Bishop of the Devil

In fact, when Richard attended the All-Star Weekend in Cleveland as a spectator last season, he had already imagined when he would be able to participate in the All-Star Weekend as the team coach...

And just one year later, his fantasy became a reality!

He really became the coach of the Western Conference All-Stars...

The only thing that makes Richard a little unhappy is that this time the All-Star event is held in New York, at the headquarters of the NBA. There is no doubt that when he goes to New York this time, he will meet Stern...

Since the Jazz incident, there has been little communication between Richard and Stern.

Even when Richard paid the authorization fee, he directly contacted the financial department of the management committee instead of contacting Stern directly...

Olshey and Richard had already told everything that happened at the meeting that day, and Richard was naturally quite dissatisfied.

If it weren't for Paul Allen's strength, Richard might have been severely punished!

From this point of view alone, Richard does not want to have much to do with Stern...

Stern does have a lot of power in the NBA, but not enough to do whatever he wants.

This time when he goes to New York to play All-Star, Stern will definitely appear many times. Richard really doesn't know what kind of expression he should give Stern by then.

This is the only thing Richard is unhappy with about this All-Stars...

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Even Richard was thinking about taking a leave of absence due to illness. Anyway, changing the coach of the All-Star team is not a big deal.

However, Richard felt it was a pity to give up the opportunity to lead the All-Star team.

It simply depends on the situation at that time. Stern should not be crazy enough to embarrass himself in public.

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The time has entered February, and there are still about two weeks before the All-Star Game. Richard once again asked Kobe and Xiao Ou to improve their statistics when facing those weak teams.

There is naturally a reason for doing this.

Because Richard doesn't want future generations of fans to look at this All-Star list and feel that the selections of O'Neill and Kobe are not worthy of their names...

And now Kobe can also do it as part of his mission to create a god!

Throughout January, after Richard took away the shackles from Kobe Bryant's body, his scoring increased significantly.

In one month, after playing fifteen games, Kobe averaged 18.5 shots per game and averaged 22.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game.

From a data point of view, Kobe has indeed increased his shot attempts, but the extent of the improvement is not exaggerated.

It was not like the previous game against the Bulls, where the whole game was filled with dozens of bad shots.

Kobe is gradually maturing, and he knows what role he should play on the court at a certain point in time.

He will even adjust the number of shots he takes based on the lineup on the field...

In Richard's opinion, this undoubtedly gave him a considerable sense of accomplishment!

To say that Kobe has a huge improvement in strength compared to normal circumstances, that is not the case. After all, under normal circumstances, Kobe can average 15 points per game with only one start... …

And his data can actually compete for the best sixth man honor.

Now that Kobe is playing under Richard, his statistics have naturally increased a lot, but his offensive efficiency is roughly the same as under normal circumstances...

What really makes Richard feel that Kobe has grown is Kobe's ability to analyze the game on the court.

Now Kobe has a pretty good ability to read the game. He can speed up as much as possible in a certain offensive round when he needs to speed up. He can also slow down in a certain round when he needs to stabilize and wait for his teammates to get in position. .

In Richard's view, this ability is quite precious. At least under normal circumstances, Kobe did not show such ability in his first few years with the Lakers. He was like an impatient child, eager to get what he wanted. show yourself.

The current Kobe is obviously more mature than himself at the same time under normal circumstances.

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In the half month before the All-Star Game, because Richard wanted Kobe to be elected to the All-Stars legitimately, and also to do the task of making a god, Kobe's data improved again.

In the two weeks of games, Kobe averaged about 24.3 points per game!

And because of the increase in scoring in the last month and a half, Kobe's season scoring average has now exceeded the 20-point mark, reaching 20.7 points!

Such a data can be said to be quite luxurious. Without taking into account the slightly lower shooting percentage, Kobe is fully qualified to enter the All-Stars!

Rookies who can average 20+7.5 per game are eligible to enter the All-Stars in any All-Star season.

Of course, they are just qualified. There are many people who are not selected as All-Stars with this data...

But at least for Kobe to become an All-Star, others can no longer find anything wrong with him.

As for Xiao Ao, his data has also improved to a certain extent. With the help of Big Ben, he has steadily averaged 20+10 per game in the past half month.

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On February 14, the All-Star Weekend officially started, and Richard led the team to New York.

In addition to O'Brien and Kobe Bryant being selected for the All-Star Game, in fact, many people from the Trail Blazers successfully signed up for this All-Star Weekend.

First, Kobe signed up for the dunk contest again!

Under normal history, the slam dunk contest would have been canceled during this All-Star Weekend...

Because there is really nothing to see, it only goes back and forth a few times, it is not entertaining at all!

However, with the interference of Richard last season and the re-entry of Barry Jr., who contributed a very beautiful dunk, the slam dunk contest has regained the attention of fans, so this year's dunk contest has not been cancelled...

Kobe signed up for this year's dunk contest. Since Barry Jr. did not continue to participate, Kobe's chances of winning the dunk king this year are still quite high.

Martial Saint Jackson was selected for the Rookie Challenge...

As for the three-point contest, the two veterans of the Trail Blazers also joined in the fun, and Robinson and Curry got the opportunity to participate.

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The Masters Game was really not worth watching. Richard didn't go to watch it at all. Instead, he waited until the rookie game started before taking his players to the venue to cheer for Warrior Saint Jackson.

In the 2000 Rookie Game, there was only a first-year team and a second-year team, so this year the Blazers only had one Warrior, Jackson, selected for the Rookie Game...

Players familiar to Richard such as Big Zhi, Billups, Big Z Ilgauskas, Tracy McGrady, Keith Van Horn and Bobby Jackson got the opportunity to participate in the rookie game.

Because the NBA currently does not have an interface to connect to China's All-Star votes, Da Zhi did not get the opportunity to enter the All-Stars.

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What Richard didn't expect was that in the end, the MVP of this rookie game was actually won by Da Zhi...

He clearly remembers that this rookie MVP was supposed to be won by Big Z. Big Z led the Eastern team to defeat the Western team and was awarded the Rookie Game MVP!

But although the Eastern team won this game, the MVP was won by Da Zhi in the end.

Because Billups is the starting point guard in the Eastern Conference, Da Zhi will naturally take more shots than Big Z, and his final data will be better than Big Z...

With 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Da Zhi won the first honor of his career!

Last season's rookie MVP was also won by the Philadelphia 76ers. This reminded Richard of the Huskies, a team with three outstanding players in later generations.

The Huskies have also produced two rookie game MVPs for two consecutive years, one of which is NBA civil servant Wiggins...

The other person is not Mr. Muscle Loli 91 Towns, but Zach LaVine.

In fact, Towns has a chance to help the Timberwolves continue this "honor". He has a chance to win the rookie MVP in 2017. If he does, the Timberwolves will win this award for three consecutive years!

As a result, the U.S. team lost to the International Team in that rookie game. As the leading rookie of the U.S. team, Towns naturally had no chance to win the rookie MVP...