Bishop of the Devil

September 30th is the day after tomorrow when the preseason starts.

The players were summoned to the training ground. They will have a final training session today, then have a rest tomorrow, and start preseason games the day after tomorrow.

Richard is talking to the team's executives, and Stevens is leading the team in a team training game.

"Pass the ball to me!"

"Pass the ball to me!"

"Man, I am the player that Richard values, the player he selected. You should pass the ball to me just now!"

The above words are heard from time to time on the training ground...

Who could say such a thing but Martial Saint Jackson?

Wu Sheng's emotional intelligence is a bit low. This guy is so anxious that he goes against Stern...

Kobe was asked to pass the ball by Wu Sheng, and he looked unhappy at the moment.

"Shut your mouth, you are just a shitty player, we are the players chosen by Richard!"

"At best, you are just picked up by Richard!"

"That's right, he was picked up! Just like an unwanted child, Richard picked him up!"

Wu Sheng was confused, and in an instant he became furious. He rolled up the sleeves of his training uniform and rushed toward Kobe angrily.

When Kobe saw Wu Sheng's posture, he immediately threw the ball in his hand and rushed towards Wu Sheng with his neck stiffened.

Just when the two were about to start fighting, a majestic figure rushed between the two and pushed them to stagger!

"Damn it, what are you doing?!"

"A fight within the team?!"

Daben shouted angrily and glared at Jackson coldly.

"You're a rookie, don't take yourself too seriously. No player in our Blazers has special privileges!"

…

"Ben, beat this damn guy, damn it, this is my first time meeting such a newcomer!" Kobe felt that his face was seriously damaged!

How dare a newcomer dare to challenge me? !

In any case, can he be considered the third leader of the Trail Blazers now? The fourth boss? The fifth leader?

No matter how powerful you are, your face cannot be insulted by a newcomer!

"Shut up, Kobe, what do you want to do? When the coach comes later, you can make this request to him!" Ben glared at Kobe again.

Not far away, Stevens had a wry smile on his face. This group of young people was really angry.

However, Da Ben handled this matter very well. He is worthy of being the captain of the team personally selected by Richard...

"It's so lively? What's going on? Who can tell me what happened?" Richard walked into the training ground and asked with a sneer.

When Kobe saw Richard, he immediately shrank his neck, not daring to mention beating up the martial artist.

Stevens stepped forward and told Richard roughly what happened, which made Richard sneer angrily...

However, Richard didn't get angry directly, he clapped his hands and yelled.

"Gather, I will announce the lineup for the new season!"

…

"The starting lineup remains unchanged from last season..."

"..."

"Stephen Jackson replaces No. 123!"

After Richard announced the lineup for the new season, the players found that there were no changes from last season. If there were any changes, there was a new Jackson. His position was a bit strange, and he was substituted for No. 123. position, play three positions...

Wu Sheng himself was a little confused. He couldn't figure out whether this was good news or bad news for him.

"Okay, let's break up, Kobe, 1,000 three-point shooting exercises, if you miss one, it's the same old rules!" Richard announced that the game was over.

"Stephen Jackson, follow me! Others continue training!"

After saying that, Richard turned and walked towards his office.

Wu Sheng followed Richard, frowning. He was a little confused about the situation now...

"Young man, I hope this is the last time!"

"Because this will only be the last time. If something like this happens again next time, you will be permanently banned from the team in the next three years!"

"I, Richard, will never leave a player in Richard's team who wants to do something to one of his own!"

When Wu Sheng heard this, his scalp suddenly went numb. He didn't expect Richard to be so cruel. His simple words made him break out in cold sweat!

"Coach, I..." Wu Sheng wanted to explain, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Richard.

"Don't explain, even if you have a hundred reasons to want to do something to your own people, in my opinion, that is a sin that even God cannot forgive!"

"This time, considering that you have just joined the team, I will give you a lenient sentence and ban you from all five preseason games!"

"If you have this ability, use it against the enemy, use it against the opponent!"

"The pioneers never wave their fists at their own people!"

When Wu Sheng heard this, he suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart. It seemed that he had really come to the right place...

"Coach, I get it!"

"This time it was my fault. This will never happen again!"

"Thank you, coach, for giving me the opportunity to play in the NBA again!"

Wu Sheng said to Richard gratefully, he was really grateful to Richard...

At this moment, the thing he regrets most is why he didn't accept Richard's invitation. Otherwise, he wouldn't be in such a miserable state now.

"Don't tell me thank you!"

"Go ahead and work hard. You have to walk the road yourself. I hope to see you grow!"

"I hope to see you become a pioneer and punch your opponents hard!"

Richard looked at Wu Sheng with bright eyes. The reason why he did not impose severe punishment on Wu Sheng was because Richard still had some understanding of Wu Sheng's temperament.

This is a very loyal player...

What happened before might be Wu Sheng trying to find some sense of presence in the team, but there was no way. Just like Kobe said, he also felt that he was picked up by Richard...

He wants to gain recognition from his teammates as soon as possible.

In Richard's opinion, this is quite normal, especially for such straight-minded black people. If you ask them to take advantage of it like the yellow people, they really don't have the ability...

Therefore, Richard only imposed a penalty decision of pre-season suspension. The pre-season suspension will also not affect the player's salary.

…

After Martial Saint Jackson left, Richard breathed a sigh of relief.

The day after tomorrow is the start of the preseason, but Richard is still saddled with a suspension...

In the Western Conference semifinals last season, Richard was suspended for ten games, and three games were consumed later. He still has seven suspended games left!

What's more annoying is that after last season's suspension turns to this season, it will be calculated directly from the regular season.

Preseason games cannot consume suspended games...

This means that in the following preseason, Richard can lead the team to play, but when the regular season begins, he will have to start being suspended...

The seven-game suspension lasted nearly half a month!

Richard simply didn't even bring preseason games. Preseason games were of no use anyway. They were purely for training newcomers and training the lineup.

But now the Trail Blazers only have a new player named Wu Shengchun, and this guy has been banned from the team.

There is not much need to adjust the lineup. The Blazers' lineup and tactics have hardly changed at all compared to last season.

Just wait for his suspension to end, and then Richard will come out again!

After Carlisle left, Richard finally designated Laimbeer as the new chief assistant after some careful consideration.

In any case, Laimbeer is also a legend in the league and is more qualified to be the chief assistant than Stevens and Zhang Weiping.