Bishop of the Devil

Early the next morning, the Pirates and Pistons jointly announced that the Pirates would send Dragic to the Pistons for a 10-year second-round pick...

And the Pistons also made an official announcement that Pirates assistant coach Raheem will join the Pistons and become their head coach.

In the eyes of the fans, this deal is just a weasel marrying a wife, making a small fuss...

This time, no one said that Richard was sending warmth. After all, Dragic is really inconspicuous in the Pirates. Maybe in the eyes of some domestic fans, the strength of the two Dragic is not as good as that of Sun Yue. …

For such an inconspicuous player, in exchange for a very late second-round pick, no one would say anything, it was just a routine operation.

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Before Rahim left, he chatted with Richard for a long time. He was naturally extremely grateful that Richard could help him win such a precious opportunity.

Richard also gave some advice about the Pistons. Although they got Dragic, the team still has problems. Now Richard told Rahim his thoughts, thinking about this new player. This season, Rahim can lead the team to achieve good results.

Strive to achieve a record that surpasses that of Green Kai. In this way, Richard can obtain the qualification to lead the All-Star team, and Rahim can also gain a foothold in the Pistons.

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Another player has been moved away. Counting Dragic, the Pirates have already moved away seven players this offseason.

Richard looked at the current Pirates lineup.

Center: DeAndre Jordan.

Power forward: Milicic.

Gasol rotated between these two positions, and the three shared 96 minutes of playing time...

If there are no injury problems, each player will play an average of 32 minutes, which is just about right, no more, no less...

Richard is also now wondering whether to find a way to get a cheaper center, not just for the playoffs, but for someone to be available in the regular season.

If one of these three insiders is injured, the other two's playing time will be too long, which will be detrimental to the players.

Richard kept this in mind and planned to find an opportunity to look at it before talking about it.

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As for the players at the forward and defensive positions, the Pirates can really be said to be overcrowded right now!

Durant, Roy, Batum, DeRozan, Sun Yue, Matthews, Szczerbiak, Danny Green, not counting Harden, there are already eight people!

There are three other people in the No. 1 position, namely Curry, Harden and Iverson.

The Buccaneers' configuration at the one position reminded Richard directly of the Suns in the 1990s...

That Suns team also had three Hall of Fame point guards at the No. 1 position, namely Kidd, Nash and Kevin Johnson.

Curry, Harden and Iverson of the Buccaneers will definitely be Hall of Famers in the future.

Kidd and Nash are considered contemporaries, Curry and Harden are also contemporaries, and Kevin Johnson and Iverson are both veterans who are about to retire. The configuration of this No. 1 position is so similar.

Of course, the other positions of that Suns team are definitely far inferior to this Pirates team. Otherwise, Richard's previous peak Blazers would not be so easy to dynasty.

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There are three interior players, eight forwards and defenders, and three point guards, a total of 14 people. Richard may then exchange one or two forwards and defenders in the team for a substitute interior player.

By then, the lineup will be fully functioning and there will be no need for any major changes.

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After this trivial transaction ended, several blockbuster transactions immediately followed.

The first trade to break was about O'Neal.

The Suns finally realized that O'Neal was not suitable for their tactical system, and decisively made a deal with the Cavaliers, selling O'Neal to the Cavaliers.

Not only that, the Cavaliers also bought Jamison from the Wizards. It can be clearly seen that the Cavaliers have big plans this season.

O'Neal, Jamison, Mo Buchuan, Varejao and Big Z, plus James, this lineup is already one of the best in the Eastern Conference.

Of course, there is still a huge gap compared to the Pirates.

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At the end of August, Richard's three children successfully passed the promotion examination and entered primary school.

Tiana will be able to relax a little more in the future, at least she won’t be so noisy every day.

After the time entered September, the Pirates began training to prepare for the new season.

Richard attaches great importance to this training camp. It may be the training camp he attaches most importance to since entering the NBA.

There is no other reason. This time he wants to abandon the half-court battle tactics and start using the tactical system of later generations of Warriors.

When it comes to the tactical system of that Warriors team, we have to mention Coach Cole.

It is true that the main lineup of the Warriors was created by Mark Jackson and the LOGO man, but the person who really showed the power of this lineup was Steve Kerr.

