Chapter 479 The Pistons' Dilemm

Losing the first confrontation with the Celtics, and Auerbach is next to him. Now more pressure is still concentrated on the losers. Sanders can obviously feel that he is already in the spotlight at this moment.

There is nothing wrong with being a focus. Many people can't get such a treatment, but now Sanders really wants to have a quiet and undisturbed environment, instead of spending a lot of time dealing with reporters every day.

Although this is an away game, this is the final of the East, and a large number of reporters will flock to it.

And those media from Detroit have aimed a lot of shots at Sanders. They expect this guy to create a miracle to overturn the previous undefeated green shirts.

But they are also looking for Sanders' trouble, trying to see if this guy should stay in Detroit and lead the Pistons, which can still win the championship a few seasons ago, to what extent.

This resentment has been holding back for almost a season. The Detroit media always thinks about the embarrassment of facing the Celtics last season, and Sanders is the problem that caused all that. That guy should have been out of here!

Although this is not the finals, you can't find a clean place in such a big scene as the Eastern Conference finals. What's more, the Pistons have lost one game now. Those media from Detroit want to seize every opportunity to interview Sanders' feelings, or they just want to hear something from this guy say. What?

Complaining? Or are you dissatisfied with the result of the game? Whenever Sanders can speak now, he will be carefully analyzed by those reporters to see if this guy is insinuing something or looking for some reason.

Especially those Detroit media, after the team lost the game, they couldn't wait to put all the blame on Sanders. Just because of this guy's tactical arrangement, they lost the game!

Of course, these guys usually don't take the initiative to find something. They prefer to find a scapegoat who can withstand everyone's anger, and Sanders is obviously a good choice.

It turns out that there is indeed a problem with his platoon, and there are too many points to be criticized in the on-the-spot command. If you need to be responsible for this defeat, the head coach must be the first to take the brunt.

Although there is a problem with the Pistons' competitive status throughout the game, this can be on Sanders.

You are the head coach, and you should solve these problems. If you don't solve them well, then you are the culprit.

This is an inexplicable truth. If you talk to a reporter who plays word games about such a problem, you can't win.

But they also told the truth that the Pistons are in a difficult situation now. Sanders and his team must find a way instead of continuing like this. They really have to wait until they lose the series.

Sanders is not a fool. He can't really go all the way to the dark. He is also thinking about how to change it.

After all, it was not easy for the Pistons to reach the Eastern Conference finals. At this time, if they are suppressed by the Celtics, the Detroit fans will definitely aim at themselves after the game.

I had such an experience last season. Sanders doesn't want to do it again. Although the coach position is still under his buttocks, such a shaky head coach position will definitely disappear.

It is incredible enough for many people that Sanders can keep his coaching rights this season. Now, there is only one last way in front of him. If he can't lead the Pistons to move forward, then waiting for Sanders must be the fate of being fired. Detroit fans have been impatient with him for a long time.

In fact, it is not only the opinions of the fans that play a leading role. This is news from the management. In the face of the Pistons, which has begun to lose their competitiveness, some changes are necessary.

Although the Pistons can still compete for the second place in the East this season, everyone knows that if it hadn't been for the Cavaliers' several consecutive defeats in the last minute, the Pistons would not have had a chance to surpass them.

But you don't always have to expect your opponent to make mistakes. What's more, next season's Cavaliers will definitely increase their investment in the introduction of players, and the Orlando Magic will also mature, which will have an impact on the Pistons.

If you want to maintain your position in the east, Detroiters can only consider changing the feeling of slipping from the peak. No one is willing to try it, but this change is not a good thing for Sanders.

The owner and management of the Pistons are very clear that Billups and Hamilton may be able to hold on in the next two or three years, but people like McDace, Rashid Wallace and Prince are likely to say goodbye to the team, and veterans like Hunter will also choose to retire after this season. Service.

It can be said that the old team of the Pistons is gradually being dismantled. This trend has begun since the day the "Big Ben" left. No one can stop it, and separation is inevitable.

After all, no team can always keep a whole without being split, and the players have interests.

