Bishop of the Devil

During the timeout, Richard had a dark face and seemed to be on the verge of an angry outburst.

It’s no wonder that Richard is angry. He has been coaching the NBA for fourteen years now. If you include this year, it will be fifteen years!

And in the past fifteen years, he has never been bullied like this on the court...

The team has a big problem now. On the offensive end, they can only rely on Griffin to play strong, but on the defensive end, they are scumbag.

What Richard is most unhappy with now is the defensive end...

Although defense requires physical fitness, attitude is also extremely important. The current defensive attitude of the Clippers makes Richard very dissatisfied.

"Are you all sleepwalking?! Is this a fucking professional-level game? Your performance on the defensive end is worse than that of primary school students!" Richard roared at the five starting players on the field.

"Eddie, do you have a grudge against Backboard?"

"You're fifty fucking pounds heavier than the new guy across from me, a whole fifty fucking pounds, so you can't move your butt to get in position?!"

"And defense. If the new guy plays on the outside, I won't say anything. After all, you don't have the speed to defend him. But this new guy has been wreaking havoc on our inside. Are you just watching? "

Richard was so angry that he grabbed Eddy Curry and began to curse.

Eddy Curry's rebounding and defense are terrible. In fact, it has nothing to do with physical talent. It's mainly a matter of attitude.

This guy probably doesn't even have the concepts of defense and rebounding in his mind.

Thinking about his standard height of seven feet, he is definitely taller than Cousins, his wingspan is better than Cousins, and his tonnage is even better than Cousins!

In terms of bounce, it's not as good as Cousins, but it's not much different...

In this case, he actually watched Cousins ​​​​score 10 points in the first half of the game, which Richard absolutely couldn't stand.

If it was Cousins ​​in his prime, Richard wouldn't be able to fault him, but the key now is that Cousins ​​is just a rookie.

After Eddy Curry was scolded, he was so frightened that he dared not say a word.

How could a player like him, who was looking at being abandoned by the league, dare to challenge Richard.

Even if Richard scolded him harshly, he probably would not dare to express any opinion.

"Eddie, please remember, if you cannot perform to my satisfaction tonight, I can tell you responsibly that you are finished!"

"This is your contract year, right? I will never let you play for even one minute again. If you want to stay in the league next year, just dream!" Richard yelled.

Facing the roaring Richard, Eddie Curry still dared not say a word...

Seeing that Eddy Curry was so frightened, Richard was too lazy to talk to him and turned to look at the other players on the court.

Richard ignored the two starters, Russell Butler and Steve Blake.

After all, Richard didn't have any expectations for these two people at all. They were not starting materials. Although they were playing very poorly at the moment, Richard couldn't demand too much.

"Sun Yue, where is your defense?"

Richard directly pointed the finger at Sun Yue, looking like he hated iron but not steel.

He actually has expectations for Sun Yue, hoping that one day Sun Yue will be able to play well and become an All-Star.

Although Richard knows very well that with Sun Yue's own efforts, it can be said that such a day will never happen in his life, but if Sun Yue shows the value of training, Richard will not mind using some props to send him to the All-Star.

But Sun Yue's performance now disappoints him...

Maybe it's also because the Pirates have been so strong in the past three years that even if Sun Yue is lazy on the court, he can't tell at all.

After all, Sun Yue usually appears during garbage time. The game has already entered garbage time. How can anyone pay attention to the performance of the players on the court?

Now Sun Yue has a chance to start with the Clippers, but this laziness was brought over from the Pirates.

"Are you, your wingspan, and your speed all just for show?"

"The guy you're playing against, Marcus Thornton, is only 1.93cm tall and more than ten centimeters shorter than you. You let him shoot a three-pointer in your face?"

"Hat him!"

Richard caught Sun Yue and yelled again.

Sun Yue was also frightened. This was the first time he saw Richard become so angry.

"Coach, I understand, I will try my best to guard against Marcus." Sun Yue said in a low voice.

Griffin stood aside, a little scared, but fortunately Richard didn't mention his name, which made him relieved.

The timeout ends and both teams return to the court.

