Bishop of the Devil

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The morning before the game, the Pistons will prepare to gather at twelve o'clock and then fly to New York to play the away opener.

Richard asked David Lee to arrive at his office one hour early, and he was going to have a good chat with David Lee.

David Lee's heart knot must be untied as soon as possible, otherwise, when Richard leaves the Pistons, David Lee will probably be completely useless.

A player who doesn't want to make progress and is not a talented player has no place in the NBA.

…

David Li's eyebrows were filled with sorrow, and he looked lazy. He must have just woken up.

Richard glanced at David Lee coldly, and suddenly became angry.

It was already eleven o'clock at noon, and this guy had only just woken up. It was unbearable.

"David, let's get straight to the point." Richard looked serious.

When David Lee saw Richard's expression, he cheered up.

"If you continue like this, you will be useless!"

"It's completely useless. No team will be willing to sign you. You will become a shame to our West Lafayette!"

"Yes, it's a shame. Among the players produced in West Lafayette, we have never had a player as weak as you!"

Richard's tone was quite serious, which made David Li blush.

Especially that sentence of shame, it was like a sharp knife that stabbed into David Lee's heart.

Once upon a time, he was proud to be a West Lafayette player. When he saw West Lafayette seniors win awards and championships in the NBA, he felt even more honored!

But now, according to Richard, David Lee is about to become the shame of West Lafayette...

"Coach, I..." David Lee struggled, trying to explain something.

But he was interrupted rudely and directly by Richard.

"What are you! I don't want to hear any excuses!"

"I, Richard!"

"My parents died when I was young, and my family was devastated."

"There is no choice but to succeed!"

"And you?"

"If you can't make a living out of basketball, what can you do?!"

"In addition to inheriting your grandfather's dozens of chain stores, three buildings, and hundreds of millions of dollars in property, what else do you think you have?"

"What are you still?!"

Richard poked David Li's chest and said with hatred.

Richard is not joking. David Lee’s grandfather is really a wealthy man with quite a lot of assets to his name. He is probably richer than at least one-third of the owners in the NBA. He just donated money to charity. Seventy or eighty million US dollars...

"I have no talent, coach." David Li lowered his head, his eyes were red, and he felt very aggrieved.

"Shit, who the hell said you have no talent?!"

"You find it for me, and I will lead people to burn down his shop!"

"If you can enter West Lafayette, who dares to say that you have no talent? Any West Lafayette player is the pride of heaven!"

"Stop that bitch of yours and start for me tomorrow night. If you can't produce a decent figure, I have to let your big brothers come and see for themselves how much their little brothers have failed them. Face!"

…

David Lee's mind went blank after being yelled at by Richard. He only heard the words "Burn down someone else's shop, God's chosen one, starter, disgrace"...

…

After roaring at David Lee, Richard naturally felt uncomfortable.

But the only way to deal with David Lee's current situation is this crude way.

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At eight o'clock the next night, the opening game of the 2003-2004 regular season officially started.

The Detroit Pistons challenge the New York Knicks on the road.

To the surprise of Knicks fans and media reporters at the scene, the Pistons' lineup today looks quite weird...

Yao Ming and Clark were not on the roster. Looking closer, these two big players were put on the injured list by Richard at the start of the game.

Those two people were definitely not injured, everyone knew that.

By the time the Pistons' starting lineup came on stage, everyone almost knew Richard's intentions.

The Pistons' starting lineup: center Milicic, power forward David Lee, small forward Josh Howard, shooting guard Laga Bell and point guard Nash.

In this game, Richard actually put three pure newcomers into the starting lineup, and two of the inside players were players who did not perform very well in the previous preseason.

Any fool can see that Richard is ready to train the newcomers.

…

In the offseason that just ended, the Knicks started to commit suicide again.

During the offseason, they spent a lot of money to acquire Marbury, Keith Van Horn, Vin Baker, Penny Hardaway, Mutombo from the Suns...

Uninformed fans, seeing this list rashly, may shout to God, the Knicks are going to win the championship.

But think about this era, the Knicks' arrangement can be called NC.

He is really stupid. Among the players he hired, all of them have big names, but none of them are easy to use.

There are some who were quite powerful in their prime, such as Uncle Mu, such as Penny Hardaway...

But these two are almost retired, and it is difficult to play efficient games on the court.

…

Richard has almost seen clearly the team building plan of the Knicks.

They don't care whether you have the ability or not. As long as you are famous and can attract fans, then they will accept it first.

