Bishop of the Devil

Before the executives and support staff could finish their discussion, Richard said to the remaining fourteen players.

"Okay, to the remaining young guys, congratulations on entering the second round of trials!"

"Now let's do 1V1 under the basket. You should be very clear that our Blazers currently lack a backup center. Now let me see your strength!"

As soon as Richard finished speaking, several players looked unnatural...

Because after these people heard about the 1V1 under the basket, they quickly understood that they probably would not be able to pass the second round of trials because they did not have the ability to do the 1V1 under the basket.

This second round of trial training lasted another two hours.

This time Richard was even more ruthless and directly eliminated ten players, Al Harrington being among them.

Richard gave an evaluation on each player who was brushed off on their physical examination form. Harrington's evaluation was very simple.

"The style of play is soft, the defense is slow, there is no confrontation, and the defensive awareness is rubbish!"

…

As for the remaining four, there is Clark and three unknown players.

It happened to be twelve o'clock at noon, and Richard personally took the four people to the team restaurant for some lunch.

This move sent a quite straightforward signal, that is, Richard valued these four people very much.

…

In the afternoon, the process and results of the Trail Blazers' closed trial training were learned by several teams in the league. They contacted their close brother teams one after another to share the news.

This news was obtained from internal sources at a cost of several thousand dollars. Naturally, they would not doubt the authenticity of the news.

A few thousand dollars in exchange for a list of Richard's favorite players is not a very profitable deal.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, half of the teams in the league had learned the news...

The management or head coaches of these teams picked up the phone one after another to discuss with their brother teams how to use this news to obtain greater benefits.

"Look, let me just say it, those two high school students are not good! Don't look at the previous drafts, the high school students performed pretty well, but there is also Tracy from the Raptors, who only averaged 7 points per game at the 9th position." Suns. Head coach Danny Ainge said to Grizzlies coach Hill on the phone.

"We can doubt other things, but with Richard's eyes, this thing is really too mysterious, and there is really no way to doubt it. Plus, this is news obtained from within them!"

"Thinking about the draft picks in the hands of the Trail Blazers, I feel that these people should be Richard's targets in the draft!"

Angie said again.

"Hey, it's a pity. We don't lack big players now. It would be great if Richard held a trial training for backcourt players. In that case, we can also take advantage..." Brian Hill said with a wry smile.

…

Early the next morning, what Hill was looking forward to really happened!

The Trail Blazers actually held a joint closed trial for backcourt players!

At two o'clock in the afternoon the day before, Richard asked Stevens to contact a group of backcourt players for a trial training, and asked these newcomers to call the flight that day and come to Portland immediately...

In the end, during the trial training of the backcourt players, Richard left five players behind and took them all to lunch.

Naturally, the trial training process and results were immediately known to each team...

The teams were extremely excited, and they began to analyze the people Richard valued, and in what order it would be more appropriate to win them.

Because the Trail Blazers only have one high-ranking draft pick, and there is currently only one O'Brien left at the center position of the Trail Blazers, from the perspective of each team, the Trail Blazers should definitely choose a center with the No. 7 pick. of.

As for the center candidate, according to various teams, Richard will probably choose Clark.

As for the remaining little-known players, Richard probably has to use their remaining draft picks to select...

For a time, each team was like a shark after smelling blood. They found out the information of these players and studied it overnight.

Some of these players, they also had trials...

But that is the player that Richard values ​​​​so much. Can my own vision be compared with Richard's? !

If it can be compared, the team that could compete with the Bulls in seven games last season would not be the Trail Blazers, but them!

Even if there is really no bright spot in these players, they still feel that these players must have some characteristics that attract Richard.

"We had trial training with this player, and his abilities in all aspects were mediocre. What did Richard like about him?!"

"I think it must be the hard work of this kid. I was quite impressed with this kid. At that time, I felt that missing this kid would definitely make us regret it for the rest of our lives!"

"Hurry up and call the management for a meeting. Let's study how to take down this kid..."

"When we tried out this player, his physical test data were very poor, but his defensive awareness was quite good. Could it be that Richard felt that this kid would be a player like Bruce Bowen?!"

"By winning him, we have the 22nd pick in the first round. If possible, this player will be our first choice!"

Similar conversations are taking place among the management of each team...

Originally, because the draft was about to begin, they had already determined their draft targets.

But as the Trail Blazers' trial training was leaked, they overturned their original draft targets, causing the management of each team to hold meetings for several days in a row...

They are really tired, but it feels like the hard work is quite worth it!

If you can grab Richard's favorite target, it will be worth it no matter how tired you are...

Not to mention players like Ou, Kobe and Ben, even if you get a player like Bowen or Jackson with a low pick, it will be a huge profit!

…

Richard is naturally aware of the current situation. In fact, this is exactly what he wants to see.

Because the draft picks at hand were too low, Richard had to make this shameless move to disrupt the draft plans of each team.

As for cheating these teams, Richard will definitely not feel any guilt, because this trial training was originally a closed trial. If they can get the news, it must be through dirty means...

They had no good intentions, so Richard tricked them, how could they feel any psychological burden.

Now the entire league's draft market has been completely disrupted because of Richard's trial...

The high-ranking rookies will not be greatly affected. After all, Richard has not tried out several high-ranking rookies, but the draft market for mid- to low-ranking picks is already in chaos.