"Young man, can you tell me about your plans for the future?"

"Like what's next?" Richard asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Maddie's scalp suddenly tingled, he really didn't want to answer such a question......

He doesn't like to lie, especially in the face of a person like Richard, who knows if his lie is exposed in the future, and Richard will kill him.

But if you don't lie, do you tell the truth?

Tell Richard directly that he will sell at a price after this season, and whoever gives a high salary will go to whom?!

That's exactly what Maddie thinks right now.

After this season, whoever gives the highest salary will go to whom's house, anyway, he doesn't have much nostalgia for the Trail Blazers!

"Coach, it's about to start, and it's the playoffs, can we change the subject......" Maddie asked with a bitter face.

As soon as he heard Maddie's words, Richard suddenly had a bottom in his heart.

Maddie has plans to leave the team......

In fact, Richard envisioned this situation when he made a trade with the Raptors!

Maddy only has the final year left on his rookie contract, and this year for the Trail Blazers, if he can play it thoroughly, it will definitely be a maximum salary......

And the Trail Blazers will definitely not be able to give the maximum salary, and Maddie will definitely leave the Trail Blazers.

Even if Maddie has such data now, in fact, Richard knows very well in his heart that there must be fans in the league who will offer Maddie a contract with the highest salary!

No kidding, there is really a team that will give Maddy, who averages about 14+5+6 data per game this season, a contract with a maximum salary.

Richard was quite sure of this!

Because under normal circumstances, in the last year of Maddy's rookie contract with the Raptors, his average data per game is 15+6+4 data, but the Magic gave Maddy the maximum salary in this situation......

The 15+6+4 Raptors data, it is no exaggeration to say that it is really not as valuable as the data of the Trailblazers 14+5+6!

In this case, I'm afraid that not only the Magic, but also many teams in the league will offer Maddie a contract with a maximum salary.

The main thing is that Maddie is still young at the moment, and he is also a high school student participating in the draft, one year younger than Kobe, and it can be said that the real potential is unlimited.

……

It is completely impossible to say that Richard is not entangled in Maddie's affairs, he is more entangled than Lun......

Don't give Maddie playing time and suppress his stats?! Don't talk about this kind of thing, Richard can't bear to do it to his own people, in fact, even if he does, it is completely useless.

Maddie is not a fool, you are suppressing me so much? I'll stay with the Trail Blazers next season, isn't that brainstorming?!

He could have gone to a team to sign a short-term contract, and when the contract ended, they would be able to get the highest salary.

Giving Maddie plenty of playing time? Richard feels that if Maddie is given enough ball possession and playing time, Maddie may be able to come up with a 20+7+7 level stat......

In that case, Richard wouldn't have the slightest chance of keeping Maddie!

In the case of two entanglements, Richard simply came up with a casual style of play, letting Maddie play normally and not giving him too much playing time, but it was also a lot, anyway, it was a lot more than the Raptors.

……

Under normal circumstances, in fact, the Raptors also want to keep Maddie.

But the problem is that they are not willing to give Maddie a salary cap, and they are ready to leave the salary cap to Vince Carter, who is more favored by them......

Maddie must have feelings for this team in Toronto, and his distant cousins are on this team, so if they can work together, it will be a good story.

But because the Raptors didn't pay the maximum salary and their management fired Butch Carter, Maddie chose to leave the Raptors and join the Magic.

Of course, Maddie also brought some benefits to the Magic, such as the fact that he was signed first and then traded to the Magic, and the contract amount signed at that time was a terrifying 7-year 93 million US dollars!

……

"Young man, forget it, no matter what, I still hope you have a happy future!"

"Good cheer for the playoffs this season......"

Richard sighed, not ready to continue.

Originally, he also wanted to tell Maddie to take a pay cut to stay with the Trail Blazers, and in return, Richard would give him a healthy career.

But after thinking about it, Richard didn't say it, which was really a little too unbelievable.

Maddie may think that Richard is a psycho and a big liar......

……

"In tonight's playoffs, the opponent is very weak, play hard, give you plenty of playing time, and strive to play a strong statistic!"

"Maybe we'll have a chance to join forces in the future!" Richard patted Maddie on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Maddie nodded solemnly......

He was well aware that Richard might be aware of his intentions to leave, but even so, Richard was ready to reuse himself in the playoffs, which made Maddie a little grateful.

……

Rose Garden Arena, home of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Although tonight is the opening game of the Trail Blazers playoffs, the atmosphere at the scene is quite normal, not particularly crazy.

