Chapter 808: Never stop, never slack

For others, the meaning of the offseason is rest, play, and relaxation.

Ricky Davis gave a whole new meaning to the offseason.

Since being selected by the team in 1998, he has not spent a comfortable offseason. Every year, he will practice when others relax.

There was only one reason driving him to work hard, becoming the team's starter.

This difficult season, he has always complained and caused trouble like a child who did not get sugar, hoping to attract the attention of the team and make his team status go further.

He is already the sixth man of the team, second only to the starting five tigers, and wants to go further only to become a starter.

The starting five, Mo Mengchen and Hill are unshakable, and he can't compete inside, so the only thing he can count on is to replace Houston. Therefore, he launched a enthusiastic pursuit of the starter at the beginning of the season, but the reward was Cold mocking.

The Christmas War is the end of the dispute.

Doro was furious and fell in front of the team.

This demonic man has never been satisfied with him. Sometimes he doesn't know what else he needs to do to be affirmed by Mo Mengchen.

Perhaps, really only God can get Mo Mengchen's affirmation.

Due to the harshness of Mo Mengchen, a talented person in the Pistons made up a paragraph.

Suddenly one day, God was too bored, looking for a smart mortal to chat, he suddenly found a unique doro out of the vast crowd.

God knows that doro likes basketball tactics and is meticulous about the game, especially loves to study some rare tactics. Therefore, he exerted his divine power to produce an impeccable tactic that was suitable for any system and was placed in front of doro.

Who is doro? He is the oldest and the second oldest. God doesn't even think about the youngest in his eyes.

Doro stared at God's masterpiece for a long time, looked up, and said in surprise, "There are no flaws."

The more people who are poisoned by doro, the more funny this paragraph is. When Davis first heard this paragraph, he even laughed even when he was sleeping.

Because doro treats him so harshly, with very few positive compliments, even if he did it right and performed perfectly, he got a sentence beginning with "actually" and "no" as excessive words.

There is no xx.

No praise, never.

Davis is used to this way of getting along, and if Mo Mengchen suddenly praises him, he will not be able to sleep with excitement. Although Mo Meng was harsh and unconscionable, it was not that he had not forgiven him. Even if it was rare, those moments happened, and Davis still remembered it.

When Alan Houston gave up signing in advance, Davis realized that this was his chance.

He will become the Pistons' new starter after Houston. In order to make himself more worthy of this position, he needs to work harder than in the past.

Therefore, he still has no offseason. If he is not worried about being ridiculed, he even wants to participate in the summer league to maintain his state.

Until today's draft conference, he met with rookies Brad Miller and Rashard Lewis.

When they saw the Pistons pick Eddie Curry in third place, Miller's face became difficult to look at.

He never made trouble, nor did he say that he would be a starter, not without contention, because he knew Wallace would leave this summer.

If the Pistons want to transform, he will undoubtedly become the team's starting center. Now the team picks a high school student with the third pick. This man is a center and has a talent. His intention is already unmistakable.

"Man, I'm sorry." Lewis said.

Miller waved gently, "Don't comfort me, you guys might be traded for rookies later."

Miller was just having fun, joking, not wanting to come true.

Gasol and high school Sambo went to the second, the Wizards had no other options, they could only choose Tyson Chandler, however...

The Celtics chose Eddie Griffin and Joe Johnson in the fifth and tenth picks, respectively.

Battier, a Duke student who has won college honors, was taken away by the Nets.

Soon, the lottery area was swept away, and all the arrogance of the heavens held in the palm of the hand had their homes.

Then comes the time when the management shows its magic.

At this time, it is the time when transactions occur frequently and the teams take each other's needs.

The Pistons made the most noise.

The first transaction seized the sight of all teams.

They traded Ricky Davis!

The Pistons traded Davis to the Cavaliers in exchange for the first round of the 18th pick this year and two future draft picks. One is unprotected in the second round and the other is the first three picks in the first round.

Then, they used this first-round draft pick to select Zac Randolph.

"Ricky's strength is close to the All-Star, so trade" said Henry Hasman beside Mo Mengchen, "not good for the Pistons."

Mo Mengchen didn't say anything, and it was not a loss to switch back to Randolph, although it was viewed from an open-eye perspective.

Touting Davis is the Pistons initiative.

