Bishop of the Devil

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McGrady's current annual salary is as high as about 23 million US dollars. In fact, Richard would rather Stern used Kaman to pack some cannon fodder players to trade McGrady...

McGrady is also in a contract year. After coming to his hands, he can at least break out for one season. Although he certainly does not expect McGrady to lead the team to win the championship, he can at least attract some popularity to the new Clippers.

Eddie Curry is quite popular. If he hadn't been included in this trade, most fans in the league would have forgotten his existence.

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Kaman was traded away, which was not the most uncomfortable thing for Richard.

What makes Richard most uncomfortable is that Eric Gordon was also sold by Stern...

Yuan Lianden was quite strong and actually had the ability to become the leader of a team. However, his fate was unfortunate. He was reimbursed for the season in the 11-12 season and his condition began to decline.

Last season was the second season of his career. He averaged about 17 points per game. With a little training, he became an excellent scorer averaging 20+ per game. The key is that he is still in the rookie contract period, so the transaction value is Quite big.

If Yuan Lianden is still with the team, it would actually be quite cost-effective for Richard whether he uses it for himself or trades the draft picks.

But the round-faced player was also sold by Stern, to the New Orleans Hornets, and replaced by James Posey, who was about to retire.

James Posey at his peak was actually valuable. His defense was quite good. Although his three-point shooting was unstable, he was still good at it.

But now James Posey is looking at 34 years old. He entered the league in 1999 and is expected to retire in the next two years.

What makes Richard even more distressed is that this deal didn't even include a second-round draft pick...

Kaman's trade at least got him a second-round pick, while Roundface only got Posey, not even a second-round pick.

Richard was probably able to guess what Stern was thinking when he was sold to the Hornets. He just wanted the Hornets to have a higher market value.

It seems that the amount of money the Hornets sell for has little to do with the league. After all, the money is for the owner, not the league, but if you think about it carefully, it still has a lot to do with it.

The high price of the Hornets will definitely increase the market value of other teams. If the market value of each team increases, the total market value of the NBA will also increase.

This is something that is beneficial to the entire NBA. Stern will naturally do it. As for whether to cheat Richard, he certainly can't care so much. Anyway, he is retiring. What can Richard do to him? …

In this way, Stern emptied Richard's family capital and directly sold the Clippers' two best players last season.

The current Clippers can really be described as poor and useless...

There are no decent rookies on hand, no stars in their prime, and even draft picks are lacking.

The only thing that Richard is thankful for is that Stern didn't finish the job completely and still left a good thing for Richard...

That is Griffin, the top pick.

Griffin was selected by the Clippers last season. However, Griffin did not play in his rookie season and has been recovering from injuries. This guy must play this season.

It means that Richard only has Griffin on hand right now, and Monroe, who just got it in the draft.

Monroe's strength is just okay, but it is impossible for any team's head coach to use Monroe as the cornerstone of the team to rebuild the team. That would definitely be a mistake.

As for Griffin, he looks like a good cornerstone for rebuilding...

But Richard was all too familiar with Griffin.

To say that Chris Paul may miss the mark at critical moments, Griffin is almost certain to miss the mark at critical moments...

His lack of success does not mean that he was not in good condition after his appearance, but that he was unable to appear because of injuries.

Anyway, in Richard's impression, Griffin didn't play in the playoffs seriously a few times. Even though his regular season statistics were as good as a dragon, there was nothing worthy of praise in the playoffs.

Is Griffin strong? Naturally, he is very strong. In the entire history of the NBA, there are only a few power forwards like him.

But is it useful? It's really not useful at all. After all, if you can't play in the playoffs, what's the use of being stronger.

The playoffs are the best time to reflect the value of a star. Obviously Griffin did not reflect his true value as a star.

Although Richard has a lot of injury scrolls on hand, he is not too worried about Griffin's injuries, but who knows how many times Griffin will be injured in the playoffs. Maybe Richard has accumulated a lot of injuries over the years. The foundation is not enough for Griffin to build in one playoff season.

Therefore, Richard is not very interested in using Griffin as the cornerstone of reconstruction.

That is to say, there is really no one available now. The only way is to get Griffin out first, and then use Griffin as a bargaining chip to start rebuilding...

