Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 167 167. Signing Negotiations That Changed the Alliance Structure

The Pistons, which had the league's second-best record in the playoffs last year, didn't even make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, and were eliminated by the Cavaliers led by James in the semifinals.

After the Pistons were upset and eliminated, the old head coach Sanders severely criticized the team's defense in front of the media.

Said that the team's defense is as garbage as plastic, which was completely blocked by LeBron.

Among them, Ben, who is the core of the defense, was named and criticized by the old Sanders. He bluntly said that Ben Wallace is a seriously overestimated brush, and the offensive end seriously dragged down the team.

Old Sanders' remarks naturally aroused Ben Wallace's dissatisfaction, and he immediately got into a fight with head coach Sanders.

Ben, who is in a contract year, also tried to force the palace management, saying that he and the old Sanders can only keep one.

And Big Ben's idea is also the idea of ​​the head coach Old Sanders, which also caused a headache for the Pistons management and had to make a choice between the two.

During the regular season, the old Sanders had the idea of ​​trading Ben Wallace, and approached the Pistons management for discussion, but was declined by the Pistons management.

Old Sanders is an excellent offensive coach, while Da Ben is a pure defensive center who basically loses his offensive ability. Thanks to the defensive system created by Larry Brown.

However, after entering the ever-changing playoffs, the conflict between the old Sanders and Big Ben became out of control.

Even in the semi-final G5 battle against Old Sanders, Daben only played for only 11 minutes, basically equivalent to a semi-abandoned state.

If it weren't for the fact that the Pistons really didn't have good offensive candidates inside, I believe that the old Sanders would never be able to stand Ben Wallace's poor offensive ability.

Even though Big Ben's defensive efficiency was second only to Kevin Garnett that season, ranking second in the league.

In the end, after thinking about it, the Pistons management chose Philip Sanders, who led the team to the best record in team history, and gave up the 32-year-old blue-collar center Ben Wallace.

The idea of ​​the Pistons management is very simple. Although Daben's defensive efficiency is still the top in the league, he is 32 years old after all, and he is gradually starting to leave the peak of the player.

Big Ben's averages in last year's playoffs have dropped to 4.7 points, 10.5 rebounds and 1.2 blocks.

The poor offensive ability is not the reason why the Pistons management can't bear it, because the big instinct has always relied on defense to survive in the league.

However, facing the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, even Ben Wallace's proud defense became weak, and his slow moving speed became a key factor for the Cavaliers to win.

Otherwise, the old head coach Saunders would not open his eyes and talk nonsense and criticize Ben Wallace's poor defense in front of the media.

In fact, due to his age, Ben Wallace's movement speed has indeed become slower than at his peak, and he will indeed be unable to meet the league's top breakthrough players.

But Daben's poor defensive efficiency also has a lot to do with the old Sanders coach's poor defense. If the Pistons were still coached by Larry Brown last season, Daben's role is definitely more than that.

The choice of the Pistons management made Ben Wallace feel chilled, and he became frustrated with the team he had played for six years in an instant.

Even though Big Ben's career was still fulfilled by the Pistons, Ben Wallace still felt angry about being abandoned.

Especially the old head coach Saunders, Big Ben can't wait to tear him apart next season with his own hands.

On the normal historical trajectory, Ben Wallace accepted the Bulls' four-year $6000 million contract this summer and switched to Chicago, restarting a relatively bad career experience.

However, due to the emergence of the Timberwolves this summer, Lambiel went to Detroit six times to invite Big Ben, which made Big Ben delay signing the contract with the Bulls.

But there are some grievances between Big Ben and the Timberwolves. To be precise, there are grievances between the Pistons and the Timberwolves, and there are deep grievances between Big Ben and head coach Luke.

Until now, Ben didn't know whether the group of people who beat him for no reason were instigated by Luke. Anyway, in his mind, Luke had already charged this account.

Now that the old grievances are still unresolved, Lambiel invited himself to play under Luke, which made Big Ben extremely resistant.

When Ben Wallace heard the news at first, he refused without even thinking about it, but as Lambiel came more and more times, he described some beautiful fantasies to Big Ben, including revenge on the old Sanders and winning the championship. A series of beautiful pictures, Da Ben did hesitate.

But Luke is like a poisonous thorn in Daben's heart, making Daben unable to let go of his face to play for Luke, which makes Wallace, the biggest fish in the free market this year, so late Haven't signed yet.

The Timberwolves, who freed up salary space this summer, have the ability to swallow the contract of Big Ben. The Bulls offered Big Ben $6000 million for four years, while the Timberwolves offered Big Ben $3000 million for two years. +1 contract.

Among them, the second year is a player option. If Big Ben wants to leave the Timberwolves after the season, he can choose to jump out of the contract at any time.

This contract will not only ease the salary space of the Timberwolves in the next few years, but also allow Big Ben to win the last long-term contract before completely entering the end of his career.

Ben is already 32 years old this year. For a center player, this age has gradually retreated from the peak. After two years, Ben will be 34 years old. Unless he is as incomprehensible as "Shark" O'Neal, his own value will definitely show Straight line began to fall.

But Ben Wallace's worth will not drop in the past two years in the Timberwolves. Even if he tries the free market again at that time, it will be easy for Big Ben to sign the last pension contract.

Coupled with a series of verbal promises such as being able to avenge the old Sanders, breaking up the Pistons, and definitely being selected for the best defensive team, Lambiel's description gradually made Ben Wallace start to feel excited.

It was only because of Luke's relationship that he didn't agree for a long time, which made this matter deadlocked for a while.

In the end, seeing Ben Wallace clearly wanting to join, but still unwilling to open his mouth, Lambiel directly gritted his teeth and said that he would let Luke go to Detroit in person to settle his suspicions, forget all the unpleasant things in the past, and team up to fight against the championship team. Make an impact.

After saying this, Lambiel still didn't forget to add in his heart, "I'm sure I can fool you, but I can't guarantee whether I'm willing to let go of my previous suspicions."

Lambiel's words obviously made Big Ben's eyes shine. Although Ben Wallace's style of play is relatively tough, his IQ is not low at all.

Daben is well aware of the benefits and difficulties of joining the Timberwolves. It is not an easy task for him to be favored by the Timberwolves.

Otherwise, the Bulls will not be the only ones willing to offer a four-year 6000 million contract to test the free market, and the contracts offered by other teams are even less sincere.

After all, strictly speaking, no matter how strong the defensive ability is, Daben is only a blue-collar center. His extremely poor offensive ability makes Daben completely incomparable with a real star.

The reason why he has been reluctant to agree to Lambiel's joining is that Ben Wallace always feels a little awkward when he thinks that he hated Luke last season and gritted his teeth with hatred, and that he will play under Luke next season.

However, Lambiel's words just now gave him a big step. If Luke came to Detroit to negotiate the contract in person, this step can be said to be full of sincerity.

During college, Ben Wallace majored in criminology. In his life, Ben is a very calm and burly man.

The NBA has been thoroughly seen as the big business league, especially after being abandoned by the old club Pistons. At this moment, Ben Wallace suddenly felt that joining the Timberwolves should be a very interesting thing.

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