Bishop of the Devil

The Lakers got off to a winning start. Although they are at the top of the league's record this season and tonight's game is their home court, it is still a bit surprising...

The Blazers actually lost? !

It’s really unimaginable…

Fans have not seen the Trail Blazers lose in the playoffs for quite some time.

In last season's playoffs, the Trail Blazers won all fifteen games!

In this season's playoffs, the Trail Blazers also won their first seven games...

They finally lost tonight!

It seems that the fans' predictions were correct, the Lakers are indeed the stumbling block for the Trail Blazers!

In fact, it's normal to think about it. If the Lakers' lineup performs well, it is not impossible to win against the Trail Blazers.

Besides, tonight is the Lakers' home court, and they have the home court advantage...

…

But before the Lakers fans could finish their joy, they suffered a disastrous defeat in their second home game!

O'Neal's free throw shooting has not been permanently improved, and it was just an unexpected outburst in the last game.

In this second Western Conference Finals, O'Neal encountered a difficult free throw problem in the first quarter. Under such circumstances, Richard naturally had to seize this opportunity!

Jackson Jackson had no choice but to let O'Neal play for less than six minutes in the first quarter!

Because O'Neal's free throws tonight were so deceiving...

O'Neal is not present, even if Kobe Bryant performs abnormally, it is actually nothing to be afraid of.

Maybe against other teams, even teams like the Spurs, if Kobe performs exceptionally, he may lead the team to kill the game.

But in front of the Trail Blazers, that was impossible.

Without O'Neal, O'Neal is the number one center in the league!

You can imagine the destructive power he created in the Lakers penalty area!

113:92, the Trail Blazers beat the Lakers directly away from home by 21 points!

Among them, Xiao Ao can be said to have killed everyone in this game!

The number of shots taken was not particularly large. O'Brien only took 21 shots in this game, but these 21 shots were able to get 31 points for O'Neill!

In addition, Ou also made a lot of rebounds tonight, scoring 13 rebounds!

With a super double-double of 31 points and 13 rebounds, O'Neill is completely on the rise tonight!

Of course, the reason why he can score such terrifying statistics is actually because O'Neal does not spend a lot of time on the court...

Generally, when the shark-cutting tactic can be used against O'Neal, Richard will replace O'Neal and try to stagger O'Neal's playing time with O'Neal.

Against O'Neal, O'Neal may only be able to score seven points if he is very strong!

But if he doesn't face O'Neal, O'Neal can actually show great strength!

The Lakers don't even have a backup center...

When O'Neal is not on the court, the Lakers' only inside player is AC Green.

Xiao Ao playing AC Green is really as easy as chopping melons and vegetables...

…

After the game, Kobe looked quite ugly!

In his opinion, the loss was due to O'Neal's free throw...

What if O'Neal's free throw shooting could be better? Not to mention too much, even if it only reaches the 60% level, the Lakers may not lose tonight!

…

In the Lakers' first two home games, they could only maintain one, and the second home game ended in a disastrous defeat!

Next is the home court of the Trail Blazers...

Although the league will definitely not give the Trail Blazers a home whistle, it doesn't matter. Richard has always really not cared much about whether the referee gives a whistle.

The Lakers and Trail Blazers are also old rivals. Both sides didn't make any noise before the game, and both started the game with a dull head.

In the third and fourth games of the Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers relied on free throw tactics to win against the Lakers.

This made Kobe completely unbearable!

"Can't you practice your damn free throws?!" During the Lakers' training, Kobe roared directly at O'Neal.

Even though Richard traveled through time and affected many things in this world, it didn't affect Kobe Bryant from shouting these words to O'Neal.

Kobe still got angry at O'Neal just like in normal history...

This roar immediately stunned O'Neal.

The two almost had a fight. If their teammates hadn't stopped them, they probably wouldn't have even played in G5 of the Western Conference Finals. Both of their core players were hospitalized and even had their balls beaten.

Zen Master is really going to vomit blood now...

He knows very well that even though both parties are still calm now, they are all holding back their energy!

If he lost to Richard in the Western Conference Finals, could Richard not laugh at the Zen Master? !

And if the Lakers win, Jackson probably won't miss the opportunity to mock Richard...

Anyway, these two people are holding back their energy now, waiting for everything to be won.

