Chapter 12: Winning the game, you have time to be happy
As soon as the news came out that the Pistons temporarily gave up on Milicic on the court, most of the media expressed their pessimism about the Pistons this season.
In order to make room for Milicic, the Pistons traded last season's interior starter Cleverd Robinson in the offseason, but Milicic came but couldn't take this position, which is equivalent to being a blind starter.
"It is recommended to expel the scouts in Europe, how much water is there in this list, why is it difficult for a good genius to even play for two days?"
"The Pistons lost money in this year's draft, and they drafted two Euroleague players, but one couldn't play, and the other couldn't come; The last Asian at the end of the game doesn't know if he'll be able to play. ”
"Why not Carmelo Anthony! English language open book exam Dumas why do you want to copy the Greek alphabet answers! ”
The attraction of this wave of firepower is quite in place, and the pressure on the record around the old coach is a lot less.
At least the poor record can be blamed for Milicic, who didn't play a game and didn't play a minute.
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Before the crossing, Larry Brown was famous for creating the greatest shame in the history of the Dream Team, and later his poor performance in the bad team Knicks can also be called "living up to expectations" and "not a family, not a family".
Mo Wen, who has seen the fast-break thinking of small balls, doesn't look down on Larry Brown very much.
Larry Brown? An old ghost who is stubborn and wears colored glasses on international players and rookies.
In addition, this old ghost's mouth is very smelly, and he looks like a dog in a suit every day, and his mouth is indeed the English version of the "little arm cub". (It is recorded that Little Potato was also scolded and cried by him.) )
Not only Billups, but many other players have said in private parties that they want to give this old wretch a wreck.
But character aside, in this era when joint defense is allowed, no handcheck rules have not been introduced, and this period when the intensity of confrontation can be ranked in the forefront of history, there is something about the tactics and concepts of this old ghost.
The old-fashioned can also interpret the meaning of "experienced" from a certain point of view, and if the times remain the same, you can eat your old book.
"Play the right way." It's the basketball philosophy that Larry Brown has always adhered to and preached for decades.
What do you mean by the "right way"? According to Larry Brown's official explanation, it is necessary to 'play seriously, play smart, remember to work as a team, enjoy basketball, and try to defend'.
To put it bluntly: Don't you invest a single dollar in the outside wave, pass the ball and stand aside if you are not sure, go to the defensive end to find a sense of existence for labor and management, and play with life!
This philosophy on the offensive end requires limiting the star's desire to perform and allowing players with better chances to shoot; Defensively, no detail is left untouched, and any player has to do their best to push the opponent as far away from the frame as possible.
It seems reasonable, but when you put all your energy into the defensive end, the offensive end is basically a bad game.
This kind of "worse than bad" basketball concept can't win the ball in the small-ball era, and it can't win the love of fans, but it is suitable for the current Pistons.
The Pistons, who don't have star players, are still a veritable grassroots team, and Big Ben is only known for his defense, and he doesn't have any privileges on the offensive end.
The leader of the team is the draft pick, the Pistons' interior Dinghai Shenpin, a two-time best defensive player and rebounding king, a super blue-collar who averaged 7 points + 15.5 rebounds per game last season, and usually does a lot of dirty work when changing defenses.
Billups, the core of the team's engine, an outcast who was also traded for half a season, was one of the players who wasted talent in the media before coming to the Pistons, and because of the mediocre assist data after coming to the Pistons, not many people paid attention to him as a point guard.
Hamilton, the team's most reliable finisher, is just Jordan's younger brother during the Wizards, a stable but inefficient finisher, usually except for layups, he is a mid-range shot, he doesn't look good at playing, and he doesn't have many fans.
There are no privileged players in the whole team, and no one has the capital to do the dirty work in the face of the team bosses taking the lead.
During his month with the Pistons, Larry Brown was accustomed to the demanding coaching style he was known for.
There are clear requirements for each player's positioning, movement route, passing goals, offense and defense, and everything has to be done in a step-by-step manner.