Obviously, Richard's outburst had a good effect. Eddy Curry seemed to be enlightened. After Cousins ​​​​got the ball, he used his huge body to resist Cousins ​​​​and prevent Cousins ​​​​from turning around. Space to take action.

The tonnage gap between the two men is really too big. Even with Cousins' natural power, he still can't stand up to a giant body like Eddy Curry.

In desperation, Cousins ​​could only pass the ball to the backcourt with two shots.

Sun Yue is obviously also cheering up. In fact, if you really want to talk about it, Sun Yue's position as a swingman is actually quite advantageous.

The power forward-level height, wingspan, and speed are no worse than those of ordinary forwards and defenders. The weaker ones are strength and tonnage.

However, when defending outside players, as long as you don't encounter a tank-type swingman, strength and tonnage are not particularly important. At least Marcus Thornton is not a tank-type player who is good at back-up play.

Marcus Thornton faced Sun Yue's defense and shot a three-pointer from the outside. Although Sun Yue didn't give him a big shot, his finger still touched the basketball. Thornton's shot was a three-pointer. Dip.

Richard stood on the sidelines and nodded, this was reasonable.

Even if they lose to the King's team tonight, it's not impossible for Richard to accept it. After all, he has no ambition for this season.

The team is undoubtedly going to be bad this season. Even if they don't want to be bad, with the team's current lineup, if they want to make the playoffs, they have little chance.

In this case, it is better to just mess it up and set the target for next season.

But even if it's a bad performance, Richard doesn't want his players to muddle along. It's OK to lose, but he doesn't want to lose like a loser.

There are still quite a few good prospects in next season's draft.

The 2010 and 2011 drafts are big years for forwards and defenders. Richard has now missed the 10th draft, and he definitely doesn't want to miss this 11th draft.

Irving, Kemba Walker, Thompson, Leonard, Vucevic, Faried, Reggie Johnson, Jimmy Butler, Bogdanovic and the last little assassin Isaiah Thomas.

This is definitely a big year for the draft. Since Richard entered the league in 1996, except for 96 and 2003, this 11-year draft should be the best in terms of player quality and quantity.

Naturally, Richard didn't want to miss this opportunity that could change the fate of the Clippers...

The 2011 draft is not just about the large number of stars and their high quality. The key is that the picks of some powerful stars are not high and can be easily obtained.

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Among them, Tang Shen, Xiao Ka and Butler are Richard's favorites, and it is not too difficult to win these three.

Now the Clippers need a real core player, and Griffin is obviously unable to shoulder this important burden.

Tang Shen is a very outstanding second-in-command, but it is obviously not suitable to use him as the core of the team.

As for Butler, this guy is prone to internal strife wherever he goes. His strength and enthusiasm for the game are enough to become the cornerstone of the team, but his leadership skills are not good enough.

So overall, Kawhi may be the best cornerstone for Richard to rebuild the Clippers.

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"Beep!" The referee on the field blew the whistle to end the game.

The Clippers lost to the Western Conference Kings by a seven-point margin, which Richard could still accept.

The performance of the starting players at the beginning was relatively poor, but after Richard yelled at them, they got a lot better.

Griffin was undoubtedly the Clippers' best player tonight, scoring 28 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. It was a perfect performance.

And Eddy Curry's performance was somewhat unexpected.

Tonight, Shark had about five minutes and played at O'Neal's level. He scored 17 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. It can be said that this was his best game in the past three years.

As for Sun Yue, after being yelled at by Richard, he worked extremely hard on the defensive end, but his offensive status was not very good. He made 4 of 11 shots tonight and only scored 11 points in the game.

Even so, this makes Sun Yue excited enough. In the past year, he has never scored in double figures...

He had a hunch that scoring in double figures might be the norm for him in the coming season, and even scoring in double figures per game shouldn't be difficult.

Naturally, it won't be a difficult task. Sun Yue is now the starting shooting guard of the Clippers. He averages thirty-five minutes of playing time per game and has more than ten shooting opportunities. If he takes so many shooting opportunities, he still can't score. In double figures, that would be really embarrassing.