Bishop of the Devil

"Hey, old man, I have a deal, I believe you will be very interested..."

Richard contacted Adelman directly.

"Li, trade? Do you want to trade with our Warriors? God, this is great. Tell me, who do you want to sell to? We will definitely give you a satisfactory bargaining chip. If not, find a few more balls. Team multi-party trade!" Adelman said with a smile.

"Bruggs..."

When Adelman heard this name, he was immediately confused. Didn't Richard say that this player was embarrassing and useless? !

"Old man, Braggs is really embarrassing, but you can exchange it for something you need, such as..."

"For example, go to Larry Brown to trade, I think he will definitely be interested!"

Richard said with a smile.

Adelman on the other end of the phone rolled his eyes. This was already a lice on the bald man's head. It was obvious that Richard wanted to trick Larry Brown.

But it’s hard for him to come forward. If he comes forward, Larry Brown will definitely not take the bait.

"Li, this is not that easy..."

"Old man, don't worry, Braggs only needs one of your second-round picks for next season. I think this is quite cheap..."

"Larry Brown, you can handle it yourself anyway. This matter is also good for you. It means that you warriors have taken advantage in vain..."

Braggs' value is not very high, and Richard is not prepared to have a big opening with Adelman.

In fact, the Blazers are already saturated with personnel, and Richard is too lazy to trade Braggs for players. Once the players come, there is no place to put them...

Richard would be satisfied if he could get a second-round pick.

After Adelman pondered for a moment, he said, "Okay, Lee, I'll try my best..."

"Why do you feel like I have become your accomplice? In fact, I have a pretty good relationship with Larry Brown. If he figures this out, he will probably hate me to death!"

Richard laughed. Richard didn't know what the relationship between Adelman and Larry Brown was, but Adelman would definitely not miss such an obvious advantage.

At worst, if the matter is pushed onto Richard, Larry Brown will have no place to get angry if he wants to.

Besides, player transactions all depend on one's own eyesight. When Larry Brown realizes that Braggs is being used in an embarrassing way, there will be no reason to argue.

…

Early the next morning, a small trade broke out between the Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors.

The Trail Blazers sent Braggs, and the Warriors sent their second-round pick next season.

Although Braggs was selected by Richard with the last pick in the draft, his value was only a second-round pick.

But right now, Braggs is already showing signs of success, especially in the last ten games, averaging about 11 points per game and shooting 38% from three-point range. This is like a potential star that has been buried!

But what everyone didn't expect was that for such a rising star, Richard only wanted a second-round pick from the Warriors!

This is simply a freebie!

No one knows what kind of PY transaction was done between these two teams...

…

After arriving with the Warriors, Braggs was directly entrusted with important tasks by Adelman. He started directly in the first game. With his teammates helping to defend and feed the ball, let alone, Braggs has a bit of a star...

In the first game, he scored 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists!

The day after the game, Adelman made a direct call to Larry Brown, seeking a trade for Braggs.

Larry Brown was also dumbfounded. He was a little confused about the situation...

Are the Warriors sending warmth? !

If the Warrior Lion opens his mouth, Larry Brown may still suspect that Richard and the Warriors have joined forces to deceive him.

But now the Warriors are not as open as the Lions. Adelman and Larry Brown chatted for half an hour. In the end, Adelman just asked for a first-round pick protected by the top ten picks.

This is basically the same as sending warmth. A top-10 protected first-round pick is exchanged for a player like Braggs. This does not look like a loss-making deal.

Under normal circumstances, the Nets' first-round pick was actually given to the Timberwolves in Marbury's trade, but now because Barry's value matches Marbury's, the Nets did not give the first-round pick. …

After thinking about it, Larry Brown felt that there was really no possibility of being cheated, so he agreed without saying a word.

By the way, if Braggs can achieve excellent results, he can also stimulate Richard...

The players sold by Richard became stars under his own hands!

…

At the end of March, a series of transactions broke out, which made people dizzy.

Originally, many fans thought that the Trail Blazers would break out of some heavyweight trade. As a result, the Trail Blazers did not move and only sold one Braggs.

As a result, Braggs ended up in the hands of Richard's enemy Larry Brown...

…

The schedule under normal circumstances would be the playoffs in mid-April.

However, this year is special. The start date of the playoffs is early May, so there is still one month left before the playoffs.

At the end of the March schedule, the Trail Blazers had played a full 30 games and continued to maintain a winning record.

And Kobe also won the Player of the Month in March.

The current Trail Blazers can almost be said to be a perfect team, remaining undefeated throughout the season. If they can continue to do so, it will definitely be called the biggest miracle in the entire NBA history!

…

On April 7, the Trail Blazers faced the Dallas Mavericks at home.

The Mavericks arrived in Portland a day early, and newcomer Larry Hughes appeared in Richard's office with his head coach, Nelson.

"Coach, congratulations on maintaining a complete victory this season!" Larry Hughes, a West Lafayette player with a well-established background, was all smiles after seeing Richard.

He is doing pretty well with the Mavericks now, mainly playing the shooting guard position, and currently averaging about 13 points per game.

Together with Michael Finley and Nash, they formed a backcourt trident combination with very strong offensive firepower.

Of course, their trident is a relatively loser version of the trident...

Dung fork version of the trident.

"Mr. Nelson, nice to see you!" Richard stood up and said to Old Nelson with a smile.

Nelson is a head coach that Richard respects very much, even more than Popovich.

This is a true master tactician!

Some of the ideas he put forward guided the development of basketball in later generations. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was the founder of basketball style in later generations.

Old Nelson smiled bitterly. Even though Richard was so polite to him now, once the game started, Richard might do something that would make the Mavericks look bad...

For example, breaking the point difference record in the game against the Bucks...