The main reason is that the supersonic speed is too weak, and no Trail Blazers fan will take the supersonic seriously, and if the supersonic has a chance to be on the next gram, it is estimated that it will make the Trail Blazers fans laugh off their teeth.

……

"Ben, Jermaine, Driver, Ron and Tracy, all five of you start tonight!"

"Ron, remember, pay attention to help the driver on the field at any time!"

"Tracy, the player you're playing tonight is Payton, remember, don't do too many unnecessary dribbles, that will add to your turnover stats! Once the ball is in the front court, if your teammates have a better chance, pass the ball! ”

"And if you don't have a good opportunity, just use your height advantage to pull out in front of Payton!"

"Ben, Jermaine, don't talk too much to you, do a good job of interior defense, protect the rebound!"

Before his debut, Richard instructed five starters.

It's all a cliché, but even if you don't need Richard's orders, these days are very clear about what they should do on the field.

For example, Maddy, in the face of Glove Payton's defense, is unlikely to do some meaningless dribbling, which is definitely adding to his own blockage.

It's better to advance to the front court and pass the ball, or simply rely on the height advantage to pull it out.

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

Both starters began to take the field.

SuperSonic's current starting lineup, the two inside lineups are Cobra Grant and Wenbeck!

Cobra Grant's peak strength is naturally not bad, but he is also thirty-five years old at the moment, and the supersonic speed must not be able to count on him.

As for Wenbeck, his health has been maintained well this season, but the embarrassing thing is that because of last season's injury, his competitive level has dropped a lot this season!

Originally, it was a top power forward with an average of 20+10 per game, but now there is a level of about 15+7 left, and it is estimated that the real strength is not as good as Harrington.

Harrington's defense is indeed not good, but this Wenbeck's defense is not much better, basically it is half a pound and eight taels with Harrington, at most it is a little better.

Richard even wondered if he might let Harrington go against Wenbeck for a while and see how it went......

At the moment, Richard actually has the intention of selling Harrington.

Take advantage of Harrington's high value and sell it quickly in exchange for a lot of chips, such as draft picks or potential newcomers......

It's good for the Trail Blazers and for Harrington himself.

At the Trail Blazers, Harrington's playing time has basically reached the ceiling, in fact, his playing time was all deducted from Lewis by Richard......

And when it comes to those fish belly teams, maybe Harrington can become the second and third leaders of the team, so they will naturally get more opportunities to perform!

Maybe the data can also rise!

It is beneficial to both sides, so Richard will naturally consider this matter carefully......

For example, this series made Harrington shine, and then waited until the offseason to put Harrington on the shelf, and the teams still begged to trade Harrington.

……

But now is the playoff opener after all, and Richard doesn't dare to mess around.

Let's see the situation first.

If supersonic is really scum, then it is not impossible to risk reusing Harrington.

……

The two frontcourts of the SuperSonics were almost completely blown out by the Trail Blazers, and their backcourt actually had no bright spots at all except for Glove Payton.

The only one who can be called reliable is Ruben Patterson, who the SuperSonics traded from the Lakers.

However, Patterson entered the league in the same class as Harrington, and his strength is definitely not as strong as Harrington's others, otherwise, Richard would not have let Patterson go in the first place.

……

After Xiao Ao easily got the ball for the Trail Blazers, he saw Maddie quickly advance to the frontcourt, just outside the three-point line, and directly pulled out a three-point shot!

It's really daring to vote!

And really dare to enter!

Maddie is now a lot more relaxed, he knows that there is a happy future waiting for him, and the only thing he needs to do now is to stand on this last shift and strive to win a championship with the Trail Blazers!

……

After the whole person relaxed, I felt that the feeling was also a lot softer, and the ball was completely hollow into the net!

"Slow down, don't be in a hurry, wait for the inside line to settle first!" Richard stood on the sidelines and yelled.

Playing supersonic, a team that is not strong on the inside, is naturally better to play steadily, there is no need to attack, and wait for the inside players to be in position to protect the rebounds before shooting!

……

After only four or five minutes of play in the first quarter, the gap in the hard power of the two sides was completely reflected.

Glove Payton's defense is still the same as it was back then!

It's just embarrassing that his defense can only play six or seven percent of his strength in the face of Maddie.

After Maddie controlled the ball to the front court, he either passed the ball or pulled it out, and there was no interest in breaking through at all.

