You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 158 Which side are you on?

The first day of training camp set the tone.

"Apart from the fear of them getting injured, things are going really well and they're becoming a team with a lot of excitement."

Detroit BOG TV did a feature on the Pistons on the tenth day of training camp.

The high-intensity training camp made everyone tense, because once someone slacked off, Mo Mengchen's trash talk would follow.

"He overdid it even more than he did last year."

Assistant coach Dane Stanton told the media.

He also told a story.

"Louis M. Lore relaxed on the second day, so Mo stared at him all day. It was definitely the most painful day for Louis since the offseason. For us, the most important thing is that they are willing. Follow Mo's lead."

Stan used the term leadership.

This also surprised the BOG reporter.

People who don't know the Pistons will think that this is the team of Hill or Dumars. The actual situation is exactly the opposite. They all have their own roles, but the person who leads them is Mo Mengchen.

Barkley has also gradually integrated here.

However, there is one phenomenon that makes Collins uneasy.

Compared with obeying him, the tough guys headed by Barkley seem to value Mo Mengchen's opinion more.

Barkley, Mahon, Wallace, Jerome Williams, these four bastards formed the same camp, especially Wallace, who knows that after he made that almost scrapped action on Barkley, How could they still be such good friends.

These four people have the same characteristic that they play tough, always giving the strongest confrontation, and provoking their opponents while playing.

Barkley's trash talking, Mahon's elbows, Wallace's defense and Williams' consistently high energy with a memorable bark.

This group is quite unique within the Pistons.

It is not easy to lead these four people because they are arrogant, and Collins has this problem.

When he wanted them to do something during the match, they would not immediately agree.

Barkley's eyes will turn to Mo Mengchen, and he hopes to hear the latter's opinion.

For the head coach, this is intolerable.

"Just follow the coach's orders." Mo Mengchen always said that.

Collins could tell that Mo Mengchen was also very helpless, and Barkley and his group seemed to deliberately push him into an awkward position.

This is why Collins talked to Mo Mengchen today.

He personally selected Mo Mengchen into the team.He had taken a fancy to Mo Mengchen when he was at his lowest, and against all odds, he was picked with the highest pick that year.

He believed that Mo Mengchen would not disobey him.

Maybe not.

"Mo, sit down," said Collins.

Mo Mengchen sat down naturally, and looked at the layout of the room. It was a bit too simple, just a stack of documents, notebooks, pens and phones, nothing else.

"Coach, what's the matter?" Mo Mengchen asked.

Collins laughed: "How do you think training camp has gone so far?"

"not bad."

Mo Mengchen didn't know what Collins was up to, he could only answer slowly like a frog boiled in warm water until he explained his intention.

"Not bad? You've turned training camp into a battlefield, and they're all fighting. It's dangerous."

Collins' words sounded like criticism, but the smile on his face reflected his take: He wasn't offended by it.

Mo Mengchen said: "If harmonious training can help us win, I also hope that our atmosphere can be more harmonious."

"It's just that history has proven that even the training of a champion is different." Mo Mengchen said, "Michael Jordan called this a crash course in championship."

Jordan?
Collins was almost involved. He didn't call Mo Mengchen to discuss the atmosphere of the training camp with him. It didn't matter. He even supported this fierce competition.

"Mo, the team has a lot of newcomers this year, and my job is very heavy."

"You worked hard."

It's none of my business anyway.

"No, it's you who really work hard." Collins smiled. "With players like you, every coach will feel relaxed, because you will help them lead the team."

Here it is, as expected, this guy's mind is smaller than Barkley's.

"Coach, I just did what I should do. You are the one who leads the team." Mo Mengchen refuted Collins, "From bottom to top, each of us knows who the leader of the team is."

Collins is still laughing, and he is laughing more playfully now than a few seconds ago: "Really?"

"It's true."

Since you have the time to talk nonsense with me, then you have the time to drag other people to the corner to talk heart-to-heart. That is the way to win over them, instead of trying to test me here.

"Mo, I need your help."

Collins said: "You know that Matt is going to launch a triangle offense on the team, right?"

"Slightly heard."

My ears are getting calluses.

Collins said bluntly: "I played this tactic in the Bulls, and I didn't like it."

Then you get fired.

"We are not suitable for playing this tactic."

You don't know if the shoes fit your feet until you put them on.

