As soon as the game ended, Richard received several messages.

"Congratulations to the host, the former player Ron Artest participated in the All-Star Game for the first time, and the host is the leading coach, rewarding the host Ron Artest All-Star Light."

Sure enough, in the end, Richard really only got one Artest All-Star Light.

"Congratulations to the host for the Super Giant Elbow Pad."

Nine giant suits, four of which Richard got his hands on!

Immediately afterwards, Maddie won the All-Star MVP, and rewarded Richard with a prop "Poor Man's Version of Lucky Dice"

Lucky dice is a prop, Richard is naturally no stranger, and it was with this prop that he got the champion lottery to choose Yao Ming in the 02 draft.

It can be said that this lucky dice is quite a powerful prop.

And now that a poor man's version of the lucky dice has come out, Richard immediately observed the attributes of this prop.

"Lucky Dice (Poor Man's Edition), after use, there is a 1% chance to increase the host's lucky attribute to full value, a 49% chance to increase the host's lucky attribute to 90, and a 50% chance to increase the host's lucky attribute to 80!"

It's an extremely good thing to look at, but compared to the real lucky dice, it's definitely far from catching up.

At least if this thing is used in the draft, it won't have this good effect......

Speaking of which, the top pick is very valuable, after all, it is the one that can pick the best player in the draft.

Generally speaking, no one will sell their champion lot......

The ranking of the champion is much lower in value.

For example, the value of the list is second only to the champion sign, then there will often be a situation of being traded, not to mention anything else, at least in the next draft, the list eye sign is traded.

Now this poor man's version of the lucky dice, in Richard's view, estimates that the odds of helping him get the champion lottery are not very large, and maybe only the one percent chance can he have a chance to win the champion lottery.

……

In any case, although the harvest of this All-Star is not much, in Richard's opinion, it is all picked up for nothing, and it is good to have a harvest.

After the All-Star break, there is still about a week before the trading market closes completely.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, many teams have begun to make trades, striving to maximize the strength of the team before the playoffs begin.

The Pistons, on their side, are naturally the focus of each team's search for trades.

But Richard is not interested in trading at all, and even many teams have their eyes on Milicic, who has not played much.

Of course, the chips given are not too big, after all, trading Milicic is quite a risky move.

Naturally, all of these deals were rejected by Richard.

He finally saved up such a piston lineup in order to prepare for the upcoming expansion draft.

Among them, Milicic is his chosen choice, and it is naturally impossible to trade it out at the moment......

……

In the blink of an eye, the time has entered March, and teams are working hard to get a good spot in the playoffs.

But the Pistons are still not in a hurry, mainly because they are too far ahead of the Nets, who are second in the East, and no matter how the Nets catch up, they will definitely not have a chance to catch up with the Pistons.

Moreover, the Nets actually have no need to catch up with the Pistons, and the record rankings of the first and second in the East are actually not much different in the playoffs.

……

Seeing that the team was on track, all that was needed was to wait quietly for the playoffs to come, so Richard set his sights on the NCAA.

The end of Black March means that the NCAA season is completely over, and Purdue's season is completely cold, and it has not even qualified for the tournament, which is quite bleak.

But when old Philip received a call from Richard, hope rose in his heart.

Richard informed Philip Sr. that he would draw up a roster in the near future, and that he would take advantage of the fact that they would not have to play in the national tournament to make a move to recruit the players on the roster.

Philip Sr. was naturally overjoyed, and he was originally ready to retire at the end of this season and hand over the position of head coach of Purdue University to Bronny Jr.

But with Richard's phone call, he changed his mind and decided to continue coaching for another year, no matter what, to taste the championship again.

After some tidying up, Richard finally came up with the Purdue list this time.

At the top of the list is Chris Paul!

Some fans may wonder, why does Paul have such a good relationship with James? There doesn't seem to be much connection between these two people, and even the time they entered the alliance was several years apart......

In fact, Paul has known James since he was in high school, but James participated in the draft after high school, while Paul chose to enter the NCAA to continue honing himself.

Paul's name is on this list, and it can also be seen that Richard's current selection strategy has changed.

