Bishop of the Devil

You must know that Kidd can be said to be the well-deserved number one point guard in the league right now.

And Nash's passing and control ability displayed tonight is no less than Kidd. I'm afraid the only thing that is almost interesting is the defensive intensity.

But now Nash's defense is not what it used to be. The previous Nash's defensive end can be said to be worlds apart from Kidd's.

Maybe the defensive intensity of the two Nashes tied together is not as good as that of Kidd.

But now, although there is still a slight gap, the gap is no longer particularly large.

Everyone was shocked. Is this still the Nash? !

Or the Nash with only half the maximum salary?

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Richard nodded repeatedly as he watched from the sidelines. It seemed that only this kind of run-and-gun tactic could fully utilize Nash's abilities.

It can be said that the run-and-gun tactic is the most suitable tactic for Nash, and Nash is also the most suitable backcourt engine for the run-and-gun tactic. Nash is more suitable than Kidd, Stockton or Payton.

The two completely complement each other!

If Richard only had tactics and no Nash, he would definitely not be able to achieve the current effect.

If there was Nash but no run-and-gun tactics were used, Nash would not be able to perform such an amazing performance right now.

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As soon as the game opened, the Pistons scored points at lightning speed, leaving Jordan numb.

He has been in this league for so many years, and this is the first time he has seen such a crazy style of play.

On the offensive end, he was like a madman, as if the basketball in his hand was like a bomb about to explode...

As soon as the Pistons players receive the ball, they take action immediately without any hesitation at all.

There is no stopping the ball to look for offensive opportunities, let alone players sticking to the ball.

The basketball was like a hot potato in their hands, and they all wanted to throw it out quickly.

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By the time half of the game was over, the Pistons already had a huge advantage of 23:12.

The Pistons' current lineup is so much better than the Wizards.

That's not really a problem...

Mainly because the Pistons generals felt good tonight, and the Wizards' lineup was restrained.

Take a look at the Wizards' inside lineup, Lao Sa plus Kwame Brown!

Needless to say, Lao Sa, a heavy and overweight center, and currently very old, don't even think about how fast he is.

Often Anderson is already in position in the frontcourt, and then he slowly runs to the midfield.

As for Kwame Brown, this high school player's physical fitness is naturally very good, but he was a little confused by Jordan's scolding on the court. He was like a headless chicken and had no idea where he should stand on the court.

Although Jordan's sword is still young, he shot 3 of 6 in the first quarter and scored 7 points, but they were a little unable to withstand the Pistons' crazy running and gunning style.

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In the second half of the first quarter, Kwame Brown made another mistake this time that Jordan could not tolerate.

After taking off the backboard, he failed to protect it and was actually taken out by Nash. Then Nash directly organized another attack and successfully scored.

Jordan called a timeout directly at the technical table.

Although Richard couldn't hear what Jordan was yelling on the bench, looking at Kwame Brown's expression, it was obvious that he didn't save any face for Kwame Brown.

Jordan placed too much expectations on Kwame Brown, which also made it difficult for him to tolerate Kwame Brown making mistakes on the court.

In Richard's view, a rookie makes some mistakes on the court, such as not catching the ball or not protecting the rebound after grabbing it.

This is all quite normal.

Even Ben and O'Brien made many low-level mistakes in the first year of their careers.

Especially Xiao Ou, the number of mistakes he made in the first year of his career was much more serious than Kwame Brown...

But Richard wasn't always encouraging.

It is completely normal for rookies to make mistakes. Even Duncan, who can say that he did not make low-level mistakes in his rookie season.

But when it comes to Jordan, he can't stand Kwame Brown's mistakes.

In fact, at the end of the day, Kwame Brown is just a high school student and has never even played in the NCAA. If you expect him to be as mature as Duncan, it is nothing short of wishful thinking.

Richard felt that Jordan went a little too far in this matter.

But it was hard for him to say anything. After all, Kwame Brown was Jordan's player. It was his business to scold him however he wanted. Richard was not qualified to point fingers.

If Kwame Brown was a player under his command, then Richard would never scold him so publicly...

A young man wants to save face, let alone one who is a top scholar. If he is scolded like this, if things go on like this, he will definitely develop a low self-esteem.

Thinking of this, Richard couldn't help but think of the domestic player training system.

In Richard's view, there is a reason why the three major domestic teams have not been able to grow.

He had previously seen on Weibo that the men's volleyball coach took the ball and hit his players furiously after the game, before the fans had left the field.

He even publicly slapped his own players.

Yes, this is a good thing done by the coach of a certain domestic men's volleyball team...

It’s amazing that a coach with this kind of conduct can teach good players!

Even talented players will become useless if they are scolded and beaten like this.

This is already a personal insult to Chi Guoguo. Think about what prospects a player who grew up in such an environment can have, they are tied up!

