Bishop of the Devil

Clark's statistics of 30+15+5 directly detonated the basketball circle early the next morning.

There were still many fans who suspected that Richard's original comments about Clark were lying.

You are deliberately disgusting the Bucks and George Karl...

But now it seems that it is really not the case.

Geon Clark is really what Richard calls a super insider. As long as he plays under Richard, he will immediately perform super well.

With the data of 30+15+5, there are really only three or two centers in the league today who have a chance to play.

Although the opponent is a weak chicken, it is not easy for even a weak chicken to produce such data.

Clark himself was already crazy with joy. Such data was something he had never dreamed of before.

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Now Pistons fans have great hope in their hearts.

Nash is extremely powerful at this point and is excellent both offensively and defensively. After half a season, he has already shown a level comparable to Kidd's.

Although the defense is still not as good as Kidd, the offensive end is much better than Kidd.

In this case, Nash may really shake Kidd's reputation as the league's number one point guard.

Of course, in the selection of the league's number one point guard, fans generally exclude Iverson...

At least more than half of the fans regard Iverson as a player at the shooting guard position.

Now there are four major shooting guards among the fan base...

Kobe, Iverson, Tracy McGrady and Carter.

These four are considered the strongest shooting guards in the league today. Of course, Ray Allen, for example, is not bad either.

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Nash played to the level of almost the league's top point guard, while Clark played to the level of the league's top interior player just after his comeback.

Looking at the Pistons' posture, they are definitely on the rise.

Many fans feel that maybe this season the Pistons will soar into the sky and reach the finals!

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But in the next few games, just when the fans thought that the Pistons would take advantage of the victory and pursue the momentum of Clark's comeback to attack the top four positions in the Eastern Conference...

Richard unexpectedly rested Nash.

With Nash taking this break, the entire Pistons were in complete chaos...

As a result, in the next ten games, the Pistons only had a miserable 2 wins and 8 losses!

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Richard's move is almost an announcement that the Pistons are going to screw up this season.

Of course, he can only express through actions that the team is going to fail, and he certainly cannot publicly say that he is going to fail.

The league does not allow team management or players to publicly say that the team is going to be ruined. If caught, it will definitely be severely punished.

Mark Cuban did this kind of thing. He publicly announced at a press conference that the Mavericks were going to fail. As a result, he was fined hundreds of thousands of dollars by the league.

It was naturally impossible for Richard to hit the muzzle of the gun. It was not a glorious thing to show it off anyway. Just show it off secretly. There was no need to make it known to everyone.

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The results of this year's All-Star voting are already out.

Only 0 Nash in the Pistons got the opportunity to enter the All-Star lineup, of course, as a substitute.

The main reason is that the Eastern Conference currently has backcourt players such as Iverson, Kidd, Tracy McGrady, and Jordan. Even if Nash has outstanding statistics this year, he can only get one substitute spot.

Nash has played more than 40 games now, averaging 21.2 points, 9.6 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, which is still quite gorgeous.

With such data, it is quite normal to be selected as an All-Star.

It's just that Nash became the only one of the Pistons to be selected as an All-Star this year, which made Richard a little disappointed.

Thinking back to those days, when he was with the Trail Blazers, even in his first season coaching the Trail Blazers, Richard still had two All-Star players under him.

One is Xiao Ou and the other is Kobe.

Among them, Xiao Ou is still an All-Star starter...

But now the Pistons only have one Nash in the All-Stars, which really makes Richard feel a little bit pained.

This can be regarded as breaking Richard's personal record...

In addition to Nash, in fact, speaking of Clark's data, he is also qualified to enter the All-Star.

In the ten games after his comeback, in addition to scoring 30+15+5 in the first game, Clark also averaged around 15+10+3.5 in the remaining games!

It certainly seems like it has shrunk a lot compared to the first game, but even with this kind of data, it is actually at the All-Star level in the Eastern Conference.

The main reason is that the competition for centers in the East is not fierce. The league's first and second centers are both in the West, including O'Neal and O'Neal.

