Of course, Chris Paul's strength is definitely better than Strickland's, although the two statistics are comparable, but Paul is a career average after all, and Strickland is a peak season average per game......

However, because Strickland is only 27 years old at the moment and is in his golden prime, stars of this age, unless they suffer major injuries, can generally maintain good form, and may even usher in a wave of small explosions in the next two years......

Such a top-notch point guard is definitely a player that a team lacking a point guard can only dream of!

Of course, Richard must know that this player is difficult to become a big player, and after spending the past two years at his peak, it may be inflated, anyway, there are a lot of troubles off the field, drag racing, fighting, sucking or something......

After all, people give the nickname "Flying Car"!

Naturally, the average data per game is not as good as a year.

It wasn't until he wandered to the Wizards later, and was cleaned up by Jordan, that he was honest, but at that time, he had already passed the golden peak......

The official news is Jordan's bitter exhortation to the speeding car, "You are also a veteran, you can't be late to miss the team training camp anymore, if you can't get up tomorrow morning, I'll drive to pick ......you up."

But Richard felt that this matter was quite mysterious, and Jordan didn't look like a master who could calm down and persuade people to do good, so he estimated that he had beaten a speeding car to make him honest......

……

Carlisle and Stevens had predicted that Richard would put the team's veteran Sabonis on the shelf first, after all, the team was going to rebuild, and a 32-year-old veteran with several serious injuries in his career was unlikely to give him much playing time......

It is worth mentioning that last season was Sabonis' rookie season, and he entered the league at the age of 31......

Older and with a history of serious injuries, it is not part of the team's rebuilding plan.

Last season's playoffs averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds per game, which is quite good trade value!

It's no wonder that the two men thought Richard would put Sabonis on the shelf first.

"Carlisle, why don't you let out the news first, just say that we will trade Strickland and see how the market reacts, and then we will make the next plan!" After thinking about it for a moment, Richard decided to test the waters with Strickland first.

As Richard said with Paul Allen, he could trade the entire team......

Strickland is the first player to be put on the shelf, and Richard will trade some players from the team according to the situation!

At the moment, there are four players in the Trail Blazers' roster who can consistently play as a starter.

Clifford Robinson, Strickland, Aaron McGee and Harvey Grant quart......

As for Sabonis, he is certainly unlikely to be on the pitch for long, usually sharing a starting spot with the team's backup centre-forward Dudley.

In addition to these guys, there are several main substitutes, James Robinson, Lumill Robinson, Gary Trent, Buck Williams, etc......

The remaining kittens are three or two, which are the so-called fringe players, who play an average of ten minutes and eight minutes per game, and it would be good to play half of the games in a season......

This is the entire roster of the Trail Blazers, and it is no wonder that Richard was determined before the playoffs started that the Trail Blazers would not be able to pass the first round......

If it does, then the Utah twin shass seem a little unworthy of the name.

……

By the end of the coaching staff's first meeting, Carlisle was ready to start reaching out to his NBA connections and spreading the word that they had put Strickland on the shelf.

And Stevens wasn't idle, and he began to look at which teams' draft picks might be traded.

These teams are all potential targets for the Trail Blazers!

……

When the news broke that the flying car was put on the shelf, the whole alliance was shocked!

This is definitely a big move, just like the trailblazers of later generations want to put the star Lillard on the shelf!

"It looks like Richard is really ready to rebuild completely!"

"Looking at this posture, only reconstruction can explain it, but even if you want to rebuild, there is no need to sell the flying car, right? You must know that he is only 27 years old, and he still has a few years to go in his prime, so he can stay in the team......"

"Who knows? Haven't you heard? That Richard is crazy! ”

"A madman can win two consecutive NCAA championships?! And looking at the current situation, the team he has built will continue to win championships for Purdue University! Wait and see, I'm sure Richard will definitely give Trail Blazers fans a huge surprise! ”

"I'm a Trail Blazers fan, and I don't have surprises right now, only scares! Are you kidding? A 21-year-old teaching assistant? Come up and sell the star of the house? The hell only knows what he's trying to do......"

Fans have mixed reviews, those who strongly support Richard, and those who scold Richard as crazy......

……

In the blink of an eye, it was the middle of May, and the joint auditions of the rookies were about to begin, and Richard called the four proud disciples before the joint tryouts began, telling them to behave well, not to be nervous, and to prepare a gift for them when the draft began!

As for what gifts to prepare, this Richard has actually thought about it a long time ago......

The last press conference reminded Richard about the deposit in his bank account, and this time it happened that it would cost a lot of money to buy gifts for Iverson and Big Ben, and Richard searched for nearly an hour in Portland before finally finding the Citibank branch......

When Richard took his new passbook from the counter, he almost didn't breathe......

$10.37 million!

Richard couldn't even figure out how it was possible to have such a balance, and the only explanation was that there were countless high school papers printed behind Time Company......

But Times Company did not inform Richard!

"Blame me for this, I told the person at the time that don't notify me if there is nothing important!"

"Good guys, it's almost 10 million dollars coming in, and this matter doesn't matter to them in their eyes?!"

……

Originally, Richard wrote novels, in fact, just to pass the boring time, but it didn't matter if he wrote this one, he directly wrote a way to make a fortune!

And it's a wealth road as wide as the Pacific Ocean!

Even Richard never dreamed that the publishing rights alone could sell for so much money!

The sales are so hot, the film and television copyright will definitely not be sold, and it will be a huge amount of income!

Now Richard finally understands why J.K. Rowling is making so much money......

Harry Potter sold 450 million copies of the book alone, and what a terrifying concept it is!

And Richard's tens of millions of dollars, the sales must be almost saturated, with the operating ability of a publishing giant like Time Company, one year is enough time for them to sell this high school volume all over the world......

"Who will you play when the time comes? Just arrange all those boys! ”

"What about the heroine? This has to be thought through......"