Bishop of the Devil

With the start of the Eastern and Western Conference semifinals, various honors this year are also coming out.

What makes Richard quite embarrassed is that this year the Pistons can almost be said to have had their heads shaved. That is to say, Gerald Wallace, who joined the team this year, was selected to the rookie first team, which makes Richard feel happy. a little.

If it weren't for Gerald, a rookie in the first team, the Pistons would have had their heads shaved this year.

Okur and Arenas did not have many performance opportunities this season, and their statistics were not outstanding. In the end, they did not even make the rookie second team.

The honor of best head coach went to Doc Rivers of the Magic. Their Magic reached the top four in the Eastern Conference this year, and their record is quite impressive.

The best defensive player was defeated by Ben. With Mourning's injury, no one in the league can match Ben on the defensive end.

Ben can be considered a miracle. In the six years since he entered the league, he has won three Defensive Player of the Year awards. This frequency is simply incredible.

Richard was also very pleased that Daben finally won the honor of DPOY.

The regular season MVP award was won by Duncan, and he definitely deserved it.

It is said that Duncan will always be the No. 21 rookie, but even a rookie must have his peak period, and this season is almost the peak period of Duncan's entire career.

Averaged 25.5 points, 12.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.5 blocks per game, 51% of the total field goal percentage, and 80% of the free throw percentage. The scoring data is the highest peak of Duncan's career. As for other data, they are almost the highest in Duncan's career so far. .

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As for other honors such as Best Sixth Man, Most Improved Player, Best Team, Defensive Team, etc., Richard didn't bother to pay attention at all.

There are no Pistons players anyway, so it makes me feel sad to pay attention to them.

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On May 15, Richard appeared in New York with Yao Ming and team assistant coach Bob Myers.

Tonight is the lottery ceremony, and Richard has been waiting for tonight for some time.

Each team also learned the news early on. This year, Richard will represent the Pistons in the lottery.

This made various teams panic, especially the Warriors and Cavaliers.

In later generations, these two teams once met in the finals for four consecutive years, but now these two teams are at the bottom of the league.

One is last in the league, and the other is second to last in the league.

The fact that Richard represented the Pistons in the lottery made the two teams extremely flustered.

You must know that before this, Richard had been in the league for five full years, but he had never represented the Trail Blazers in the lottery...

Of course, the biggest reason for this is that the Trail Blazers have no chance to draw the lottery at all. They have made the playoffs every year.

But Richard is a man who can create miracles. This is confirmed by both warriors and knights.

What if Richard gets the No. 1 pick...

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Before departure, Pistons owner Davidson didn't know where to get a jar of holy water, and had to ask Richard to take it to New York.

It is said to bring good luck...

Richard couldn't resist his kindness, so he had no choice but to take him on the road.

These old feudal superstitions really left Richard speechless...

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A total of thirteen teams participated in this year's draw. After everyone sat down in the venue, they were waiting for Stern to announce the start of the draw.

After Stern entered the venue and saw Richard, he felt an indescribable feeling of joy in his heart.

Richard only led the team to a lottery result this year. Stern, who has always been unhappy with Richard, must feel particularly comfortable.

Although Stern was unhappy with Richard, he had to accept Richard's ability.

In the past five years of coaching the Trail Blazers, the league has not taken any care of the Trail Blazers.

Not to mention helping the Trail Blazers in the draft, there are almost no home whistles.

Under such circumstances, Richard was able to lead the Blazers to establish a dynasty. Even Stern admired this.

Speaking of which, Stern was quite surprised that Richard did not make the playoffs this year.

Originally, he thought that with Richard's competitive temperament, he would definitely make it to the playoffs, but in the middle of the season, the Pistons actually had the strength to make it to the playoffs.

But in the second half of the season, they unexpectedly messed up...

Although Richard and the Pistons didn't explicitly say they were going to be ruined, it was obvious that this was a lice on a bald man's head.

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"I declare that the draw for the 2002-2003 season has officially begun!"

Stern took the microphone and solemnly announced the official start of this year's lottery.

