In addition to the five Eastern Conference starters, Pierce, Mutombo, Rashid, Brand, Ray Allen, Mobley and Alan Houston are seven players on the All-Star bench.

There were two West Lafayette players in the starting line-up, Dazhi and Iverson.

As for the bench lineup, there are three of them.

The starting lineup on the western side looks much stronger than that in the western region.

O'Neal was out due to injury, and Xiao O, the league's second center, naturally took over O'Neal's starting center position.

Don't look at the league in the east and find a stinky tomato rotten bird egg to play the starting center, but they can't do it in the west.

The main reason is that there is Xiaoao, the second center in the league, if the league randomly finds a stinky tomato rotten bird egg to be the starting center, then the fans will definitely not be happy......

As for the eastern side, Mo Ning is almost the third center in the league, and among the remaining eastern centers, the level is actually about the same, of course, Uncle Mu's level is higher, but in the final analysis, Uncle Mu is only a blue-collar worker, so it can be said that let the Raptors Davis play the starter.

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The two frontcourts are Duncan and Big Ben.

Don't look at Big Ben as a blue-collar worker, but since he won the MVP in the finals last season, his popularity has skyrocketed, and now he has surpassed the wolf king Garnett.

In any case, Big Ben is the captain of the strongest team in the league, and the statistics are really dazzling, and there are enough honors in hand, so it is not difficult to understand that it is not difficult to squeeze out Garnett's starting position.

As for the two starting backcourts, it is Kobe Bryant and Kidd.

There is no doubt about this, and the two of them are still quite qualified to get the starting position.

However, what is more embarrassing is that Kobe Bryant went directly to the Lakers' injury list the day before the start of the All-Star Weekend!

He's going to miss this year's All-Star Weekend!

This made Richard a little speechless, and he felt that this should be Kobe Bryant's initiative to abandon the game......

Now Kobe Bryant is quite uncomfortable, he knows Richard too well.

Although he is said to be a disciple of Richard, but now he is wearing the purple and gold jersey of the Lakers, and when it comes to the All-Star Game, Richard may really not give himself playing time.

The key thing is that he still can't complain about Richard, at that time it was the Zen master Jackson who took the initiative to find fault, and Richard could only be regarded as a passive counterattack!

Kobe didn't want to make it difficult for Richard, so he simply put himself on the Lakers' injury list......

Like O'Neal, no more in this year's All-Star Game!

Anyway, he also knows very well that even if he goes to play, he will definitely not have more than a minute of playing time, and Richard will definitely do this kind of thing.

After Kobe Bryant entered the injury list, it directly led to the Lakers not being selected as an All-Star this year......

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And Kobe's position was also replaced by Payton, a veteran powerful guard.

In addition to the starters, the seven substitute All-Stars are Nowitzki, Ginobili, Larry Hughes, Rahim, Garnett, McDyce and Michael Finley.

Robinson, a veteran of the Trail Blazers, failed to be selected as an All-Star this time, but gave Ginobili the opportunity to be selected as an All-Star.

Speaking of Ginobili, he is definitely qualified to be an All-Star, and as a substitute, he can average 17 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals per game in the Trail Blazers, which is quite amazing.

There are two West Lafayette players in the starting lineup on the western side, and a staggering four West Lafayette players in the bench lineup!

Five in the East and six in the West, this All-Star Game directly has eleven West Lafayette players participating in the All-Star!

Eleven players!

What a concept, this is the real half, all the All-Stars in the East and West together are a total of 22, and the West Lafayette players occupy exactly half of them!

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Judging from the list of All-Stars this year, the league has truly entered a new era.

Not many of the old players' faces appear on the All-Star list......

Among the 22 players in this session, the real veteran players are probably the two of Glove Payton and Uncle Mu.

The remaining 20 players are all new-generation players.

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Richard is now full of longing in his heart, a full eleven players, and when the All-Star Game is over, how many All-Star lights he will be able to get!

These All-Star lights are a powerful weapon for rebuilding your team in the future!

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In the blink of an eye, this is Richard's fifth season at the helm of the Trail Blazers!

In nearly five years, Richard can be said to have dedicated everything to the Trail Blazers and brought the Trail Blazers team to the top of the league's glory!

Before Richard joined the Trail Blazers, in fact, the strength of the Trail Blazers cannot be said to be weak, at least they are also a Western Conference playoff-level team.

But they are far from winning the title......

No one would have thought that after Richard came, in just over four years, he led the team to win two championship trophies, and the most important thing is that there is not much distance from the third championship trophy now.