Only the winner has the right to speak!

But what makes Master Zen desperate now is that when the team is facing a desperate situation, the two core members of the team are actually fighting among themselves!

What should I do...

The Lakers have been cornered by the Trail Blazers, trailing by a big score of 1:3. Although the next game is the Lakers' home court, there is internal strife between Kobe and O'Neal. Can they win this home court? !

…

On May 31st, G5 of the Western Conference Finals begins!

The entire Staples Center fans seemed quite nervous about the Lakers' life-and-death situation.

When the game started, the fans clearly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere on the Lakers' side.

Kobe and O'Neal both looked bitter and resentful, and there was no communication between the two after they came on the stage.

Even if they made eye contact, their eyes were full of disgust.

In the end what happened? !

Lakers fans still don’t know that Kobe and O’Neal have broken up...

…

What made Richard laugh out loud was that the Lakers were cool...

He also didn't know about the falling out between Kobe and O'Neal. After all, Kobe was too embarrassed to talk to Richard about this kind of thing.

But judging from the situation on the court, Richard could also guess that there must be some problem between Kobe and O'Neal.

Mainly because Kobe's performance tonight was a bit too unique.

In the past, the Lakers' tactics were that when Kobe broke through with the ball, if the defense was too tight, he would pass the ball to O'Neal under the basket.

With Kobe's distribution, his second offense of grabbing offensive rebounds, and other players' distribution, O'Neal's average number of shots per game can basically be almost the same as Kobe's.

And tonight without Kobe, the biggest source of ball power, O'Neal's shots were directly reduced by more than a third!

At the end of the first quarter, O'Neal only took 4 shots. This is unimaginable...

Richard didn't even bother to use the shark-cutting tactic.

Kobe may be angry, which causes his shooting efficiency to be a bit low. O'Neal doesn't have much ball rights, so it's strange that the Lakers can win.

…

"Dudu!" The referee blew the whistle to end the game, and Richard put his hands on his hips and laughed wildly at old Nicholson, a die-hard Lakers fan.

This old guy has been nagging in his ears. After three away games, Richard has long wanted to deal with this old guy...

Lakers fans were completely dumbfounded. What the hell? !

The Lakers were not swept, but being defeated by a big score of 4:1, what is the difference between being swept? !

Originally, they thought that even if the Lakers couldn't defeat the Trail Blazers, they would still have a chance to win a 4:3 tiebreaker!

To take a step back, asking the Lakers to play 4:2 is not too much, right?

After all, the Lakers have two MVP-level superstars, Kobe and O'Neal!

But now, the result is only 4:1, and even though we won the first city, we were defeated four cities in a row!

What do you Lakers coaches and players do for a living?

The fans were quite dissatisfied and booed all over the place...

…

Richard excitedly led the team to exit, preparing to return to Portland overnight.

The Western Conference Finals was played so easily, which Richard never expected!

When he lost the first game, Richard even felt that there might be a tiebreaker in this round of the Western Conference Finals...

But what even Richard himself didn't expect was that the Blazers would conquer four cities in a row!

Easily defeat the Lakers and get tickets to the finals!

The entire city of Portland was in a state of excitement. The Western Conference Finals were won so easily. Is the championship still far away? !

The Pacers and the Philadelphia 76ers are currently fighting in full swing. The Pacers have a slight advantage and currently lead the 76ers with a big score of 3:2.

No matter who of them advances, Trail Blazers fans are absolutely convinced that they will not be the Trail Blazers' opponents!

The championship is guaranteed...

…

After returning to Portland, Richard sat in his office and pondered.

Judging from the current situation, McGrady is definitely leaving, unless he is willing to accept a contract with an annual salary of about 5 million!

The salary cap will increase a bit next season, and Richard will be able to squeeze out a contract worth about US$5 million by then.

But if McGrady switches to another team, he can get an annual salary of more than 10 million, and it is unlikely that he will stay in the Trail Blazers and get 5 million US dollars...

McGrady is gone, so Richard will definitely not give McGrady too many opportunities to perform in the finals.

just in case……

What if the Finals MVP is taken away by Tracy McGrady? !

It will be embarrassing then. The Trail Blazers let go of two Finals MVPs in two years. This will become the biggest weird event in the entire NBA history!

