'If people are patient and give Mirisic more time, he will definitely be a special star. Despite his own desire to play more, we won't give him too much playing time too soon, after all, he has just come from a place where he has nothing and has everything – including a good house. ”

"His NBA career is promising, and he's going to progress under Basketball Hall of Famer and great mentor Larry Brown, and the veterans will teach him a lot."

In front of the camera, Dumas calmly explained to the reporters who came to inquire.

"For Mo Wen, he has already proven in the summer league that he has a good immediacy and he will be an important member of our bench lineup, and I am sure he will surprise everyone when the new season starts."

The Bangyan Show still needs to "wait", but the end show gets a chance, although it is strange to say, but Dumas can only pretend that the years are good.

Milicic spent more than a week proving that he could not attain, or even adapt to, Larry Brown's tactical demands.

His agile style of play cultivated in Europe and the talent of Kukoc, who has a ceiling for Nowitzki and a lower limit, mean nothing to Larry Brown, who values defense and confrontation.

In this era of admiration and even encouragement, players with insufficient confrontation ability are unusable in the eyes of old-school coaches.

In the long run, the team gives the opportunity to let this kind of talented "showmanship" level up, and they are likely to play later. It's like last year's Prince, who also sat on the bench every day in the regular season, and in the playoffs, he almost pulled out and made a splash when he watched the relegation.

But the Pistons are a strong team with championship hopes, and Larry Brown can't afford to let a high-pick rookie delay the team.

"Don't say I don't give him a chance, Joe, when he (Milicic) can win safely in the offensive and defensive confrontation, I will give him a reasonable amount of playing time, and before that, he needs to learn, he needs to wait."

This is a "concession" made by Larry Brown after the argument with Dumas.

Larry Brown even wanted to trade Milicic out before it depreciated in value, in exchange for the stars or instant power he could use in order to win the championship.

But Dumas simply rejected it, and for a team with a tight budget, a potential high-pick rookie is only as important an asset as the team's core.

The Lakers put together an appalling "F4" combination this summer, the peak Ao Fat, the No. 8 Kobe Bryant who has just entered his prime, Malone who was still 20+8 (rebounds) last season and Payton who was 20+8 (assists), and the four stars who can rank in the top 5 in all positions are teamed up, which basically spoils the ending of this season.

Many Lakers fans have even played the slogan of taking out loans to buy the Lakers (championships).

The most optimistic Pistons fans in this period dare not say that they can steadily sweep their Nets last year, let alone storm the Finals to win 4 games against the Lakers with this lineup.

Dumas could not afford to sacrifice the future of the team for the sake of a title goal that had little hope.

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Compared to Milicic, who was about to be sprayed by Larry Brown, Mo Wen's situation in the Pistons was much better.

Although Larry Brown discriminates against rookies and doesn't like non-black players, he is not really old-eyed.

I can't see it in one game or two, but after a while, the general strength of the players and their respective characteristics can be seen clearly.

The original SF starting veteran Mike Curry is gone, and Prince, a sophomore who is the No. 2 substitute, was directly promoted to the starter by Larry Brown because of his excellent performance on both offensive and defensive ends, while Collis, the No. 1 substitute on the original small forward, has to compete with Mo Wen, a first-year, because he is not very good at defense.

As one of the NBA's famous physical monsters, Hamilton basically doesn't give much playing time left on the bench, and Sura should be glad about this, otherwise, Mo Wen may have to compete with him for the bench position.

In the final analysis, competitive sports are based on strength, and what qualifications and popularity are not as important as your performance on the court.

Mo Wen didn't deliberately make friends with anyone in the team, but it was his sophisticated style of play that made Billups friends after playing with him for a while.

Point guards generally like to deal with two kinds of teammates.

One is teammates with simple brains but explosive physical talents, who just wait to see them dunk or make a layup after passing the ball, rarely dribbling and spitting cakes, and have a high assist success rate.

On the other hand, there are players who have the brains to play but dare to play, who can be used as a second point of playmaking to reduce the pressure on the point guard, and this kind of player is either an experienced veteran or a rookie with a high ball quotient.

Billups is also strange at times, Mo Wen belongs to the second type of player, but he doesn't feel like a talent with a high ball quotient, but a seasoned veteran.

Of course, in the locker room, Mo Wen didn't just make a friend like Billups.

In order to realize the potential of his physical attributes as soon as possible, he soaked in the gym every day with Ben, who also likes to play iron, and Hamilton, who often "prepares for the marathon" on the treadmill, has also become acquaintances who can talk.

This kind of "gym diplomacy" is not something that can be recognized by going to the gym once or twice once or twice, and only when you are familiar with your sweat will they be willing to get acquainted with you.

Self-disciplined people don't hate self-disciplined people - Jordan/Kobe/Arenas who like to take their teammates with them don't count.

However, Mo Wen is not Franklin (the man who printed his avatar on 100 knives), and he can't be liked by everyone.

Colis and Sula, who were threatened by the team's status, were quite critical of him.

Both of them are members of the 95th draft, with similar ranks, similar ages, similar experiences, and even similar annual salaries - Colliss has an annual salary of 5 million, and Sula has an annual salary of 6 million, which is considered a high salary in the Pistons.

But at this moment, he was threatened by a first-year rookie.

Collis is the most unconvinced, he also selected the best sixth man last season, he can still play an average of 25 minutes per game last season, scoring 12+4.5 data, and at the age of 29, he has not had any major injuries, he feels that he can still play.

He was overtaken by last year's younger brother Prince, Prince's long hands and feet and top lateral speed are destined to make him a top wing defender, and in the playoffs last season, Prince was even able to prevent Maddy's efficiency from declining, and he was convinced that Prince was promoted to the starter.

Competing for a position with a first-year rookie or Asian player, although he thinks he is winning, he is very upset that Coach Larry puts him at this level.

He didn't dare to beep anything about Larry Brown - everyone who was unconvinced by Larry Brown at 76 before was traded away by him, so Collis could only put his resentment on Mo Wen.

In addition to them, there are several veteran players who are also unaccustomed to Mo Wen's behavior of always asking Woodson and other assistant coaches for tactical advice on weekdays, and they feel that this is either involution among the players or "flattering" the coaching staff. They were in the same group as Nacoris and Sulla, and they often said bad things about them.

Mo Wen felt their targeting and didn't take it to heart, he remembered that the Pistons would make a robbery trade in the middle of the season, trading Rasheed Wallace, a peak All-Star power forward, to the team with four or five benches and two future first-round picks.

Those few jumping favorites may not be teammates in two months, just wait and see.

Of course, there is another possibility, which is that he was also used as one of the bargaining chips in that deal.