Before the game started, Rasheed Wallace and Billups both came over to chat with Milicic. Rasheed punched Milicic a few times as a joke and said to Milicic: "
You guy stole my trick and used it against Shaq, but man, you did a great job and one day you'll accomplish more than me."
Although Milicic is full of anger towards the Pistons, he has always felt a little guilty about Rasheed Wallace. When no one in the whole world paid attention to him, it was this very vicious-looking guy who took the initiative to speak to him.
As an All-Star player, he gets along with him like a friend. In him, you can see the way Francis protected Yao Ming, the big brother protecting his younger brother. Although Billups is also very good to him, but that is more
It's more of a sympathy based on shared experiences.
In order to improve himself, Rashid even taught himself his special skill of straight-arm shooting. Milicic couldn't help but have a sore nose when he thought of this. He looked at this good buddy who looked like a thug and said: "La
Sid, I will remember the help you gave me throughout my life. If one day the Pistons are no longer the team you expected, I hope you can fight side by side with me and create a dynasty together."
Although it feels a little silly to say this from the mouth of a second-year player, and Rasheed is at the peak of his career, the Pistons are now unstoppable, although the overall record lags behind several teams that focus on offense.
But when playing against strong teams, the Pistons can maintain a winning rate of more than 80%. The reason why they lose some games against weak teams has to do with their concentration. Although Larry Brown has always asked the Pistons to
Players face every opponent with 100% fighting spirit, but humans are not machines, just like playing chess with a child. Who can take it too seriously? It doesn’t matter if you win or lose. Despite this, Rashid
I still see sincerity in Milicic’s eyes. In the vanity fair of the NBA, it is rare to see such sincere eyes. Rashid is thirty-one years old. Although he has a reckless temperament, he can clearly distinguish between falsehood and falsehood.
It's false.
Rashid said: "Dakko, our friendship is meaningless. If one day I want to change my environment, I will tell you as soon as possible. After all, I can be regarded as half of your teacher. If you can
Become a future NBA legend, and others will also remember through you that during the period after 2000, there was a pretty good All-Star power forward Rasheed Wallace, who taught Milicic a lot of things
, especially that straight-arm shot that no one can defend."
Milicic looked at this man who was both a teacher and a friend, and kept nodding his head and stopped talking. The past year was constantly swirling in his mind. After such a long time, Li Xiao has completely integrated with Milicic.
His technical movements, his emotions, his memories...everything really felt like a lifetime ago.
Here Billups interrupted his recollection. Mr. Flounder said to Milicic: "I said at the beginning that you would definitely play your worth. Your experience is so similar to mine. One day you will too.
will achieve my level of success."
When Billups said this, he was not pretending to be a boss. Now he is a man standing on top of the world, an NBA championship winner, and the Finals MVP. With such honors, it can be said that he has become the best in this year.
He is worthy of being the first player in the NBA. When the Celtics won the championship in later generations, Pierce won the honor of Finals MVP. He could also unscrupulously say in media interviews that he was the best player in the NBA. Although it seems that Pierce now
Some are exaggerating, but in the year when he won the Finals MVP, there really weren't that many doubts.
Milicic knew that Billups's implication was that he hoped to get a championship ring one day, although Milicic and Billups were not close buddies like Rasheed Wallace.
, but he was one of Milicic’s few friends in the Pistons. Billups told him his stories many times when he was at his lowest point. Billups was the No. 3 draft pick but had been wandering around until last year.
Only then did he finally rectify his identity.
Milicic smiled knowingly at Billups. There was no more verbal communication, but the smile said everything.
Then McDyess and others came to say hello one by one. Only Delfino stayed far away from him as if to avoid him. Milicic didn't blame him, he knew what Ben Wallace was like.
It’s okay for players like Temper, Rasheed, Billups, and McDyess to come over and say hello to him, but if Delfino dares to do this, Ben Wallace will find some reasons for conflict for him in training.
It is also possible to retaliate with a burst of old punches.
But the main reason why Milicic ignored Delfino was that there was Larry Brown, an old man that Milicic hated, even though he had achieved things in basketball that countless people could not achieve in their lifetime.
Honor, but Milicic does not think he is a good coach. A good coach should be able to inspire the potential of the players and make the players willing to work for him, thereby completing a win-win situation for the coach, players, and team.
But what Larry Brown did more was to force the team together according to his own wishes. Although he set up a good set of tactics for Iverson in the former 76ers, Iverson was actually under him.
He was not happy playing, otherwise there would not have been so many conflicts. In the Pistons, the players he used were all grassroots without any star flavor. This can be seen from their salaries.
When Rasheed came, he could only integrate in. It is undeniable that Rasheed really sacrificed his statistics in this Pistons team, and Billups also joined the Nuggets after leaving the Pistons and fully utilized his abilities.
Bring it into play.
Larry Brown had been hesitant to go over and say hello to Milicic, pretend that nothing had happened, and then beat the guy up on the court.
However, after some hesitation, he felt that this was not necessary at all. If he did so, it would mean that he was overpowered by Milicic. He is just a second-year player who loves to make mistakes.
Milicic had been tortured by Larry Brown last year, so he naturally knew what Larry Brown was like. He took the initiative to walk over to Larry Brown and said: "Hello, Larry! Welcome to Boston, for
When I see your players, I dare not slack off every day..."
