Bishop of the Devil

Next, the Pistons continue to sit at home and face the New Orleans Hornets.

The Hornets have always been a good team in the Eastern Conference. Although they have been in the first round of the playoffs most of the time, they have at least made the playoffs.

They have never missed the Eastern Conference playoffs in recent years.

This also shows the ability of their head coach Paul Silas.

The Hornets' lineup is very bad, at least in Richard's opinion, it is really bad, but with this lineup, they can still make it into the playoffs. I have to say that Silas's coaching ability is really... Pretty good.

Richard asked himself that he might not be able to make the playoffs if he coached such a scummy Hornets lineup...

It's a pity that maybe his vision of people is not accurate enough, so the Hornets haven't acquired any top stars since he took charge.

In this game, the Pistons naturally defeated their opponents in an understatement, without giving their opponents any chance to counterattack.

Okur played another pretty good data tonight, a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds, which made the Pistons fans at the scene a little excited.

Because judging from the current situation, the Pistons' inside lineup is simply ridiculously luxurious.

Yao Ming and Clark, in the eyes of many Pistons fans, are definitely the first and second center in the Eastern Conference.

Because apart from these two people, there really are no center players in the Eastern Conference who can compare with these two.

Now Oku is playing again. Judging from Richard's intention, he may want to cultivate this Oku well.

He has a pretty good long-range shooting ability. Although his defense is not top-notch, he is fierce enough. His low-post singles ability is not very good, but his shooting ability can completely make up for his lack of low-post singles.

Such a player, paired with an outstanding blue-collar player, can definitely have a very good inside effect.

It’s no wonder that the combination of Clark and Okur works very well.

In addition to these three people, although Boozer and Anderson have not been reused much at the moment, it seems that these two people have good potential.

The main reason is that the Pistons have little opportunity to cultivate him at the moment, so for the time being, his statistics are not very impressive.

Yao Ming played 31 minutes tonight and steadily contributed 23 points and 12 rebounds.

It's already already November.

When the time reaches mid-January, if Yao Ming can maintain 20+10 revenue data, then he will completely meet the prop binding conditions.

There are still two months left, and Richard is still quite confident.

…

In tonight's game, Old Curry brought his family to watch the game, and Richard saw Curry again.

Curry is now fourteen years old, and in one year, he will go to high school.

After finishing high school, this little guy has at least a 95% chance of choosing Purdue University.

Richard looked at Curry and felt a little incredible.

When I first met Curry, he was just an eight-year-old child, and now he is almost an adult in the blink of an eye.

Well, even though he is fourteen years old, Curry still looks quite young, thin and small...

"Coach, can the Pistons win the championship this year?" Curry ran to Richard after the game, holding Richard's arm and asked.

"Who knows, maybe only God knows whether our Pistons can win the championship this year." Richard said with a smile.

"Aren't you God..." Curry blinked and looked at Richard strangely.

"By the way, coach, do you think I can play in the NBA in the future?" Curry asked again.

Regarding this issue, Richard was not prepared to hide it at all.

"able!"

"Not only can you enter the NBA, you will also become a cross-generational figure in the NBA. You will win many championships, many MVPs, and achieve much higher achievements than your father!"

"Maybe a hundred of your father's achievements, tied together, can compare to yours..."

When Curry heard this, he was stunned and held Richard's arm without letting go.

A few years ago, he regarded Ben as his idol. Now that he is older and knows many things about Richard, he has added Richard to his idol list.

In his heart, Richard was really a god-like figure.

Omniscient, omnipotent, omnipotent!

Now Richard said that he would become a cross-generational figure in the future and win countless championships and MVPs. This completely frightened the kid.

"Coach, are you serious?" Curry grinned after a brief moment of silence.

"Of course I am serious. I, Richard, never talk empty words!"

…

Lao Curry on the side, listening to the chat between the adults and the children, was completely speechless.

He felt that Richard might be teasing his son...

But what if what Richard said was true?

…

Naturally, he also wants his son to enter the NBA and play under Richard.

He has been following Richard for many years and is deeply impressed by this young coach.

In his opinion, if his son can really play for Richard in the future, he will definitely have a good future.

It's a pity that Curry's body doesn't look like he can play basketball right now, he is too weak.

He is already fourteen years old, and he looks not much taller than his younger brother Seth Curry. The key is that he is very thin, with not even a pound of flesh on his body.

In terms of athletic ability, he may have inherited it from the old Curry, but he is not very good.

With such physical fitness, can he really play basketball in the future?

Old Curry felt a little melancholy...

"Don't worry, old man, I'm not talking nonsense. This kid really may become a super giant in this league in the future!"

Richard patted Old Curry on the shoulder and said with a smile.

These words immediately confused Old Curry. Could it be that what Richard said was true? Are you kidding your son? !

But how could this be true...

…

In the next game between the Pistons and the Magic, what everyone didn't expect was that the Pistons lost at their home court.

Even Richard looked confused after the game.

The Magic's lineup, if they weren't troubled by injuries, would actually be really strong.

Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill, Mike Miller, Drew Gooden, Jirisek, and veterans like Kemp and Cobra are on the bench.

It just so happens that the Magic lineup is fully assembled tonight, which is a rare occasion...

If the lineup is just complete, it will not threaten the Pistons. After all, the Pistons' lineup is not vegetarian.

The key is that McGrady and Mike Miller broke out tonight.

McGrady scored seven three-pointers and scored 45 points, seven rebounds, 12 assists and three steals. Mike Miller also scored five three-pointers, scoring a career-high 31 points.

As for Grant Hill, he was a bit like a dead tree today, scoring 19 points.

These three people alone scored a terrifying 95 points. Think about how terrifying the Magic tonight was.

Richard didn't pay too much attention to the outcome of this game. As long as Yao Ming could continue his 20+10 data and the players he planned to sell could perform well, it would be enough.

After four consecutive home games, the Pistons currently have a super record of 9 wins and 2 losses, and are firmly at the top of the record list for the new season.

As for the Lakers, who were originally competing with the Pistons, they have lost three games in a row, with a record of only 7 wins and 4 losses, and are currently ranked third in the Western Conference.

Only the devil knows what happened within the Lakers. Something went wrong anyway, otherwise, they wouldn't have lost three games in a row.

Under normal circumstances, the Lakers' performance this year is actually not very good.

The regular season record was even worse than that of the Timberwolves, ranking fifth in the Western Conference. When it came to the playoffs, they were defeated by the Spurs 4:2 in the Western Conference semifinals.

It is precisely because of the poor performance this season that the F4 lineup for next season was created.

Anyway, judging from the current situation, the Lakers should not be considered the Pistons' biggest enemy this year.

…

Next, the Pistons started another road trip.

The first opponent is the Cavaliers, a famous garbage team in the Eastern Conference. They have a newcomer on Richard's blacklist.

As a result, as soon as Richard and the others arrived in Cleveland, the newcomer Wagner immediately sent a 20,000-word letter of apology...

Judging from this posture, Wagner must have started writing this self-reflection letter a long time ago. It took him a long time to write it, but he finally got to it today.

Seeing the tragic situation of Jay Williams and young Dunleavy, even if Wagner is a tough boy, he must give in now.

If Richard also gave him a "prophecy", he would be quite uncomfortable.

Therefore, facing a devil like Richard, bowing his head is the only correct choice.

…

What Richard himself didn't expect was that in the upcoming schedule, those players who were on Richard's blacklist would all take the initiative to submit letters of apology.

There is no way, Richard is too insidious, and he will not pay for his life if he traps people.

Little Dunleavy is the best example. These newcomers all have hope for their future and do not want to repeat the same mistakes as little Dunleavy.

Therefore, there was only one choice before them, and that was to obediently submit a letter of apology to Richard.

"good!"

"So good!"

"Well, if you know you're wrong, you should correct it. You're still a good boy."

"I'm optimistic about you, work hard."

Every time Richard cheerfully collected a letter of apology, he couldn't help but praise these brats.

In fact, Richard didn't hate these young people very much.

Any young man with a bit of a bloody mind would definitely be unconvinced by what he said back then.

The reason why Richard created a blacklist was actually not to recruit these newcomers.

His real purpose was to find excuses to prevent the game from entering garbage time prematurely and to prevent Yao Ming's 20+10 record from being broken.

Of course, it also has the purpose of intimidating these newcomers.

When Dayao first entered the league, he was provoked by many new players in his class. Richard remembered this very clearly.

Now let’s scare these newbies and make them be more honest, so as to avoid any nonsense happening again.

…

Of course, most newcomers were afraid of Richard's power and submitted letters of apology, but there were still iron-headed boys.

For example, Stoudemire of the Rockets...

This guy may also be too young to know good and bad. Anyway, in the face of many newcomers handing in letters of apology, he publicly let go of harsh words, and it was absolutely impossible for him to write even one word of letter of apology to Richard.

Even when the two teams play a game, he will teach the Pistons a lesson and Yao Ming a lesson.

This is probably a typical iron-headed boy...

Richard knew this and was not angry. Since Xiao Si wanted to commit suicide, he had a hundred ways to make Xiao Si's life worse than death.

Because the Rockets and Pistons are in different divisions, they only have two opportunities to face each other in a season.

The first matchup between the two teams was in mid-December, which is still some time ago.

…

In the blink of an eye, the November schedule is over.

During this month and a half schedule, the Pistons played a total of 22 games and achieved an impressive record of 17 wins and 5 losses.

In the five games they lost, most of them were due to their opponents' super outbursts, and only one Blazers could be considered to have won the Pistons with hard power.

Facing the opponent's super explosion, Richard couldn't come up with any good way to deal with it.

No matter how strong a team is, it is impossible to maintain a winning streak forever, not to mention that the current Pistons are not so strong as to be incredible.

The previous Blazers had a complete victory record in a single season, but that only took advantage of the small number of games. If they really played 82 games, the Blazers might not be able to win them all.

Richard is already quite satisfied with the Pistons' current record of 17 wins and 5 losses.