Bishop of the Devil

Richard knew very well that Barry's heartache lay in that West Lafayette gold medal!

All four of them, Iverson, have it, but he, a player who entered the league a year earlier, doesn't have it...

No wonder Pierce and the others recognized Bibby and Hamilton as West Lafayette players, but not Barry!

You're in the NBA, but you don't have a gold medal, which means Richard doesn't regard you as a West Lafayette player!

Otherwise, why not give you a gold medal? !

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Richard checked the schedule of the Trail Blazers and discovered to his surprise that their next match against the Nets would be in March of next year!

Although the game has just ended, Barry has not left Portland yet...

But in such a short time, where could Richard go to order a gold medal? It took half a month to order the gold medal last time!

Let Ben transfer the message to Barry first, let him feel at ease first, and order the gold medal first, and then wait for the All-Stars, or next time he plays against the Nets, and then give the gold medal to Barry!

This will definitely solve Little Barry’s worries!

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The game is over and the Trail Blazers have won...

But Richard felt a little bored!

Mainly because of what happened to Little Barry, Richard didn't expect that his unintentional actions would actually bring such heartache to Little Barry...

It seems that the saying that with great ability comes great responsibility, it really makes sense.

It's just a small team now. In the future, countless West Lafayette players will enter the league. As the leader of West Lafayette, my responsibilities will become heavier and heavier!

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In the regular season schedule, the Trail Blazers have played 8 games and achieved an excellent record of 5 wins and 3 losses.

At least for a newly rebuilt army, this record is really outstanding and a bit outrageous.

You must know that after the Lakers acquired O'Neal, their current regular season start record is only 5 wins and 3 losses.

The records of the Trail Blazers and Lakers are currently ranked fourth in the Western Conference!

The Jazz, who are first in the Western Conference, currently have 7 wins and 1 loss, leading the league with the Bulls in the Eastern Conference.

The second and third teams in the Western Conference are the Rockets and SuperSonics respectively.

It is not easy for the Trail Blazers to tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with the Lakers. At least the entire Blazers team and fans are extremely satisfied with such a start.

But behind this glorious record, there are still certain problems!

In the five games they won, except for the Cavaliers, which was a playoff-level team last season, the remaining four were all weak teams!

Even the Cavaliers will definitely not make the playoffs this season...

In the three games they lost, not to mention the powerful SuperSonics, Suns and Hornets, the two playoff goaltenders, the Trail Blazers lost all...

Those who win are all losers, and the games they lose, even if they are just goalkeepers in the playoffs, the Blazers can't win...

Richard should actually be thankful for their easier start to the schedule now.

If the league arranges a group of playoff-level teams, the Blazers' current record will probably be quite disastrous!

Even if he loses all the first eight games, Richard feels that this possibility may not be impossible!

There are twenty-nine teams in the league, sixteen of which are playoff teams, and only 13 teams are non-playoff teams!

In the first eight games of the Trail Blazers, most of the teams they encountered were weak teams. They were really lucky!

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After eight games, the entire league has a clearer view of the strength of the Blazers' newcomers.

After scoring 18 rebounds and 6 blocks in the game against the Cavaliers, Ben scored 14 rebounds and 3 blocks in the game against the Nets!

Currently averaging 2.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal per game!

And this doesn't seem to be Ben's limit. At least in terms of rebounding data, Ben will definitely improve this season!

He is already a super blue-collar worker!

Many people have begun to compare their big numbers with Rodman. After all, there are too many similarities between the two!

There is no doubt that the Trail Blazers used a second-round pick to select a big player, which is undoubtedly a huge profit!

As for the other second-round picks, not to mention being part of the starting lineup right now, there is not even a player who has played more than 20 minutes in the first eight games!

It’s hard for these people to compare with Big Ben!

O'Neal Jr.'s performance was ups and downs. He scored 20+ points in the first game of the regular season, but his scoring had a lot of ups and downs later on.

Especially in the game against the SuperSonics, he played 26 minutes but only scored 7 points.

It's really a bit miserable...

He currently averages 10.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1 block per game. It can't be said that he is very powerful. It can only be said that he is worthy of his draft position.

This is something that can't be helped. There is still quite a lot of truth in the saying that people in the paint develop late. If O'Neal wants to fully establish himself in the paint, he will definitely need to go through a lot of training in the game!

As for Kobe, his performance was quite satisfactory, not as amazing as Ben, but still better than O'Neal.

Taking twelve shots per game has become Kobe's trademark...

When many Trail Blazers fans checked the technical statistics of the Trail Blazers' previous eight games, they suddenly discovered this "characteristic" of Kobe.

12 shots were exchanged for an average of 13 points per game, which is quite satisfactory, not too outstanding!

There are occasional outstanding performances on the offensive end. For example, in the game against the Cavaliers, he scored six points in the first two offensive rounds, but there was also an embarrassing situation where there were two three-point misses in one game...

As for the organization, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory, currently averaging 6.5 assists per game, which is not particularly outstanding.

Only on the defensive end, the young Kobe really surprised the team management and fans who despised him!

Use one word to describe Kobe's defense now...

That's a mad dog!

This word may sound insulting at first, but on the court, the word "mad dog" is actually a compliment!

Defending like a mad dog is the best compliment to a defensive player!

Besides, Americans rarely use the word dog to insult people. Otherwise, wouldn’t the nickname big dog be unheard of...

Kobe's defensive performance on the court may go too far sometimes and send opponents to the free throw line, but his positive defensive attitude and top-notch physical fitness at the point guard position are undoubtedly eye-catching. !

This further strengthens Zhang Weiping's view that Kobe is the embryo of a superstar.

He was even more attentive to Kobe. During daily training, Zhang Weiping had been encouraging Kobe, and even made special arrangements for Kobe to train with Kobe privately...

Kobe Bryant has seen the sun at four o'clock in the morning in Portland, and so has Zhang Weiping!