Richard will never allow this to happen!

In the previous three rounds of playoffs, Richard has given Tracy McGrady ample opportunities to perform. As for this finals, Richard is wondering whether Ben or O'Brien should try to win the MVP.

Last season, Richard let Kobe go. In fact, many people complained!

But if Ben or Ou win the FMVP in this season's finals, these complaints will definitely disappear.

Everyone is FMVP, whoever is retained is not retained...

A few days later, the results between the Pacers and the Philadelphia 76ers came out. Larry Bird finally led the Pacers to qualify for the Finals.

They defeated the 76ers with a score of 4:3...

In fact, the 76ers lost quite unjustly, mainly because of the crazy explosion of Pacers small forward Jaylen Rose in this series, averaging 23 points and 5 rebounds per game!

Richard is certainly no stranger to Jaylen Rose.

When Larry Brown was coaching the Pacers, Jaylen Rose jumped out to challenge Richard and the Trail Blazers, but was dismissed by Bowen once and took three months to recover.

After he came back, the Pacers actually rested him every time they played against the Trail Blazers, without giving him a chance to play.

The reason is that they are still afraid that the Blazers will continue to plan to get rid of Jaylen Rose.

Later, Larry Brown was fired and Larry Bird took over. It was also because there was no one available on the team, so Bird put Jaylen Rose into the starting lineup.

As a result, a quasi-all-star was released immediately.

In the just-concluded regular season, Jaylen Rose averaged 18.2 points per game, directly becoming the Pacers' scoring leader.

Of course, being the scoring champion is not very safe, because Reggie Miller averages 18.1 points per game!

Judging from Miller's scoring data, this guy is really old...

…

With the rise of Jaylen Rose, the Pacers have been going smoothly this season, and finally made it to the finals, which is simply a blessing.

"Li, we agreed, don't make any mistakes in this round of the finals..."

The day before the finals started, Bird called. He was mainly afraid that Richard would do something wrong to Jaylen Rose.

"You mean Jaylen Rose?!" Richard asked with a smile.

"Who else could it be? Man, in the past, when the Pacers met the Trail Blazers during the regular season, we would rest Jaylen Rose. This is respect for you..."

"But there is really no way to rest now. This is the finals. It is really unreasonable to rest the team's leading scorer again!"

Larry Bird said with a wry smile.

He is not sure now whether Richard still holds grudge against Jaylen Rose...

If Richard still holds a grudge and blackmails Jaylen Rose on the court, the Pacers will be doomed.

Although Larry Bird doesn't have much hope of winning the championship, even if there is a chance, he will definitely go for it.

"Larry, who do you think I am, Richard? Will I rely on such dirty methods to win the game?!"

Richard said dissatisfied.

These words directly made Larry Bird speechless. You guys have used so many dirty tricks...

"Besides, Jaylen Rose actually has no impression on me here, he's just a little guy!"

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to him..."

"If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten that this happened and that there is such a player in your team!"

Richard said with a smile.

This is not just pretentious. Richard really hasn't paid much attention to the Pacers' situation. He even found out about Jaylen Rose becoming the Pacers' scoring leader after watching the news a few days ago.

Richard's words almost made Larry Bird cry.

Good guy, the scoring champion of his team is just a nobody in Richard's eyes. This is totally unreasonable.

But when Larry Bird thought about it, Richard really had the confidence to say this.

How many guys on the Trail Blazers are better than Jalen Rose? Larry Bird thought about it for a while, and it seemed that he could randomly pull out five or six who were better than Jaylen Rose!

Big Ben, O'Neill, Robinson, Nowitzki, McGrady, Ginobili, Harrington...

Larry Bird felt that he could not continue counting. If he continued counting, he might cry!

The Trail Blazers have so many powerful players, how can they survive as the Pacers!

…

On June 7, the 1999-2000 NBA Finals officially begins!

As the first finals in the new century, the NBA still attaches great importance to it, but the asymmetry in strength between the two sides makes this finals basically no suspense.

The finals without suspense are actually the least interesting and least able to attract fans!

It can already be predicted that the ratings of this finals may not be as high as those of the Western Conference Finals.

…

"Jermaine, Ben, you two must have a good fight tonight!"

