Bishop of the Devil

On July 17, Richard asked Sun Xiaoben to issue a resignation notice to the original Clippers management.

As an emperor and a courtier, Richard didn't want to use these Sterling's old troops.

Moreover, the abilities of these management teams are actually very poor. If this group of management teams hadn't made trouble, Stevens wouldn't have been unable to survive with the Clippers.

Therefore, after Richard took office, the first thing he did was to start cleaning up the house.

Those whose contracts have expired will not be renewed, and those who have not expired will definitely be dealt with according to the situation.

If the contract was signed with a company owned by Sterling, then there would be no problem at all if Richard evicted people. He wouldn't even have to evict people, they would just get out.

If the original contract signed was with the Clippers, then this would be more troublesome, but Richard doesn't care about the compensation.

These management contracts are not player contracts, and there is no such thing as a buyout. Richard can send them away with a few months' salary compensation.

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The entire Clippers team was almost completely wiped out by Richard, from the team president and general manager to the team's assistant coaches and scouts.

Only one grassroots staff is left, such as arena cleaners, security guards, etc...

Richard naturally has his own reasons for doing this, and reducing the team's unnecessary expenses is only one of the reasons.

The salaries of these cleared managers are quite high. If you add them all up, they will earn at least more than 20 million US dollars a year...

Among them, the three positions of president, general manager and head coach account for the majority, and Richard is prepared to take on all three positions by himself, at least until he finds a suitable candidate, he must take on these three positions by himself.

In addition to these three positions, there are still more important positions left. Except for the public relations manager, Sun Xiaoben, other positions can only be recruited slowly.

The scouting team is actually very important to other teams. It is almost the eyes and ears of the team. Without the scouting team, the team will be like headless flies in the draft.

And Richard obviously doesn't need a scout very much. He is the best scout in the world, the kind who can give one to a hundred.

So there is no need for scouts to worry about it. Richard is planning to cancel the scouting team directly in the Clippers...

As for the coaching staff, Richard will definitely still serve as the team's head coach.

In fact, Richard has not thought about retiring to the second line and becoming a behind-the-scenes boss from now on. However, because the super giant suit still lacks one component, in the next few years, at least before Richard can get the super giant suit together, He is definitely still going to be the head coach.

As for assistant coaches, Richard previously used four assistants with the Buccaneers: Laimbeer, Curry Sr., Thibodeau and Mark Jackson.

Laimbeer may also be completely disappointed with the NBA. He has submitted a lot of resumes in recent days, hoping to find a job as an NBA head coach, but the result has been nothing, and he has not received any answers.

Under such circumstances, Laimbeer can only return to the WNBA to coach.

As for Old Curry, his eldest son was currently with the Pirates, and Richard couldn't bear to separate his father and son, so he didn't mention asking Old Curry to help him.

Thibodeau and Mark Jackson came to the Clippers with Richard.

The coaching staff only has two assistant coaches, which is definitely not enough...

Thibodeau is the coach of the defensive system, while Mark Jackson's task is more responsible. He is not only responsible for training the offense of the team's newcomers, but also responsible for studying the team's tactical system with Richard.

At present, Richard's coaching staff still lacks a shooting coach and an inside coach.

Inside coach Richard didn't have to worry, because just after the NBA officially announced that Richard had acquired the Clippers, Richard received a call from Larry Bird.

Larry Bird's call was like a warm message to Richard.

He wanted to make a connection and let his old brother McHale join Richard's coaching staff.

McHale and Richard don't have much interaction, but because Richard has always had a good relationship with Green Kai players, it is expected that he and McHale will get along quite well.

As a historical star, McHale still has quite a lot of aura. He is the strongest white power forward in history, one of the top 50 superstars in history, and a Hall of Fame player.

Some fans may find it incredible when they hear the name of the strongest white power forward in history. What about Nowitzki? Where's Griffin?

Not to mention whether Griffin is better than McHale, the main reason is that Griffin is actually a black man...

As for Nowitzki, as the current veteran does not have a championship ring, it will definitely be difficult to shake McHale's position as the strongest white power forward in history.

Moreover, even if Nowitzki leads the team to win the championship with a single core as usual, some fans may still think that McHale is the strongest.

No matter who is stronger, it is definitely more than enough for a celebrity of McHale's level to serve as the team's inside coach.

And it's not that McHale has no coaching experience. When Richard first entered the league, he served as team management in the Timberwolves.

It was McHale who selected Garnett in the draft. Later, Richard's fellow player Flip Saunders was fired by the Timberwolves, and McHale also served as the Timberwolves' head coach for a period of time.

Of course, the performance of leading the team is quite bad...

McHale began to serve as a television commentator last season, and has almost moved away from the circle of team management.

Now McHale may have the idea of ​​​​making a comeback, and wants to use Richard's Clippers as a springboard to rush into the management circle.

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When Larry Bird called before, Richard did not give a positive answer. After all, in those days, Richard was wondering whether to let Laimbeer come to attack him.

Now that Laimbeer was sure that he didn't want to be in the NBA, Richard naturally agreed to McHale.

If the time was delayed ten years and Richard could have a famous player like McHale on his coaching staff, then Richard would probably be quite excited.

But at the moment, Richard doesn't feel anything. After all, he is no longer what he used to be. After standing at a different height, Richard must have different views on people or things.

What happened to the celebrities? Who is not a celebrity...

Richard now has nine championship trophies in hand. Will he be considered a celebrity after retirement? That must be a famous person among famous people!

You must know that Richard now has the same number of championships as Cardinal Auerbach. Both have nine championship trophies.

Richard was born in 1968 and is not yet 43 years old. He still has a lot of time to rewrite the record.

To put it bluntly, if Richard remains the head coach for another 17 years and retires at the age of 60, there will definitely be no problem at all.

In the past seventeen years, as long as Richard wins even one championship trophy, he will become the head coach who has led his team to win the most championships in the entire NBA history.

Think about it, is it possible that Richard only won the championship once in these seventeen years? If you say this, I'm afraid even Richard's sworn enemies won't believe it.

When Richard retires, he will probably break all coaching-related records.

The most wins in history, the most wins in the playoffs, the longest winning streak, the longest winning streak at the start, the most championships, the most finals, the most wins as the best coach, the highest regular season winning rate, the highest playoff winning rate... …

Anyway, as long as there are records related to coaching, Richard's name will probably be written on the top of the list.

In this way, I am afraid that in the entire history of basketball, no one can be found who is more qualified to be called a celebrity than Richard.

Therefore, now that the famous McHale is here to help him, Richard doesn't have any special feeling...

Moreover, Dave Cowens, the former top 50 star, has also been playing tricks on Richard for several years, and Richard is already used to it.