After setting up the starting lineup, Richard went straight to his office and let the players continue training.

The tactics of this team, Richard is not prepared to think too much about it at the moment.

With such a good defensive lineup, it would be a shame not to play defensive counterattacks.

Moreover, the current lineup is not complete, and it will not be considered a real complete body until the beginning of next season.

It doesn't make much sense to devise any tactics at the moment......

Richard himself didn't expect this lineup to play well.

……

Seeing Richard turn away, Clark felt that he couldn't continue to look stupidly, he had to talk to Richard and find a sense of existence.

Let's see if we can evoke Richard's "memory" of what he once said.

……

Richard had just walked into the office on the front foot when Clark came on the back foot.

"Huh? Something? Richard looked at Clark with a frown.

He actually had some impressions of Clark, but it wasn't particularly impressive, after all, it was a few years ago......

Clark has had little presence in the league over the years, and Richard only remembers that the player was "used" by himself in the draft......

As for what he said about Clarke, Richard had almost forgotten all of them.

Basically, every time Richard attends a press conference, he is talking nonsense, how can he remember so much.

……

Clarke's heart was cold, good guy, Richard really didn't have a deep impression of himself.

Something wrong with yourself?! Something must be wrong......

"Coach, I ......" Clark stood in the doorway, a little overwhelmed, mainly not knowing how to speak.

Ask Richard directly, when are you going to make me a super inside player in the league? It seems a bit silly to ask like that......

"Come in and talk about it." Richard let Clark in, and he sat behind his desk, looking at Clark with some curiosity.

……

"What's going on? Young man, what do you think of the way you want to speak and stop? Richard asked with a smile.

He remembered that this Clark had been used by himself, so his tone was not bad, and he was not very harsh.

Seeing that Richard's tone was quite mild, Clark was a little bolder.

"Coach, I want to ask what you said before, does it still count?" Clark asked tremblingly.

Richard's brow furrowed into a twisted ......

What did you say? What counts doesn't count, how do you feel that this Clark is like a little daughter-in-law who has been let down by herself......

"Young man, haven't you heard my nickname Richard?"

"A promise of gold, a word of truth, is talking about me Richard!"

"What I Richard said, the whole world knows, and there is nothing that cannot be done!"

Richard said proudly.

That's really what Richard is proud of, and in the five years he's been in the league, basically everything he's said has come true.

Hearing Richard's words, Clark immediately became happy.

"Coach, do you remember what you said at a press conference against the Bucks?"

"You say I'm a younger version of O'Neal and Duncan!"

"You say I have the shadow of Big Ben and Jermaine......"

"You said that I would be the top inside line in this league under you!"

……

Clark recited all of Richard's speeches at the press conference.

Richard was dumbfounded when he heard it directly, is this really what he said?!

Good fellow, why did you say this in the first place......

Richard really doesn't remember exactly.

Seeing Richard frowning and thinking, Clark immediately reminded Richard.

"It was the game when the Trail Blazers played the Bucks and played the game with the largest single-game difference in history......"

"George Carr said you won't win, and then ......"

Clarke's "thoughtfulness" even told Richard the reason.

Richard finally remembered, as if ......

There's such a thing!

I actually forgot about it, thinking of this, Richard couldn't help blushing.

I bragged about it, but it's only been a few years, and I forgot about it.

Hey, that's not right......

What does Clark mean by reminding you about this now?!

Good guy, Clark wants to make himself a top interior player in the league?!

Realizing the problem, Richard almost vomited blood.

This is embarrassing, when I bragged about this, I really didn't think about it so much.

After all, there are so many teams in the league, as long as they don't charge Clark, then this can hang there forever, and no one can break it!

But now he forgot about it and went straight into Clark's Pistons.

"Coach, if you still can't remember, there is a video of the press conference on TSN, when you joined the Pistons a few days ago, some fans remembered this, and it is a very hot topic on TSN at the moment!" Clark reminded again.

Richard turned on the computer in front of him and logged on to the TSN website......

Sure enough, on the homepage of the TSN website, the blood-red letters read The next super inside star - Zeon Clark!

There is really a video of Richard making nonsense at the press conference.

"He's a young version of Duncan......"

"He has the shadow of Big Ben and Jermaine......"

"If I were to coach, he would be the best interior player in the league!"

Richard's face was extremely hot, and there was a feeling that bragging was about to be exposed.

Not only that, but there is an article at the bottom of the video, written by an NBA reporter.

The article predicts that Clark will become the league's newest super interior player under the tutelage of the amazing Richard!

In the comment area below, countless fans are heathing......

Duncan, O'Neal, Big Ben, and Little O's four-man Zeon Clarke will rule this league!

Richard's mind went blank.

How is that good......

Is it to admit that he bragged about it, and he was just angry with George Carl?!

Richard directly shook off this idea, it was too shameful!

The coach of his current rank, admitting this kind of thing, is more uncomfortable than killing him......

He Richard still wants to have a face.

Let him admit that he bragged about Clarke's affairs, such a shameful thing, Richard could not do anyway.