"No, you must play well in this series. I will give you enough playing time. Whether you can win the MVP or not depends on you!"

Before the game started, Richard chatted with Ben and O in private and reminded them to work hard.

Finals MVP is a very valuable honor...

Maybe everyone has different views on these honors. Some people think that FMVP is more valuable than regular season MVP, while others think that regular season MVP is more valuable than finals MVP.

But no matter how you look at it, these two honors are definitely among the top two in terms of gold content.

Richard still thinks that the two closest Auburn people to him can get this honor. These two people have been with him for a long time...

Xiao Ao followed Richard for four full years!

And Da Ben followed Richard for six years...

Love grows over time, although it's not that kind of love, but within the entire Trail Blazers team, Richard's closest friends are definitely Ben and O'Brien.

Now that there is a chance to win the MVP, Richard is definitely more inclined to let one of the two win it.

Of course, this also depends on the abilities of the two people. If they do not perform well, it is not impossible for others to take away their skills.

All Richard can do is give the two of them enough screen time!

…

The first two games of the Finals were both home games for the Trail Blazers.

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

O'Brien and Schmitz walked to the midfield line to execute a jump ball...

Schmitz has almost become the fourth leader of the Pacers. This season, he only averaged 13+5 per game in the regular season.

As a center with a height of 2.2cm, he only averages 5 rebounds per game, which is really unjustifiable.

But there is no way, because he is so thin that he cannot survive in the penalty area. The insiders of most teams in the league can easily squeeze him out of the penalty area.

In this case, the rebounding data is naturally pitiful...

If he can gain a foothold in the paint, with his height, it is no exaggeration to say that it is not difficult to average more than 9 rebounds per game. After all, there are many defensive rebounds, and when the opponent actively returns to defense, He could reach out and pick it up. No matter what, he wouldn't only get five rebounds.

…

After O'Brien got the offensive ball for the Trail Blazers, McGrady rushed directly to the frontcourt and raised his hand for a pull-up!

Maddie is so excited now!

This is the finals!

If he can perform well, maybe he can win the honor of Finals MVP...

This honor is too tempting for McGrady!

Perhaps because he was thinking too much, his opening three-pointer was a direct hit, and the rebound was picked off by Ben who rushed to the frontcourt.

Seeing that there was only one Jalen Rice chasing him around, Ben grabbed the rebound, jumped up on the spot, and dunked!

Before the game started, Richard's words greatly touched Ben. He also wanted to compete for the Finals MVP!

As a blue-collar worker, compete for the Finals MVP!

In the past, this kind of ball might have been waiting for Ou to rush over, and then he would give Ou a position and let Ou take the shot.

But tonight Da Ben took action alone!

…

The ball possession changed and it was the Pacers' turn to attack.

Veteran Mark Jackson made an accidental move and was directly intercepted by Artest who came out from the side. The latter passed a long pass to O'Brien just after halftime...

Xiao Ou turned around directly, succeeded in a layup and dunk all by himself, and even drew a defensive foul from Schmitz.

It’s a direct 2+1 tie!

Richard watched from the audience and nodded repeatedly. Both Ben and O'Neill were very motivated tonight, and they were both working hard to win the finals MVP.

…

In the Pacers' next offensive round, they finally responded with a three-pointer from outside by Reggie Miller, rewriting the opening score to 5:3!

After the Blazers' offensive round, Richard couldn't understand it.

O'Brien, who was under the basket, actually handed the ball to Ben, and then he carried two Pacers insiders, Schmitz and Dale Davis, on his own to block Ben's position!

Ben was dumbfounded...

He has played in the NBA for four full years, and this is the first time he has encountered this scene, the first time someone has helped him get stuck!

All along, it was Ben who blocked positions for others and created space for others to attack!

Ben didn't give up this excellent opportunity for an open dunk. He jumped up and dunked with the ball in both hands!

In terms of aesthetics, Ben's dunk really doesn't have any aesthetic appeal at all. It's extremely bulky, but no matter how ugly it is, the ball just goes in!

"What are you doing?" Da Ben frowned and looked at Xiao Ao. This kid was really a little strange just now.

"Nothing..." Xiao Ao scratched his head in embarrassment.

"I just remembered something, and I feel like this year's finals MVP should be given to you!"

