Haslem is a player that Richard is naturally no stranger to.

No Heat fan should be unfamiliar with this player, this is the soul of the Heat......

In terms of inspiration, he is probably more inspirational than most players, absolutely inspirational.

has been the captain of the Heat for many years, and his physical fitness is very poor, at least for the power forward and center positions he plays, it is quite poor.

is only 203 cm tall, and the tonnage is quite unacceptable......

He was able to mix in the NBA, and he was mixed into the position of captain of the Heat, and that was definitely by his own efforts.

Under normal circumstances, Haslem is a draft loser, and it is not without him that there are better drafts than him in the entire history of the NBA......

For example, Big Ben, whether under normal circumstances or under the influence of Richard at the moment, is definitely better than Haslem anyway.

But Big Ben's physical fitness is much better than Haslem's, these two are of similar height, but they play in the same position, and they both play inside, maybe both Haslems can't withstand the impact of a Big Ben's power......

But even so, Haslem can still make a place in the league, which is really not easy.

……

After selecting Haslem, the next 28th pick in the second round is still the Pistons' draft pick, Richard closed his eyes and randomly selected one, and there are no decent players left anyway.

……

By the time the final Trail Blazers finish their second-round pick, the draft will be over.

Richard is definitely full of gains, although the four giants did not get their hands, but he also got a few quite practical players in this wave.

Darko Milicic, David West, David Lee, Josh Howard, Luke Wharton, Haslem.

As for the cannon fodder selected in the end, Richard was not prepared to give a guaranteed contract, and threw it directly into the development alliance.

As a result, the Pistons lineup under Richard is a bit quite terrifying.

Center position: Yao Ming, Milicic

Power forward positions: Clark, Boozer, David West, David Lee and a Haslem.

There are seven players on the inside alone, which is quite scary.

Next up the linebackers, Gerard Wallace, Josh Howard, Joe Johnson, Ragabel, Crawford, Prince, Hu Weidong, Wharton Jr.

Eight more players......

Also at the point guard position are Nash and Arenas.

The entire Pistons roster, the number of players is a total of seventeen......

Removing the weaker Wharton, Hu Weidong and Haslem, the rest of the players are basically All-Star or quasi-All-Star level.

According to NBA rules, a team can only give a maximum of fifteen guaranteed contracts, a minimum of thirteen, and an activation roster of up to twelve players.

At the moment, the Trail Blazers have a full seventeen players, which is obviously a lot more than the standard......

In this case, Richard naturally had a headache.

What to do with these extra players?!

The best thing to do is to make a trade and put some players out in a 3-for-1 or 4-for-1 way......

But now most of them are newcomers, and they haven't proven themselves yet, and if they are released rashly, they will definitely not be able to raise the price, and Richard will definitely not be able to earn anything by then.

After thinking about it, Richard finally decided not to guarantee Haslem's contract and not to sign him first......

Then he contacted Timberwolves head coach Nelson Sr. and made a trade to send Crawford in exchange for the Mavericks' first-round pick next year.

With the Mavericks' current record, their first-round pick is quite worthless, and may not even be as valuable as a top-tier second-round pick.

Crawford's value is not too high, but it is okay to exchange a first-round bottom signing, and neither side can afford to lose anyway.

There is no need for Richard to pit the Mavericks, they get a Crawford, whether it is put into the starting lineup or put into the bench lineup, it is actually quite a good choice, and it can definitely improve a lot of offensive firepower.

Old Nelson is not a fool, he is very shrewd, and if it is a bad deal, he will not do it.

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After dealing with Crawford's contract, Richard was also relieved, and his fifteen-man roster this year was completely fixed.

Maybe in the process of this season, there will be some trades, after all, there are too many players at the power forward position right now......

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In the upcoming season, Richard has no chance to coach the All-Star anyway, so he definitely doesn't care much about the record, and he may give priority to using newcomers to play at that time, see if he can raise the value of newcomers, sell a few at that time, and make up some draft picks for the Pistons, so as to ensure that after he leaves, the Pistons still have plenty of chips in their hands.

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Seeing that the summer league is about to start, Richard asked Miles to take the newcomers to play the summer league, and the players in the team that won the championship last season, although they are all newcomers, but they have all won the championship, Richard will definitely not let them play in the summer league......

Especially Yao Ming, who is also nominally a newcomer, but such a newcomer to the MVP Grand Slam goes to play in the summer league, isn't it bullying......

