Bishop of the Devil

"Look, Richard's vision for selecting people is indeed not simple!"

"We always thought that the No. 7 pick he chose this year was only average in strength, but now it seems that the strength is quite good!"

"We can find that there are too many chances of talent coming out of position 7!"

"Kobe Bryant in 1996, Dazhi in 1997, and the German in 1998. These three were all selected with the seventh pick, and they are all outstanding!"

Han Qiaosheng seemed to have discovered the rules of the NBA draft and said with excitement.

"However, we can clearly see that the Trail Blazers are still stronger than the Philadelphia 76ers. This is inevitable. After all, Richard has been in business for such a long time, so it is normal for the team to be stronger."

"Judging from the current situation, the Trail Blazers still have a good chance of winning this season."

Even an amateur NBA "fan" like Han Qiaosheng can clearly feel that the Trail Blazers are superior.

To say that he is an amateur NBA fan does not disparage Han Qiaosheng. Think about it, the time he has paid attention to the NBA has only been two or three years. And because of the lack of information, his understanding of the NBA may not be as good as that of ten people in the United States. There will be many junior high school students next year.

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In the second half of the game, Nowitzki's touch became a little colder, but relying on the more possession of the ball in his hands, halfway through the fourth quarter, the German veteran still successfully scored his 30th point.

"Congratulations to the host, Dirk Nowitzki's mission has been completed, and the host has received some celebrity points as a reward from the mission!"

After receiving the news that the mission was completed, Richard breathed a sigh of relief.

I finally got this precious star point. If I get a few more star points in the future, then Richard is sure to use this star point to completely change a player's destiny!

As soon as the star's mission was completed, Richard immediately replaced Robinson on the court to increase the offensive and defensive intensity on the court.

Because Nowitzki's offensive efficiency dropped a lot in the second half, the point difference between the two sides has been chased to only 3 points!

The Philadelphia 76ers have the league's top outside firepower. If they don't make substitutions, losing this game is not impossible.

Although the relationship with the Philadelphia 76ers is quite close, one code equals another, and winning or losing the game has nothing to do with friendship.

In Richard's view, the Philadelphia 76ers have a high chance of entering the finals this year. When the two teams meet in the finals, losing to the 76ers in the regular season will definitely not be a good thing.

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To say that the Philadelphia 76ers can advance to the finals is a conclusion Richard drew based on the current situation.

In the East, among the current top four teams, the Magic team can be completely ignored. Their strength is as strong as the second round.

Throughout the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia 76ers' real opponents are the Heat, Pacers and New York Knicks.

The 76ers' interior combination of Oakley and Ratliff is at a huge disadvantage against Auburn's combination, but in fact, their combination is not the kind of bottom interior combination in the league, but is relatively high. Inside combination.

The teams that can really beat this inside combination are probably the Trail Blazers, Spurs and Lakers, but not other teams.

Whether it is Oakley or Ratliff, both of them are good at defense. When facing the Heat, if nothing else, at least the Heat's main inside attack point Mourning will not have any good performance.

Mourning wanted to break out, but Oakley would certainly not agree. There is quite a bit of grudge between the two.

The 76ers twins still have a good chance of winning against Tim Hardaway.

The Pacers are as strong as a dragon in the regular season and as weak as a bug in the playoffs. The inside and outside combination of Reggie Miller and Schmitz can actually be regarded as a poor version of the Yao-Mai combination in later generations...

Miller's current state is declining sharply, while Schmitz's offensive end is okay, but under the defense of Oakley and Ratliff, it is obviously difficult to play a good offensive state.

This is why Richard asked the 76ers to pay attention to the Knicks, because the 76ers have a good chance of winning against the Heat or Pacers.

But even if the 76ers do encounter the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, they still have a good chance of winning.

Just looking at the Knicks' lineup, it's simply ridiculously luxurious...

Gorilla Ewing, Marcus Camby, Madman Sprewell, mid-range shooting king Alan Houston, aunt Larry Johnson, Chris Dudley.

In terms of the luxury of the lineup, from the perspective of future fans, the Knicks are the best existence in the league today besides the Trail Blazers.

From the current fans' perspective, the Knicks are on par with the Trail Blazers.

But no matter how good the Knicks' lineup is, as long as the game starts, the lineup's book strength will be discounted by 30%. This is the Knicks' team characteristic.

No matter how good their team lineup is or how many big-name players there are, they just can't show the strength they deserve.

The main reason is that there are too many unreliable players among the Knicks players...

And the aging lineup is also a problem that cannot be ignored.

Ewing was basically reimbursed for the entire season last season, and in Richard's memory this season, although Ewing participated in the playoffs, his performance was really not that good, almost at the level of the league's second-tier insiders.

Anyway, in Richard's opinion, the inside combination of Ewing, Camby and Dudley may not be as effective as Oakley and Ratliff.

As for the outside, the Philadelphia 76ers have stronger offensive firepower, but the Knicks have stronger defense. It will depend on the performance of the players on both sides.

Richard predicts that the two teams will battle for seven games, and in the end the Philadelphia 76ers will get a ticket to the finals.

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"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

The Trail Blazers finally won by 8 points at their home court, which was considered a small victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, who were popular in the Eastern Conference.

Although there is only an eight-point difference, the difference in real strength between the two teams is actually more than eight points. If Richard hadn't always wanted Nowitzki to do the task, the point difference would have been higher.

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After winning again, Trail Blazers fans didn't know how to describe their feelings at all.

They have a hunch that this year's Blazers may be stronger than last season's Blazers.

Of course, it is definitely impossible to break the team's record of wins. After all, there are only fifty games in total this year, and it is completely impossible to break the team's record of 65 wins last season.

However, the winning rate is completely possible to break!

Last season, the Trail Blazers' season winning rate was 79%, and this season, as long as the Trail Blazers win 40 games, they can break the single-season winning rate record in team history!

Judging from the current situation of the Trail Blazers, it seems that it is not difficult to win 40 games in a single season!