What Xiao Ao thinks of is naturally the help that Big Ben gave him when he was a rookie...

It can be said that if there were not all kinds of crazy slots in Big Ben, Xiao Ao's growth time would be delayed a lot.

Xiao Ao thought of Ben's help to him, and recalled the countless nights when Ben frantically carried his opponent's two insiders to make him comfortable to take action...

He made a decision.

That is, I will also help a bunch of big bosses this year!

Help this big brother who has been selfless for himself and the team...

"Are you stupid?!" Ben stared, not understanding why Xiao Ao suddenly went crazy.

"I'm not stupid, there's still a chance next year anyway!" Xiao Aohan said with a smile.

…

The situation on the field must be that the Trail Blazers have a considerable advantage. What makes Richard and tens of thousands of fans dumbfounded is that Xiao Ou has become a slot maniac!

As long as there is a chance, Xiao Ou will try his best to give Ben the space to dunk. Even some of the rebounds he can grab are given to Ben!

When the game was over, Ben's statistics astonished everyone.

22 points, 22 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals!

This data is directly against the sky. Double 20 data in the finals? !

Since 1985, no one in the entire history of the NBA has been able to score double 20 in the Finals...

Moreover, Daben’s data is not just a simple double 20!

His data is 20+20+5+5, which is extremely rare!

Not to mention the finals, even in the regular season, no one has ever produced such data...

There may have been such data before 1985, but after 1985, in more than ten years, including the regular season and playoffs, no one has produced such a data!

Scorpion Baba's unique statistics, and they were achieved in the finals, made the headlines of major sports media the next day!

This can almost be regarded as a piece of historical data...

Ben was overjoyed after the game. The feeling of scoring big data was quite gratifying.

Richard also didn't expect Ben to explode like this tonight.

However, he can also see that Xiao Ao is frantically helping Big Ben brush up his data. At the moment, Xiao Ao's behavior is more like a kind of feedback.

Big Ben has helped O'Brien countless times before, but now O'Brien is ready to help Ben in return at this critical moment, giving him a chance to compete for the Finals MVP!

If Ben really wins the Finals MVP this year, that would be awesome. He will become the only pure blue-collar FMVP in the entire NBA history!

The lowest scoring Finals MVP in the regular season!

I'm afraid that when fans mention the honor of Finals MVP in the future, they will definitely not be able to avoid Big Book...

Richard is also looking forward to it. He has a hunch that if Daben wins FMVP, the system may have some good rewards.

…

The second game is still the Blazers' home court.

In this game, Big Ben didn’t want Xiao Ao to help him no matter what. He felt a little sorry for Xiao Ao.

The value of the Finals MVP is too great, and I didn’t want Ou to miss the opportunity to compete for the FMVP because of him.

In the end, he scored 8 points, 19 rebounds and 4 blocks in this game. Although it was not as luxurious as the previous game, it was still quite dazzling data.

…

After playing two games, Larry Bird has completely given up the idea of ​​competing for the championship.

The gap between the two teams is really too big. If you are still thinking about winning the championship now, you are just trying to eat swan meat.

Although the first two games were the home games of the Trail Blazers, the Blazers did not enjoy many home whistles. It may even be that the league was balancing the strengths of the two sides and gave the Pacers some home whistles at the Trail Blazers' home court.

But even so, the Pacers lost miserably in the two games, losing a total of 40 points.

How can I still hit this ball? !

Game 3 of the Finals, back in Indiana.

In fact, Indiana is Richard's home base and he started his career here.

There is no fan in the entire state of Indiana who doesn't know Richard's name.

The Pacers are the only NBA team in Indiana, but they are not the fans' favorite basketball team. Their favorite must be Purdue University, which has won five consecutive championships.

Now that Richard, the founder of Purdue University's dynasty, is here, you can imagine how crazy the fans are.

Even though this was the finals, when Richard entered the stage, there were no boos at all. They were all cheers for Richard!

Perhaps in the eyes of Indiana fans, Richard is their Indiana star, and they would be completely able to accept it if Richard wins the championship.

There were even many fans on the sidelines, holding signs that asked Richard to come to coach the Pacers after leaving the Trail Blazers...

This almost pissed Larry Bird off!

Whose home field is this? ! The quality of this year's Pacers fans is really unreliable...

