As for Paul, the team's main control, his stats are quite stable right now.

Averaging 18.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 13.7 assists and 3.1 steals per game, this season could be Paul's season of gods.

Milicic is still continuing his stable performance, a slight improvement from last season, and currently averaging 22.3 points, 10.7 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.6 blocks per game.

Granger and Millsap at the small forward position, Richard gave Millsap a lot of playing time, and Millsap's personal data has also improved compared to last season.

Richard hasn't decided whether to trade Millsap or Granger.

Millsap's potential is not as high as Granger's in Richard's opinion, and Granger will become a player of Pickle Pepper's level in the future, which is quite useful.

But Granger, like Paul, entered the league in '05, a year before Millsap......

Richard has plans to trade Paul, and it is possible that he will sell Granger and then correct Millsap.

Anyway, these two people, no matter who they sell at that time, will definitely be able to bring Richard quite high-quality chips.

That is, in the '08 and '09 drafts, there were no top quality small forwards, otherwise, Richard would probably sell one of them before the All-Star Game began.

The 10 and 11 drafts are real small forward years, and in these two years, there have been top small forwards such as Pickle Pepper, Hai Gonggong, Jiba, and Xiaoka, and Klay Thompson's words are also counted as small forwards, although he plays point guards......

With such five people, Richard's goal is to take down at least three of them!

After taking the three, the Pirates will not have to think about strengthening the front line for a few more years.

……

In the blink of an eye, the time has come to mid-November.

The Buccaneers just finished their sixteenth game of the regular season.

With 16 consecutive wins, the Pirates have broken the opening streak held by the Rockets.

Sadly, Richard didn't get the reward, as it had to wait until the Pirates' winning streak ended......

Richard really doesn't know when the Buccaneers will end their winning streak, because with the current situation, the streak will continue for a long time.

Anyway, sooner or later, you can get the reward in your hand, and Richard is not in a hurry, just wait slowly.

……

The Buccaneers, on their side, had just made the best start in history with a 16-game winning streak, but the league broke the shocking trade news, and the terrible thing was that it blew up and broke out.

The Lakers made a deal with the Grizzlies, which left the entire West wailing straight away......

The Grizzlies sent Pau Gasol in exchange for a bunch of rotten eggs from the Lakers.

Kwame Brown, Bynum, Christen plus a Luke Wharton!

A horrific four-for-one trade that gave the Lakers a new All-Star-caliber player to their interior line.

Under normal circumstances, the Lakers trade Pau Gasol with the chips of Kwame Brown, Christen, two future first-round picks, and the signing rights of Gasol Jr......

And now the Lakers used a lot of their future first-round pick in the previous trade for Big Ben, so this time they also reluctantly took out Bynum.

Because Bynum was involved in the deal, the deal didn't feel as unthinkable as it normally would.

Normally, Popovich is annoyed by the deal, bluntly saying that the Lakers are holding a few steel hammers in exchange for a hundred dollars from the Grizzlies.

Kwame Brown and Christen are not worth much, and the Lakers' two first-round picks are also not high-picked, and they are certainly not worth much.

But at the time, who would have noticed Xiao Jia's addition......

Therefore, the Lakers really only sold a few steel hammers at that time, and exchanged a $100 bill from the Grizzlies.

But now Bynum, a young high school center, has gradually grown up, last season's 20 minutes of playing time, recorded 8+6 data, and in the dozen or so games played before this season, this guy can even get about 14+10 data, which is quite amazing!

You must know that this product is just 20 years old now, and it can be said that the future is limitless!

Because Bynum is in this deal, it can't be said that the Grizzlies are losing, after all, they have to rebuild, and it is simply good to get a super center like Bynum who looks like he has unlimited potential.

The Lakers management has really invested heavily in order to make a difference this season.

In this way, the Lakers' lineup is a little scary.

Center Big Ben, power forward Pau Gasol, small forward Odom, point guard Kobe, point guard Fisher.

Such a lineup is already a serious threat to the Spurs' dominance in the West.

Although the Lakers also reached the Western Conference finals last season, they were killed by the Spurs and missed the opportunity to enter the finals.

After the success of this deal, you can imagine the pressure on Popovich, who is of course quite dissatisfied with this kind of deal that upsets the balance in the West.

But even if you are dissatisfied, it is completely fine, the league is a commercial league, and as long as the two teams are willing, the league cannot interfere.

Speaking of which, maybe fans will give an example, under normal circumstances, Paul wants to team up with Kobe Bryant, and then is vetoed by the league.

This is actually quite special......

At that time, the Hornets owner hung up, and the league temporarily took over the Hornets, and they couldn't sell Paul, because if they were sold, the team's market value would be greatly affected, and the Hornets would not be able to sell for money......

At this time, the league is not actually representing the NBA league, but vetoing the deal as the team owner.

During the league's temporary takeover of the Hornets, they were the owners of the Hornets and naturally had the right to veto the team's trade.

Except for this special circumstance, the league actually has no right to interfere with the normal transaction of the team, as long as there is no shady operation, as long as there is no violation of the transaction rules, the league can only stare dryly even if it is not happy.

……

On the second day after the transaction was completed, Green Kai dismantled half of the team in exchange for Garnett and Ray Allen, and the Big Three lineup was officially opened.

In fact, to be precise, Green Kai has dismantled most of the team, and all the excellent players that Richard has helped them get over the years have been used as trading chips.

Oku, Vallejo, Reed and others, except for Pierce, almost all of the other players on the team were sold, and in addition to the first-round pick given to Richard next year, they took out the '09 and '11 draft picks.

