Bishop of the Devil

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Time has entered mid-August, with only one and a half months left before the start of the new season, and Richard has begun to get busy.

What satisfies Richard most about the new season is that the Spurs did not gain much in the draft, which means that the Spurs' overall strength will not improve significantly in the new season.

The Spurs' GDP status continues to decline, and the three newcomers may improve their strength. Basically, the overall strength should be at a level of neither rising nor falling.

As for Richard's Clippers, their strength will definitely improve in the new season. Richard's efforts to acquire so many players are not just for show.

Only the question Cole asked before gave Richard a headache.

How to arrange the starting lineup for the new season...

Under normal circumstances, Richard should have started five players including Gobert, Green, Leonard, Thompson and Rondo, with the remaining players on the bench.

But Richard feels that letting Antetokounmpo come on the bench is really a waste of resources.

This is a proper MVP-level super giant. Except for his poor basket, there is nothing wrong with him in other aspects. Richard also thinks that Antetokounmpo can quickly improve and become the core pillar of the Clippers.

But among the starting five, Richard really didn't know who to replace.

It's not that Antetokounmpo can't play inside to replace Gobert, but if he does this, who knows if Antetokounmpo can still perform at the MVP level in the future, maybe it will be useless for Richard...

Playing the fourth position instead of Chasing Green is not a good choice.

Green's versatility is very important to the Clippers. Antetokounmpo on the bench can still play a role, but Green on the bench is really useless.

Players like Green get stronger when they are strong and weak when they are weak. What we are talking about here is not the strength of the opponent, but the strength of his teammates.

If he is surrounded by strong teammates, Green can play an unparalleled role. But if he is surrounded by weak players, then Green's role will probably be good at achieving 70%.

The Clippers' bench is not weak, but there is definitely a gap compared to the starting lineup.

As for the second and third positions, there are Leonard and Thompson. Now these two are in their third season, and they are much better than Antetokounmpo in terms of strength.

The only possibility is the No. 1 position, but now that Rondo is at the No. 1 position, it is really inappropriate to let Rondo serve as a substitute for Antetokounmpo.

Then Rondo is probably going crazy...

You have an All-Star point guard coming off the bench for a rookie? No one would be able to bear it.

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time and let Antetokounmpo be the substitute first." Richard said with a wry smile.

Three new players joined the team this year, and Richard did not let these new players sit idle during the training camp, assigning them tasks.

Regarding McCollum, Richard asked him to learn organizational skills from Rondo, and at the same time strengthen his ball-handling ability.

It's not that Richard will really let McCollum play the one position. Maybe after the start of the new season, McCollum's role will be a combo guard. If there is a point guard on the court, he will play shooting guard. If there is no point guard on the court, he will play point guard.

Therefore, there is definitely nothing wrong with practicing more ball control and organizational skills.

Under normal circumstances, McCollum actually studied with Nash for a long time, and the results were quite good.

Richard doesn't have to worry too much about Gobert. With a blue-collar team like Big Ben to train Gobert, it is expected that Gobert will be able to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA in a short period of time.

As for Antetokounmpo, he was assigned a shooting training task by Richard. At the moment, Antetokounmpo's most urgent priority is to practice baskets.

Only if he can practice basketball can he get more playing time.

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The hot summer training camp has begun. The players are training very hard. They also know very well that it is impossible not to work hard. In Richard's team, there is never a lack of geniuses. Everyone is a genius. Now let's see who is more talented. The harder you work, the better you can realize your talents.

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On October 1st, the preseason schedule began, and the Clippers immediately recorded a complete victory.

Of course, a complete victory in the preseason doesn't explain too many problems. After all, the Clippers faced some weak teams.

In this new season, Richard has no interest in regular season results, nor in various honors. The only thing he is interested in is the championship.

In the regular season opener, the Clippers faced their old acquaintance, the Portland Trail Blazers.

There is no problem in arranging the schedule this way. After all, one of the two teams was first in the Western Conference last season and the other was second in the Western Conference.

The starters from both sides began to appear, and Richard watched the game intently.

What he is most worried about now is Gobert. The Clippers have no disadvantage against the Trail Blazers in other positions on the court. Only Oden, the Trail Blazers, will probably outlast Gobert... …

Oden is now basically the well-deserved No. 1 center in the league. With the decline of Howard and Yao Ming, no one will doubt Oden's status as the No. 1 center in the league.

And Gobert is just a rookie, it would be strange if he is not beaten by Oden.

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Sure enough, in the opening jump ball, Oden showed a much better jumping ability than Gobert.

Gobert's jumping is not as good as that of Adams, so how can he compare with Oden.

McMillan must have also deployed tactics that focus on the inside.

If Horford is still here, although he can't defeat Oden, he can at least exert some restrictions on Oden.

And now that the Clippers are without Horford, they only have rookie Gobert. It would be strange for McMillan not to focus on the inside. How could he miss such a good opportunity.

At the beginning of the game, Oden caught the ball under the basket and hit Gobert hard with his back.

Gobert's tonnage was too much at a disadvantage, and his whole body was like a broken ship in a storm, with signs of capsizing at any time.

This is not over yet. After this goal, Oden caught the ball under the basket and continued to beat Gobert.

Richard frowned. This was really hard for Gobert. In his first regular season game of his career, he encountered a monster like Oden. It was really terrible.

If this fight continues, it is estimated that this game will directly knock Gobert to pieces.

In desperation, Richard replaced the big book.

When Oden came off the court, Richard replaced Gobert again.

By the end of the game, the Clippers only narrowly won by three points.

Tonight, the Clippers twin stars all showed their strength. Leonard scored 28 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, while Thompson scored 32 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist...

When the two scored 60 points together, they only beat the Trail Blazers by a mere three points. This shows how powerful Oden was in this game.

With 37 points, 21 rebounds and 4 blocks, he is definitely qualified to become the league's number one center.