In mid-September, the Clippers began training for the new season.

Before the training camp, Richard naturally wanted to talk to some players and assistant coaches individually.

Richard's first target was Cole......

Kerr is a very successful manager under normal circumstances, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any flaws.

Cole revealed that he used to smoke marijuana regularly, and the reason given was that his back pain was unbearable and he needed to use marijuana to relieve the pain.

In addition to smoking marijuana, Cole is also a heavy alcohol addict, and even during a game on the court, he can take two sips off the court.

In the 18-19 playoffs, in the first round of the Warriors vs. the Clippers, Kerr sat on the sidelines and drank, of course, he couldn't drink it unscrupulously, but filled the whiskey in a Gatorade bottle......

At that time, Richard was stunned when he saw this scene, and in the entire history of the NBA, I am afraid that only Kerr can do such a thing.

It's no secret that Popovich is definitely an alcoholic, but even he's an alcoholic who never does anything crazy about drinking on the sidelines.

"Sit down, Steve, it's been a hard few days." Richard said with a smile at Cole.

Kerr has been training his players' shots these days.

"It's okay, it's not particularly hard." Cole nodded and said politely.

"How? Do any of the current people on the team have any outstanding shooting talent? Richard asked.

"No, not a single ......"

"God, these people's shooting talent is probably the worst batch of professional players I've ever seen, Sun Yue's kid is okay, of course, it's just impro......vised," Kerr said with a tangled face.

Richard nodded, this was not unexpected, even Sun Yue, if it weren't for the advantage of height and arm length, in fact, his shooting would not be a score.

After chatting with Kerr for half an hour, Richard did not mention Cole's private life, at least if it did not affect the team, Richard had no reason to care about Cole's private life.

After talking to Kerr, Richard gathered all the players and all the assistant coaches for a season kick-off meeting on the training ground.

Richard was very dissatisfied with the effect of the group healing skill, because the effect of group healing was triggered on Sun Yue's body......

Sun Yue is simply not too healthy these years.

Triggered on Monroe's body, it is naturally the best choice, even if it is not triggered on Monroe, it is triggered on Camby's body, Richard can accept it.

At the moment, Monroe will definitely not be able to play in the preseason or even the early part of the season, and Richard can only put Eddie Curry in the starting lineup.

Eddie Curry entered the league in 01 and looks like a veteran, but in fact, he is not very old, because he is a high school player who entered the league, and he is only 28 years old at the moment.

At the age of 28, he is in the prime of a player, but Eddie Curry is quite unsatisfactory at the moment, and no one wants it.

Back then, this one, along with Kwame Brown and boxing champion Tyson Chandler, was known as the three high school treasures of the class of '01.

The three big centers, each of whom looks very talented, especially the little shark, who weighed nearly 300 pounds at the age of 18 and played all over Chicago.

Later, after entering the league, after the struggle of the first two seasons, in fact, the little shark also played a representative season, 06-07 season, the little shark played 19.5 points and 7 rebounds, it seems that he has grown into a top center in the league, but what about the facts?

This data can only be said to be useless.

There is nothing wrong with the offensive end, and in the Yao Shark era, Eddie Curry was known as the existence of offensive talent second only to Yao Shark......

The reason why he has the nickname Little Shark is because he can incarnate O'Neal from time to time on the court, relying on his weight of up to 134 kilograms and excellent arm span to wreak havoc under the basket on the offensive end.

He could play O'Neal's level of offense for a few minutes a night, or he could play a minute of O'Neal's level for a few nights, which is why he's called a little shark.

But on the defensive end and rebounding, compared to the offensive end, it is completely not worth mentioning, so to speak, Eddie Curry's defense and rebounding are not even as strong as the league's third-tier center.

If this product met Richard earlier, such as playing under Richard when he first entered the league in 01, then the current Eddie Curry is estimated to have played.

Although it certainly can't reach the height of O'Neal or Yao Ming, there is nothing wrong with maintaining the level of a quasi-All-Star, after all, it only takes two or three points to make up for Eddie Curry's defensive and rebounding shortcomings.

In terms of physical talent, Eddie Curry can hardly find any fault, otherwise, he would not have been the favorite in the first place.

Because it was a contract year, Richard directly smashed the lucky prop of the big horse monkey on Eddie Curry's body......

Under normal circumstances, Eddie Curry doesn't have any big contracts to get after this season, but now because of the prop bonus, he may be able to get a decent contract next season.

