Bishop of the Devil

The Raptors are slightly stronger than the Magic, but not much stronger...

The Buccaneers waited for a full week before finally getting to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Pistons, like the Pirates, also swept their opponents in the first round and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Their opponent is the Nets. It's already Wang Erxiao's Chinese New Year. Every year is worse than the previous year. In the past, they could still compete with the Pistons. Even if they couldn't beat the Pistons, they could at least win another game.

It's better now, my head was shaved directly...

As for the Heat, fifth in the Eastern Conference, they faced the Raptors, last season's defending champions, but they didn't even make it past the first round this season.

O'Neal didn't play in the playoffs at all. He was injured before the playoffs started...

As a result, Wade led the Heat to battle the Raptors in seven games, but ultimately lost and lost the chance to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

You don't need to think about it to know that the Heat will definitely solve the big problem of O'Neal next season...

Richard knew that the Suns would take over the Heat's offer, which was also a sign of the Suns' collapse.

If the Suns hadn't been so crazy about using O'Neal to compete for the championship, their strong period might have lasted another two years.

But now that O'Neal is here, D'Antoni's fast-break run-and-gun tactics are basically useless...

You can't expect the old O'Neal to play run-and-gun, right?

Richard also doesn’t understand what the Suns management is thinking. Maybe it’s just confusion...

Although O'Neal is still ready to fight, the actual situation of the team must be considered.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Suns made a big mistake in trading for O'Neal. This can be clearly seen from their record.

In the first year after acquiring O'Neal, the Suns' record dropped from second in the Western Conference to sixth in the Western Conference.

The second year after acquiring O'Neal, what was quite embarrassing was that the Suns didn't even make the playoffs.

Who should take the blame? !

It's definitely not D'Antoni. The Suns' success in previous seasons has proven that he is an extremely capable head coach.

We can't let O'Neal take the blame. His performance in the Suns is actually good, and his average data per game is completely justified.

We can only let Steve Kerr carry it...

Yes, this Cole is the future Warriors head coach Cole, and his current position is the general manager of the Suns.

Therefore, it is absolutely correct to say that people move live and trees move dead. Cole is definitely not a qualified manager, but he is an excellent coach.

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The Suns don't need O'Neal, but Richard has a strong interest in O'Neal.

He has always had the idea of ​​​​conquering O'Neal to serve under him.

After all, after traveling through time, it would be a pity if I couldn't coach O'Neal, a big bug.

Anyway, according to Richard's past life memories, O'Neal should be the most dominant center in history. There has never been any center player who can match O'Neal in future generations.

However, if you want to get O'Neal, the price is not small. In order to get O'Neal, the Suns broke up the MSN combination and sent away the hacker Marion and Marcus Banks, who entered the league in 2003.

Banks is just an addition, Marion is the subject of the transaction...

Looking at it this way, Richard feels that there is a chance of getting O'Neal next season, but the only headache is the salary balance issue.

O'Neal's salary is too high, and the Pirates cannot trade players with the same salary.

Richard decided to wait until the end of this season to discuss this issue. Originally, he was prepared to accept Iverson, but now that Iverson has been traded to the Nuggets, Richard can put Iverson's spot on O'Neal's. On the head.

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Thinking of this, Richard couldn't help but get excited. Even Richard couldn't imagine how strong the Pirates could be next season. I'm afraid it would take five Caixu Kun to form a team to become the Pirates. opponent.

Richard has a hunch that next season may be the most brilliant season of his coaching career.

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The Eastern Conference semifinals were in full swing. This time Richard didn't hide his clumsiness anymore. He directly released the big killer Mourning.

Because after the Eastern Conference Finals, even the Pistons don't need to continue to hide Mourning's strength.

As soon as Mourning came out, the Raptors' inside line was shattered.

The Raptors defeated the Buccaneers in the regular season, so they are actually not too afraid of the Buccaneers. I feel that as long as Bosh and Bargnani feel good enough, they may be able to accomplish the feat of defeating the next.

When he lost the game against the Raptors, Richard thought that if Mourning was on the court, the Raptors would definitely not be able to win.

This series proved that Richard's idea was correct. The Raptors really didn't win a game and were directly swept out by the Pirates.

Mourning's performance directly made Dragon King Bosh feel like he was in a dream. He couldn't believe that he was defeated by a 37-year-old old man leading the team.

It can really be said that Mourning led the team to defeat the Raptors in this series. He is the MVP of this series.

