239: Prison Team and Bad Boys(1/3)
With a ruthless alley-oop back dunk, Li Ang brought the most exciting basketball back to Toronto, but it made Babcock feel ashamed.
After completing the buzzer-beating back dunk, Li Ang did not show any joy.
Babcock looked at the Pistons No. 1 on the court, he was frighteningly cold.
In the half game that just passed, Li Ang slapped Babcock in the face almost every time he scored a goal and every round.
Shooting, holding the ball, assisting... Li Ang can do it all.
Of course, the personality that is a cancer in the locker room is basically self-defeating.
After all, for a player who can mobilize his entire team to block the door to someone else's locker room, how bad can his interpersonal relationships be?
Almost all of Leon's shortcomings that Babcock mentioned have disappeared.
The bad reputation last summer was almost completely reversed by Li Ang.
People even wondered whether Babcock was an undercover agent sent by the Pistons. He told the truth in order to help the Pistons introduce Li Ang.
The 30-point difference was weighing heavily on Babcock. The guy in his eyes who could never become a real star had now almost destroyed the Raptors.
Just after halftime, Babcock received a call from team owner Tanenbaum.
"It doesn't look good, Rob. Leon almost crushed us!"
Tanenbaum's tone was a little harsh, and he was obviously a little unhappy.
The Raptors are a bad team this year. To be honest, losing games is normal.
But last summer, Babcock's chest was so red: "Leon can't do it, and the team can't do anything if he keeps him!"
As a result, the Raptors are now transformed into cute dragons by Li Ang.
Is this what you said?
Babcock smiled awkwardly: "This... this doesn't mean anything. After all, we are rebuilding the team this season, and anyone can abuse us... No, I mean
Yes, you have to trust the process!
You have to believe in the talent of the players in the 2003 class, I still guarantee that we will win the championship before Li Ang!"
Babcock had no choice but to continue drawing cakes to appease his boss.
This means that this summer's draft will directly determine Babko's job.
If the draft pick is right, he can immediately turn around and start singing.
If the draft fails to revive the team, his career as a general manager will probably be over.
The key is that Babcock has not yet decided who to choose.
However, he can rule out Chris Kaman first, because Jordan praised Kaman in front of the media a few days ago.
Eliminating a wrong answer also increases the probability of winning the bet.
At the beginning of the second half, the Raptors, who were already 30 points behind, naturally did not continue to resist.
Babcock gritted his teeth. He couldn't wait to fast forward to this year's draft.
Now, he can only swallow his anger for the time being before rising again.
Well, in Babcock's mind, it seems that as soon as the 2003 draft is over, he can stabilize Li Ang.
Who among the 03 generation and Li Ang who are about to enter the league will have the last laugh?
In the end, the game ended with 100 to 68.
Li Ang only played three quarters and scored 25 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.
After the game, I don't know how many Raptors fans were cursing Babcock.
Babcock is surprised that there are so many teams that can't score 70 points against the Pistons this season.
Therefore, it is normal to only score 68 points in this game!
Not only scoring 58 points is already pretty good.
At the post-game press conference, reporters also asked Li Ang whether he deliberately called the Raptors management to see that he played so hard in today's game.
Li Ang shook his head: "I am a Pistons player now, and it is not my turn to discuss matters related to the Raptors management."
There is really no need for Li Ang to discuss it, because the fans' saliva alone can drown Babcock.
The day after the game, almost the entire Toronto media questioned Babcock's original behavior in sending away Leon.
Countless fans gathered in the square outside the Toronto Aviation Center and held up signs saying "Babcock is out".
It's an old tradition in Europe and the United States to march if they don't agree.
Babcock stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, sweating profusely as he looked at the fans outside shouting for him to be dismissed from get out of class.
"Don't worry, boss, those who think I'm not good are just a handful of people in society who don't understand football!" Babcock quickly turned around and explained to Tanenbaum behind the desk.
Tanenbaum said nothing and just threw out a newspaper.
In the newspaper, a huge headline read:
"According to statistics from this newspaper, 91% of Raptors fans want Babcock to be fired."
What the hell do you call a handful?
"Ah this..." Babcock was speechless. Who made such a boring statistic!?
Tanenbaum has never been shy about changing general managers. Back then, when Wilkens was drafted by Tracy McGrady, Carter and Leon and the team won the Eastern Conference championship, the Raptors didn't just change them at the request of the Raptors.
What's more, Babcock has not achieved anything so far.
"I need to see results, Rob. If Leon's departure cannot bring us rewards, it proves that you have failed." After finishing speaking, Tanenbaum stood up and left the office.
Babcock let out a sigh of relief. It seems that he should really prepare for this year's draft.
No matter what, he must rely on this draft to turn the Raptors into a championship team within three or four years!
And, defeat Li Ang!
After Larry Brown, another person who hopes to get rid of Leon was born.
Li Ang has made enemies everywhere this season.
But there is no way. In the NBA, if you have no enemies, it only means you are a weakling.
Just like no one wants to fight with a volute, because there is nothing worth showing off if you win.
During the battle between the yellow and green, Volute pointed at Rondo and cursed him, so he rushed to hug Rondo.
Do you think he is protecting Rondo? It’s funny, he is protecting his good brother Kobe.
If he didn't hold on to Rondo's stupid young man, Volute would be very embarrassed.
Leon returned to Detroit in glory with the blood of his former team. As always, yesterday's top five goals were all missed by Leon's alley-oop dunk at the buzzer.
It can be said that Li Ang has been constantly talking about topics and traffic this season.
This replay over and over again is a compliment to Li Ang, but to Babcock it is like exposing a scar over and over again.
Babcock doesn't know how to compete with Leon in the short term. Although it is impossible for Leon to win the championship with the Pistons, the possibility of winning the championship before Leon still exists.
But it is foreseeable that the Pistons will be a strong team in the Eastern Conference in the next few years.
Just when Babcock was at a loss what to do, he received a strange phone call.
After the call was connected, the first sentence on the other end was: "You also want to defeat Li Ang, don't you?"
"Excuse me, are you..." This sudden call surprised Babcock.
"I'm Larry Brown, and I thought maybe we could work together."
On the other end of the phone, Larry Brown was also watching Leon's highlights from yesterday.
Brown became angry when he saw this arrogant Chinese who had never respected him.
He still doesn't believe that with his status in the basketball world, he can't handle an international player.
Although Brown is still the head coach of the 76ers, he is still telling the players that "if we work hard, we will be able to return to the top of the Eastern Conference."
I don’t know whether the players believe it or not, but Brown himself doesn’t believe it.
Seeing that the team is no longer good, he looks for a new home in advance. It is Brown's old tradition to find a horse by riding a donkey.
In original history, in 2005, the Pistons were playing against the Spurs in the Finals. As a result, Brown saw that he could not win, so he began to have an extramarital affair with the Knicks.
I have phone calls and private meetings with the Knicks every three days.
And he was caught red-handed by the players.
Think about it, you are working hard on the court, but your head coach is thinking about where to make money this summer.
Who can bear this kind of thing?
So, even though Brown led the Pistons to win the championship, his reputation among Pistons players is not good.
It's the same situation now. Seeing that the 76ers are dying, Brown has already begun to study his next stop.
If you want to defeat Leon, Larry Brown can't do it on his own.
To be continued...