Bishop of the Devil

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In mid-September, the Clippers began training for the new season.

Before the training camp, Richard naturally wanted to have a private chat with some players and assistant coaches.

The first target Richard looked for was Cole...

Under normal circumstances, Cole is naturally a very successful head coach, but this does not mean that he does not have shortcomings.

Cole revealed that he used to smoke marijuana frequently, and the reason he gave was that he had unbearable back pain and needed marijuana to relieve the pain.

In addition to smoking marijuana, Cole is also a heavy drinker of alcohol. Even while playing on the court, he can take a few sips off the court.

In the first round of the 18-19 playoffs, when the Warriors faced the Clippers, Cole started drinking while sitting on the sidelines. Of course, he couldn't drink without restraint, but filled whiskey in a Gatorade bottle. …

At that time, Richard was shocked when he saw this scene. Throughout the entire history of the NBA, I am afraid that only Cole can do such a thing.

As we all know, Popovich is definitely a drinker, but even though he is a drinker, he has never done anything crazy like drinking on the sidelines.

"Sit down, Steve, you've worked hard these days." Richard said with a smile at Cole.

Cole has been training players' shooting these days.

"Fortunately, it's not particularly hard." Cole nodded and said politely.

"How is it? Do you think any of the current players on the team have particularly outstanding shooting talents?" Richard asked.

"No, not one..."

"God, these people's shooting talent may be the worst group of professional players I have ever seen. This kid Sun Yue is just okay. Of course, it's just okay..." Cole said with a tangled face.

Richard nodded. This was not beyond his expectation. Even if it were Sun Yue, if it weren't for his height and arm length, his shooting wouldn't be good.

After chatting with Cole for half an hour, Richard didn't mention Cole's private life. At least if it didn't affect the team, Richard had no reason to care about Cole's private life.

After chatting with Cole, Richard summoned all the players and assistant coaches for a season pep rally on the training ground.

Richard was very dissatisfied with the effect of the group healing skill, because the group healing effect was triggered on Sun Yue...

Sun Yue has never been very healthy these years.

If it is triggered on Monroe, it is naturally the best choice. Even if it is not triggered on Monroe, but it is triggered on Camby, Richard can accept it.

Now Monroe will definitely not be able to play in the preseason or even the beginning of the season. Richard can only put Eddie Curry into the starting lineup.

Eddy Curry entered the league in 2001, and he seems to be a veteran, but in fact he is not very old, because he is a high school player who entered the league, and he is only 28 years old now.

The age of 28 is the golden peak period of a player, but now Eddie Curry is doing quite unsatisfactory, and it seems that no one will want him.

Back then, this guy, Kwame Brown and boxing champion Tyson Chandler were known as the three high school electives in the 2001 class.

Each of the three big centers seems to be extremely talented, especially Shaq, who weighed nearly 300 pounds at the age of 18 and was invincible throughout Chicago.

Later, after entering the league, after struggling in the first two seasons, Little Shark actually played a representative season. In the 2006-07 season, Little Shark scored 19.5 points and 7 rebounds. It seems that he has grown into a league player. A top center, but what about the reality?

This data can only be said to be of little use.

There is nothing wrong with the offensive end. In the Yao Shark era, Eddy Curry was said to be second only to Yao Shark in offensive talent...

The reason why he has the nickname "Little Shark" is because this guy can transform into O'Neal from time to time on the court, relying on his weight of 134 kilograms and excellent wingspan to wreak havoc on the basket on the offensive end.

Maybe he can play O'Neal's offensive level for a few minutes a night, or he can play O'Neal's level for one minute a few nights. This is why he is called a little shark.

But on the defensive end and rebounding, compared to the offensive end, they are completely worth mentioning. It can be said that Eddy Curry's defense and rebounding are not even as strong as the league's third-line centers.

If this guy met Richard earlier, for example, he played for Richard when he first entered the league in 2001, then Eddie Curry is probably already playing well.

Although it will definitely not reach the heights of O'Neal or Yao Ming, there is still no problem in maintaining a quasi-All-Star level. After all, only two or three star points can make up for Eddy Curry's shortcomings in defense and rebounding.

In terms of physical talent, Eddy Curry has almost no faults. Otherwise, he would not have been the favorite to be the No. 1 pick.

Because it was a contract year, Richard directly threw the lucky prop of the monkey on Eddy Curry...

Under normal circumstances, Eddy Curry would not be able to get a big contract after playing this season, but now because of the prop bonus, he may be able to get a decent contract next season.

