Chapter 486: Old Philip's Hall of Fame
Xiao Si is very uncomfortable now and wants to cry.
In fact, he was quite happy at the beginning, although Yao Ming was not banned, but Richard was fined 200,000 US dollars!
This is not a small amount, which makes Xiao Si feel quite happy......
But as soon as the financial report came out, Xiao Ston was about to cry, and the 200,000 US dollars for Richard didn't count.
I'm afraid Richard didn't take the $200,000 seriously at all......
After making trouble for a long time, Yao Ming did not receive any severe punishment, but only fined 25,000 US dollars, and Richard's punishment was not counted, but he was the most injured!
Is there any reason for this......
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The result of the alliance punishment has been out, and it is a storm, and Richard has no heart to care about this matter at the moment, he still has more important things to do.
Get Philip Sr. into the Hall of Fame.
That's right, to get Philip Jones, your old assistant at Purdue, into the Hall of Fame!
This year's nominations are not yet over and will not end until the end of December.
Richard also thought about it and thought about it for a long time before making this decision......
It's not a small challenge to do, but it's not like there's no chance at all.
First of all, Philip Sr. must be qualified to be nominated, having worked in the coaching industry for more than 25 years.
Although most of the time he has been an assistant coach, that is, Richard has been in the head coach position for a few years since he left Purdue.
However, there is no requirement for nomination, it must be a head coach, and the qualifications of an assistant coach are also counted.
Secondly, the old Philip has a lot of honors in hand, and Purdue University has won a total of five consecutive championships in recent years.
Among them, Richard was a two-year champion before leaving, and the next three championships were all led by Philip Sr.
Although almost everyone knows that Purdue's subsequent three-peats lineup was also made up by Richard, even Philip Sr. has publicly admitted this more than once.
Many people count these five championships on Richard's head......
But no matter what, the head coach of the next three consecutive championships is the old Philip, which no one can deny.
The number of years of seniority is enough, and there are enough honors in hand, so it is not a problem for old Philip to be nominated.
The biggest problem is that there are no referees......
Old Philip really doesn't have any connections, and the biggest guy he knows is Richard.
But Richard himself is not a Hall of Fame, how to recommend old Philip.
At this point in time, Richard can only sell his face and find someone to help.
The minimum number of referrals is one and the maximum number of referrals is three.
In order to make a bigger deal and increase the success rate of Philip Sr. entering the Hall of Fame, Richard directly targeted the three people!
The first thing Richard found was Abdul-Jabbar in front of him......
Abdul-Jabbar was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player in '95, and coupled with his all-time status, he was definitely the top introducer.
For this request, Abdul-Jabbar naturally did not refuse, this kind of thing is just a little effort, not a difficult matter.
After thinking about it, Richard made another call to Wilkens.
Lenny Wilkens was inducted into the Hall of Fame even earlier, in 1989, and had a successful career and was later inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player.
It is no exaggeration to say that Wilkens can enter the Hall of Fame as a coach even if he is a player.
This ancient legend is a big player and coach......
There are very few players in the history of the NBA who have had a brilliant career and then achieved great things in their coaching career.
He is definitely a stylistic flower, and there is nothing wrong with it.
"Lenny, my old fellow, I need your help with something...... Richard politely called the veteran coach Wilkens.
"Huh? Lee, your kid's tone is wrong, are you thinking about our Raptors? ”
"Boy, don't fight this idea, no matter who you want, I definitely won't approve of the transaction!" Wilkens saw Richard calling, and immediately thought that Richard had a certain player on their Raptors team in mind.
He has been coaching the Raptors for nearly two years since leaving the Hawks.
At the beginning, Richard used a martial saint Jackson to exchange Maddie and Artest from the Raptors, and it turned out that the Raptors really lost money in that transaction.
The value of just one Artest is completely comparable to that of Martial Saint Jackson!
Not to mention Maddy, Maddy is now the number one super swingman in the league, although there is still a gap from Kobe, but the gap is mainly in terms of honor.
In terms of strength, the gap between Kobe and Kobe is only the slightest difference.
Such a player, if the Raptors had stayed, they would have been invincible......
But they didn't think that even if Richard didn't make a deal, with their contemptuous attitude towards Maddie, it would probably be difficult to keep Maddie.
But they definitely don't think so, what they think in their minds is that Richard cheated them, almost 1 for 3, and made them lose their money.
The former head coach of the Raptors was also dismissed, which led to the later arrival of Wilkens.
It's no wonder that Wilkens immediately felt a little tingling when he saw Richard talking to him so politely.
With his predecessor's bloody lessons, Wilkens didn't want to die in his own life.