If no one paid attention to this matter, and Clark didn't come to him, then Richard probably pretended not to know even if he remembered it.

But now fans all over the world know about it, and everyone is paying attention to Clark, paying attention to this super inside line in Richard's mouth, and this super inside big man who combines Buddha shark Benjie......

Richard can't play dead if he wants to!

What's more, now the bitter master Clark has come to the door......

……

What to do?!

What else can be done, I can only find a way to improve Clark's strength.

"Ahem, Clark, I didn't say you!"

"You young people, you just don't have patience!"

"What I Richard said, do you think I'll forget......" Richard said dissatisfied, banging on the table.

Clark is dumbfounded, do you dare to say that you haven't forgotten? When you mentioned this matter yourself, you were obviously confused, as if you didn't know anything about it......

"The starting lineup I'm giving now is only the starting lineup for pre-season!"

"You should know that I, Richard, never sent the team's main players in the preseason games!"

"Don't worry, I never say big things, I say you will be a super insider, then you must be a super insider!"

"Next, go and train me well, and train with 200 percent effort!"

"If I catch you kid being lazy, don't blame me for not admitting it!"

Richard waved his hand and told Clark to hurry to practice......

Clark left happily, he was extremely glad that he had come to talk to Richard, if he didn't, I'm afraid Richard would have really forgotten about it......

Well, now look at Richard's tone, he will definitely help himself as much as possible!

I'm finally going to get out of the way, and then I'm going to train with 200% of my effort as Richard said!

……

Clark was gone, and Richard sat in his office, his face aching.

It's very embarrassing to do this, I bragged about it two years ago, and today I have to pay the price......

As the old saying goes, don't pretend to be forced, pretend to be forced to be struck by lightning, which is quite reasonable.

At least for now, Richard is having a hard time, and normally, he really didn't put Clark into his plan to rebuild the Pistons.

The main thing is that Clark is currently in the final year of his rookie contract.

Originally, Richard was prepared to leave him to fend for himself, after all, after the start of the draft tomorrow, there will be no shortage of interior players in the Pistons.

Yao Ming, Boozer, Oku and Anderson are definitely enough.

But right now, this Clark can't be cultivated, and if he doesn't cultivate, he will be slapping himself in the face!

And it has to be cultivated as quickly as possible, otherwise, those trolls will not be spared.

……

Thinking of cultivating Clark, Richard immediately thought of Abdul-Jabbar's Sky Hook.

But it's a pity that Clark is only 211 centimeters tall, which is not eligible, otherwise, it is not impossible for him to use this prop first.

can't use Abdul-Jabbar's Sky Hook, it's not that Richard can't make Clark rise, in fact, there is still a way.

At present, Richard has quite a lot of all-star lights in his hands, and among them, there is no ...... for Yao Ming

Xiao Ao's all-star light may have some effect on Yao Ming, but the improvement is not large, after all, Yao Ming is also a relatively all-round existence, and Yao Ming is not bad where Xiao Ao is strong.

And if there is Big Ben's All-Star Light, if he can inherit Big Ben's rebounding and defensive strength, then Yao Ming will become a real monster.

But the problem now is that Big Ben doesn't have an All-Star Light, and when Richard coached the All-Star, he participated in an All-Star Game, so he didn't get Big Ben's All-Star Light.

It's a pity......

In this case, it is not impossible to take out the All-Star Light for Clark to use, after all, Yao Ming does not need these things very much.

……

Richard glanced at it, and now he still had eight All-Star lights on hand, four of which were considered interior players.

They are Xiao O, Brand, Rashid and Rahim.

These four people have their own characteristics, Xiao Ao and Brand are both traditional interior players, as for Rashid and Rahim, their names are similar, and their playing styles are somewhat similar, and they are both outside-oriented plays.

……

However, before Clark could improve his strength, Richard had already made up his mind to sign a contract first, so as to save time for something like Ricky Davis.

This year is the final year of Clark's rookie contract, and he can make an early extension.

Speaking of which, in fact, Richard does not know much about Clark's level under normal circumstances, although he is quite familiar with NBA history, but it is unlikely that every player is so familiar with it......

It is impossible to remember the salaries of all the players under normal circumstances.

However, based on Richard's understanding of Clark's current strength, after his rookie contract ends, he will probably get an annual salary of about four million in some weak teams.

Of course, it can't be a long-term contract, it's more likely a short-term contract, such as $8 million for 2 years or $12 million for 3 years......

At this point, Richard's vision is still quite vicious.

Under normal circumstances, Clark really signed a two-year contract with the Kings for about $9 million......

After much deliberation, Richard decided to offer Clark a three-year, $12 million early contract extension.

After this season, the contract will be executed for the following season.

……

At noon the next day, Clark appeared in Richard's office again, and when he saw that Richard had prepared a three-year $12 million contract for him, he was a little bored.

It's not a lot of contracts......

"Coach, can you give me more ......," Clark said painfully.