If Richard does lead the team to another championship this year, he will be a hero in Portland!

If he wins the championship this year and successfully builds a dynasty, then Richard will have a nine-in-ten chance of leaving the Trail Blazers to join an Eastern Conference team.

Eastern Garbage Ball Team ......

After building a dynasty, at least after Richard leaves, there will be no burden in his heart.

He has given the Trail Blazers enough glory to be worthy of this team, and even if he leaves, he will not leave the Trail Blazers at a low point, but in their most glorious moment.

As for why there was an idea of leaving the Trailblazers.

In fact, there are many, many reasons, the first reason is that Richard wants to show his ability in team management.

For the next team to join, Richard asked not only for the position of head coach, but even for the position of president of basketball affairs, he was not satisfied.

He wants the position of head coach, president of basketball affairs and general manager of the team, and he will take care of the team's roster construction, team operation and other business all at once!

Of course, he will definitely not go to a team that is in a good situation, and if he wants to show his ability, he naturally chooses a team that has a difficult period.

In this way, you can fully demonstrate your ability to create miracles!

He wants to make this lucky team jump directly from a grass chicken to a super golden phoenix!

A super golden phoenix that lays golden eggs!

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As for why he had to choose an Eastern team, Richard naturally had his own reasons.

If you continue to stay in the West, it will be a bit difficult to meet the Trail Blazers in the playoffs......

Besides, Paul Allen certainly didn't want Richard to stay in the west, and if Richard really wanted to leave, he would definitely want Richard to go to the east to stir up peace.

The most important thing is that the League must also be happy to see Richard go to the East......

In recent years, since the collapse of the Bulls dynasty, the West has been too strong.

Not to mention the Trail Blazers, even the Lakers or the Spurs have the strength to beat the strong teams in the East!

If this continues, it will be quite detrimental to the development of the Eastern District.

What the alliance has always wanted is balance, and they don't want to see a situation where the west is dominant!

Now, if the alliance management committee knew that Richard had the idea of preparing to join the east, I am afraid that they would beat gongs and drums and go to the streets to twist Yangge......

This is definitely the biggest good news!

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In addition to showing your business ability, there are other reasons.

For example, after five years in Portland, Richard wanted a new environment......

Not only Richard, but in fact, most people will feel tired after five years of working in a job, and want to change to a new environment and start a new life.

However, the reason why these people did not change jobs must be because of the high pressure of life......

As the saying goes, if you are poor for three years, the average person can find a stable job, and whoever is full will go to change jobs.

And Richard has no pressure to live in this area, besides, all the teams in this league, if they want to invite Richard, they can't give a decent contract?!

Richard's four-year contract with the Trail Blazers has long since ended, and he is now on a one-year contract with the Trail Blazers.

The contract amount is up to $10 million!

Originally, Paul Allen wanted to offer Richard a four-year, $60 million contract, hoping to keep Richard......

That's a contract with an annual salary of $15 million, which is comparable to a player's maximum salary contract!

Paul Allen dared to offer such a contract, naturally it was clear that Richard could create far more than the $60 million in income for him!

Sixty million in four years, that is, the salary of a top-paid player, Richard is not worth as much as a top-paid player?!

No kidding, the three top salaries came to exchange for Richard, and it is estimated that Paul Allen will not be replaced!

However, Richard turned down the contract and signed only a one-year contract with the Trail Blazers.

Paul Allen naturally sighed secretly, judging from the current situation, Richard was indeed distracted......

He must have felt very uncomfortable in his heart, but could he blame Richard?

Surely not, Richard has already brought enough glory to the Trail Blazers!

Not to mention that Richard only signed a one-year contract, even if Richard ran away directly after winning the championship last season, Paul Allen couldn't find fault with it......

However, Richard's promise, which he remembers very well, is to build a dynasty before leaving the team, and when he leaves, there will be at least four All-Stars and five strong newcomers in the team!

Now the promise of four All-Stars and five strong rookies has been fulfilled......

In this All-Star Game, the Trail Blazers have four players selected as All-Stars, and even two starters!

As for the five strong newcomers, this is not a promise at all, and the strong newcomers in the Trail Blazers team have always been no less than five.

What can really stop Richard from leaving the Trail Blazers is whether he can win the championship this year!

If he misses out on the championship this year, then according to Paul Allen's estimate, Richard is expected to sign a three-year contract with the Trail Blazers to see if he can build a dynasty in these three years......

If you can't build a dynasty, you can continue to sign ......

Now Paul Allen is quite distressed in his heart, on the one hand, he really hopes that the team can create a dynasty, which is a very great honor, even if it is a big man of his level, he is looking forward to it!