On the contrary, Payton has encountered a lot of resistance on the offensive end!

Artest on the court is the defensive gate of the Trail Blazers' outside line, no matter who the opponent's outside knife is, anyway, Artest's physical fitness defense will not suffer anyone.

If nothing else, at least if you want to break through Artest's defense, it will not be an easy thing......

Although Payton's performance on the court is still strong, even against Artest, the performance is no worse than Kobe.

But with his play alone, it is obviously impossible for the SuperSonics to have any hope of winning!

Since the opening, what has made the current head coach of the SuperSonics, Paul Westphal, want to vomit blood, and their interior combination of Grant and Weinbeck has not scored a point!

These two were directly expelled from the three-second zone by Big Ben and Xiao Ao.

Winbeck got two shots, but both of them were ruined by Big Ben.

As for Grant, he is not a supersonic offensive point himself, and most of his shots are basically played by grabbing offensive rebounds and secondary offenses.

But tonight's game, Grant obviously doesn't have much opportunity to get his hands on offensive rebounding......

……

The inside line can't be opened at all, and the outside line can't play an advantage, and the result of this game is already obvious.

Even the results of this round of the series are obvious, SuperSonics are completely out of any chance of qualifying!

Seeing that the game was over in the first half of the quarter, the Trail Blazers played a double-digit point difference, and Richard replaced Big Ben without saying a word, replaced Harrington, and let Harrington partner Xiao Ao play a dozen on the court.

As a result, what made the entire Rose Garden Arena boil was that after Harrington came on the court, it seemed that his performance was not inferior to All-Star level power forward Wenbeck!

That's kind of scary......

Richard casually brought Harrington off the bench to play, and he was able to play a five-to-five situation with the supersonic second-in-command!

Such a pioneer is simply unreasonable!

It's no wonder that Richard has the confidence to say that the Trail Blazers are still the strongest team in the league......

It's normal to think about it, Harrington, who was put forward on the bench of the Trail Blazers, is not the second leader of the Eastern Conference playoff team SuperSonics!

What a horrible thing to do......

It is equivalent to saying that the second leader of the supersonic, when it comes to the Trailblazers, he can't even mix up the starting position!

The strength of these two teams is not comparable at all!

What makes fans more and more terrifying is that it seems that the ghost bench lineup of the Trail Blazers has many existences like Harrington.

At least one Ginobili, in terms of strength, is stronger than the second leader of many teams in the league!

And Mobley, fans are quite sure that if Mobley is given enough time, this second-year rookie will also be a qualified second-year leader!

If Richard knew what the fans thought, I am afraid that he would secretly sigh that the quality of the fans this time is really high......

Because they were right, if Mobley hadn't been drafted by Richard, he would have had a pretty comfortable time this season, and he would have been mixed into the Rockets' No. 2 scorer.

Francis is the No. 1 scorer of the Rockets, he is the No. 2 scorer, and when Big Dream and Big Ass are gone, the two of them will be the big and second leaders of the Rockets.

……

In the blink of an eye, tonight's game was over, and the Trail Blazers didn't win by a terrible score, winning by thirteen points.

In fact, this is mainly because Richard didn't use all his strength!

If they use their best efforts, Xiao Ao and Big Ben will not only have about 20 minutes of playing time tonight......

With this level of confrontation, there is no big problem for these two to play on the field for forty minutes!

And if the Auburn pair had played 40 minutes, the difference between the two sides would not have been a measly 13 points......

That would definitely break the 20 mark!

……

After the game, Glove Peyton was quite helpless, and his face was full of bitterness!

I want to win a championship, but it's so difficult for Mao?!

Judging from the current situation, unless it is the Trail Blazers, Spurs and Lakers, all the players of these three teams have air crashes, otherwise, he Payton will definitely not be able to win the championship.

No, even if these three teams have a plane crash, Payton will be difficult to get, because there are also three teams such as the Jazz, Timberwolves, and Suns that are better than the SuperSonics......

Thinking of this, Peyton felt a little desperate in his heart.

Some players don't have much to do with championship rings, they take the icing on the cake, and if they don't, they can accept it.

However, some players attach great importance to this small ring, and sometimes they can even take a big salary cut for this ring.

Payton is the kind of player who values the ring quite a lot, but he just signed a five-year contract with the SuperSonics two years ago, and now he has three years to go to his contract......

"When you finish this three-year contract, you will find a team to join, and you have to mix a championship ring before retiring!" Peyton thought to himself.

