You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 1111 Extra Story: Our Journey

I have been hesitating, how to unfold my own final chapter?First of all, I can't give you the answer. Now it's 2015. I can't tell you what my life will be like after retirement. I don't know if I can be like Dor. My entire career has been dedicated to the Motown.

You just need to know that through 2015, I was still playing for the Pistons, and I signed a four-year deal with the team in the summer of 2015.

Now I might need to start with the 2013 opener.

It was the opening game, it was the flag raising ceremony, it was the night of Dor.Mo and Grant's jersey retirement.

They are so special to the Pistons that the team is reluctant to delay the retirement of jerseys.

In fact, NBA teams do not hold grand dates together.

What are you most afraid of in the 82 regular season games?is boring.

With gimmicks, the audience can be attracted. The Pistons held the flag-raising ceremony and the retirement of legendary player jerseys on the same day, which is actually against the rules.

I believe that the management has considered it carefully. Later I learned that they chose to retire the jersey on this day simply because Dor.Mo was willing to come to the United States on this day only.

So it was settled.

We ushered in the most special opener in history.

Never before in the history of the NBA has an opening game been held so solemnly, as if it were the day the league disbanded.

All seats in the Empire Axis Arena are filled.

Countless people piled up in the square outside the arena.

The presence of a super-large screen allows fans outside to see it even across the street.

How many people were there?can not say it clearly.

On that day, we defeated our opponents under the witness of Dor.Mo and Grant.

Then the real big show kicked off.

Officially produced moving tribute collections, Dor.Mo and Grant's collections are put together, as they have been throughout each other's careers.

Dor.Mo's peak is full of Grant's figures.

Grant played 7 more years than Dor.Mo, but his best 11 years were spent with Dor.Mo.

They each gave a speech.

Dor.Mo is still the same, he didn't thank anyone in particular, in his eyes, we are the ones who should thank him.I must say, he was absolutely right.He doesn't need to thank anyone.

This is the Dor.Mo I know.

Whether it's his series of "please witness" legends, his consistent coolness, or the trash talk stories that fans relish, those things make Dor.Mo.

I didn't get to see them at their peak, but I was lucky enough to work with them, so that's not too bad.

As Dor.Mo's 9 and Grant's 33 came up, I heard Fat Boy say, "Are we going to be like this one day?"

"Must." Brandon didn't embarrass him.

I snorted softly, although I believe in my heart that the three of us will be honored like Dor.Mo and Grant in the future, but it is my personality to fight against the fat boy, okay?How could I not be against him?
"What are you humming?" Did he really not understand or pretend to understand?
"Humph!"

I am always the same.

Seeing that I didn't explain, Fat Boy snorted arrogantly.Brandon rolled his eyes, and I'm sure he called us stupid in his head.

After the show ended, Grant came to greet us. When we asked where Dor.Mo was going, we got the result that he had left.

To be honest, we have some regrets.

After he retired, he seldom contacted us.As far as I know, only Brandon has had access to him.Brandon is a piece of glass and often requires warranty. Dor.Mo is the best doctor. Although he no longer performs surgery, he can make a plan to let a reliable doctor operate for him.Apart from that, only Grant kept in constant contact with him.

It sounds like he is heartless.

But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with it.

Few of the Pistons players who entered the team in the millennium can establish a personal friendship with Dor.Mo. Fatty may be one of them, but he always keeps silent about Dor.Mo's whereabouts and recent situation.

Since 2000, Dor.Mo has established his status in the world, and he has become a sacred existence in the eyes of young people.

Outsiders see him as fearful of a tiger, and we suffer from it even more.

Many times, we dare not even look up to him, so why would we want to build a friendship with him?And he doesn't want to take his on-court connection off the court.

So when he retired, the only connection we had was gone.

We are not the kind of relationship that would be commensurate with brothers and friends, but the influence he brought to us and the imprint he left on us will accompany us throughout our lives.

Not leaving a single word may be the best greeting.

He's still him, and I'm sure he wants us to still be us.It is the group of promising young people who he assuredly delivered to the team.

We have started the journey of the new season.

The first two months were smooth sailing, and entering 2014, Brandon was injured.

We are used to him being injured as soon as he has a good performance. Even if it is a minor injury, the team will start the highest level of preparation plan.

After losing our all-star master controller, our record fluctuated.

Suffering a losing streak, the winning rate in a single month is less than [-]%.

I was furious in the locker room, using all the vulgar words to teach young people.

I saw the rookies who had just joined the team being sprayed out of control by me, but they didn't enjoy it at all. I just felt sad.

To continue the dynasty, we cannot rely on just a few of us.

When Dor.Mo and Grant were our age, they had already found a suitable successor.This is another big problem that bothers us.

For the Pistons to achieve ten consecutive championships, they need not only stable core players, but also an endless stream of fresh blood.

