The next two games are against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix Suns.

Both games were home to the Buccaneers.

The Bucks fired their head coach George Carr last season and replaced former Trail Blazers star Terry Porter as the team's head coach.

Although this Terry Porter is a Trail Blazers star, he actually has nothing to do with Richard, he entered the league in 85 and played with the Trail Blazers until 95, a full decade......

And Richard only really became a pioneer in 96, which happened to be staggered.

Later, Terry Porter spent seven years wandering with the Timberwolves, Heat and Spurs, and then officially retired in '02.

To be precise, this is a head coach of the Spurs department, and it has nothing to do with Richard's department.

……

This is Porter's second season in charge of the Bucks, and the Bucks' roster hasn't changed much from last season.

Reed is the boss of the current Bucks, and the two previous Bucks have long been traded, so it can be said that this is a Bucks in the rebuilding period.

Among them, the Spurs, who joined the big dog this season, his choice is roughly similar to Payton, and he also wants to get a championship ring before retiring......

Not to mention, this product is really lucky.

Under normal circumstances, this season is really the Spurs to win the championship, and the big dog only played nine games with the Spurs, and then he really mixed up with a championship ring.

Not to mention that people are better than people, angry people, Ma Long's strength when he joined the Lakers was much stronger than the big dog, but he failed to get involved in the championship, but he was basically a useless big dog, and he could mix with the championship, this is fate.

As for Ray Allen, he was traded to the SuperSonics, and now he is partnered with Rashad Lewis, and with the overall strength of the West weakened, their team still has a good chance of reaching the top half of the Western Conference playoffs.

……

"Coach, it's really uncomfortable to have a good inside line." Reed ran to Richard's side and said with a wry smile.

Richard was also happy, and he could understand Reed's pain very well.

Reed has been with the Trail Blazers since he entered the league, with a strong interior player like the Auburn combination, and when he joined the Bucks last season, he was really miserable.

When he was with the Trail Blazers before, he didn't have any pressure on his shooting, so what if he didn't score? With Auburn two grabbing rebounds!

It's like a pass to the inside......

But now that it's the Bucks, he's playing hard, and it's not that there is no interior in the team, one Joe Smith, one Gazuric.

But the strength of these two insiders, compared with the Auburn combination, the gap is too big and too big......

As a result, Reed doesn't dare to shoot much now, and uses breakthrough as his main offensive means.

Many fans who know Reed should know why Reed fell so quickly.

In the early part of his career, he was completely projection-oriented, and as a result, from about '05, he increased the frequency of his breakthrough inside to create kills.

Reed's physical fitness is not good, at least compared to those devil muscles, it is not enough at all......

This style of play will definitely be unbearable for the body, which increases the risk of injury, and later gradually withdrew from the historical stage because of injuries.

At present, Reid is also gradually beginning to change his style of play and begin to focus on breakthroughs.

Richard tried to dissuade him, but found that he couldn't speak.

In the case that the team's interior rebounds are not strong enough, it is undoubtedly the most correct choice to focus on breakthroughs.

Didn't Reed know that this style of play would increase the risk of injury? It's a fool to know......

Under the basket, that's the most intense confrontation on the whole court, and if the confrontation is fierce, the risk of injury is naturally high.

The reason why it is said that the confrontation of basketball in later generations is not as good as in the current era, in fact, the reason is that there is basically no team in basketball in later generations that focuses on the inside, and there is no confrontation under the basket, so the confrontation will naturally come down.

"Come on, man, hopefully we still have a chance to join forces." Richard patted Reed on the shoulder and smiled.

He likes a humble player like Reid......

Reed is not a black man from the slums, and his family conditions are the same as Carter's, and he is middle-class in the United States.

……

The game on the field has already begun, and the starters of both sides are starting to appear.

Reid saw Milicic and stepped forward and patted Milicic on the shoulder.

"Young man, come on, we are all optimistic about you." Reed said with a gentle smile.

Richard is very optimistic about Milicic, and it is not a secret in the West Lafayette gang.

Harrington also talked to a few of the Silafayette players about Richard asking him for help.

This kind of thing can't be hidden in this small circle, and all the West Lafayette players know about it.

Seeing Milicic now, although Reed didn't know why Richard valued Milicic so much, he still stepped forward to encourage him.

Milicic nodded excitedly, these Sirafaye gangsters are all his seniors.

He was so encouraged by his seniors that he was thrilled......

From this, it can also be seen how much Richard values himself, otherwise, it would be impossible for the West Lafayette gangsters, who occupy the top of the alliance, to encourage themselves so much.

Milicic is not mistaken, Richard really values Milicic, and it can even be said that he has poured more energy into Milicic than any other Silafayette player.

Although a lot of precious props were spent on Yao Ming, Richard actually didn't put too much energy into Yao Ming.

