Bishop of the Devil

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Two days later, all eight teams in the top half of the Eastern and Western Conferences concluded their first-round schedules.

Among the eight groups that started in the first round of this year’s playoffs, none of them reached the tiebreaker...

This time, the Spurs directly eliminated the Thunder with a big score of 4:0. Duncan used an absolute crushing advantage to tell Guofu, your uncle is still your uncle...

The Trail Blazers, ranked third in the Western Conference, also defeated last year's defending champion Mavericks in five games.

Last season's Western Conference Finals was a duel between the Trail Blazers and the Mavericks. As a result, the Mavericks advanced and the Trail Blazers were eliminated. This year, the Trail Blazers got their revenge.

There is no suspense on the Eastern side, they all advance easily.

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The playoffs were in full swing, and Richard was not idle and began to contact various teams to discuss transactions.

Naturally, the one Richard wants to trade this time is Monroe. Although Big Horse Monkey is also in Richard's trading plan, at least Richard is not planning to sell Big Horse Monkey this season.

At present, the value of Damascus has not reached its peak, and if it is sold, the price will definitely not be much higher.

And Monroe's current value is pretty good...

In the season that just ended, Monroe served as the Clippers' regular center, and his performance was quite remarkable. At Richard's request, Monroe practiced three-pointers since the day he joined the Clippers.

At the moment, Monroe actually has three-point firepower, but his accuracy is not very good. It is roughly in the early 30s, which is a three-point level that is better than nothing.

Richard knew that this might be Monroe's ultimate three-point strength, and even if he practiced again in the future, he might not be able to improve much.

Richard knows this, but other teams don't. After all, Monroe is just a rookie who has just finished his second season, and it seems that there are still many possibilities.

Averaged 12.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. In the season that just ended, Monroe's performance in all aspects was remarkable. There were no shortcomings, but he couldn't find anything particularly dazzling.

Richard first contacted the New Orleans Hornets. To be precise, they are now called the New Orleans Pelicans.

Ballmer followed Richard's advice and bought the Hornets, which they later renamed the Pelicans.

The reason why the name was changed to the Pelicans was actually not Ballmer's idea, but a vote.

For example, if the previous Charlotte Buccaneers used fan voting to determine the team name, they would probably still be called the Charlotte Bobcats in the end.

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Although Richard didn't know Ballmer, it was naturally impossible for him to call Ballmer when it came to trading a player.

Richard directly contacted Pelicans head coach Monty Williams and expressed his desire to trade Monroe with them.

Monty Williams is quite easy to talk to, but he is a shameless head coach with a junior qualification.

When Richard first entered the league, Monty Williams was actually still active and had not been in the league for long...

He entered the league in the 1994 draft, and was the same rookie as Robinson.

His playing career was completely a pawn. He wandered to several teams in the league and never played a stable starting position.

Until his retirement in 2003, the best season of his career was only 9+3.

And in the nine years from 1994 to 2003, how many things did Richard do that shocked the league?

There are simply countless, so Monty Williams should not have a deep impression of Richard. At this moment, Richard calling him made him feel a little excited.

Without saying a word, he told Richard's demands to the team management, and then began a long meeting to discuss.

The Pelicans' record this season ranks second from the bottom in the league, and they were lucky enough to get the No. 1 pick in the lottery...

Richard is naturally not stupid enough to trade Monroe for the Pelicans' No. 1 pick. Thinking about it, this is absolutely impossible. Only a fool would agree.

What he really wants is another first-round pick that the Pelicans have, the No. 17 pick previously traded from the Magic.

Richard doesn't know how to evaluate these 12th draft. There are many outstanding players, but they are mainly concentrated in high picks. There are many fewer outstanding rookies in lower picks compared to 11 years ago.

At least outside the top ten picks, there is no player who can match Leonard.

Thinking of this, Richard was amused by himself. He thought as if players like Leonard were very rare in the 15th pick...

The probability of a player with the 15th overall pick becoming a player is actually quite low. Since the establishment of the NBA, before Leonard, there was actually only one Nash who was selected with the 15th overall pick.

Although there are other players with the 15th overall pick who are quite good, their quality is certainly much lower.

In other words, since the establishment of the NBA, there are currently only two people who can take the fifteenth pick, one is Nash and the other is Leonard.

