basketball talent system

Chapter 453

After the game with the Pelicans, the Pacers returned to their home court, Indiana.They will take a good rest for a day to adjust their state, and then face the challenge of the Pistons at home.The Detroit Pistons, this team can be said to be the deadly enemy of the Pacers. Regardless of the current ranking of the two teams, and whether there is any interest relationship between the two teams, it has been nearly 10 years since the two teams. It can be seen from the transaction that the two teams are definitely mortal enemies at the level of immortality.

Indeed, in the most glorious year when the Pacers had the best chance to win the championship, the Palace of Auburn Hills incident broke out. This incident directly led to the disintegration of the Pacers team, which was unrivaled in the East. One season, Wu Sheng was traded, and then Reggie Miller also chose to retire because of frustration, leaving only O'Neal to support the team alone, and finally fell down due to injuries due to strain. Everything is caused by those uncivilized fans in Detroit.

However, although the management of the two parties may still be worried about this matter, the players on the court are basically no longer those players of the year, including O'Neal who played for the Pacers last season. Season also directly chose to retire.In fact, the Pistons originally had a good hand, but since that deal, they have started endless reconstruction, which can't help but make people feel embarrassing.

The general content of the deal that year was to use their Finals MVP Chauncey Billups in exchange for Allen Iverson of the Nuggets. In fact, from the results of this deal, the Pistons already knew that the Pistons were losing money. Yes, but their losses are not limited to what they see on the surface.When they first reached this deal, it was also completed after the evaluation of risk assessment experts.There are two reasons for this. At that time, Billups' right to speak in the Pistons affected Brown, which made Brown very dissatisfied, and Brown has always been the kind of person who emphasizes the right to speak of the head coach, so Billups His departure was inevitable.

Then someone said, didn't the AI ​​everywhere have a conflict with Brown when he was in the 76ers, and that caused Brown to leave in anger?The next step is willingness, that is, the characteristics of the city of Detroit make it possible for AI to come. This city is called the Motor City. Most of the people living here are working-class workers, and AI happens to be from the bottom of society. The player who gets up is one of the favorite stars of these working-class fans.Coupled with the economic depression in Detroit at the time, the team's operation was also very difficult, so they just chose to trade to get Iverson, hoping that the star with the largest number of fans in the league at that time could save Detroit.

It is true that the plan at the time was very successful. In the first few home games after the AI ​​airborne in Detroit, the tickets for the Palace of Auburn Hills were sold out in an instant, but what?None of the fans came to the home court to watch the team lose. Gradually, everyone found that the AI ​​​​they admired no longer had the same dominance as when they faced the OK combination alone, so the Detroit market is being revived by AI. After half a season, it returned to the original level.

In fact, this plan of trading big-name players to activate the ball market is not the first time the Pistons have used it. Before the AI ​​was traded, they tried to use the same chips to trade McGrady from the Rockets. Unfortunately, Alexander Reluctant to part with McGrady, that's why he didn't proceed with this transaction that would surely be bloody in the eyes of later generations.

Since the trade of Billups, the Pistons' combat effectiveness has declined, but the ball market has not been active for long, so the top management of the Detroit Pistons had to start cutting players to tighten money, so Big Ben was sent away. De Wallace was sent away, Hamilton was sent away, and Prince, the last Detroit Five Tigers, is now waving the towel for the Pacers.

Last season, the Pistons made a big break. First, the record was poor, and then the team got angry and directly waived about [-]. Then the team won a wave of winning streaks. Seeing that it has risen and then forgotten, and then James (Jennings) injured the team In exchange for Jackson, he found that he still couldn't win, and finally ended last season.

For the Pistons, the good thing is that the team finally knows how to play the role of Zhuangshen through several wrong experiments.Now Zhuang Shen is already the best rebounder in the league, and his ability to use his body to finish opponents under the basket is also extremely high.Jennings has become more mature through the growth of this season, has strengthened the proportion of hitting the basket, shot more stably, and is an excellent shooter most of the time.

Pope has secured the Pistons' starting No. 2 position this season. Although he is still immature, it can be seen that his shooting feeling is gradually improving, and he is developing normally in the direction of a 3D player.During the offseason, the team added Morris Jr. is a typical inexpensive but very practical type.It has range and momentum, and it is more reliable to match with Zhuangshen.The new version of Kawhi Johnson was selected in the draft, which can be regarded as a supplement to the team's weak wing. If he grows smoothly, he will be the ace of the team's perimeter defense.

But I have to say that the Pistons are still a bit too petty, and they want to rise up, but they are reluctant to pay. Which team can reach the finals without spending the luxury tax like it did back then?

The next thing is that the Pistons are not so satisfactory. First of all, I don't understand why the team changed Jackson and consumed their relatively strong striker assets.Then the contract was renewed, and the price was still so expensive.Jackson is one of those high-yield but inefficient players. Whether it is shooting ability or the ability to organize the whole team, he is far behind Jennings. As a combo guard, he suffers from the size of the 2nd position and relies on impact. He plays hard and can't load the No. 2 position at all.

Is it too expensive to raise a sixth man with a maximum salary?He is not suitable for starting.How to deal with it?The team also found a large number of guards who can enter the rotation in the summer. Blake and Meeks are all qualified substitutes.But they don't have the ability to play the 2nd position... plus Jennings and Jackson, the team has 4 people competing for the 1st position.And the only ones who can really play the 2nd position are Pope and swingman rookie Johnson.What about number 3?Except for Johnson who can play Morris Jr. and the veteran Granger, no one can stand it for too long. After all, Morris will play the 4th position for a long time. You can't let Ilyasova play the whole game all the time. Bar?He didn't even have a substitute, pointing to Morris for help!

