Bishop of the Devil

The 1998 rookies selected by Richard have already begun to gradually exert their strength!

Nowitzki made 13 of 25 shots in the game, including 4 of 7 three-pointers and 1 of 2 free throws, accounting for 31 points.

Tonight, Ben, who took over O'Brien's position, grabbed 21 rebounds and 4 blocks, which was quite shocking, directly blasting the opponent's inside line!

As for Harrington, who had outstanding performance in the previous three games, although tonight was not as abnormal as in the previous games, he still scored 17 points and 9 rebounds!

Richard knew that this was probably Harrington's current true level...

It has to be said that for a combo forward who averages 17+9 per game, and the key is a rookie, this transaction value is simply ridiculous!

If it weren't for the Blazers not being able to swallow Mutombo's contract from the Eagles, Richard could even trade Harrington for Mutombo!

Wilkens will definitely agree without hesitation!

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It stands to reason that a big victory would be enough to make Richard smile, but a piece of news after the game made Richard feel a little bit pained.

The Suns announced the firing of Danny Ainge, with the chief assistant temporarily serving as the team's head coach.

For a time, major media outlets reported again that Richard had killed Suns head coach Danny Ainge!

This is the Nth head coach Richard has killed since he entered the league...

Last season alone, four head coaches resigned on the spot after playing with the Trail Blazers.

This season, even after playing a few games, Danny Ainge is making the same mistake again!

Richard felt quite innocent. Danny Ainge was fired by the Suns this season, and it really had nothing to do with him...

If it really matters, it means that the Suns are probably using Richard as a scapegoat and don't want fans to be dissatisfied with the management's decision-making.

Danny Ainge has coached the Suns in the past few years, and the results are actually quite good...

The Suns themselves are a super weak team. They have made the playoffs in the past two years, which is a qualitative improvement.

But their management is obviously a bit dissatisfied with the situation and wants to seek a better record.

They didn't even think about it, is this possible? !

At the moment, only Kidd is the only one in the Suns team who can do it, and the Suns don’t know where they get their confidence...

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The reason why Richard is feeling sore now is not that he is taking the blame for the Suns management, but that the reports from all sides have made Anji look bad, and it is inevitable that he will hate Richard.

Even though Anji has an angelic face and his last name means angel, this guy is actually a devil!

There is a saying in the later generations of the league that you should be extremely careful when trading with Danny Ainge, because if you trade with others, you will suffer a loss at most, but if you trade with Ainge, you may even lose your job...

The team management who lost their jobs because of the deal with Anji can almost make a list on A4 paper in future generations.

It's strange that Richard could be happy after provoking such a devil...

But the only good thing is that Richard is unlikely to be cheated by Anji in the transaction. After all, his status as a time traveler is not given for nothing.

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Next, the Trail Blazers continue to sit at home and face the Cleveland Cavaliers, the weakest team in the Eastern Conference.

This team is really interesting...

Because last offseason, they signed a contract that shocked the entire league!

No, it shocked the whole world...

Shocked the entire NBA history!

The Cavaliers management gave Big Z Ilgauskas a maximum salary contract. The specifications are exactly the same as the maximum salary contracts of Kobe, Iverson and others!

Some fans may be wondering, is this worth being so shocked?

Although Big Z cannot be said to be super powerful, it is completely reasonable to give him a maximum salary. After all, there are many maximum-paid players in the history of the league, but their performance may not be as good as Big Z.

Having said that, the maximum salary signed by Big Z is quite special!

Because in the season when Big Z signed with the maximum salary, he only played five games and then was reimbursed for the season!

This reimbursement is incredible, allowing Big Z to play only five games in two seasons!

It is equivalent to saying that Big Z only played five games with two years of maximum salary...

No one knows what the Cavaliers management was thinking at the time. Although Big Z was a rookie in 1996, he actually only played for the Cavaliers for one season before signing the maximum salary contract.

Averaged 13.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game...

With such data, you can get a maximum salary. Considering the Cavaliers' stupidity, they may not have recovered from the Staples era.

Of course, there must be a reason for this. For example, the recognized centers are withering and there are no good centers in the league. In any case, Big Z’s strength is still qualified to be selected as the top ten centers in the league. The Cavaliers may have this consideration. , gave Big Z a maximum salary.

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Now that Big Z is completely retired, there is still one top-paid player on the Cavaliers, and that is Rain Man Kemp.

