You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 30 The old rules

The Pistons haven't changed much over the summer.

The original coach Don Cheney took the blame and resigned. He thought they were going to hire a famous coach to take care of the team and release Grant Hill's talent to the greatest extent. As a result, the team's general manager Doug Collins asked for a military order. , He is determined to lead this team to become the Lions of the East within three years.

St. Sumerie
The Pistons' preseason training camp was established here, with 25 players participating in the training camp, and as many as 12 players in the Pistons have signed official contracts, that is to say, the remaining 13 players will compete for 3 edge The competition for places is extremely fierce.

Meeting Hill again, Mo Mengchen is no longer the same Mo Mengchen.

"Mo, do you remember me?"

As soon as they met, Hill gave people a very friendly feeling. Having received higher education since he was a child, he knew how to quickly make the other party feel good after reuniting after a long absence.

No matter how mean people are, they can't resist this chubby face with baby fat, and he doesn't have any malice, let alone he is the chief player of the Pistons.

"I don't want to remember you because that would mean my third ACL tear and you brought back bad memories."

"Then I might go to Asia for the whole look, what do you think I'm suitable for?"

This guy really knows how to put a hot face on a cold ass.

Mo Mengchen still didn't take the initiative to lean forward to make friends: "There is no need for plastic surgery, if you want me to forget your face, a few face-lifting injections are enough."

After speaking, Mo Mengchen turned and walked away, Hill's smiling face froze in place.

"Tsk tsk."

Joe Dumas marveled at Mo Mengchen's poisonous tongue.

Hill's smile became a bit bitter: "He is so unfriendly, it seems that he still remembers that game."

"If it were me, I would remember it, and it's not a very good memory," Dumars said.

Mo Mengchen observed the others and found that the talent of the Pistons was really bad. He thought the talent of the summer league was bad enough, but he didn't expect that the talent of the main draft was also very bad.

Outside of Hill and Alan Houston, there isn't a particularly top talent.

Others, like old Joe Dumars, Terry Mills, Odith Thorpe, Mark West, were either too old or too mediocre.

With a team like this, it's no wonder that Hill led the team to the first round for three consecutive years before getting injured.

Speaking of which, these Jordan successors are really interesting.

Kobe, Hill, and Tracy McGrady, the three Jordan successors with a chic style of play, lacked good teammates, and the single-core team never broke through the first round.

Hill was relatively miserable. He didn't have good teammates during the rising period of his career, and he also encountered a "tactical master" like Doug Collins.

"Mo, I heard that you are doing surgery while training?"

Louis M. Lore found Mo Mengchen, and then kept asking questions like fans of idols.

Mo Mengchen's answer was basically "yes", "that's right" and "um".

"Louis, I advise you to stop harassing Mo, can't you see that? He is already quite dissatisfied with your behavior of looking for something to talk about." Don Reed reminded kindly.

Luo Er observed Mo Mengchen's expression, and it really didn't look like he was very happy.

"Mo, do you have something on your mind?" Lol asked.

Mo Mengchen gave him a look of caring for CP: "Your earnest concern is my biggest concern, can I ask you to use your energy on other things?"

"I just care about you."

"I'm fine, I don't need it."

Seeing Luo Er standing beside Mo Mengchen in embarrassment, Ratliff came to rescue him: "Louis, since you don't want to be disturbed, don't talk."

Seeing Ratliff, Mo Mengchen took the initiative to speak: "Is the injury healed?"

"It's all right!" Ratliff nodded.

"Need I remind you before you get hurt next time?"

Mo Mengchen's tone sounded very relaxed, as if it was a dispensable thing, but it was a big deal for Ratliff.

"Need! I need it so much! Mo, if you find anything wrong with my physical condition in the future, please tell me!"

Ratliff said sincerely.

Staying healthy is a lifeline for rookies and a guarantee of survival in the NBA.

Some outstanding rookies are due to frequent injuries during their rookie period, resulting in no ball to play in the end.

Ratliff kept thinking about Mo Mengchen's warning to him during his recovery period. He clearly remembered that Mo Mengchen reminded him three times, but he ignored them all.

In other words, he wasted three chances to avoid injury.

During the injury period, he inquired about Mo Mengchen's information in detail. It can be said that he was the first Pistons player to know about Mo Mengchen's past.