But on the other hand, he didn't want this dynasty, or he expected it to come later, so that Richard would continue to stay in the Trailblazers because of the promise he made!

Caught between a dilemma, Paul Allen didn't know what he really wanted right now......

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Speaking of which, in fact, Yao Ming can be regarded as a reason why Richard wants to leave the Trail Blazers, and now Auburn and the Trail Blazers are both on six-year contracts.

And Yao Ming must overlap with the Auburn combination, and even if Richard can select Yao Ming in the draft, it will not be easy to arrange.

He wants Yao Ming to become the interior hegemon of this league, to become a super center in this league who can really compete with O'Neal, and wants Yao Ming to share the name of the most dominant center in O'Neal's history!

Then you need to take Yao Ming as the core and build a team completely!

In such a situation, it must be quite difficult to stay with the Trail Blazers......

The salary space of the Trailblazers is already locked, even if the salary space continues to rise sharply in the next few years, the Trailblazers will be able to sign another top salary!

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Based on the above reasons, Richard will definitely have the intention of leaving the Trailblazers!

As for the promises he made, in fact, in Richard's opinion, it is not difficult to do!

If you really want to stare at yourself, if you squander all kinds of props, what can the Lakers compete with you?!

You can use a huge number of all-star lights to create a super monster!

Maybe this monster will only last for a season or two, but that's enough for Richard to beat the Lakers!

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On Friday night, the NBA All-Star Weekend officially began.

The Rookie Challenge is still the same as last season's first- and second-year matchups!

Because the 2000 draft was really not too strong for players, this rookie challenge is not destined to be too exciting.

You must know that among the rookies of 2000, it was Mike Miller who won the honor of best rookie, and you can know that this rookie is really a little miserable.

But even if it wasn't exciting, Richard still showed up on the scene.

In the first-year lineup, there are two Richard's disciples, namely Mike Miller and Michael Reed.

Both were selected to the first-year starting lineup for the Rookie Challenge.

As for the second-year lineup, it is exactly the same as the first-year lineup in the last rookie challenge, except that Ginobili was selected to the All-Star team, and his place was replaced.

In the end, this duel between the first and second grades was undoubtedly a huge advantage for the second grade.

It's really a bit terrifying that the difference in strength between the two sides is terrifying, and in the second-year lineup, there are already many players who have become the team's big bosses.

Like Odom, Brand, Francis, Hamilton, ......

On the other hand, the first year is really a bit unbearable, and Reed in the Trail Blazers team should be regarded as the best existence among the rookies in the class of 2000 at the moment.

In the first few months of the Trail Blazers' season, Reed has played a lot of games, and is now averaging about 13 points per game, which is the highest scoring average of any rookie in this year......

No. 1 Kenyon Martin is averaging less than 12 points per game at the moment, while Mike Miller is averaging 11 points per game......

Then, there are no rookies with double-doubles in terms of statistics.

It's easy to see how bad this rookie is......

This is still Reed was focused on training by Richard, if it weren't for one more Reed, then only two rookies in this class would score double-doubles, and they would be double-doubles, only to the point of being in the early tens!

You must know that in those draft years, the number of players who scored double-doubles can reach close to ten, and there are even players who score more than 20 points.

On the other hand, the 2000 draft is really miserable......

In the end, the sophomore team won the first-year team by an absolutely huge advantage, and Odom won the MVP of this rookie challenge with his excellent statistics of 27 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals!

Clippers fans are directly excited about the New Year, they have been looking forward to it for so many years, and finally another player on the team has won the award......

Although it's just the MVP of the rookie game, no matter how small the mosquito is, it's meat!

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Saturday night's game was a miscellaneous game, and Richard didn't go to see it, mainly because no one on the Trail Blazers team was going to the miscellaneous game this year.

In recent years, the attention of the slam dunk contest has increased a lot, but this year's slam dunk contest was an upset, and the honor of the dunk king was won by Desmond Mason of the SuperSonics......

The three-point king was won by Ray Allen.

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On weekend nights, the crazy fans finally waited for their long-awaited All-Star Game!

Although the absence of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal this year has dimmed the All-Star stardom, it is exciting enough to see so many new generation stars competing on the same field!

Especially this year, Richard led the team, which made the fans even more excited, everyone knows that Richard likes to make trouble, and tonight's game may play something different.

And the coach of the Eastern All-Star team is also quite related to Richard, it is Richard's previous assistant coach, Rick Carlisle.

