Bishop of the Devil

In addition to the cruelty of the NBA, what makes Richard even more speechless is...

At least four or five media newspapers published "The Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers, the head coach was fired, who is the next head coach to be fired?" "title.

This makes Richard jump into the Yellow River and he can’t clean himself up...

Harris himself will be fired this season. Even without Richard, he can only coach about ten more games.

Now that the time for being fired has been advanced, it may have something to do with Richard. If it hadn't been such a disastrous defeat in the opening game, Harris might have been able to persist for a while...

After arriving at Denver Heights the next day, Richard immediately asked Zhang Weiping to arrange a small pre-match press conference.

The reason why Richard held this small press conference must be to find an opportunity to clarify things for himself and Harris.

"Coach Richard, do you think Harris being fired from the Lakers has anything to do with you?" The reporter said it tactfully, and asked Richard if Harris was fired because of you. …

"No!"

"No connection!"

"I am taking advantage of this press conference today to say a few words for Harris..."

Richard cleared his throat and continued speaking to the reporters in the audience.

"Harris is definitely a conscientious head coach. It is a pity that he has been terminated by the Lakers so directly."

"I think Harris is a very good coach. If he is willing to come to our Trail Blazers, we will welcome him!"

The reporters in the audience were stunned. Is Richard recruiting Harris? !

Looking at this posture, is Richard thinking about letting Harris come to his team as an assistant coach?

Can Harris agree...

…

Speaking of which, Richard really wants to recruit an assistant coach right now, mainly because after Carlisle left, only Stevens can help him with tactical research, which is obviously not enough...

Stevens is still too young, at least not yet, to shoulder the responsibilities of an assistant coach.

If Harris can come to the Trail Blazers, Richard will certainly welcome him with both hands.

And Richard knows that four or five teams in the league will fire their head coaches this season. If these teams terminate their contracts with the head coaches after playing against the Trail Blazers, I am afraid that these teams will have to be held accountable. Chad's head.

Although everyone in the know knows that this matter has little to do with Richard...

However, laypeople spread rumors and said that these coaches had been beaten and retired by Richard, which would definitely make the perpetrators look ugly.

For example, Richard's old acquaintances, Hornets coach Dave Cowens and Nets coach Cali Perry, were both fired this season. If their dismissals were pinned on Richard, it would inevitably have an impact on him. Revolutionary friendship...

Now Richard simply stepped forward and extended an olive branch of friendship to Harris.

If Harris really comes to be an assistant coach, Richard will definitely make money...

If he doesn't come, Richard will definitely have nothing to lose...

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Usually when playing Nuggets games, because the Nuggets are too high above sea level, many teams will come a day early to adapt to the Nuggets' altitude.

The pioneers are naturally no exception...

After a day of training in Denver, the Trail Blazers played their second game of the season.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the starting players from both sides began to enter the stadium.

What Nuggets fans didn't expect was that the Trail Blazers came up with a completely different starting lineup this time.

The inside combination is still the two from Auburn, and the point guard is still Kobe, but there are two newcomers starting at forward and guard.

Nowitzki and Mobley!

Nuggets fans don’t know whether to cry or laugh right now...

The funny thing is that the Blazers are not playing their strongest starter, so their strength will definitely be damaged, which is good for the Nuggets.

What makes me cry is that the Trail Blazers must not take the Nuggets seriously at all. Otherwise, if they play the strongest starting lineup against the Lakers and only half the starting lineup against the Nuggets, isn't this obviously looking down on the strength of the Nuggets? …

"Driver, you play the small forward position in this game, don't have any psychological burden!" Richard smiled and patted the driver on the shoulder.

Nowitzki still didn't react to his driver's nickname. It wasn't until Richard patted him on the shoulder that he remembered that the driver was talking about him...

He also didn't understand why he gave himself the nickname "driver". How could you give yourself the nickname "artilleryman"? Then we can also roughly know the reason.

But since the coach calls him that, then the driver should be the driver. It’s just a nickname anyway…

"Cat, you're in the shooting guard position, too. Don't have any mental burden. Work hard!" Richard patted Old Cat Mobley on the shoulder again.

Unlike Nowitzki, Mobley's nickname of Old Cat actually came from his college days, mainly because his name is Cutino...

Cuttino, the nickname is cut, sounds like cat, and it accelerates very fast, so it got the nickname "Old Cat".

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The two newcomers got the opportunity to start. It is impossible to say that they are not nervous!

Maybe in those weak teams, these two people would not have any psychological pressure when starting, but this is the Trail Blazers on a powerful team!

If they lose because of themselves, then they may not be able to hold their head high in the team...

Now Richard comforted them and made them relax a little.

…

There were two newcomers in this game, and there must be a reason for wanting to train newcomers.

Next season, Richard's five players who joined the team in 1996, Ben, Rasheed, Kobe, O'Neill, and Bowen, are all facing the problem of contract renewal.

No matter what Richard thought, it was impossible to keep all five of them. If any of them left the team, new people would definitely be needed to take over.

It is worth mentioning that Rasheed signed a one-year contract with the Trail Blazers for $9 million.

Because of the introduction of the maximum salary regulations, this nine million US dollars is the maximum salary he can get...

As for the other contract extension, Curry, it is a three-year contract worth four million US dollars.

This season, the Blazers' salary is definitely not under any pressure at all. It is just over the poverty line and is less than half a million US dollars...

And next season, the salary pressure will be greater.

Therefore, Richard must take precautions and train the new players first to prevent a serious decline in the team's overall strength.

In addition to the purpose of training new people, another very important reason is the task of creating gods.

If players want to improve their statistics, the first thing they must ensure is that the game does not enter garbage time too early...

Once the game enters garbage time, continuing to brush up statistics will become a black spot in your career. This kind of thing is not uncommon in NBA history.