Bishop of the Devil

Popovich had an ominous premonition in his heart, feeling that Richard, with the eighth pick, would sign his favorite Kawhi Leonard...

Although Leonard is not well-known at the moment, Richard has not made amazing moves in the draft before.

Thinking of this, Popovich felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart.

Richard has the No. 8 pick in his hand. So if the Spurs want to intercept Leonard, they must have a draft pick higher than the No. 7 pick...

How could such a high draft pick be so easy to get?

For the current plan, Popovich can only be prepared with both hands. If choosing Leonard is really impossible, then he can only choose a spare tire.

At present, the Spurs' troika are all old. In the last season that just ended, no one in the troika averaged more than 20 points per game, especially Duncan's average dropped from 17.9 points per game in the 2009-10 season to 13.4 points. Although the fans are not I am willing to admit it, but now Duncan is indeed gradually starting to decline.

Of course, even if things go downhill, Duncan will still be quite impressive in the next few years, steadily making his contribution to the Spurs.

Nowadays, Popovich's favorite player is undoubtedly a player at the small forward position. The Spurs have no shortage of backcourt players, because Duncan can still play for a few more years, and they are not in a hurry to think about things inside.

What is certain is that Popovich will definitely pay close attention to a wave of outstanding small forward players in this year's draft.

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If Leonard really can't be taken away, Popovich will definitely have to find a replacement he likes.

After Richard rejected Popovich, he felt no burden in his heart. He naturally knew that Popovich's goal was Leonard, but now that he wanted Leonard, he had no choice but to quit the Spurs.

A dead Taoist friend will not die but a poor Taoist...

The playoffs are in full swing, and those teams playing in the playoffs naturally have no energy to pay attention to the trade market, but teams like the Clippers are very lively.

The Trail Blazers have the 25th overall pick this year, but before Richard can speak, McMillan said that his pick is useful and that he has a rookie that he must get...

McMillan said so, so Richard naturally can no longer pursue the idea of ​​​​the Blazers' draft picks.

However, Richard's old club, the Pirates, were somewhat generous and were willing to give out their own first-round pick this year.

Before Richard left the Pirates, he actually accumulated a large number of draft picks for the Pirates. Last season, the Pirates' record was still No. 1, and the draft pick he brought with him was the 30th pick in the first round. Such a bad pick, Of course they don't care much.

Of course, Richard was definitely embarrassed to take someone else's draft pick for nothing, and finally made a deal with Jordan. Richard gave up his own second-round sixth pick plus $1.5 million. As cash compensation, he received the 30th pick in the first round and the 30th pick in the second round from Jordan.

In fact, this transaction cannot be said to be a loss for Jordan...

The value of a pick with the sixth pick in the second round is actually not much different from that of a pick with the 30th pick in the first round. As for the pick with the last pick in the second round, it is basically useless. Richard said A compensation of 1.5 million US dollars did not take advantage of the Pirates.

Although he had left countless wealth to the Pirates before, Richard would definitely feel bad about taking other people's things for nothing.

Since then, Richard has breathed a sigh of relief. The draft picks he prepared for this year's draft will definitely be enough. If nothing happens, he will be able to put together the lineup he wants.

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In the blink of an eye, time has entered mid-to-late May, and the Eastern and Western Conference finals have begun in full swing.

What everyone didn't expect was that this year's playoffs would see two jaw-dropping upsets.

The Spurs ranked first in the regular season, but were defeated by the Grizzlies, who were eighth in the Western Conference, in the first round. The Grizzlies completed the feat of going eight.

Of course, this black eight is actually not of great significance. At least it is not as amazing as the Warriors' black eight. The main reason is that the Spurs three-man team injured two...

Ginobili and Parker were injured, so it would be strange for the Spurs to advance.

Under normal circumstances, in fact, although the Spurs were also beaten by the Grizzlies this season, it was not so miserable. There was no tragedy of the troika injuring two players.

If the troika is not injured, or if only one of them is injured, then it is estimated that with the current strength of the Grizzlies, it will be good not to be swept by the Spurs.

Today's Grizzlies are not the usual lineup of immortal Grizzlies. First of all, Marc Gasol is gone, and this position is replaced by Bynum...

In Richard's opinion, this may be his fate.

The other set of duels are more like fate...

The Lakers were swept in the Western Conference semifinals against the Dallas Mavericks.

This Western Conference semifinals simply stunned Los Angeles fans. They thought they would be swept by the Buccaneers again this year, but they never thought they would be swept by the Mavericks in the Western Conference. If someone had told them this before, they would have laughed. die.

