Bishop of the Devil

There is one minute left before the end of the first half...

Bogut came off the court, but it was not because Stotts took him off the court, but because he ran out of fouls.

In just two quarters of game time, Varejao directly committed four offensive fouls and one defensive foul on Bogut. Bogut got the remaining one foul when he defended Iguodala's breakthrough.

Jordan is going crazy with joy. The potential shown by Bogut is quite good...

He has rebounding, defense, low-post singles, and good confrontation under the basket, but who cares about these advantages right now, as they are all focused on his embarrassing statistic of six fouls in the half.

6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block and 6 fouls, these are Bogut's halftime statistics...

It's not bad to say it's bad, but it certainly can't be said to be good, and it's far from worthy of his status as the No. 1 pick.

Jordan feels that the day is not far away when he will be completely whitewashed.

…

Jordan was crazy about it, but Stotts was crazy about it.

He couldn't understand how Richard produced such a weird player. Well, this weird guy refers to Varejao.

Is this still a player? This is obviously an actor...

This actor completely ruined Bogut's preseason debut.

Stotts actually knows very well that if there is no Varejao tonight, with Bogut's ability, giving him enough playing time to score 15+10 data does not seem to be very difficult.

But now everything is over, completely ruined by this actor.

Now Stotts just wants to curse loudly, and he doesn't know if Bogut's mentality will be affected.

"Andrew, don't take it to heart. The opponent's conspiracy is only useful during the regular season. When the real critical moment comes, you still have the strength to fight."

"You performed very well tonight and we are all very satisfied."

Stotts patted Bogut on the shoulder and comforted him.

Bogut was originally furious at Varejao, but now he feels better after being comforted by his coach.

In any case, it can be seen from this game that the coach values ​​​​himself. As long as he values ​​himself, he will succeed sooner or later.

…

Richard replaced the team's substitute lineup in the second half, but several new players stayed on the court and continued to play.

Gortat and Mourning played together.

Under normal circumstances, this Polish hammer would have been quite embarrassed at the beginning of his career...

He was selected by the Phoenix Suns and then directly transferred to the Development League by the Suns.

This decentralization took nearly two years, and I am afraid that even the Suns themselves forgot that there was such a player in the team.

Later, in a deal, he was sold to the Magic as a trade addition.

It wasn't until the end of the 2008 season that he finally got the chance to make his NBA debut.

Later in the Magic, he became Howard's chief substitute. In the 2010-11 season, the Suns bought him back from the Magic and gave him a stable starting position.

At his peak, Gortat was also a first-line center averaging 15+10+1.5 blocks per game.

It can also be seen from this that the Suns actually have a good eye for selection.

Not only Gortat, but also the former Warrior Jackson, was also a treasure picked up by the Suns in the second round...

But the bad thing is that the Suns often don't use them very much after selecting them, and they end up being cheaper than other teams.

Right now, Richard is preparing to train Gortat and try to sell him in exchange for next year's draft pick before this year's trade market closes.

Of course, if Gortat wants to exchange for a high-ranking draft pick, it is unlikely that he will get a high-ranking draft pick. Richard may have to add some chips by then.

Regarding Ariza, Richard actually has a plan to fatten him up and sell him, but he is not in a hurry right now, at least he has to wait until next year's draft is over.

…

Gortat, Mourning, Ariza, Granger and Paul were on the court. The Bucks didn't bother to care about this game because Bogut couldn't play.

In the end, the Pirates kept their home court and won the first preseason game with a score of 102:87.

The most outstanding statistics in this game is undoubtedly Chris Paul. He played 37 minutes and scored 22 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals.

Compared with the embarrassing data of No. 1 pick Bogut, Paul's data is incredible.

Milicic's performance on the field is actually not much worse than Paul's, but in terms of statistics, because he only played 25 minutes, he is not as good as Paul.

17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

Seeing such a piece of data, Richard immediately thought of a later post player - Mr. Jokic.

It seems that letting Milicic go the route of Jokic is a good choice.

In fact, Richard also knows very well that if it were not delayed, Milicic might really be the first-generation Jokic. Maybe after the rise of Jokic in the future, he will get the title of the second-generation Milicic.

If he can let Milicic play the entire game tonight, Richard feels that Milicic might even give him a triple-double.

The difficulty of getting a triple-double inside is much greater compared to outside players.

If Milicic can produce triple-doubles from time to time in the Pirates, it may not take long before Richard's mission of rescuing Milicic as a center can be completed.

Is an inside player who can often hit triple-doubles considered the best in the league?

That must count...

Richard became excited, he finally found Milicic's growth path.

Richard has always been troubled by Milicic's growth.

Although he has good attributes in all aspects, it seems that it is not very suitable for him to play a pure traditional inside position given Milicic's temperament.

…

After the game, Jordan happily took Chris Paul and Milicic to the press conference.

Generally speaking, the boss will definitely not attend this kind of post-game press conference.

But now Jordan can't care so much. The only thing he wants now is to prove to the world how sharp his vision is.

Look at Chris Paul's performance tonight, beating No. 1 pick Bogut!

This shows what? It shows that I chose the right person this time.

As for Richard, he must be too lazy to join in the fun. Since Jordan wants to get the limelight, let him do it. Anyway, this kind of hype is beneficial to the Pirates.

If a team wants to make money, the first thing it has to do is leave a deep impression on the fans.

Otherwise, your team will have no sense of existence in the minds of fans, so where can you make money?

What Jordan is doing now is undoubtedly creating a deep impression on the fans, so Richard will definitely not meddle in his own business.

"I said, Chris Paul is the best player in this draft."

"I think through tonight's game, everyone can deeply understand this."

"Our drafting was so smart and our vision for selection was so good."

"Bogut is too immature. Compared to Paul, he looks like a kid who just graduated from high school."

Jordan couldn't help but feel happy. This press conference lasted for half an hour. The shadow caused by Kwame Brown was completely released at this press conference.

After the Buccaneers press conference ended, Bogut was interviewed by reporters.

He only said one sentence...

"My performance tonight is indeed not very good, but I think it should be much better than Kwame Brown, right?"

This was a slap in Jordan's face and exposed Jordan's scars. When Jordan found out about this, he was so angry that he didn't eat for a whole day.

Although with his own identity and status in the league, it would be a bit pricey to argue with a little Bogut.

But Jordan still cares so much about where he is now. He wants to completely slap Bogut in the face.

And the only way to do this is to make Kwame Brown stronger and stronger than Bogut.