You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 17

Detroit's Motor City is famous all over the world, and it all comes from a man named Henry Ford.

He defined the car, and as one of the top [-] people who have influenced the progress of mankind, he has been recorded in history forever. Now, when people mention him, they think of his company, Ford Motor Company at most.

In memory of him, the Pistons' training facility is called the Henry Ford Training Center.

In the draft eight days later, the Pistons had four picks.

Two first-round picks, two second-round picks.

It's a pity that their 28 wins in the season just ended can't bring them a lottery pick, because they traded this draft pick many years ago.

This team has been sinking for a long time, they need to rise, and they have seen the hope of rising.

Hope is brought on by Grant Hill.

The high-achieving Duke student who dominated the college basketball world entered this barbaric city dominated by blue-collar workers with his grace and talent.

"Why are there so few people? There should be ten people participating in the trial training today, but I only saw nine people!"

Don Cheney, the head coach who led the Pistons to a 28-win season last season, asked with an ugly face.

"Coach, drink some water, maybe something happened?"

Hill is also here. His offseason plan has just been put on the agenda and has not yet been implemented. If given the opportunity, he even wants to represent the U.S. team in the U.S. Championships to maintain his form.

"An accident? No phone calls? Accident? Hmph!"

Cheney has a violent personality and has always been one-sided. In terms of temperament, he fits the needs of the city of Detroit.

It's just that his coaching resume is really bad.

At present, he has coached in the NBA for nine seasons. The peak period of coaching is in Houston. Olajuwon is his favorite student. Only a monkey, Olajuwon can also bring it to the playoffs!
The Rockets coached by Cheney in the 91-92 season was the only time in the 90s that he did not enter the playoffs. It is ridiculous that Don Cheney had just won the best head coach the year before, and was finally fired in the middle of the season (26 26), replaced by Rudy Tomjanovich, who finished 16-14.

Then, he came to the Pistons.

The Pistons, who are waiting to be rebuilt, urgently need a coach with experience in coaching a strong team, or a coach who has worked with superstars to clean up the mess.

At that time, it happened to be the last season of Isaiah Thomas' career. After the greatest player in Pistons history retired, they started to suck.

Cheney led the Pistons to win the No. 94 pick in [-] with superb skills, and got his wish to select Grant Hill.

Just when everyone thought he would use his experience in coaching Olajuwon to train Hill well, he led the team to 28 wins.

The fans saw it clearly, and the management also saw it clearly. The news of Cheney's dismissal has already spread all over the league. He also knows that he will not stay in the coaching position for a long time, but he still wants to do something.

It was Auerbach who taught him to do his own thing in his place.

In his playing days, he was a member of that great Celtics dynasty.

He is also the only player in history who has been teammates with Russell, Havlicek, and Bird.

He didn't learn any good qualities from these great players, but as a member of the Jagged Green Army, his coaching style is tough and iron-fisted.

"Who's late?"

Cheney asked coldly.

Assistant coach Ash Brook said: "Washington's Mo Mengchen."

"Who?"

Hill was about to leave, but when he heard the name, he stopped.

"Is there anything special about this guy?" Cheney asked.

Hill smiled and said, "I played against him in college."

Brook waited for the two of them to finish speaking, and said, "But he has a terrible injury history."

"Maybe he's afraid." Cheney snorted. "It's normal. As long as he has heard my training, he won't want to come here for trial training. He won't want to come here."

"Maybe," Brooke said.

Hill didn't think so. He heard about Mo Mengchen's injury. At that time, he felt that this person's career was over and there was no room for maneuver.

3 ACL tears, who can stand it?
Later, he heard that the other party became a good doctor.

He has almost forgotten this name, in fact, deep in his mind, this name has always had an imprint, and he can't forget that game.

Mo Mengchen scored a triple-double against them and carried the University of Washington to the end.

You know, at the time he had already suffered 2 ACL tears, what if he had never been injured?
At this time, Doug Collins, the general manager of the Pistons, came out of the office: "Has the trial training started?"

"Not yet." Brooke said.

"Is there someone missing?"

"Yes."

"His name is Mo Mengchen, right?" Collins said the name with difficulty.

Cheney stared: "Doug, how do you know?"

"You come with me."