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This is also Richard's helpless move. Now that no one is available, he can only let Little Shark become the general.

Richard didn't pay much attention to the effect of the one-month training camp because it really didn't make any sense.

Those who should be strong are still strong, such as Griffin...

Damn it, what effect can a short one-month training session have?

On October 3, the Clippers' first preseason game began.

Richard got news from the ticket manager that the ticket sales were not ideal.

About 70% of the tickets were sold...

This is almost Richard's worst ticket sales record since he entered the league.

Tickets for preseason games are cheaper, so sales are actually no worse than regular season games.

But now that it occupies a super sports market like Los Angeles, only 70% of the tickets have been sold, which is obviously unacceptable to Richard.

The reason why ticket sales are so poor is understandable.

Los Angeles can almost be said to be dominated by the Lakers. Although the Clippers also play their home game in Los Angeles, they are actually having a miserable time.

In fact, home games are not much different from away games. Sometimes fans will boo the Clippers from time to time.

Even if Richard, who is quite popular now, takes over the Clippers, in the eyes of Los Angeles fans, the Clippers are not that attractive.

Don’t forget, Richard’s reputation in Los Angeles is actually not very good. If it weren’t for Richard, the Lakers would definitely have more championships than they do now…

Under normal circumstances, the Lakers have won a total of five championships since 1996, but because of Richard, the Lakers have only won one championship trophy. The gap is really too big.

So now that Richard has taken over the Clippers, it has not caused much repercussions in Los Angeles. Fans who should not go to Clippers games still won't go.

Richard also knew very well that this situation would definitely be difficult to solve in the short term, and he could only take it step by step.

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At eight o'clock in the evening, Richard led the Clippers generals to appear on the sidelines of the court. The fans at the scene did not give much enthusiasm, and only some fans cheered Richard's name.

It can be seen that these fans may be the Lakers' reverse fans. Because they don't like the Lakers, they turn to support the Clippers in the same city.

"Dududu!" At the referee's whistle, the starting players from both sides began to appear.

When they saw Eddy Curry playing as the team's starting center, the fans couldn't help but sigh.

This ridiculous lineup is really hard to watch. You must know that Eddy Curry was the guardian of the water fountain in a garbage team like the Knicks. But under Richard of the Clippers, he was even included in the starting lineup.

The current Clippers lineup is really rubbish...

Griffin is a little excited. This season is the first season of his career, and tonight is his first appearance in the NBA. He needs to perform perfectly to prove his worth as the No. 1 pick.

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The opponent is the Western Conference Kings. With Adelman leaving the Kings, the current Kings team is worthy of the name of the Western Conference.

But despite being a weak team, the Kings' current lineup is actually quite good, at least much better than the Clippers.

Center Cousins, the backcourt has two very good backcourt players in Marcus Thornton and Tyreke Evans, and there are also good benches such as Landry, Casspi and Garcia on the bench. players.

Just looking at the lineup, it's much better than the Clippers.

In the jump ball session, Eddy Curry lost to the young Cousins, which is quite normal. According to Richard's estimation, the little shark currently weighs at least 140 kilograms.

This large weight restricts Little Shark's jumping ability. Even if he has good jumping ability, he will definitely not be Cousins' opponent at the moment.

Evans started to attack with the ball. After the ball reached the front court, it was handed to Cousins, who opened his hand inside and asked for it.

Cousins ​​is also extremely excited at the moment. Like Griffin, he is making his career debut, so naturally he wants to perform a perfect performance.

After receiving a pass from Evans, Cousins ​​was ready to hit Eddy Curry in the low post, which was not a difficult task for him.

Sure enough, after receiving the ball, Cousins ​​turned around and scored with Eddy Curry's defense.

Eddy Curry didn’t even make any defensive moves…

It was the Clippers' turn to attack. After receiving the ball, Griffin went straight to the basket and completed a dunk.

This is Griffin's main offensive method at the moment. He relies on his super physical talent to get to the basket and cause damage.

At the beginning, the two sides were tied, and the two rookie inside players performed well.

In the following offensive and defensive rounds, it was obvious that the Clippers were at a huge disadvantage.

The Kings' backcourt was in pretty good shape, hitting three-pointers one after another. After half the first quarter, the point difference between the two sides had been widened to seven points.

Richard directly called a timeout. This timeout could not be called.

Losing is okay, but losing so ugly is absolutely unacceptable to Richard.