Bishop of the Devil

This year is the London Olympics, and the country originally wanted Richard to lead the men's basketball team in the Olympics.

But Richard is currently busy with the Clippers and has no time to play in the Olympics, so he didn't take the job in the end.

However, the two Chinese players in the Clippers team this time are going to play for the national team. Sun Yue has great expectations from domestic fans this time. Everyone hopes that he can improve the strength of the men's basketball backcourt. .

Now Sun Yue can really be said to be the Yao Ming in the men's basketball backcourt. No one in China can compare with Sun Yue in the backcourt position.

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Sun Yue has lived up to the expectations of domestic fans. His performance in this Olympics was quite outstanding. He was the highest-scoring player in the entire men's basketball team except Yao Ming.

Of course, the second highest score does not mean the second best performance. In terms of performance, Yi Jianlian is definitely better than Sun Yue.

In fact, the current strength of the Chinese men's basketball team cannot be underestimated. With three NBA players who have entered the All-Stars, this is the most luxurious lineup besides the US team.

With the current strength of the Chinese team, in fact, as long as they are unlucky and encounter the American team before the finals, there will be no problem in getting a silver medal.

In this London Olympics, the men's basketball team's luck is obviously a bit overwhelming. The group is not grouped with the United States team, and they will not encounter the United States team in subsequent games. The two teams will only have the opportunity to meet in the finals. .

In this way, the Chinese men's basketball team's trip to the London Olympics can be considered fruitful.

Just as the Olympic Games were in full swing, a very important news broke in the NBA trading market.

In a deal involving four teams, the Magic sent their inside core Howard to the Lakers, and they acquired Odom and Davis Bertans from the Lakers.

This is not over yet, the Lakers are hysterical and took out the 2013 first-round pick and second-round pick, the 2014 second-round pick plus the 2015 first-round pick, a trade exception of 9 million US dollars, plus some cash compensation. Nash was introduced from the Suns.

As soon as these two transactions were made, it directly detonated the entire league. Countless Lakers fans went crazy. Such a lineup is unparalleled, and its level of luxury is no less than the previous Lakers' F4 lineup.

Many fans are optimistic that the Lakers can continue to defend their title this year. After all, this lineup is so awesome.

The Buss family did think so too. While Kobe still had time to play, they quickly tried their best to put together a championship-winning lineup and strive to win another championship.

Just when the entire league was praising the Lakers' magical operation, Richard was a little scornful.

This operation of the Lakers is completely sending themselves to the road of death.

Nash's current state is far inferior to that of his peak. You must know that Nash was born in 1974 and is now 38 years old...

If you exchange four draft picks for a 38-year-old veteran, if you can win the championship, everything will be easy to say and everything you say makes sense.

If they fail to win the championship, the Lakers' future will be completely ruined.

This is somewhat similar to the Rockets' move to introduce Paul in later generations. The Rockets' introduction of Paul was naturally to win the championship. If they won the championship, Morey's operation would be amazing, but if they did not win the championship, Paul's contract would be quite questionable. , causing the Rockets to completely lose the opportunity to strengthen.

In Richard's view, the Lakers' operation is actually less rational than the Rockets' operation of introducing Paul.

Nash himself has no defense. Now the 38-year-old Nash has more than just defensive holes. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a black hole.

Richard feels that now that Nash is on the court, his role is really not as great as that of Glove Payton in the previous F4 lineup.

Facts have also proved that the Lakers' introduction of Nash was definitely not a wise choice. If the deal had been done four or five years earlier, it would have been a matter of two opinions.

However, if it were really four or five years earlier, Taiyang might not be happy...

As for the operation of bringing in Howard, there is actually no fault with this at all. The Lakers have always had the tradition of bringing in super centers, and Howard is now one of the best centers in the league. The Lakers are really lucky to get Howard.

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Almost all fans are looking forward to the Lakers' F5 lineup and expecting them to beat all teams in the new season, but Richard is worried about the Spurs.

The current Lakers are not worth mentioning and have completely lost the chance to compete for the championship. On the contrary, the Spurs have selected high-quality newcomers in the draft for two consecutive years, which makes Richard a little wary of their strength.

Especially now that George Hill has not been sold by Popovich, who knows what kind of player Popovich will get in exchange for Hill.

Sure enough, what worried Richard the most happened.

In mid-August, the Spurs reached a deal with the Warriors, trading George Hill for Kemba Walker, whom the Warriors acquired in the 2011 draft.

When Richard learned the news, he rolled his eyes because he had not received any information about this transaction beforehand, and the Warriors had not revealed anything to him.

If Richard knew about this deal in advance, he would definitely stop the Warriors. Although Kemba Walker is not the top star, his value is definitely greater than George Hill!

Of course, judging from the current situation, it is understandable for the Warriors to make this deal.