And the team also needs to be updated. No matter how stable the match is, there will be a day when it collapses. The Pistons are now wandering at such a fork in the road.

Although it has not yet reached the gate of pushing everything down and rebuilding, there is less and less time for Detroit to change. The former five tigers are about to reach the end, and few of them can be left.

There is no doubt that the future of Detroit will belong to young people like Starky.

After all, every team has to experience such a change of blood, and Starkey's performance in the rookie season is also good.

It can be said that in addition to Durant, who was elected as the best rookie, Starky in the Pistons is a rookie second only to the core of the Supersonics. He may be the only new generation that can bring ** to the team.

Many people say that when Billups leaves, Starky is likely to become the core of the team's reconstruction. The future of the Pistons may depend on this little guard rookie.

Although Sanders has some experience in using Starky, he is still more inclined to use the team's defense as the foundation, rather than letting a novice who focuses on impact play as the core main force.

In fact, this is a very natural choice. There are Billups and Hamilton. Why did you lift Starky so high? What's more, this boy is emerging in the rookie, not a dominant star.

As long as he is a normal head coach, I'm afraid he will not choose him to be the core of the team. Even after Billups leaves, he will gradually establish his position, not the way to promote it.

In addition, Starky's defensive ability is very average, which does not meet the tactical needs of the current Pistons. He is better offense than defense. As the sixth player, he can provide firepower. As the main force, he is less calm, and the assists are also average.

These are all problems. Sanders is also measuring the needs of the team, not the need to force the team to change blood.

But his choice often offends not only the players, but also the management.

Now the Pistons can be strong defensive, just a few old guys. In particular, not only Hunter is about to retire, Rashid Wallace may also choose to leave the Pistons next season.

McDance's contract is also about to expire. If the two backbones in the line are gone, and the Pistons focus on defensive tactics, who else can fill such a gap? Excellent big man is not so easy to find.

Even if Rashid Wallace can be retained, whether the aging "Roaring God" can still help the team, I'm afraid no one can answer this hypothesis.

Therefore, the team needs to give the newcomers enough opportunities. Players like Starky should have more time to play, and Sanders should be able to create a system that accommodates such novices.

At least from the perspective of the management of the Pistons, it should be so. They have had a glorious past, but at this downward slope, they must find a player who can serve as the cornerstone of reconstruction.

Maybe Starky is not the best choice, but for the Pistons, the city is not Los Angeles. They can control it. Starky may be the most potential, even if not the best.

And whether Sanders can polish this jade successfully is definitely a key to whether he can stay in Detroit. But in the first match of the Eastern Conference Finals, Starkey only got 25 minutes of playing time.

6 points and 3 assists, which is Starkey's contribution in these 25 minutes. Most of the time, he is stared at by Rdo and Kassel. The kind of impact play he is best at is impossible to play.

This made Starky's expression stiff after the game. Originally, he thought it was his own stage, but after playing, he was just a poor background, and even the time to leave the country was very little.

After such a game, you can't expect the Pistons' high-expecting novice to adjust. Sanders is still hesitant about using him, because the novice always has too much uncertainty.

Most of the time, Sanders still chooses to believe in Billups instead of a fledgling boy.

But such choice and persistence may sometimes be causing trouble for himself, although he doesn't feel it.

But there is not much time left for Sanders. If the Pistons are also swept out by the Celtics, his scapegoat will definitely be drowned by the saliva of Detroit fans.

As for the handsome position, it must have nothing to do with him. Anyway, it has not been a secret that the Pistons have been looking for a new coach. The only question is how Sanders will be dismissed.

ends with a fiasco? Or was it swept out directly by the management of the Pistons in an unbearable way?

Standing in the hotel room, Sanders looked at the video of the first game over and over again, looking for a way to solve the dilemma, but the strong momentum of the Green Shirts always made him frown.

In the face of such an opponent, the current Pistons, it is really difficult to find a way to compete...

(The Spurs have always suffered so much in recent years. Last year's Grizzlies and this year's Warriors always encounter such a sudden rise in the new generation, which also makes those old bones too melancholy...)