Early July

The Pistons officially announced that they had reached a three-year oral agreement to renew their contract with Paul Westfal.

There was news that Westfal might leave the Pistons after the end of the season, and this news broke the rumors from the outside world.

At the same time, another thought about news made the Pistons fans very sad.

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

His economic team has already released news: "We are one of the best frontcourt players in the league, and we hope to get a maximum salary."

As the inside pillar of the Pistons dynasty, Wallace's resume will add a lot of points to him, and many teams are waiting and watching. After all, giving blue-collar players a maximum salary is a very risky thing.

Someone has counted that more than half of blue-collar players will no longer do personnel after receiving a large contract.

These people are usually rough, have no education, and when their lives are not guaranteed, their potential is stimulated. They stand on the court and dare to work hard, full of energy and enthusiasm. Every team needs such a guy to mobilize emotions on the court.

There is a famous saying about dor.mo: Humans are not constant beasts.

The reason why humans are complicated is that they change with the changes in the environment. These blue-collar workers who are already living at the bottom suddenly make a lot of money. Can they still remember their original intentions?

This is a problem.

Only Mo Mengchen knew that the team who signed Wallace would not suffer any losses, because starting next year, Big Ben will reach the peak of his career.

He is about to start his monopoly on the first defense center position of the year and be elected as the best defensive player of the year four times in the next five years.

It is not a loss to exchange a maximum salary for the top defender in history.

As long as you don't mess around, the peak of blue-collar players will last for five years. Wallace's next five years will be a golden five years. Any team that wants to achieve great things will need a defender like him.

Mo Mengchen is still on holiday, and next week he will take his wife back to Australia, which is a peaceful place where he can rest well.

Today, he is at home.

Turn on the TV and the first news I saw from the espn channel was that Ben Wallace announced that he would try the free market.

"I don't like this decision." The guest inside said, "How can you leave a dynasty team at the peak? Just for a little money? As far as I know, although Da Ben's salary is not high, his annual endorsement and advertising fees are not lower than those of first-tier stars."

This is true, but we should have higher requirements besides money - for example, make more money.

Another guest said: "Yes, the Pistons are the most popular team in the NBA. Every player in the team has high popularity. Without the Pistons, Big Ben's popularity will also be lost. In the long run, he gave up the opportunity to increase his influence to the extreme in order to double his salary every year."

The most interesting thing about watching these unknown guys argue is that they can complain while watching.

Even if it's complaining in my heart.

It was like Fire Kiss said to Snow: "You don't know anything."

For Mo Mengchen, Daben's departure is very easy to understand. He just wants to get recognition, and the maximum salary is his recognition of him.

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

Maximum salary symbolizes the identity of a player, and being willing to give a maximum salary shows the team's attitude towards you.

Big Ben asked for a maximum salary, but what he wanted was the management's attitude of "even if you want a maximum salary, we will try our best to keep you." Money can be negotiated. As these guests said, the Pistons' super high exposure rate and attention made blue-collar workers like Wallace earn a lot of money. Money is not the most important, the most important thing is recognition.

If the management shows that he wants to keep Wallace, Mo Mengchen believes that he will choose to cut his salary.

However, the management led by Joe Dumas did not choose to stay.

Because the Pistons need to change their appearance, from running and bombing with black, thick and hard Wallace in the penalty area to Huali’s shots, requiring the inside to be the axis, the main and play the main role, but the Princeton system, which does not have special requirements for defense.

Mo Mengchen felt more regretful than anyone else, but he supported the management's approach.

Even if they left Big Ben, they buried talents. After choosing Eddie Curry, the team's focus also shifted. In any case, they had no reason to leave Big Ben.

So, I had to beat it and part.

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

This is the eldest daughter, Loria. She likes to harass Mo Mengchen very much, especially when Dor.mo is focused on other things, she will always appear suddenly.

The second daughter Erin will do the same, but the youngest Socra never bothers her, she will not cry, make trouble or rob.

When he was not sleeping, he sat in the seat of the adults, looking around with clear and bright eyes, as if he was a strange man from the sky, full of curiosity about this strange world.

