basketball never sleeps

Chapter 25
"The group of dog-raised white people in the upper echelon of the league can only sit in the office and watch us black coolies play hard. They can earn more than us without doing anything. We players are the ones who are punished by them. What a victim of exploitation!"

A black player with yellow teeth uttered nonsense in front of the camera. His words not only shocked the reporters in front of him, but even the cameraman trembled.

"OK, Rashid, I see what you mean, ok, this interview is over, thank you very much."

The black female reporter put away the recording pen and left the interview area with a smile on her face.

"We've got big news, Jack, let's go, haha, we're sure to be the headlines this time!"

At 10 o'clock that night, Paul Allen, who was about to rest, received a call from Stern.

"I'm sorry to bother you Alan at this time, but I think you should see what Rasheed just said?"

Paul Allen frowned. He didn't care much about team operations. Listening to Stern's tone on the phone, he could hear the anger suppressed under his gentle words.

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

After the two exchanged a few more words, Allen hung up the phone, and then a call was made to the team general manager John Nash.

"I want to know what stupid thing Rashid said before, David (Stern) has just called me."

John Nash on the other end of the phone sighed, and after repeating Rashid's remarks, fell silent.

After Paul Allen was silent for more than ten seconds, he dropped the cup in front of him to the ground.

"Didn't he want to leave before, well, before the trade deadline, trade him, no matter who he is in exchange for."

John Nash was also silent for a few seconds.

"Give me some time, Allen, and I will give a satisfactory explanation."

On February 2th, Raheem was complacent about the fact that he scored 10+27 in the game between the Eagles and the Mavericks and won the game.

A transaction application was handed over to Stern's desk, and Stern showed rare efficiency and immediately approved the transaction.

Thus, a five-man deal was born-the Eagles traded Raheem, Ratliff, and Dandy Kao from the Blazers in exchange for Rashid and Berson.

Excluding the headfill and balance weight, the main body of the transaction is Rashid for Raheem and Ratliff.

In the Hawks, Raheem and Ratliff have proven that they can't make the team into the playoffs.

The days when there are no results and there is no way to get away with it makes the Eagles management feel extremely tortured, and it is even more tortured to think that Raheem and Ratliff still have a big contract of 6000 million dollars in the future that needs to be implemented.

Rasheed's contract expires this year, and the Eagles, who wanted to get rid of the big contract, readily accepted the deal.

But on the second day after the Hawks just completed the transaction, Larry Brown called his former disciple and now Hawks general manager Knight.

"Since you want to pursue the champion, why don't you show it to the end?"

Another 10 days later, Rasheed, who had just finished a game with the Hawks, learned that he was traded. On the trade deadline day, the Pistons, Celtics, and Hawks completed another three-party deal .

The Pistons traded a first-round pick from the Bucks to guard Bob Sura, Milicic... The round lottery was given to the Celtics, and the Celtics' Mike James and the Eagles' Rasheed Wallace were acquired.

This three-party big deal for the Celtics is just a bridge, because the blue-collar or basic-salary contracts of the Pistons' first team really can't match Rashid's 1300 million big contract without moving the starters and Milicic.

On the bright side, the Eagles exchanged Rasheed, an All-Star power forward, for a high-salary and low-energy Sura, a retired Mills with a salary of 600, and a first-round pick for the Bucks next year who is on the edge of the playoffs. Blood loss, so bad that there are no pants left.

But considering that there are still more than 20 games in the season, and Rashid can enter the free market when his contract expires in the summer, this deal is justifiable.

Only a few contending teams frowned after seeing this deal.

This wave of the Pistons can be regarded as an epic-level enhancement, trading a bunch of leftovers and two future draft picks in exchange for a usable All-Star insider.

Not only made up for the last shortcoming of the Pistons' inside defense, but also made up for the stable offensive ability that the Pistons lacked.

Rasheed was attracted by Larry Brown because of his "tough" style on the defensive end.On the offensive end, however, he is a serious power forward who uses shooting as the offensive method.

He has a wide range of shots, and he has a good shooting rate from outside the 3-point line to the mid-range. Instead, the inside offense only accounts for 20% of his total shots. (Well, that's tough.) But there's no denying that his signature shooting move, the "straight-arm shot," is hard to interfere with, the kind of consistent scoring that the Pistons are missing right now.

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Rasheed Wallace, who changed three teams within half a month like a commodity, finally recognized his identity.

What multi-millionaires, what all-star players, they are just the president's toys.

The only thing that comforts him is that the Pistons still respect him.

