Bishop of the Devil

The starting lineup for this year's All-Star Game in the Eastern Conference is Yao Ming, Clark, Carter, McGrady and Iverson, and the substitute lineup is Kidd, Nash, Gerrard, Laga Bell, Iverson, Big Z and Da Zhi.

What makes fans feel horrified is that among the twelve All-Stars in the Eastern Conference, nine of them have played under Richard.

Among them, there are only five starting players, and except for Carter, all of them are players coached by Richard.

On the bench, Kidd and Big Z have never played under Richard.

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Looking to the west, the situation is almost the same.

The starting five are O'Neal, O'Neal, Duncan, Kobe and Baron Davis...

Because of Kidd's eastward journey, the bearded man is now king among the Western Conference point guards.

In fact, if we really want to talk about data, Marbury's data is better than that of Big Beard, but Marbury is not very popular in the United States, and the number of votes is embarrassing...

It can be seen from this starting list that the three super-powerful teams in the Western Conference are really not exaggerated.

Among the five starting players, two are from the Trail Blazers, two are from the Lakers, and the remaining one, Duncan, is from the Spurs.

The substitutes are Garnett, Nowitzki, Ben, Reed, Francis, Bibby and Webber.

Three West Lafayette players started and four more on the bench, for a total of seven West Lafayette players on the West side.

There are a total of twenty-four All-Stars in the East and West. As a result, the number of players that Richard has coached has reached a terrifying sixteen!

This is almost the real world full of peaches and plums...

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The 2003 All-Star Weekend was held in Atlanta. After Richard arrived in Atlanta, he directly invited a group of West Lafayette players to sit together and have a good gathering.

Zhang Weiping is also here this time. His identity is the coach of the Western Conference All-Star Team...

Before the All-Star game started, he led the Trail Blazers to the best record in the Western Conference. In addition, he did not coach the All-Star last season, so he was qualified to lead the All-Star team this time.

Although this is not a very impressive honor, being a foreign coach is already quite difficult.

"Good guys, this time we are reunited for the Long March. This All-Star Weekend is almost just for us to have fun." Zhang Weiping couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the All-Star players gathered together.

Sixteen players who had played under Richard were gathered together at this moment, looking really majestic and majestic. Even the two head coaches leading the team were members of the same family...

There are basically no other All-Stars in this class, they are all members of our own family.

"Coach, that fat guy called me just now and said he wanted to come over to play. Do you want him to come?" Kobe answered the phone and asked Richard with a smile.

Richard was speechless. Who else could this fat man be? It must be O'Neal.

"Why did you let that guy come? We are gathering among ourselves..."

"This guy just loves to join in the fun."

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"Coach, if there is a strong inside man in the future, remember to consider our Magic. No matter what chips other teams offer, we will keep up." McGrady felt a little uncomfortable thinking about Okur being acquired by the Suns.

Although he is not a member of the West Lafayette players, after all, he does not have a West Lafayette gold medal, but he still calls Coach Richard habitually.

"Okay, if there is such an opportunity, I will give priority to your magic." Richard said with a smile.

"Thank you, coach. Then I would like to thank you in advance for Doug and all the Magic players." McGrady became excited.

In the past two years, after McGrady joined the Magic, his personal performance has been quite impressive.

But unfortunately, the team's lineup is not good, and it has never been able to achieve any decent results. It has never touched the floor of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The main reason is the lack of a decent insider. If there is a reliable insider, McGrady feels that they have hope of reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, and maybe even trying to reach the finals...

Now that she had received Richard's promise, McGrady was so happy that she couldn't help but smile from ear to ear.

"Our king wants it too!"

"Coach, please, if something like this happens in the future, please take care of our king..." Bibi, the white devil, almost cried.

If you really want to say it, the king is actually much worse than the magic...

Although the Magic's record in the playoffs has not been very good, after all, their regular season record is there, and it is normal for them not to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals.

But the Kings are different. In the past two years, they have been among the top three in the Western Conference regular season record.

But such a good regular season record cannot allow them to touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals. Whether they encounter the Trail Blazers, Lakers or Spurs, any team can easily defeat the Kings.

The reason is that the King's problem occurs in the interior...

Although they have Chris Webber on the team, Webber is not that kind of traditional inside man. In head-to-head situations at the basket, he is far inferior to O'Neal, Duncan and others.

This is why the Kings have never been able to touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals...

Their style of play is indeed quite gorgeous, and the number of fans is also quite large, but it is flashy. If they can't get a strong insider, I'm afraid they will never be able to break out of the Western Conference.

Of course, if the Kings were in the Eastern Conference last season, they would probably be able to defeat the Nets and reach the finals, because the Nets are not particularly strong inside.

"Okay, I understand, everyone has a role to play. Our Pistons may release one or two inside players next season. Then you should seize the opportunity..." Richard said with a smile.

Many All-Stars are currently staring at the inside line in Richard's hands.

Naturally, they also want their respective team records to get better, but at this point in time, if they want the team to have a good record and make a difference in the playoffs, they can only strengthen the inside line.

Upon hearing Richard's words, many All-Stars suddenly felt hopeful.

Especially Bibby, he was staring at Clark and wanted to take Clark back to Sacramento tonight.

Clark was stared at by Bibi with a strange look on his face. After carefully recalling what Richard said just now, he suddenly understood why Bibi was staring at him.

Richard said that one or two post players may be released next season. What does this mean?

This means Clark may be traded away!

Thinking of this, Clark suddenly turned pale...

He really didn't want to leave the Pistons or Richard.

But if you think about it carefully, it would make perfect sense if the Pistons really traded themselves.

You have to leave room for a maximum salary for Yao Ming, leave another room for a maximum salary for the outside, and then make up for it from here and there, basically reaching the team's salary cap limit.

Instead of letting go of yourself for nothing then, it is better to take advantage of this time to trade yourself away in exchange for some chips.

After thinking about it, Clark felt that if he was really going to be traded by the Pistons, he probably wouldn't resent Richard.

It can be said that everything he owns now was given by Richard. Moreover, if he is traded, it will undoubtedly be beneficial in the long run.

If he stays with the Pistons, Richard can sign him a short-term big contract. After all, Yao Ming's rookie contract will not expire in a few years.

But if the Pistons really do this, it will be tantamount to harming Clark.

After about three years of short-term contract execution, Clark is already 31 years old. Which team dares to give a long-term maximum-salary contract to an inside player of such an age?

When O'Neal was 32 years old, the Lakers were unwilling to give him a long-term contract, let alone Clark.

Anyway, there is no way that Richard would harm Clark by saying this. The best way is to sell Clark.

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After understanding this, Clark stopped thinking about it. We will discuss next season next season.

At least this season, he will help his benefactor Richard win a championship.

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"Old Zhang, please be merciful tonight, I'm just wondering if I can get an MVP for Yao Ming." Richard pulled Zhang Weiping to the corner and whispered.

Zhang Weiping nodded. It was a heavy honor to win the All-Star MVP in his rookie season. No wonder Richard said this.

"Don't worry, I know what to do, but what does Jordan say?"

"This should be his last season, are you going to deduct his playing time? This will be true!" Zhang Weiping frowned, a little worried about Richard.

He felt that Richard might not have thought about this at all and simply ignored Jordan. Then Jordan's fans would definitely not be happy if Jordan was only given ten minutes of playing time during the main game.

Richard waved his hand, "This matter has been arranged, don't worry."

Zhang Weiping was startled, good fellow, Richard is really quite powerful...