Chapter 809: Before

Early July

The Pistons announced that they had reached an oral agreement with Paul Westphal for a three-year contract renewal.

There was previous news that Westphal might leave the Pistons after the end of the season, and this news knocked out outside rumors.

At the same time, another wanted news made the Pistons fans sad.

The team's starting center, who helped the Pistons win three consecutive championships, Ben Wallace announced that he would test the free market.

His economic team has already released the message "It was one of the best frontcourt players in the league, and we hope to get a top salary."

As the inner pillar of the piston dynasty, Wallace's resume will give him a lot of points. Many teams are watching. After all, giving blue-collar players a top salary is a very risky thing.

Some people have counted that more than half of the blue-collar players won't do personnel after receiving a big contract.

This group of people are usually big bosses, no culture, when life is not guaranteed, the potential is stimulated, standing on the field and daring to work hard, full of energy and enthusiasm, each team needs such a guy to mobilize the emotions on the field.

Doro has a famous saying that humans are not static beasts.

The reason why human beings are complicated is that they will change with changes in the environment. These blue-collar workers who live on the ground suddenly make a lot of money. Can they still remember their original intentions?

This is a problem.

Only Mo Mengchen knows that the team that signed Wallace will not lose, because starting next year, Big Ben will usher in the pinnacle of his career.

He will start to monopolize the center of the year's first defense and be elected as the defensive player of the year four times in the next five years.

In exchange for a top salary for the top defender in history, there is no loss.

As long as you don’t mess up, the peak of blue-collar players lasts for five years, Wallace’s next five years are golden five years, and any team that wants to show its ambitions needs a defender like him.

Mo Mengchen is still on vacation. Next week he will take his wife back to Australia. It is a calm place. Only there can he rest well.

Today, he is at home.

Turning on the TV, the first news I saw from the spn channel was that Ben Wallace announced that he would test the free market.

"I don't like this decision." The guests inside said, "How can you leave a dynasty team that is at its peak? Just for a little money? As far as I know, although the salary is not high, Big Ben's annual endorsement fee And advertising revenue is not lower than the first-line stars."

This is true, but we should have more noble requirements besides money-let's say make more money.

Another guest said, "Yes, the Pistons are the most popular team in Na. Every player on the team has a high popularity. After leaving the Pistons, the popularity of Big Ben will also be lost. Double the salary and give up the opportunity to maximize influence."

The most interesting thing about watching these clueless guys arguing is that they can vomit while watching.

Even if it is in my heart.

It’s like a fire kiss to Snow, "You don’t understand anything."

For Mo Mengchen, Big Ben's departure is very easy to understand, he just wants to be recognized, and the top salary is to recognize him.

This is about money, but the core is not money.

The top salary symbolizes the identity of the player, and the willingness to pay the top salary shows the team's attitude towards you.

Big Ben asked for a top salary. What he wanted was a management attitude that "even if you want a top salary, we will try to keep you". Money is negotiable. As these guests said, the high exposure and attention of the Pistons have made Wallace such a blue-collar worker very profitable. Money is not the most important thing. The most important thing is recognition.

If the management shows that it wants to stay Wallace, Mo Mengchen believes he will choose to reduce his salary.

However, the management headed by Joe Dumas did not choose to retain.

Because the piston has to change its face, from the need to have a black, thick and hard Wallace to wipe the buttocks for everyone in the penalty area, it has become a powerful force, which requires the inside to be the axis, the main play, and play the main role. There is no special requirement for the Princeton system.

Mo Mengchen is more sorry than anyone, but he supports the management approach.

Even if they leave Big Ben, they will bury their talents. After selecting Eddie Curry, the team's center of gravity will also change. In any case, they have no reason to leave Big Ben.

So, I had to shoot twice.

At this time, a child crawled on Mo Mengchen's thigh.

This is the eldest daughter Loriya, she likes to harass Mo Mengchen, especially when doro is focused on other things, she will always appear suddenly.

The second daughter Irene will do the same, but the youngest Sugla will never harass adults, neither cry nor fight.

When he was not sleeping, he sat in the place where the adult was, with clear and bright eyes looking around, as if he was a strange coffee from outside, full of curiosity about this strange world.

The only time he cried like a baby was because he watched this year's a6

"If Big Ben has a 99% chance of leaving the Pistons, then Alan Houston has a 50% chance of staying behind."