Larry Brown was looking forward to the stars and the moon, and after half a year of looking forward to it, Rasheed finally came.

Stern is still thinking about how this deal will affect the structure of the NBA this year, or he doesn't want Rasheed to go to a strong team.

Let Rashid, who is irritable and irritable, yells at the referees at every turn, sprays the idiots of high-level officials and even gets involved in racial issues, and was portrayed by the media as a villain a few years ago to participate in the playoffs with high ratings. It’s not a good idea in terms of image, so I just said no and didn’t approve and confirm the transaction.

(Rashid also threw the towel on Sabanis because of the loss in the playoffs, which indirectly caused Sabanis to retire)
The main reason is to let the Pistons understand the president's intentions-the labor and management don't like this player, so if you want to use him, you can manage him well.

But who would have thought that Larry Brown couldn't wait to take Rasheed over from Atlanta, and put Rasheed on the starting lineup without even playing a few team training games, and directly used it in the game against his old 76ers. It plays as the main force.

The president is stupid, what's the matter with your piston, I haven't approved the transaction yet, why did you use it?

Do you understand the respect! ?

The angry Stern directly fined the Pistons a $20 ticket, which is also the biggest ticket in the NBA this year.

Dumars is also paralyzed. For a game that is guaranteed to win (the 76ers' Pisa Iverson was injured and rested), he had to pay an extra 20 yuan. When he turned around and argued with Brown, the old man told him confidently that he only Responsible for leading the team to win, regardless of the team's business operations.

As for Mo Wen, Bob Sura was sent away, and Sura's playing time was transferred to Mo Wen.

In addition, the substitute work at the 3rd position will be done for a while, Mo Wen's average time per game has doubled to 17 minutes per game, and Collis has followed suit. He was originally assigned by Mo Wen The playing time has come back a lot.

Although Larry Brown felt that it was unreliable to give a rookie so much playing time, he had no choice. Sura left the Pistons without even a serious sub.

The rest of the team who can play the 2nd position were all crushed by Mo Wen in the training games. If Mo Wen was not used in this situation, they would probably be accused of racial discrimination in the future.

As for Milicic, it doesn't matter, Larry Brown himself is also white, and he didn't let Milicic play because he was protecting his race.

The Los Angeles Times also wrote a joke a few weeks ago:
Milicic: I had to come to America from Europe because I needed a coach like Larry Brown to help me grow.

Brown: Your choice is right, don't worry, I will stay here for three to four years, of course it may be three to four weeks, no matter what, you will get a chance to play.

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Rasheed Wallace, who just came to the Pistons, originally wanted to offer his loyalty to Larry Brown.

After all, he and Brown are both from North Carolina. Brown has expressed his appreciation for him many times before. After he was abandoned and traded, he was still so trusted by Brown. He is also very good, and all of the above have deepened his admiration for this unsmiling white coach.

But after staying in the Pistons for a long time, he realized that things didn't seem that simple.

The No. [-] player who was rumored by the outside world to be unworthy, his current actual ability is probably no worse than when he was in the first and second grades, but because of his poor defense, he can't even get a stable playing time now, and because of some Small mistakes were scolded by Brown.

There is also an Asian rookie who doesn't like Larry Brown very much. His skills are mature like an old monster. The team trainer said that his body is still growing, but the overall strength he has shown so far is definitely not inferior to him. The Blazers were the starting teammates at positions 2 and 3.

But it is also because no one is available for the Pistons after his trade. He has only recently become a rotation substitute who played less than 20 minutes.

Looking back, even Okur, who was replaced by him in the starting position, may not be much worse than his current shot.

Rasheed originally thought that if he hugged Larry Brown's thigh in the team, he would be able to integrate into the team quickly, but privately, few Pistons players liked Larry Brown.

In the end, Big Ben, who had been teammates with him in the Trail Blazers, revealed something to him.

"Larry's most important thing is defense, and he only values ​​defense. If there is anything else, it emphasizes concentration and confrontation during defense. Most offenses are some... uncomplicated tactics. His only requirement is I hope everyone can go to the basket and shoot as much as possible, the closer to the basket the better, but... well, there is no but."

"Everyone doesn't like Larry very much because he is usually too strict. Although I don't think there is anything wrong with it, there is indeed a lot of human touch in the team. Everyone rarely communicates during training because Larry thinks it is too noisy."

"Dak (Milicic) I don't know what he did to offend the coach. He has actually improved a lot compared to before, but this arrangement is actually not that strange. After a long time, you will know that our coach prefers to use Experienced player."

