"Guys, we won't make any changes to our starting lineup for the new season, but I will rotate the starters appropriately and try to enter the playoffs with more fitness!"

"When I have a starting rotation, I will choose the best player from the bench to play the starter."

"In the pre-season period, we will mainly use newcomers as the main force, and I hope you newcomers will perform well, which will determine whether you can get the playing time you want in the future!"

Tomorrow is the first game of pre-season, and Richard calls a meeting of the players.

After listening to Richard's words, the generals all nodded again and again, this is a routine operation, nothing special.

"What our goal is this season, I'm afraid even the newcomers who have just joined the team know it!"

"Winning the championship, our only goal this season is to win the championship!"

"Of course, if I break a few records by the way, I, Richard, am not unacceptable!"

Richard said with a relaxed smile.

He is indeed quite relaxed now, his career is on the right track, he has found Erya, and it is also a matter of his own heart.

……

The Trail Blazers' first game of the preseason against the Golden State Warriors in the same division.

The Warriors are one of Richard's best-connected teams in the league, and they currently have two West Lafayette players on their team, Brad Miller and Jamison, and coach Adelman is Richard's old acquaintance.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the players from both sides went on the field for warm-up training, and Richard saw Adelman walking towards him.

"Man, I haven't seen you in a few days, congratulations on winning the best manager last season!" Adelman said to Richard with a smile.

"Old man, you're ready to make a splash this season, right?" Richard glanced at the Warriors' lineup.

In Richard's opinion, the Warriors' current lineup is actually quite good, and it shouldn't be a problem to make the Western Conference playoffs anyway.

There are Brad Miller in the center position, Marshall at power forward, Jamison at small forward, and Starks and Chris Mills in the backcourt......

Of course, these two backcourts are definitely not as good as the Warriors' frontcourt, which is a shortcoming of the Warriors' current lineup.

Also on the bench are Eric Dampier and Bembo Corris, the "second center in the West."

This Dampier is quite interesting, and he is certainly not arrogant enough to dare to call himself the second center, and in another seven or eight years, after the retirement of the major centers, this product said the classic quotation of "O'Neal is the first center in the West, and I am the second center in the West".

As a result, he was first taught a hard lesson by Yao Ming, Yao Ming played 13 of 14 BUG data on him, and then he was severely taught by Sun center Xiao Si......

Quite miserable!

At the moment, Dampier is just a poor "Warriors' second center", and how much playing time he can get depends on Adelman's face.

……

Hearing Richard's words, Adelman nodded.

"That's right, this season is really going to have to fight, continue to sink, and I am estimated to be unable to keep the position of the head coach!"

Speaking of this, Adelman smiled bitterly......

Now that the madman Sprewell has been sent away, he has no excuse for not being able to play again.

If the team's record this season is still the same half-dead, I'm afraid he will really not be able to keep his position as head coach.

Richard sighed, if the Warriors are lucky, they have every chance to make the playoffs, but the current season is a bad season, with a total of fifty games.

With fewer games and bad luck, two games that don't feel good can be enough to cause them to lose their playoff qualification.

"Old man, you're a little ...... in the backfield"

Richard wanted to speak and stopped, he wanted to say that the Warriors' backcourt is a bit bad, and there is no backcourt combination like the Splash Brothers, you have to at least get some decent backcourt, and the Warriors' two backcourts are really not very good at the moment......

Starks was exchanged by the Warriors for the Madman from the Knicks, in fact, this product was a wave of extraordinary performance in the playoffs last season, and the real value is not much different from the Madman.

But this kind of thing, Richard can't say it clearly, he can't say to old Adelman that you have lost sight, the madman has lost money, and your backcourt is too scummy......

"A little weak, huh?" Adelman smiled wryly, he didn't know that his lineup was a little weak at the back.

But there is no way, the madman has such a shit-like temperament, no one wants it if he sells it at a high price, and the offer given by the Knicks is already the highest.

"No way, man, hey, I don't have the terrible eye for people like you!"

"I also want to find a backcourt like Kobe, but do you think it's realistic......"

"If you're willing to trade Kobe, I'm willing to give away all the players except Miller and Jamison!"

Hearing this, Richard laughed......

Now many coaches of teams are playing the idea of their own group of newcomers......

"Old man, this joke isn't funny at all, but if you want me to say, in fact, you can change Dampier to a better backcourt, there is still a good chance!"

Richard has made his own suggestion, and at the moment newcomer Dampier actually has good trade value.

His scoring ability is average, but his individual defense ability is outstanding, especially against those power-based centers, and the effect is still very good.

After all, this is rumored to be the player with the best bench press stats outside of Big Ben and O'Neal......

If it weren't for the current players on the Trail Blazers, either rookies or players that Richard has cultivated himself, he might have had the idea of making a trade with the Warriors.

It's not impossible to use Dampier as a substitute center for Xiao Ao......

Adelman nodded, "I do have this idea at the moment, do I want to make a deal with you Trailblazers?" ”

"My offer isn't high, Bowen or Stephen Jackson either."

Richard immediately waved his hand, although Dampier said that it was okay, but in Richard's opinion, it was still not as good as Bowen or Martial Saint, this deal that he knew would lose money, Richard would definitely not do it.

……

"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the match.

The starters from both sides began to take the field.

The Warriors have undergone a lot of roster changes this season, so they have to grind through this preseason to get their new roster in shape.

On the other hand, on the Trail Blazers' side, there is nothing to run-in, the old Curry did not come to the scene in this game, and the newcomer Braggs was put into the activation list and got the opportunity to start like the other four.

The five newcomers made their debut on behalf of the Trail Blazers, which made the fans at the scene cry and laugh.

Richard is clearly not ready to make a splash in the preseason......

Originally, they were ready to expect the Trail Blazers to make a big splash in the preseason.