In the 1997-98 season, Kemp came to the Cavaliers in a sign-and-trade deal for $107 million in seven years.

The ongoing 99-00 season is the last reliable season of Kemp's entire career...

To be precise, Kemp is not reliable this season. He became more and more lazy last season, never participated in team training, and even got involved in drugs!

After this season is over, under normal circumstances, Kemp will be sold to the Trail Blazers by the Cavaliers. By then, Kemp will be so fat that he can't even touch the basket.

Now that Richard is in charge of the Trail Blazers, will he want Kemp? !

Even if I beat him to death, I won't...

The Cavaliers are very likely to lose Kemp in their hands. That is a seven-year, $107 million contract. Three years have just been completed, and there are still four years of big contracts to be implemented...

It can be said that the Cavaliers are completely out of control. At least in the next four years, it will be difficult for them to do anything!

The team signed two people with maximum salaries, but one was reimbursed for two seasons, and the other fell to a level that even marginal players are inferior to. It's surprising that they can rise!

It is precisely because of a bad situation like Kemp that the league later changed the maximum salary regulations, from the current maximum salary contract of up to six or seven years to a shorter four- to five-year cap.

Why this change? The reason is obvious, that is to prevent Kemp from falling into obscurity after getting a long-term contract.

Seven-year contract!

After signing a contract, you basically have no worries about food and clothing...

Think about it, a rookie contract lasts for three or four years. If you add a six- or seven-year contract, it will last for ten years. A player will only be able to play for a total of ten years.

After executing this six-seven-year contract, the player will basically enter the end of his career, and it will be difficult to get a big contract...

Many shameless players simply surrendered after receiving the maximum salary contract. They made a lot of money anyway, so why did they work so hard? !

And if the period is shortened to four or five years, this kind of thing can be effectively prevented from happening.

Theoretically speaking, if a player can get two maximum-salary contracts in his career, at least there won't be a situation like Kemp who cheated his father for four years.

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In tonight's game against the Cavaliers, judging from the matchup between Ben and Kemp, we can see how severely Kemp's condition has declined!

A few years ago, when Kemp was with the Sonics, he was really able to defeat Big Ben, and even the Auburn team that joined forces!

But now?

In tonight's game, Ben severely punished Rainman Kemp, allowing him to score only 9 points in the whole game, which can be said to be terrible!

Only 9 points were gained from 16 shots. Kemp is the only well-known player in the Cavaliers. As for the other players, their standards are not very good. Even a skinny camel like Kemp is stronger than them...

In the end, the Trail Blazers defeated the Cavaliers by 29 points at home!

Since the start of this season, the Trail Blazers have rarely had such a hearty victory. Now they have a big victory with a margin of nearly 30 points, and the fans are also very excited!

After this game, the Trail Blazers have a record of 7 wins and 2 losses, tied with the Lakers for first place in the Western Conference!

As for the Spurs, they currently have 6 wins and 3 losses, tied with the Jazz for third place in the Western Conference...

Richard didn't pursue the regular season record at all, but the record they achieved was quite impressive!

Nowitzki didn't feel very good in this game, and his shooting percentage was not up to standard, but he scored a lot, scoring 24 points.

Because the hit rate in the last game exceeded the standard by a lot, the driver's mission of creating a god cannot be said to have failed at the moment. We still have to see how he performs in the next three games!

As for Ginobili, he officially started his god-making mission today.

Ginobili's task itself is not difficult. He came off the bench for no more than 30 minutes, averaged more than 15 points per game, and had double figures in rebounds and assists in one game.

Ginobili played 25 minutes tonight and scored 19 points.

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But the next game against the Spurs was lost.

There is really no way, Ou is rested, and the Spurs Twin Towers have no way to solve it.

Big Ben will definitely use all his energy to deal with Duncan, but no one can deal with the admiral...

It is simply unrealistic to expect the current Kirilenko to be able to defend against the admiral.

As a result, Duncan did not break out in this game. Old David Robinson broke out directly, scoring 33 points and 12 rebounds, and wreaked havoc in the Blazers' penalty area.

Richard was also quite helpless about this. If Xiao Ao had been on the court, this tragic situation would definitely not have occurred.

From this we can also see how wise it was for him to keep Xiao Ao...

If Ou is let go, where will Richard find an inside player who can guard the Spurs' twin towers? If they meet in the playoffs, if the Trail Blazers don't feel good on the outside, losing to the Spurs may not be impossible!