…

In the third game, Ben relied on his own abilities for the first time and scored 10 points, 20 rebounds and 3 blocks!

Big Ben's performance made Indiana fans crazy!

There is no other reason. In the eyes of these fans, Ben is also a player who has gone out from here...

What made Larry Bird collapse immediately was that the audience actually shouted the slogan of Big Ben MVP!

The entire Pacers players were speechless. They felt like they were playing a fake home game tonight.

Is there such a home game? You fans are probably fake Knicks fans!

…

As for the fourth game, Ben's score shrank a bit, with only 6 points scored, but his rebound and block data were still hot, with 19 rebounds and 5 blocks!

The Pacers were directly swept by the Trail Blazers.

This is also the second consecutive year that the Trail Blazers have swept their opponents in the finals and won the championship!

The entire Pacers home arena immediately became excited. I am afraid that even if the Pacers win the championship, the excitement will only be this...

"Richard!"

"Richard! Come on, walkers!"

"Big Ben, MVP!"

"Big Ben, MVP!"

All the fans were cheering, which made the Pacers players look very ugly and left the game.

Richard got the technical statistics of this round of the finals from Stevens.

The main reason is to see who has a better chance of winning the MVP, Ben or O'Brien.

Ou's performance in this series is actually no worse than Ben's. He directly killed the Pacers' insiders and averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game in four games. They are definitely top-notch statistics at the super-giant level!

With 25 points, he is also the highest scorer of both teams...

As for Ben, although his scoring is far inferior to that of Leonardo DiCaprio, his rebounds and blocks are much higher than that of Omar Omar, and are even twice as high as Omar's.

Big Ben's top-level rebounding strength and defensive strength in history are truly extraordinary.

After four games, Ben averaged 11.5 points, 20 rebounds, 4.25 blocks, 3.5 assists and 1.75 steals per game. The data is unexplainable!

The only thing that is not as good as Xiao Ao is the scoring data...

Now Richard is also anxiously waiting for the result of the finals MVP.

Stern began to take the stage, and he still had that professional smile on his face, which made people feel that he was a kind and kind old man...

But anyone who is familiar with Stern knows that he is not a kind and kind old man. He is probably referring to people like Stern with a thick face and a dark heart.

"I declare the 1999-2000 championship winner to be the Portland Trail Blazers!"

"Congratulations to the Trail Blazers, you have once again had a perfect season!"

…

With the second consecutive championship, Richard seems to be in a dream. This is his fourth season in the league and he has won two championships.

No matter how mysterious it seems, Richard never expected that he could achieve such an achievement before entering the league.

Having won the second consecutive championship, the next goal must be to create a dynasty.

But Richard also knows that it's not that easy. The league may set up some obstacles in the process of the Blazers building a dynasty.

For example, strict rules restricting the killing of sharks are introduced.

…

"I declare that the winner of the Finals MVP of the 1999-2000 season is..."

"Ben Wallace!"

"Congratulations to Ben, his success is enough to prove that talent is not the most important thing for a player, the most important thing is hard work!"

Stern spilled another wave of chicken soup, and Ben is definitely an inspirational model.

As a second-round pick, he won the Finals MVP, and his ridiculously short figure gave hope to many short players with rough skills.

What they can do, they may not be able to do!

…

After the award ceremony, as soon as Stern stepped off the stage, Richard immediately rushed to the podium.

"Ahem, now it's my turn to present the award!"

The fans cheered wildly. The only reason why they haven't left the game yet is to see who else will be lucky enough to join West Lafayette this year!

West Lafayette is their city in Indiana, although it is just an inconspicuous small city...

"Nowitzki!"

"Harrington!"

"Mobley..."

"Ginobili!"

Tens of thousands of fans chanted the names of Trail Blazers players crazily. In their opinion, these people are qualified to join West Lafayette.

"Driver, come on stage!" Richard said with a smile to Nowitzki in the audience.

Nowitzki's face was filled with excitement, "Good guy, I have finally waited for this day!"

He was envious of Bowen and Warrior Jackson joining West Lafayette last season...

This season he finally got the chance to join West Lafayette.

He rushed to the podium with a single sprint, his speed was unbelievably fast...

"If you had this speed on defense, I guess you could be on the defensive line this year!" Ben grinned and teased Nowitzki.