In Kemba Walker's first season with the Warriors, he averaged a lot of points per game, almost 13 points per game with George Hill, but his offensive efficiency was in the sky and on the ground.

Walker's shooting percentage per game is only 36%, and his three-point shooting percentage is only 30%. It is normal for such a forward-looking warrior to trade with the Spurs.

Richard estimated that the Warriors probably felt that the deal was obviously a good deal, so they didn't come to consult Richard for his opinion...

In fact, before this transaction, the Warriors' lineup had already begun to take shape, with James White at the fifth position plus Kemba Walker at the first position, and then stacking outstanding 3D players in the remaining three positions. This team can be considered a first-class team. A Western Conference playoff-level team.

At most three years, with Richard's help, the Warriors can rise.

But because of this deal, the Warriors' rise will undoubtedly be pushed back. After all, a top-three point guard in the Eastern Conference like Kemba Walker is not so easy to get.

There is no doubt that the Spurs took advantage of this transaction...

With Jimmy Butler, Khris Middleton and Kemba Walker, Popovich is definitely making crazy money this time!

Only now the Spurs lack a successor to Duncan, that is, they lack an insider. Otherwise, the Spurs will remain standing in the next ten years.

Uncomfortable, Richard couldn't express the discomfort in his heart. The days were getting more and more sad. He thought that by returning to the West, he could defeat everything, but these few operations of the Spurs made Richard realize that things were not that simple.

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At the end of the Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team won a precious silver medal. In this way, the Chinese men's basketball team had a grand slam of medals in the Olympic Games, including gold, silver and bronze medals.

In the final against the American team, the Chinese team ultimately lost by only seven points. This result was quite acceptable to domestic fans anyway.

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In September, Richard summoned the new members of the team to start training. As for the old guys like Big Ben, Richard did not call them to train. After all, at their age, there was nothing to practice.

However, Daben and the others still came. It was a rare opportunity to spend time with Richard day and night. They had been looking forward to this day since they left Richard.

The tactical system of the new season has no changes from the previous season, and the tactical system of last season will still be used.

Because all the assistants under him were almost gone, Richard urgently recruited a group of assistants.

The most surprising thing for Richard was receiving Nick Nurse's resume.

This Nick Nurse is the Nick Nurse who later led the Raptors to the Finals for the first time in franchise history...

The season when he coached the Raptors to the Finals was Nurse's first season in the NBA coaching career.

Being able to lead the team to the Finals in his first NBA coaching season speaks volumes about his ability.

What really attracted Richard to Nurse was that he was a very assertive head coach, not a head coach like Grandpa Lu or Brother Bread who would change his tactics under pressure from public opinion.

Because of reusing Van Jordan, Nurse was almost sprayed to death in the series, but Nurse still withstood the pressure and continued to reuse Van Jordan, and the results were miraculous.

Without Van Jordan's sudden outburst, who dares to say that the Raptors could reach the finals? You know, before the Eastern Conference finals started, not many people were optimistic about the Raptors.

Even big-mouthed Klee shouted that the Raptors would be swept 4-0.

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Currently, Nurse is working as an assistant coach at Edward University. When he learned that the Clippers were recruiting assistant coaches, he immediately submitted his resume.

There are many head coaches under Richard, so Nurse naturally wants to try the NBA.

The salary of the top coaches in the NCAA may be higher than that of NBA coaches, but they are a minority after all. There are thousands of coaches in the entire NCAA. If you include assistant coaches, there are thousands of people...

The salaries of most of these coaches are actually not as high as people think.

It's normal to think about it. There are only thirty head coaches in the NBA, and their salaries are naturally much higher than the average salary of NCAA coaches.

Even if Nurse can squeeze into the position of head coach at Edward University, his salary is not as good as that of an NBA head coach.

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There is no doubt that Richard directly asked Cole to call Nas to inform him that he was admitted.

In addition to Nurse, Richard also saw Tyronn Lue's resume.

After Grandpa Lu retired in 2009, he went to Green Kai as the director of basketball affairs development. The name is somewhat similar to the president of basketball affairs, but the two are completely different.

After only working for less than half a year, Grandpa Lu lost his job due to changes in the Green Kai team.

Under normal circumstances, Grandpa Lu was actually invited by Douglas Greaves in 2011 and came to the Clippers as an assistant coach.

Later, Grandpa Lu was poached by the Cavaliers to work for David Blatt. Fans must know what happened next. After Blatt was laid off, Grandpa Lu successfully took over and became a generation of "super coach".

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Now that Doug Reeves himself is a mud Buddha crossing the river, how could he have the thought to invite Grandpa Lu, but Grandpa Lu submitted his resume himself.

Richard thought for a moment and decided to accept Grandpa Lu.

Now that I really have no one to use, I can only use Grandpa Lu.

Besides, Grandpa Lu may not be that unbearable. After all, he must have something on hand after being able to coach James for so many years.