The only time he cried as sadly as a baby was because he watched game6 in this year's finals...

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

"Yes, Ricky Davis, who had a conflict with Alan during the season, led to a starting dispute, has been traded. Alan just played the best in his career to be the regular season. He played for the Pistons for many years. He has made a contribution to each of these three championships. Staying in Detroit is the best choice for him."

Why do these jackals always like to guess the idea of ​​lions?

Mo Mengchen was about to change the channel, but suddenly the phone rang.

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

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here.

"Please come in."

Mo Mengchen picked up Loria who was sitting on his thigh and put her in the pile of toys. This was her purpose.

Ephraim didn't want her to be addicted to toys all day, and Momchen liked to distract her from this.

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

Therefore, it makes sense that dogs and babies have similar IQs, because puppies also have similar intelligence.

"I guessed you would be in the Los Angeles guild hall, and I thought you would attend Broadway dramas, but I didn't expect you to come to my house when you were so idle."

Mo Mengchen opened the door and welcomed people in.

"You are the most scattered guy in the offseason, right?" Houston didn't expect this guy to make a comeback.

Before, every offseason, Mo Mengchen ran around the world and only waited for a month to return to Detroit to rest after the preseason training camp.

"I am different from you, a life-wasting CP. I will use my time to meaningful things."

“For example, open a restaurant in the countryside of Australia?”

Damn, how did this guy know?

Houston was frightened by Mo Mengchen's look and quickly explained: "Don't stare at me like this. The person who leaked the secret is my mother. You should go find him."

"I should have thought of it!" Women can never be expected to keep the secret.

Mo Mengchen didn't have time to change the channel, so the TV was still showing espn programs.

They were still talking about Houston.

The main owner was sitting here, and the guys on TV who could only find gossip were discussing Houston's decision in a true way.

"You actually see this kind of thing?" Houston said in surprise. "Is this what you call meaningful?"

Mo Mengchen was working on milk powder: "No, the meaningful thing is to stay at home as a dad after Ephraim went to work, and by the way, watch this boring show to pass the time."

"Dad? You!?" Because Dor.mo is cruel by nature - to his teammates - Houston expressed deep regret for the three newborns in the Mo family, "I'm going to be poisoned by my father at such a young age. I bet that your three children will definitely have a great future!"

"I'll lend you a good word."

Houston has always been in the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble.

Mo Mengchen worked with him for six years, and he had close relationships on the court, but he had few interactions off the court.

Houston has his own private life, and he is not strictly considered a friend with other people on the team except for his colleagues.

This kind of thing is very common in NBA, with closeness on the field, but no interactions off the field.

The most typical ones are Jordan and Pipen.

Although the Flyers said that he and Pipen had close private communication in order to maintain the image of the classic combination of him and Pipen, Pipen said many years after retirement that his connection with Jordan was not as close as on the court.

Rodman's claim that he never talks to Jopi and the other two off the court is well known. Although the truth of this matter is very low, it can also be seen that the friendship between NBA players is not as close as it is shown on the court.

Houston stayed at Momonchen's house until the evening, and even had a supper.

“Will Ephraim not come back?”

"The office has something to deal with, we are the only two of us tonight." Mo Mengchen made a table of good dishes.

Houston looked at the delicious table, including dishes that suited American tastes, Chinese dishes, and several dishes that were Australian dishes. "I will miss these."

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

Houston took a few bites of the dish and said, "I decided to try the free market."

This is well known to everyone.

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

"that's all?"

"You still want me to have a drink with you?" Momonchen raised his glass, "toast to the Pistons' impending loss of an All-Star guard."

Houston gently held the cup with him, "Why didn't you persuade me this time?"

"Do you remember what I told you?"

Momonchen said many things to Houston, and the most impressive thing was during the 1996 All-Star Weekend, when he was considering where to go next.

Mo Mengchen's words changed his decision.

(See Chapter 97 for details)

"You can never go any further after staying at the piston." Mo Mengchen poured the wine over the glass, "I'm sorry for you to leave, but I have no reason to leave you again this time."

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