Under normal circumstances, Griffin had super statistics of 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists in his rookie season. The value of this trade is extremely amazing when you think about it.

And this is also the reason why other stars in the team have taken away some of the ball rights. Now that Griffin has become the only star of the Clippers, it is estimated that the data can be improved even further.

Anyway, Richard doesn't expect any results this season. Let Griffin work hard. It's best to brush up his earth-shattering statistics, and then use Griffin as a bargaining chip to start the reconstruction of the Clippers.

The current period can be said to be the most difficult period since Richard entered the alliance, and it can even be said to be the most difficult period since he traveled through time.

Because I coached in the NCAA before, although the situation is similar to the current Clippers, and they are all poor, but it is much easier for the NCAA to recruit players. After all, it does not have as many rules as the NBA.

Although it is difficult at the moment, Richard is also enjoying it. The Clippers belong entirely to him. This feeling of slowly improving them from the predicament is quite good.

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"We can't even put together a decent starting lineup. It's really..." Richard looked at the Clippers' lineup for the new season and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Monroe can play the center position. Although Monroe is more suitable to play power forward, with Griffin at the power forward, letting Monroe play as a substitute is really too luxurious for the current Clippers. Simply put Monroe at the center position.

Monroe is 211 centimeters tall, has a reasonable wingspan and tonnage, and has decent rebounding ability. Playing the fifth position is not a problem.

After excluding these two positions, Richard's players are really hard to watch.

If nothing else, the Clippers' starting lineup for the new season will be...

Center Monroe, power forward Griffin, small forward Russell Butler, shooting guard Craig Smith, point guard Steve Bragg.

Richard was speechless. The three people behind were all unknown minions, but because the Clippers really had no one available, he could only put them in the starting lineup.

To be honest, Richard is not saying that he is incapable of improving the strength of these three unknown people. At least if the celebrity hits them, the strength of these three unknown people can still be improved a lot, and they may be able to become qualified. starting player.

But in Richard's opinion, this was completely outweighing the gains. Unless he was out of his mind, he would definitely not be wasting his Fame Points on these people.

This is a complete waste. With these celebrity points, Richard would rather use them on domestic players so that he can feel more accepting of them.

In addition to these five starting lineups, there is a star player like Marcus Camby on the bench.

However, Camby, as a player of the golden generation of 1996, is actually only one step away from retirement. He may be able to stay in the league for another two or three years, but he can only be regarded as a gangster. It is difficult to compete at the peak of his career. kind of performance.

Now that Camby is 36 years old, who still expects him to lead the team to win...

Moreover, even at his peak, Camby was definitely not at the top of the 1996 golden generation, and even his historical status was far inferior to that of his predecessor.

Big Ben has several DPOYs and championships, but Camby doesn't have anything valuable besides being a DPOY.

Under normal circumstances, in fact, Camby was sold to the Blazers halfway through last season.

Why are the Blazers said to be taken advantage of? Because Camby currently has an annual salary of tens of millions, but his performance on the field simply cannot match this contract.

If you think about it carefully, it is true to say that Paul Allen was taken advantage of. After Paul Allen took charge of the Trail Blazers, the contract he signed was probably the same as that of the Knicks.

Of course, now because of Richard, the Trail Blazers have Oden and Aldridge on the inside. They naturally look down on Camby, and this contract has not happened, which means that Richard still has to bear the burden. Camby's annual salary of tens of millions will not end until Camby's contract ends in the summer of 2012.

This is very uncomfortable...

Although Camby's current strength is not very good, but even so, Camby is currently the strongest player on the Clippers bench. There are even several players that Richard has never heard of...

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Originally, Richard wanted to study the lineup carefully to see if he could find a three-melon-two-year-old player and trade them. There are still some dusty players in the league, and Richard naturally wanted to ignore these players. Quality players acquired.

But now after reading the lineup, Richard's heart felt cold because he really didn't have any decent bargaining chips.

Richard estimated that no one would want Camby, the strongest player on the bench. After all, Paul Allen, a foolish rich man with a lot of money, was quite rare in the league.

The other guys on the bench are so small that Richard is too embarrassed to talk to other teams.