Chapter 840: Paul Allen Dies
If Turner were on a team that had always been completely at his core, Richard felt that the stats that Turner could play would definitely be quite dazzling.
Although Turner is very favored by Richard at the moment, even if it is Turner, he is actually the 11th pick, a proper lottery show, and it is naturally impossible for Richard to get Turner with the draft picks in hand.
And except for the players in Turner's future, Richard didn't have much interest, so he simply didn't go this time.
Let Wharton pick Bobby Portis with the Grizzlies' 21st pick.
This player is quite good, and later he and Mirotic are called the Blood Flower Brothers.
Of course, their Blood Flower Brothers are not very different from the Warriors' Water Flower Brothers.
The Splash Brothers are named after three points, like rain splashing water.
The Bloodflower Brothers are fighting for the team's starting power forward position, splashing blood......
With the Clippers' first-round pick of 28 next, Richard hesitated for a long time among Kevon Looney, Montrey Harrell and Josh Richardson.
These three have their own shortcomings, such as Looney did not have three points, and the overall strength is weak.
Harrell, as a Rockets outcast, was normally sent to the Clippers in the Clippers' trade with the Rockets for Paul.
As a result, no one expected that this guy could average 16.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in the Clippers as a bench player, and the key shooting rate was quite good, reaching a total shooting rate of 61.5%......
Because of the fact that he is only 203 tall and plays the No. 4 position, so don't expect the defense to be good, it can't be said to be bad, it's probably an upper-average level.
And most importantly, there is no three-point ability, you can shoot three-pointers but you can't shoot, and the shooting percentage is terrible.
In the end, Richard settled down and chose Josh Richardson.
Josh Richardson is not one of those particularly talented players, both offensively and defensively, he can only be said to be at an upper-middle level.
The reason why he was selected as the core player on the outside by the Heat is actually the biggest reason why his contract is relatively cheap......
When he was with the Heat, because he was drafted in the second round, Richardson's rookie contract was only three years, and then the rookie contract ended, and he accepted a four-year, $40 million contract from the Heat......
More than 10 million dollars a year, but it can provide an average of 16+ stable points per game, which is simply the price of cabbage.
In later generations, salaries rose sharply, and young players who were a little more decent could get tens of millions of annual salaries......
Now that Richard has taken Josh Richardson, it is actually to see that this young man is not greedy, and it is easier to date in the future.
And because of Portis, Richard didn't need much interior players, so he chose Richardson to play Thompson as a substitute.
After getting Portis and Richardson, the remaining second-round pick of the 27th pick, Richard simply let Wharton Jr. watch the selection himself, he didn't bother to give advice.
Because the 27th pick in this round really doesn't have the player Richard wants......
The 2015 draft has officially come to an end, and Richard's gains, at least in his own opinion, can only be said to be better than nothing.
In the next 15-16 season, in the eyes of fans, the league is still dominated by the Clippers and Spurs, and these two teams started quite vigorously.
However, in the closing stages of the season, Klay Thompson, one of the Clippers' offensive firepower points on the outside, was injured.
This time, Richard didn't use the injury scroll for Thompson, and he wanted to see if he would be an opponent for the Spurs without Thompson's lineup this time.
The result disappointed Richard......
In the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs defeated the Clippers and qualified for the Finals.
Obviously, the Clippers have lost the opportunity to create a dynasty, which makes many Clippers fans feel extremely regretful.
It was only one kick away from the dynasty, and it was eliminated by the Spurs.
Richard doesn't care much, the dynasty is not a dynasty, and the current Richard definitely doesn't care either.
The following offseason, Richard offered Leonard and Thompson a four-year salary cap.
After giving these two salary caps, because of the large number of newcomers in the Clippers team, their salary space still did not trigger the luxury line.
Rookie contracts for rookies, excluding the expensive contracts of those high-ranking rookies, the contracts of other rookies are generally similar to free labor, which is quite cheap......
At this point in time next year, Egg Chase Green's rookie contract will also expire, and it will not be a problem for the Clippers to renew Egg Chase Green.
Mainly starting next year, that is, in the 2016-2017 season, the NBA league's salary cap has risen sharply, directly from $70 million to $94 million, which is equivalent to saying that each team suddenly has an additional quota for signing the highest salary.
This is also the reason why the situation of the teams is getting more and more serious in the future.
Originally, even if they wanted to hold a group, because the salary space did not allow, except for a few teams, there was no way to hold a group.
And now that the salary space has risen sharply, a team without two or three first-line stars is embarrassed to say that they are ready to compete for the championship.
Think about Leonard, when they first entered the league, that is, in the 2011-2012 season, the team's salary cap was only $58 million, and in the blink of an eye, it has only been five years, and the salary cap has skyrocketed to $94 million, which is terrifying.
In the next two seasons, Richard's Clippers record is still outstanding, but it has not been able to win the championship, and the Spurs have won two championships in a row in the past two years, and Duncan finally got his dynasty before retiring.
This is a true three-game dynasty, not a pseudo-dynasty like the Spurs or Warriors under normal circumstances.
The dynasty of the Spurs, is there really no way for Richard to stop it? That's naturally not, Richard has not done anything in the team trade and draft in the past two years, and has always maintained the Clippers' current lineup, and there is no reinforcement on the bench.
Of course, the Spurs' squad is quite strong is also a very important reason, otherwise, Richard's current lineup alone is enough to beat the whole league.
Not winning the championship is also a good thing for Richard, at least he has an explanation with Xiao Hua's old boy.
However, after the Spurs' three-game championship dynasty was created, all three of the GDP three, except for Parker, all retired, and Parker also switched to the Hornets.
The Spurs had four less, and they couldn't keep all of them, leaving only Kemba Walker and Jimmy Butler......
There is no doubt that Spurs are in decline.
In the 18-19 season, after the decline of the Spurs, the Trail Blazers successfully took over the Spurs' class, and formed a two-strong competition with the Clippers in the West.
However, before the start of this season, something happened that made the Richard family heartbroken.
Paul Allen has passed away......