Are you kidding me? With the Mavericks and a bunch of old guys, they can sweep the Lakers? This is definitely the biggest joke of the century.

But something so unbelievable really happened.

Why is the 2011 playoffs so interesting? What’s interesting is that the Spurs and the Lakers, one was defeated and the other was swept...

You must know that these two teams have the top two regular season records in the Western Conference.

In the end, the Trail Blazers got a big deal. They faced the Grizzlies in the Western Conference semifinals, won by a score of 4:2, and met the Mavericks in the Western Conference finals.

I'm afraid even Paul Allen himself didn't expect that he would get such a big deal for nothing.

Under normal circumstances, this big deal was actually taken away by the Thunder. The Thunder defeated the Grizzlies 4:3 in the Western Conference semifinals and met the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals. This was the first time in Durant's career that he reached the Western Conference Finals... …

It's just that the Thunder are definitely weaker now because they don't have Durant, and they were eliminated by the Trail Blazers in the first round.

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The Trail Blazers faced off against the Mavericks in the Western Conference finals. If Richard doesn't feel any surprise, the Mavericks may become the final winner.

Even though the Trail Blazers are stronger on paper than the Mavericks, Richard still feels this way...

As for the Eastern Conference Finals, the Buccaneers will face this year's new powerhouse, the Miami Heat.

The Heat defeated the Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The two sides fought in 7 games, and it was quite difficult to win.

It was the Pistons after all, and the frame built by Richard was still there. It was actually quite difficult for the Heat to get past the Pistons.

But if you think about the Pirates, it's obviously not that easy.

DeAndre Jordan, Milicic, Durant, Roy plus Curry, there are countless powerful players on the bench, Harden, DeRozan, Marc Gasol, etc...

In the end, the Heat's performance was acceptable. They did not shave their heads off the Pirates. They won two games and were eliminated by the Pirates with a score of 2:4.

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The Pirates are moving forward with momentum and are aiming for the finals. If they can continue to defend their title this year, they will create a five-title dynasty!

The thought of a five-champion dynasty makes Jordan tremble with excitement!

In Jordan's view, their biggest opponents for the championship are actually the Pistons, Heat, Spurs and Lakers...

Now all four teams have been killed, Trail Blazers? calf? What kind of opponents were these? Jordan didn't even pay attention to them.

When the Western Conference Finals ended, the Mavericks defeated the Trail Blazers with a big score of 4:3 to advance, and Jordan went crazy with joy.

Is this pie in the sky? ! God wants to help the Pirates' five-title dynasty, but let them encounter such a weak opponent in the finals.

Richard is now very open-minded. In fact, no matter who wins the finals in this round, Richard will happily accept it.

If the Pirates win the championship, the feat of the five-champion dynasty will definitely leave a mark in the history books, and he, the founder of the dynasty, will definitely be admired and admired by future generations of Pirates fans.

As for the Mavericks winning the championship, Richard actually wants the veteran to prove himself again and enhance his historical status by relying on this championship.

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In G1 of the finals, the Pirates won easily as expected.

To say it's easy is because they won easily by the score. To be honest, the Pirates encountered a big problem in this game.

Durant is injured, Roy is injured...

Even Richard was dumbfounded. Those fans might just lament that the Pirates were unlucky to have injured two offensive cores in one game, but Richard knew that this was quite strange.

If Durant is injured, it can still be explained. After all, Durant is not an iron man type player. He has suffered season reimbursement in his career and has also suffered several playoff injuries. Now he has reached the Finals. Being injured suddenly is not unacceptable.

But Roy's injury was unacceptable to Richard. Are you kidding me? Roy's injury resistance attribute is as high as 95 points. This is completely Iron Man level injury resistance attribute. Can it hurt him? !

Richard only felt as if God was watching this finals, and really wanted the Mavericks to win the championship this year. Otherwise, Roy's injury would be completely unexplainable.

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Although the Buccaneers have injured two core offensive players in a row, Jordan, the Buccaneers players and management, including Buccaneers fans, are actually relatively calm.

Injuries are injuries. The Buccaneers have such a deep lineup, which hurts Durant and Roy, but also Harden and DeRozan?

Although these two are definitely not as useful as the previous two, they are still better than those old guys from Mavericks...

As a result, amid their composure, G2 of the finals started. This time the Pirates won again, but someone was injured again.

Two people were still injured, Curry and DeAndre Jordan.

The entire league went crazy. This kind of thing has never happened before in the entire history of the NBA. They have just played two games in the finals, and as a result, one team injured four starters? !