Bishop of the Devil

Richard is naturally familiar with the player Haslem.

No Heat fan should be unfamiliar with this player. He is the soul of the Heat...

In terms of inspiration, he may be more inspirational than most players, and he is an absolute inspirational model.

Having been the captain of the Heat for many years, his physical fitness is very poor, at least for the power forward and center positions he plays, it is quite poor.

He is only 203 centimeters tall, and his tonnage is quite unqualified...

His ability to survive in the NBA and even reach the position of captain of the Heat is definitely due to his own efforts.

Under normal circumstances, Haslem is an undrafted player, and there are many undrafted players in NBA history who are better than him...

For example, Ben, whether under normal circumstances or under the influence of Richard, is definitely better than Haslem.

But Ben's physical fitness is much better than Haslem's. The two men are similar in height, but they play the same position. They both play inside. Maybe Haslem and Haslem can't withstand the impact of Ben's strength. …

But even so, Haslem can still play a place in the league, which is really not easy.

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After selecting Haslem, the 28th pick in the next second round was still the Pistons' pick. Richard closed his eyes and picked one at random. Anyway, there were no decent players left.

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When the Blazers finally select their second-round pick, this draft will be completely over.

Richard has definitely gained a lot. Although he did not get the four giants, he also got a few very practical players this time.

Darko Milicic, David West, David Lee, Josh Howard, Luke Walton, Haslem.

As for the cannon fodder he finally selected, Richard is not going to give him a guaranteed contract and will just throw him into the Development League.

As a result, Richard's Pistons lineup is quite scary.

Center position: Yao Ming, Milicic

Power forward position: Clark, Boozer, David West, David Lee and Haslem.

There are seven players in the inside position alone, which is quite scary.

The next forward and defensive line players are Gerald Wallace, Josh Howard, Joe Johnson, Laga Bell, Crawford, Prince, Hu Weidong, and Walton Jr.

Eight players again…

There are also Nash and Arenas at the point guard position.

The entire Pistons lineup has a total of seventeen players...

Excluding the weaker Walton, Hu Weidong and Haslem, the remaining players are basically All-Star level or quasi-All-Star level.

According to NBA rules, a team can only provide a maximum of fifteen guaranteed contracts, a minimum of thirteen, and an activated list of up to twelve players.

Right now, the Trail Blazers have a total of seventeen players, which is obviously a lot more than the standard...

Under such circumstances, Richard naturally had a headache.

What to do with these extra players? !

The best way is to trade, use 3 for 1 or 4 for 1, and release some players...

But now most of them are newcomers and have not proven themselves yet. If they are released rashly, they will definitely not be able to raise the price, and Richard will definitely not make anything by then.

After much deliberation, Richard finally decided not to guarantee Haslem's contract or sign him...

Then he contacted Timberwolves head coach Nelson and made a deal, sending Crawford away in exchange for the Mavericks' first-round pick next year.

With the Mavericks' current record, their first-round pick is quite worthless, and may even be less valuable than a high-ranking second-round pick.

Crawford's value is not too high, but just changing to a pick at the bottom of the first round is not bad. Anyway, neither party will suffer a loss.

There is no need for Richard to trick the Mavericks. They got a Crawford. Whether he puts it in the starting lineup or the substitute lineup, it is actually a very good choice and can definitely improve a lot of offensive firepower.

Old Nelson is not a fool, he is very shrewd. If it is a losing business, he will not do it.

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After dealing with Crawford's contract, Richard was relieved. His fifteen-man roster for this year was completely fixed.

Maybe as the season progresses, some transactions will need to be made. After all, there are too many players at the power forward position now...

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In the upcoming season, Richard won't have the chance to coach the All-Stars anyway, so he definitely doesn't care much about the record. At that time, he may give priority to using newcomers to see if he can increase their value. When the time comes, sell a few and give the Pistons some draft picks to ensure that after he leaves, the Pistons will still have plenty of chips.

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As the summer league was about to start, Richard asked Miles to take the new players in the team to play in the summer league. Although the players on the winning team last season were all newcomers, they all won the championship. Richard will definitely not let them play in summer league...

Especially Yao Ming, who is also a rookie in name, but for a rookie who has won the MVP Grand Slam to play in the summer league, isn't it bullying...

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In the blink of an eye, the summer league was over. The Pistons won six games. The newcomers performed very hotly, especially David Lee and David West, who were simply invincible in the summer league.

