Bishop of the Devil

"After the press conference is over, I will contact Stevens to find out what happened."

"Coach Richard, you just said you would retaliate against Sterling. Can you tell us how you will retaliate against Sterling if he really fires Coach Stevens?" The press conference asked Richard with great interest.

Richard felt happy, this was the question he had been waiting for.

He waved his hand and said, "Of course I can't talk about this kind of thing."

"But I think my friends and I will never let Sterling go."

"By the way, I've always been pretty generous to my friends, as I think countless people can attest to."

The reporters in the audience opened their mouths. What the hell is this? Why did he start to praise his generosity again while talking?

But there is nothing wrong with what Richard said. There may be countless people in the alliance who dislike Richard, but they cannot deny Richard's generosity.

…

After the press conference, Richard breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the locker room.

This time, he directly went out to fight with Sterling. In fact, it was an unexpected situation and was not part of Richard's plan at all.

Richard's original plan was to stand still and wait slowly. Anyway, sooner or later, Sterling would be driven away by the alliance.

But now that such an opportunity suddenly appeared, Richard simply seized this opportunity to see if he could get rid of Sterling in advance.

If it works, Richard may join the Clippers next season and become the sole owner of the Clippers. If it doesn't work, Richard has nothing to lose and can just continue to wait.

The last sentence that Richard and the reporters said may not sound special at first, but after listening to it, people who are interested can get a lot of information from it.

Richard has many friends, including bosses, coaches and players.

Being generous to your boss friends generally means helping them get some good players in the draft.

To be generous to your coaching friends is to lend a helping hand when they are in trouble, which at least ensures they have a stable income.

To be generous to players and friends is to lead them to win the championship at the end of their career when they want to win...

This is Richard's generosity towards his friends.

But what about other than these three types of friends? For example, friends outside the NBA circle...

What should Richard do to be generous? That would undoubtedly be a waste of money.

The last two sentences, Richard meant for some caring people to listen to, such as the women around Sterling...

This does not mean that every woman around a rich man can make a fortune. Some women may end up losing money in the end.

At least the woman around Sterling, as far as Richard knew, had not gained anything from being around. Otherwise, the recording scandal would not have happened later.

At the moment, Richard is actually saying these words to these women in a subtle way. Is he trying to make money? Then become my friend Richard first.

How can I become Richard's friend? Of course, you have to come up with a certificate of surrender.

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Richard would definitely not speak too bluntly to prevent Sterling from being defensive, so he spoke ambiguously...

I am afraid that only people who can predict the future and those who are crazy about money can roughly guess the purpose of Richard's words.

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Richard has almost finished the arrangements that need to be made. The only thing he needs to do next is to wait patiently.

Waiting for "friends" to deliver evidence of Sterling's crime to his door, all he may have to pay then is just a trivial amount of U.S. dollars.

Of course, even if the evidence of Sterling's crime comes by then, Richard will definitely not come forward on his own. Instead, he will expose the evidence to the major media and let them punish Sterling.

Next, the only thing you need to do is wait!

Richard is quite confident in his arrangements, and his reputation is pretty good. At least he has never done anything that breaks his promise, and he has always been quite generous to his friends.

Because of such a good reputation, those who are interested will definitely not have to worry about working in vain. Richard will definitely reward them, and it will be quite generous.

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"It seems that my understanding of myself is quite fair. I am really not as upright as Stevens..." Richard shook his head and thought with a smile.

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Richard looked at the time. Stevens probably wasn't asleep at the moment, so he might as well make a call and ask what happened.

In fact, Richard didn't really care about what happened...

The only thing he cares about now is the situation of Stevens. Reporters only know that Stevens and Sterling had a fierce quarrel, but they don't know what happened.

"Lee, it seems that my decision to join the Clippers was really wrong." Stevens said with a wry smile after answering the phone.

"Old man, how is the situation now? Have you and Sterling reached a point where there is no room for relaxation?" Richard did not ask what happened, only the current situation and the conflict between Stevens and Sterling. To what extent.

"There is absolutely no way to relax. I just submitted my resignation. Anyway, I will not continue to stay in the Clippers. After so many years, I have seen through it. As long as Sterling is here for one day, this team will definitely not rise. Hope." Stevens said painfully.

He was really reluctant to leave the Clippers.

But what if you don’t want to give up? Even knowing that there is no bright future ahead, Stevens will not continue to move forward.

"You, why are you trying to get advantage of that old guy and let him fire you? You can still make millions of dollars more." Richard joked.

Stevens smiled helplessly. At this time, Richard still had the intention to joke.

"Then what are your plans next? Why don't you come to the Pirates for a while first? Use this time to find a new home?" Richard asked with a smile.

"No, Lee, Danny Ainge called me just now and asked me to coach Boston, and I agreed to him."

Richard was startled. He didn't expect that the old guy Danny Ainge was so fast and well-informed. He immediately went to recruit Stevens after what had just been revealed.

Anji's coaching ability is not particularly outstanding, and he doesn't really want to coach the team. This is completely thankless.

Now if he could invite Stevens, he would be much more relaxed...

"Well, going to Boston is a good choice. After all, it is an established and wealthy club."

"However, even if you go to Boston, don't expect to win the championship with those three old guys. They have no chance of winning the championship." Richard reminded Stevens that he didn't want Stevens to challenge Green Kai Having too much hope.

When the time comes, I guarantee that Anji will be able to win the championship within a few years. If he fails to win the championship, Stevens will probably be sacrificed to heaven.

"No, I just chatted with Angie for a few minutes. From what he said, maybe after this season, whether the team wins the championship or not, they will start rebuilding." Stevens said with a smile.

This is also the reason why he agreed to Anji to join Lukai.

Only in a rebuilding team can the ability of a head coach be truly demonstrated.

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Hearing Stevens' words, Richard nodded. If Anji didn't lie, then Green Kai is really the best place for Stevens.

Richard originally planned to let Stevens come to his Buccaneers team. When he joined the Los Angeles Clippers, he would just take over as his head coach.

But now it seems that there is no need for this.

"Lee, why do I feel like you have some kind of intention towards the Clippers?" After Stevens chatted with Richard for a while, his mood improved a lot, and now he asked Richard.

Stevens is a very smart person. In Richard's opinion, Rondo is the smartest among the players he has coached, and among the coaches he has interacted with, Stevens is the smartest.

At the moment, Stevens has a vague feeling that Richard's behavior this time is a bit strange...

He couldn't tell where exactly the weirdness was.

But he just felt that things were not that simple...

"There is indeed an intention, but I can't tell you right now. Let's wait for a while..." Richard smiled and hung up the phone with Stevens.

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At this press conference, it can be said that Richard showed no mercy to Sterling. It is conceivable that Sterling could not stand it and it was impossible for him not to fight back against Richard.

And Richard is now waiting for Sterling's next counterattack.