In this game, the Trail Blazers' outside touch was good, but facing the Spurs' twin towers who jointly scored 57 points and 24 rebounds, good touch did not solve the problem.

Nowitzki scored 27 points, and Ginobili came off the bench to score 21 points. Both of them continued their mission!

The fans can accept the loss to the Spurs...

After all, the Spurs are not weak, and they are still quite strong. Now that the Trail Blazers have rested one of the core inside players, O'Neill, it is normal for them to lose.

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With a record of 7 wins and 3 losses and a winning rate of 70%, Richard must be able to accept it!

In Richard's view, as long as the winning rate this season does not fall below 65%, there is no need to worry at all.

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The last opponent on the home tour is the Golden State Warriors.

The morning after the game between the Trail Blazers and Spurs, the Warriors released the latest official announcement.

They fired their head coach Adelman!

This news still makes Richard quite upset. He and Adelman have a good relationship. He will definitely not feel comfortable seeing the old Adelman fired...

Speaking of which, the Warriors' management is actually kind. The Warriors' record in recent years has been very unsatisfactory.

They built the team according to Adelman's team building ideas, but they never produced anything. It's strange that they can continue to endure it.

You can’t blame Adelman for this. The Warriors faced a large-scale injury wave last season. Brad Miller missed nearly half of the schedule. And before this season started, Jamison missed the game due to injury. , resulting in their current record of only 3 wins and 7 losses.

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But before Richard could finish feeling sorry for Adelman, about three hours later, the Kings announced the latest news. They fired their head coach Eddie Jordan, and then brought in Adelman to join the team. The new head coach!

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Originally, Richard was still hesitating whether he should call Adelman Sr. to see if he would be willing to come to the Trail Blazers as an assistant coach...

However, this matter is somewhat inappropriate. Adelman is a veteran coach. If Richard makes this call, he is suspected of insulting Adelman.

Now there is no need to worry about Adelman, he will naturally find a new home.

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The Warriors were quite unlucky. Jamison was good, but he had injury problems in the first two years of his career and only played half a season. After the first two seasons, the situation improved.

The Warriors are in a difficult time right now.

At the end of the night's game, the Trail Blazers won another big victory!

Victory is not the most important thing, the main thing is that Nowitzki's god-making mission is completed!

"Congratulations to the host, the target player Dirk Nowitzki's primary god-making mission has been completed!"

"The mission completion rate is 125%, and the target player will be rewarded with 2 points of extreme speed attributes!"

"Because the task has been exceeded, the host will be rewarded with a Yihuajiaomu Pill!"

Richard was dumbfounded, good guy, this Yihuajiemumu Pill is indeed poisonous, and the appearance rate is so high that it’s a bit scary!

You need to have a very good character to use this transfer pill, otherwise, you will be in the same situation as Da Ben, who spent dozens of attribute points to successfully transfer it!

But at that time, Coach Richard's luck value was only 50 points, but now he is about to break through 60 points...

Maybe if I use this flower transfer pill in the future, the chance of successful transfer will be higher.

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"Take it first and then talk about it. Maybe it will be useful in the future!"

"Big Ben can't be used now. It's too risky to use this thing. His rebound attribute of 96 points is enough!" Richard thought to himself.

In fact, in Richard's opinion, this transfer pill is quite cost-effective for some blue-collar centers to use.

Players in other positions, even if they don't need to be versatile, still have a high demand for attributes. Unlike blue-collar centers, they have many attributes that can be transferred.

For example, blue-collar outsiders, even if they are blue-collar workers, still need shooting ability. They cannot have no basket at all...

Famous outside blue-collar players, such as Bowen, Robertson, Beverley, Laga Bell, etc., all have three-point baskets.

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The home trip is over, followed by a wave of three consecutive away games.

And in this away game, there is an old rival of the Trail Blazers, or an old enemy.

Utah Jazz!

The day before the game started, Richard directly took Xiaoao off the injured list.

Richard can lose against any team, except the Jazz.

As long as he is in this league and as long as Utah and Utah stay on the team, the Jazz will never get a win from Richard!

Of course, when I took out O'Brien, I also wanted to make Ginobili complete the task more comfortably.

Richard's move made fans from all sides dumbfounded.

There was no conflict in this game against the Jazz, but it still embarrassed the Jazz.

Because in this game, Trail Blazers substitute Ginobili scored 0 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists in 29 minutes!