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In the blink of an eye, the summer league is over, the Pistons have won all six games, and the performance of the newcomers is quite hot, especially David Lee and David West, who are simply invincible in the summer league.

The inside combination formed by these two people is all about beating the opponent's inside line......

For a while, the league realized that maybe the more decent interior players in this rookie class were all in Richard's arms again.

……

In the blink of an eye, the clock is in the middle of August.

Richard packed up, called Tiana, and went straight back to China.

The men's Asian Basketball Championship is in early September, and Richard will definitely have to take a look at the men's basketball players he will coach before the game.

At the Harbin Gymnasium, Richard met all the Chinese men's basketball players who participated in the competition.

Most of the players are quite familiar to Richard.

Yao Ming, Dazhi, Battle, Hu Weidong, Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng, Li Nan, Liu Wei, Guo Shiqiang and others.

Richard frowned, it seemed that there was one missing person from the men's basketball roster......

"Where's Sun Yue?" Richard asked, frowning.

He drew up a men's basketball list for the Basketball Association before, relying on the name in his memory, the list written by Richard should be the strongest combat power of the Chinese men's basketball team.

He clearly remembered that he wrote Sun Yue's name, but there was no shadow of Sun Yue in the lineup in front of him......

Richard immediately thought of the bullshit of the Basketball Association, could it be that Sun Yue was squeezed down by a relation?

Seeing Richard's brows furrowed, some players who were not familiar with Richard were already quiet at the moment.

They read Richard's "great achievements" in the newspapers, and they knew that such a manic head coach could not be provoked.

Jiang Xingquan, the assistant coach on the side, explained with a smile.

It turned out that Richard was wrong to blame the Basketball Association, Sun Yue did not appear in the lineup, and he had nothing to do with the Basketball Association, and even the Basketball Association was angry......

At present, Sun Yue is exactly eighteen years old and can participate in the Asian Championships, but his parent team, the Beijing Aoshen team, just won't let him go.

Even if the Basketball Association has put Sun Yue on the men's basketball list, Aoshen refuses to let Sun Yue report on the men's basketball team......

The Basketball Association decisively punished the Aoshen team, but no one expected that the Aoshen team was really tough and directly submitted an application to withdraw from the CBA with the Basketball Association.

People don't play with you anymore, they want to quit the CBA.

As a result, Sun Yue naturally had no chance to participate in the men's basketball team......

Richard remembers some of this, as if the Aoshen team later went to the United States Basketball Association.

This is not funny at all, after the Beijing Aoshen team withdrew from the CBA, they really went to participate in the United States Basketball Association.

However, they are certainly not qualified to join the NBA, but to join the ABA league under the American Basketball Association.

In 07, Sun Yue was also selected for the ABA's No. 1 Team of the Year, which was the first time in the entire history of Chinese basketball.

Countless fans know that Sun Yue is the first player in history to win both the CBA championship and the NBA championship, but they don't know that Sun Yue has another light on him, he is the first Chinese player to be selected for the first team in a foreign league......

Not to mention that Sun Dasheng has great powers, his career is absolutely colorful.

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After listening to Jiang Xingquan's explanation, Richard glanced at Yao Ming again.

Yao Ming nodded, meaning that Jiang Xingquan didn't say nonsense, this thing is true.

Richard sighed, originally thinking about cultivating Sun Yue in silence this time, but now he has no chance.

I can't take someone to smash the shop of the Aoshen team, go and rob Sun Yue......

If you can't even do something that the Basketball Association can't do, how can you do it as an outsider.

Richard also wondered how he could play a ball to make so many bullshit things.

"Okay, let's train well for the next few days."

"This time our goal is not only to win the championship, but also to win beautifully, to beat the opponent in every game!"

"I don't understand!" Richard asked aloud.

"Understood!" The congregation will respond loudly.

Richard came to coach the Chinese men's basketball team, and there must be no player thorns.

Because the leader of the older generation of this men's basketball team is Hu Weidong, he can suppress these young players.

As for Yao Ming and Dazhi, the core of the new generation, it is only Richard who is the first to look forward, and the others are naturally quite cooperative with Richard's work.

And they all have a dream of entering the NBA......

You must know that the veteran Hu Weidong signed a four-year contract of $10 million in the Pistons!

That's 10 million, and it's dollars!

In the current era, it is enough to make almost all Chinese professional players blush.

If you perform well in this Asian Championship, you may not have the opportunity to get into Richard's eyes, and then follow Richard to play in the NBA and sign a contract that is enough to ensure a lifetime of food and clothing.