On the Eastern side, there is obviously not such strong competition. Mourning, the former third center in the league, was diagnosed with severe kidney disease last season, although he is said to be back this season.

But the combat power is far inferior to before.

So far this season, the average of 15+8+2.5 per game is really not as good as Clark's data.

As for Clark's other competitor, Uncle Mu, his average of 11+10+2.4 per game this season is also not as good as Clark.

From this we can also see Clark's strength. In a short period of time, he has already become the number one center in the Eastern Conference.

The No. 1 center in the Eastern Conference really doesn't praise Clark anymore.

Because whether it's from the data or the performance on the field, Clark really doesn't lose to Mourning and Uncle Mu.

After all, one of them has severe kidney disease and the other is old...

As for other competitive center players in the East, such as Camby, who averaged 11+11+1.2 steals and 1.7 blocks per game, and his dream of joining the Raptors this season, he only averaged 7+6 per game.

Anyway, the east side's inside line has never been very strong.

This has been the situation since Richard entered the league, and it has not changed until now.

For example, the four major centers, O'Neal, Damn and the Admiral, are all in the West. There is only one gorilla Ewing in the East.

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When the four major centers are all old and only O'Neal is left, it can be clearly felt that the center is withering.

Although the West side is better than the East center, in fact, it is O'Neal and O'Neal who are supporting the scene...

After excluding the league's first and second centers, Divac, who averages 11+8 per game in the Western Conference, can be the boss.

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Although Clark already has the potential to be the No. 1 center in the Eastern Conference, he played too few games between the All-Star break this year.

Therefore, he failed to be selected as an All-Star this year...

It is quite embarrassing to have the title of No. 1 center in the Eastern Conference but not be selected as an All-Star.

And Richard knows that he is the No. 1 center in the Eastern Conference, and he will probably be able to sit there for less than half a year...

Because Yao Ming is coming soon. When Yao Ming comes, not only the number one center in the league, but also the number one center in the Eastern Conference must be grabbed first.

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However, this year only one Nash from the Pistons was selected as an All-Star. In Richard's view, this is actually a good thing.

Because Richard cannot coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars this year, if a lot of people enter the All-Stars, Richard will lose a lot of All-Star honors.

After all, only when a player plays in the All-Star game for the first time and Richard leads the All-Star team can he get the All-Star light.

It just so happened that there was only Nash this time, so Richard didn't lose too much All-Star glory.

When the Pistons start to exert their strength next season, many players will definitely be selected for the All-Stars. Others dare not say that Yao Ming, Clark, and Richard will definitely become All-Stars.

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The All-Star Game is over, two-thirds of the regular season schedule has passed, and it is about to enter the final stage of the regular season.

The Pistons currently rank 11th in the Eastern Conference, which has almost completely cut off any hope of entering the playoffs.

After Nash's side rested, Richard rested Clark again. Anyway, a fool can see that Richard didn't want to win.

If we continue to play at this pace, the Pistons will definitely be a lottery team this year.

Those Pistons fans are actually quite anxious right now. It's not that the Pistons can't make the playoffs.

They can also see that Richard is trying to show off, and they also know that Richard has a very strong ability in drafting.

If he doesn't perform well now, he might be able to get a strong player next year.

What fans are really worried about is that the Pistons' current record is not bad enough. With such a record, it is estimated that they can get the top ten picks.

If you want to get the top three picks, you have to be really lucky.

What fans hope most now is that Richard can be more shameless, be able to completely mess up, and strive to achieve a record among the bottom three in the league...

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This season, Richard actually reused the four old Pistons players during the process of failure.

The purpose, of course, is to fatten it up, and prepare to sell it when the time comes to see if I can get some bargaining chips such as draft picks.

In the 2003 draft, the Pistons had pretty good draft picks, one from the Grizzlies that might have been the second pick.

And a top-10 protected first-round pick from Seattle...

As for his own draft picks, Richard sold them to the Trail Blazers in the three-way deal involving Nash.