"No, Lenny, my old fellow, we don't have any plans to trade right now, and there's only one Oku on the shelf." Richard directly denied it.
He wants to pit the Suns, and he really doesn't have the idea of beating the Raptors......
"Okay, that's good, listening to your tone just now, I thought you kid wanted to pit me!"
"Is there anything you need my help with?" Wilkens asked with a smile.
"That's right, old man, Philip Jones, head coach of Purdue, you should know, right? I want to ask you to be an inductor to the Hall of Fame, I don't know if you would like to? ”
"What's going on? Small things, as long as you don't cheat me, everything is easy to say......"
Wilkens didn't know much about Philip Sr., he only knew that this was Richard's former assistant coach, and he relied on the lineup given by Richard to win three consecutive NCAA championships.
At the moment, he estimated that Richard might also want to help old Philip and seek a historical position, and then find himself for help.
It's really not a big deal, this kind of small thing can be helped, after all, he and Richard have always gotten along well.
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After getting Abdul-Jabbar and Wilkens, Richard breathed a sigh of relief, and the matter went quite smoothly without any twists and turns.
The main reason is that Richard's current connections are not what they used to be, and at the time when he just entered the NBA league, he may not have such a big face to invite these two celebrities.
There was still one place left for the referral, and Richard pondered.
It's not that there are no candidates, but there are a lot of candidates, and Richard is a little difficult to decide.
Brent Barry, his daddy, Barry, would definitely not refuse himself if he had called.
But at the moment, Richard doesn't have the phone number of Barry, and if he wants to find Barry, he has to go through Barry.
I have a Hall of Fame player phone number directly on hand, and Richard is not small enough to ask this celebrity.
Bill Wharton, the biggest name in Trail Blazers history.
Of course, since the founding of the Pioneer Dynasty, this statement has not been very accurate......
Richard coached the Trail Blazers for five years, and naturally had a lot of exchanges with the old Wharton.
In many key games, the old Wharton will drag his family to watch the games, and Richard and the Wharton family are more familiar.
The Wharton family is actually similar to the Barry family, both have sons, and both sons still play.
It's just that the three sons of the Wharton family are not very talented, far inferior to the three sons of the old Barry family.
Richard had also met the three sons of the Whartons, especially the youngest son, Luke Wharton.
Wharton Jr. is Bill Wharton's biggest hope, and among the three sons, Wharton Jr. has good talent, and his two older brothers are quite mediocre players.
At the moment, Wharton Jr. is in college and may enter the NBA next year, but the draft pick will certainly not be much better, after all, the talent is there.
"Bill, my old fellow......"
Richard went straight to the point and asked the elder Wharton to be the introducer of the elder Philip.
Old Wharton didn't hesitate, and agreed without saying a word, but judging by his stumbling appearance, he probably wanted to ask Richard for help.
"Old man, just say anything directly, you don't need to be polite to me." Richard said with a smile.
He could roughly guess the purpose of the old Wharton, and presumably wanted Richard to take care of the little Wharton.
"Li, my youngest son is going to participate in the draft next year, you see if there is a chance, let's choose it, although he is not very talented, but he really works hard enough."
"I think with you, he's going to be able to play a good career......"
"Now the salary of these players, I really look at it, I don't have too high requirements for Luke, in the future, he can sign a contract with an annual salary of millions of dollars, I am satisfied."
The old Wharton, who wants his son Jackie Chan, can be regarded as pulling down his face this time to beg Richard.
Listening to the old Wharton's words, Richard laughed, I don't know how the old Wharton would feel if he knew that the annual salary of the top players in the future could reach 40 million dollars.
I'm afraid it's not just red-eyed, I guess I have to pick up a knife and touch someone's house......
You must know that in this league at the moment, excluding Jordan's special case, there is no player with an annual salary of 20 million.
Even with Garnett's contract, this year's salary is less than 20 million.
It is this salary level that makes old Wharton red-eyed, not to mention the 40 million level in later generations.
"Don't worry, old man, even if you don't say it, I'll take care of this kid, after all, I grew up." Richard didn't say a word, and he agreed.
Little Luke really grew up almost like Richard, and it makes sense to take care of this kid.
This can see why some famous sons are obviously not talented, but they can mix up a contract in the NBA.
Because their dad is famous, they have a wide range of connections.
Besides, Wharton Jr. is actually quite good, of course, it is not the strength of the players, but the coaching ability.
Cultivate it well, maybe this is another top coach at the thousand-level level.
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With the three of Wharton, Barry and Daddy Jia in tow, Richard's search for Philip Sr. was almost done.
If this kind of arrangement is not good, then it is really unreasonable.
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