Bishop of the Devil

The deal was completed that night, and the Buccaneers and Pistons made a joint official announcement early the next morning.

This transaction directly made the Eastern Conference go crazy. The Pistons were already strong enough, but Richard almost gave them another pretty good rookie for nothing.

With Batum's current strength, I dare not say more. With the Pistons' lineup, it is really not that difficult to average about 13 points and 5 rebounds per game with a good shooting rate.

Richard gave such a newcomer to the Pistons for free? No one knows what Richard is thinking.

To say that the team in the East is least satisfied with this deal, it is undoubtedly the Cavaliers.

Judging from the current situation, the Pirates are definitely still the dominant team in the Eastern Conference, and the Cavaliers, currently ranked second, and the Pistons, ranked third, will meet in the second round of the playoffs.

Now Richard has directly improved the strength of the Pistons. It would be surprising if the Cavaliers are satisfied.

Cavaliers head coach Breadman started to complain at the press conference.

"The Buccaneers are so rich that they can freely send out new players with All-Star potential."

"What Richard is doing now has completely disrupted the pattern of the East. This is a completely unequal transaction. I don't know why Richard would do this."

"In my opinion, the only explanation is that Richard is afraid of our Cavaliers and uses this deal to improve the strength of the Pistons and prepares to consume our Cavaliers in the second round of the playoffs."

"This is the only possible explanation. Otherwise, I can't figure out why Richard would do this!"

Baker brother Mike Brown said helplessly to the reporters.

The reporters in the audience couldn't help but rolled their eyes when they heard Brother Bread's words. Richard is afraid of you knights? This joke is not funny at all.

Although these reporters don't know what Richard is doing, they are definitely not trying to improve the strength of the Pistons to consume the Cavaliers, as Brother Bread said...

The Cavaliers have a good lineup this year, but in the eyes of reporters, it is sheer fantasy to shake the Pirates' status in the world. Mike Brown, the new coach, is still too young and takes things too naturally.

"Coach Brown, if I heard you correctly, are you saying that Richard is afraid of your Cavaliers?" A reporter stood up and asked, with an uncontrollable smile on his face.

It's been a long time since anything happened in the league that caused a stir, and now Mike Brown, a bastard coach, might not be crazy, but he dares to speak so wildly.

"That's right, this is the only explanation!"

"Think about it, we have O'Neal, James, Jamison, and countless high-quality players. It is not impossible to overthrow the Pirates. Who dares to say that we have no possibility of killing the Pirates? "

"I don't know whose idea it was for the Pirates to make this deal, Michael or Richard? Anyway, if it were me, I would definitely allow my partners to do such a ridiculous thing."

The reporters in the audience wanted to give Mike Brown their applause now. What a good man he is...

This is the rhythm of confronting Richard, and they actually do things to sow discord.

All fools know that this deal must have been Richard's idea. Now Brother Bread is instigating something...

Anyway, the reporter never expected that someone in this alliance would dare to provoke Richard.

This is a real man...

…

"What the hell? Did he really say that?" Richard looked confused. He didn't expect anyone to dare to say such arrogant words.

After picking his ears, Richard asked with an expression of disbelief.

He felt that this was the reporter who asked the question, deliberately causing trouble and looking for fun...

But the reporters in the audience all nodded, and Richard was speechless. It seemed like Mike Brown really said those words.

"He said the Pirates were afraid of the Cavaliers? Did I hear him correctly? Did he really say that?" Richard couldn't laugh or cry.

"Yes, Coach Brown really said that." The reporter must have watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal.

"You still want to sow discord between me and Michael?" Richard asked again, dumbfounded.

The reporter nodded again to confirm.

Richard breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, I admire Mike Brown's courage. Really, I haven't encountered anything like this for a long time."

"Okay, I admit that I am too afraid of the Cavaliers. I am really afraid that they will sweep us in the regular season and that they will sweep us in the playoffs. Of course, that is if we can meet them in the playoffs."

"The Cavaliers League is the strongest, they can 100% win the championship."

"In order to suppress the Cavaliers, I deliberately sent Batum to the Pistons to consume the Cavaliers. Unexpectedly, Mike Brown saw through everything."

Richard sneered...

The reporters in the audience felt like they couldn't breathe. Richard was going to go crazy.

"Quick, look at the Buccaneers' upcoming schedule."

"Nonsense, of course let's see when we meet the Cavaliers. They haven't played against each other this season."

"What? There's a game next week? The Buccaneers' home court?"

