After playing the Nuggets game, Nuggets head coach D'Antoni caught Richard and the Trail Blazers in a post-game press conference......

"They're the most competitive team I've ever seen."

"They're incredibly strong, and we at the Nuggets need to learn from the Trail Blazers in a lot of ways."

"Richard has a lot of personality and he's going to be one of the best managers in the league!"

When fans from all sides heard D'Antoni's words, they immediately looked at each other, competitive ethics? This thing can be linked to the Portland gang?!

Did Richard have a charismatic personality? Why don't you tell the Jazz fans about it and see how they react......

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The next two away opponents are the Los Angeles Clippers and the Vancouver Grizzlies.

The Clippers, who had just selected Olovokandi with the top pick in the draft, are thinking of making a big splash this season, and they have been regulars in the lottery in recent years, accumulating a lot of high-pick rookies.

I don't know if it's bad luck or the management's vision is really bad, anyway, they never picked a reliable newcomer, and the current scoring champion of the team is their power forward Maurice Taylor.

The 14th pick in the first round in '97 is the biggest treasure the Clippers have picked up in the past five years, averaging 16 points per game.

Think about averaging 16 points per game to occupy the top scoring spot, what a rubbish team it has to be.

The Clippers' backcourt, that's already rubbish, can't be seen, even if it's a new team like the Grizzlies and Raptors that has just been formed for a few years, their backcourt is twice as strong as the Clippers.

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As a result, in this game, Kobe Bryant killed all sides again, scoring 34 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in the whole game, almost single-handedly destroying the Clippers.

The Clippers are also quite helpless, their paper-like backcourt is really no threat to Kobe, so to speak, Bowen or Martial Saint Jackson on the Trail Blazers bench, if they join the Clippers, in terms of comprehensive strength, they may be the leaders of the Clippers......

Even if he can't become a big man, he is definitely an absolute core level player in the backcourt.

In this case, it is not difficult to explain that the department cuts big data like cutting melons and vegetables......

As for Big Ben, he didn't play as well as he did in the last game, and finally scored 19 rebounds and 4 blocks, which can be regarded as a bit of a delay in the task.

But it doesn't matter, the most difficult part of Big Ben is a triple-double, with an average of 20 rebounds and 4 blocks, which is not particularly difficult in the next heavenly schedule.

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As with the game against the Nuggets, Richard was racking his brains in this game to figure out how to release the water and how to make the Clippers not go into garbage time so quickly.

Several newcomers played a significant role in this.

The teams in the league also discovered that the five newcomers selected by Richard in this wave have good offensive strength, especially with good three-point strength, but they don't seem to be very good on the defensive end......

This is a little puzzling for them, because looking at Richard's consistent selection style, it is all about defense first.

Could it be that these players have the potential to defend the gate?!

On the night of the Clippers game, Warriors head coach Adelman called......

"Lee, can you trade Praggs to us?"

"I think if there is such a three-point player on the team, our offensive firepower will be 360 degrees!"

Adelman was straight to the point and expressed his desire to see Richard's rookie in this year's draft, Braggs.

It's not that Adelman doesn't want Nowitzki, Harrington and others, it's mainly that he feels that Richard won't be so easy to release, because Braggs has the lowest draft pick, so Richard may not value the newcomer the most is Braggs.

So, if you target Pragues, you will have a better chance of a successful trade.

Moreover, not even Adelman could see the difference between Praggs and Harrington or Lewis at the moment.

The three points are good, but the defense is terrible......

Richard was stunned, he didn't expect Adelman to be thinking about Pragus, looking at Adelman's tone, it seemed that he was quite optimistic about Praggs.

"Lee, we're willing to give Dampier in exchange for Pragues, what do you think?"

Seeing that Richard didn't speak, Adelman couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"Ahem......" Richard coughed slightly.

"Old man, do you believe me?"

"Trust you, what's wrong, Lee?" Adelman asked curiously, what did Richard mean by asking at this point in time.

"Trust me, it's easy to do, this Prague is not as easy to use as you think!"

"It's not as valuable as Dampier, and I guess you fancy his three-point ability, and then you want to slowly adjust his defensive strength on top of that, right?" Richard asked with a smile.

Adelman didn't hide it: "That's right, Lee, I do have this idea, I think his body is okay, he doesn't ask too much, as long as he can reach the average defensive level!" ”

"Die of this heart, old man, I can tell you very responsibly, Pragues's defensive ability, no matter how well you train, will be at the bottom of the league in the end!"

When Adelman heard this, he was a little shocked, he didn't know why Richard was so sure that Praggs' defense in the future would definitely be at the bottom of the league......

However, he knew very well that Richard had no reason to lie to himself, and if he really didn't want to trade, Richard could just open it up.

Moreover, Dampier single-handedly replaced Praggs, which in Adelman's view, in fact, the Trail Blazers still took a slight advantage.

More precisely, a win-win......

The Trail Blazers are short of backup centers, the Warriors are short of outside output points, and if a deal is made, it will be beneficial for both parties.

But this is just wishful thinking on the part of Adelman, because he doesn't know Pragues, and he doesn't understand that Pragues' extreme single defense ability is only 57, and the extreme help defense ability is only 61......

With such defensive strength, even a host coach like Richard who has a system in hand is completely indispensable.

How much it would take to raise Pragues' defense to a league average of around 75 is basically impossible.

If Richard really was a black-hearted peddler, he probably wouldn't have agreed to the Adelman deal without saying a word......

But this did not do Richard the slightest benefit, and a dampier alone would not allow Richard to watch Adelman jump into the fire pit.

However, if a three-way deal is made and it is another team, then Richard may agree.

When I talk about other teams, I mean teams that don't have a good relationship with me......