When Chang Wei received a call from Dumas, he was confused, is this to let himself take another job? After Dumas finished speaking, he smiled lightly and said: "General manager, it's not that I don't want to help, but I want to focus on the training of players, and besides, I'm a lazy person, it's okay to make suggestions, and I can't really get involved in this deal." ”

Dumas was a little helpless, he had never seen such a dumping guy, but he was not willing to force Chang Wei to participate in this work, after all, what Chang Wei said also made sense, he is now Brown's chief assistant coach, and he has irrefutable authority in player training, and his training effect is also very good, and it doesn't seem good to seconded him directly.

In the end, the two sides discussed, Chang Wei would make suggestions to the team, and Dumas would consider whether his suggestions were feasible, and if so, it was not impossible to implement them directly. Chang Wei's advice to Dumas is to use Moore as the main trade chip, at most he can only take a future second-round pick, otherwise he would rather change a trade partner.

After a tug-of-war with the Bulls, Dumas finally reached an agreement with the Bulls, with the Pistons sending Moore and a 2004 second-round pick to third-year guard Jamal Crawford from the Bulls. There's nothing wrong with being traded to Pistons Crawford, the Bulls have lost their dynastic aura, and it's not impossible to change the environment.

After learning that the team got Crawford through a trade, Chang Wei was very excited, although Crawford cannot be compared to Arenas in terms of talent and ability, but he can be called "Crawford" in his previous life There is definitely a reason for him, this can be said to be the greatest sixth man in the history of the league is undoubtedly very suitable for the Pistons who are now short of major generals.

In Chang Wei's view, it is not indispensable for Crawford to continue to evolve according to the development direction of his previous life, and such a chaotic master has the value of existence in any team. But Chang Wei hopes that Crawford can develop the skills to organize the offense, after all, the backcourt of the Pistons bench is still relatively weak, and Crawford's ability to sort out the offense can bring great help to the team.

So when Crawford came to Detroit to report for duty, Chang Wei bluntly expressed his hope that he could change his style of play. Crawford, who had just arrived, was stunned, he had never seen such an upright assistant coach, and he let himself change his style of play as soon as he came. Although Crawford has a good personality, he is not a casual person who can accept other people's opinions, but instead of getting angry, he asked curiously: "Why do I have to change my style of play when I come over?" Didn't you trade me to see my play? ”

Chang Wei smiled a little embarrassedly, Crawford's words were still too direct...... He pondered for a moment and said sincerely, "Jamal, we're not asking you to change your style of play, but we want you to add one or two things to your arsenal, such as passing, so that we can play more easily when we rotate the lineup." ”

Crawford rubbed his head and smiled: "I've never tried to be a playmaker before, I've basically been a pure scorer since I was a kid, but since the team needs me to pass the ball, then I'll try!" ”

In his previous life, Chang Wei didn't know much about Crawford, and he always thought that the representative of the sixth man was a difficult guy to talk to, but now he found that Crawford's personality is still very good, and few players can respond so readily when they hear that they need to change their playing style, it seems that Crawford is still very self-motivated!

After supplementing Crawford, Chang Wei was temporarily relieved, this is actually a helpless move, the Pistons can't take any particularly good chips to trade now, and being able to supplement Crawford, the future super sixth man, has been earned, which can at least make up for the lack of offensive firepower when they send a bench lineup. Although Crawford only averaged 9.5 points per game last season, Chang Wei knew what kind of level this guy was, and the bench scoring title was easy for him.

Although they lost to the Lakers in the opener, they will play the next four games against the Clippers, Cavaliers, Hawks and Bulls, and these four teams are either trying to train rookies or have been aiming for the 2003 draft, which is just right for the Pistons to use as a substitute for training.

In the first game against the Clippers, the Pistons only scored 91 points, yes, this can only be described as "only getting", after all, the Clippers are not a strong defensive team. However, the Pistons limited their opponent's scoring to 75 points in this game, and only two people on the team scored in double figures, which also demonstrated the Pistons' strong defensive ability to a certain extent. In fact, they don't need to worry too much about their performance on the defensive end now, and he is more concerned about how the team can play better offense.

However, in each of the next three games, they exceeded 100 points, and although they did not reach the level of 110 points, they were already an extraordinary performance for the Pistons. The newcomer Crawford has integrated well into the team, and he likes the positioning that Brown has given him + the leading scorer on the bench, he can control the ball to the maximum during his time on the court, and he also has unlimited firing, which makes him not even think about getting into the main lineup, he wants to play well on the bench.

In fact, Crawford's style is not suitable for starters, maybe his scoring ability is good, and he has also begun to improve his organizational skills under Chang Wei's targeted training, but in the final analysis, he is a master of chaos, always out of the system, and his most suitable position is indeed the sixth man, because then he has the space to play freely.

Now he's scoring at 12 to 15 points in almost every game, he's the Pistons' top scorer off the bench, and he's no longer afraid that no one will score when Brown comes off the bench. However, in his opinion, Crawford's playmaking skills need to be improved, and he is still used to being a pure scorer on the court, but it is much better than before.

After a wave of four consecutive wins, the Pistons temporarily sat in the second place in the East, but in the eyes of most people this is only temporary, the current top of the East is the 76ers who have won all six games, as the defending champions, their overall strength is still far more than other teams, it is not difficult for them to start with a wave of consecutive wins, as in the previous life, it is Randy Ells who replaces Brown, but the time is just a season ahead, although Chang Wei has never heard of this name, but the foundation of the 76ers is very good, So the first place in the east is well deserved. However, he still has faith in the Pistons, after all, Brown is not something that can be replaced by any head coach, and the 76ers will definitely pay the price for their short-sightedness.