Some players who have joined the NCAA before, Richard have removed them, and now in order to select high-quality players with more confidence, Richard has put many first-year NCAA players on the list......

As for whether you can cheat it, it depends on the ability of old Philip.

In addition to Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo is also on this list.

Rondo isn't too troublesome, he hasn't graduated from high school yet, and Purdue can recruit directly.

Rudy Gaye, Al Jefferson, Josh Smith, Aldridge, Sean Livingston, Glen Davis, and more......

There are as many as 12 players in this list, and some of them have a low success rate, such as Chris Paul, and Richard has also marked them out.

As a result, as soon as the list was given to Philip Sr., the other party directly gave up the plan to recruit Paul......

For no other reason, Paul is currently playing at Wake Forest, and the elder Philip knows the nature of the coach of this team, and if he wants to dig a foot in the wall from him, it will definitely pay a huge price.

Although there has been no one-year waiting period for the transfer of schools, the elder Philip feels that taking Paul is really worth the loss.

……

After giving this list to Philip Sr., Richard was also relieved, and this time the list had at least five players who had a considerable chance of being recruited.

If all five are recruited, the Boilermakers will be back on their way to becoming a dynasty team in the NCAA.

In the future, Richard's side will also be able to replenish fresh blood for Silafayette as much as possible.

……

In the blink of an eye, the regular season is over.

The Pistons' record this season is not particularly outstanding, with only a 61-21 record, but even so, it is a record that other teams in the East can look up to.

As for the West, this year's record is quite odd......

The Timberwolves, the first in the West, only have a record of 58 wins, while the second-ranked Spurs and the third-ranked Lakers both have a record of only 56 wins.

As for the fourth-place Trail Blazers, they have only 55 wins.

The Pistons were silent, and they actually got the top spot in the league's record list......

Even Richard was a little incredulous, and the situation in the west was a bit confusing.

It has always been a situation where the West is strong and the East is weak, even if Richard has been in the East for almost three years, the first two years have been the top of the record list in the West......

Of course, this year, it can't be said that the East is really stronger than the West, and excluding the Pistons, the Nets, who are ranked second in the East, actually only have 54 wins......

……

The eight playoff teams in the West are the Timberwolves, Spurs, Lakers, Trail Blazers, Mavericks, Kings, Grizzlies and Nuggets.

The eight playoff teams in the East are the Pistons, Nets, 76ers, Heat, Hornets, Knicks and Green Kai.

This season's Green Kai is more miserable......

They were able to reach the top half of the East before, but with Pierce out for a month, their record dropped sharply, and in the end they only finished eighth in the East and almost missed the playoffs.

As a result, Green Kai will meet the Pistons in the first round, and they are almost doomed to the first round.

……

On April 17, the Pistons' Auburn Hills Palace Arena, the first round of the seven-game playoffs officially began.

Originally, everyone thought that the Pistons would easily take out Green Kai, and even Richard thought so.

But after the first game, the Pistons only narrowly won, and in the end, there was no such situation as hanging Green Kai, but only won a mere three points.

This made the outside world dumbfounded, and no one expected that Green Kai, who was almost squeezed out of the playoffs, would show such strength and be able to play a almost tie with the Eastern overlord Pistons.

It is not without reason that this situation can be achieved......

Paul Pierce was like a god tonight, and with a historic perimeter guard like Gerard Wallace to defend him, Pierce is unlikely to explode.

But Pierce broke out tonight, and the outbreak was quite brutal, with a crazy statistic of 46 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Richard was dumbfounded on the sidelines, this is still a deadlift defense, if the defender is weak, will Pierce slash sixty points tonight?!

For a moment, Richard remembered something.

Obviously, Pierce's current strength seems to be a step further than before.

There may be a reason for this injury!

Under normal circumstances, Pierce's strength has increased a lot after being stabbed.

seems to have opened up the second pulse of Ren Du, from the original average of 20 points per game, directly soared to 25+ points......

And now Pierce has to improve his personal strength because he plays at Purdue University, and he can average about 25 points per game.

Add to that the impact of this trauma......

There's a good chance this guy will shock the league next season!