Richard expects these two draft picks to bring him considerable returns.

As for the 2002 draft picks, the Pistons currently only have their own draft picks, one in the first round and one in the second round.

The first round was used to select Yao Ming, and the second round was used to select Boozer...

It's enough. Of course, if these old Pistons can be sold at a good price, Richard may also select a few more newcomers in the 2002 draft.

For example, Prince, Matt Barnes or Scola, the picks of these three are not high. If there are rich draft picks, it will definitely not be a loss to get them.

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It is definitely impossible to continue to build a luxurious lineup like the Trail Blazers in the Pistons.

Because the number of stars produced every year in the future will be much less than in the late 1990s.

It is quite difficult to assemble a lineup with more than ten All-Star players...

However, although some players have not been selected as an All-Star in their career, the role they can play is not necessarily lower than that of an All-Star player.

The best example is Laga Bell. At least in Richard's opinion, after Laga Bell grows up, even if he is given an All-Star player, Richard may not be willing to change him.

Some All-Star players look like they have brilliant statistics, but in fact they are useless, like silver pewter tips.

For example, the statistics of Political Commissar Ma are really gorgeous, but if you want to replace Laga Bell with Political Commissar Ma, Richard may not really change.

First of all, Political Commissar Ma's contract was too big, and Richard felt it was quite uneconomical.

Secondly, Commissar Ma's offensive and defensive efficiency are not as high as Lagaber's. It is estimated that it will be difficult to play Lagaber's role on the court.

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Of course, the Suns can't be stupid enough to trade Marbury for Laga Bell.

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Yao Ming has already reached an agreement with the person in charge of the Shanghai team. Now the CBA league is about to enter the playoffs. By the time the NBA regular season ends, the CBA playoffs will be almost finished.

If everything goes well, Yao Ming will be able to come to the United States directly to meet Richard.

The deadline for draft registration was at the end of April, and Yao Ming did not dare to delay and submitted his draft application form directly to NBA officials.

In fact, if Yao Ming had participated in the draft a year later, there would be no need to sign up for the draft. He would not even have to submit a draft application to the league and would be directly eligible for the draft.

The main thing is that there are two ways to go in the NBA draft. The first is to automatically participate in the draft, and the second is to actively declare.

After reaching the age of 19, there are four situations where you can be automatically qualified to participate in the election. First, you have to play college for four years.

After playing in the NCAA for four years, even if he does not sign up for the draft, he is automatically eligible for the draft. Each team can use the draft pick to select this player.

For example, Duncan meets this requirement...

The second requirement is that you have graduated from high school in the United States for four years. This is actually similar to the first condition. Even if you do not go to college, you can still be eligible for the draft as long as you have graduated from high school for four years.

The third one signed a contract with another professional league and played in it.

Of course, this rule only applies to domestic players in the United States, and there are other regulations for foreign players.

For example, Bowen was qualified to enter the NBA because of this condition.

Every player entering the NBA must go through the draft. This is a necessary process.

Some players seem to have entered the league without going through the draft. In fact, that is because they have already automatically qualified for the draft, but they just were not selected...

Essentially, they are undrafted.

As for the fourth condition, it is valid for foreign players like Yao Ming. Foreign players who are over 22 years old are automatically eligible for the draft.

Yao Ming is not yet 22 years old, but he is getting closer. He will be 22 years old in half a year...

When he turns 22, he will automatically be eligible for the draft without having to declare.

Speaking of this, Birdman Anderson is actually quite miserable...

When he participated in the draft, he either felt that he met the qualifications to participate in the draft, or he did not know that the draft required voluntary declaration to the league, so he only publicly announced that he would participate in the draft without submitting a written application to the league...

As a result, he was not eligible for the draft that year.

As a result, after playing in the CBA for a while, he met the third condition of the automatic draft and became eligible for the draft.

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Yao Ming currently does not meet the conditions for the automatic draft, so he naturally has to take the initiative to declare.

After successfully applying, it means that Yao Ming has truly become an NBA reserve!