Bishop of the Devil

In the first two games in December, the Trail Blazers faced the Seattle SuperSonics and the Sacramento Kings respectively, achieving a record of one win and one loss.

The overall record is 14 wins and 10 losses, with a winning rate of 58%.

On the other hand, the Philadelphia 76ers' record is a bit miserable. After a quarter of the schedule, they only have 4 wins, but they have lost nearly 20 games.

Quite miserable...

"Coach, I've been looking forward to this day for a long time, and it's finally here!" Iverson ran towards Richard during the warm-up session with a face full of joy.

"Why are you looking forward to this day? You don't want to beat our Blazers, do you?" Big Ben joked.

"Although I know the probability is low, I still want to win!"

"By the way, Ben, I heard that you only signed a contract with the Trail Blazers for one year. Do you want to come to Philadelphia next year? If the two of us can join forces, I guarantee that we can definitely reach the playoffs easily!"

Richard was startled, good guy, Iverson is poaching himself...

"Ahem, Allen, are you used to staying in Philadelphia?" Richard quickly changed the subject.

Iverson nodded, "It's pretty good. Except for the record, which is unacceptable, everything else is pretty good!"

Richard nodded. He wasn't too worried about Iverson's situation.

"Coach, looking at this situation, I estimate that we can get the first few lottery picks this season..."

"We in West Lafayette, the next draft picks are Billups and Dazhi. Billups is definitely not suitable for our Philadelphia 76ers. Dazhi is quite suitable, but we need someone who can guard the basket. An inside player like Ben!”

"Do you have any suggestions? You know, I can still accept the bad performance in the first season. If it continues to be so bad, I guess I won't be able to stay in Philadelphia..." Iverson said with a face full of pain.

He had unconditional trust in Richard, so he took this opportunity to find out from Richard if there were any rookie insiders among the next rookies that Richard could take a fancy to.

At present, the internal competitions of the major NCAA leagues are already in full swing, and the performance of many NCAA players has also been reported.

After Richard pondered for a moment, he began to think in his mind.

Da Zhi is indeed not a good fit for the Philadelphia 76ers. Richard feels that Da Zhi should join a team like the Grizzlies. There are not many stars in the team, or there are not many stars who take up too much shooting power. The record is at the bottom and they do not pursue the record. team.

The Philadelphia 76ers, one Iverson and one Stackhouse, have taken more than half of the team's total shots...

Obviously the Philadelphia 76ers are not a good fit for Dazhi.

Richard thought about the well-known insiders in the 1997 draft, but he suddenly discovered...

Except for Duncan, no one!

Although the 1997 draft itself produced a killer like Duncan, the success rate was not high. Anyway, compared to the 1996 draft, even if you flirt with him, you can't catch up...

Only three people have actually been selected to the All-Stars, Duncan, Billups and Tracy McGrady.

Compared with the 11 All-Stars and 3 MVPs in the 1996 class, the 1997 class can only be regarded as a small year...

In addition to these three All-Stars, the more capable ones in the 1997 class include Keith Van Horn, Wu Sheng Jackson, Bobby Jackson, Tim Thomas...

Then it disappeared. There was only Duncan among them. Van Horn said it was a bit reluctant to be an inside man, and even if he was classified as an inside man, he was not suitable for the Philadelphia 76ers.

"Allen, as far as I know, among the rookies who may enter the league in the 1997 class, except for Duncan, there are no stars worth buying with high draft picks!"

"Of course, I'm talking about the inside line. As for the outside line, there are pretty good players!"

Richard said helplessly to Iverson.

"Outside lines are useless. We have too many outside lines. If we really want outside lines, we might as well ask Dazhi. At least Dazhi can support the inside line!" Iverson also said with great pity.

I heard Richard said that in the next draft, other than Duncan, there won't be any decent rookie insiders.

Iverson was naturally extremely disappointed...

Since Richard said there is no more, it means there is definitely no more. Iverson will not doubt this at all.

