Bishop of the Devil

Generally speaking, the more West Lafayette players on a team, the stronger it is.

However, this sentence is somewhat inapplicable to the king.

There are really many West Lafayette players in the Kings team, including four. Except for the team coached by Richard, no other team can have so many West Lafayette players.

But although these four players can reach the top half of the Western Conference playoffs this year, they are still far from winning the championship.

In the West, whether the Kings encounter the Spurs or the Suns, they will always be beaten.

Of course, these four people certainly don't know the results of their season yet.

The night before the game started, Richard and the four of them had a meal and had a good chat.

Originally, Artest wanted to order some wine and get drunk tonight to relieve his worries, but Richard stopped him.

There is a game tomorrow night. If he returns to the hotel drunk tonight, Adelman will probably explode in anger.

They are now feeling both excited and apprehensive.

What's exciting is that four West Lafayette brothers are gathering together. Such a configuration is rare in the league, and they may have a chance to get involved in the championship.

What makes me anxious is what to do if someone gets injured again this season...

"Coach, do you think we can win the championship this season?" Artest was impatient and asked Richard.

Richard smiled bitterly and shook his head, "No one can say for sure, Ron. As long as you all stay healthy, the Kings will be quite competitive."

"Rahim, cheer up. You are only twenty-nine years old now. Why do you look older than me? You look like an old man."

Richard patted Rahim on the shoulder and said solemnly.

When Raheem first entered the league, he was so prosperous, but after so many years of playing, this once prosperous man has gradually been defeated by injuries and reality.

Not only him, but also Artest, Bibby and Miller are also twilight and no longer full of vitality.

Artest has won a championship with the Trail Blazers and is an optimist by nature, so he doesn't take the current difficulties seriously.

The other three are no longer good. These three have never even touched the floor of the conference finals. They are all close to thirty years old now. It is hard to say whether they will have a chance to reach the conference finals in the future.

"I regret it now. After I completed my rookie contract, I should have taken a salary cut and joined the Trail Blazers."

"Even if I only get an annual salary of five million, play for a few years and win a championship, then I will have no regrets in my career."

Rahim sighed. He now regrets why he didn't take a salary cut to join the Trail Blazers.

If he had joined the Trail Blazers for US$5 million in one year or US$10 million in two years, he would already have a championship on his hands.

Bibby and Miller on the side also nodded...

"Don't be so frustrated and act like you're going to retire tomorrow."

"You are all still young and you still have opportunities in the future."

"I told you at the beginning that when you really can't move, you can come to me and I will make your career complete."

"It's just a championship, it's nothing rare."

When everyone heard Richard's words, they couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It seems that Richard is really qualified to evaluate the championship in this way, because Richard already has five championship rings in his hands...

"Coach, what's the situation with the Pirates now? Do they have a chance to win the championship in the last two seasons?"

Richard nodded, "There is definitely a chance. You will know the specific situation in tomorrow's match."

"Have a good rest tonight and stop thinking nonsense. If you really can't survive, at least there is my way out."

…

The four of them returned to the hotel one after another. Except for the heartless Artest, the other three were filled with emotion.

Perhaps the luckiest thing in their lives is to join the West Lafayette gang.

No matter how miserable I am now, at least I still have Richard's escape route.

If the fringe players in the league knew what these three people were thinking, they would probably cry to death...

Are you the only one still down and out? All of them have an annual salary of tens of millions, yet they dare to say that they are in poverty!

…

At noon the next day, Richard received a call.

It was his cheap cousin Beasley calling.

He has now enrolled in Oak Hill High School, a famous basketball school, and reunited with his good friend Durant.

And Oak Hill High School is in Virginia, next door to North Carolina, and it takes less than four hours to drive there.

Tonight is the Buccaneers' regular season opener. Beasley thought he could come to watch the game, so he called his older cousin Richard.

Richard would definitely not be able to refuse such a small thing. It was just three tickets, even if they were all VIP seats, they were not worth much.

Beasley and Durant are definitely not allowed to drive. This time they found a senior who had repeated a grade to be their driver with the lure of game tickets.

After Richard told these guys to be careful on the road, he gave him a phone number and asked him to contact the team's ticket manager before entering the venue.

Richard had already greeted the ticket manager and asked him to reserve three VIP seats.

…

As soon as Beasley's matter was settled here, Richard's office welcomed a visitor.

This guest is considered a bad guest because he came uninvited.

"You are?" Richard frowned and looked at the middle-aged man who broke into his office.

He had an Asian face, but Richard could still tell that he was probably Korean.

The facial features of Koreans are quite distinctive. If you observe carefully, you can easily distinguish them.

Of course, that's assuming you haven't had plastic surgery...

…

"Hello, Coach Richard. It's an honor to meet you. I'm Ha Shengzhen's agent, and my name is Park Yoochun." This middle-aged man was really not polite at all.

After entering the door, he directly pulled up a chair and sat across from Richard.

Richard frowned, He Shengzhen's agent? Why did you come here?

Is it possible that you want to come here to enjoy the autumn breeze?

He Shengzhen entered the league last season and was selected by the Trail Blazers in the second round. However, the Trail Blazers did not use him at all and kept him in the Development League.

wrong……

To be precise, it is not the Development League, but the ABA League, a basketball league created by the American Basketball Association.

In the old and American basketball circles, the ABA league may not be as competitive as the NBA Development League.

The Trail Blazers sent him to the Portland Rulers, and he played for a whole season. Maybe they forgot that such a person existed.

Now that the new season is about to start again, it seems that the Trail Blazers haven't remembered the existence of Ha Shengzhen...