In the blink of an eye, the regular season is halfway through the season, with the Buccaneers playing their first forty games of the season.

In these 40 games, the Buccaneers have won a total of 32 games, and the winning rate is as high as a terrifying 80%.

Not only is the record terrifying, but the strength of the rookie fighters in the Pirates team has also caused the executives of various teams to drool.

Although they knew that Richard was a god-like existence in terms of choosing people, they were still a little dumbfounded that every newcomer was so good.

Milicic and Paul are the signature players of this Pirate team, but apart from them, the performance of the other newcomers is also bright enough.

Even Valejo, who has the most average performance in this group of newcomers, currently has a quasi-double-double of 8.7 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks.

The Philadelphia 76ers have both of their previous trade plans with Vallejo, which can also show how tempting Vallejo is.

Vallejo's offense isn't worth mentioning, but his rebounding and blocking abilities are definitely above the mark, and given his current age, he could become a super blue-collar in another two years.

After all, there is a saying in basketball circles that the inside line looks at five years.

Roughly speaking, it takes five years to develop interior players......

This statement was scoffed at by Richard, and he strongly disagreed with it.

The argument of looking at five years on the inside line makes sense for some players, but it doesn't make sense at all for players like Duncan and O'Neal, who are at the peak of their debut.

As soon as O'Neill entered the alliance, he went on a killing spree.

As for Duncan, the same is true......

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of talent, if the talent is enough to defy the sky, what five years will it take, and it will be the pinnacle.

Vallejo's talent isn't particularly outstanding, but it's still tempting enough to stay in this era of center forwards.

Richard is now thinking that if he really gets Oden, he will sell Vallejo, and there is a Marc Gasol to play as a backup center anyway.

And if he can't get Oden, then it is estimated that Vallejo will not be able to move.

Even if Marc Gasol is selected at that time, he will definitely have to spend a lot of twists and turns, and he will not even be able to sign Gasol Jr. in the short term, and Vallejo will definitely not be able to move around.

Moreover, Gasol Jr. is not the kind of player who debuts against the sky, and if he first enters the league, he may not be able to play better than Vallejo.

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This is just because Valejo, who is considered to be the weakest, has such a huge allure.

Several other newcomers have already made the executives of various teams unable to contain their eagerness.

Doesn't Richard like to ask for draft picks? Give it to him!

Seeing that the All-Star is getting closer and closer, countless teams have come to the door, hoping to make a trade with the Pirates.

Iguodala and Granger are the starting line-ups for the Pirates, and they don't have any extravagance, but there are also Roy, Millsap and Rondo on the bench who are the main targets of trades for each team.

Especially Millsap, the data is not particularly good, and even because the playing time is not as good as Vallejo, the data is not as good as Vallejo, but the high-level data is not good, and several teams are willing to come up with better first-round picks in exchange for Millsap.

Many fans chatter, looking at the data are pseudo fans, and they don't understand the ball.

In fact, this statement is biased, and some high-level data is actually the best indicator of a player's strength.

Conventional data, such as scoring rebounds, if you only look at these data to evaluate a player's true strength, then Wei Shao is probably the strongest and most versatile player in history, after all, even Chamberlain has not been able to average a triple-double per game for three consecutive seasons.

A player like Marbury, who easily cuts down 20+, won't be able to get along in the NBA.

Only looking at the regular data and using it to evaluate the strength of the players is indeed a suspicion of pseudo-fans.

But if you look at high-level data, such as defensive efficiency value, offensive efficiency value, such as rebounding rate, block rate, and victory contribution value, then you can still roughly evaluate a player's true strength.

Players are often judged to be statistically incapable of their role on the pitch, and the stats here are referring to regular stats, not high-level stats.

This type of player is actually quite good at high-level stats.

Millsap is that type of player right now, and his offensive efficiency is a terrifying 123!

What kind of concept is this, he can see 123 points scored in 100 offensive rounds, far more than the league's first-line super scorers.

Even Richard rolled his eyes in shock, Millsap's offensive efficiency value was simply against the sky.

Of course, if he is given more playing time, his offensive efficiency may drop, but even if it does, he is definitely a top scorer.

In addition to the appalling offensive efficiency value, the rebounding rate, block rate, steal rate and other values of this product are all amazing.

This directly made Millsap a sweetheart, and countless teams were waiting for Richard to give an answer.

Richard naturally won't give them any answer, and at this point in time, it's really a pity to sell Millsap.

The first is that Richard is going to compete for the title this season, and Millsap's stay in the team can be used as a guarantee.

Now the Pirates have four players on the front line, which is just right, no more, no less.

If you hurt one, you can still use the three left.

If you sell Millsap, if you lose one, you will only have two forward defenders, which will definitely not be enough.

The second is that Millsap's value has not yet been maximized, and these teams want to trade Millsap with a first-round pick, and Richard naturally refuses.

How to say that Millsap is also known as the existence of the god of rice, a god-level figure, and wants to exchange a first-round pick, Richard is not stupid to that point.

So all the team's trade offers, Richard let Myers refuse, everything will wait until the season is over.

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A few days later, the All-Star roster was released.

This year, the N.B.A. finally restricted the voting of Chinese fans......

Yao Ming has won the honor of All-Star Ticket King for three consecutive years, which makes many old American fans feel dissatisfied.

It's obviously their old American league, and every year they let a foreigner get the All-Star ticket king, what is it.

Stern also took care of the feelings of the old American fans, after all, the old United States is the base camp, and began to compress China's votes.

No one knows what kind of compression ratio it is, and I'm afraid only the insiders of the management committee know this ratio.

But even if you don't know the proportion, Yao Ming didn't get the vote king this year, and no one believes it if you want to say that the proportion is normal.

Many domestic fans complained, but it was completely true, and the final interpretation of this kind of thing must belong to the business......

The Buccaneers have a pretty strong record this year, with two more wins than the Spurs, who are the No. 1 team in the West, so they have a lot more All-Stars this year.

Milicic became the starting frontcourt in the East, which surprised Richard.

The three starting frontcourts in the East last season were Yao Ming, O'Neal and James.

And although Yao Ming has a lot fewer votes this season, only James has more votes than Yao Ming in the East.

James got a starting frontcourt position, Yao Ming also got one, and the remaining starting position was not O'Neal, but was taken by newcomer Milicic.

It's normal to think about it, Milicic is also a foreign player, and there is a country behind him.

Richard felt that maybe Stern ignored the matter and just squeezed the votes of Chinese fans......

In addition, Milicic's own performance is also strong enough, which is deeply loved by American fans.

He eventually won the All-Star vote, beating O'Neal and getting a valuable starting frontcourt spot.

After O'Neal learned the news, he was dumbfounded, to know that he won the championship with the team last season, a super center who had just won the championship, and he didn't even get a starting All-Star position?

But if you really want to look at the data, in fact, there is nothing wrong with Milicic squeezing out O'Neal.

may also be because of the championship last season, which made O'Neal a little slack, he had a very unpleasant quarrel with the Heat management, and he was lazy and absent from the team's training camp for no reason.

In terms of statistics, O'Neal has played about two-thirds of the schedule this season, and he has only played in 30 games, averaging only 17.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game......

Needless to say, O'Neill is now starting to go downhill.

If O'Neal's form dip last season wasn't obvious, this season is quite obvious.