Bishop of the Devil

After getting the list given by Richard, Old Philip and Little Brownie were so excited that they didn't sleep all night.

In their opinion, this list is definitely worth tens of millions of dollars, or even more...

Their view is definitely not a joke. The Boilermakers have won the championship in the past two years, which can create tens of millions of dollars in gross income for the Boilermakers every year!

And NCAA players don’t have to pay salaries. Except for some minor expenses, most of them are pure profits!

It seems that such a list may only bring in a few players for the Boilermakers in the end, but these players can keep the Boilermakers at the top of the NCAA and maintain super high profitability!

In the last list given by Richard, they only recruited two people...

This made them realize that they must hire some talents who are responsible for recruiting players. Every player on the roster is a huge asset. Recruiting one more player will make the Boilermakers more certain to survive.

Psychologist, negotiation expert, emotional coach...

Anyway, they are eloquent and other talents. The Boilermakers directly recruited five of them, specifically responsible for recruiting the players on Richard's list!

In Black March, Brownie Jr. did not appear on the sidelines and started his recruiting journey with these talents!

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The list has been given, and Richard can only wait for the news. After all, he still has a lot of things to do in the NBA.

The Trail Blazers' March schedule is quite dark...

It was so dark that it left Richard speechless. At the beginning of the month, there were four consecutive away games. The opponents were the Bulls, SuperSonics, Jazz and Heat.

All are the top teams in the league...

In these four games, the first three were lost directly. In the last game, Ben and Rashid broke out, which was able to end the losing streak and steal a victory from the Heat.

The Blazers' good days are basically over now, and the easy and simple schedule at the beginning of the season is no longer there...

In mid-March and late March, the Trail Blazers encountered the Lakers twice...

After narrowly defeating the Lakers by relying on shark-cutting tactics in the first game, they played against the Lakers once in January. However, in that meeting, O'Neal's free throw shooting was good, and the Trail Blazers lost in the end...

In the two games they played against the Lakers in March, the Lakers won both of them. Even if O'Neal had bad luck in one of the games, they still won the final victory.

This makes Richard feel quite miserable...

Because even if the Trail Blazers' record drops again in March, they can still be ranked fifth in the Western Conference. Their opponents in the first round of the playoffs will definitely still be the Lakers...

The regular season record is 1 win and 3 losses, which is undoubtedly not a good sign.

But Richard had no idea about this bad omen. After all, the players under his command were all newcomers. It would be impossible to beat Ao Pang in one fell swoop...

Unless the system suddenly rewarded Richard with several powerful props, which made the new Blazers' strength improve by leaps and bounds.

But Richard feels that the urinary nature of his system must not be such a cheap thing...

It's been almost three years, pretending to be dead every day, completely ignoring the host's feelings.

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Richard has no idea whether he can beat the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.

Right now we can only take one step at a time.

If a team wants to win against Austrian Fatty, everything must be based on being able to defend Austrian Fatty, otherwise it will be in vain.

At the moment, Ben has not reached his peak period yet, and he is completely unable to hold Ou Pang under the basket...

This makes the Blazers very passive.

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At the end of the March schedule, the Trail Blazers had a record of 41 wins and 34 losses, a winning rate of 55%.

The Trail Blazers still have the last seven games left on their schedule in April. Even if they lose all of them, a 41-41 winning rate of exactly 50% will still allow the Trail Blazers to retain fifth place in the Western Conference...

If this record were placed in the Eastern Conference, it would be more miserable to not make the playoffs...

The first four games in April were against the Spurs, Pistons, Hawks and Nets.

The Trail Blazers had a record of two wins and two losses. In the game against the Spurs, the opponent clearly wanted to lose...

The last three games were all at the Blazers' home court, and the opponents were not too strong. The Blazers had a good record of 2 wins and 1 loss.

Since then, all 82 regular season games have been played, and the Trail Blazers have ended the regular season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses.

Naturally, this record cannot be said to be outstanding. If the winning rate of 54.8% is placed in the Eastern Conference, it is just about reaching the threshold of the playoffs. The Bullets who are eighth in the Eastern Conference have 44 wins, and the Magic who are seventh in the Eastern Conference are the same as the Trail Blazers. 45 wins…

However, such a team in the rebuilding period did not experience any pain. It finished fifth in the Western Conference in the first season of rebuilding. Even the most picky fans cannot criticize it.

In the starting lineup, there are four first-year and second-year freshmen, and the average age of the entire lineup is the youngest in the league. It is not easy to achieve such results.

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After the final game of the regular season against the Orlando Magic, Richard received two messages in a row.

"Congratulations to the host for completing the "Talent Reserve" mission and receiving a one-time consumable prop - the lucky dice!"

"Congratulations to the host for completing the "Rise of the New Army" series of tasks ① and receiving a one-time consumable prop - primary injury bandage!"

Richard was quite excited to receive two mission rewards in a row...

Although these two props will not have much impact on the upcoming playoffs, they will definitely come in handy in the future...

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"Li, this is the season average technical statistics table of our players this season." Carlisle handed Richard a form.

The table lists in detail the technical statistics of each Trail Blazers player this season.

At this moment, the Trail Blazers coaching staff is meeting to study the playoff strategy...

To put it bluntly, it is to study how to get past the Lakers.

Richard took the form and glanced at it. In fact, he had a general idea.

Big Ben played in 82 games throughout the season, starting 82 games, averaging 34 minutes per game, scoring 3.7 points, 11.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 2.7 blocks and 1.1 steals.

It is no exaggeration to say that with Ben's data, in previous years, he would definitely be qualified to be selected for the All-Rookie Team...

Selected as a center!

But because of the presence of Marcus Camby, the second overall pick in the 1996 class, Ben is expected to be selected to the rookie second team.

Like Ben, Camby plays both the center and power forward positions...

But Marcus Camby averaged 15 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1 steal in his rookie season, which is really better than Ben...

Big Ben's problem is scoring. He can't even score a fraction of Camby's score. It's difficult to compete with Camby.