……

This is also Richard's helpless move, and now there is no one available, and he can only let the little shark be the general.

Richard didn't pay much attention to the effect of the month-long training camp, because it really didn't make any sense.

Should be strong or strong, like Griffin......

What effect can a weak chicken have in just one month of intensive training.

On October 3, the Clippers' first game of the preseason began.

Richard received word from the ticket manager that ticket sales were not doing well.

About 70% of the tickets were sold......

That's pretty much the worst ticket sales Richard has ever had since he entered the league.

Preseason tickets are cheaper in themselves, so sales are actually no worse than the regular season.

And now occupying a super ball market like Los Angeles, but only 70% of the tickets are sold, which is obviously unacceptable to Richard.

The reason why ticket sales are so poor can also be figured out.

Los Angeles can almost be said to be the world of the Lakers, and although the Clippers are also in Los Angeles, they are actually quite miserable.

There is not much difference between a home game and an away game, and sometimes the fans in the stadium will boo the Clippers from time to time.

Even if Richard, who is now quite popular, comes to take over the Clippers, in the eyes of Los Angeles fans, the Clippers are not so attractive.

Don't forget, Richard's reputation in Los Angeles is actually not good, and if it wasn't for Richard, the Lakers would definitely have more championships than they do now......

Under normal circumstances, since 96 years ago, the Lakers have won a total of five championships, but because of Richard, the Lakers have only won one championship trophy, and the gap is really too big.

So now that Richard has taken over the Clippers, it has not caused much repercussions in Los Angeles, and fans who should not watch the Clippers game still won't watch it.

Richard also knows very well that this situation will definitely be difficult to solve in the short term, and he can only take it slowly.

……

At eight o'clock in the evening, Richard led the Clippers to appear on the side of the court, and the fans at the scene did not give much enthusiasm, only some fans cheered Richard's name.

It can be seen that these fans may be the reverse secret of the Lakers, because they don't like the Lakers, they turned around to support the Clippers in the same city.

"Doot toot!" At the referee's whistle, the starters of both sides began to appear.

When they saw Eddie Curry playing as the team's starting center, the fans at the scene couldn't help but sigh.

This ghost lineup is really unwatchable, you must know that Eddie Curry is the role of a water cooler guardian in a garbage team like the Knicks, and under the Clippers Richard, they are all mixed starters.

The current Clippers lineup is really rubbish......

Griffin is a little excited, this season is the first season of his career, tonight is his NBA debut, and he needs to play flawlessly to prove his worth as a top pick.

……

The opponent is the Kings of the West, and with Adelman leaving the Kings, the current Kings are a veritable fish belly in the West.

But despite being a fish belly team, the current Kings' lineup is actually quite good, at least much better than the Clippers.

Cousins in the center, Marcus Thorton and Tyrek Evans are two very good backcourt players in the backcourt, and there are good bench players such as Landry, Cosby and Garcia on the bench.

If you look at the lineup, it's a lot better than the Clippers.

In the jump ball, Eddie Curry lost to the young Cousins, which is also quite normal, and the weight of the little shark at the moment must be at least 140 kilograms according to Richard's estimates.

This overweight limits the little shark's ability to bounce, and even if he has a good jumping ability, he will definitely not be a match for Cousins at the moment.

Evans started to attack with the ball, and when the ball reached the front court, it was handed to Cousins, who was asking for an open hand on the inside.

Cousins is also excited at the moment, he, like Griffin, is making his professional debut, so it is natural that he wants to put in a perfect performance.

After receiving Evans' pass, Cousins was ready to single Eddie Curry in the low post, which was not a difficult task in his opinion.

Sure enough, after Cousins received the ball, under the defense of Eddie Curry, he turned around directly and scored on the board.

Eddie Curry didn't even make any defensive moves......

When it was the Clippers' offensive turn, Griffin received the ball and went straight to the basket to complete a violent dunk.

This is Griffin's main offensive method at the moment, relying on his super physical talent to kill under the basket.

At the beginning, the two sides were tied, and the two rookie interior players performed well.

In the next offensive and defensive rounds, it was obvious that the Clippers were at a huge disadvantage.

The Kings had two shots in the backcourt, and they were in pretty good shape, hitting three-pointers one after another, and by the time the first quarter was halfway through, the difference between the two sides had been stretched to seven points.

Richard directly called a timeout, and this timeout was not called.

It's okay to lose, but it's so ugly to lose, Richard absolutely can't accept it.