Bishop of the Devil

After some arrangements, almost half a month passed...

The All-Star Weekend also started as scheduled.

All teams will not hold training camps this weekend, which is equivalent to giving the players a holiday. Many players will also go to the All-Star venue to watch the game.

This year's All-Star Game will be held in Cleveland, home of the Cavaliers.

Richard arrived in Cleveland the day before the game. He came to Cleveland this time as a pure fan, and he came just to enjoy the All-Star game.

Of course, in addition to enjoying the game, Richard also has something serious to deal with during this All-Star Weekend.

There are two games on Friday night, one is the Masters Game and the other is the Rookie Game.

The Masters Game was nothing to watch, and Richard didn’t even go to see it…

As for the rookie game, Richard naturally wanted to watch it live, but he didn't spend any money. He entered as a family member of the players...

The head coach of the Eastern Rookie League is Cardinal Auerbach, and the Western coach is Reed Holtzman, two ancient coaches with very senior qualifications.

Originally, some fans in the league called for Richard to lead the team in this rookie challenge...

After all, Richard's disciples account for more than half of the population here in the west.

But the league didn't know whether it didn't pay attention to this call or was afraid that Richard's leadership would cause trouble in the All-Stars, so it didn't respond at all.

This makes Richard a little dissatisfied. If the league really listens to the opinions of the fans, then it will be Richard sitting in Holzman's seat today...

However, this dissatisfaction was only fleeting. After all, the small rookie game was really not worth mentioning.

Richard's goal is to become the coach of the All-Star Game!

This requires Richard to lead the team to the top of the Western Conference record list. After all, the selection rule for the All-Star head coach is the coach of the team with the best record in the conference...

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The competition was not too intense, after all, the nature of All-Star Weekend is entertainment!

In addition, most of the sixteen players are familiar with each other, and there is no fighting between the two sides. It looks like they are just going through the motions...

In the end, Iverson led the Eastern Conference to win the Rookie Game, and he also won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge with 22 points and 11 assists.

During the post-game awards ceremony, Iverson held the trophy and rushed directly towards the audience.

Not only that, five players including the Western Conference boss also surrounded Iverson and headed towards the audience...

The fans at the scene were stunned. What was going on? !

Iverson wants to share his joy with the fans? As if this statement could explain why he rushed to the audience...

But what do you mean by those five Western Conference players surrounding Iverson?

Iverson is a player from the Eastern Conference, and a player from the Eastern Conference won the MVP. Why do you five Western players seem to have eaten honey, all grinning...

But soon, the fans’ doubts were cleared.

A man stood up in the front row of the auditorium, who was it if it wasn't Richard.

"Coach, this is my first MVP!" Iverson looked excited.

Richard patted Iverson on the shoulder, "That's right, man, I believe this will definitely not be your last MVP trophy..."

"Haha, Allen, a little rookie MVP, you actually have the nerve to show off to the coach..." Big Ben grinned.

Miller quickly said: "Ben, you definitely can't eat grapes. They say grapes are sour. Even mosquitoes, no matter how small they are, are still meat!"

"I don't care about eating such a small piece of meat. When I win the rebounds, blocks and DPOY, I will celebrate with my coach!"

Several players started laughing...

Among the six players, O'Neill and Kobe are not West Lafayette players, but they are also extremely convinced of Ben, the captain, and they have basically become Ben's followers now...

With a captain like Ben here, the two grown-up children feel safe on the court.

No matter what happens, they know that Ben will definitely stand up as soon as possible.

O'Neal looked enviously at the four people in West Lafayette who were joking with each other. He now regrets why he entered the league so early. If he had chosen to join Purdue University, he would probably have such a group of good brothers now. Bar……

Purdue University originally sent him an invitation to attend, but O'Neal Jr. had already made up his mind to be drafted, so he missed the opportunity to enter Purdue University.

Kobe was actually quite envious, but he was a tough talker. Even though he was extremely envious in his heart, he still had an indifferent expression on his face.

Kobe Bryant is no longer so resistant to Richard, but if he were to lick his face and smile in front of Richard every day, he wouldn't be able to do it even if he were killed...

Kobe was very confused before, why would a devil like Richard, a group of young players in West Lafayette, support Richard so much? !

No matter what happens on Richard's side, the first ones to stand up and support Richard will always be these West Lafayette players.

Now Kobe generally understands something...

Richard is a coach who truly considers his players. For the sake of his players, he is willing to give up a lot of things. For example, in the game against the Bulls, Richard knew very well that losing to the Bulls miserably and allowing a rookie to take so many shots would put him at risk. under tremendous pressure from public opinion.

Kobe also knows this very well...

But Richard did it in the end, without any hesitation or even a trace of hesitation!

With such a head coach, even if Kobe was young, he knew that he was a good man with a sharp mouth and a heart of heart.

"You two boys, work hard!"

"In the future, maybe your strength will be recognized by all our West Lafayette players, and you will get the opportunity to join us!"

Big Ben and Iverson smiled and said to Xiao Ou and Kobe.

They knew that these two were newcomers personally selected by Richard, and they would probably become West Lafayette players in the future. They said this just to tease these two newcomers.

Little O'Neal looked full of longing!

Join West Lafayette? ! Become the brother of these proud men? !

No matter what happens on the court, there is always someone standing behind you!

Just thinking about it makes O'Neal excited!

And Kobe is obviously not a simple and honest little O'Neal. He immediately stiffened his neck when he heard this...

"You are no better than me! My strength is no worse than yours!"

“I don’t need your permission to join West Lafayette!”

"Besides, I don't want to..."

"In short, my strength is no worse than yours!"

Kobe originally wanted to shout that he did not want to join West Lafayette, but suddenly changed the subject...

It is easy to say something, but it is difficult to take it back.

What if this group of people really doesn’t let me join West Lafayette because of what I said? What should I do...

Are you asking to join again then? Isn’t that so delicious?…

No rookie player would be willing to give up the opportunity to join a group like West Lafayette.

Because joining this group really seems to have too many benefits...

Especially for players like Kobe who participated in the draft as a high school student, they need such a group even more!

Because they have no NCAA alumni, as we all know, in the NBA, alumni relations are a pretty good network...

A high school player like Kobe obviously doesn't have such connections, so the opportunity to join West Lafayette is even more precious to him!