Bishop of the Devil

Ten million US dollars over four years, this contract is simply an astronomical figure for Lagabel!

He is not a rookie. In fact, he graduated from college in 1999 and then participated in the draft.

Unfortunately, straight up undrafted in the draft.

Later, he got an opportunity with the Spurs and joined the Spurs as a free agent...

But during his time with the Spurs, he didn't play a single game, not even a second of playing time.

Later, in 2000, last season, he got the opportunity to join the Philadelphia 76ers. Unfortunately, the 76ers also had no shortage of outside players.

As a result, he has been serving as the water cooler keeper in the Philadelphia 76ers, and he has not been given the opportunity to renew his contract this new season.

When Bob Myers approached her, Lagabell felt for a moment that he was joking.

Did Richard take a fancy to him? How can this be?

If Richard really thinks highly of himself, then there were plenty of opportunities to recruit him in the past two years, so why wait until now...

In this way, Lagabell, who was dubious, was brought to Richard's office by Miles.

As a result, Richard not only fell in love with him, but also offered him a four-year contract worth 10 million US dollars!

At least in Lagabel's view, this contract is definitely a sky-high price!

He couldn't figure out why Richard didn't find him before, but now he just found him and gave him such a contract.

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The reason why Richard gave such a contract was naturally due to his own considerations.

Richard actually knew the existence of Lagabel before, but could Richard like Lagabel at that time?

Obviously he looked down upon him. At that time, the Trail Blazers didn't have many big players in the backcourt...

But now the situation is different. It doesn't matter what the Pistons want. In Richard's opinion, Laga Bell is a rare good.

Offering him a contract with an annual salary of US$2.5 million is not expensive in Richard's opinion and is completely worthy of Lagabel's worth.

Of course, if Richard only offers a salary of about one million per year, or even lower, Lagabell will definitely sign the contract happily.

But now Richard has to fill the poverty line, and secondly, give Lagabel a contract of about 2.5 million US dollars, which will be more convenient if traded in the future.

After all, there is a trade balancing principle. If the annual salary is only one million, Richard will have to find cannon fodder to make up the salary.

You must know that as the salary cap has increased significantly, the annual salary stipulated in the rookie standard contract has also increased significantly.

For example, singles Joe, the rookie at No. 10, had a standard contract during his rookie period with an annual salary of close to two million US dollars.

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So after comprehensive consideration, Richard gave a four-year contract worth tens of millions, which seems very high, but once Laga Bell plays, this contract will become extremely cheap!

You must know that the Spurs signed Bowen with an annual salary of four to five million...

If Lagabell plays well, his role in the team will not be much worse than Bowen.

Of course, in Richard's opinion, the most important reason is that if you give him more money, he can do more work. It is quite appropriate to let Laga Bell do some of the dirty work.

How can we let people do dirty work without giving them more money?

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After Lagabell signed the contract, Richard called Bob Myers over again.

Asked for the Pistons' current roster from Miles, Richard was ready to study it carefully.

Stackhouse has an annual salary of 5 million and has 2 years left on his contract.

Chucky Atkins has an annual salary of three million and has three years left on his contract.

Geon Clark's rookie contract, the following season is a contract year.

Among them, Atkins and Clark were the bargaining chips used by the Pistons and Magic to trade Grant Hill.

Atkins is an undrafted player and is only 1.8 meters tall. He seems to be of little value, but he actually has quite good offensive firepower.

In his rookie season, he averaged 10 points and 4 assists per game...

Before the end of last season, the Pistons renewed him to a three-year, $10 million contract, starting from this season.

As for Clark, he is still at the same level as his rookie season. He averaged 8+6 per game with the Pistons last season. He can't be said to be scumbag, but he is definitely not very strong.

Joe Smith signed a one-year, $2.25 million contract with the Pistons, which has expired. Naturally, Richard will not renew Joe Smith's contract and let him fend for himself.

In addition, there are several players in the Pistons with relatively high contracts.

Backup guard Dana Burrows has an annual salary of US$3.7 million, ranking among the top five highest salaries in the entire Pistons team.

And this guy is also a player with a height of 180cm...

Richard was speechless, and he didn't know what Dumas was thinking at that time, why he hired these small guards.

Today is different from the past. With Richard's success in the past few seasons, the league has become aware of the shortcomings of small guards.

Nowadays, when many teams are selecting guards, the bottom line is that they must be 190 centimeters tall. This is still the bottom line for players at the first position. If they are not 195 for the shooting guard position, no one will bat an eyelid.

This Barros' salary is a bit high, and he is too short, and his strength is only that much, so in Richard's opinion, it is estimated that it will be difficult to sell.

But there is no chance at all. Maybe it can be packaged and sold with Stackhouse.

Even if he really can't sell it, Richard can accept it. Anyway, his contract only has two years left, so he can just keep Burrows in vain for these two years...