"Yes, there was a conflict with Alan during the season. Ricky Davis, who caused the starting dispute, has been traded. Alan has just played the best career in the regular season. He played for the Pistons for three years. Each of the championships has his credit, and staying in Detroit is the best choice for him."

Why do all these jackals like to guess the ideas of male lions?

Mo Mengchen was about to change channels, and suddenly the phone rang.

He answered the phone. This was the call from the bodyguard guarding the door of the apartment. "Mr. Mo, Alan Houston is here."

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.

"Please come in."

Mo Mengchen picked up Loriya sitting on his lap and put her in the toy pile. That was her purpose.

Ephraim did not want her to indulge in toys all day long, but Mo Mengchen liked to use this to distract her.

Therefore, Loriya knew that as long as she was with her father, she would be sent to the toy.

So, the IQ of dogs and babies is almost reasonable, because puppies have similar intelligence.

"I guess you will be in the Los Angeles club, and I thought you would attend Broadway's drama, but I didn't expect you to come to my place and come to my house."

Mo Mengchen opened the door and greeted people.

"Are you the guy with the worst dragon off the end of the offseason?" Houston didn't expect this to be a rake.

Before every offseason, Mo Mengchen ran around the world, and only returned to Detroit for a month before the preseason training camp.

"I am different from your life-wasteful cp, and I will spend my time on meaningful things."

"Like opening a restaurant in the Australian countryside?"

Damn, how does this guy know?

Houston was frightened by Mo Mengchen's eyes, and he quickly explained, "Don't stare at me like this. The person who leaked the secret is mom, you should go to him."

"I should have thought about it!" The woman can never be expected to keep the secret.

Mo Mengchen didn't have time to change channels, so it was still spn on TV.

They are still talking about Houston.

The Lord is sitting here, and the guys on TV who can only find gossip seem to discuss Houston's decision in a meaningful way.

"You actually look at this kind of thing?" Houston said in surprise, "Is this what you mean by meaning?"

Mo Mengchen is pursuing milk powder. "No, the meaningful thing is to stay at home as a dad spontaneously after Ephraim goes to work. By the way, look at this boring program to pass the time."

"Dad? You!?" Due to Doro's brutal nature-for his teammates-Houston expressed his deep regret for the three newborns of the Mo family. Poison, I bet that the three children in your family will have a great future!"

"Thanks to you."

Houston has always been to the Three Treasures Hall.

Mo Mengchen has worked with him for six years. He has close contact and close relationships on the field, but there is little contact on the field.

Houston has his own personal life, and other people in the team, except for colleagues, are strictly not friends.

This kind of thing is very common in na, intimate on the field, but there is no contact under the field.

The most typical ones are Jordan and Pippen.

In order to maintain the image of the classic combination of him and Pippen, the Flying Man said that he and Pippen communicated closely in private, but after many years of retirement, Pippen said that his connection with Jordan is not as close as the field.

Rodman's claim that he never speaks with Joepi on the court is even more well-known. Although the truth of this matter is very low, it can also be seen that the friendship between na players is not as good as what is shown on the court. close.

Houston stayed at Mo Mengchen's house until evening, and even rubbed a dinner.

"Don't Ephraim come back?"

"There are still matters to be dealt with in the office. Tonight, we will be both of us." Mo Mengchen made a table of good food.

Houston looked at the deliciousness of this table, there are dishes that meet American tastes, there are Chinese dishes, and a few are Australian dishes, "I will miss these."

"You can come at any time, as long as I am here," Mo Mengchen said.

Houston ate a few dishes and said, "I decided to try the free market."

This matter is well known.

"This is a good thing." Mo Mengchen said.

"That's it?"

"Do you still want me to have a toast with you?" Mo Mengchen raised his glass. "Toast the Pistons about to lose an All-Star guard."

Houston gently toasted with him, "Why don't you persuade me this time?"

"Do you remember what I said to you?"

Mo Mengchen said a lot to Houston, and the most impressive sentence for him was during the 1996 All-Star Weekend, when he was thinking about where to go next.

Mo Mengchen's words~EbookFREE.me~ changed his decision.

(See Chapter 97 for details)

"Stay in the Pistons, you can never go further." Mo Mengchen filled the glass with wine, "It's a pity that you want to leave, but I have no reason to leave you this time."

Houston picked up the glass, "I still like the one who makes you angry when you open your mouth."