Bishop of the Devil

The Jazz defeated their opponents 3:0 in the first round. While waiting for the start of the Western Conference semifinals, they had already rested for nearly a week...

Under such circumstances, physical fitness naturally occupies a considerable advantage.

For the Trail Blazers, especially in the last game, all the main players were extremely tired, and then they had to go to Utah Heights, the home of the Devils, to play away games. It was a headache just thinking about it...

The NBA currently has three extremely well-known Devil's home stadiums, namely the Celtics, Nuggets and Utah Jazz...

The fans of Green Kai are extremely crazy. The boos in the stadium can break the ceiling of the arena, and this is not the most important thing. Green Kai truly interprets what it means to be old, adjusting the basket, tampering with the floor, and leaking in the locker room. Wait, anyway, as long as they can have an impact on the visiting team, they will use all the tricks...

The Nuggets are because of their terrain, which is 1,600 meters above sea level. For a high-intensity sport like basketball, it is not impossible for some players who have not adapted to the Nuggets terrain to suffer from altitude sickness, but Nuggets fans are not crazy. , their devil’s home court just occupies a terrain advantage!

As for the Jazz, recognized as the league's number one devil's home stadium, the fans here are not only crazy and booing all over the place, but also like the Nuggets, the altitude is very high, which is also enough to cause some ill-prepared players to suffer from altitude sickness...

Even if the Trail Blazers have more than two days of rest, rushing to such an away game will undoubtedly consume a lot of physical energy. Before the game even starts, they are directly disadvantaged by several points!

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Now Carlisle and Stevens Jr. suddenly became very interested when they heard that Kobe said that cupping seemed to be able to restore physical fitness.

Richard is a little skeptical about this, feeling that this should be the psychological effect of Kobe.

It may also be that Kobe had a good sleep while he was cupping, and then young people recovered faster...

But anyway, there is no harm in cupping. Even if it only has a psychological effect, it is at least effective. There is no reason not to promote it.

"Then I'll leave the promotion of cupping within the team to you. I'm going to see the boss now. If he has anything to do, he can see me!"

"The players must be voluntary, don't force this kind of thing!"

Before leaving, Richard gave some more instructions and then walked towards his office, where Paul Allen was waiting for him.

"Li, great job!"

"It's really unbelievable that in your first season with the Trail Blazers, you led the team to the Western Conference semifinals!"

"You have greatly advanced our original agreement!"

When he saw Richard coming, Paul Allen was all smiles and praised Richard profusely!

The Blazers' ability to overcome the Lakers was beyond Paul Allen's expectations. He originally felt that the Blazers could win even one game against the Lakers in the series, which would be considered a success...

After all, the gap in the lineup lies here!

Besides, the time he and Richard agreed upon was to reach the Western Conference semifinals in three years and the Western Conference finals in four years!

And now Richard has directly advanced the agreed time by two years!

"Congratulations, Richard, you are now a hero in Portland!"

"Haha, by the way, I also benefited from it. Many local media published articles saying that introducing you Richard was the wisest decision I made since I became president..."

Olsi is also here, he said with a smile at this moment.

"Olsi, you go and do your work first. Richard and I will have a chat alone..." Paul Allen dismissed Olsi. He came here to see Richard today, and his purpose was definitely not to praise Li. Chad.

If you just want to praise Richard, there is no need to make a special trip for just a phone call.

"Lee, it's almost the offseason. Do you have any plans for this offseason?" Paul Allen asked with a smile.

Richard was startled, this boss is so good, does he still care about his employees' holiday arrangements...

"I don't have any plans. I might go back to West Lafayette and stay for a while..." Richard thought for a while and replied.

He really didn't have any plans. He was dragging his whole family on vacation. His vacation alone was really meaningless. He might as well go to West Lafayette...

"Huh? Li, don't you plan to write about the NBA in your violent Blake novel?"

"Man, you are now the head coach of the NBA. If you write about the plot of the NBA, I think the sales will be even more popular!" Paul Allen asked doubtfully.

In fact, he came today just to ask when the violent Black NBA plot will be written!

It's like a disguised reminder...

The previous high school and college papers brought quite good traffic to the TSN website, but now if Richard can let the NBA papers be released on TSN first, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the traffic of TSN!

The key is that the NBA volume has not yet been released as a physical book. Those readers who want to see the latest plot must log in to TSN to watch!

Do other websites dare to pirate? !

Then Paul Allen can go crazy with joy, he can definitely sue the other party to the point of bankruptcy...

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Richard finally understood that he was not concerned about his own holiday arrangements, he was just here to urge updates!

Richard wanted to go back to West Lafayette because it was a clean place and perfect for writing NBA papers...

However, after writing, Richard still has a doubt that he has not solved.

"Paul, I definitely have to write it, but you know, I have some connections in the NCAA. Writing about the NCAA plot is not a big problem, and there is no infringement issue, but the NBA? Are you sure that after I finish writing, I won't be scolded?" Is Ensuing going bankrupt?" Richard asked with a frown.

Hearing Richard's worries, Paul Allen immediately laughed out loud...

"Man, where is your fierceness on the court and in press conferences? There is no need to worry about you!"

"Believe me, if you don't write about NBA, Stern will probably put you on his blacklist..."

"What kind of person Stern is, you should be able to tell from the last live broadcast in China. He is a lunatic just like you, but he is a lunatic who wants to expand the size of the NBA..."

"Now your novel is quite popular, especially the college volume. It has become popular in basketball circles across the United States. Think about it, how could Stern miss this kind of free advertising for the NBA..."

"You have given free advertising to the NCAA. Well, the NCAA does not need you to advertise, but the NBA does..."

"In the offseason, give Stern a call. I think he might be waiting for you to find him..."

Paul Allen said with a smile that he did not expect Richard to be worried about such a completely unnecessary thing.

Richard's expression was tangled, good guy, after waiting for a long time, his worries were unnecessary.

But thinking that during the offseason, if he were to write an NBA paper, he would still have to call Stern, the dictator, and Richard couldn't help but feel his scalp tighten...

It can be said that although Stern seems to be a kind old man, if you mess with him, in this NBA league, he will have a hundred ways to make you regret for life!

Richard is actually no longer a loner. He represents an interest group, all West Lafayette players.

No matter how cruel and brutal Richard behaves on weekdays, he is not stupid enough to play tricks with Stern...

If Stern is offended, not only Richard may be unlucky, but the players in West Lafayette may also be unlucky.