Bishop of the Devil

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The draft is over. In the next few months, Richard will be more relaxed and will not have much work to do.

Taking advantage of this time, Richard spent time with his wife and children...

The three boys are now over six years old. Richard used a height-increasing potion on Li Jin before, so Li Jin's height has also increased a lot in the past six months, but there is definitely a big gap compared to Li Bit. .

According to Richard's estimation, when Li Jin and others grow up, his height will be between 190-195, which is almost exactly the height for playing the No. 1 position.

And Libit is definitely tall enough to play center...

When the time entered July, Richard also took a few days to prepare for the signing of players.

Little Shark Eddie Curry's contract expires, and it is naturally impossible for Richard to renew his contract.

But it's not like Shark hasn't found a job. This season with the Clippers, he averaged 13 points and 8 rebounds per game. Many teams still want to bring him in as a backup center.

Of course, the fact that Little Shark can produce such data is purely due to the blessing of props. No matter which team wants to sign him, it will definitely be a fight in the end.

Originally, the Thunder wanted to sign Little Shark, but Richard blocked it. After all, the Thunder were one of their own, and Richard didn't want his own people to suffer such a big loss.

In the end, Little Shark was signed by the Eastern Conference Cavaliers. Of course, the contract amount was not large, only $12 million over two years. Anyway, the Cavaliers now have a lot of salary space, and they probably don't care if they lose this little money.

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There is still one year left on Camby's contract. Richard has no choice but to hold his nose and admit it, or even deny it. Without Camby's multi-million-level contract to support him, the Clippers' current salary would be Even if Horford is given a maximum salary, not counting Camby's tens of millions of annual salary contracts, it is not even close to the poverty line.

For Horford, Richard did not give a maximum salary offer at first, but gave him a five-year contract worth 65 million U.S. dollars, which averages about 13 million U.S. dollars a year.

This contract is actually pretty good, a bit higher than the $60 million contract offered by the Eagles under normal circumstances.

Horford is also very sensible. When faced with Richard's first offer, he agreed without saying a word and did not wait for possible offers from other teams.

In his opinion, this contract is actually quite generous. Even if other teams offer contracts, they are unlikely to give them too high. Anyway, they are unlikely to give Durant-level contracts.

Durant also renewed his contract with the Buccaneers this year, with a five-year maximum salary contract of US$85 million...

Fortunately, the contract amount signed by Richard and Milicic was relatively low, which allowed the Pirates to renew Durant's contract quickly. Otherwise, Jordan would probably have no place to cry at the moment.

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Staying under Richard, Horford feels that he will definitely be able to achieve some achievements with the team that other players dream of in the future.

And this is Los Angeles, who doesn’t want to stay in Los Angeles?

The generous contract amount, coupled with other factors, ultimately made Horford stay without hesitation.

The four newcomers Richard acquired this year also signed with the Clippers.

The contracts of Tang Shen, Leonard and Damascus in the first round are not mentioned. They are all first-round standard contracts. Richard can't do anything special.

As for Thomas's contract, Richard directly gave him a four-year contract, based on the salary of the 30th pick in the first round of the Malaysian Monkey.

This contract directly gave Thomas the feeling of dying for his confidant...

He was just a player on the verge of losing the draft, but Richard offered him a first-round pick treatment. How could he not be moved?

And once this contract is given, it also means that Richard attaches great importance to himself. His life with the Clippers may be much easier than he imagined.

After all, if Richard didn't value himself, he wouldn't have been able to give such a contract, unless Richard really had nowhere to spend the money...

Richard gave Thomas a four-year contract, which was naturally for the purpose of saving money. If under normal circumstances, he signed Thomas for two or three years, then Richard would have to pay a lot of money...

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Horford's contract is signed, and the contracts of the four newcomers are also settled.

Next, Da Zhi also signed a contract with the Clippers, signing a two-year basic salary contract of US$4.6 million...

The reason why Dazhi came to the Clippers was, firstly, to get a championship ring before the end of his career, and secondly, for his son to receive a better education.

Wang Xilin himself was actually born in Los Angeles and became an American citizen...

When it comes to what nationality to apply for, some fans may think that Dazhi is "forgetting his ancestors" by allowing his son to become an American citizen, but Richard thinks it's okay.

Dazhi must also be thinking that his son can pursue a basketball career in the future, and the basketball environment in the United States is much better than that in China. He can participate in various regular competitions since he was a child. In this case, for his son In the case of better development, it would actually be okay for Dazhi to let his son become a U.S. citizen.

Who doesn’t want their son to have a good future...

In addition to Dazhi, what surprised Richard this time was that Tracy McGrady also came to vote with a minimum salary.

Last season, McGrady earned a base salary of US$1.35 million with the Pistons. Now that the contract is over, McGrady will either retire directly or find a team to earn a minimum salary...

In this case, it would naturally be more attractive for Tracy McGrady to return to Richard's staff.

My career started with Richard, and now it ends with Richard, which is quite a story.

Regarding McGrady's application to join, Richard naturally agreed without hesitation.