…

"Coach Richard, you have a home game against the Cavaliers next week. Will you make any special arrangements then?" the reporter started asking questions excitedly.

Finally, there is excitement. In the past two years, because Richard has been very quiet, the NBA seems to be a bit stagnant...

Although there are other people who are making trouble, their ability to make trouble is not as strong as Richard's.

In front of Richard, the things they did were nothing serious. They were all just weasels marrying wives and making small fuss.

"Decoration? Why arrangement?"

"In front of the strongest knight in the league, the only thing our Pirates can do is to give up resistance..."

"Okay, guys, let's look forward to the Cavaliers' performance."

After that, Richard left the meeting room and returned to the locker room.

Although Richard keeps saying that the knight is the strongest, reporters are not fools. This is obviously Richard's intention to disgust the knight.

I'm afraid next week's home game between the Pirates and the Cavaliers will definitely not be so peaceful.

…

Richard didn't pay much attention to the Cavaliers. In fact, in his eyes, the only teams that could affect the Pirates' championship were the Western Conference teams. The Cavaliers' strength was just fine in the Eastern Conference, but never mind. Whether you go to the Spurs or the Lakers, you will definitely be in a situation where you will be hammered.

Looking at the data, James is really gorgeous right now. If he is restricted, the Cavaliers will basically be in disgrace.

And in Richard's view, it is not difficult to restrict James, especially James whose skills have not yet been developed.

At the moment, James is not good at baskets, and even his post-up ability is poor. His main offensive method is to break into the paint.

Richard can let him break out, and Milicic and Jordan are guarding the interior. If James wants to wreak havoc on the Pirates' interior, it will not be that easy.

Maybe James can still put up some pretty impressive numbers in the game, but the Cavaliers will definitely lose in the end.

…

"Are you crazy?"

"Huh? Tell me, are you crazy?"

"Are you full? Are you going to mess with Richard!"

In Breadboy's office, O'Neal was going crazy.

Players of his level really don't take Mike Brown seriously, let alone Mike Brown. Even Pat Riley, the Lakers' meritorious coach, O'Neal can have a heated argument with him.

He actually didn't really want to come to Cleveland. He originally wanted to retire with the Suns.

But there was no way, the Suns sold him to Cleveland, and he couldn't even come.

The Cavaliers are well aware of this. In the current regular season, they try to control O'Neal's playing time as much as possible, giving an average of about 20 minutes of playing time per game. They try to maintain O'Neal's competitive state as much as possible and strive to keep O'Neal in the season. Show off your power in the playoffs!

O'Neal is quite satisfied with this comfortable life. He is a lazy person himself, and he has already reached this age. He has three championship rings in hand, and he got them from three teams. He can no longer make the mistake. Go hard in the regular season.

But this peaceful life was messed up by Mike Brown.

It can be said that O'Neal is extremely familiar with Richard. Over the past ten years, everything Richard did has been fresh in O'Neal's memory.

"I don't care, I have to take a rest in the away game against the Pirates next week, and I won't play." O'Neal said angrily.

He watched Richard's press conference video and already had a premonition that something would happen next week.

As an old guy like me, if there is a fight on the field, how should I deal with it?

He didn't feel like he was in the Cavaliers, so he must have no sense of belonging to the Cavaliers, and he has his former teammates in the Buccaneers, and he was the center who won the Buccaneers' first championship. He actually has a strong sense of belonging to the Buccaneers. Second only to the Lakers.

Anyway, if there was a real fight, he would definitely not want to help the knight, but it would be completely unjustifiable if he didn't help.

The most important thing is that the Pirates' sultry Milicic, who can't beat a single thing with three sticks, puts O'Neal under considerable pressure.

He still remembered how fierce Milicic was before, and he was not even old enough to be broken down by others.

He has no plans to retire now. He is still thinking of continuing to hang out for a few more years...

Thinking of this, he became more and more angry.

You said you, a raw melon and egg coach with no hair on his head, went to mess with Richard when he was full?

If they meet in the playoffs and the two sides compete normally, O'Neal will definitely not have any complaints, but now it is only the regular season, and Mike Brown can't sit still and provoke Richard...

"Huh?" Mike Brown looked confused as to why O'Neal was going crazy at this time.

Before he could react, O'Neill stormed out of his office.

He has made up his mind that he will never play in next week's game against the Buccaneers anyway.

Not only next week's game against the Buccaneers, but also in future games against the Buccaneers during the regular season, I won't appear on the court, regardless of whether you Cavaliers live or die.