In addition, there are two Williams on the Pistons, one is Coris Williams and the other is Jerome Williams.

The contracts of both of them are not low. Corliss has an annual salary of 4 million, while Jerome has an annual salary of close to 3 million.

However, the transaction value of these two people is good, and Richard has no worries about not being able to sell them.

Small forward Corris is the Pistons' second-leading scorer, averaging 15+6 per game. Even with an annual salary of four million, he can probably be sold quite easily.

This Corris is actually an important substitute for the Pistons to win the championship in the next few years. Even if he cannot be sold, it is still quite cost-effective for Richard to use it for himself.

As for Jerome, he plays as a backup power forward, averaging 7 points and 8 rebounds per game. He is a typical blue-collar insider. His annual salary of more than 2 million is not high, and he is definitely easy to sell.

There are still Mickey Moore, John Wallace and others with an annual salary of more than 2 million, but their contracts have expired and Richard is not prepared to renew their contracts.

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After sorting through the Pistons' current lineup, Richard found that there didn't seem to be any very capable players.

This is fine, it just reflects Richard's lineup building ability!

What Richard has to do now is to make a huge change for the Pistons!

This iron-blooded team has completely turned into a bunch of softies since the Bad Boys retired!

Thinking about the style of the former team leader Grant Hill, he was a humble gentleman. It is no wonder that he was unable to lead the Pistons to make a difference, because his style was completely inconsistent with the Pistons.

The Pistons are the Trail Blazers of the Eastern Conference, and the DNA of this team is simple and rough.

What Richard has to do now is to give the Pistons a super overhaul and let them regain the glory of the Bad Boys era!

Take a closer look at the players Richard is currently recruiting, Gerald Wallace, Laga Bell, and Birdman Anderson.

These three people have a common characteristic, which is toughness on the court.

When Richard first joined the Trail Blazers, he started out on defense, and this time is certainly no exception.

He is different from other coaches.

When other coaches rebuild their teams, their first choice is players with sharp offense, while Richard prefers players with tough defense.

In Richard's view, a player's defense can reflect his professional attitude, while offensive ability is more about talent.

Richard has never lacked talented players, and what he values ​​​​more is the professional attitude of the players.

Getting Arenas was just a coincidence. If there were no other better choices, Richard would definitely not have much interest in Arenas.

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With the end of the draft, each team has begun to prepare for reinforcements in the offseason.

Many teams are thinking about Stackhouse of the Pistons.

What everyone didn't expect was that Richard did something extremely crazy...

He put all the players in the Pistons who are currently under guaranteed contracts on the shelf!

Of course, except for the newcomers chosen by Richard himself.

As for those players who do not have guaranteed contracts, Richard will naturally say goodbye to them cruelly.

The entire alliance was stunned, Richard was completely crazy.

A supermarket was opened directly in Detroit, Players Supermarket...

If you like whoever you want, take it yourself, and then come to Richard to settle the bill.

Soon, a team took action, but it was not because they were interested in Stackhouse, but because they were interested in Jerome Williams, a blue-collar power forward.

With an annual salary of just over two million, it is actually quite a bargain to get a power forward who has good defensive capabilities and averages eight or nine rebounds per game.

The team is the Seattle SuperSonics, and the person who contacted Richard was their head coach Nate McMillan.

This is a head coach with a tough style. He has been playing for the SuperSonics throughout his career. The SuperSonics retired his jersey two years ago. Halfway through last season, he took over as the coach of the SuperSonics and began to serve as the SuperSonics head coach. position.

"Li, the price you want is really too high and we can't accept it. If you can add a protection, then we can talk about it." McMillan said directly to Richard on the phone.

Richard wanted their first-round pick from the SuperSonics in 2003, and it was an unprotected first-round pick, which McMillan couldn't accept.

"Nate, tell me, how are you going to protect this first-round pick?"

"How about protecting the top fifteen picks?" McMillan asked Richard in a questioning tone.

The protection of the top fifteen picks is definitely not his bottom line. Now he is bargaining with Richard.

"Man, let's not waste each other's time anymore. Let's protect the top ten picks. You should be able to accept this."

"Okay, Li, this is our first transaction. I hope we can cooperate more in the future."

McMillan was also happy and agreed without saying a word.

A first-round pick protected by the top ten picks is actually not that big in terms of value. It is actually quite a bargain to be able to exchange it for the high-quality and cheap Jerome.

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The deal between the Pistons and the SuperSonics had just broken out, and Richard learned a piece of news that made him laugh or cry.

Ricky Davis has found his next home...

Laimbeer called Richard before, because their team is currently quite short of inside players, so they are ready to sign free agent Ricky Davis.

As a result, he was stopped by Richard.

What Richard told Laimbeer was, "If you don't want to be fired halfway through next season, don't worry about Ricky Davis. He's already a loser!"

Ranbir felt like he was in trouble...

How come you are so fat? ! How could Davis turn into a useless person despite being so good? !