Otherwise, just wait to be sprayed.
Carlisle, the former coach of the Pistons, was also a defensive-minded and disciplined coach, but many veteran players still couldn't adapt to Larry Brown's high-pressure "domination".
"Wherever his gaze rests, the air will be a little heavier." Atkins, who couldn't hide his words, said.
Dumas, as the general manager, can also feel that the atmosphere of the whole team has changed significantly from last season.
The Pistons seem to be back to his playing days, the "bad boy" era under Chuck Daley.
The Pistons who pay attention to confrontation, bite, and will do anything for a ball... It's back.
The smile disappeared from the Pistons' faces, and in the words of Larry Brown – "Winning the game, you have time to be happy." ”
"It's hard to imagine that this philosophical thing came from the mouth of a bastard with a mouth full of." Astékin felt that the words were definitely copied by Larry Brown.
Rationally speaking, this kind of team atmosphere, winning is not necessarily happiful, just like the later workers, the management has become stricter, even if the salary has increased a little, it may not be happier than before.
Almost everyone is battling the pressure, including Larry Brown, whose predecessor Carlisle has laid a good foundation, and he has no reason to step back as a famous peach-picker.
It's him who has a good face, but he feels that his players should empathize with him.
The only one in the entire piston who can remain indifferent is Mo Wen.
He even had the leisure to comfort Milicic, who had become a stress boy.
What is this kind of pressure, no matter how much pressure you have in training, can it be as big as the finals?
He played seven or eight copies of the finals, and "one ball in hand, all eyes on you" is not only glory, but feeling tens of thousands of people breathing together, you really feel suffocated that the air is not enough.
Compared to the pressure created by Larry Brown, soldiers who have been on the battlefield will not care about the intensity of their usual weight-bearing training.
"Take it easy, don't follow tactics too deliberately, you're still young, you can make mistakes, what you need now is to show your value and don't give up your strengths."
Mo Wen patted Milicic on the shoulder, trying to slow down his speech so that Milicic, who was not very good at English, could understand.
The poor lad was just squirted by Larry Brown for missing his position due to an early defense, and that wasn't even a mistake.
Mo Wen thought that maybe the old man had hemorrhoids, because Larry Brown, who likes to sit on the sidelines, couldn't sit still today.
Old man Brown is 60 years old, but he retired bravely when he was a player, and his body was still full of energy, spraying people like a hair dryer, and his breath could be sprayed on the players together with foam.
Fortunately, Larry Brown played guard when he was a player, and his height was only 175, except for a few short point guards, he should wash his neck, and if Larry Brown was tall, everyone might also be at risk of fluid exchange.
"You're still in the mood to comfort him, but also, it seems like you're the only one left in our team who hasn't been sprayed by Larry yet. Even Ben was sprayed because of the card position."
Billups, who was resting on the sidelines, suddenly discovered a terrible fact, and there was a "traitor" among them.
"It seems true that you say that, and he doesn't seem to have been educated by Larry; Hell, didn't he say he didn't like rookies, why was he so partial to you? ”
Hamilton next to him echoed, he has been sprayed by Larry Brown recently, because he has to rely on running all the time to involve the positioning of the opponent's offensive attention, but the running position is not running around, but also to pay attention to the linkage with teammates, pay attention not to hinder the offensive space of teammates, there are quite a lot of problems.
"Well, I'm going to tell the story of my high school SAT1530, it's all full of gold."
After getting along for a long time, Mo Wen gradually got used to joking with this group of people.
"Qi~"
Convex (艹)
Several people next to him made disdainful sounds, and some even raised friendly middle fingers.
Most of the NBA players with college experience are not admitted to the university by studying, and most of them are recruited by sports professionals after passing the cultural class.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many idiots in the NBA who retire and go bankrupt.
So for a scholar like Mo Wen, they can only be described by Mr. Lu's words.
Probably out of jealousy,—— that's a certainty!