After Richard had made a phone call with Larry Bird, he asked for McHale's phone number from him and called him directly.

McHale is still quite happy, in fact, he doesn't really like the job of a TV commentator, and he still wants to return to the NBA.

The Clippers are in ruins, and it's a good opportunity for them to show their talents.

And it's a notoriously good thing that Richard likes the interior, and McHale feels like he can definitely play an important role with the Clippers.

The franchise was finalized on the phone, Richard breathed a sigh of relief, the first step of the Long March had taken the first step, and the reconstruction of the Clippers was a good start.

With an interior coach in place, Richard naturally started looking for a shooting coach next.

With the advent of the small-ball era, the role of the shooting coach in the team is actually quite large.

In fact, the old Curry is the best candidate for this position, and for more than ten years, the old Curry can be said to be conscientious and has helped the newcomers under Richard develop quite excellent shooting ability.

But now that the old Curry is staying in the pirates, Richard can only do anything in vain, after all, his son is in Charlotte, if he invites the old Curry, he will definitely be able to agree, but it will be difficult after all......

Just when Richard was worried about the choice of shooting coach, a resume was placed on Richard's desk by Sun Xiaoben.

Steve Cole.

Richard was stunned, he never expected that this guy Cole would submit a resume to himself......

He's certainly no stranger to Kerr, who played under Popovich when he coached the Trail Blazers in the West.

Later, after retiring, Cole's life was quite chic.

After retiring in 03, he joined TNT as a commentator, similar to Barkley and Kenny Smith, but he was not as popular as Barkley and Smith, and usually commented on the spot.

In '07, he soared straight into the sky and became the general manager of the Suns......

In fact, when this happened in 07, Richard didn't know what the Suns owner had taken the wrong medicine, and he actually let Kerr, who had little management experience, be the general manager, which was absolutely crazy.

As it turned out, the Suns boss was indeed crazy, and Kerr did a rather unsatisfactory job in the general manager position, leaving before the end of last season......

said that he was leaving, but in fact, he was fired.

Then Kerr returned to TNT to explain, when the Pirates played the Eastern Conference semifinals before, Kerr was responsible for the on-site commentary, and Richard also said hello to Kerr.

Unexpectedly, this guy, like McHale, is also going to make a comeback, aiming at the Clippers, and wants to use the Clippers as a springboard to re-enter the league.

Now that Cole has sent it to the door, it is definitely a relief for Richard.

The team was short of a shooting coach, and it turned out to be Kerr on the door.

Future generations of fans will surely know that Curry is the best three-point shooter in history, and I am afraid no one will doubt this.

But in fact, Curry is not the most accurate three-point shooter in NBA history......

Among players who have played more than 500 games in NBA history and averaged more than one three-point shot per game, Kerr topped the list with a career three-point shooting percentage of 45.4 percent.

And in Richard's memory, Curry's career three-point shooting percentage was less than 44%.

Of course, Curry shoots so much, Kerr is definitely not comparable to Curry, but at least in terms of shooting percentage, Kerr is the most accurate one.

In Richard's view, Cole may also be a typical example of being born in the wrong era......

If he had entered the NBA in the small-ball era, perhaps Kerr's achievements would have been much greater than he normally would.

Although his defensive ability limits him to becoming an All-Star, with his accurate shooting, standard point guard height of 191, and super high ball quotient, it is estimated that there will be no problem in playing a stable starter.

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"Ben, tell Cole to pack up and report to Los Angeles." Without saying a word, Richard decided to take Cole.

Now is the time when there is a shortage of people, even if Cole has such and such shortcomings, Richard has to use them.

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With the addition of McHale and Kerr, Richard's coaching staff has been reorganized.

Interestingly, Richard's four assistant coaches are Thibodeau, Mark Jackson, McHale and Steve Cole, all of whom will become head coaches of league teams in the future.

And they are all well-known managers......

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Scouts don't need it, the coaching staff has been formed, and then some of the team's necessary high-level recruitment, such as finance, legal affairs, business and other executives, Richard has given Sun Xiaoben full responsibility to be responsible.

The general framework of the team has been formed, because there are still nearly three months before the start of the new season, so there is quite plenty of time.

Richard next set his sights on the construction of the team's squad, which is undoubtedly the most important thing for a team to rise.

The Clippers actually had two good players last season, Carman and Eric Gordon.

In Richard's opinion, Carman's style is somewhat similar to the Cavaliers' big Z.

Of course, the strength is definitely not as good as the big Z, and the big Z is also the inside line of the top salary level anyway, and Kaman has a slight gap.

However, even if there is a gap compared to the peak of the big Z, the value of Cocarman in the trading market is actually quite good.

The attitude of the game is diligent, don't make trouble with those moths, although the defensive end is sometimes bright and sometimes ineffective, but in general, the interior defense can still be reasonable, that is, against Yao Ming, these top interior lines will suffer.

Under normal circumstances, domestic fans know Kaman, in fact, because Kaman was played by Yao Ming many times in the game......

On the offensive end, the technique is quite comprehensive, and there is a hand shot, and I can't find any big faults.

All in all, this is a good value player, and if Richard trades for Karman, it is estimated that he can get good chips......

But how could Stern leave Richard this fortune, and he sold Karman before Richard took over the Clippers.

Sold to the New York Knicks, in exchange for the Sharks for Carman.

Of course, this shark is not O'Neal's shark, but the baby shark Eddie Curry......

When the deal was made, Richard was dumbfounded, he didn't expect the little shark to still be in the league, he seemed to have not heard the news of this thing for a long time.

However, the contract for this product is not small, and like Kaman, it is an annual salary of 10 million US dollars, and the two just match the salary......

Richard couldn't help but secretly admire Stern's methods, this old guy is simply doing everything to trap himself.

Of course, this operation may also be Stern's intention to help the Knicks, and he helps the Knicks from time to time, and it is not a matter of one or two days.

Everyone in the league knows it, even the fans know it, but they all have a tacit understanding and don't bother to mention it......

What can I do, the stinky tomato team in New York, if you don't help, it will be completely finished.

The two highest salaries of the Knicks last season were Maddie and the other was Sharks.

The Sharks played seven games last season, averaging less than nine minutes per game and taking tens of millions of dollars to guard the water cooler.

And Maddy's form has also declined quite badly in recent years due to injuries.

He played 24 games with the Knicks last season and averaged just 9.4 points per game.

Think about the state of the two highest-paid Knicks, if Stern doesn't help, the Knicks will be completely cool.

So Eddie Curry, plus a second-round pick from the Knicks in 2012, traded for a quasi-All-Star caliber from the Clippers.

Is this operation a pitfall? Naturally, the pit has come home......

But since the bitter lord Richard didn't jump out to question the alliance, the others were naturally not qualified to say anything.

The only consolation to Richard is that this is the year of the Sharks' contract......

After executing this final year of nearly $12 million in contract, the Shark expires on his contract.

In this regard, Richard can operate.