Originally, Laimbeer was planning to persuade the Bulls management to offer Ricky Davis a three-year, $30 million contract.

It just so happens that this will not delay Brand's contract renewal at that time...

As a result, he was so frightened by Richard that he immediately gave up the idea.

Anyone who has been around Richard, not only the players, but also the group of assistant coaches, has an inexplicable belief in Richard.

What Richard said was never wrong.

Now that Richard says Ricky Davis is a loser, he must be a loser...

Thinking that he had signed a useless person with an annual salary of tens of millions, a cold sweat broke out on Ranbir's back.

Then I'm afraid that I, the King of Heaven, won't be able to save myself, and I will definitely take the blame.

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Laimbeer knows this kind of inside information, but other teams don't.

Many teams have jumped into the fray for Ricky Davis.

What surprised everyone was that Ricky Davis chose to join the Utah Jazz...

The Utah Jazz gave Ricky a four-year, $45 million contract. This contract was actually not particularly high. You must know that the Los Angeles Clippers provided a six-year, $80 million quasi-maximum contract...

The two idiot Clippers have spent a lot of money. In order to improve their record, they worked hard.

But just when everyone thought Ricky Davis would join the Clippers, this guy directly chose the Utah Jazz.

According to his own statement, he hopes to join a competitive team and then win the championship for the team.

The competitive Spurs and Lakers in the West don't want him, or they can't give him that much money.

Under such circumstances, he directly chose the Jazz, the Trail Blazers' old rival team.

This may not necessarily include Ricky Davis's intention to make Richard look bad.

In his opinion, he has the strength of the league's top star. Even if he only signed a four-year contract with the Jazz this time, after these four years have passed, he can sign another long-term maximum salary contract.

Anyway, I will definitely not lose money on my salary...

Moreover, joining the Jazz will also hit the Blazers and Richard. He now hates Richard so much that he is always ready to slap Richard in the face!

How to hit Richard in the face? Of course, he would get a super contract, then play superstar statistics, and defeat Richard's team.

He hates Richard so much now...

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Richard had just received the news that Ricky Davis and the Jazz had initially reached a signing agreement, and he couldn't help but mourn for the Jazz.

The Jazz are completely screwed.

Although they have never won a championship before, they at least still have some sense of presence in the Western Conference. But now that more than 40 million has been spent on Ricky Davis, a useless person, at least it will be difficult for them to turn around in the next few years.

However, Richard was quite willing to see this result. Anyway, Richard didn't like either the Jazz or Ricky Davis, so he just let them hurt each other.

At that time, the two sides may cause some shitty things.

From this point of view, Ricky Davis really didn't take advantage at all.

If he signs with the Clippers and gets that $80 million contract, he will actually make a lot of money.

Under normal circumstances, his entire career salary would be more than $50 million.

Winning the Clippers' 80 million dollars earned me an extra 30 million US dollars in vain...

But now that he has joined the Jazz, he only received a salary of more than 40 million U.S. dollars. Including the rookie contract, it is less than 50 million U.S. dollars. This is definitely a loss.

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Seeing that neither party got a good ending, Richard simply didn't bother to pay attention.

The Jazz are doomed, and Ricky Davis is doomed. There is no need to continue paying attention.

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In the next period of time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came, and Richard also gave Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the respect he deserved.

Signed him a three-year, $2 million assistant coaching contract...

It's certainly not much, but it's still much more than an ordinary assistant salary.

Then Hu Weidong and Birdman Anderson also successfully joined the team.

Hu Weidong has been playing for Jiangsu Nanjing Steel for some years. Hearing that Richard offered Hu Weidong a four-year guaranteed contract, the entire Jiangsu fans were as excited as the Chinese New Year.

In their view, the NBA is the stage where Hu Weidong should play.

The management of Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. did not dare to speak loudly. They directly asked for a buyout fee of 300,000 US dollars and let Hu Weidong go...

The buyout fee of 300,000 US dollars was naturally paid by the Pistons.

If Hu Weidong was a young man, twenty years old, then Jiangsu Nangang would never let him go so easily.

If Hu Weidong is let go, what will happen to their record at Nanjing Steel?

But now that Hu Weidong's performance has declined significantly last season, they took into account the fans' feelings and turned a blind eye.

No matter which basketball league it is, the fans are the bread and butter of the club. If the fans are displeased, the club will have a hard time.

Now the fans are obviously extremely supportive of Hu Weidong going to the NBA. Even if Nangang does not want to agree, it can only comply with public opinion.

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After Hu Weidong arrived, he directly signed a four-year, $8 million contract with the Pistons, which would last until he was 35 years old.

As for Birdman Anderson, Richard gave him a four-year, $6 million contract.

Far lower than Lagabel...

This is also the price Richard gave based on the situation of the two of them. Lagabell has a defensive line and Birdman has no personal honors, so the price given must be different.

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