The rebound data is more than Karl Malone, and the assist data is more than Stockton...

After the game, Richard naturally couldn't help but mock the Utah duo, saying that they were not as good as the bench players in the Trail Blazers!

These words almost made Jazz furious.

But they have absolutely no way to deal with the Blazers!

It is impossible to fight, it will never be possible, the consequences are too serious...

Besides, even if there are no consequences, we still can’t fight because we really can’t fight!

Although the Trail Blazers lost the big villains Rasheed and Bowen, now there is a little villain Artest...

Artest had just returned from suspension a few days ago. In the game against the Jazz, Richard was directly put into the starting position to defend Stockton.

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The Jazz were naturally unable to resist the Blazers who were going all out, and eventually lost to the Blazers by an 18-point margin!

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In the blink of an eye, the October and November schedules are all over!

The first and most valuable honor of the new season is also coming...

Kobe Bryant, the backcourt core of the Lakers who currently tops the league record list, won the first Player of the Month award of the new season!

With a super record of 18 wins and 6 losses, plus personal averages of 29.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, he is well-deserved to win the Player of the Month award.

The Lakers are really scary now. If the Trail Blazers hadn't had a perfect winning record last season, otherwise, they might have been hailed as the only team in the history of the league that could compete with the Bulls.

Mainly because the internal and external core of their team is really too strong!

In addition to Kobe's terrifying statistics, O'Neal has averaged 30.2 points, 13.6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks per game so far this season, which also shocked the league!

This season, O'Neal is really staring...

Except for the rebound and block data, which are slightly lower than the career high, the other data are all career highs!

O'Neal is under a lot of pressure now!

On the one hand, there is external pressure. Although he is known as the most dominant insider in the history of the league, he currently wants a championship but not a championship, and wants an MVP but not an MVP. Many fans have ridiculed him for his empty name.

On the other hand, it is the internal pressure from Kobe!

The young Kobe gave O'Neal a sense of crisis. He had a hunch that if he didn't work hard, O'Neal would no longer be the leader of the Lakers...

Even now, Kobe's popularity in Los Angeles has surpassed O'Neal!

Under internal and external pressure, it would be strange if O'Neal didn't try his best!

And Kobe is naturally quite desperate, and he is also very stressed...

But this pressure comes from himself!

He desperately wanted to prove himself and prove that Richard made a huge mistake by letting him go!

He will lead the Lakers to win the championship this season, making Richard realize what a huge mistake he has made!

The core inside and outside are starting to work hard. It's no wonder that such a team is not scary!

A record of 18 wins and 6 losses has helped the Lakers sit at the top of the league's record list. However, the Trail Blazers, the Lakers' biggest competitor this season, seem to be weakening. Now that the schedule is over for one and a half months, they have not played. That kind of momentum from last season.

With 16 wins and 9 losses, they are currently ranked third in the Western Conference, only one win more than the Jazz, who are ranked fourth in the Western Conference.

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As for the honor of Rookie of the Month, it was won by Bulls No. 1 pick Brand!

Last season the Bulls had the worst record in the league, but this season they improved their record to eighth in the Eastern Conference.

In this month and a half of the schedule, Brand averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds per game, which is extremely impressive!

The inside combination he formed with Rashid is almost the best inside combination in the Eastern Conference right now.

The only thing that gives the Bulls a headache is that their outside players are too weak...

Otherwise, with the Bulls' level, they may be able to hit the top four spots in the Eastern Conference!

Laimbeer also approached Richard a few days ago to see if he could trade a player from the Trail Blazers, such as Mobley, Mobley and Mobley...

Richard thought for a while, but finally didn't agree. The Bulls really didn't have much leverage to attract Richard.

Moreover, Mobley is still quite useful and is a very important firepower point in the Blazers' backcourt bench. It is certainly impossible for Richard to use Mobley as a favor.

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At least before the end of this season, Richard is not planning to make any adjustments to the team's lineup.

Even if there is a trade, it must wait until the end of this season.

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The day of the Christmas War is getting closer and closer.

Whether it is the Trail Blazers or the Lakers, they are all holding back their energy and want to defeat each other in the Christmas war!

In fact, this year's Christmas War went against past conventions.

The previous Christmas games were all duels between the top teams from the East and West, which can be regarded as a preview of the finals...

But this year's situation is different. Two teams in the same conference are competing on Christmas Day. After all, everyone knows that it is basically impossible for the Eastern Conference to win the championship.