Perhaps in the entire league, the Knicks team's lineup construction task is the easiest, because they have no lineup construction at all, they are just messing together.

This is not something that happens in a day or two. It can even be said to be the tradition of the Knicks. Whether it is before or in future generations, the probability of junk contracts in the Knicks team is definitely the highest in the league.

If they hadn't been lucky enough to draft a great player like Willis Reed, they might not have been able to win a championship in their long team history.

Anyway, the Knicks team just looks bluffing, cobbled together with a set of well-known players. Before the regular season started, Knicks fans were like chicken blood, shouting to win the championship...

As a result, once the regular season was over, his original shape was immediately revealed.

The Knicks' starting lineup also appeared, Tim Thomas, Kurt Thomas, Keith Van Horn, Alan Houston and Marbury.

Maybe it’s because of Da Zhi’s success at the small forward position. Keith Van Horn, a player who entered the league in the same class as Da Zhi and has a similar style of play, is now starting to follow Da Zhi’s route.

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

"Fuck me, David, I want to see your hard work tonight!" Richard stood on the sidelines and shouted towards the court.

David Lee's heart was quite complicated. He knew very well that this starting opportunity was hard-won.

There are not many players on this Pistons team who are more qualified than him to take the starting power forward position.

Not to mention Clark, Boozer and David West performed much better than David Lee in the previous preseason!

Now Richard has given himself a precious chance to start in the opening game. If he still performs like half-dead, David Lee knows that he is almost finished.

No matter how much Richard wanted to help himself, he couldn't help him at all.

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"Fight, no matter what, let's fight!" David Lee cheered up.

He had to fight hard. If he really failed to gain a foothold in the NBA, as Richard said, what hope would he have for his future? !

Can I just go back and inherit my grandfather's property?

…

Milicic succeeded in jumping the ball and got the first offensive ball for the Pistons.

In terms of physical fitness, Milicic had no faults at all and won the jump ball with an absolute advantage.

At the beginning of the game, Nash passed the ball directly and decisively to David Lee. After receiving the ball, David Lee turned around and hit the mid-range shot.

Richard's shout before the game and David Lee's West Lafayette identity are the reasons why Nash passed the ball to David Lee this time.

Players with high IQs generally have high IQs. It is impossible for Nash not to see what Richard is thinking at this moment.

After scoring in the mid-range shot, David Lee felt a little more at ease, and it seemed that he felt pretty good tonight.

…

The ball possession changed and it was the Knicks' turn to attack.

Tonight, Richard mainly wants to strengthen David Lee and make him realize his potential. The Knicks are a pretty good opponent.

Their inside line is weak and can be used to train David Lee.

If we were playing a team like the Trail Blazers, Spurs or Lakers tonight, then Richard would definitely not let David Lee start...

I guess I will not be confident by then, but I will be even more pessimistic.

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At his peak, David Lee averaged about 20+12 per game, and his jumping ability was pretty good. He had won the National Dunk King before...

But he is not the dunk king of the NBA, but the dunk king of the Golden Arches All-Star Game.

At present, David Lee, fed by Nash, has been hitting the opponent's inside. Although his shooting rate is not very high, his statistics are also rising.

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Halfway through the first quarter, Richard took advantage of the timeout to take Milicic off the court and replace him with Boozer.

Milicic still hasn't found the rhythm of the NBA game and is at a loss on the court.

Although Richard's main purpose in this game is still to train, he definitely doesn't want to lose to a team like the Knicks.

At the end of the half-quarter, the Knicks are holding on to the Pistons' score, and the two sides are basically tied.

After Boozer came on the court, the Pistons immediately took the initiative.

If Boozer plays center, he is naturally a little too short, but you have to know that Knicks center Tim Thomas is only 208 centimeters, so Boozer does not have any height disadvantage.

Boozer is definitely a typical scheming boy. After his appearance, he used his strong body to block David Lee's positions in various ways and helped David Lee to increase his statistics...

David Li was a little embarrassed.

After being in contact with Richard for such a long time, Boozer could probably understand Richard's nature.

If I help David Lee properly tonight, Richard will definitely not be indifferent, and maybe he can be given more screen time.

By the end of the first quarter, David Lee had already scored 12 points and 4 rebounds. Compared with his previous preseason performance, it was a huge difference.

After several preseason games, David Lee failed to score a total of 12 points and 4 rebounds...

Many Pistons fans who watched the live broadcast of this game are relieved now. It seems that David Lee still has some potential, at least it cannot be said to be a parallel import.