Collins took them into the office, where the TV was on, showing the latest news from Detroit.

"Mo, the nurse at the Bohemian Center said you were treated in a way she had never seen before."

"They are overrated. The situation was urgent and I couldn't deal with it in the usual way, which caused them a lot of trouble."

"It sure is him!"

Hill laughed.

Collins lowered the volume of the TV: "The player who was supposed to go to Henry Ford for trial training suddenly became a rejuvenated doctor. If we win him, not only will we select a player, but even the team doctor will be unnecessary in the future. .”

He was clearly joking.

"Doug, if you say that, our Sir Wise will be nervous." Hill followed up with a joke.

Unexpectedly, the team doctor was really nervous: "You are right, he can really replace me."

".David, we were just kidding"

"I'm not kidding, do you know what his passing means to the medical profession?"

As the crowd watched, David Wise said, "We lost Michael Jordan."

"Here's a tape of his matchup game with the Nets."

Collins put it on DVD: "Let's see it together."

Hearing this, everyone found a stool and sat down.

Less than 30 seconds after the video was played, they saw Mo Mengchen directing the others to complete a beautiful tactic.

"Yes, he is very prestigious among this group of people."

Even though Cheney's first impression of Mo Mengchen was not good, it is starting to change now.

"It's interesting that they don't know each other, and the relationship is not pure. They are all in order to hear their names read by David Stern at the draft eight days later. They will not pull together."

"And because of that, it's all the more rare that he's got this group of guys playing together in this situation."

Compared with everyone's praise, Wise still has some doubts: "Why is his knee still capable of such a level of confrontation? It shouldn't be."

"David, here's his medical report. I've confirmed it. There's nothing wrong with it. Take a look."

Collins handed Mo Mengchen's medical report to Wise.

Wise skipped the front part and went straight to the lower body part.

"healthy?"

"All A-level health?"

"This is impossible!"

"He suffered 3 ACL tears!"

Collins said: "He has no burden on the court, and it doesn't look like he has suffered multiple serious injuries."

"There is something wrong with this inspection report, it's impossible!"

Wise said firmly: "Even a small bone fracture can make a certain part unhealthy, let alone he suffered three devastating tears?"

"David, this inspection report is an inspection conducted by him at a hospital that has a cooperative relationship with the Nets through the instructions of the Nets."

"That said, the Nets also want to know if he's healthy, and he has no chance of faking it."

"If I'm not mistaken, the Nets will give him a promise, and they will!"

Wise still shook his head in disbelief.

Collins thought of more: "Do you think he can catch up with today's trial training?"

"He has become a celebrity in Detroit now, how can he catch up with the trial training? I bet, after this interview is over, there will be dozens of reporters waiting for him. A quasi-NBA player with superb medical skills, this is big enough, right? ?”

Cheney said sourly, still unable to let go of Mo Mengchen's absence from the trial training.

"Grant, you said you fought against him?" Collins asked.

Hill nodded and said, "That's right. I was still at Duke and he was in Washington. We played a game."

"He's kind of like Jason Kidd."

Hill named his fellow rookie of the year.

"Lars, inform his agent that he will be invited to the Henry Ford Center for a separate trial tomorrow."

Collins made the decision.

Wise still couldn't believe it: "I still doubt the authenticity of this inspection report. I want to take him for an inspection, and I want to see his CT picture!"

"Do as you please!"

Collins rolled his eyes.

"Those young people should wait anxiously, let's start today's trial training."

After the matter was settled, Collins sent everyone around him away.

Outside the general manager's office, Wise took Mo Mengchen's information and babbled about the impossibility, while Hill looked strangely. He really didn't expect to be able to continue his relationship with Mo Mengchen.

As soon as Cheney arrived on the court, he recovered his toughness: "Now let's run a few tests, young people, run! Let me see your vitality!"

Cheney's workout style is different from other coaches.

Other coaches always strive for excellence, but he pursues efficiency. Nine people run together and don’t care about the accuracy of the data. In his opinion, only the fastest one needs to be recorded. Others, who the hell cares about who you compare to? Who is a few tenths faster?
Therefore, it is easier for the player with the most outstanding physical fitness to stand out in his trial training, while others can only wait until the confrontation match to give themselves more impression points.

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