Doing things like trading, the active side always loses. For a team like the Pistons, no one wants to see them continue to grow. If they can make trouble, they will make trouble. Dumas can sell people smoothly and exchange it for a tie. K. Randolph, with two future first-round draft picks out, is a real deal for the open-eyed doro.

Who knows what these two draft picks can be exchanged for in the future?

"Wait, don't you do it on purpose?" Hasman suddenly found Davis switched back to the 18th overall pick in the first round.

Davis was the 18th pick in the first round, and now he took it out and replaced it with a 18th pick in the first round.

"Go, there is no suspense."

Mo Mengchen invited Hasman to the living room.

Hasman still puzzled. "There are still many people who haven't chosen."

"For me, the draft is over."

The remaining suspense is where the two low-ranking legends of Arenas and Parker fell.

Mo Mengchen originally thought that Parker would be picked up by the Spurs like in the previous life, but the result was unexpected.

Moreover, the return of Arenas is even more surprising.

First back to the Pistons.

After that, the Pistons selected Gerald Wallace with their first round pick-25th overall pick.

This is the same draft as Eddie Curry.

Gerrard's problem is more serious than Curry. A small forward, poor control, unsteady shooting, and various skills are too rough. Except for defense, none is above the league average.

"The Pistons' live signboard must be smashed this year."

Then they took out Rashad Lewis and returned to this year's second-round pick, Bobby Simmons.

Another puzzling decision.

Lewis is very good as a battery. He has been a role player for the Pistons for three years, averaging 15 minutes per game and averaging 7 points per game.

Follow the team to get three consecutive championships, understand the team system, the chemical reaction is full score, then actually said that the deal was traded? For a second round show?

There are several reasons for trading Lewis, the most important thing is playing time.

Lewis was destined not to be in the early days when the piston was destined, Mo Mengchen would rather be cheaper than others. He wouldn’t want to wait until he was in trouble. When the internal chemical reaction exploded, it would be more difficult to deal with it.

This transaction will undoubtedly be criticized after Lewis played the All-Star performance, but it is also a helpless move, at least in exchange for a usable wing.

For the other party, it is a big profit, for the Pistons it is a hidden danger.

After this transaction, the Pistons' 98 three heroes went to the second, leaving Brad Miller alone.

In the end, the Pistons used their second-round pick to pick Earl Watson. In the first draft, five players were selected in one go.

"They may become the best losers in the draft, otherwise they may be the biggest winners."

"For now, I tend to the former. The Pistons' draft this year is really unintelligible."

"They chose two fat men, a rough brother, a mediocre defender and a small forward without any characteristics."

"Then they lost the sixth man and the high-level turret, coupled with the likely loss of the main force, and the Pistons have little hope of defending the new season!"

The Pistons selected all the targets, and the return of Arenas and Parker was surprising.

The Spurs missed Parker, but at the end of the first round, which was the pick of Parker in the previous life, chose Arenas, and the draft was still traded from the Lakers.

Then, the Pacers who lacked guards were in an unbeatable position-24th overall in the first round. With Parker selected, they have no hope of this, just a choice without expectations, and never thought of any rewards.

This is the most interesting part of the 2001 Draft. Without expectations, it fell from the sky.

At the end of the draft, the teams planned large and small trades, but unfortunately these trades were not as influential as the Pistons trade Davis.

The news that Ricky Davis was leaving the team alarmed Detroit.

When fans heard that Dumas took Davis back to 18th, they were almost angry and burned the Henry Ford training center.

If it weren’t for someone to remind the Pistons that the five O’Brien Cups were all inside, fans might have burned the training hall.

It wasn't until three days later that Dumas dared to show up.

"We have to look forward and everything will pass." Dumas called.

"Look at you a ghost! Give Ricky back to us!"

""You idiot, hurry to get out of class, you are not suitable to be a general manager!


Fans at the scene shouted in unison.

Before Randolph hits his mark ~EbookFREE.me~ no matter what he does, he can't calm down the fans' anger.

On the night after the draft day, Mo Mengchen received a message from Ricky Davis via voice message.

"Mo, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for your teaching, I will never forget, no matter where I am, the most important part of my life is staying with you in Detroit, I will remember you teach Everything for me will never stop, never slack."