This is still normal. Now Leonard is selected by Richard with the 13th overall pick, which means there is only Nash.

Of course, there will be another big shot with the 15th pick in the future, who happens to play in the Eastern Conference Finals with Leonard.

That's right, it's Antetokounmpo...

It was such a coincidence of fate that, excluding Nash, the two strongest players with the 15th overall pick in NBA history met in the Eastern Conference Finals.

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Richard wants the Pelicans' 17th overall pick in order to get Fournier, who would normally be selected by the Nuggets with the 20th overall pick.

Fournier is a tall point guard, a shooting guard with a height of 201 centimeters. He also has a certain ability to handle the ball and can play a guest role at the number one position.

Although the defensive end is not great, the offensive end is still quite good. If you get the 17th pick, it will definitely be a sure-profit deal.

Now Richard is waiting for an answer from the Pelicans...

Of course, Richard is asking for more than just a 17th pick. Monroe is a top ten player, and he is completely worthy of his draft pick. How could Richard only want a 17th pick? draft pick.

In addition to the 17th overall pick, Richard also wants the Pelicans' own second-round pick.

However, according to Richard's guess, the Pelicans may allow themselves to increase the price.

This is not a big problem. If Richard counts the Clippers' own second-round pick, he should be able to facilitate this deal.

Right now, the Clippers only have one second-round pick, the 16th pick in the second round, which is still of some value...

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"Monty, just reject this deal to Richard. Be careful to use tactful words." After waiting for a long time, Monty Williams waited for such a reply.

"Mr. Dempsey, Monroe is pretty good. If Richard is willing to offer another second-round pick, I think we won't lose money on this deal, right?" He asked with some confusion.

In his opinion, it was really baffling that team general manager Dell Demps rejected Richard without even talking about it.

"It's indeed not a loss, but we can't trade with Richard. At least I don't think anyone in the West would be willing to trade with Richard, unless it's the Warriors or Trail Blazers, Richard's brother teams. ." Dempsey said with a frown.

After listening to this, Monty Williams seemed to understand what the Pelicans president meant.

In the past, when Richard was working for others, the deal would have been a deal, but now Richard completely owns the Clippers, and he will always be in charge of the Clippers for countless years in the future.

The last draft, after one season, has proved that Richard has the rhythm to lead the Clippers to the dynasty.

Under this situation, the Western Conference teams seemed to have formed a tacit understanding, and they were unwilling to trade the draft rights to Richard no matter what.

If Richard rises like this, the Western Conference team will be in darkness...

When Richard was running the Pirates, they won four consecutive championships in the Eastern Conference. If Richard hadn't left the Pirates, the Pirates might have been able to maintain this consecutive championship.

Now that he has come to the West, the teams in the West are unwilling to invest in their enemies no matter what. If Richard builds a team like the Pirates in the West, life will definitely be difficult for everyone.

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"Okay, Mr. Dempsey, I will talk to Richard about this..." Monty Williams said with pain.

In fact, he still really wants the player Monroe. The team currently holds the No. 1 pick and must choose the No. 1 pick, Anthony Davis.

Davis plays the power forward position, which matches perfectly with Monroe, the center. In this way, their Pelicans inside line will have the opportunity to become the strongest inside line combination in the league.

Monty Williams had personally seen Richard build various twin towers and then fight against the sky and the earth, so he also wanted to try the twin tower lineup.

But now Demps refused the deal without saying a word, which made Monty quite disappointed.

But even if he is disappointed, he will definitely not be able to disobey the team executives. This is definitely not what a junior head coach should do. He does not even have the slightest say in the team's lineup construction and transactions. No……

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Richard."

"Because we will choose Anthony Davis, we have little interest in post players."

"I'm really sorry. If there is an opportunity in the future, we will give priority to trading with the Clippers."

Monty apologized to Richard quite politely...

Richard didn't expect Pelican to refuse so simply, without even giving him any room for bargaining.

This is interesting. Richard originally thought that the Pelicans would bargain with him, but in the end he took out Monroe and a second-round pick in exchange for their two draft picks...

For a moment, Richard frowned, feeling that he might not feel so comfortable this offseason.

The Pelicans rejected their own offer and didn't even bargain. This must be weird!