(If you are interested, you can search for Yuan Dangyi of the men’s volleyball team. If you look at the video, you will know how low-level domestic coaches are.)

Jordan only scolded him verbally, but at home, it was better. The game had just ended and he greeted him directly.

If the players don't work hard and contradict the coach, then if they get angry and beat them up, they can still explain it.

But now that players are treated like this just because their performance is not good enough, it is really shocking.

Don't these coaches think about their conduct when they are playing?

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Richard has his own way of educating people, that is, he will never let his players feel that their personality is insulted.

Clark's incident was an accident. If Richard didn't use severe measures, Clark might not realize the seriousness of the problem.

As for Lagabell, Richard talked to him privately, and no other players knew the content of their conversation.

In Richard's view, coaches who beat and scold players because of their poor performance are a cancer in the coaching industry.

Such people should be eliminated.

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"Hey, this poor kid, if you have a chance in the future, please help this kid. He is really pitiful!" Richard looked at Kwame Brown with some discomfort.

You know, this is just a child...

It was a bit too much to have to face such harsh treatment from an old gangster just after graduating from high school.

If Jordan only had strict requirements on him in training and encouraged him at other times to increase his confidence on the court, then Richard felt that even if Kwame Brown played again, he would not be in such a miserable situation in future generations.

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The timeout ended, and both teams returned to the court. Kwame Brown was simply put on the bench by Jordan.

Until the end of the game, Kwame Brown did not get another chance to play.

This is definitely not an exception, but the norm for the first two years of Kwame Brown’s career…

As long as his performance on the court is not good, Jordan will immediately replace him and never give him a chance to play.

A No. 1 overall pick played in 57 games in his rookie season, starting only three games and averaging less than 15 minutes per game...

What powerful performance can you ask him to perform? That would definitely be too difficult for someone to do.

After missing the best training period in the first two years and becoming the number one draft pick, Kwame Brown was completely ruined.

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"Beep!" The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

The Pistons successfully relied on run-and-gun tactics to win this game.

Jordan's face was quite ugly and frighteningly dark!

It's not that losing to Richard made him so uncomfortable, but Kwame Brown's debut performance made him crazy...

Although Kwame Brown has played several preseason games before, generally speaking, a player's career debut is counted from the beginning of the regular season.

Kwame Brown's debut was a complete failure, only scoring 2 points and 2 rebounds.

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After the game, Jordan left the game with the Wizards. How could he still be in the mood to chat with Richard?

During the draft, Richard reminded him that Kwame Brown was not the best candidate for the No. 1 pick, but he didn't listen...

How could he be interested in chatting with Richard now?

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Tonight's game completely shocked the entire basketball circle.

This rather alternative style of play leaves people speechless...

The Pistons took 95 crazy shots tonight, and the Wizards also took a lot of shots, up to 97!

You must know that under normal circumstances, in this era, the normal number of shots taken by both teams is around 80.

Now it has been directly improved fifteen times!

It can be seen how fast the offensive rhythm of this game is!

The Wizards' offensive rhythm is not that fast, but because the Pistons attack so fast, they save a lot of offensive rounds, and the Wizards will naturally be able to have more offensive rounds.

In this game, both sides had a frightening number of offensive rounds, which naturally resulted in a lot more points.

With a final score of 127:112, the Pistons won at home by a fifteen-point margin.

You must know that the Wizards' lineup is actually not bad, but the main reason is that they cannot prevent effective return defense, which makes them unable to prevent the Pistons' fast break.

Jordan's performance in this game definitely demonstrated what it means to be young, as he scored 32 points in a single game.

Although he has been away from the NBA for three years, the first game back is still reminiscent of Michael Jordan, the league's first player who once dominated the league.

As for Hamilton, the Wizards' second core, he didn't feel too good tonight under Laga Bell's defense and scored 19 points.

Laga Bell's defense has made Pistons fans very happy in recent times.

This guy Richard picked up from the free market actually had a lot of energy in his body.

The performance on the defensive end was quite impressive. Except for his poor performance in the first game of the preseason, in other games, his performance on the defensive end was quite desperate.

Not only that, but his awareness of taking open shots is also quite good.

In tonight's game, he scored 17 points, made 8 three-pointers, and hit 4 of them!

Perhaps under the guidance of Laga Bell, Gerald Wallace also gradually found the feeling of the game.

Although Jordan scored a super high score of 32 points in this game, Gerrard himself also scored 22 points with sudden shots.

Especially the several air-cut dunks that got rid of Jordan, it was even more exciting!

Of course, if you want to say that the real hero of the Pistons' victory is undoubtedly Nash, the backcourt engine.

Nash's debut with the Pistons was absolutely perfect.

The data of 26 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals are extremely luxurious.

The most important thing is that Nash's offensive accuracy is simply terrifying.

