Li Ang, Billups and Hamilton joined the Pistons one after another, which gave the other 28 teams in the league a bad feeling.
Because all of this is so similar to what happened in the summer of 1985.
In the summer of 1985, in order to defeat Bird, the Pistons first selected Joe Dumars with the 18th pick in the first round, and then introduced another fighting talent "Rock" Rick Mahon.
But even so, the Pistons are not satisfied. What they need is to reach the stomach in one step, and what they need is to blow up the entire league.
So after that, the Pistons traded again and got the two-time scoring champion Adrian Dantley.
At this point, the Bad Boys Corps, which made the whole league fearful, was born.
This Piston joined the Magic Birds, and even made the No. 23 miserable.
They won the championship twice in the 88-89 and 89-90 seasons. Although they did not win the championship again in the 1990s, they are still a powerful force in the East.
Today, however, the Pistons look very much like they did in 1985.
In the case of their own good results, they drastically changed the lineup and upgraded in various positions.
If only Billups + Hamilton joined the Pistons, it would be fine.
However, the Pistons did not hesitate to use the Grizzlies' first-round pick to trade Li Ang, which illustrates a problem: "They don't want to wait any longer, they want to win the championship!"
Well, the nba is a game where the future is exchanged for the present, or the present is exchanged for the future.
It is really rare for Lukay to win high draft picks while achieving good grades like in the future.
Since the Pistons chose to trade the pick for Li Ang, it proves that they don't want to waste any more time.
They regarded Li Ang as the last and biggest piece of the puzzle.
A brand new army of bad boys seems to have been formed!
So, will history really repeat itself?
Will the league really be under the shadow of the Pistons' bad boys again?
Everyone, including Stern, couldn't help swallowing.
For a while, most of the media on the market began to bad-mouth the Pistons.
"A parallel importer, a skinny guard, an offensive idiot, plus a locker room cancer. No one really thinks they can make things happen, right? No, no, no?"
"The Pistons had the second-best record in the Eastern Conference last season, but they sent away the team's top two scorers, Stackhouse and Clifford Robinson, absurdly.
To be honest, I can't understand Joe Dumars' behavior. He abruptly dismantled a team that was steadily rising.
I don't think this civilian team can do better than last season. "
"The Pistons will be a strong team in the Eastern Conference next season, no doubt about it. But if their goal is to compete for the championship the OK combination that has already won two consecutive championships will destroy them, really."
No one is optimistic about the Pistons, or in other words, people don't want to believe that the Pistons can rise.
The days when the Legion of Bad Boys ruled the Alliance made them fearful.
They don't want to fall into that fear again.
Therefore, the only way to eliminate the fear in the heart is to achieve the purpose of self-comfort by constantly belittling the piston.
It seems that the French always say that their Macedonian defense line is impenetrable.
However, there is one thing to say, the Pistons' lineup is indeed a bit too civilian compared with the Lakers, Spurs and other teams.
The whole team only has Li Ang as an All-Star, but Li Ang is not a super giant like Shaq and Duncan.
Among all the superstars, Li Ang can be regarded as the relatively ordinary one.
Therefore, some people really don't think the Pistons can get things done.
Even Kobe thought so: "Lee, how is life in Detroit?"
"It's okay, it's not that bad, but I don't dare to go out at night."
"Why don't you come to the west, where there are sunshine, beaches and beauties, life is pleasant!"
Li Ang chuckled, going to the west? You just want to hit me twice more in one season, and you think I don't know your little thoughts?
After two consecutive championships, Kobe has become the top five shooting guards.
In the past, people used to compare Carter and Jordan.
But now, people are starting to compare Kobe and Jordan more and more.
Don't mention Kobe's embarrassment in the past two years. After all, he won his first championship by defeating Li Ang.
It's been two years, you,You finally came! "
Li Ang looked down, good guy, isn't this the legendary little Zhu who wrote a good essay?
"Hey, Xiao Zhu, you're here too. You played against Lebanon in the Asian Championships last year, and you made great achievements."
When Li Ang said this, Xiao Zhu scratched her head in embarrassment: "Where is it, you are far behind Li Ge~"
Harris couldn't understand what the two were muttering. He thought they should be exchanging experiences on playing basketball.
? Laughing to death, are you talking about playing basketball with outstanding military exploits? It was about the big fight between the Chinese team and the Lebanese team in the Asian Championships last year!
Compared with that scene, the fights in the nba are all pediatrics.
Because Chinese athletes do not engage in personal heroism, they know that unity is strength.
Therefore, every time there is a fight, the group is basically opened directly, and the scene is very grand.
? In the battle against Lebanon last year, in addition to Xiao Li Fei Dao and Liu Zhanshen on the bench, the young Xiao Zhu also made a name for himself with his swift and fierce Zhu Ba punch.
The Lebanese team directly suspects that if they want to join the basketball team in China, the first test is to fight.
In the absence of Li Ang, the Lebanese team was still beaten to the ground.
Outstanding military exploits, that's what I'm talking about.
Harris didn't even know what a terrifying team he was about to lead.
This Chinese team is simply a gathering of masters.
At the same time, the Dream Team has also started training.
?Because the ugly Chinese have never paid much attention to the World Championships, and the top stars are busy fighting against the ok combination, and have no interest in wasting energy on the World Championships.
Therefore, the lineup of the Dream Team this year is not so luxurious.
But it still includes stars such as Reggie Miller, O'Neal Jr., Pierce, Finley and Big Ben.
Everyone in Ugland hopes that the dream team can play at home, in the birthplace of basketball, and play a national prestige!
And Li Ang's reputation among Ugly Country fans is not very good now, and he has the attribute of attracting hatred.
So the ugly Chinese even chanted the slogan "If you don't win the Chinese team, you will not be human by 20 points".
If placed in the past, the dream team may still have the capital of arrogance.
But now
Li Ang couldn't wait any longer, and wanted to test his current offensive firepower in the international arena first.
Carlisle and Fatty Du are also very concerned about Li Ang's performance.
After all, what level of offense Li Ang can play will directly determine whether the Bad Boys can be revived.
For a while, Li Ang became the most high-profile star player in the World Championships.
If Li Ang remembers correctly, the first defeat in the history of the Dream Team since its establishment was at this World Championships.
It's time to do some bad boy things on their turf.