Averaged 24.5 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks per game. There is no trace of old age. He is completely at the peak of the peak.

Of course, this is actually the reason why Mourning performed exceptionally well and the Pirates generals gave him a lot of help.

With Mourning's current strength, it is unlikely that he would produce such violent statistics.

Mourning's incredible performance directly caused a sensation in the basketball circle.

At the beginning of the game, Mourning showed his strong strength, but there was no news later, and Richard hid him in the snow.

They originally thought there was a conflict between Richard and Moning...

Now they know that it's not that there is any contradiction, but that the Pirates are hiding their clumsiness and hiding Mourning's killer weapon.

The pressure on the Pistons and Spurs doubled. Originally, they were not too afraid of the Pirates. The reason was that the Pirates were not very good inside...

The Pistons have Yao Ming and the Spurs have Duncan. Both of these points can defeat the Pirates inside.

But now that Mourning has exploded like this, the two teams have no confidence. Maybe Yao Ming and Duncan can still have an advantage, but it will definitely be difficult to defeat them.

If you can't break down the Pirates' inside line, then the Pirates will become quite difficult to deal with with their amazing outside lineup.

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The Buccaneers have just eliminated the Raptors, and the annual regular season honors awards have begun again.

This time Richard failed to win the honor of Coach of the Year. This honor was won by the recently eliminated Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell.

The Raptors only had 27 wins last season, but this season they were promoted to fourth in the Eastern Conference. Their record improvement was quite large. This COY was obtained by Mitchell, and Richard had no objection at all.

Moreover, Richard himself doesn't care much about this honor. He has now had four COYs, ranking first in history.

As for the honor of Best Rookie, Richard was a little surprised that Roy got it.

Although Roy would be the best rookie under normal circumstances, the situation is different now.

Normally, Roy would be a starter in his rookie season, but now he is a substitute...

However, because the performance of this rookie class was really bad, Roy finally accepted ROY with averages of 10.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

No. 1 pick Bargnani only had 11.6 points and 3.9 rebounds...

Can you believe this is the data produced by a seven-foot center?

Aldridge also started off the bench in the Trail Blazers. This season, he averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds per game, which is not particularly outstanding.

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The honor of best defensive player was won by Iguodala.

Under normal circumstances, this year's DPOY was won by Camby. The reason is not that Camby is really the strongest defensive player in the league, but that Ben has won it twice in a row before, and the judges don't want to let a certain player occupy this position for a long time.

And now Iguodala has won the first valuable honor of his career with his outstanding performance, which is regarded as a reward for his hard work this season.

After making the All-Star Game, winning DPOY, and if he can still win the championship in the end, Iguodala will definitely be happy this season.

The honor of regular season MVP was won by Nowitzki.

The Mavericks still couldn't escape the mockery of fate and were eliminated in the first round by the Warriors led by Nelson.

Nelson knows the Mavericks and Nowitzki very well. It can be said that the Mavericks were built by Nelson, and Nowitzki was cultivated by Nelson.

This kind of deep-rooted understanding, to put it in layman's terms, Old Nelson knows what the calf is going to fart when he takes off his pants.

It is not common for the regular season MVP to be eliminated in the first round.

Before Nowitzki, it had only happened to two people in the entire NBA history.

And these two events happened in ancient times. One was the bone crusher Unseld in 1969, and the other was Moses Malone. He was even more miserable. He won the regular season MVP twice in 1979 and 1982. The result was two first-round tours.

One can imagine how painful it was for Nowitzki to win this regular season MVP...

Many media ridiculed Nowitzki. Although he is not unprecedented, he may be unprecedented, and there may not be a strange situation like the regular season MVP's first round trip in the future.

As a result, exactly ten years later, the media was slapped in the face, and their predictions were successfully broken by Westbrook.

Westbrook won the regular season MVP in 2017, but was eliminated by his biggest competitor James Harden's Rockets in the first round. The scene was quite embarrassing.

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Several newcomers who joined the Pirates were selected to the All-Rookie Team.

What makes Richard relieved is that the Spurs' Garbajosa also entered the rookie first team. This year's rookie first team is quite strange, with a total of six players selected.

With Garbajosa being selected for the first team, Richard is no longer deceiving Popovich.

In terms of the best defensive team, Iguodala is undoubtedly the first team, and Paul was lucky to be selected to the second defensive team.

In terms of the best team, Milicic was selected for the second team, Paul was selected for the third team, and other Pirates players did not get the opportunity to be selected for the best team.