Green Kai is really crazy.

When Richard learned the news, his first thought was that Green Kai had gone crazy.

They have an incredibly thirst for a championship, and they will not hesitate to pay a chilling price.

But Richard knows very well that after this deal is successful, it will indeed make Green Kai become a powerhouse in the East, but if he wants to pass the Buccaneers, he doesn't even have any hope of being a leader.

Maybe Lukai is Bo's hope......

Anyway, Richard is not optimistic about the Green Kai Big Three lineup, and in his opinion, this Green Kai team is estimated to be not much stronger than the current Pistons.

The Pistons are far from being the opponents of the Pirates, not to mention the new Green Kai who is in the middle of the best.

However, Richard can also understand Danny Angie, because if there is this opportunity to engage in the Green Kai Big Three at the moment, then their Green Kai is far from winning the championship.

The lineup of the Pirates is maturing year by year, and the Pirates team last season was still a little immature, but this season's Pirates team has become a real king team!

What about next season?!

And next season?!

The Pirates team's lineup is becoming more and more mature and stronger, and it will only become more and more difficult for Green Kai to win the championship, even if there is a big three in the future, the chances of winning the championship may be far worse than this year.

There is no way out, they can only fight hard!

"It's interesting, it's really interesting, these famous events in the history of the NBA were born under my witness." Richard sat in his office and thought with a smile.

Now that the two blockbuster deals between the Lakers and Green Kai have been reached, in another year or two, the Heat Big Three may not be out of the possibility of taking shape.

At that time, the era of NBA giants will really begin.

Thinking that the era of giants was coming, Richard laughed, come and come, as long as the other party does not form a weird lineup like the Big Six or the Big Seven, he is completely prepared.

Richard's team is actually a real giant team, whether it is the early Trail Blazers, the Pistons before it, or the current Buccaneers.

Richard has always had a lot of big players on his hands.

For example, the current Pirate team, Milicic and Paul, are both eligible to win the regular season MVP.

This is definitely two giants.

O'Neill and Oden can also be regarded as giants, because in other teams, these two must still be at the level of big bosses.

Roy's score can definitely be regarded as a giant.

Granger, Millsap, and Rondo, these three are not giants at the moment, but they are also proper giants in the future.

It is equivalent to saying that Richard has eight giants in his hands......

And the most terrifying thing is that through trades and drafts, Richard will have more and more giants on hand!

At that time, the era of giants will come, and what the Big Three, the Big Four, or even the Big Five, will only die in front of Richard!

Dead!

"Let's take the Green Kai Triumvirate Sacrifice Knife first, let this alliance take a good look, it's useless to hold together......" Richard thought with a smile.

……

In less than three days, a top powerhouse appeared in the east and west, which made the fans happy.

Fans naturally like the game of strong and strong matchups, so what's the point of weak chickens pecking at each other......

Especially the rise of Green Kai in the East, which made them feel hopeful, and they didn't know if Green Kai would become the team that stopped the pirates.

……

In the blink of an eye, November's game was over, and Milicic was named the Eastern Conference's Player of the Month.

Although Paul's stats are basically the same as Milicic's, this Pirate team may be influenced by Richard, so most people regard Milicic as the team leader.

Richard has never hidden his love for Milicic, and basically as long as he attends a press conference, he will definitely take Milicic with him.

This can be regarded as a signal to the outside world that Milicic is the leader of this pirate team.

In this way, Milicic has an advantage over Paul in terms of winning honors, and in the case of equal statistics, it is definitely the team leader who has a better chance of getting it.

It's not that Richard favors one over the other, but Milicic still has a task that Richard needs to complete.

As far as Richard knows, if this Milicic mission is really completed at that time, the reward will definitely be extremely rich, anyway, it will be richer than the reward given by Clarke's mission.

……

At the end of a month and a half of fixtures, the Buccaneers continued their winning streak, already a terrifying 22-game winning streak.

The first game of the Buccaneers in December was against the Jazz, who have been on a good streak lately......

The grievances between Richard and Jazz are already old, and after so many years, the tension between Richard and Jazz is not so tense, and even before the game, Richard had a rare chat with Sloan.

"Jerry, it's not going to be easy, haha......" Richard joked to Sloane with a smile.

It's really hard for Sloan now, they finally have signs of a resurgence, and they only need to take out the Spurs to return to the Finals.

But now it's a good thing, they haven't found a chance to kill the Spurs, and they have one more opponent, and this opponent is stronger than the Spurs!

Sloan smiled bitterly and waved his hand, "Lee, life is not good, what do you say about the transaction of Millsap that I mentioned to you before?" ”

In order to compete with the Spurs and the Lakers, Sloan can be said to have worked hard, and even asked Richard's head.

Millsap is the best candidate for the Jazz to strengthen next, mainly because Millsap is a rookie with a small contract amount and does not take up salary space......

"Old man, it's not that easy to get Millsap, and you Sir don't have any leverage." Richard grinned.

Everyone wants Millsap, and Richard is not a charity, it must be the one who pays the highest price.

"Wouldn't it be okay to give you two first-round picks?" Sloane asked with a bitter face.

Richard shook his head, the Jazz are now in the top half of the West, fourth in the West, and such a record draft pick is certainly not much better......

Although Sloan is willing to give the two first-round picks, these two first-round picks are both outside the 20th pick, which is not too valuable.

"Your picks are definitely not that high, the two first-round bottom signings, you want to trade a player like Millsap, old man, do you think it's possible?" Richard asked with a smile.

Sloane's face became even more bitter, and he shook his head and sighed.