Bishop of the Devil

　　In mid-September, the Clippers began a new season of training.

　　Before the training, Richard naturally wanted to find some players and assistants to chat alone.

　　 Richard's first target was Cole...

　　 Cole is normally a very successful head coach under normal circumstances, but this does not mean that he has no shortcomings.

　　 Cole exposed that he often smoked marijuana, the reason given was that the back pain was unbearable, and hemp was needed to relieve the pain.

　　In addition to smoking marijuana, Cole is also a heavy alcohol dependent. Even playing games on the field, he can drink two sips off the field.

In the 18-19 playoffs, the Warriors played against the Clippers in the first round. Cole sat on the sidelines and drank. Of course, he couldn't drink it unscrupulously, but filled the whiskey in Gatorade bottles. ...

　　 At that time, Richard was shocked to see this scene. Looking at the entire NBA history, I am afraid that only Cole can do such a thing.

　　 As everyone knows, Popovich is definitely an alcoholic, but even his alcoholic has never done the crazy thing of drinking on the court.

　　 "Sit down, Steve, these days are hard." Richard said to Cole with a smile.

　　 These days Cole has been training players to shoot.

　　 "Fortunately, it's not particularly hard." Cole nodded and said politely.

　　 "How about? Do you feel that these people in the team are particularly talented in shooting?" Richard asked.

　　 "No, none..."

　　 "God, these people's shooting talents may be the worst professional players I have ever seen. Sun Yue's kid is just right, of course, it's just just right..." Cole said tangled.

　　Richard nodded his head. This did not surprise him, even if it was Sun Yue, if he did not rely on the advantage of height and arm length, in fact, he had no shot.

　　Having talked with Cole for half an hour, Richard did not mention Cole's private life. At least without affecting the team, Richard had no reason to manage Cole's private life.

　　After chatting with Cole, Richard summoned all players and all assistants and came to the training ground for a season mobilization meeting.

　　The effect of group therapy skills triggered Richard was very dissatisfied, because this group therapy effect triggered on Sun Yue...

　　Sun Yue is not too healthy these years.

　　 Triggered on Monroe, of course, is the best choice. Even if it is not triggered on Monroe, and triggered on Camby, Richard can accept it.

　　 Monroe is definitely unable to play in the preseason or even the beginning of the season. Richard can only put Eddie Curry into the starting lineup.

　　Edi Curry entered the league in 2001, it seems to be a veteran, but in fact his age is not big, because it is the reason for the high school students to enter the league, and now only 28 years old.

　　 28 years old is the golden peak of a player, but Eddie Curry is quite unsatisfactory, and no one wants it.

　　I thought that this product, together with Kwame Brown and boxing champion Tyson Chandler, was called the 01th elective high school three treasures.

　　 Three power centers, each of which looks talented, especially the small shark. At the age of 18, he had a weight of nearly three hundred pounds, playing invincible throughout Chicago.

After entering the league, after struggling in the previous two seasons, in fact, the small shark has played a representative season. In the 06-07 season, the small shark played 19.5 points and 7 rebounds. It seems that it has grown into a league. Top center, but the truth?

　　 This data can only be said to be unattractive.

　　 There is nothing wrong with the offensive end. In the Yao Sha era, Eddy Curry was called the offensive talent after Yao Sha...

　　 The nickname of the little shark is because this product can be transformed into O'Neal from time to time on the court, relying on his weight of up to 134 kg and excellent arm span to ravage the basket on the offensive end.

　　 may have an O'Neal offensive level in a few minutes a night, or a one-minute O'Neal level in a few nights, which is why he is called a small shark.

　　 But on the defensive end and the rebound, compared to the offensive end, it is totally worth mentioning. It can be said that Eddy Curry's defense and rebound are not even as strong as the league's third-line center.

　　If it is said that this product met Richard earlier, for example, when he first entered the league in 01, he played for Richard, then Eddie Curry is estimated to have been hit.

　　Although it certainly does not reach the height of O'Neill or Yao Ming, it is no problem to maintain the level of quasi-all-stars. After all, only two or three points are needed to make up for Eddy Curry's defense and rebounds.

　　 When it comes to physical talent, Eddy Curry can hardly pick out any faults, otherwise, he would not be the top pick.

　　Because it was a contract year, Richard directly smashed the lucky monkey props of Eddie Monkey on Eddy Curry's body...

　　Under normal circumstances, Eddie Curry has no big contract after this season, and because of the props bonus, it may be possible to get a decent contract next season.

