Bishop of the Devil

When it comes to the nickname "gorilla", Richard has always had a problem in his previous life that he couldn't understand.

Why is there no problem with Ewing's orangutan's nickname, and no one expressed dissatisfaction with it?

But once this nickname is applied to James, it will be terrible. It will make you want to dig up your ancestral graves, and even the commentator will lose his job because of it.

Do these two orangutans have different meanings? Until this life, Richard had not figured out what the reason was.

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"Coach, are you looking for me?" Oden's expression was dull, as if his face naturally lacked expression cells.

Richard immediately thought of Ben, a ruthless man with few words.

When he first came into contact with Da Ben, Richard drew a big picture for Da Ben.

However, this trick obviously cannot be used on Oden. Both Oden himself and the outside world believe that Oden will be the king of centers in the future. In this case, Richard makes no sense in drawing a big pie.

"Yes, young man, you will start with Shaq in the new season, but I will find opportunities for you to get some starting opportunities." Richard told Oden his plan.

Oden nodded, "Thank you, coach."

Richard suddenly realized that after saying this, there seemed to be nothing more to communicate with Oden, a boring gourd.

"Okay, you go back first and prepare for the preseason. You will start the game then. Shaq will not participate in the preseason."

"Okay, coach, I'll leave first." Oden nodded, still with the same stupid expression.

After Auden left, Richard sighed. He originally wanted to see what Auden's character was through a detailed chat...

As a result, we really couldn't talk to such a boring gourd.

The feeling this guy gave Richard was not that he was really bad at communicating. If he really had to find a word to describe him, reserved would be more appropriate.

It's not the kind of arrogance that doesn't want to talk to others, nor is it the kind of psychologically twisted dullness like Milicic.

It was actually quite strange for Richard to see this kind of reserve in a center forward.

But this kind of character is not bad, at least it will not cause any shitty things for Richard.

…

Before the start of the season, Richard summoned players, including O'Neal, to use group therapy skills.

For this group of healing skills, Richard mainly wants O'Neal and Oden to trigger the effect.

Sadly, neither of them triggered it, and only Granger triggered the group healing effect...

Granger was free of illness and disaster last season. Even if the effect was triggered, it was completely useless.

In desperation, Richard could only use the Intermediate Injury Scroll on Oden. This time he was lucky, not only Oden's knee injury was cured, but also the old wrist injury.

Oden is quite familiar with his injury. Originally, Richard asked him to prepare for the preseason, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Now that he is injured, it is impossible to play.

But the day before the preseason started, he received news from the team doctor that he could participate in the preseason opener tomorrow!

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On October 1st, the defending champion Pirates started their preseason journey.

The preseason schedule is relatively easy. There are no very strong teams among the opponents, and most of them are weak chickens in the Eastern Conference.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, players from both sides began to enter the home court of the Pirates.

For the Pirates, O'Neal, Milicic, Granger and Paul did not play. It is obvious that Richard is not prepared to let them play in this preseason game.

Roy was promoted to the starting position by Richard this season. He looked very proud and eager to try.

Rondo, who started the game, looked uninterested. He had no interest in this preseason game...

Moreover, he is also worried about starting. According to Paul's current performance, it is obviously difficult for him to get a starting position in the Pirates.

The key is that he can only accept this situation. After all, he lost the bet with Paul before. It would be a bit disgraceful if there was still an quarrel over the starting position.

Richard originally thought about resting Rondo in the preseason, but when he saw it, Paul rested. If Rondo was rested again, there would be no point guard in the team to play...

Richard regretted not being able to get Ramon Sessions. If he had gotten Sessions, Rondo would be able to rest now.

But there is no regret medicine in the world. If you miss it, you can only miss it.

Rondo and Roy are the starting guards in tonight's preseason opener.

Millsap took on the starting small forward position tonight, and he was very excited at the moment. He knew very well that with the departure of Iguodala, he would definitely play more and more minutes this season.

…

The two big men starting tonight are both rookies, Oden and second-round pick Marc Gasol.

Oden naturally plays center, while Garfield plays the power forward position.

Speaking of which, it must be a bit too hasty to let García move to the power forward position now.

Because now Xiaojia has not developed the three-point ability, even if Richard asked him to focus on training three-point shooting during the offseason training, how could he develop it in just two months of training.

Fortunately, although García doesn't have enough three-point firepower at the moment, his one-handed shooting is still good, enough to open up space for Oden under the basket.

Oden, Marc, Rice, Roy, and Rondo, these five are the Buccaneers' starting lineup tonight.

By coincidence, the opponent is the Miami Heat, who made a shocking deal with the Buccaneers in the offseason.