As for Duncan, he is a safe No. 1 pick, unless the Philadelphia 76ers are lucky enough to get the No. 1 pick...

Otherwise, you will definitely not get Duncan.

…

Seeing Iverson's disappointed expression, Richard thought for a while and decided to help Iverson.

In fact, even if Iverson doesn't ask, every time Richard faces a strange team, he will imagine what kind of operation will make the team in front of him become better with God's perspective. better!

This is a professional habit, because Richard himself knows very well that it is difficult for him to stick to one team like Jerry Sloan or Popovich, so he has developed the habit of thinking more now, even if he suddenly switches to another team in the future. Other teams will not be blind.

The Philadelphia 76ers have a lot of problems, including a lack of defensive intensity, too many outside shots and too many complexities...

The lack of defensive intensity is easy to understand. There are too many outside shots. This may not seem to be a problem at first glance, but it is an advantage.

But on Iverson's team, that's a problem.

Iverson's shooting percentage in his rookie season was not very high. Stackhouse, who formed the backcourt with Iverson, had an even more embarrassing shooting percentage...

The two-point field goal percentage is only 39%. With an average of 4.2 attempts on the three-point field, the field goal percentage is less than 30%!

This is so embarrassing...

Iverson at least has a total field goal percentage of 41.6 and a three-point field goal percentage of 34, which seems to be much more efficient than Stackhouse.

The most frightening thing is that Stackhouse's number of shots is not much less than that of Iverson, which is also about 20 times...

These two people account for half of the 76ers' shots. You can imagine how bad the 76ers' offensive efficiency is.

The most annoying thing is that the defense of these two people is not very good. Iverson is limited by his physical fitness, so his defense is not good...

But Stackhouse's physical fitness is good, but the key is that he has no defensive awareness!

I can't compete with Iverson for the ball, so I can't think of defending...

…

Richard knows very well that there is only one way for the Philadelphia 76ers to get out of this terrible situation.

Trade Stackhouse!

Trade him for a reliable inside blue-collar and outside defender!

In fact, the direction of normal history is not much different from Richard's imagination.

After this season, Stackhouse was traded to the Pistons by the Philadelphia 76ers management because of the competition with Iverson for the ball. In exchange for the shot-blocking master Telliver and some other bargaining chips, the 76ers have since become Iverson's one-man team.

This deal directly allowed the Philadelphia 76ers to reach the playoffs the following season!

Now Richard's idea is to bring this deal forward, so that Stackhouse's deal can be completed as soon as possible, and Iverson can get rid of Stackhouse's burden as soon as possible, and get on the right track as soon as possible.

"Allen, the problem you have with the Philadelphia 76ers lies with Stackhouse. If you want to change this situation, you can only trade him as soon as possible and exchange him for a player like Ben. Even because Stackhouse is a good value, and maybe you can get some other benefits, such as a good draft pick and an outside defender!"

"I recommend Traliff from the Pistons or Mutombo from the Hawks. Ahem, of course, your chances of getting Mutombo are very small right now. I'm just giving you a template. Follow this template to find... "

"If you're a big boss, you guys in Philadelphia won't even think about it anyway..."

Richard said with a smile.

Iverson nodded and began to think about it.

Stackhouse, despite being the second in command of the Philadelphia 76ers, but now that a quarter of the regular season has been played, Iverson has strongly proved that he is more suitable to play the role than Stackhouse. Team cornerstone.

I revealed to the management the idea of ​​​​squeezing out Stackhouse. Even if the management did not agree, I am afraid they would consider it carefully.

Now that Stackhouse has expressed dissatisfaction with his team's status, why does Iverson, a rookie, take more shots than himself?

Even if it’s just two or three more times, that’s still a lot!

This made Stackhouse very dissatisfied. He has spoken to the management about this several times since the start of the game...

The Philadelphia management is not a fool. They definitely prefer the more efficient Iverson. I am afraid that they have now put the trade of Stackhouse on the agenda.