Bishop of the Devil

The Clippers are actually considered a senior team in the NBA. They were established in 1970, which happened to be the year when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led the Bucks to win the championship.

When they first entered the league, the Clippers were called the Buffalo Warriors. Later, they felt that life in Buffalo was a bit difficult, so they moved to San Diego and changed their name to the Clippers.

Later in 1981, Sterling bought the Clippers and moved to Los Angeles in 1984. Now the Los Angeles Clippers can be considered stable.

The team was founded in 1970 and has a history of more than 40 years. Under the leadership of Richard, they finally won the first championship trophy in team history.

Before Richard, the Clippers' team history was really nothing, and their best playoff result was just a conference semifinal.

In other words, no one on the Clippers has touched the floor of the Western Conference Finals...

Now Richard has finally led the Clippers to achieve historic results.

The first championship trophy in team history, this is undoubtedly a championship with considerable gold content. Not only the Clippers generals are extremely excited, but even the fans of the Los Angeles Lakers are proud of it. After all, the championship did not go to another city. Got it by them Los Angeles people.

Even though the NBA has been established for such a long time, in fact, half of the teams in the league have never tasted a championship. If they can get a championship trophy, they are probably willing to do anything.

The Cavaliers, Nets, Magic, Raptors, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Jazz, Suns, Pacers, Pelicans, these are all teams that have never tasted a championship since their establishment, that is, this year Richard Germany led the Clippers to win the championship, otherwise the Clippers would also be on this list.

Among the remaining teams that have won championships, some have actually won the championship quite a long time ago.

For example, the only championship in the history of the Eagles was in 1958. It was more than 50 years ago. It was really miserable to have not tasted a championship for more than 50 years.

There is also the even worse Sacramento Kings. Their only championship in team history was in 1951. It has been more than 60 years ago. I don’t know how many fans have died, and they have not been able to see it again. The grand occasion of his home team winning the championship.

Of course, if these two teams are worse than the Suns, at least these two teams still have championships in their history.

The Suns entered the NBA in 1968 and have yet to win a championship. Now they are the longest-established team in the entire NBA that has failed to win a championship. There was a close friend before, the Clippers in 1970, and now the Clippers have won the championship. , the Suns became alone...

Judging from the Suns' situation, they may not be able to win the championship in another twenty or thirty years.

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The Clippers won the championship, and Leonard also won the final Finals MVP, becoming the pride of Los Angeles. Overnight, Leonard's jerseys sold out of stock, and people lined up for miles in front of the Clippers' official store, just to get one. A Leonard jersey.

There is no doubt that Leonard has become the hottest star this summer, overshadowing the previous top small forwards in the league, James and Durant.

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On the night when he won the championship, Xiao Hua called Richard directly. It was nominally to congratulate Richard for leading his team to win the championship, but in fact, Richard knew very well that Xiao Hua was reminding himself that he must not forget kept his promise.

Less championship, more suspense...

In fact, Xiao Hua is quite satisfied with the Clippers winning the championship this year. The only dissatisfaction is that the Hornets were too injured and there was no suspense. If there is a tiebreaker in this year's finals, in Xiao Hua's opinion, this It's going to be a flawless season, no faults at all.

Richard knew what Xiao Hua meant, and after telling Xiao Hua that he knew what to do, he hung up the phone.

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The 2013-2014 season is over, and the next step is the draft.

The Clippers didn't have any draft picks this year. They originally had a first-round pick from the Magic, but this first-round pick was protected by the top ten picks. As a result, in the previous lottery, the Magic drew a No. 4 pick, and the Clippers If you can’t get it, you can only wait and see what happens next year.

In other words, the Clippers currently only have two draft picks on hand, the 23rd pick in the first round and the 23rd pick in the second round.

"I announce that the Cleveland Cavaliers have selected Andrew Wiggins from the University of Kansas with the first pick of the first round." Xiao Hua announced the No. 1 pick on the stage, which was exactly the same as Richard's impression of the No. 1 pick.

The Cavaliers won the No. 1 pick two years in a row, and three No. 1 picks in four years is really amazing. The most important thing is that the probability of getting the No. 1 pick twice was less than 5%.

Although Richard said that his college entrance examination data in his previous life were good, and he could still get 120 points when Master Ge Jun asked math questions, but now he has almost forgotten all mathematics, and he really can't calculate the probability of the Cavaliers' three top picks in four years. How low is it...

Sometimes, the NBA is like this. Do you think he has a shady secret? You can't provide any evidence.

If you want to say that he has no shady story, it is incredible that such things can happen. Only shady stories can explain it.

After the previous lottery meeting, Richard specifically asked Xiao Hua whether their management committee was up to something, but Xiao Hua insisted that no...

That's definitely not the case.

However, although there are three No. 1 picks in four years, except for Irving, the other two No. 1 picks selected by the Cavaliers are really lacking.

Needless to say, Bennett last season was his rookie season, which was extremely good. In just one season, he established his reputation as the number one parallel import draft pick. It is estimated that in two seasons, he will be crowned the number one parallel import draft pick in history. .

As for Wiggins selected by the Cavaliers this year, there are really many names.

Healthy Mamba, NBA Peace Ambassador, scarf, Canadian Flyer, spectators on the field...

These are all nicknames for Wiggins.

Especially the nicknames of Peace Ambassador and Audience are interesting.

The nickname Peace Ambassador refers to the fact that Wiggins has not committed any fouls against his opponents for three consecutive seasons, and the game has been quite peaceful...

He has not committed a foul in three whole seasons. You can imagine how much this guy cherishes himself while playing.

As for the audience on the court, this nickname was given to Wiggins by Embiid. The meaning is self-evident. This guy is completely a spectator on the court and cannot play the role a player should have.

If you really want to look at the five major positive data, Wiggins' data is actually quite good, but if you look at the advanced data, his data is too ugly...

The defensive efficiency can be said to be historically poor at the small forward position. In the entire NBA history, there are only three people who can be worse defensively than Wiggins.

Generally speaking, if the reason for poor defense is poor physical fitness, then this is not a bad thing. For example, Nash's defense is really poor, but no one takes it as an excuse.

But look at Wiggins’ reputation as a Canadian flyer, can he have poor physical fitness...

Richard smiled bitterly, the Cavaliers were really wasting their resources, wasting two No. 1 picks.

In fact, if they can successfully select these three No. 1 picks, they can actually become a powerhouse in the Eastern Conference even without James coming back.

For example, Irving was selected as the No. 1 pick in 2011, Giannis Antetokounmpo was selected in 2013, and Embiid was selected in 2014. This lineup should be carefully cultivated and then added with some 3D shooters. Who dares to challenge in the Eastern Conference.

Of course, this is just an afterthought. It was impossible to use the No. 1 pick in 2013 to select the unknown Antetokounmpo.

As for selecting Embiid with the No. 1 pick in 2014, it is actually possible. Embiid himself was the No. 1 pick, but it was only because of injuries that affected the draft pick.

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The Bucks, who held the second pick next, selected Jabari Parker.

The Philadelphia 76ers, who held the third overall pick, chose Embiid.

After watching these two drafts, Richard seemed to have an enlightenment in his heart.

No. 2 overall pick Parker and No. 3 overall pick Embiid were both reimbursed for the season. I wonder if this is the reason why No. 1 pick Wiggins plays so well?

Maybe he doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of finishing second and third overall?