Yao Ming is a mature player, with a mature heart, and there are some things that he can adjust by himself without Richard saying it.

Milicic is still quite young, he is not as mature as Yao Ming......

……

The game on the court has begun, and Reed has shown his strong offensive ability.

Ariza is still too young, and in the case of Reed, the disadvantage is fully revealed.

In just half time, Ariza picked up four fouls......

Richard also has a three-point shooter Capono at hand, and he doesn't really care about Ariza getting into a foul.

This is the process that young defensive players must go through to grow up.

Milicic didn't feel good tonight, and his hit rate was a bit low.

The result of the game is naturally predictable, and the Buccaneers lost for the first time in team history.

That is, after Capono came on for Ariza, he scored three three-pointers in a row to make the situation not so embarrassing, otherwise, the Buccaneers could lose by more than 15 points tonight.

Milicic made 17 shots in exchange for 17 points, and he didn't have much advantage against Joe Smith.

"God, I wonder if Richard has lost his eyes this time?" In the TNT commentary room, Sir Charles asked Kenny Smith beside him with a dull expression.

"You mean Darko Milicic?" Kenny Smith asked with a smile.

Barkley nodded......

He had thought that there was something shining in Milicic that attracted Richard.

But now it seems that there is really no shining point in Milicic.

The six preseason games that didn't meet in advance only talked about the opening game of the Pirates.

Although Milicic's stats are good, after all, it is the stats cut out against Walker, and Barkley is quite disdainful of players like Walker.

In his opinion, even if he is in his own state, he can look at the score of 20 points when he goes on the stage to play against Walker......

Barkley wasn't crazy, he really thought so.

In tonight's match against Joe Smith, Milicic, who is the main point of attack on the inside, only scored 17 points!

If you want to say that you don't have any right to shoot and get 17 points, it is actually acceptable, but now Milicic has only scored 17 points after 17 shots, which is unjustifiable anyway.

……

Now Barkley is speculating, estimating that Richard may be afraid that his golden sign will be smashed by Milicic, so he chose Milicic in the expansion draft, ready to retrain it again and save his selection vision.

The more he thought about it, the more likely this was possible, and he directly told Kenny Smith next to him about this idea.

Lao Mei's commentator, that's really a big mouth, you can say whatever you want, and there is no fear of losing your job.

This aspect of the country is just a little bit meaningless, and if you talk nonsense, you will really be fired......

Kenny Smith listened to Barkley's words and nodded, it seemed that this possibility was really quite large.

Otherwise, there is really no way to explain why Richard took Milicic.

Although no one knows the Pistons' protection list, it can be roughly guessed that Josh Howard is definitely not on the protection list, David West or David Lee, the Pistons will only protect one.

In this case, Richard did not choose Josh Howard or Brother David, who were obviously stronger, which is really abnormal.

There was only one explanation, and Barkley was right.

……

Early the next morning, Barkley's speculation was reported by the media, and Milicic's performance last night was not impressive, so many fans really believed the report.

Milicic naturally read this report, quite heartbroken, quite uncomfortable......

This feeling of being despised by others would not be pleasant for anyone.

When Richard learned about this, he guessed that Milicic must be very distraught now, but he did not do ideological work for Milicic.

It is not too clever to encourage Milicic all the time, and sometimes such an event is needed to stimulate Milicic and make him feel ashamed.

……

Next up is the game against the Phoenix Suns.

Richard got the Suns' roster from Myers, including their starting roster for their first two games.

To Richard's surprise, the Suns are basically missing only one Nash now, and then it will be the same as the normal seven-second Suns lineup.

Smalls, Marion, Quentin Richardson, Barbossa......

Even Richard saw a Japanese name in the Suns' roster......

Yuta Tawo.

Yuta Tawo, known as Japan's Jordan, once said that he would lead the team to beat the Chinese men's basketball team within three years......

However, with the Chinese men's basketball team winning the championship in the Olympic Games, he definitely didn't dare to say this.

Richard was amused, he hadn't paid attention to this Japanese Jordan before, only that South Korea's Ha Seung Jin had entered the league, and as it normally would, he was drafted by the Trail Blazers......

The pioneers chose Hesheng Town, presumably to introduce an Asian face to commemorate Richard?

With the relationship between Richard and the Pioneers, a casual remark will definitely dispel their idea of choosing Hesheng Town.

But Richard didn't do that, because it was a bit self-destructive.

What is his identity, what is the identity of that stick, and can he use his relationship because of this stick?

"I didn't expect that there will be people from Japan and South Korea entering the alliance this year, it's really un......expected," Richard said with a smile.

He had a slight impression of this Tian Wo Yuta, but he was not very impressed.

I only know that this product is only 175 tall, and he is cool after playing four games with the Suns, which is not as good as Sun Yue.

Seriously, with Sun Yue's strength, he can really hammer this Tian Woyong Tai......