Bishop of the Devil

The end-of-season celebration ceremony arranged by Paul Allen was held again on Octopus.

It was a bigger battle than last time, but the boys were all experienced people, so they were quite restrained this time.

Richard didn't touch anything dirty, not that he was noble or calm, but when he thought of such dirty things, his mind immediately thought of his wife's face in his previous life.

I immediately lost interest...

For three days, Richard wrote "Violent Black" non-stop. This is currently Richard's main source of income.

By mid-June, the Trail Blazers' first joint trial began.

The trial list that Richard gave Stevens previously had a total of twenty people. These twenty people have one thing in common, that is, they are all big players.

Although Stevens had some doubts, he still followed Richard's instructions and sent out trial applications to every player on the roster.

Because the Trail Blazers have so many draft picks, Stevens originally thought Richard would spread his investment and pick a rookie in every position possible.

But now judging from the trial list given by Richard, Richard's ideas are obviously different from Stevens.

Stevens thought about Richard's arrangement. In fact, it makes sense. Sabonis has already confirmed to leave the team. The team lacks a center. It may be necessary to add a decent backup center and select a group of big men to try. Xun makes perfect sense.

Michael Olowokandi, Leif LaFrentz, Michael Doriak, Dionne Clark, Rasu Nesterovich, Al Harrington, Rashad Lewis, Stepania, Ryan Stark, etc...

There are the popular No. 1 pick candidate Olowokandi, LaFrentz who is predicted to be the top three picks, two insiders Doriac and Clark who are predicted to be lottery picks, and two high school big men Haring. Dayton and Lewis...

There are also some unknown players, these players are predicted to be selected at the bottom of the second round, or even lose the draft!

But these players all have one thing in common, that is, they are big men. The shortest Harrington is 206 centimeters. No one on the 20-man roster is shorter than Harrington...

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Most of the team's trial training work has actually been completed during the playoffs, and the Bulls' trial training in the first two days has also been completed. They don't have so many draft picks, so the trial training is quite Simple, only lasted half a day...

At present, the only trial training for the Trail Blazers in the league has not yet taken place, and everyone is staring at the Trail Blazers.

Needless to say, Richard's vision in selecting people is unsatisfactory in the entire league!

After joining the NBA for two full seasons, Richard led the Trail Blazers' two-year draft and gained tremendously!

Kobe, O'Brien, and Ben were all super rookies selected by Richard through the draft. This is not the point. The point is that Kobe, the highest pick among the three, was only the seventh overall pick.

Stephen Jackson and Bruce Bowen, two outstanding Trail Blazers substitutes, were newcomers that Richard picked up almost for free.

Including Purdue University's lineup that beats the NCAA, it is enough to show how vicious Richard's vision is.

Now every team is closely watching the Trail Blazers' trial training. They have even bribed the staff in the Rose Garden Arena, hoping to get first-hand information!

This kind of thing happens all the time among teams. The team bribes the staff of other teams, which may be the security guard watching the gate, the cleaning lady, or even the management with status, so as to obtain the benefits. First-hand news from their team.

Richard is naturally not worried about this kind of thing. The more "spies" like this, the better. If no one knows about the trial training process, Richard's plan will not work.

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On June 20th, there is only one week left before the draft begins.

By conducting trial training at this time, I am afraid that the Trail Blazers have also broken the NBA's historical record. It is the latest time for trial training in the entire history.

"Coach, Olowokandi and LaFrentz refused to try out, and I found two big men on the list who looked pretty good to replace them. There were exactly 20 people!" Steven Si reported the situation to Richard the day before the trial.

All the newcomers for trial training have arrived in Portland. Only Olowokandi and LaFrentz, two popular top three picks, have declined the invitation to trial training.

This is normal, after all, the highest draft pick in the hands of the Trail Blazers is only the seventh overall pick, and the draft is approaching, so they are naturally unwilling to come.

But others are different. Although Doriac and Clark are also popular candidates for the lottery, they are estimated to be at the bottom. If they can be selected by Richard with the seventh pick, they will Naturally, I will not miss this opportunity.

Now the whole world knows that Sara has confirmed to leave the team, and the Trail Blazers lack a backup center.

If he can be selected by the Trail Blazers, he might be able to win the championship with the team in his rookie season. Only fools would not do this kind of flattering thing.

"Well done! We will gather at our training ground at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Although it is a closed trial, we invite everyone on the team, including the support staff, to come and have a look..." Richard said with a smile. .

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At eight o'clock the next morning, Richard appeared in the arena on time. How dare the twenty newcomers who were undergoing trial training be late at this moment? They were already fully equipped and warming up.

The team's executives and support staff are all here. Although things like trial training have nothing to do with them, they have nothing to do anyway, so it's good to come and see the excitement.

"Stevens, take them to take physical measurements first!"

"By the way, let me do something with the data of these people..." Richard pointed to a few people on the list. Some exaggerated the physical test data, while others shrank the data...

About two hours later, the physical test data came out.

Although NBA officials have already conducted a physical test during the joint trial, the water content is too high, so each team will conduct another trial during the team trial.

Richard took the heated physical test data sheet and said to the twenty newcomers.

"Rashad Lewis, Tyson Wheeler, Ryan Stark..."

"I'm sorry to inform you that your physical test data is unqualified and you will not be able to enter the next round of trial training!"

A full six players were named, and they were stunned. Is the trial training over?

They were eliminated without even showing off their skills...

Just because he failed the physical test? ! The six people looked at each other, and they now wanted to know what the criteria for Richard's qualifications were.

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The six people left the training ground with regrets on their faces, and Richard handed the physical test data sheet to Olshey and the others.

"No wonder they can't enter the next round of trial training. The physical test data of these people are too rubbish!"

"I feel that at my age, my physical test data is probably better than these people!"

"Hey, today's young people are not as good as the previous generation, and they don't know how they practice!"

The physical test data sheet was circulated among the executives and logistics staff, and everyone sighed...