Stern's words made Richard feel like he was in a dream.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the 2002-2003 season...

I traveled back in time in 1994, coached in the NCAA for two seasons, and now coached in the NBA for six seasons!

A full eight years have passed!

Thinking about the day he traveled through time, Richard felt like it was the other day.

Time flies so fast. The next season will be the ninth year that Richard has traveled through time, and it is also his seventh season coaching the NBA!

"Hey, in the blink of an eye, I'm almost running for four..." Richard couldn't help but sigh when he thought about his current age of 36.

In the blink of an eye, I am now a Bensi person.

When a person reaches middle age, everything comes to an end...

He immediately thought of these extremely depressing words. He was really entering middle age now.

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With Stern's order, the draw officially began.

In fact, Richard didn't know much about the process of the lottery conference. After all, he had never participated in the lottery conference before. He just remembered that he seemed to have written about the plot of the lottery conference, so he generally knew the process of the lottery conference.

Each team first obtains several sets of numbers, randomly arranged and combined from 1-14, a total of 1001 combinations, excluding the group 11-12-13-14, that is a total of 1000 sets.

Among them, the team with the worst record is assigned to 250 of the 1,000 random number combinations, and the team with the second worst record is assigned to 199 combinations...

Anyway, the closer you get to the end, the fewer random number combinations you will be assigned.

When it was the Pistons' turn, they could only be assigned 28 sets of numbers.

Of course, the Pistons have a lot of numbers, and the team with the best record among the lottery teams can only be assigned six number combinations.

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Next, league vice president Xiao Hua appeared on stage with the accountant who supervised the draw.

The staff brought up a lottery machine...

If you have no idea about the lottery machine, you can refer to the lottery lottery ceremony that is often shown on domestic TV.

This NBA lottery is actually almost similar to this lottery drawing ceremony...

14 numbered table tennis balls were put into the lottery machine, and the draw for the top pick officially began!

Richard felt a little excited. When the ping pong balls started flying wildly in the lottery machine, he turned on the lucky dice prop!

Lucky Dice: It can increase the host's luck value to the full value of 100 points within three minutes!

"Excuse me, host, are you sure you want to use the lucky dice?!"

Richard confirmed it without saying a word. He had obtained this prop for so many years, but he had never been willing to use it. Wasn't this the day he had been waiting for? !

The lucky dice props have just been used up...

Soon, the first number came out, number 7!

Then, the second number came out, number 2!

7-2-9-11, these are the number one pick in this lottery!

If there is this set of numbers in the random number combination assigned to each team, then they are the team that won the No. 1 pick!

During the three minutes that the effect of the prop lasts, Richard naturally cannot be idle.

Richard has already checked Yao Ming's player attributes before.

To be honest, in Richard's opinion, Yao Ming's attributes are not particularly outstanding...

The strongest attribute should be the extreme attribute on the offensive end. The extreme attribute of offensive ability at the basket is 92 points.

Compared with those ordinary players, this is naturally quite powerful, but looking at the entire NBA history, this offensive attribute under the basket cannot be said to be top-notch.

But it’s normal to think about it. Although Yao Ming’s scoring data at his peak reached 25 points, because he only played 48 games that season, his points per game did not enter the scoring list.

If he could have entered the scoring list, he would probably have ranked seventh that season.

But even so, Yao Ming was the center player with the highest score that season.

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The offensive ability under the basket of 92 points is considered to be the level of a first-line All-Star, but there is still a gap between the historical level of the basket.

However, Yao Ming excels in all aspects, with 92 points of offensive ability at the basket, 85 points of free throw ability, and 89 points of mid-range shooting ability.

Although this 89 mid-range shooting ability does not seem to be very strong, it is quite top among the center group.

And this free throw ability is definitely the top level among centers.

Taken together, when these three ratings are added together, there are probably only a handful of centers in the entire NBA history who can surpass Yao Ming.

From this we can also see Yao Ming’s offensive strength...

As for the defensive end, Yao Ming's defense is actually quite good. His single defense ability is as high as 90 points, which is also the level of a first-class All-Star.