The inside combination formed by these two people beat the opponent's inside team every time...

For a while, the league realized that perhaps the more decent inside players among this rookie class were all taken into the arms of Richard.

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In the blink of an eye, time has entered mid-August.

Richard packed up, called Tiana, and then returned directly to the country.

The Men's Basketball Asian Championships will be in early September, and Richard will definitely want to take a look at the men's basketball players he will coach before the game.

At the Harbin Gymnasium, Richard met all the Chinese male basketball players participating in the competition.

Richard is quite familiar with most of the players.

Yao Ming, Dazhi, Battelle, Hu Weidong, Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng, Li Nan, Liu Wei, Guo Shiqiang and others.

Richard frowned. There seemed to be someone missing from the men's basketball roster...

"Where's Sun Yue?" Richard asked with a frown.

He had previously drawn up a men's basketball list for the Basketball Association. Relying on the names in his memory, the list written by Richard should be the strongest force of the Chinese men's basketball team.

He clearly remembered that he wrote Sun Yue's name, but there was no sign of Sun Yue in the lineup in front of him...

Richard immediately thought of the nonsense in the Basketball Association. Could it be that Sun Yue was squeezed out by a related party?

Seeing Richard frowning, some players who were unfamiliar with Richard were as quiet as if they were exchanging greetings.

They read about Richard's "great achievements" in the newspapers, knowing full well that such a violent and crazy coach could not be offended.

Assistant coach Jiang Xingquan on the side smiled and started to explain.

It turns out that Richard mistakenly blamed the Basketball Association. Sun Yue did not appear in the lineup and had nothing to do with the Basketball Association. Even the Basketball Association was very angry...

Sun Yue is now eighteen years old and can participate in the Asian Championships, but his home team, the Beijing Olympics, refuses to let him go.

Even though the Basketball Association has put Sun Yue on the men's basketball roster, Aoshen still refuses to let Sun Yue report on the men's basketball team...

The Basketball Association decisively punished the Aoshen team, but no one expected that the Aoshen team was so tough that they directly submitted an application to withdraw from the CBA to the Basketball Association.

If they don't play with you anymore, they want to withdraw from CBA.

As a result, Sun Yue naturally had no chance to participate in the men's basketball team...

Richard remembers a little bit about this. It seems that the Olympians later went to participate in the American Basketball Association.

This is no joke at all. After the Beijing Olympics withdrew from the CBA, they really went to join the American Basketball Association.

However, they are definitely not qualified to join the NBA, but join the ABA league affiliated with the American Basketball Association.

In 2007, Sun Yue was selected to the ABA's annual first team, which was the first time in the entire history of Chinese basketball.

Countless fans know that Sun Yue is the first player in history to win the CBA championship and the NBA championship at the same time, but they don't know that Sun Yue has another ray of light. He is the first Chinese player to be selected for the first team of a foreign league. Players…

If we don't say that Sun Dasheng has great supernatural powers, his career is absolutely colorful.

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After listening to Jiang Xingquan's explanation, Richard glanced at Yao Ming again.

Yao Ming nodded, meaning that Jiang Xingquan was not lying and that this matter was true.

Richard sighed. He originally thought about cultivating Sun Yue during this silence, but now he has no chance.

I can't lead people to smash up the Olympian team's shop and rob Sun Yue...

What even the Basketball Association can't do, how can I, an outsider, do it.

Richard was puzzled, how could so many nonsense happen just by playing ball.

"Okay, let's train hard in the past few days."

"This time our goal is not only to win the championship, but also to win beautifully and beat our opponents in every game!"

"Do you understand?" Richard asked loudly.

"Understood!" the generals responded loudly.

If Richard comes to coach the Chinese men's basketball team, there will definitely be no problems for the players.

Because the older generation leader of this men's basketball team is Hu Weidong, he can suppress these young players.

As for the core of the new generation, Yao Ming and Dazhi, only Richard takes the lead, and the others naturally cooperate with Richard's work.

And they actually all have dreams of entering the NBA...

You know, veteran Hu Weidong signed a four-year, $10 million contract with the Pistons!

That’s 10 million, and it’s still US dollars!

In this era, it is enough to make almost all Chinese professional players jealous.

If I perform well in this Asian Championship, I may not have a chance to catch Richard's eye, and then follow Richard to play in the NBA and sign a contract that can guarantee a lifetime of food and clothing.