Gobert only had 6 points and 5 rebounds in his debut, which is really unwatchable compared to Oden.

However, this is also quite normal in Richard's opinion, a new melon egg inside, against the league's No. 1 center, if you want to play a brilliant performance, it is too difficult and too difficult.

"Cheer up, kid." Richard patted Gobert's arm and smiled comfortingly.

"You're playing against what is considered the league's No. 1 center, and it's not a big deal to be suppressed."

"Work hard, usually practice more strength with the big book, since you have chosen the path of a blue-collar center, you can't do it without strength."

Big Ben nodded on the side and said, "That's right, kid, your strength is still too poor now. ”

"Although it is unlikely that you will have the strength of Oden, as long as your strength is not so far from him, with your height and reach, it will not be so miserable."

Gobert nodded solemnly.

Gobert had a miserable game, and the other two rookies weren't much better.

After McCollum came off the bench, he directly came to a three-no-stick, which may also be because of this three-no-stick, which led to his subsequent three shots all hitting the iron.

As a result, McCollum went straight to 4 of 0 in the whole game, and went off the game with zero eggs......

Brother Alphabet was arranged by Richard to replace Rondo to come off the bench, and the result was not particularly good.

After debuting, he hit the basket and caused a kill, but he made a mistake in ball control and was stealed by the opponent once, which still seemed a little too rough.

This is also quite normal, and if a tall man like Brother Alphabet plays the number one position, he will inevitably have an uncomfortable situation.

At the moment, he can only slowly learn from the game, maybe play a few more games, and he can really adapt to this style of play in the backcourt.

The rookies are not doing well, and Richard is not in a hurry.

After all, he knows all these newcomers and knows where their potential is, so he is not in a hurry at all.

Sooner or later, you can hit it, what's the hurry.

Over the next month and a half, Richard was also gradually adding some new players' playing time, following Popovich's example last season.

Give the newcomers more playing time and get them used to the rhythm of the game as early as possible to prepare for the playoffs.

And the performance of the newcomers is becoming more and more mature.

Gobert, who is on the inside, has now gradually found the feeling of the game, and knows how to use his height and reach advantage to create damage, and his average data has now increased to about 9 points and 7 rebounds per game.

McCollum has also found the right head on the court, and although there is still a gap between the offensive efficiency and the old players, it can be seen at the moment.

The biggest boost should be the digital mother.

Brother Alphabet's learning ability has reached the point where Richard is dumbfounded.

In the past two decades, Richard has coached countless players, many of whom are all-time stars.

But even so, Richard had never seen anyone with the ability to learn as terrifying as Brother Alphabet.

Except for the basket is still weak, all other aspects have become similar in this short period of time.

Under Rondo's guidance, Brother Alphabet is really making rapid progress.

Rondo and Brother Alphabet are both representatives of the league's all-time big players, big hands mean stable ball, steady board, Brother Alphabet completely absorbed Rondo's strengths, a bit of a backfield center on the field.

In mid-November, in the Clippers' game against the Wizards, Rondo was rested, and Antetokounmpo was given a start, and he played a standard Rondo-style stat in this game.

7 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists, shocking everyone.

Everything is so perfect, except for the offensive end, the basket is really a little unreliable.

Richard remembered that someone said that a big hand has an impact on shooting, so Rondo and Brother Alphabet's basket is not good, but Richard thought about it carefully, it seems that there is no scientific basis for this statement, Leonard is also a representative of big hand players, and even proportionally speaking, his hand is more exaggerated, but his basket is still very stable......

Thinking of this, Richard suddenly became happy, it seems that the three most well-known players in the entire NBA history are all on their own teams.

……

Richard's current request to Brother Alphabet is to shoot on the court and reduce the number of times he hits the basket as much as possible.

It's not that Richard doesn't want Brother Alphabet to attack the basket, he is now forcing Brother Alphabet to develop his shooting ability early.

Projection ability is too important for Brother Alphabet.

The best example of this is Sun Yue......

Is Sun Yue's strength really strong? No, although he was well cultivated in the hands of Richard, his real strength was still not good.

But why can he have such a good performance on the offensive end? It's because he has a basket at the No. 1 position at his height, and he can ignore the defense of the opposing small point guard and shoot easily.

And Brother Alphabet's height is taller than Sun Yue, and his various athletic abilities are much stronger than Sun Yue's, if he can develop a basket, who will be the opponent of Brother Alphabet in this league?!

This will be a completely unsolvable mega-killer.

……

This season, Xiao Hua did not continue to arrange that easy opening schedule for the Clippers, and Richard was training newcomers, so the Clippers' opening record was not particularly good.

The Clippers are currently fourth in the West, with the Trail Blazers, Nuggets and Spurs in the top three.

Such a record, Richard is quite acceptable, in fact, as long as he can enter the playoffs, then Richard can accept it.

His goal is only to win the championship, and whether it is the eighth place to enter the playoffs or the first place to enter the playoffs, it makes little difference in Richard's opinion.

If he really has the strength, he can win any home or away game.

And if the strength is not good, then even if you have the best record in the league, it is useless to enter the playoffs, and in the end you can only watch others win the cup.

……

The annual All-Star is about to start again.

After getting the supergiant suit, Richard is actually still quite looking forward to the All-Stars, he wants to see if the next All-Stars, the players he has coached have won the MVP, and whether he can get the parts of other suits.

According to the current record, although the Clippers are fourth in the West, he still has a chance to coach the All-Star.

McMillan of the Trail Blazers gave up the coaching opportunity to Richard, which was not a difficult task.

What makes Richard speechless is that at the critical moment, the core of the Trail Blazers, Oden, was injured, which caused their record to decline, and as a result, a week before the All-Star break, the Nuggets rushed to the first place in the West.

Nuggets head coach George Carr and Richard don't have a close relationship, Richard didn't open his mouth at all, and it didn't look good after being rejected.

There is no rush in this matter, and it is better to concentrate on winning this year's championship first.