The 76ers have the best record in the Eastern Conference at the moment, ranking first in the Eastern Conference record list, and Carlisle naturally got the qualification to lead the team to the Eastern Conference All-Star.

As for the Pacers, who topped the Eastern Conference record last season, this season is completely finished.

At the moment, he only has an eighth record in the East and is almost squeezed out of the playoffs......

It's certainly a scene that Larry Bird would love to see, why? Because he stepped down as the Pacers' head coach at the end of last season.

Right now, the head coach of the Pacers is the smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas!

The Assassins had squeezed the big bird away, and it was no wonder that Bird could now hope that the Assassins would have a better life......

I have to say that the Smile Assassin is very strong on the field, and there is no big problem in terms of character, but this coaching ability and management ability are quite bad!

You must know that the Pacers still had the first record in the East last season, and in just a few months, they almost missed the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The team that can't make the playoffs in the East at the moment shows something, it goes without saying, it's the real fish belly!

In other words, now the walker is only a thin line away from becoming a fish belly!

Of course, the Assassins' good days didn't last long, and in '03, Larry Bird made a comeback as the team's president of basketball.

The first thing he did when he took office was to fire the squid of the smiling assassin!

If you want to say that the assassin's coaching ability is really so scummy, in fact, it is not so much, as long as Schmitz, the core of the Pacers' interior line is now retired.

Schmitz retired quite unexpectedly after playing last season, considering that he was able to score 13 points last season.

With Schmitz's retirement, it is normal for the Assassins to lead the team to no results.

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Both All-Stars have begun their warm-ups, with Richard and Carlisle standing on the sidelines.

These two are arguably the most successful managers in the league today.

"Lee, are you really sad now, or do you miss the carefree days when you were at the Trail Blazers......" Carlisle said to Richard with a bitter face.

Don't look at Carlisle now leading the team to the first record in the East, but in fact, he is also under a lot of pressure.

In the offseason, Dazhi signed a six-year contract with the Philadelphia 76ers with a maximum salary of nearly 80 million......

The Philadelphia 76ers' salary space has been completely locked up by Iverson, Dazhi, Ratlife and Oakley, which makes it difficult for them to add to it.

And the current lineup, although it can play a pretty good record in the East, Carlisle is also very clear.

Not to mention the Trail Blazers, I'm afraid even the Spurs and Lakers can't do it.

The entire Philadelphia fan base is full of hope for the 76ers and is counting on them to win a championship......

This puts a lot of pressure on Carlisle, because he knows very well that there is no chance of winning the championship at all!

And at present, the relationship between Carlisle and the management of the Philadelphia 76ers is also very stiff.

If it weren't for Iverson and Dazhi supporting Carlisle, I'm afraid Carlisle would have been fired after playing last season.

This guy with a straight intestine is really not afraid of offending people sometimes.

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Now that Iverson and Dazhi are supporting him, there is no danger in his position, but what if he can't win the championship for several years in a row?

Maybe the 76ers management lost patience, regardless of the feelings of Iverson and Dazhi, it is possible to fire him directly!

"It's already the first in the east, what's so sad, take it easy, old man, don't put too much pressure on yourself!" Richard patted Carlisle on the shoulder and smiled.

Carlisle smiled wryly......

"By the way, Lee, I heard that you signed a one-year contract with the Trailblazers?" Carlisle asked curiously,

Richard nodded, although the Trail Blazers had concealed the specific details of their contract, but they were still informed by someone who cares.

Only signed a one-year contract, so there is a lot of talk about it.

At least it can be seen that Richard has the idea of leaving the Trail Blazers, and the reason why he signed this year's contract is probably to go to the dynasty.

When the dynasty is really built, it will definitely be the point in time when Richard leaves the Trailblazers!

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In the face of Carlisle's inquiry, Richard nodded, there is no need to hide this matter, anyway, there are only three months left before he leaves the Trail Blazers.

"Coming east?" Carlisle asked with a wry smile.

Richard nodded......

Carlisle couldn't laugh or cry, good fellow, just now Richard advised himself not to stress too much.

Isn't that a lot of pressure......

Richard is coming to the East to grab food, and I'm afraid all the head coaches in the East are under great pressure now!

Especially Carlisle, the coach with the best record in the East......

If Richard is not there, they can make it to the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Eastern Conference finals or even the Finals, and at least they can explain to the team.

And when Richard comes, there must be a team head coach who is going to be unlucky!

"Don't worry, I'm not going to the 76ers' ......," Richard said to Carlisle with a smile.

Carlisle wanted to cry even more, was he worried about you coming to the 76ers? I'm worried that you're coming to the east......