Bishop of the Devil

The draft ended with Richard selecting Trey Braggs with the last pick.

Half of the team is feeling uneasy at this moment because they really have no idea about the players they have chosen...

They selected some players based on the information they got from the Trail Blazers' trial training. It turns out that Richard cheated them, and now they don't know what the level of the players they selected is...

It may be that a blind cat accidentally stumbles upon a good newcomer. Of course, the greater possibility is to get a parallel import that has no value at all.

Especially the Bucks and Mavericks teams, they feel like they have eaten dead flies at this moment...

The reason why the Bucks acquired Geon Clark was actually due to Richard's influence. They lacked a strong insider in the team. After reaching a deal with the Mavericks, they first selected Clark, a player that Richard was very optimistic about...

Now they are quite nervous, maybe this Clark is the trap dug by Richard!

The Mavericks are also feeling very uncomfortable. Old Nelson's face is livid now, and he regrets it endlessly.

In the final analysis, Nelson is still greedy. If they had directly selected Nowitzki with the sixth pick on hand, these nonsense things would not have happened...

Naturally, he couldn't blame Richard for this. If he had to blame it, he could only blame the Bucks.

The only thing that gives Nelson some comfort is that they have gained nothing. They got Larry Hughes, one of Purdue's four young players, and paired it with Michael Finley, who was on the original team. Such a forward combination is still quite powerful.

It is a well-known fact that Purdue has no parallel imports. Now Nelson can only comfort himself. It is more suitable to choose Larry Hughes than Dirk Nowitzki...

…

After the draft, the management of each team began to withdraw.

Larry Bird saw Richard, with mixed emotions on his face, he didn't know what to say...

"Old man, why do you look unhappy?" Richard asked Larry Bird with a frown.

Larry Bird waved his hands quickly and said with a sneer: "Man, how could I be unhappy..."

"I'm very happy..."

Richard nodded: "Well, you should indeed be happy. The white point guard kid you chose is of good value. He will be used as a substitute for Mark Jackson. After one year of training, he will definitely be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility!"

These words gave Larry Bird some comfort. In fact, he was afraid to face Richard now.

Larry Bird naturally knew about the leak of information about the Trail Blazers' trial training a few days ago, but he didn't go to say hello to Richard...

If Richard disdained the news about Al Harrington, and Richard said it to him personally, then he would be confident to question Richard now.

"You said you don't like Harrington? Why did you choose? Choose to go back to warm the bed?!"

But now Larry Bird can't question Richard. He has no reason to question Richard at all. Now he can only pretend to know nothing and suffer the loss of silence.

Through this incident, Larry Bird became more and more aware of Richard's terror.

Richard has tricked many teams who want to take advantage of him this time...

…

On the morning of the second day of the draft, each team held press conferences to announce the trade.

Richard heard that both the Mavericks and Bucks looked very ugly at the press conference. Nelson didn't even attend the trade conference and asked his assistant to attend the trade conference instead.

But now Richard naturally can't control so much. He has to quickly take these five newcomers back to Portland to get to know their family first.

…

On July 1st, Richard summoned five of this year's rookies in his office.

Nowitzki, Harrington, Lewis, Mobley and Braggs.

The five people had different expressions, some were excited, some were worried, some were indifferent...

"Okay, young guys, now you will be a member of the Pioneers!"

"Is there anything you want to say?"

Richard tried his best to put on a friendly smile and said to the five newcomers.

The five newcomers all have a shy and reticent personality, which is completely different from the chatty villains and bandits that Richard recruited before.

Especially Nowitzki, when he saw Richard staring at him with bright eyes, his face turned red and he lowered his head shyly.

When the veteran driver first entered the league, he was quite shy...

Like many foreign newcomers, when they first joined the team, they basically had no contact with their teammates. They trained alone every day and didn't communicate much with others...

It was only later that he got acquainted with Nash, a foreign player, and his personality became a little more cheerful. Later, Nash suggested that Nelson give Nowitzki more playing time, which gave the old driver a chance to show his prominence in the league. .

If it weren't for Nash, the veteran driver might not be able to achieve that kind of achievement later.

When foreign newcomers first join the team, it will be difficult for them to get along without the support of veteran players, and there are countless examples of them eventually disappearing into oblivion.

Yi Jianlian is almost an example...

When he was in the Bucks, if he had a good relationship with Bucks King Reid and main point Maurice Williams, then he might not be able to shine as a rookie, and he wouldn't be left without the ball later.

…

As Richard asked, the five of them sat blankly on their chairs, not daring to speak.

The nicknames Big Devil, Devil, and Devil are not given for nothing. When these people knew that they were selected by the Trail Blazers, their first thought was not whether they would win the championship in their rookie season, but whether they would win the championship in their rookie season. In a team like the Blazers with so many villains, will they be bullied?

It is completely normal for newcomers to be bullied...

In particular, several of them are quite special. Although Nowitzki has a high draft pick, he is a foreign player after all, and the remaining four, although they are all local players, their draft picks are very low...

Foreign newcomers and low-ranking newcomers are all easily bullied in the locker room.

It's strange that these people aren't worried right now. The Blazers are so ferocious that even a ferocious team like the Jazz can subdue them, let alone their five new melons.

Seeing that none of the five newcomers dared to speak, Richard couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This draft is really interesting. I dared to choose five boring gourds...

"Okay, since you don't speak, let me talk!" Richard said with a wry smile.

"First of all, don't worry about your situation. Our Blazers do have a bad reputation, but our players will never point their fists at their own people, nor will they bully newcomers!"

"Secondly, don't worry about your playing time. Since I, Richard, am willing to spend draft picks to select you, I can't let you sit on the bench all the time. I will be sorry for the draft picks I spent!"

"Of course, your playing time needs to be earned with your own performance. If you perform well, you will naturally have more playing time. If you perform poorly, you will naturally have less playing time!"

"If you really perform well, it's not impossible to get a starting opportunity in the Trail Blazers!"

"In the Trail Blazers, strength has always spoken..."

"So come on, boys!"