Bishop of the Devil

When Richard was at a loss what to do, Jordan called.

Richard originally thought that Jordan wanted to give him some warmth. For example, the team had too many forward and defensive talents that could not be used up. Now he would give Harden or Curry, even if it was DeRoro Like it is fine...

"Hey, Lee, I have two pieces of news to tell you, one good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear?" Jordan said with a smile on the phone.

Richard became amused. Could it be that the bad news is that Curry, Harden and DeRozan have all run away and left the Buccaneers? The good news is that the three of them are now on a plane flying to Los Angeles...

"Michael, don't beat around the bush with me. You should know that I'm completely overwhelmed right now and I'm not in the mood to joke." Richard said with a wry smile.

"Okay, Li, let me tell you the bad news first..."

"The bad news is that we are not going to implement Sun Yue's team option. I think as his compatriot, you will be very unhappy when you learn this news..."

Richard was startled, what kind of bad news is this? If nothing else, the good news must be that he can now sign Sun Yue.

Did Jordan feel full? Come and have fun with yourself...

"The good news is that I can sign Sun Yue now, right?" Richard asked speechlessly.

"Yes, Li, we have too many forwards and defenders. You have been keeping Sun Yue. I feel that you must be interested in him, so I will give him to you this time..." Jordan said in a tone of voice. There was even a trace of reluctance in it.

If there weren't too many forward and defensive players, Jordan really wouldn't be ready to give up on Sun Yue.

In his opinion, the things Richard left behind were all good things. Even Sun Yue, who had always played soy sauce, was able to work under Richard for three years, which must be something good.

…

In line with the idea that the wealth should not go to outsiders, Jordan immediately came to inform Richard and asked him to be ready to sign Sun Yue.

Richard made a grimace, wondering what evil he had done...

"Michael, why don't you give DeRozan to me?" Richard asked with a smile.

"Ahem, Li, what did you say? I can't hear you clearly?"

"Hey, hey, hey...the signal is not good."

"Hello……"

"Beep!" Jordan hung up the phone.

Richard held the phone, looking desperate...

Jordan on the other side of the phone almost fainted from the shock of what Richard just said after hanging up the phone.

DeRozan definitely can't let it go, Harden can't let it go, and Curry can't let it go either...

He also counted on these newcomers to carry the future of the Pirates, but he could not leave it to Richard.

As for Richard's current difficulties, although Jordan is very sympathetic, he firmly believes that Richard will find a way to overcome it.

Well, I can definitely get there...

…

"Come on, let Sun Yue be Sun Yue. Anyway, he is more pleasing to the eye than the two starters." Richard said with a long sigh.

At present, Sun Yue has played in the league for three complete seasons. Although he has not played much time, his daily training in the team and being surrounded by the league's top stars naturally improve his strength a lot.

At least it's much stronger than normal...

Not to mention anything else, just talking about physical fitness, Sun Yue has improved a lot compared to normal circumstances. Jian Tian'er trained with a bunch of devil musclemen. Even if he was originally a weakling, he could still grow two ounces. Meat.

Under normal circumstances, Sun Yue's strength is definitely not as good as the Clippers' two forwards and defensive line starters.

But now it's different. Sun Yue's strength is no worse than these two unknowns. In addition, Richard likes Sun Yue very much, so he simply made a call and asked Sun Yue to come to Los Angeles to play.

As for the contract, Richard gave Sun Yue two options after thinking about it.

One is 10 million US dollars in 2 years.

The other one is $15 million over four years.

The annual salary gap between the two contracts is still quite large. The first annual salary can reach 5 million US dollars, while the second one is only 3.5 million US dollars...

Because he knows that the Clippers will definitely rise in the future, and the team will definitely sign at least two maximum-salary contracts, Richard is tight on contracts.

Of course, they will definitely not cheat Sun Yue. Based on Sun Yue's data in the past three years, if he went to other teams, he would probably earn two to three million US dollars a year.

Maybe if he joins a weak team, Sun Yue can gradually improve, and he may sign a contract with an annual salary of around 5 million, but this should be Sun Yue's limit. With his potential, it is difficult to get a contract with an annual salary of 10 million. .

Sun Yue obviously did not expect that Richard would give him two choices. In the end, he chose four years without hesitation...

Richard was a little speechless. If it weren't for Sun Yue's lack of ambition, he might have chosen someone else, who would have chosen 10 million for two years...

It is not accurate to say that Sun Yue has no ambitions. The reason why Sun Yue accepted this four-year contract was because he actually had a lot more in mind.

10 million in 2 years seems like a lot of money in the short term, but what about two years later? He knows very well that Richard may lead the Clippers in two years' time, and whether he can stay with the Clippers at that time is a matter of debate.

Moreover, playing next to Richard brings with it the popularity and attention of course, which allows Sun Yue to earn some income off the court.

So overall, Sun Yue chose a four-year contract, even if the contract price was lower.

Sun Yue's joining actually does not improve the Clippers' lineup.

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If you want to improve the lineup through transactions, judging from the current situation, it is definitely out of the question. Richard can only take one step at a time and try to make all the players in his hands valuable.

The team's executives were all recruited, and Richard met them all one by one, and they all had a good impression. Sun Xiaoben was indeed a talent discovered by Golden Dragon, and he was quite efficient in doing things.

The coaching staff is now complete, with four assistant coaches plus Richard, a total of five coaches is definitely enough.

In terms of the team's lineup, I would like to improve it, but the key is that there is no way...

In the following time, Richard can only wait patiently for the start of the new season.

Before the start of the new season, there is a summer league...

In Richard's team before, Richard basically completely ignored the summer league.

The summer league's training for players is quite limited, and it can even be said to be completely useless.

A scumbag player goes to the summer league and is still a scumbag when he comes back...

Top rookies go to the summer league to play with a bunch of scumbags, can they get a lot of training?

So it's really useless.

But right now, Richard is thinking that he has nothing to do, so he might as well let Cole lead the team to play.

As a result, this fight caused the Clippers to directly lose a general.

Monroe directly sprained his knee in the second game of the summer league. It seemed that the injury was quite serious, and it would definitely not be possible without at least a few months of training.

Richard wished he could slap himself in the mouth. He was afraid that he was really full and could go and play in the Mao summer league...

This hit directly eliminated the team's starting center.

Because it was still a long time before the start of the regular season, Richard did not need to use the injury scroll to treat Monroe.

With Griffin as a big player in injuries, it is natural to save as much as possible on the injury roll.

If Monroe can return from injury before the start of the regular season, it's good to say that Richard's starting lineup will not change.

But if he cannot return from injury, Richard will have no choice but to choose one from Camby or Little Shark to start.

Even Camby in his prime was not actually a center, let alone now, so it is more likely that Little Shark will be the starting center.

Thinking of this, Richard's face turned green. He had reached the point where he had to use a player like Little Shark as the starting center. It was really miserable.