He made 6 of 8 two-pointers, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws. In just fifteen shots, he scored 26 points. How incredible.

Among the eight two-point shots, four were mid-range shots, and the remaining four were breakthrough shots.

Nash's offensive firepower was really strong, and even Richard couldn't help but applaud loudly.

As the player who has entered the 180 club the most times in a single season in NBA history, Nash's offensive ability is definitely one that is underestimated.

Nash tonight was a good explanation of what precision and efficient offensive efficiency are.

There were no sudden huge profit dunks, no pull-up three-pointers, just simple pick-and-roll shots.

But even so, this simple and unpretentious offensive method killed the Wizards quietly.

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Richard was quite excited after winning the first game of the regular season.

This means that his run and gun tactics can be effective...

Richard had a hunch that if their Pistons still played defensive counterattack in this game, they might not be able to outperform the Wizards.

Now that we have won, it means that the effect is quite good.

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However, this game did not expose problems.

Laga Bell and Nash's outside three-pointers are quite accurate, but the three-pointers of others in the team are not satisfactory to Richard at the moment.

Gerald Wallace took three three-point shots from the outside tonight, all of which were irons.

Hu Weidong came on as a substitute and played for fifteen minutes. His efficiency was also poor, and he only scored 4 points.

Hu Weidong has good three-point ability in the CBA, so Richard positioned him as an outside shooter who mainly shoots three-pointers.

However, Hu Weidong's three-point shots on the court came up short several times, which made Richard quite helpless.

The reason is that the NBA's three-point line is longer than the CBA's three-point line.

The average length is between half a meter and 75 centimeters. Don't underestimate this half-step distance, which has a huge impact on the player's hits.

During previous training, Richard discovered this problem with Hu Weidong, who was not adaptable to the NBA's three-point line.

I thought that if I got used to it, I would be able to adjust...

Now it seems that it is not easy to adjust. After all, you are so old. It is not that easy to change your shooting habits.

In fact, similar problems do not only happen to Hu Weidong.

Players from the CBA entering the NBA are more or less faced with this problem...

For example, Yi Jianlian could shoot 42% of his three-pointers at his peak in the CBA. If he could shoot this kind of three-pointer in the NBA, it is no exaggeration to say that he would not be unemployed.

Even if the defense is not good enough, even if there are problems like this, he can't be unemployed just with his ability to shoot three-pointers.

But the problem is, because the NBA three-point line is further away from the basket, he will definitely not be able to achieve this kind of shooting rate in the NBA.

If he could really hit this kind of hit rate, Yi Di could become a figure like Lewis...

Richard thought for a while, and now he can only let Hu Weidong use mid-range shots as his main offensive method for the time being.

After all, it would make sense for Chinese Jordan to focus on mid-range shooting...

After chatting with Hu Weidong about this matter once, Hu Weidong nodded and agreed.

In fact, he is quite confused at the moment. Richard positioned him as an outside three-pointer. As a result, he was not adapted to the NBA three-point line, resulting in an extremely low shooting rate.

Under such circumstances, he naturally felt a little hesitant...

Now that Richard asked him to focus on mid-range shooting, he was relieved. As for mid-range shooting, he was still somewhat sure.

After confirming this matter, Richard thought for a while and asked for Yao Ming's phone number from Hu Weidong.

He felt that he needed to say hello to Yao Ming first...

Let Yao Ming prepare first. After all, he is already Richard's designated center forward.

There are actually many purposes for saying hello.

The most important thing is to let Yao Ming test the Shanghai team's attitude first. Richard's only worry now is that the Shanghai team will interfere with it.

In Richard's view, the biggest difficulty in getting Yao Ming is not the No. 1 pick, but the many domestic difficulties...

As for the No. 1 pick, Richard is 100% sure that he can get it. On the contrary, due to the difficulties in the country, Richard doesn't know if there will be any changes compared to normal history.

For example, the Shanghai team refused to let anyone go.

For example, the domestic basketball association said they would not release anyone...

This would be quite embarrassing...

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Now the CBA league has officially started. Speaking of which, the full name of the current CBA is actually the Motorola China Men's Basketball Professional League...

Last season it was the Hilton China Men’s Professional League…

Going further, it is the naming rights purchased by 555 Cigarettes.

Anyway, it sounds quite unprofessional.

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At eight o'clock in the evening, Richard called Yao Ming.

Yao Ming was stunned when he received the call, feeling that he had been targeted by some international fraud organization...

It turned out that he was Richard on the other end of the phone, and he finally came to his senses.

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He and Richard had not communicated before, but this did not mean that he was unaware of Richard's existence.

Not only was there overwhelming news in China, Yao Ming also learned a lot about Richard from Dazhi.

When Da Zhi praised Richard, it definitely had a mythical tone.

In Yao Ming's opinion, Richard might be a living god on land...