　　……

　　 This is also Richard's helpless move. Nowadays, no one is available, and he can only let the little shark become a general.

　　One month of training, the effect of what Richard did not pay much attention to, because it really has no meaning.

　　 Should I be strong, like Griffin...

　　 The weak chicken, in just one month of training, can have any effect.

　　On October 3, the Clippers opened their first preseason game.

　　 Richard got news from the ticket manager that the sales of tickets were not ideal.

　　Sold about 70% of the tickets...

　　 This is almost the record of the worst ticket sales since Richard entered the league.

　　 The tickets for the preseason itself are cheap, so sales are actually not worse than the regular season.

　　 And now occupying a super ball market like Los Angeles, the tickets only sold 70%, which is obviously unacceptable to Richard.

　　 The reason why the ticket sales are so poor is also understandable.

　　Los Angeles can almost be said to be the world of the Lakers. Although the Clippers are at home in Los Angeles, they are actually miserable.

　　 The home game is actually not much different from the away game. Sometimes the fans at the scene will boo the Clippers from time to time.

　　Even if Richard, who is now very popular, takes over the Clippers, the Los Angeles Clippers are not so attractive to Los Angeles fans.

　　Don’t forget that Richard’s reputation in Los Angeles is actually not good. If it wasn’t for Richard before, the Lakers will definitely have more championships than now...

　　 Under normal circumstances, since 1996, the Lakers have won a total of five championships, and because of Richard, the Lakers have only won a championship trophy, the gap between them is really too big.

　　 So now that Richard takes over the Clippers, it has not caused much response in Los Angeles. Fans who should not watch the Clippers game will not go.

　　 Richard is also very clear that this situation is definitely difficult to solve in the short term, and can only be done slowly step by step.

　　……

　　At eight o'clock in the evening, Richard led the Clippers to appear on the side of the stadium. The fans on the scene did not give much enthusiasm. Only some fans cheered Richard's name.

　　 It can be seen that these fans may be the reverse of the Lakers. Because they don't like the Lakers, they turned to support the Clippers in the same city.

　　 "Beep beep!" At the referee's whistle, the starters of both sides began to appear.

　　 When Eddie Curry appeared as the team's starting center, the fans on the scene could not help but sigh.

　　 This ghost lineup is really impossible to see. Eddie Curry is the guardian of the water fountain in the Knicks' junk team. When he arrived under the Clippers, they all started.

　　 The current Clippers lineup is really garbage...

　　 Griffin was a little excited. This season is the first season of his career. Tonight is his first appearance in the NBA. He needs to play a perfect performance to prove the worth of his top pick.

　　……

　　 The opponent is the King of the West. As Adelman leaves the King, the Kings are a veritable western fish belly.

　　 But despite being a fish belly team, the King's lineup is actually quite good, at least a lot stronger than the Clippers.

Center Cousins, with two excellent backcourt players Marcus Thornton and Tyreke Evans in the backcourt. There are also good benches such as Landry, Casspi and Garcia on the bench. Player.

　　 If you look at the lineup, it is better than the Clippers.

In the jump ball, Eddy Curry lost to the young Cousins, which is quite normal. According to Richard’s estimation, the weight of the little shark is at least 140 kg~www.readwn.com~ This overweight restricts the shark's ability to bounce. Even if he had a good bounce ability, he would certainly not be Cousins' opponent at the moment.

　　Evens started the offense with the ball. After the ball reached the frontcourt, he handed it to Cousins ​​who asked for an open hand.

　　 Cousins ​​is also excited and impatient at the moment. He and Griffin both made their career debuts, and naturally want to play a perfect performance.

　　After receiving Evans' pass, Cousins ​​prepared to post Eddie Curry in a low post, which was not difficult in his opinion.

　　 As expected, Cousins ​​turned around directly after Eddie Curry's defense and scored a goal.

　　Edi Curry didn't even have any defensive moves...

　　 It was the Clippers' offensive turn, and Griffin made a dunk after going straight to the basket.

　　 This is Griffin's main offensive method right now, relying on his super physical talent to kill the basket and create damage.

　　 At the opening, the two sides tied and the two rookie insiders performed well.

　　 In the next offensive and defensive round, it is obvious that the Clippers are in a huge disadvantage.

　　The Kings had a double shot in the backcourt. They were in very good condition. They hit three consecutive points. After half of the first quarter, the difference between the two sides has been pulled to seven points.

　　Richard directly called a timeout.

　　 can lose, but losing is so ugly, Richard is absolutely unacceptable.