God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 446 Strive to be number one
After the All-Star Game, everyone re-entered the regular season.Relatively speaking, the Pistons are the most stable, because they have no position to reinforce, and there is no need to make offers to other teams.Of course, there are also teams coveting their players. Among them, the second-year rookie Prince received the most offers, even surpassing the team's backcourt combination.

Chang Wei was very surprised by this at first, but then he reacted.Compared with other starters, the cost of poaching Prince is the smallest, and the Pistons may be embarrassed to charge too much for this player who has only played for more than one season.But what they didn't expect was that the Pistons didn't make an offer at all, and directly announced that Prince was not for sale, which made the general managers who were about to poach corners scold: If you don't trade, you don't trade, why treat a sophomore as a team? What about the non-sale items?

What they don't know is that for Brown, Prince is indeed not for sale. Even if other teams want to exchange famous stars, he may think carefully about it instead of directly agreeing to it.Although Prince is only a second-year player, his importance in the team is not inferior to that of his more experienced teammates, and his contribution on the defensive end is even greater. If Prince is lost, it means that the Pistons' defense A large part of the system has been dug out, and there is nothing wrong with saying that it is not for sale.

Chang Wei watched the reinforcements of other teams with a cold eye. In fact, there were very few big deals that shook the league in the middle of the season. Otherwise, they still prefer to maintain the team's chemical reaction.The same is true this season. Most of the transactions are some corner reinforcements, which make Chang Wei drowsy. He feels that these teams are really too lacking in courage. Can't they just give it a go for the playoffs?

After not seeing the expected big deal, Chang Wei put his energy back into the training of the players.Although it seems to the outside world that the Pistons are mature enough to compete for the championship, Chang Wei is very clear that most of the Pistons have not yet reached their peak. In the system, Wei can see that Ben's potential score is 87, including 76 on offense and 95 on defense. His current scores on both ends of offense and defense are 75 and 93 respectively, and his overall score is 85. In other words, Ben doesn't have much room for improvement. Yes, maintaining the status quo is the most important thing.

Except for Daben, the other main players are still some distance away from their peak state.Needless to say, those who have just entered the league not long ago, none of them belong to the players who are at the peak of their debut. There is room for growth, but they can all be further improved.Even for Billups, Hamilton and Thomas, three players who have been in the league for a long time, Chang Wei believes that they still have potential to be tapped, so targeted training is still necessary, and it can make them Be stronger.

Under Chang Wei's training, the Pistons' players subtly became stronger than before. Of course, they didn't realize it. For them, what to do on the court in each game has been deeply ingrained, and what they think more about is what Complete the task assigned by the head coach. As for whether the process of completing the task is easier, they have no time to think about it.

But the team's record can't deceive anyone. They have always maintained the number one position in the Eastern Conference. Although the Raptors are chasing after them, their stability is far inferior to that of the Pistons.Of course, what's more important is that they don't have a coach like Chang Wei who can avoid injuries to the maximum extent. McGrady didn't suffer from injuries because he trained well at Villanova University, but Carter didn't. Fortunately, he suffered an ankle sprain in the third game after the All-Star Game and missed 12 games. During this period, the Raptors only achieved 6 wins and 6 losses, and were instantly opened up by the Pistons.

It can be said that the Pistons are now the dominant player in the Eastern Conference. If there is no accident, the Eastern Conference regular season champion is in their pocket.For them, the league's regular season championship is more challenging. Although the competition in the Western Conference this year is not as fierce as in previous years, the strength of the top teams is even worse.Needless to say, the Timberwolves and the Mavericks are two young teams that have already emerged. The Spurs and the Kings still maintain a strong competitiveness, especially the Spurs. Their strength is fully worthy of the title of defending champion. Even stronger than last season, this is also a credit to Popovich's coaching.

But it is not them who are leading the West now, but the desperate Lakers.Like the previous life, they recruited Malone and Payton, who were eager to get a championship ring and then retired, in the offseason last year, forming the most luxurious starting lineup in the league, and they did play super dominant , The Spurs are temporarily behind them by 3.5 wins.

If the Pistons want to win the league's regular season championship, the Lakers are their biggest opponents, not even one of them. At present, the gap between the two sides is very small. The Pistons only lead the Lakers by 1.5 wins, and they will overtake them if they are not careful.For the Pistons, what they have to do now is not to make mistakes, and then quietly wait for their opponents to make mistakes. If they can win the regular season championship, then they will have home court advantage in any round of the playoffs. The Pistons have the best home record in the league so far.

Of course, there is another way to get rid of the Lakers in a short time. They will meet on March 3, local time. This is a game worth one win.The two sides played against each other once before, but in that game O'Neal was absent due to injury, and the Pistons defeated their opponents 12 to 1 with difficulty. One can imagine how strong they will be after O'Neal returns.

But Chang Wei is very confident in the Pistons. It was not long before the season when they defeated the Lakers. After half a season of training, the overall strength of the Pistons has improved a lot. This time they should not suffer a loss against the Lakers.You must know that the Pistons in the previous life turned the Lakers' F4 into a joke in this season's finals, so there is no reason why this stronger Pistons can't do it.The Lakers lineup looks very luxurious, but there are also many problems, and it is not a big deal to beat them.

What's more, the strength gap between the Lakers' main force and the bench is becoming more and more obvious, while the Pistons' bench players are very vigorous. The average score of the bench ranks fifth in the league. The Pistons can take advantage.And with Wade around, even if Zen Master let Kobe stay on the court with a substitute lineup, he might not be able to take advantage of it.

(End of this chapter)