Call it a coincidence, but in fact this is also the arrangement of the NBA Administrative Committee. Generally, when major events occur in the league during the offseason, the Administrative Committee will arrange the schedule as needed.

The deal between the Heat and the Buccaneers is considered the most significant deal during the offseason. It is quite appropriate for both parties to play the opening game of the preseason to attract the attention of fans.

However, although the gimmick was there, except for Richard, other highly talked about players did not appear tonight.

O'Neal didn't show up, Iguodala didn't come to play in this away preseason game, and even Wade, the team spirit of the Heat, didn't come.

Pat Riley stood on the opposite side of the court, smiling and nodding at Richard, who also smiled and said hello. The two of them did something big that shocked the league during the offseason. Now both sides feel that they have taken advantage. , looking at each other like a fool.

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"Dudududu!" The referee blew the whistle to start the game, and the starting players from both sides began to appear.

Richard was embarrassed to find that he didn't recognize anyone in the Heat's starting lineup except Haslem...

Richard remembers that the Heat were in a bad situation this season, and then they got the second pick and used this pick to select Beasley.

This choice cannot be said to be good or bad, because if Beasley is not selected, there is really no better choice.

Beasley is the favorite for the No. 1 pick, which means that the Bulls, who hold the No. 1 pick, have no shortage of forward players. That's why they selected point guard Rose. Otherwise, it's hard to say whether Rose can get the No. 1 pick.

Since the Bulls selected Rose, the Heat have no better choice besides Beasley and O.J. Mayo.

And Mayo is the shooting guard, overlapping with Wade...

Choosing Beasley is actually not bad, but if they choose Mayo, the Heat will probably be even more unlucky.

…

Now that Iguodala has been acquired, Pat Riley may have begun to make plans to mess things up and try to use his draft picks to sign a power forward or center next year. Then the Heat are expected to rise.

…

Oden walked to the midfield line and executed a jump ball with his opponent, winning easily.

At present, Oden has returned to a state of complete health. Needless to say about his physical fitness.

In the official joint trial training, Oden's physical test data was extremely exaggerated. As a seven-foot tall man, his jumping ability is quite outstanding. He can bounce 81 centimeters on the spot and his approach height is 86 centimeters!

This is the best result among all rookies over 210 centimeters tall in the past ten years!

The weight of 117 kilograms is quite amazing for a rookie. You must know that Joakim Noah only weighs 101 kilograms.

With a height of 210 centimeters and a wingspan of 224cm, although it is not the top in history, it is still a pretty outstanding wingspan.

Running back and forth in the penalty area is 11.67 seconds. What is the concept? Compare it to Durant. Durant's running time back and forth in the penalty area is 12.33 seconds, which is far inferior to Oden.

However, Durant's physical test data is very poor. I don't know whether it was intentional paddling or some other reason. It may not be very convincing.

Even if you don't compare with Durant, Oden's 11.69 seconds data is better than that of Brewer, the company commander in the same session.

Considering Oden's size and height, he is actually faster than outside players. This is a terrifying thing.

In the 4/3 sprint of 3.27 seconds, Oden's score ranked among the best, except for a few small men who relied on speed.

This is why Oden is called the hope of the center. His physical test is so amazing that there are no flaws at all.

That is to say, Oden has a wrist injury and cannot participate in the strength test. Otherwise, his data will definitely lag behind the rookies in the same class.

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After Oden got the first offensive ball for the Pirates, he rushed directly towards the frontcourt. The unknown center of the Heat could only follow behind him and eat dust.

Rondo became happy. He knew the terror of Oden. After getting the ball at this moment, he quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.

Oden had just landed under the basket when he heard Rondo roar from the outside, and the basketball in his hand was already flying towards Oden at high speed.

"Boom!" After catching the ball, Oden turned around and dunked with both hands like the prehistoric Donkey Kong. The unknown center who was facing him was knocked away several steps, and he could only watch helplessly as Oden hung the basket.

The referee grinned. He could have called Oden a technical foul. After all, Oden was suspected of deliberately hanging the basket after dunking.

However, this explosive and violent dunk was a pleasure for the referee to watch. In addition, Oden was ranked second and it was only a preseason game, so the whistle was not blown.

The Pirates fans at the scene cheered loudly. Even Richard couldn't help being excited and stood up from the bench to applaud vigorously.

After waiting for so long, I finally got a violent insider.

Richard likes violent insiders, but in recent years he has not been able to select violent insiders in the draft, which is his regret.

But now, this regret has finally been made up for.

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"Good job, man, listen to me tonight, I guarantee you will be so happy!" Rondo ran to Oden's side with a smile on his face.

"Yeah." The moment Oden dunked just now, his blood was all pumped up, but he immediately regained his composure, with a stupid expression on his face again.

