In this trade conference with the Timberwolves, many reporters also rushed over......

When I heard that Richard sold three newcomers with quite good potential in the Trail Blazers, in exchange for the Timberwolves' scoring champion Ryder, plus a Ben Wallace......

The reporters were completely stunned......

Could it be that Richard is counting on Ryder to take a bunch of rookies to the playoffs?!

But Ryder obviously doesn't have that ability......

This is a super problem player, really has such ability, and the Timberwolves are willing to sell it?

As for recruiting Big Ben, this reporter can understand, after all, Big Ben has played under Richard for two years, and it is easy to use, and it is not difficult to understand that he was selected with a second-round pick......

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It is also explained that Big Ben came to the team on July 10 to report and participate in the summer league......

The new little O'Neill has already been announced!

Since then, Richard's lineup for the next season has basically been decided!

Big Ben, O'Neal Jr., Rashid, Kobe, Clifford-Robinson, Sabonis and the rest of the team with contracts on hand!

As for Ryddle, who just got his hands on the Timberwolves, he is actually not in Richard's team building plan at all!

Ryder is a difficult man, full of trouble, and in this team with many newcomers, there is no hope that something will go wrong, so Richard has already confirmed that he will be sold......

After all, Richard's talent reserve system task is still one first-round pick and one second-round pick!

The second round of signing is easy to do, and you can buy it with cash when the time comes, and it is not a problem at all.

As for the rest of the first-round picks, this one can only be exchanged for Ryder......

However, it is certainly unlikely that you want to trade to the draft picks of those teams that are determined to be bad, and these teams are guaranteed to be top-five picks......

It's unlikely that someone would be willing to trade a top-five pick for Ryder......

But Richard doesn't care, anyway, as long as it's a first-round pick!

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After replacing Ryder out, Richard's lineup also faced a problem!

That's the lack of players at the back......

Kobe Bryant's point, regardless of whether he is a point guard or a point guard, among the remaining players in the entire Trail Blazers team, only Kobe Bryant, the backcourt, can handle it......

But Richard is not in a hurry, he has already expected this situation at the moment, and he already has a solution in his heart!

While this solution is by no means the most perfect, it is enough to make Richard comfortable in his first season in the NBA!

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July 10th at two o'clock in the afternoon!

The young players on the Trail Blazers have all assembled at the Rose Garden Arena......

Big Ben, Kobe Bryant, and O'Neal Jr. in the first year, and Rashid Wallace, Gary Trent, and Randolph Childrides in the second year!

It is worth mentioning that Trent was the eleventh overall pick in the '95 draft, and it took a lot of money to get it from the Bucks after the Trail Blazers draft......

And Childis's situation is similar to Trent, who is also a rookie in the class of '95 and the 19th pick in the first round, which the Trail Blazers got from the Pistons......

These two players made Richard feel helpless about the vision of the Trail Blazers management......

It's no wonder that Paul Allen would personally invite Richard, if Richard was with the Trail Blazers in the 95 season, he would definitely not let the team spend a lot of money in exchange for two useless newcomers......

The value of the two of them together may only be half of that of Finley, who is not much different.

In addition to these six players, Winfield, a fringe third-year student on the team, was also placed on the summer league team by Richard.

"Alright, young lads, in the next half month, you will be playing in the Southern California Summer League under the leadership of Coach Carlisle!"

"Show your ability, although I am not here, any performance of yours will reach my ears through Coach Carlisle!"

"If you can't even play in the summer league, then I can tell you very responsibly!"

"The future of the pioneers, there will be no place for you!"

Richard's expression was extremely serious, which made the young people on the scene a little quiet, except for Big Ben, of course......

Although Richard is not much older than these young players, he has long been notorious, and even the veteran coach in the league, Larry Brown, was almost beaten out of his heart attack......

These young players in front of them, who dares to disobey Richard, I am afraid that the end will be quite miserable.

Bryant, in particular, had an unspeakable fear of Richard......

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In this season's summer league, Richard actually wants to lead the team to ......

Mainly because this year's summer league will be the first time that the Chinese national team will appear, which is also consistent with Richard's memory......

In 96, the Chinese national team represented by Hu Weidong played in the summer league of Southern California, and there was a classic story of Hu Weidong against Kobe Bryant in the schedule......

When domestic media recall this history, they will generally describe it as Hu Weidong's beating of Kobe......

26-year-old Hu Weidong, against Kobe Bryant, who is not yet 18 years old, Hu Weidong scored 30 points, while Kobe Bryant only scored 22 points.

Although Kobe Bryant is not playing for the Lakers now, the Lakers also played in the Southern California Summer League, so Kobe Bryant will definitely meet Hu Weidong this time.

Such a classic game, although it is just a summer league, Richard is still very interested in watching it live......

But Richard really couldn't go......

Generally, the summer league is led by an assistant coach, and it is rare for a head coach to lead the team to play in the summer league, which is really a bit of a loss......

After all, it's not a serious event......

Secondly, Richard will have to contact buyers in the next few days, and try to find Rydell's next home before the end of the trading freeze period in July.

It's better to sell Ryder sooner rather than later, and maybe this guy will do something ridiculous in the offseason that will make his trade value plummet......

So Richard could only regret staying in Portland and missed the opportunity for Hu Weidong to play against Kobe Bryant......

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Carlisle had just taken the players to the summer league on the front foot, and Zhang Weiping arrived in Portland on the back foot.

"Mr. Zhang, welcome to the Portland Trail Blazers!" Richard took Stevens and the two to Portland International Airport to pick them up.

"Hey, what teacher is not a teacher, you are the head coach, I am a part-time worker, you just call me by my name!" Zhang Weiping, who is forty-six or seventeen years old, is not much different from Mr. Zhang in Richard's impression, he looks easy-going and speaks funny.

"Let's call Mr. Zhang, be kind......"

"It's okay, you're the leader anyway, no matter what it's called, it's reasonable!"

Hearing the word reasonable, Richard almost fell on his head, did he start to be reasonable so soon......