substitutes, but they are also shocking, it is the fifth time in NBA history that four players from a team have been selected as All-Stars!

The first two were the Celtics, Bob Cousey, Russell, Sam Jones and Tom Haynsohne in 1962, Havlicek, Dave Cowan, Paul Sillam and Jojo White in 1975, and the third team was 76REN in 1983, Julius Owen Moses Malone, Maurice Cheeks and Andrew Toney, these are all Elder Beasts, and in recent years there have been-

The Los Angeles Lakers in 1998, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant started, Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel came off the bench, and three other teams after the Pistons had such a feat, namely the Celtics in 2011, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett starting, Rondo on the bench, Alexander Hawks in 2015, Millsap, Horford, Teague on the bench, Korver was added to the bench due to Wade's leg injury, and the Warriors in 2016, Durant, Curry starting, Draymond Green and Thompson on the bench.

The selection of the four All-Stars proves that although they all said that the Pistons at that time were grassroots legions, they were actually not too grassy grassroots, and everyone was quite powerful.

This year's All-Star is still quite interesting, so let's talk about this below.

Before the All-Star season, the Pistons originally fantasized that all five players would be selected as All-Stars, and the remaining one was naturally the team's starting small forward Prince, the little prince played well this season, and in the fourth year, he averaged 14.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, shooting 45.5% per game, and also had his own defensive attributes, and his rookie contract this season has not expired, so the team signed a five-year contract worth a total of $47 million. is also a 10 million-level star (at that time, the 10 million level was estimated to be equivalent to the current 20 million level), obviously, Prince is a very practical player, but the key problem is that it is too practical, there are no highlights, Prince, who focuses on practicality, was not selected in the fan voting link, ranking sixth in the East, when the coach voted for the substitute, although the Pistons Four Tigers were canvassing for the little prince, But the coaching staff eventually took Paul Pearce, who was seventh in fan votes, and Chris Bosh, who was eighth, with ......

Coaching: Pierce plays the ball horizontally, what do you have!

The Little Prince: I was wrong......

Coaching: Bosh is so good-looking, what do you have!

(At that time, Bosh still had pigtails)

The Little Prince: I was wrong......

Coaching Team: ......

The Little Prince: I was wrong......

Prince was such a gentle man......

So, after the All-Star break, the Pistons' four All-Stars, Billups, Hamilton, Tianzun and Big Ben, collectively negotiated Prince's number 20 on the sneakers, bringing the little brother Prince to the All-Star arena.

At the beginning of the All-Star game, Philip Sanders, who coached the Eastern All-Star team (forgot to mention, the Pistons won 64-18 this season and a 37-5 record in the first 42 games, which also allowed Sanders to coach the All-Star team for the second time), said that he would definitely let the Pistons four King Kong appear at the same time, and he said so and did so.

This season's All-Star Game is held in Houston, as the leading big brother of Houston, this All-Star MVP Maddy is naturally the best to do, Kobe Bryant and other players are also interested in perfecting, constantly creating scoring opportunities for Maddy, the game is more fancy, 3 minutes and 38 seconds before the end of the first quarter, Sanders waved his hand, and the Pistons four King Kong appeared in Houston together, the Pistons are not playing with you, but to really, the four King Kongs are on, and the Western All-Stars are suddenly dumb, In the second quarter, the four gods did not work collectively, and the Western All-Stars took the opportunity to stretch the score to 17 points before the end of the first half, and in the third quarter, Sanders restarted the Pistons, and the four gods appeared together, the four King Kong plus Paul Pierce-

Pierce: Who am I? Where am I from? What am I doing here?

As soon as the Four King Kongs came up, the style of painting immediately changed, it turned out that it was so frolicking and noisy, you deduct one, I voted for one, and the fight was easy and pleasant, but these four came up-

Pau Gasol was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career, Big Ben didn't give face at all, Pau Pau was stunned by two blood caps, Billups threw two three-pointers in a row from the outside, and even more excessive was Hamilton, who actually hit an empty cut in the All-Star game! Completely treat the All-Star show as if it were a regular game! Until the final 2 minutes and 46 seconds of the third quarter, the Western All-Stars didn't score a point......

In the first half, seeing that it was going to take a game, he was forced back by the four Pistons generals......

In the last 14 seconds of the game, Wade made a basket to help the Eastern All-Stars overtake by two points at 122:120, Kobe Bryant passed the ball to Maddy, and Maddy has scored a game-high 36 points in this game under the help of others, Maddy holds the ball, and the person who defends him is James, James scored 29 points in this game, which is the player with the most points in the East, and finally Maddy got a three-point shot and was interfered with by James, and threw an outrageous three-pointer, and finally James won the MVP of this year's All-Star Game, He is also the youngest All-Star MVP in NBA history.

James won this All-Star MVP, and the Pistons' four King Kong contributed a lot.

By the way, there is another person, do you remember? Darko Milicic, the super-rookie who beat Anthony, Wade, Bosh and other giants in the 2003 draft, still didn't get much decent performance time in the third year of his career, averaging only 5.6 minutes per game, and was eventually waived by the Pistons, and was sent to the Magic with Arroyo, trading for Yao Mingde's starting brother, big center Kevin Cato and a first-round pick.

In fact, with Milicic's age at the time - he was only 20 years old this year, the Pistons could have waited for him for a few more years, but at this time, Milicic was completely gone or the Pistons management could not see the heart.

Milicic's tragedy has external causes, there are also internal causes, these two are nothing more than size, at that time, the Pistons team had a stable and complete lineup structure, and the goal was clear, that is, the championship, in such a team, every game is extremely important, the three main rotation Ben on the inside, Tianzun and McDyce almost divided all the time, compared to these three gods, the young Milicic did not have any chance, plus the old coach Brown has always disliked the use of newcomers, resulting in Milicic finally becoming a "victory cigar" for the Pistons, It's just going through the motions and playing garbage time when the team's win is set.

The internal cause is from Milicic himself, he was too young at the time, and his self-control ability is not strong - to be honest, it can be understood, Milicic is from the former Yugoslavia, Milicic had to live in a war and poverty when he was a child, and suddenly came to a big city, and he has money in his hands, and it is normal to not be able to control himself, which has developed one of Milicic's biggest problems, that is, he loves to go to nightclubs, once a reporter asked Milicic about the difference between the United States and Yugoslavia, and this big brother actually came directly -

There are endless chicks in the United States......

Milicic, who first joined the league, still fantasized about being able to get ahead, but under the repeated pressure of Brown Sr., Milicic has completely lost his self-confidence, which makes the Pistons management unable to see the future in him.

The Pistons and Magic got this deal mainly to clear the salary, Milicic is expensive, there are 2 years left on the contract 9.3 million US dollars, and Arroyo has 3 years left on the contract, with a total value of 12 million US dollars, the Pistons will expire after this season, and in order to make room to renew the big Ben, the Pistons must clear some of the space out, but-

It's just wishful thinking on the part of the Pistons.

When the Pistons hadn't yet reported a contract extension to Big Ben, Big Ben's voice shocked everyone,

He said that he will not renew the Pistons in advance this season, which means that there is no guarantee that he will not switch to his team next season, although Big Ben is five big and three thick and has a hot temper, but he is also a temperamental person, so why would he clearly refuse the early renewal of the Pistons?