The news was somewhat sudden.

Rick Carlisle has done a great job with the Pistons in his two years.

No, it's not!

I should say that it is very well done!

In particular, the decision to establish Ben Wallace as the defensive core of the Pistons is the biggest reason why the Pistons have completed their rebuild and returned to the Eastern Conference Finals.

However, after Woody heard the reason for Rick Carlisle's dismissal, he felt that the news was not sudden.

Because......

"Joe doesn't think we should have played so hard in the playoffs with our No. 1 record in the East!"

As the No. 1 team in the East, in the first round of this year's playoffs, although they completed a hearty reversal, but from another angle, they were almost "black eight". In the second round of the Eastern Conference semifinals, they played six more games against the Philadelphia 76ers, and it was difficult to separate the winners. In the Eastern Conference finals, it was directly swept 4-0 by the Nets!

But the Pistons' system, since the beginning of 00, has been ranked in the top two in the East, and this season is the first in the East compared to last season!

This shows that the overall strength of the team's lineup is definitely not bad, since the players are no problem, there has been no greater breakthrough, and this "pot" naturally has to be carried by the head coach.

Coincidentally, there is such a respected coach on the market who resigned from his original team, and most importantly, his ability to coach defense is called the first in the entire industry, and no one dares to call it second. Needless to say, the current "championship coach" of the Spurs, Greg Popovich, was also the one who carried the tactical board behind him. And he also pulled the Philadelphia 76ers into the Finals in '01, and also gave the Lakers their only loss in the playoffs that year......

He's the famous Larry Brown!

This will be tempted by any general manager.

Rick Carlisle doesn't have much of a problem, it's just that the Pistons are moving to the next stage, and his current ability is a little too good to keep up with the Pistons.

Ben Wallace is not worried about his team status, he is very much in line with Larry Brown's coaching philosophy, and his core position in defensive tactics is impossible to be shaken, but the problem is that he has a good relationship with Rick Carlisle, in front of him, Big Ben can have his own opinions, even if it is such a thing as choosing a newcomer, plus Billups and Hamilton to help him blow the "pillow wind", and it is really a matter of time before Woody is signed with the second pick in the first round!

But now that the "new handsome" has arrived, he is still such a respected senior in the industry, I am afraid that even the general manager Joe Dumas will have to choose the newcomer according to his requirements, and his opinion is useless.

Other words......

"Woody, you're on your own!"

That's what he's worried about!

Woody laughed: "Man, I didn't just rely on the media to get where I am today!" Don't worry, as long as the tryout goes on as normal, I think my performance can impress him! ”

He was so confident that Ben Wallace really couldn't say anything to refute it.

Because what Woody said is true, even if this year's draft is a big year, Woody is definitely one of the most dazzling people. He was in such a hurry, and now that he thought about it, more reason, probably because he couldn't help Woody.

"Good luck then, I'm looking forward to being teammates!"

After Ben Wallace hung up, Woody received another call from Johnson, who also learned the news through his channel.

"Man, I guess Detroit isn't for us anymore!" These were Johnson's first words after saying the news.

Woody was stunned for a moment, he didn't speak, waiting for Johnson to continue.

"This is a very old-school and old-fashioned guy, there are a lot of managers in this league who are paranoid, like Pat Riley, but trust me man, no one is more paranoid than the old pervert Larry Brown, he's definitely a control freak and really likes to suppress rookies, if a player does something he doesn't like on the court, he's going to get angry at that player right away, in short, you can imagine the problems of an old-school manager, you can see it in him! It's just that the media likes him, the industry respects him, and these things are all covered up, and we can't choose Detroit, even if there's Ben Wallace there! ”

Johnson felt that Ben Wallace couldn't protect Woody.

Woody listened to Johnson's assessment of Larry Brown and became more and more stunned.

He didn't know much about Larry Brown, and it was mostly from the media that the Philadelphia 76ers returned to the Finals stage in his hands, and Allen Iverson's move from the No. 1 to No. 2 position was also made by him.

Judging from these aspects, the ability of this head coach should still be okay. I didn't expect Johnson to evaluate him so much......

Bad!

On June 10, the NBA Finals ended, and the San Antonio Spurs swept the Nets with a score of 4-0 against the Nets, who had swept their opponents in two consecutive rounds in the East.

The alliance pattern of "the east is weak and the west is strong" has reached its peak on this stage this year!

Tim Duncan lifted his second career championship trophy, as well as his second Finals MVP trophy.

Next to him, David Robinson, announced that he will officially retire at the end of this season.

The 'Big Four' of the '90s' ended his career with a championship trophy, leaving San Antonio with a Tim Duncan in his prime. What is left for this alliance is a good story about "the legacy between the Spurs and the twin towers".

As soon as Tim Duncan entered the league, he took the initiative to give up the core position and became the "little brother" of Tim Duncan, and after only two years of cooperation, he won the championship trophy that he had been pursuing all his career under the leadership of Tim Duncan!

Of course, without his willing assistance, it would have been difficult for Tim Duncan to become a championship MVP in the second year of his career!

It's a story of mutual fulfillment......

The day after the Finals, Pistons management called and asked Woody to go to Detroit for a tryout.

General manager Joe Dumas and newly appointed head coach Larry Brown were in attendance.

Under the watchful eyes of the two bigwigs, Woody completed the trial with quality and quantity.

After the trial, Joe Dumas's face was full of satisfaction, Larry Brown had a straight face and couldn't see the expression, Woody looked at him like this, and was even more convinced that what Johnson said was true, and this Larry Brown was indeed an old pervert.

In his hands, I'm afraid that no matter how good he plays, it should be, and it's all his credit!

Such a team is definitely not going to last long.

After contacting him, Woody feels a lot better about Pat Riley!

It's not that Woody is satisfied.

Rather, he agrees with Johnson that this Larry Brown is indeed a more paranoid paranoid than Pat Riley!

After the trial session with the Pistons.

Woody's entire tryout is over, and it's June 15, with the final 10 days left before the draft.

All kinds of gossip in the outside world are also intensifying.

Woody can change 8 picks in a day!

The Pistons tried out another international player called Milicic on the past two days. It's just that Johnson didn't hear what Pistons management and Larry Brown thought about this guy, but there was a lot of news coming out of the Pistons about their tendency to choose Woody, which made Woody's mood a little mixed.

On June 18, Adidas officially announced that Woody had joined Adi's banner and became Adi's spokesperson.

When he heard that Woody's signing amount was about the same as LeBron James, and if the reward amount was even more than LeBron James, Woody's name rushed to the highest point.

Became the hottest rookie three days before the draft!

Finally, after a long wait, June 25 arrived, and the '03 draft convention, known as the "big year of the draft", officially arrived......