Richard shook his head, "This is the highest salary I can give you, and if you're not satisfied, you can always find another job." ”

"Okay, good, good, so much is good......" Seeing that Richard's attitude was wrong, Clark immediately agreed.

This contract lasts only three years, and in Clark's opinion, as long as he plays out in these three years, he will definitely not be able to run away with a maximum salary in the future.

Either way, let's settle down under Richard's hands......

……

Clark signed his name to the contract.

Richard thought about it and took out Brand's All-Star Light, and he was a little reluctant to use Xiao Ao's All-Star Light......

In Richard's view, Xiao Ao's strength is stronger than Brand, and naturally the All-Star Light is more precious.

Clark's shortcomings are in terms of offense and rebounding, Brand's offense and rebounding are good, and if they can be inherited, they are still quite good.

If you can inherit Brand's offensive level, it will still be pretty good.

You must know that Brand in his rookie season played an average of 23 points per game, which is definitely the top offensive level in the league!

Richard opened the player stats viewer and took a look at Clark's stats.

Speaking of which, this player attribute viewer, Richard usually uses relatively little, mainly the ability of each player, he generally knows it, there is no need to carefully look at their detailed attributes.

That is, when it is time to improve their strength, it is necessary to check it.

Now that Richard looked at Clark's attributes, the more he looked at it, the more he frowned......

It's an attribute that makes Richard feel a little dreamy, and it really doesn't look like the attribute of a fringe player.

Single defense ability: 91

Assist: 84

Rebounding ability: 75

Mid-pitch ability: 61

Offensive ability under the basket: 77

Capping capacity: 94

Free throw ability: 67

The few attributes about the interior line directly made Richard dumbfounded, this must be the attributes of such an inconspicuous player as Clark?!

Especially the strength of the defensive end, it is simply a terrifying B, even if it is not as good as Daben, it has already reached the level of Xiao Ao.

The only thing worse than Xiao Ao is the rebounding strength and offensive strength.

However, the offensive strength of this product, in the inside, is actually not outrageous, at least it is already a good existence among blue-collar centers......

As for rebounding strength, this one is really poor.

"What's going on?" Richard frowned, a little incredulous at the reality in front of him.

The attributes of this product are really eye-opening to Richard......

Richard didn't check the attributes of Birdman Anderson, but he knew very well that even Birdman Anderson, in terms of defensive attributes, would definitely not be as good as this Zeon Clark!

What hell is it......

Richard frowned and began to ponder, there is no reason why such an attribute has no information left in the history of the NBA.

Zeon Clarke?!

After thinking about it for a while, I still didn't have any impression at all......

It's true that there is no memory of Clark at all, and even in Richard's memory, the player with Clark in his name only thinks of a Jordan Clarkson.

Who the hell is this guy? Richard frowned.

Seeing Richard frowning, Clark was a little flustered......

"Coach, don't worry, I know you like to defend tough interior players, so this offseason, I've been crazy about improving my strength and gaining ten kilograms!"

"You won't be disappointed in the new season!"

Clark sneered, and to be honest, he was really scared of Richard......

In June, Clark learned that Richard had joined the Pistons and immediately threw himself into the gym.

If nothing else, it's crazy training to build strength and muscle.

The effect is still quite obvious, and he is not a fool, knowing that only if he works hard enough can he win Richard's favor.

……

Richard nodded, since he couldn't think of any information about this thing, he simply didn't think about it, anyway, this strange guy was already in his own hands.

After thinking about it, Richard still used Brand's All-Star Light for this product.

This time the luck was not as good as Ricky Davis, but it was acceptable.

"Congratulations to the host, the target player Zeon Clarke inherits Elton Brand's rebounding and three-point ability for two years!"

The attribute inheritance of that three-point ability is basically useless, because Brand himself doesn't have a three-point ability.

As for the improvement of rebounding ability, it is quite powerful!

The only fly in the ointment is that the time is a bit short, only two years, and the upper limit of three years has not been reached.

Looking at the rebounding attribute of this product again, it has been improved to 84 points!

Richard knows Brand's rebounding attribute, that is, the level of 91 points, normally speaking, if he inherits 9 percent of his strength, in fact, Clark's rebounding attribute should be improved to 81 points.

But the last time Ricky Davis was promoted, Richard knew that this attribute inheritance was not counted like this.

The system has its own set of calculations, not directly multiplying the attribute value by 90%.

It's normal to think about it, for example, a player with a full value of 100 attributes, and a player who can have ninety percent of his strength is definitely not a 90 attribute, but more likely to be around 94 points......

Anyway, Clark's rebounding strength has improved a lot, and Richard doesn't bother to think about it so much.

For now, he has to focus on the upcoming pre-season.

On October 2, the Pistons' first preseason game was against the Indiana Pacers, who are also Eastern Conference teams.

The arrangement of the alliance is actually quite interesting.

First of all, the two teams are quite close to each other, and if they are close, they will face the situation of competing for fans.

As long as the two teams meet in the game, they will definitely spare no effort to play.

The second is the head coach of the Pacers, Isaiah Thomas, who is the Pistons legend!