Bowen's joining is undoubtedly extremely satisfying to Richard!

Especially the backcourt defense, it is not good for Richard to be satisfied, Bowen and Kobe are not the same, he is more similar to Big Ben, he is already in his golden age, there is no problem in terms of physical fitness, what is lacking is NBA game experience.

As long as you give a little more playing time, Bowen's defensive strength can gradually move towards its peak.

But even with the addition of Bowen, the lineup is becoming more and more perfect, and there is no way to change the fact that the Trail Blazers are a new army.

The players are too young, and if these players are all third-graders, then Richard is really confident that he will wrestle with the Bulls in the playoffs this season......

But now a bunch of new melons and eggs, if they want to defeat the bull, it is undoubtedly too difficult.

However, the Trail Blazers' lineup is extremely stable, and after this season, at least in the next two years, there will be no large-scale changes in the team's lineup.

Therefore, if Richard really wants to make a difference in the Trail Blazers, the next two years are the best time!

After missing this wave, Richard wants to form such a lineup again, but it will be difficult.

……

Next, the Trail Blazers will usher in another wave of four consecutive home games.

This time the schedule is more intense, with four games to play in a week, and there are even two back-to-backs.

The opponents are strong and weak, the first two games are the Eastern Fish Belly Nets and the Raptors, and the third game is the Western powerhouse Houston Rockets!

As for the fourth game, Richard is actually looking forward to this game.

Indiana Pacers!

If the strength of the Pacers last season, Richard used this new team to play the Pacers, and the probability of losing could reach almost eighty percent!

But this season, things are different.

The situation of the Pacers is quite similar to that of the Cavaliers, who lost to the sixth-place Hawks in the first round of the playoffs last season, although the roster has not changed this season, the team's morale has changed a lot.

The team has no motivation, and last season's good regular season record didn't even make it past the first round, so why are you working so hard this season?!

It's better to break the jar and break it......

Then, with the team's roster unchanged and no core injuries, the Pacers fell directly from third in the East to 10th in the East......

Can you believe it?!

This also shows how "powerful" Larry Brown's coaching ability is!

Playing the Pacers, Richard didn't dare to say that he was sure of winning, but he was also 60% sure that he could win!

……

The contradiction between Richard and Larry Brown is now not only understood by Indiana fans, but also by the whole United States.

Before Richard entered the NBA, he even said that he would make Larry Brown unable to win a championship in his coaching career.

Now the two head coaches, one old and one young, are about to fight!

What an exciting time, there is still a week before the start of the game, but the whole basketball circle is already overwhelmingly promoting this matter......

This game, no matter who wins, has a huge topic!

Richard loses?!

That's wonderful, at that time, Richard and other West Lafayette people vowed to enter the NBA to teach Larry Brown a lesson, but they lost to Larry Brown in the first matchup, how to teach a lesson?! It's more like rushing into the NBA and being taught a lesson......

And if Larry Brown loses......

That's even more exciting!

Don't forget, Larry Brown angrily denounced Richard at the beginning, and he didn't even qualify as an assistant coach in the NBA!

What if Larry Brown loses this matchup?

Dare to love you Larry Brown is a pure mouth cannon, saying that Richard is not as good as a teaching assistant, but you can't even do Richard who is not as good as an assistant coach, not to mention that Richard is leading a completely new army!

All the fans are looking forward to it and waiting for the start of this game!

Although this game is definitely not good, after all, the Pacers now have a 3-4 record, and the Trail Blazers are only 4-3, and the two teams are very mediocre in the league!

But I can't stop gossiping......

After this game, Larry Brown's gossip with Richard was enough for them to make small talk for a week.

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The day before the game against the Nets, Richard gathered his players for an intra-team training camp and played an intra-team practice game.

Now that there are more and more players available in the team, especially with the addition of Bowen, Richard feels that only one starting lineup is definitely not enough......

There are teams whose staffing is good at fast-paced games, like the Suns.

Against such a team, there is no doubt that Bowen is a good choice to replace Rashid or Robinson.

But if Bowen starts the game, the problem comes......

Bowen's offense is really not strong, and he only averaged seven or eight points per game in the peak season of his career.

Moreover, his free throws are a nightmare, and as a 3-and-D player, his free throw shooting percentage is just over 50 percent......

Even because Bowen's free throws were bad, there was also a hacking tactic.

That's probably why Popovich thoroughly positioned Bowen as an open three-point 3-and-D player in the first place......

Naturally, Richard would not be clever enough to change Bowen's style.

With the style of most teams in the league now, it is really impossible to get too many opportunities to make open three-point shots, and in this case, Bowen will definitely not be able to make up for the offensive firepower output of Rashid or Robinson off the court.

In this case, it is necessary to come up with a set of No. 2 starting lineups!

Big Ben and Rashid played center and power forward respectively, Robinson returned to the small forward position, and Bowen and Kobe Bryant played in the backcourt.

Of course, O'Neal Jr. and Big Ben can continue to guard the interior, Rashid plays small forward, and Robinson comes off the bench......

It's just that with this arrangement, the team's offensive firepower will definitely decline, and the defensive end may not be much better than the double Wallace playing inside.

It can only be considered as an alternative.

Besides, Robinson is certainly a good man, even if Richard asks him to stay on the bench, he probably won't have any opinions......

But it is undoubtedly a bit unkind to treat a golden player who averages 20 points per game and has played in the league for so many years, and let the family make way for the newcomer.

Sabonis gave way because he was physically overwhelmed.

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In the team's training game, Bowen showed quite good defensive awareness and defensive skills, although it is not the top now, but compared to Kobe, it is much better, after all, he is seven years older, and he can't say that he is not good.

Richard's proposed starting lineup No. 2 was unanimously supported by the coaching staff.

The team's backcourt problems have long been exposed, and now with Bowen, the starting line-up number two is undoubtedly the best solution.