由此可见，球队最好的10个人，有4个只能在1号位混的控球后卫，2 3 4号位都要相互借人帮助才能保持轮换（3个位置4.5个人轮换我也是醉了）一旦这4.5个人（格兰杰的状态只能顶半个轮换队员）有一个受伤，估计就要全盘崩盘吧！
Another problem is that the team can't space the floor.After all, Pope is still inaccurate, and Johnson didn't rely mainly on shooting in college.I won't talk about Zhuang Shen and Baines.The team's most reliable shooters are the two combo forwards at the 4th position. This is why Reggie Jackson is not recommended to start. His shooting ability is far behind Jennings. Once he starts, the opponent Will shrink the inside line without hesitation.This caused a lot of resistance to Jackson's impact on the basket.

In general, the team has unloaded several big contracts, and the space has been released, but can these people be the future of the Pistons?It's hard to say!In addition, the geographical location of the Pistons determines that there are basically no stars in their prime years who are willing to come and surrender. After all, no stars in their prime years would be willing to come to this declining city. There is neither market nor fame. .Therefore, the biggest role of their space is estimated to be used for contract renewals.

The time soon came to December NO.18. The Pacers ushered in the challenge of the Pistons at home. This game is actually very important for the Pistons, because they are now ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference , The Hornets behind them have already won the game before. If the Pistons lose this game, then they can only give up their eighth place in the Eastern Conference to the Hornets.

As for the Pacers, they are not going to let it go, because they were beaten badly by the Pelicans in the previous game, and now they urgently need a big victory to prove that their team is still very strong Yes, so in this game, not only can they not release the water, but they also need to beat a wave of opponents harder.

At the beginning of the game, Zhuang Shen's inside jump ball was still very stable, and he easily gave the ball to Jackson. Reggie Jackson faced Rondo's defensive possession and came to the frontcourt. The ability to break through is too confident. Rondo's steals are very powerful. When he missed his body, Rondo's hands were quick and his eyes were quick, and he immediately stabbed the opponent's ball down. Ye Xuan immediately opened up. Ma Li rushed towards the opponent's half court.Behind him is Pope desperately chasing and defending, but after Rondo broke the ball, he didn't give the opponent a chance to defend, but rushed directly to the opponent without stopping after halftime, and rushed directly to the basket Go, Pope had no choice but to pounce on Rondo, while Ye Xuan quietly pulled to the bottom corner. After Rondo attracted Pope's defense, he flicked the ball lightly to Ye Xuan's hands. Make a solid shot.

The Pacers' two-on-one frontcourt went smoothly, but the Pistons' offense seemed a bit haphazard. Because their outside shooting percentages were generally low, facing the Pacers' iron barrel defense, Basically, Zhuang Shen, who passed the ball to the inside, told him to cut this way, but the Pacers will not watch Zhuang Shen's singles and remain indifferent. Ye Xuan immediately went in to double-team, and Zhuang Shen reacted very quickly. , and immediately passed the ball, but Pope on the outside failed to make the ball.

Jordan Hill grabbed the rebound from the backcourt and passed the ball to Ye Xuan on the side. Ye Xuan stopped passing the ball, but quickly brought the ball to the frontcourt by himself. When he was in position, he shot a three-pointer directly from the outside, and the three-pointer hit again.Ye Xuan's chasing three-pointer also made the Pistons a little confused. Fortunately, looking back, the Pistons finally caused a foul by the boxing champion when Zhuang Shen played with his back, and used Zhuang Shen's free throw to get the original goal. The first point of the game, but only got one point.

The next thing is the very familiar plot of abuse of food. The Pistons were also unlucky in this game. The Pistons, who were not able to shoot originally, met a team with a very strong defense. The main players were present in the first quarter. At the time of the game, they only scored 12 points in total, which is also very sad. Fortunately, as the Pacers replaced the main force, the Pistons also found some sense of offense. Rewrite your own score in a single quarter to 20 points.But these 20 points are a bit too miserable in front of the Pacers' 41 points in a single quarter.

Leading the opponent by 21 points in a single quarter, the Pacers are a bit too heavy-handed, so in the second quarter, the Pacers basically did not intend to replace the main force, and even let the original Pistons Prince, the hero who won the championship, played soy sauce for a few minutes. In the end, he didn't know whether Prince was dissatisfied with the unreasonable sale of the Pistons' executives or what the situation was. The narrator couldn't make it up anymore, and could only say a classic line "Justice may be late, but it will never be absent."

At the end of halftime, the Pistons managed to narrow the point difference to 11 points when they used their main force to face the Pacers' soy players. The team didn't feel very happy, so the third quarter started, and the main players played again. After 8 minutes of playing, the point difference widened to 25 points again. Now the Pistons no longer want to save face. Directly replaced all the main players and announced their surrender.

In fact, Ye Xuan didn't play this game well enough. Except for two fast-break three-pointers at the beginning of the game, the whole game was basically collecting assists and rebounds. There is not much time to play, so the data is not particularly good-looking.At the end of the game, Ye Xuan scored only 13 points, only had 6 assists, and only got 4 rebounds because the opponent had Zhuang Shen inside. Many statistics did not reach an ideal level. Fortunately, the team still won the final victory, and it was a big victory with a difference of 30 points - when Prince was finally replaced to play soy sauce, he sprinkled a handful of salt on the Pistons' wounds, So it can barely be regarded as venting the anger of losing to the Pelicans in the last game.

(End of this chapter)