However, although Green didn't understand why Richard would choose a player from his sworn enemy team, he was still quite looking forward to playing under Richard.

In fact, Purdue University and Michigan State University, before Richard came, obviously Michigan State University had better historical results in the Crazy Three.

But with Richard taking the helm of Purdue, Purdue University has become the best basketball mecca in the NCAA league today......

Michigan State University naturally has a lot of disgust with Richard, but they also admire Richard's ability, and if someone else were to coach Purdue, they would definitely not let Purdue have such a reborn performance.

……

After successfully winning the egg chasing Green, Richard finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that my hunch is wrong, and nothing has happened in this draft.

……

"I announce that the Charlotte Hornets have selected Festus Ezeli from Vanderbilt University with the 29th pick in the first round." Stern announced the Hornets' draft picks.

It can be seen that Jordan is also deliberately choosing an interior player, ready to replace Jordan Jr.......

Under normal circumstances, Azeri has won the championship with the Warriors, but his strength is not strong, and after being abandoned by the Warriors, he lost his job directly.

Obviously, Jordan didn't pick a decent inside line this time, but this is normal, after all, he was at the bottom of the first round, and it was so easy to pick a strong inside line.

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After Jordan finished selecting players, the next thing was the Spurs, who topped the league record list last season.

After announcing the Spurs' selection, Stern officially ended his work in the NBA and said goodbye to the NBA completely.

Richard looked at Stern on the field and could only wish him a happy old age in the future.

"I announce that the San Antonio Spurs have selected Chris Middleton from Texas A&M University with the 30th pick in the first round!"

Originally, Richard was still sad about Stern's departure off the court, but when he heard Stern read out the Spurs' candidates, he suddenly looked confused.

Again?!

Popovich has cut off the player he wants again!

Richard was dumbfounded, just one time, and now he was cut off twice in a row by Popovich.

For a moment, Richard even wondered if Popovich was possessed by something, such as another time-traveler......

Otherwise, it really can't explain why he was able to cut himself off for two years in a row.

It can be said that it is good luck to cut off the beard once, but if it is cut off twice, it cannot be explained by luck.

However, Richard thought about it carefully, it seems that it is unlikely to be possessed by a traverser, if it is really possessed by a traversal, the Spurs will not only have such a small movement, what they should do is to be like Richard, crazy to introduce draft picks, and then show their strength in the draft.

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Middleton was drafted away by Popovich, which added a lot of pressure to Richard.

Spurs: It's going to really rise at the pace.

Now in addition to GDP, the Spurs also have Jimmy Butler and George Hill, and now there is another Middleton.

If nothing else, Popovich will definitely sell Hill this summer, and maybe get a great rookie player again.

As a result, the depth and depth of the Spurs' roster will become quite terrifying......

……

Without Middleton's target, Richard could only target Jae Crowder, who was drafted with the 34th pick......

Soon to reach the 37th pick of the Clippers, Richard's brow furrowed.

This time it's even more painful than last season's draft.

There were at least a lot of quality options last season, and the best of the remaining players left to choose from this season is Will Barton.

Will Barton is actually good, but he is not a star, he can only be said to be a relatively good starter-level player.

It is quite appropriate to use the poor version of Prince to describe this player, of course, he is not poor, if Prince has a monthly salary of 10,000, Will Barton is probably at the level of 7,000 a month.

As for Sun Yue, in fact, it is also this style, and Sun Yue is probably at the level of 8500 monthly salary at the moment......

If you really want to say it, being able to draft a player like Will Barton in the second round is actually a lot of money, but compared to Middleton, it must be a big gap, which is also where Richard feels disappointed.

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"I am announcing that the Los Angeles Clippers selected Will Barton from the University of Memphis with the seventh pick in the second round." Xiao Hua took the stage to read out the Clippers' selection.

In this draft, Richard selected two forward defenders again.

Although Chasing Green is playing inside, at the moment, in the eyes of all parties, his most suitable position is small forward.

For two years in a row, Richard didn't win a single interior player, which also sent a signal to the other 29 teams on the scene that the NBA has a tendency to enter a new era.

