Bishop of the Devil

"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle to start the game!

The first official game of Richard's coaching career has begun!

Although this is a preseason game, the opponent is also an NBA-level team. If the preseason results are too bad, it will inevitably affect the morale of this new army!

So Richard attaches great importance to this game!

Judging from the number of fans at the scene, we know how much the fans are looking forward to the new army formed by Richard!

Although the previous Trail Blazers have always been able to reach the playoffs, I have to ask Trail Blazers fans, can their home team win the championship?

It is estimated that among a hundred fans, maybe one or two will answer that they can win the championship. The remaining fans are naturally not optimistic about the Trail Blazers winning the championship!

But now, without breaking or establishing, Richard can be said to have almost dismantled the original lineup of the Trail Blazers!

The only core players from last season who are still on the team are Robinson and Sabonis!

The key is that Sabonis can't be said to be a pure starter. Dudley, who was traded, started almost as many games as Sabonis!

Such a large-scale action gave the Trail Blazers a new lease of life!

Trail Blazers fans have long been looking forward to the start of this preseason game. They can use this preseason game to see how strong this new team is!

Not only the home fans of the Trail Blazers, there are actually quite a lot of people paying attention to this game!

But the focus of others' attention is on Richard...

Can Richard continue to create miracles in the NBA? Can you create a dominant team in the NBA? !

…

The starting five begins!

The lineup made the fans at the scene a little confused...

Are these four insiders coming on stage? ! Why does this average height look so scary? !

Not only the fans, but also the referee on the sidelines were stunned. He has been blowing whistles for so many years and has never seen such a damn lineup!

Adelman looked solemn, not because he was frightened by Richard's lineup, but because he couldn't figure out what Richard was doing...

Right now, O'Neal is 210 centimeters tall, Rasheed and Robinson are 208 centimeters tall, Ben is officially 203 centimeters tall, and Kobe is 198 centimeters tall!

The average height of this ghost lineup is a terrifying 205 centimeters or more!

Even the shortest Kobe is basically the same height as the Warriors' No. 3 player!

What a weird lineup!

Adelman has coached the NBA for so many years and has never seen such a weird lineup!

I haven't even met Adelman, let alone anyone else...

Except for Miller, all the Warriors players looked puzzled!

What are you doing with all these big guys? ! This is playing basketball...

It’s not like we’re here to fight!

Big men may not necessarily have an advantage in a game, but they can have an advantage in a fight...

Miller's face was full of pride. He believed in Richard from the bottom of his heart. He knew that every arrangement made by Richard was very thoughtful, and facts proved that these very thoughtful arrangements were all received well. Very good effect!

"Boy! I don't want to say it a second time. After you get the ball inside, pass it to me as soon as possible!" the madman said to Miller who was not far away.

"Shut your mouth, you son of a bitch!"

"If you really want the ball, go find Adelman!"

"If you want to get the ball from me, it depends on whether you run hard enough!"

Miller yelled at the madman without saying a word. Just now in the locker room, because he said that there are no cowards in West Lafayette, he had the guts to beat up the madman in the locker room before talking...

But his reason told him not to do anything now!

At least we can't do anything until this game is over...

The madman was dumbfounded and looked around. He couldn't believe that the rookie Miller, who had been submissive for the past few months, dared to call him a son of a bitch? !

The world is crazy!

"you wanna die!"

"Damn boy, after this game is over, I will make you regret saying these words!"

The madman was completely furious...

Miller didn't continue to talk to the madman at all, and walked straight towards the midfield line, preparing to start the jump ball!

He was too lazy to say anything to the madman. Anyway, someone would definitely deal with him in this game!

And after Da Ben has finished cleaning up, he will clean it up again, and he will definitely clean up this madman!

Richard's words made Miller realize that he was not alone, he represented West Lafayette!

Even though he has entered the NBA and gone his separate ways, his every move still represents the face of West Lafayette. If he gives in, if he is a softie, West Lafayette's toughness will become a joke!

Therefore, he cannot be soft!

He needs to get hard!

…

Miller and O'Neal started jumping the ball, and O'Neal naturally won, giving the Blazers the first offensive ball of the new season!

O'Neal's jump ball ability is very strong!

Let's put it this way, if the NBA were to rank the strongest jumpers, looking at the entire NBA history, even if O'Neal Jr. is not in the strongest position, he would still be in the top three!

With such a powerful jumping ball ability, Miller is naturally no match...

He specializes in skills, just like Miller's organizational ability as an inside line, which is also at the top level in history. This is something that even O'Neal can't keep up with!

The ball was shot into Kobe's hands by O'Neal Jr.!

Kobe began to control the ball and advance toward the frontcourt, silently reciting the instructions Richard gave him half a month ago...

It is not accurate to say that the instructions were given. In Kobe's view, it was a threat from the devil!

"Young man, the new season is about to begin. Now let me set a rule for you. You can't take more than fifteen shots in each game!"

Fifteen shots per game is quite a lot. Only one or two players in each rookie class can take more than 15 shots in their rookie season!

1996 is considered a special year. Three newcomers took more than fifteen shots, namely Iverson, Rahim and Fat Tou Tuo...

Therefore, the restriction given by Richard is already extremely caring for Kobe!

The reason why he set the upper limit of fifteen times for Kobe was naturally to suppress Kobe's burning desire to attack!

Taking too many shots in your rookie season is definitely not a good thing!

It is very likely that he will develop the bad habit of taking random shots. For example, Fat Tou Tuo probably suffered from this. His rookie season was too smooth, and he made all kinds of random shots, which led to his decline very quickly...

Kobe naturally knew that fifteen shots was already quite a lot, and he even felt that Richard was joking...

But because he wanted to gain more power, he asked: "Coach, can you add two more times, for example seventeen times..."

"Well, your right to take action has been increased to 14 times!" Richard said with a smile.

Kobe suddenly had goosebumps all over his body. Richard’s smile was really scary...

"Um?!"

"Yeah! There are 13 more times left!"

"No, coach!"

"Congratulations, young man, there are still 12 times left. Are you sure you still want to talk?"

In this way, with Kobe's successful negotiation, he got the opportunity to take 12 shots per game in his rookie season!