Bishop of the Devil

Take a look at the four players entering the league in this draft in West Lafayette.

At least the first battle was all exciting, and it looks like they all have a bright future.

For a moment, many people thought of Richard's original "crazy words"...

“All nine of West Lafayette’s players will be able to become All-Stars in the future!”

Now it seems that fans have suddenly discovered, is this really crazy talk? ! It seems really possible!

Now that the NCAA competition has begun, each team dares to delay and wants to send its entire scouting team to West Lafayette.

When Richard left, he took four West Lafayette players with him.

But there are still five players left from their nine-star lineup last season!

Moreover, after Richard left, West Lafayette recruited five new players. According to gossip, two of them, Bibby and Hamilton, were both players hand-picked by Richard...

That was hand-picked by Richard, there is no difference!

It means that there are still seven proud disciples of Richard in West Lafayette.

If nothing else, these seven people probably have the strength of this year's four West Lafayette rookies.

This is too tempting, especially for those weak teams with high draft picks. Selecting West Lafayette players is equivalent to a layer of insurance.

They sent countless people to West Lafayette to find out information.

If possible, they would like to get all the seven players appointed by Richard. Naturally, they need to find out more information now, so as to gain an advantage in competing for West Lafayette players in next year's draft...

But the information they got back from inquiring made them directly accuse Richard of being a lunatic.

Because of these seven people, only two will participate in the draft next year!

And these are the rules set by Richard. These players seem to be Richard's fanatical believers. Without Richard's permission, they have no idea of ​​entering the league!

The two people allowed to enter the NBA next year are Billups and Da Zhi.

This makes each team feel a little pained. These two players are relatively extreme among the remaining seven-star lineups...

Billups' offense is a bit embarrassing. He is a relatively eccentric player, just like Big Ben...

Of course, Billups' offense is definitely better than Ben's.

As for Da Zhi, he is also a partial player. He is relatively sharp on the offensive end, but not as good as Rahim on the defensive end.

Although they are partial to science, both of them are products of West Lafayette. Even if they are different, they will not be much different. They are definitely worthy of using a high draft pick!

The only thing that bothers each team is that only two people participated in the draft, which gave them a lot less choice...

In the next draft, in addition to Duncan, the stable No. 1 pick, there will also be UCLA forward Van Horn!

Apart from these two people, in fact, each team does not have any good goals, so the two candidates from West Lafayette will definitely become the hot spots for each team to compete for!

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Richard has already imagined this situation. He knows very well that the players he has trained may all be selected with high picks in the future, and it will be difficult for him to continue coaching them...

But even so, Richard didn't feel any pity!

In fact, seeing one of his disciples selected with a high pick is something that makes Richard feel very happy...

It felt like my married daughter had married into a good family.

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The last home game opponent is the Dallas Mavericks.

Texas has three illusions: the Spurs are old, the Rockets are strong, and the Mavericks are weak...

Among them, the Mavericks are weak. In this era, it is not an illusion. The Mavericks are really weak.

So weak that in recent years their wins have been hovering around 20 games. Let's put it this way, since the 1990s, the Mavericks have never won more than 30 games, and the lowest one season was only 11. field!

It wasn't until the second year after Dirk Nowitzki was selected that he reached a historic 40 wins...

From then on, it really started to rise, and it maintained an extremely good winning rate until winning the championship in 2011.

After winning the championship, because Mavericks owner Cuban did not continue to strengthen the lineup and increase the probability of them defending the title, the veteran even lost his temper with Cuban...

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The opponent is a weakling like the Mavericks, so the result can be imagined.

The Trail Blazers won the game again, although it was not an easy win. The Mavericks even overtook the score in the third quarter!

However, relying on the stability of the lineup, the Trail Blazers finally defeated the Mavericks!

Three consecutive wins at the start!

An undefeated start!

Tied for first place with the Bulls and Rockets on the record list, it's simply unbelievable!

This really excited the Blazers fans...

The Bulls are as terrifying in the league as the warriors of later generations!

Just imagine that the Suns, a new team in the Western Conference in later generations, won three consecutive games at the beginning and were on par with the Warriors. Will their fans be extremely happy...

Although the fans know very well that this is the home field advantage, and the opponent is really weak!

But a win is a win. Who cares? Let’s taste the sweetness of being at the top of the record list first.

As for whether they will lose miserably in the future, because the Trail Blazers will have four consecutive away games, and their opponents are not weak...

Trail Blazers fans don't care much about this matter. If they lose, they lose. Do they still expect a new army to really compete with the Bulls? !

The four away games are the Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets, Seattle SuperSonics and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Of these four teams, the SuperSonics are undoubtedly the strongest. Last season, they fought the Bulls dynasty in six games!

Although it means that he knows that he may lose this game, and he will lose miserably...

But Richard is still looking forward to this game. He played three weak chickens at the beginning. In fact, it is impossible to test the true level of this new team. Even Richard can't figure out where the current Blazers are in the league. What a level!

And playing against the top powerhouse SuperSonics will undoubtedly allow Richard to better understand the current situation of the Trail Blazers!

Except for the strongest SuperSonics, the Suns and Hornets are both strong and are playoff goalie-level teams. These two teams can just test the Trail Blazers' prospects this season...

Among them, the Hornets were weak last season. After some improvements this season, at least the lineup is quite good.

As for the last Cavaliers, they are stronger than the Hornets and Suns, but not as good as the SuperSonics!

At least that was the case last season. It’s hard to say whether the Cavaliers can still achieve the fourth-place record in the Eastern Conference last season after some lineup arrangements this season!

It can be said that the next four away games are the real games to test the gold content of the new Trail Blazers!