As for the assisting defense ability, Yao Ming is not very strong in this aspect, mainly due to his poor movement speed and jumping. As a result, he has no advantage in assisting defense, with only 79 points of assisting defense ability.

Taken together, although the assist defense ability is not very good, the main job of the big center in the interior is actually to guard the interior. The assist defense job is more handled by the power forward, so the poor assist defense ability will not affect Yao Ming's defensive performance on the court.

The offensive end is a first-class All-Star level, and the defensive end is almost a first-rate All-Star level. Such offensive and defensive strength is worthy of the nickname of the number one player in Chinese basketball.

He is also worthy of being inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame.

Some people may think that Yao Ming has no honors at hand and his career is short, so he is not qualified to be elected to the Hall of Fame.

But in fact, the person who said this may not know much about the Hall of Fame.

It doesn’t mean that you have to be at the level of the top 50 in history to enter the Hall of Fame...

Among the Hall of Fame players, there are not many players who are not as good as Yao Ming!

Just find someone, such as Guy Rogers, who entered the Hall of Fame in 2014. He averaged 11.7 points, 7.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds in his career. He has never won a championship. He has three All-Star honors and two assist titles. Who can say that? More qualified to enter the Hall of Fame than Yao Ming?

For example, Zelmo Betty, who entered the Hall of Fame with Yao Ming in 2016, was also inducted into the Hall of Fame in the same class as O'Neal and Iverson.

Betty has played for eight years in his career, averaging 16+10 per game, and has been on the bench for two All-Star games. The only player who is better than Yao Ming is that he has one more championship.

O'Neal and Iverson did have higher career achievements than Yao Ming.

But can Betty be said to be better than Yao Ming? This is really not...

Taking a step back, Sao Paulo also entered the Hall of Fame in 2011. Everyone knows what kind of statistics he has in the NBA. Compared with Yao Ming, he is far behind Yao Ming by more than one level.

Some people may say that Salvador's achievements in world basketball are higher than Yao Ming's, but this selection is a member of the NBA Hall of Fame. In terms of qualifications, Yao Ming is more qualified than Salvador to enter the NBA Hall of Fame.

So no matter how you look at it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Yao Ming's entry into the Hall of Fame.

Even if there is no activation of the Chinese market, Yao Ming is still qualified to enter the Hall of Fame. After all, it is not unheard of for players with worse statistics than him to enter the Hall of Fame.

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But as mentioned before, entering the Hall of Fame does not mean having the top level in history at the same position. Although Yao Ming's offensive and defensive strength is not bad, due to some reasons, it is still difficult for him to join the ranks of the top centers in history.

The main reason is his embarrassing physical fitness and ability to resist injuries.

His injury resistance is only 62 points, which is far below the average level of league players.

The physical attribute is 74 points, which is only an ordinary level...

If Richard can solve these two problems now, then even if Yao Ming doesn't use those super props, his achievements will definitely be the same.

Not to mention competing with super centers such as Chamberlain, Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shark and Damn, at least there is still a chance to impact the position of Gorilla Ewing.

If he can win the championship, then maybe Yao Ming's historical status can be improved and he can reach the level of Sharks and Dreams.

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Richard didn't dare to delay. At present, he still had the All-Star lights of three inside players, so he simply gave them all to Yao Ming.

Among the three of O'Neill, Rasheed and Raheem, Brand's All-Star light has already been used by Clark.

"Congratulations to the host. The target player Yao Ming has inherited 90% of Jermaine O'Neal's jumping attributes, 90% of his rebounding attributes, and 90% of his assisting defensive attributes. The duration is three years!"

"Congratulations to the host. The target player Yao Ming inherits 90% of Rasheed Wallace's mid-range shooting attributes, 90% of his jumping attributes, and 90% of his stealing attributes. The duration is three years!"

"Congratulations to the host. The target player Yao Ming has inherited 90% of Abdul-Rahim's three-point attributes, 90% of his speed, and 90% of his breakthrough attributes. The duration is three years!"

After three consecutive All-Star Lights, some of Yao Ming's attributes have been significantly improved.