"Oh, by the way, in fact, the people in our team are not difficult to get along with. The only thing you may have to pay attention to is when facing Mo Wen, try to control your emotions. That guy is very strong, and his range is not only applicable on the court. kind of."

After a little understanding, Rashid finally had a little understanding of the abnormal situation of the Pistons.

The only player he couldn't understand was the Asian rookie Mo Wen.

From what Da Ben said before, Mo Wen seemed to be very good at fighting or not easy to mess with, but after a few days of contact, he felt that this Mo Wen was no different from the Asians he came into contact with in daily life?

It feels like Mo Wen has a good temper just like him.

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"I fired you Bowen, your uncle. Your shoes are on the script, right? They started to lock again?"

"I wanted to play a good dungeon today. In a regular season, I put up with you three times. How can I put up with you!"

"You like to lock your feet, don't you? I have to pinch your legs. You should lie on the bed and watch your feet for the rest of your life!"

"Don't stop me, whoever stops me, I'll beat him together."

Ginobili wanted to come up and hug Mo Wen, but was thrown to the ground with an elbow.Dadai hesitated for a while and rushed over, but was punched by Mo Wen until his body bowed to the ground like a shrimp.

The others didn't dare to come over, Popovich rushed over, and before he could reach Mo Wen, he was knocked down by Mo Wen with a big mouth.

The dumbfounded security guards and referees finally came to their senses, and Mo Wen kicked Bowen's ankle hard before the referee called him expulsion.

The referee blew the whistle, and Mo Wen's figure flashed back to the starting point of all dungeons - the locker room.

This is a mechanism of the dungeon space. If the host is dismissed as a sixth or technical offender, the dungeon will judge the game as a loss and automatically enter the next game.

Seeing his teammates as if nothing happened, Mo Wen's mood gradually calmed down.

Fortunately, the first three games were won, otherwise, the dungeon tonight would have been for nothing.

[Normal Dungeon] Relying on his nearly 1500 game experience, he has been able to maintain a 3% winning rate.He even challenged the [difficult copy] three times inflatedly. To put it decently, he paid the tuition fee three more times.

It stands to reason that there should have been abuses in the first two rounds of the playoffs, but he just didn't meet them, or he has always been the one who was abused.This copy space, as always, has no loopholes to exploit.

Mo Wen felt that he had fallen into an embarrassing situation. He invested all the potential rough stones he got into physical attributes, and his physical potential could not be fulfilled in a short time.

And the potential of his offensive and defensive skills has basically been tapped out-nearly 1500 games experience, although there is no daily exercise after the game like ordinary players, but no matter how much he exercises in normal times, he will not be better than him. It's faster to practice your skills on the court.

His game experience is growing, but the growth of his actual strength has stagnated.

Do you really have to wait until you slowly exercise your body before playing?
【Physical Attributes】

上肢力量：65↑（75）；下肢力量：64↑（75）；协调：79（86）

爆发力：67↑（80）；直线速度：67（69）；横向敏捷：71（75）

体力：70↑（80）；恢复：70（72）；伤病抗性：70（76）

He is now 80 points away from adding all the potentials of his physical attributes to 38 (the upper limit of mid-level potential rough stones). According to his current winning rate, it will take about 95 days to get enough potential rough stones.

But if he puts part of the potential rough stones into his own offensive or defensive attributes, his winning rate in [Normal Dungeon] might be able to improve online, and he can also experience the feeling of improvement in strength.

But in that case, the growth of his physical attributes will be slowed down a lot.

Although he is not in a hurry, the Pistons, who have successfully strengthened, should have no pressure to win the championship this season. In the original life, the Pistons would be able to 4:1 the Lakers without him. I can't return it later.

But you can't just waste the opportunity to exercise your skills in those dungeon games.

There is no technological advancement at all, so it is short-sighted to brush up dungeons purely for potential rough stones and badge fragments.

Mo Wen is not an indecisive twister either. After some consideration, he decided to allocate 30% of the potential rough stones to technical attributes.

Mo Wen, who thought he had made a wise decision, became more determined after hearing a news from the team the next day, and even considered whether to allocate a little more potential rough stones to technical attributes.

"Prince can't come today. He slipped and twisted his ankle in the bathroom yesterday. It's quite serious. The doctor said he won't be able to play for at least the next four weeks." Billups told Mo Wen very depressed This news.

He patted Mo Wen's shoulder heavily, the meaning was obvious.

Prince is injured, so the Pistons can only be filled by him at the 3rd position.

　Say it and do it, the second watch is ten thousand

　　
　
(End of this chapter)