The young driver smiled and scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

Richard solemnly placed the driver's exclusive gold medal around Nowitzki's neck.

"Young man, you have a bright future. In my opinion, your future achievements will not be lower than those of Duncan and Garnett!"

"Come on, the stronger you are, the greater your responsibility. If you become the leader of a team in the future and see the West Lafayette brothers in trouble, remember to help them!" Richard patted Nowitzki on the shoulder. Said with a smile.

Nowitzki nodded solemnly, "Coach, don't worry..."

The young driver didn't talk much. He just remembered Richard's words firmly at the moment. If the West Lafayette brothers were in trouble in the future and he became the leader of the team, he would definitely lend a helping hand.

"Harrington! Come on stage!"

After handing out gold medals to the young drivers, Richard called Harrington up again.

"Thank you, coach!" Harrington said with gratitude...

Although he knows very well that his performance this season is actually quite impressive, but his talent is nothing compared to the Trail Blazers...

And now that Richard has given him so many opportunities to perform, he is naturally very grateful to Richard.

"You're welcome, man. When you get back to Portland tomorrow, come to my office. There's something I want to talk to you about!"

Harrington was startled. Is it true that the Blazers would trade him in the gossip? !

If the Blazers really want to trade him, Harrington can actually accept it...

The main reason is that the Blazers really don't have many opportunities to play. If they change to another team, it is entirely possible that he will become the team's second boss, or even be trained as the team's boss.

If Harrington is really traded away, although Harrington is a little reluctant to part with it, for the sake of his own future, he will definitely support it with both hands.

…

After Harrington, Mobley also won the West Lafayette gold medal he dreamed of.

This year, the three newcomers Richard just acquired, Ginobili, Artest and Kirilenko, also won gold medals in West Lafayette!

The performance of these three people was quite outstanding, and Richard felt that it would be harmless to give them the gold medal in advance.

Seeing each of his teammates win gold medals in West Lafayette, including this year's three newcomers, Rashad Lewis was heartbroken in the audience.

He feels extremely bitter now. Is he really that bad...

Seeing that his teammates who entered the league at the same time as him are now prospering, even Braggs, who was sold cheaply by Richard, is now being reused under Larry Brown.

Only I have no sense of presence in the Trail Blazers, just like air.

Richard also seems to have neglected himself...

Just when he was feeling bitter, Richard stood on the stage and shouted to the crowd.

"Rashad, come on stage!"

Lewis looked dull, was Richard calling his name? ! Didn't he forget himself? !

"Hurry up, kid, you're going to get rich!"

"Haha, I feel like you're going to take off next season..." The senior players on the team joked about Lewis.

Lewis sprinted to the podium.

"Young man, you have performed well in the past two seasons. You will get a lot of playing time next season. Take advantage of it..." Richard patted Lewis on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Lewis pinched himself hard, he felt like he was dreaming!

Richard said that his performance in the past two seasons was good? !

He is almost as big as air, which is pretty good...

But he didn't have time to think about it now. He only heard Richard saying that he would get a lot of playing time next season!

This made Lewis very happy. After waiting for two full years, he finally waited until today!

In Richard's plan, Harrington will be traded next season, and Lewis will naturally start to use it.

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Richard directly awarded seven West Lafayette gold medals!

Among the current players on the team, except for the two veterans Robinson and Curry, McGrady does not have the West Lafayette gold medal.

Richard did not buy Tracy McGrady's West Lafayette gold medal...

He and McGrady both know very well that after this game, McGrady can no longer be considered a Trail Blazers player to be precise.

Richard and McGrady cannot be considered a master-disciple relationship, so Richard has no reason to award McGrady a West Lafayette gold medal.

Although Rashid and Richard cannot be considered a mentor-disciple relationship to be precise, Rashid has played under Richard for three years and was even willing to sign a one-year contract with the Trail Blazers... …

In this case, Richard recognized Rashid.

And now that Tracy McGrady is in a special situation, Richard really can't give him a gold medal.

There was some disappointment in Maddie's eyes, but this disappointment was only fleeting...

He had expected this result. Although he was still a little disappointed, the disappointment did not last long and disappeared.

He has a bright future, and he firmly believes that he will never be worse than West Lafayette players in the future!