The general meaning is that Big-Ass Jackson and LOGO Man created gunpowder, but they didn't know how to use it. Cole used the gunpowder to develop muskets and artillery to intimidate all parties.

When it comes to Cole, we have to mention the Bulls' triangle offense.

In the minds of fans, Cole has always been classified as a head coach from Popovich because he played for Popovich.

In fact, this classification is not accurate. To be precise, Cole belongs to the head coach of Winter.

Tex Winter, the promoter of the triangle offense.

Although the triangle offense system was not invented by Winter, but by his master Sam Barry, Winter made the triangle offense truly a mature system.

Later, when he got older, he joined the Bulls and became an assistant coach with the Bulls.

Where did the triangle offense that Jackson Jackson was good at come from? That's right, it was Winter who did it.

When Winter passed away, Bulls players mourned one after another. Pippen even said on the Internet, "Without Winter, we wouldn't have won so many championships."

This statement is actually not wrong at all. The training mode and tactical drills of the Bulls were all handled by Winter. When it comes to hugging the thighs of the Zen master, he does not just hug the players’ thighs...

Cole was a member of that Bulls team. Later, after he became the head coach of the Warriors, the tactical system he used in the Warriors had many shadows of Winter, including Cole's assistant coach Walton who also told the media that many of their training The methods are all based on Winter's arrangement back then.

Winter is a real mastermind...

"I learned too many basketball concepts from Winter, so as long as I have the opportunity to use Winter's things, I will definitely not miss it." This is Cole's original words in an interview with the media.

Therefore, to be precise, the Warriors' tactical system is actually equivalent to a variant of the triangle offense.

The essence of the Warriors' tactical system is to open up space, run without the ball, and pass multi-axis passes. This is quite consistent with Winter's basketball philosophy.

Richard directly found out the basketball concept that Winter once summarized for FIBA, and planned the team's tactics according to this concept in preparation for the new season.

The first is to penetrate the defense, and there are two ways to penetrate the defense. One is to be absolutely powerful and have the level of the first man in history like Jordan. The second is to fast break, crazy fast break. This is Somewhat similar to the Seven Seconds Suns.

The faster the attack is, the more likely it is that the opponent will not be able to defend in time, and naturally the more likely it is to penetrate the opponent's defense.

The second is to open up the space. The larger the space, the more difficult it is to help defend. As long as the opponent is flanking, there will definitely be an opening.

This requires players to have good shooting skills.

The third is to keep the ball moving, that is, to actively move without the ball and disrupt the opponent's defensive system as much as possible.

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Rahim is gone, but Richard currently has senior Curry, Laimbeer, Thibodeau and Mark Jackson around him, who can help Richard train as many new tactics as possible in this month.

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The day before the training camp started, Durant finally came to report to the team.

He had actually arrived in Charlotte a few days ago, but he was too thin-skinned to come to see Richard.

Richard also knew all the wild words Durant said before, but how could he be as knowledgeable as such a little kid? Richard is now in his forties, and Durant is only in his early twenties.

After the report was over, Durant was relieved. Richard didn't make things difficult for him, and the Pirates were quite enthusiastic about him.

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In the early days of training, it was definitely very difficult, especially for Roy and Milicic. They were used to Richard's half-court tactics, and they were really not used to the sudden change of tactics.

On the contrary, Durant, a versatile player, is quite adaptable and his performance in training is quite outstanding.

Richard has no good solution for the players' discomfort. Now he can only practice slowly. After the regular season, fighting to support the game may speed up the players' adaptation to the new tactical system.

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The week before the start of the preseason, just as every team was preparing to start the new season, the Clippers did something shocking. They used their first-round pick in 2011 and their first pick in 2013. A first-round pick and a second-round pick in 10 years, plus several cannon fodder players, were exchanged for Carter from the Nets.

There is no doubt that Carter in his prime is worth the price, but now Carter is old. A few days ago, the Blazers didn't even agree to replace O'Brien alone...

Richard was also quite confused and felt something was wrong. Stevens had watched him grow up, so how could he do such a stupid business?

After making a phone call, Richard learned what happened.

Stevens did not have such a big say in the Clippers. He raised objections to this deal several times, but it had no effect. The owner Sterling made the decision to complete the deal.

Stevens finally experienced the feeling of mourning, which is greater than the feeling of death...

This deal is tantamount to directly ruining the future of the Clippers!