Joe Dumars found out about this last night.
His first thought at that time was to give up Milicic.
No way, compared to Larry Brown's reputation in this league, Milicic is just a loser, even if he is in a game with Larry Brown.
but……
Whether Milicic is used or not is decided by Larry Brown. How to use Milicic is also decided by Larry Brown.
No matter what, this is not a reason for Milicic to send Larry Brown to the hospital.
However, Milicic's agent sent him a recording.
During this one-minute period, Larry Brown made various insults that violated the moral bottom line from Milicic as a person to his country to all aspects of him. He immediately changed his mind.
It's not that he didn't know that Larry Brown had such a bad side, but in the 1990s, this was commonplace, and any head coach had such a side. But in such an era, especially the league under David Stern's rectification, this is definitely a major incident that can ruin a head coach's reputation!
Simply put, Larry Brown is finished!
At this time, he decisively changed his mind. He wanted to use this incident to get Larry Brown to leave Detroit.
This is the current scene.
His speech, as well as Milicic's tearful narration, also allowed the media to make their own judgments.
The wall fell and everyone pushed...
For a time, Larry Brown became the target of public criticism.
Various incidents involving his racist remarks were revealed by the media.
The voices calling for Larry Brown to get out of the league also reached their peak at this moment.
It is said that Larry Brown woke up in the hospital and was so angry that he immediately fainted again. When he woke up again, he received a unilateral dismissal from the Pistons and fainted again.
In less than 24 hours, this guy fainted three times.
My brain almost shut down.
Life is already exciting when it comes to the end, let alone when he is so old.
It was the league officials who put the final word on this matter. They have not imposed any punishment on Milicic for the time being, and have also set up a special investigation team.
As a result, no one paid attention to this game between the Pistons and the Heat.
The Heat, without Wade, faced the Pistons more aggressively offensively. Fortunately, the Pistons have experienced such a big change, and with the new arrival of Rasheed Wallace, the entire team needs to adjust. As a result, the "iron war" between the two sides ended with the Heat having the last laugh.
69 to 66, they narrowly won by 3 points!
By winning this game, the Heat became the only team in the league to sweep the Pistons this season.
But even after the game, no one had any discussion about the game.
Everyone is waiting for the outcome of the Larry Brown matter.
Of course, this is an outside voice. In fact, Joe Dumars already has inside information.
The league officially recognized the evidence they provided, but the league intends to "soft land" the entire matter and give Larry Brown, a veteran coach who has struggled in the NBA for n years, a decent end, and will not announce any details about this matter. punishment. but……
The Pistons need to find a new head coach!
Joe Dumars is worrying about this.
At present, there are not many useful head coaches who are idle at home!
But if you just choose a head coach with little qualifications, how can you afford to lead the current Pistons team?
He is ready to slap Larry Brown in the face...
And this team actually has the potential to become the top team in the league. The key is...
How to train this team!
This is a great test of a head coach's coaching ability.
Besides, how can this ordinary head coach suppress a thorn like Rasheed Wallace?
It’s difficult! It’s difficult!
Speaking of which, this is also the reason why Joe Dumas has not taken the knife.
This is actually not a good time.
Larry Brown is out of class, and he has no candidates he can immediately think of.
but……
This should be considered a happy trouble, right?
Joe Dumas suddenly felt relieved that he didn't have to work with Larry Brown, and his worries disappeared a lot.
After defeating the Pistons, the Heat continue their schedule.
Next, the Heat experienced a relatively sweet period.
Firstly, the opponents are very weak; secondly, in the next 5 games, 3 of them will be at home.
Therefore, the Heat, who missed the chance to win more than 5 consecutive games due to the last loss before the All-Star Weekend, successfully won a 6-game winning streak after the All-Star Weekend.
Stan Van Gundy looked at the Heat, which had only lost one game in almost a month, and was beaming with joy. He caught Woody and praised him.
As a head coach, it’s really great to be able to coach such a rookie!
"Teach, coach, I, I'm fine, I'm really fine!" At this time, Wade "patted" his "I have Woody, nothing can stop me", trying to attract some attention.
Stan Van Gundy only remembered it after receiving Wade's "text message".
Oh, here’s another one!
Counting the days, it is indeed almost half a month.
Wade's muscle strain should really be on the mend.
Sure enough, the happy time always ends so quickly.
So soon, it was time to deal with this clingy "big cheek".
In fact, Wade is pretty good, that's right. In his absence, Odom can make up for a lot of his role.
As the No. 1 position, Odom will definitely be overwhelmed by the speed of most No. 1 positions, but the Heat's forwards to the interior are all equipped with full mobility, and they can completely use defensive formations and the help of teammates. , to fill Odom's problem in this regard.
On the offensive end, his height, which is no problem at the fourth position, has become a huge help for him. His "Uncle Back Hit" move can even allow other teams to double-team him to alleviate the situation at No. 1. Defensive pressure.
At this time, as long as the opponent dares to double-team, Odom's hand is a pass. With Caron Butler and Jones on the outside and Woody on the inside, the ball is a scoring opportunity.
Stan Van Gundy discovered that this UCLA running system has a greater bonus for Odom...
Because his passing vision is better than Wade's.
But you can't...
But you can't...
Put Wade on the bench?
Not to mention that Alston is also very easy to use. The key is that Wade's self-confidence will definitely be affected.
All in all, it’s very frustrating!
But everyone has recovered, and Stan Van Gundy can't help but let Wade continue to sit on the bench.
In the end, he decided to let Wade return to the No. 1 position and continue to play the "Wood pick-and-roll" that he and Woody were more familiar with.
After all, these two people are the future of the Heat!