Since then, he has made a decision: no matter on or off the field, as long as it is Mo Mengchen's suggestion, if there is one, he will change it;

Before the training camp started, Collins was like other coaches, like the director of a pig farm, gathering all the pigs to give lectures.

He made some meaningless chicken soup. Although his words were very boring, everyone had to cheer up and respond loudly, otherwise they would not give him face, and the preseason training camp would not give face to the head coach?Isn't that courting death?What's more, the opponent is still the general manager and head coach, so it can be said that he has the power of life and death.

For such a person, the best way is to obey.

Collins divided the training camp into two groups.

Players with contracts are in the first group, and free agents whose future is full of uncertainty are in the first group.

The people on both sides separated, and the first-time selection team members also took this opportunity to get to know each other.

Hill is the leader of the team, but Dumars is the boss of everyone. He stood in the center and said: "This is a brand new season, there are old faces and new faces here, old rules, let's introduce ourselves."

"My name is Joe Dumars from Shreveport, Louisiana."

Dumas looked at Hill with a smile, "Grant, come here."

"First of all, I really hate this part, because you all know who I am, where I am from, and I'm pretty sure some of you have fans of mine, and I have to introduce myself like an idiot."

Hill seems to have a big problem with this old rule.

Dumas shouted from the side: "Stop talking nonsense!"

"Okay, then I'll do it again."

"My name is Grant Hill. I was born in Texas. I graduated from Duke University. It's up to you."

"Yo, you didn't say that you have two NCAA championship trophies." Alan Houston on the side called out.

"That's what I did when I was a rookie, and I'm mature now," Hill said with a grin.

"Hint: That was only a year ago. How on earth did a top Duke student mature in a year?"

Houston came out nagging, and said: "My name is Alan Houston, from Kentucky. What I want to say is that my mid-range shot is the most accurate in history. If you see me getting open opportunities during the game If you don’t pass the ball, hum!!”

The old people of the Pistons stepped forward to introduce themselves one by one.

Gradually, the old man finished his introduction.

Then it's the newcomer's turn to introduce themselves.

Out of respect, the rookies didn't rush forward, and a big white man stepped forward and said simply: "My name is Eric Lechner."

His resume is as simple as his self-introduction, a big man who has wandered around in his career.

If you look up his name on Baidu Encyclopedia, all you can find is: Eric Lechner was selected by the Jazz with the 1988th overall pick in the first round in 1.

"A few rookies also introduce themselves." Dumas said.

Ratliff looked, no one wanted to be the first, so he walked out first.

"Theo Ratliff, my defense is very strong, I will definitely help you in the game." He said confidently.

He made a good start for the others, and then Don Reid stepped forward to introduce himself.

Of all the selected players, only Mo Mengchen and Luo Er hadn't introduced themselves yet.

This made people feel inexplicably familiar, Mo Mengchen remembered that it was almost like this when he participated in the trial training for the first time.

He stood with Lol and introduced himself.

Luo Er swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, standing in front of everyone, he seems to rarely have such a moment, he is really not good at speaking loudly in front of other people.

Especially when all the attention is on him.

He couldn't speak a word.

"hateful!"

He pinched himself hard, and then said in a loud voice that could be heard in the audience, almost roaring: "My name is Louis M. Lore! I am omnipotent!!!"

At this moment, everyone present.

Not only the starting players around him, but also the nearby coaching staff, staff, and the group of players who are competing fiercely for a formal contract, all heard Lore's self-introduction.

The old people of the Pistons probably have never seen such a strange thing. Their eyes look like they saw the resurrection of a dinosaur.

"Okay, Almighty Louis, just to have this momentum, is there anyone who hasn't introduced himself?"

Mo Mengchen stepped forward and replaced the embarrassed Luo Er.

He stands in the center and everyone is looking at him.

Although Mo Mengchen was only the No.18 pick in the first round, he already had the highest popularity among the 95 rookies.

His performance in the Rocky Mountain Summer League made him famous, and his practice and surgery on patients during the offseason became the talk of the fans.

This is a man who has left his mark on the NBA without even playing an NBA game.

"My name is Mo Mengchen, and I'm from the University of Washington."

"In addition to playing basketball, I have a part-time job at St. Lucifer."

"You can call me Mo, or you can call me Doctor."

"Is it all over?"

Houston asked impatiently.

Dumas said, "Should we have already finished the introduction?"

"Well!"

"Mo!" Houston muttered, "Get me a bottle of water!"

(End of this chapter)