Although McGrady will not actually perform very well on the court now and will have minimal impact on the team's improvement, after all, he only has a basic salary of more than one million US dollars and such a cheap price, so don't waste it.

In this way, the Clippers' lineup for the coming season will be very clear.

Horford, Dazhi, McGrady, Sun Yue, Leonard, Thompson, Parsons, Thomas Jr., Camby, Monroe.

In addition to these ten players, there are still some players in the Clippers' original lineup. Richard should have been eliminated, and in the end there were still four players left.

These four players cannot be sold, and there is no need to buy them out. They simply stay in the team now to make up for the numbers.

With 14 players confirmed, Richard is full of expectations for the coming season.

Although it is definitely a dream for this current lineup to win the championship, but even if it fails to win the championship, Richard will try his best to achieve better results this season.

After all, the Clippers don't have the first-round pick in 2012. No matter what their final record is, they won't have a share in the first-round draft.

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Speaking of the current lineup, Richard is definitely not very satisfied with it. He is a little too light-hearted.

There are too many people available at the forward and defensive positions, but there are a few players available inside and at the first position.

The only players currently available inside are Horford and Monroe, with Monroe playing center and Horford playing power forward.

As for the No. 1 player, the only one Richard can use right now is Thomas...

The forward and defensive lines are somewhat overcrowded.

Under such circumstances, Richard naturally had to find a way to make adjustments, and he immediately thought of Sun Yue.

"Coach, are you looking for me? Hehe..." Sun Yue opened the door and walked into Richard's office with a smile on his face.

"That's right, I want to talk to you about something." Richard motioned for Sun Yue to sit down.

"Do you want to get the honor of being a regular broadcaster?" Richard knocked on the table and asked.

Sun Yue was startled. Is there such a valuable honor in the regular season? Good guy, could the coach let himself compete for the regular season MVP? !

Think about it, this is of course thinking, fools don’t want MVP.

"I want it, coach, I want it so much!" Sun Yue said excitedly with surprise on his face.

"Just think about it, I'm afraid you don't want to..." Richard nodded.

"Okay, then I will put you on the bench. You work hard and strive to get the best sixth man of the season!"

"Gah?" Sun Yue's eyes almost popped out...

Dare not be the regular season MVP, but the best sixth man? Good guy, are you on the bench now?

You know, you made the All-Star team last season, but you will be on the bench this season?

Thinking of this, Sun Yue felt a little pained. Although the Sixth Man of the Year award is indeed a valuable regular season honor, the premise is that he has to be a substitute...

Who would want to play on the bench when he can be the starter?

"What, you don't want to?" Richard saw Sun Yue's bitter expression and couldn't help but asked with a smile.

"No, I am willing..." Sun Yue said a little insincerely.

"Don't be reluctant. In fact, being a substitute is not as miserable as you think, as long as you have enough playing time."

"I will guarantee your time, it won't be too little."

"Look at Manu Ginobili of the Spurs. He is also a substitute, but he can become an All-Star. I hope you can learn from him."

Now Sun Yue can only agree...

The reason why Richard asked Sun Yue to play as a substitute was actually to give Tang Shen and Xiao Ka more opportunities to practice.

In the future of basketball, forward and defensive line players will be the top priority for a team to win the championship. It is impossible for Richard to put his treasure on Sun Yue. This is extremely irrational behavior.

Letting Sun Yue play as a substitute now is also Richard's helpless move...

If nothing else, the Clippers' starting lineup for the next new season will be: center Monroe, power forward Horford, small forward Leonard, shooting guard Thompson and point guard Thomas.

This lineup reminded Richard of the lineup of Green Kai under normal circumstances.

That is the Green Kai in the 16-17 season coached by Stevens.

The Green Kai's starting lineup is Horford, Amir Johnson, Bradley, Crowder and Thomas.

Although not favored all the way, this Green Kai team reached the Eastern Conference Finals, which can be regarded as Stevens's masterpiece.

Looking at the lineup, the current Clippers lineup is very similar to this Green Kai.

The No. 1 position is all Thomas.

Crowder at the third position is a 3D small forward player, comparable to Leonard now. Although Avery Bradley at the second position is not comparable to Thompson, both of them are quite good defensively. However, Bradley is only 188 centimeters tall and is far inferior to Thompson on the defensive end. flexibility.

At certain times, Thompson can even defend from position one to position four.

As for the inside line, this Clippers team also has a lot of similarities with Green Kai.

Looking at it this way, Richard feels that he doesn't have to think about his tactics for the new season and can just copy Stevens's tactical system on Green Kai.

However, although the lineup is similar and the same tactical system may be used in the future, Richard is convinced that the future achievements of his Clippers will be much higher than that of the Green Kai.

There is no other reason. The gap between the forward and defensive line players on both sides is too big.

Bradley is a good player, but compared to Tang Shen, there is absolutely no comparison. Tang Shen's contribution to the game is far greater than Bradley's.

As for Crowder and Leonard, they are even more incomparable. They are not players of the same level at all.

In this case, the two teams are obviously not at the same level in terms of their ultimate potential...