Maybe the good days of the traditional center are gone, otherwise, Richard would not have been able to go two years without winning an inside line.

If Richard knew what these people were thinking, he would have laughed bitterly.

It's not that Richard doesn't want to choose a traditional center, but he really doesn't have to choose, and there are really no traditional centers that can enter Richard's eyes in the past two years.

It can't be said that there is no white edge at all, for example, when Richard entered the league in 2010, when Richard was the Warriors' draft consultant, he let the Warriors choose the white edge.

Now White is doing quite well with the Warriors......

In addition to the white edge, Zhuang Shen in this year's draft is also not bad, but the draft order is too high, and Richard is also weak and can't take it at all.

This year's draft is tantamount to saying that Richard's final gain is to chase Green, Will Barton's value is not great, and his value may decline as time goes by.

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As soon as Richard returned to Los Angeles after the draft, he received a call from Milicic.

Milicic's contract with the Buccaneers is not yet over, but the upcoming season is his player option, and now he is calling Richard to see if he needs him on his side.

If Richard needs him, then he will exercise the player option and come to Richard's team.

If Richard doesn't need it, he'll finish the season first.

"Don't be, Darko, at this point in time, if you come to me, Michael will probably want to jump off the building in anger."

"The loss of a little Jordan is enough for Michael's guy, if you are missing, I really doubt that this guy will come to Los Angeles overnight to find me desperately." Richard said with a smile.

Now because Richard has Horford and Eggchase Green on hand, he doesn't need Milicic to join, after all, Eggchase and Horford both have good frontcourt playmaking skills.

The key is for Milicic to join the Clippers, and the contract is not easy to sign.

Now Milicic is at the peak of his prime, and Richard has to give a maximum salary no matter what he says, and if he doesn't give a maximum salary, it is really a little unreasonable.

But if the maximum salary is given, the subsequent signing of Leonard, Thompson and others will encounter problems......

So even if Jordan agrees to let Milicic leave, it is impossible for Richard to invite Milicic to join.

"Okay, coach, after this season, feel free to contact me if you need to, and I'll be a priority to join the Clippers." Milicic said sincerely.

His gratitude to Richard has reached a point where he can't be more grateful, and now that Richard has left Charlotte, he doesn't have much of a sense of belonging to Charlotte.

If nothing else, by the end of the season, he will definitely leave Charlotte in search of a large max contract.

If Richard recruits himself next season, then Milicic feels that it will not be a big deal if he takes a proper pay cut at that time.

……

After hanging up the phone call with Milicic, Richard was still very happy in his heart, and these disciples he had cultivated were still thinking about himself in his heart.

But right now, Richard still has a problem to solve.

That's when Marcus Camby's contract expires, and if the Clippers don't sign two contracts with tens of millions of annual salaries next season, their salary will not meet the standard of the poor ghost line.

Big Ben is now coming to vote, as the earliest West Lafayette player to follow Richard, Richard gave Big Ben a two-year $20 million contract without saying a word.

10 million US dollars a year, if you really want to talk about it, today's big book is definitely not worth this price, but Richard is now the boss, and he can give as much as he wants......

In addition to Big Ben, Brad Miller, the last West Lafayette player to enter the league in '96, also joined the Clippers.

The Clippers were about $7 million left on the Poor Ghost Line's salary, and Richard gave Miller a $8 million one-year contract.

After this contract is executed, Miller is expected to face retirement......

Maddie is already retired, and he won a championship with the team when he was with the Trail Blazers before, so there are no regrets about retiring now.

Miller, on the other hand, is more miserable, and now he doesn't have a ring on his hand, if he wants to get a ring before retiring, when this year's contract ends, it is estimated that he will play for another year with a base salary to see if he can win the championship with the Clippers.

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Miller, Big Ben, Horford, Egg Chase Green, Dazhi, Big Monkey, Leonard, Thompson, Sun Yue, Will Barton, Thomas Jr., these eleven are the main players of the Clippers next season.

Speaking of which, compared with last season's lineup, in fact, the Clippers' lineup this season has not improved, and the only improvement point is probably Egg Chasing Green.

However, Richard still believes that their Clippers can definitely play better this season.