Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 72 An Old Perv More Paranoid Than Pat Riley

The news was a bit sudden.

Rick Carlisle has done a great job with the Pistons for the past two years.

No, not right!

It should be said that it did a very good job!
In particular, the decision to establish Ben Wallace as the defensive core of the Pistons is the biggest reason for the Pistons to complete the reconstruction and return 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 feels that with our No. [-] record in the Eastern Conference, it shouldn't be so difficult to play in the playoffs!"

As the No. 76 team in the Eastern Conference, the Pistons completed a hearty comeback in the first round of this year's playoffs, but from another perspective, they were almost "black eight".In the second round of the Eastern Conference semifinals, they played 6 more games against the Philadelphia 4ers, and it was difficult to decide the winner.In the Eastern Conference Finals, they were directly swept by the Nets 0-[-]!

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

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

It just so happened that there was such a highly respected old coach on the market who resigned from his original team. Most importantly, his ability to coach defense ranked second in the entire industry, and no one dared to call it number one.Needless to say, the status in the arena, Gregg Popovich, the current "champion coach" of the Spurs, was also the one who followed him with the tactical board.And he also pulled the Philadelphia 01ers into the finals in 76, and also gave the Lakers the only loss in the playoffs that year...

He is the famous Larry Brown!

No matter which general manager it is, it will be heart-wrenching.

Rick Carlisle doesn't have a big problem, it's just that the Pistons have entered the next stage, and his current ability can't keep up with the Pistons' continued progress.

Ben Wallace is not worried about his status in the team either. He is in line with Larry Brown's coaching philosophy. His core position in defensive tactics cannot 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 opinion, even if it is a matter of choosing a rookie. Coupled with Billups and Hamilton helping him to blow the "pillow wind", it is really a matter of time before Woody is selected with the second pick in the first round!

But now that the "new coach" is here, he is still such a respected senior in the industry. I'm afraid that even the general manager Joe Dumars has to choose new players according to his requirements. His opinion is useless at all.

That is to say...

"Woody, you're on your own!"

That's what he's worried about!
Woody chuckled: "Dude, I didn't just rely on the media's praise to get my current momentum! Don't worry, as long as the trial training goes on normally, I think my performance can impress him!"

His incomparable self-confidence, Ben Wallace really couldn't say anything to refute.

Because what Woody said is the truth, even in this year's draft year, Woody is definitely one of the most dazzling people.He was so anxious, and thinking about it now, the more reason might be that he couldn't help Woody.

"Then I wish you luck, I am looking forward to us being teammates!"

After Ben Wallace hung up, Woody got a call from Johnson, who also heard the news through his channel.

"Man, I don't think Detroit is for us anymore!" was Johnson's first words after the news.

Woody froze for a moment, he didn't speak, and waited for Johnson to continue.

"He's a very old-school guy. There are a lot of head coaches in this league who are paranoid, like Pat Riley, but trust me man, no one is more paranoid than Larry Brown, an old freak. He is definitely a control freak, and he likes to suppress rookies. If a player does something he doesn't like on the court, he will immediately get angry at this player. In short, every old-school head coach you can imagine is wrong with him. You can see it! It's just that the media likes him, the industry Respect him, these things are covered up, we can't choose Detroit, even with Ben Wallace!"

Johnson felt Ben Wallace couldn't protect Woody.

Listening to Johnson's evaluation of Larry Brown, Woody became more and more astonished.

He doesn't know much about Larry Brown, and it basically comes from the media. It is in his hands that the Philadelphia 76ers returned to the finals stage, and the arrangement of Allen Iverson from the first position to the second position was also made by him.

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

poor!

On June 6, the NBA Finals ended. The San Antonio Spurs swept the Nets, which had swept their opponents in the Eastern Conference for two consecutive rounds, 10-4.

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

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

His side David - Robinson announced that he will officially retire after this season.

The "Four Major Centers" of the 90s finally ended his career with a championship trophy, leaving San Antonio with a Tim Duncan in his prime.What is left to this alliance is a good story about "inheritance between the Spurs twin towers".

As soon as Tim Duncan entered the league, he took the initiative to give up his core position and became Tim Duncan's "little brother". As a result, after only two years of cooperation, under the leadership of Tim Duncan, he won the championship trophy that he had been pursuing for the entire career but failed to get!
Of course, without his willing assistance, it would be difficult for Tim Duncan to become the championship MVP in the second year of his career!

It's a story of mutual achievement...

The day after the finals, the Pistons management called and wanted to invite Woody to Detroit for a trial training.

General manager Joe Dumars and newly appointed head coach Larry Brown were present that day.

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

After the trial training, Joe Dumars's face was full of satisfaction, and Larry Brown had a stern face, no expression could be seen. Woody looked at him like this, and he was even more convinced that what Johnson said was true. Larry Brown was indeed an old pervert.

In his hands, no matter how good the fight is, it should be done, and it's all due to him!
Such a team definitely cannot last long.

After getting in touch with him, Woody's feeling towards Pat Riley has improved a lot!

Not that Woody is content with that.

But he agrees with what Johnson said, this Larry Brown is indeed a more paranoid paranoid than Pat Riley!
After finishing the Pistons' trial training.

Woody's entire trial training work is also over, and now it is June 6th, and there are still 15 days left before the draft.

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

Woody can change 8 picks in one day!
The Pistons tried out another international player in the past two days, called Milicic.It's just that Johnson didn't find out what the Pistons management and Larry Brown thought about this guy. Instead, there were a lot of news about their tendency to choose Woody from within the Pistons, which made Woody feel a little up and down.

On June 6, Adidas officially announced that Woody joined Adidas and became the spokesperson of Adidas.

When he heard that Woody's signing amount was similar to that of LeBron James, and even more than LeBron James if the bonus amount was added, Woody's name rushed to the highest point.

Become the most popular rookie in the first three days of the draft!

Finally, after a long wait, June 6th came, and the 25 draft, known as the "Draft Year", officially arrived...

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(End of this chapter)