Odom is not without problems. If he can correct the problem of his concentration not declining over time, maybe Stan Van Gundy will let him continue to start.
When Wade heard that Stan Van Gundy still allowed him to return to the starting position, he almost burst into tears.
During the time he was injured, the Heat only lost one game in total. Many newspapers were saying that this team did not have Wade, so it actually had no impact. This frightened him so much that he had to "say hello" to Pat Riley every day and make insinuations about whether his sense of existence was diminished before he dared to sleep.
At this moment, he felt Stan Van Gundy's trust in him.
To be honest, he really wanted to knock his head to the ground and recognize his "father" again!
In his opinion, Pat Riley, who was specially traded for the sixth pick in the first round, can be regarded as his "big daddy", and Stan Van Gundy, a person who is willing to give him unlimited "trust", can be regarded as his "big daddy". His "second father"!
He will never let these two "fathers" down!
On March 1, the Heat faced their first opponent in March, which was also Wade's first game back.
At the same time, the league officially announced the major awards for February.
When the Eastern Conference's "Player of the Month" and "Rookie of the Month" awards came out, Wade, who was already under pressure for his first game back, felt even more pressure.
The winner of the Eastern Conference's "February Player of the Month Award" is none other than Woody!
In a total of 12 games in February, the Heat's record of 11 wins and 1 loss was the best in the entire Eastern Conference. Compared with January, it was a serious "bottoming out". Although their ranking is still 2 games behind the Nets, this record is not unspectacular.
In these 12 games, Woody averaged 18.5 points, 14.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3 blocks and 1.5 steals per game.
The average points per game haven't changed much from before.
But the score composition is very different from before.
Among them, the proportion of mid-range jump shots has reached about 30%.
In other words, Woody averaged 5.55 points per game from jump shots.
It is nearly 1 point more than January, and nearly 2 points more than November and December!
This has caused Woody's shooting percentage to drop by about 10%, and now he only has a scoring percentage of about 52.4%. But as his shooting range becomes wider, opponents need to expend more defensive power on him.
The threat on the court really does not mean that whoever has a higher shooting percentage is a greater threat!
Some inside players who mainly focus on eating cakes average more than 60% of their field goal percentages per game, but they will never let the opponent's head coach keep a close eye on them.
Compared with them, even if a pitcher like Ray Allen only shoots less than 30% in a certain game, do you think the opponent dares to let him shoot?
The same goes for Woody now.
Opponents no longer dare to let him shoot directly.
But at certain times, when it's really difficult to make a choice, we will give him a space to shoot. But the space is also limited. Sorry if it's some nights when he feels hot.
Woody can even take the ball and fake a shot to send his opponent flying!
Therefore, seeing that the average points per game have not changed much and the field goal percentage has dropped so much, no matter which media person is asked to evaluate Woody's offensive threat now, it is better than some time ago.
"He is occupying an increasingly important position on the Heat's offensive end..."
Even ESPN made such a comment.
You know, in order to praise LeBron, they have always been very stingy in their praise of Woody.
Only on certain nights when Woody puts up explosive numbers will they be impressed.
Of course, from this perspective, it is normal for ESPN to suddenly change its attitude at this time, because this is the second "Best of the Month" Woody won during his rookie season!
In the history of the NBA, there are very few rookies who can win two "Player of the Month Awards" in their rookie season.
This is already a phenomenal rookie performance.
Can ESPN not praise it?
In addition, Woody once again won the "Rookie of the Month Award".
In the penultimate game before the end of February, the Heat's opponents were none other than LeBron James and the Cavaliers.
It was another "bloody abuse" that left the people of Cleveland with no temper at all.
LeBron James once again mentioned the "extreme and extreme" performance with Woody of 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, with a shooting percentage of 30%.
Woody's performance in the game was 29 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal.
It is worth mentioning that this is the data he got in three and a half quarters.
Cleveland lost relatively little in this game, only losing by 30 points...
This is already their worst loss in three games.
In these three games combined, the Cavaliers lost almost 150 points...
It’s almost catching up with their total score in these three games!
This kind of performance naturally puts the "February Rookie of the Month Award" out of suspense.
What's interesting is that many betting companies have opened a new "bet" at this time: Can LeBron James win the "Rookie of the Month" before the end of this season, breaking Woody's monopoly on this award? .
It's not the most interesting.
The more interesting point is:
The betting company's odds of "can" are 3 to 1; the odds of "can't" are 1.2 to 1.
Obviously, even the spinach company doesn't think LeBron James can win the last "Rookie of the Month"!
There's nothing you can do about it. With Woody's momentum now, which rookie in the Eastern Conference can compete with him?
LeBron James's performance is not bad. Entering January, he averaged 40 minutes per game. He is increasingly adapting to the rhythm of the NBA. His scoring average has reached more than 20 points per game. Throughout February, he averaged 40 points per game. 22 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists.
His team has been touting him recently for averaging 20 plus 5 plus 5 per game, making him the third rookie in NBA history to do this.
The two people before him were Big O and Michael Jordan.
Although the data of these two people are respectively: 30.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 9.7 assists per game and 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.
Raise the bar a little and LeBron James' name wouldn't be there.
It can be said that this team has taken great pains to find such a data record that can be linked to Jordan among all the data.
Two words to describe it are:
Awesome~
But the Miami media did not tolerate them and directly exposed their "lies".
Listed the data of Jordan and Big "O", accusing them of bullying.
"According to this standard, Woody's statistics are the only rookie statistics in the league!" The Miami media also followed their logic and praised Woody.
This data sheet averaged 18 points, 15 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3 blocks, and 1.5 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of around 60%. No player in the NBA had ever done this before Woody!
(End of chapter)