From 1995 to 2007, that is, Dor.Mo's 12 years in the team, even if we don't have a top pick, we can still get something in the draft.

When Dor.Mo retired, the tradition of drafting Taobao also retired.

The current core team is still left by the previous generation.

With me, Fat Boy, Brandon, Gerrard, Michael (Conley), Big Webb (Webster) as the core.

Michael is quite satisfactory, Big Webb's development is not as expected, Brandon is injured, Fatty is not healthy, and even I can't guarantee attendance.

The reason is that our management can no longer introduce high-quality fresh blood as it did back then.

There have always been rumors that Dor. Mo controls the Pistons' draft. At first no one believed it, but looking at our drafts over the years, I have to believe it or not.

Just as I was feeling emotional, Fat Boy spoke.

He calmed down the broken rookie and told me to calm down.

"Now is not the time to cry, we still have things to do." Fat Boy said calmly, I have rarely seen him so serious, "Dad and Mom's mission has been completed, they helped the team win ten consecutive championships, Now that the baton is in our hands, what are you going to do?"

I couldn't help asking him: "Perhaps you can tell us what to do."

"I think we have our mission."

"for example?"

Eddy Curry said loudly: "The Empire Axis has raised more championship flags than gardens."

Many people say that our transformation lies in the winning streak after the All-Star break, but I will tell you that the transformation began from this moment.

We have goals, just like Dor.Mo them.

The All-Star weekend is over, Brandon is back, and we're unstoppable going into March without a loss all month.

In April, only lost 2 games.

We, who were originally at a disadvantage, went straight to the top of the league.

Moreover, there has been a huge controversy about the selection of MVP.

Brandon Roy -- I have to name him all -- played in just 66 games and stole the crown from LeBron.

Brandon became the MVP!

The basis of the judges is not that he averaged 22 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists per game, but that in the 66 games he played, the Pistons only lost 4 games.

In terms of scoring, he is not as good as me;
In terms of the comprehensiveness of data and the importance of the defensive end, he is not as good as Fat Boy;
But he had exactly what Fatty and I were missing.

He has the decisive courage of Dor.Mo and the gentleness of his mother, but it is a pity that he is not healthy, otherwise he can become the best defender of this era.

In the Eastern Conference finals, my fateful matchup with LeBron was staged again.

In this round of the series, there were three iconic moments.

Game2, Brandon hit LeBron in a misplaced position and hit a quasi-lore;

Game5, Fat Boy swallowed Chris Bosh alive.

Game6, I scored 40 points, Miami failed to drag the game into the tiebreaker.

So we leveled the East again, and I won the matchup with LeBron and went to the Finals to face another forward who was admittedly better than me: Kevin Durant.

He led the Dallas Mavericks in a mighty kill.

The series also played six games, and Fatty and I dominated both offense and defense in Game [-].

The Mavericks ended the season with a rout.

We won the No. 15 championship banner, and I was elected the MVP of the Finals. This is the third time I have been selected as the MVP of the Finals.Please note that I am not disrespectful to my mother, but I have as many FMVPs as him!
After the season, Rashard Lewis and Brad Miller retired together.

They used to be the mainstay of the Pistons dynasty. After helping the team win three consecutive championships, they left the team for their own development and became All-Stars in the new team.When they were old, they went back to the beginning and helped us win our 16th championship in 13 years. I have nothing but respect for them.

This championship puts the Pistons just one step away from the number of championships the Celtics have.

We couldn't be more excited about it.

The departure of Brad and Rashad made our second team less support points and shooters. The championship in the 2013-2014 season seems to have overdrawn some people in our team.

At the beginning of the 2014-2015 season, Fat Boy was reimbursed for 1/2 season due to heart surgery.

Pistons fans were worried about Brandon, and I hurt my hip and groin.

So Brandon held the game for two months with the disabled team. When I came back, he still didn't change his face and continued to play.

The team wanted him to rest, but he refused because he didn't have the slightest discomfort.

In the end, he really didn't suffer from an injury. Instead, Fat Boy and I were injured and stopped, which directly affected the team's game plan.

We stumbled through the regular season, were eliminated in the playoff semifinals, and failed to complete the three-peat.

I don't want to make excuses, but if Fatty and I don't get hurt, I think we're more than capable of finishing a three-peat in a less competitive season.

As soon as the season ended, Gerrard, who had been plagued by injuries for many years, chose to retire.

Next, Michael Reid also chose to retire.

Fortunately, Manu stayed.

After that, it is this moment.

As you know, I just signed a contract extension with the team and I will be a Pistons player until I turn 35.

Our business is not done, our journey is not over, I don't know what the future holds, all I know is Fat Boy, Manu, Brandon and me, we're going to hold Dor.Mo, Grant, Jay Ladd, Jerome, Da Jia, Brad, Rashad, and Louis continued to move forward with the torch handed over.

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