As for the current season, Payton definitely didn't have much hope, with such a huge gap in strength between the two sides, how could the supersonic pass the Trail Blazers!

……

Richard found that playing these weak teams, it seems that Harrington cooperated with Xiao Ao, and Big Ben cooperated with Kirilenko quite well.

Harrington had 17 points and 8 rebounds in this game, which is considered his normal performance.

As for Maddie, tonight's stats are a bit explosive......

Richard had Maddie on the pitch for nearly forty minutes!

In these 40 minutes, Maddie made 27 crazy shots, in exchange for 34 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, which can be said to be quite amazing!

Richard wasn't too surprised, the magic is not stupid, if Maddie were a real parallel product, they would give Maddie a 7-year $93 million contract when Maddie averaged only 15+6+4 per game?!

Magic is certainly quite aware of the potential in Maddie's body!

Moreover, under normal circumstances, the team chasing Maddie is not only the Magic, the Magic and the Heat are the two most fierce teams......

Among them, Mourning, the big boss of the Heat, personally called Maddie to invite him to join.

……

Now Richard knows that Maddie has such an ability, scoring 30+ points in a single game, but others don't know......

The fans of the entire Rose Garden Arena were dumbfounded!

Dare to love that this Tracy is a nuclear weapon hidden by Richard?! Specifically waiting for the playoffs to be reused?!

Good guys, this power is terrifying......

You must know that Kobe Bryant played in the playoffs of his first year with the Trail Blazers, and he didn't play with the offensive firepower of Maddy.

But in an instant, these fans couldn't be happy.

Because they know Maddie well and know that Maddie will become a free agent after this year's playoffs, the better Maddie plays, the more difficult it will be for the Trail Blazers to stay!

It's hard......

But they can also see that Maddie is gone, isn't there still a Ginobili?

Ginobili just signed a rookie contract this year, and he has to continue to play for the Trail Blazers for three years, which is a long time for this coolie......

……

The Trail Blazers easily defeated the SuperSonics in the opening game of the playoffs, and then they were devastated, winning three games in a row against the SuperSonics!

With a score of 4:0, the supersonic was completely eliminated......

In this series, the two most eye-catching players on the Trail Blazers' side are Harrington and Maddy.

Harrington's average data of about 18+9 per game is even better than Wenbeck!

You must know that Wenbeck only played an average of 14+6 per game in this round of the series!

For a while, Harrington directly became a very hot power forward in the league......

You must know that Harrington is only a sophomore player, and the ghost knows if he will grow into a big forward like Duncan or Garnett in the future!

Even if you can't grow to the level of Duncan or Garnett, looking at Harrington's posture, it has a momentum comparable to Raheem and McDyce!

Potential stocks!

Teams, especially those lacking strikers, looked greedily at Harrington......

Will Richard sell Harrington?! Judging from Richard's daily performance, there is really such a possibility!

If you change to another team, I'm afraid it won't be sold if you die......

But the Trail Blazers are different, they have too many players on the team, and if they have the right chips, this deal may not be possible!

The series had just been played when Richard's phone almost blew up.

Those head coaches who are good with Richard, after taking a fancy to Harrington, did not care that it was the Trail Blazers playoffs, and contacted Richard directly, wanting to ask him if he had the idea of trading Harrington......

Larry Bird, in particular, made the phone call like a bomber, one after another.

But Richard knew too well what was going on with the Pacers, and they didn't have any valuable chips on hand.

Simply don't answer Larry Bird's call, so you don't have to be cheated by this bad old man.

What leverage do the Pacers have on hand right now?! None of the hairs ......

The draft pick at the bottom of the first round, Richard didn't look down on it, and he didn't look down on several players on the team either.

The only one who can look down on Reggie Miller, and the Trail Blazers can't swallow other people's contracts.

Besides, Larry Bird hasn't lost his mind to the point of trading Reggie Miller for Harrington......

As for other teams, Richard answered the phone, but this kind of time point must not be able to give a letter of approval, and the unified reply will be said in the offseason.

……

Harrington is a piece of fat, fatter fat than Maddie!

Don't look at this round of the series Maddie played better than Harrington, but in fact, if the teams had a choice, they would be more inclined to Harrington!

Because Harrington has two rookie years left on his contract......

The two-year rookie contract is basically equivalent to a day job!

With the salary of a rookie, but playing the data of the top salary, it is more cost-effective than Maddie......

Besides, not all teams have salary space to give Maddie a maximum salary!