"Another boring gourd, just like Milicic." Rondo secretly cursed in his heart.

But even if he is boring, Rondo still likes Oden.

If you want to say what kind of teammate a point guard like Rondo likes the most, it is undoubtedly a center with excellent physical fitness like Oden.

Rondo's strong passing and control ability can ensure accurate passes to the hands of inside players, such as O'Neal, such as Oden now. As long as the ball is passed to their hands, they have a high chance of contributing an assist to Rondo.

As for Milicic, his style is more outside-oriented, and his shooting rate is definitely not as high as at the basket.

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It was the Heat's turn to attack. The Heat's unknown center received Haslem's pass and prepared to play Oden in the low post.

As a result, Oden's exaggerated physical fitness directly made the unknown center regret his move, and he was stunned with a violent block slap.

Before the ball went out of bounds, Rondo saved the ball. He saw that Oden had just completed the block and immediately raised his legs and took long strides, charging towards the frontcourt.

This speed made the fans at the scene stunned. They knew that Oden's physical test data was abnormal, but just looking at the data, it was not as intuitive as it is now.

Haslem still wanted to stop Oden, but his body was directly squeezed away by Oden. It seemed that Oden's speed was not affected at all.

Rondo had already controlled the ball in the frontcourt and stood outside the three-point line, looking like he was preparing to shoot a three-pointer.

But fans know very well that Rondo is definitely waiting for Oden.

Oden was already rushing in from the backcourt, and there was only one Heat guard beside him who could keep up with Oden's speed.

It's a pity that this guard who is less than 190cm tall is obviously impossible to stop Oden's pace.

Oden had just stepped to the free throw line, and Rondo directly passed a lob ball near the basket.

"Boom!" There was another explosion, and the basketball stand creaked.

This time Oden did not continue to hang the basket. After the dunk, he immediately landed.

There was another burst of violent applause and screams in the venue.

Super center, absolutely super center!

This explosive style of play made the fans at the scene excited...

Rondo was all smiles. He was falling in love with this big man more and more. It was absolutely wonderful to work with a center with such explosive physical fitness.

…

Next, the field turned into a massacre, and there was no sign of any closeness at all!

It's normal when you think about it. The two leaders of the Heat didn't play at all, and Haslem was the only one who had a slight presence among the remaining players.

But even Haslem, with his strength in the Pirates team, can't even hold the position of chief substitute.

With such a huge gap in strength, it would be strange for the Heat not to be beaten!

Oden is like a god of death, covering up the light of all players on the court.

Rondo was shining at the same time as Oden. In less than one quarter, Rondo had already scored seven assists!

Rondo thought that if he kept playing at this pace, he might be able to get 30+ tonight!

30+ assists!

Oden is so strong that he makes the opponent's unknown center look like an amateur player.

Of course, this center's strength is also a real rookie. Even in the poor Heat team, he is probably at the level of a third center. It is normal for Oden to be beaten like this.

With dunks under the basket, rebounds, blocks, and steals, Oden was like an omnipotent god on the court.

At the end of the half, Pat Riley waved at Richard with a wry smile, and then replaced the players on the field.

The meaning is obvious, man, give me some face and forget about this game.

62:27, this was the score between the two sides in the first half. The Heat were so miserable that they couldn't even score half of the Pirates' scores.

Oden's incredible 33 points, 18 rebounds and 4 blocks!

15 of 19, 3 of 4 free throws!

Among the 18 rebounds, 9 were offensive rebounds!

In just half the game, Oden produced a number that most other centers need to look up to.

Richard immediately thought of one word.

Covering the sky with one hand, Oden's performance in this game can be described as covering the sky with one hand.

Although this was only a preseason game, and although the opponent was very weak, even so, Oden's performance made Richard extremely satisfied. He felt that he was absolutely right to take the risk and choose Oden this time.

"Maybe he will become a real NBA emperor!" Richard thought to himself.

Pat Riley had already surrendered, and Richard was not ready to kill all the players, so he replaced Oden and Rondo on the court.

He knew very well that if these two people were left on the court, even if they were randomly matched with three players, the Heat would definitely continue to collapse.

A top passing master, coupled with a super center with a historical level of physical fitness, this power is really amazing.

Rondo's 16 assists in the half were proof of that.

…

However, after winning Rondo, Richard no longer has a point guard available, which is still quite a headache.

"Sun Yue, Tony Allen, you two are ready to appear."

"Mark, you take the center position."

"As for the point guard..." Richard frowned.

"You can allocate them as you please on the field and play according to the situation."

Anyway, with such a big lead, even if you play casually, you will definitely not lose.

Besides, even if he loses, Richard doesn't care...