Mo Mengchen underestimated Collins' situation. It seems that Jones' offensive is very fierce. Collins can't sit still anymore. He needs the support of the players.

Is there no one in the teaching assistant team to speak for him?

Collins finally said: "I heard you have a lot of research on tactics, what do you think?"

Here we go, shall I stand in line?

"Coach, we won 48 games last season and played five games against the runner-up in the East in the playoffs. This can fully justify your tactics." Mo Mengchen said.

Collins' eyes lit up: "So, you also think the triangle offense is not suitable for us?"

Sorry Doug, I'm not taking sides.

Collins supported Mo Mengchen, and he was very grateful for it, but on this issue, he must not make an irrational choice in order to repay Collins.

Collins is a loser, always has been.

Mo Mengchen reminded himself repeatedly, and then said: "No, I don't think so. Whether the clothes fit us or not, we will know after wearing them. Similarly, whether the triangle offense is suitable for us, we have to try it out. We just know that the system we have is working for us right now because we made the playoffs with it."

The disappointment on Collins' face was obvious.

Mo Mengchen didn't favor anyone, he stood in the middle.

"Well, it seems that this matter still needs a long-term plan." Collins said, "You go to training."

His tone became much colder.

Looks like I let him down.

Mo Mengchen turned and walked out of the office.

The coaching staff is more divided than imagined, and Jones doesn't seem to be alone. He must have other supporters.

If not, Collins wouldn't be so flustered.

The player's opinion should come last, and there's only one reason he wanted my opinion so desperately: Jones has more assistant coaches than he does.

"Have you been sprayed? Let you ruin the world on the training ground all day long, someone should have cleaned you up!"

Houston was blowing the wind in Mo Mengchen's ear.

"If you have nothing to do, you can find a wall to kill, just don't make noise around me." Mo Mengchen said.

Houston said shamelessly, "I want it!"

During the training camp, the team had a lot of activities, and Mo Mengchen was also very busy.

The frequency of going to the hospital decreased, at first it was once a day, and then it became every three days.

The number of times to go to the hospital has decreased, and the growth of attribute points has also slowed down a lot.

During the one and a half month preseason training camp, Mo Mengchen only performed 30 surgeries.

Those surgeries eventually allowed him to accumulate 32000 attribute points, and he has a chance to improve again before the season starts.

Thinking about this time last year, his overall rating was less than 60. In just one year, he improved from 52 to 66, and then entered the offseason. Up to now, his overall rating has only increased by 4 points.

The higher the overall rating, the more difficult it is to improve. Mo Mengchen has a relatively intuitive understanding of this, because his progress is very slow now, whether it is training or relying on attribute points to add points.

The competitive atmosphere in the team is strong, and there are many problems.

The starting ball problem.

How to neutralize Hill and Barkley's possession of the ball.

Can Barkley make sacrifices for the team, to what extent is Hill's three-pointer developed, and how does Houston improve.
Mo Mengchen didn't think about himself, because he only has a total rating of 70 now.

It's cruel to say this, but he is indeed not a player who can decide the game now.

There is also the matching of the starting lineup.

Collins now insists that Thorpe and Barkley start together, so Ratliff can only wait for his opportunity in the second team.

Needless to say, Wallace is doomed to have no bright future this season.

Media day

Unlike previous years, a large number of media came this year. It has been a long time since the Pistons held such a huge media day.

The outside world is full of expectations for this brand new Pistons team.

Their lineup was deformed last season, and they still played five games against the Magic. Now they have fully strengthened their shortcomings and have a lineup depth that is rare in team history. The outside world's expectations for them are not low.

"Mo, act a little more viciously."

Videographers want to take an imposing photo.

Houston is a genius. At this time, he said a joke that was talked about: "Why do you spend all this time? Come when we are training, and then pay attention to the doctor's expression, and you will know the most vicious doctor in the world." what a person is like."

This story later became widely circulated like the joke made by the magician when the Dream Team took makeup photos.

Mo Mengchen rolled his eyes on the spot, and the reporter took a classic photo just in time.

The media day is the preseason training camp, the most relaxing day in a boring month.

There is no life-and-death competition, no trash talk, no extensive training, no reprimand from Mo Mengchen, only laughter and screaming.

Everyone enjoyed the day, except Momochen and Collins.

One of them is troubled by the new season, and the other is troubled by the differences in the coaching staff.

(End of this chapter)