Richard has no ill feelings towards Sloan, on the contrary, he admires the head coach who has dedicated his entire coaching career to a team.

But there is no way, the two sides have different positions, and it is destined to be impossible to live in harmony.

Especially now that Sloan has jumped out and blatantly accused Nowitzki of being an All-Star is ridiculous, then Richard will definitely not sit idly by.

He's the big boss of the Portland gang, and it's really unreasonable to turn a blind eye to this kind of thing.

Besides, Richard didn't think there was anything ridiculous......

In this year's Western backcourt, not only Nowitzki entered, but even Michael Finley, who ranked tenth in the Western backcourt vote, was selected as an All-Star backcourt substitute.

This is Nowitzki's second season in his career, and Nowitzki's rookie season is indeed not pretty, but this season, because Richard put him in the starting lineup most of the time and gave him a lot of playing time, the driver is fully qualified in terms of statistics.

Averaged 45.7% shooting per game, 37.9% three-pointers, and averaged 20.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.

"Ridiculous!"

At the Trail Blazers' post-game press conference, Richard slapped the table and yelled ridiculously as soon as he came up!

The reporters in the audience laughed one after another, Richard is going to make trouble!

"I've noticed a lot of people saying pretty ridiculous things out of jealousy that four of our Trail Blazers players are All-Star lists, and that's pretty upset to me!"

"Well, the red-eyed guys I'm talking about here are the Jazz guys!"

"Don't they see what level they are now? What to do, what to eat, what to eat, the current record is on par with a team of the Timberwolves' level, and I'm embarrassed to come out and be embarrassed! ”

The reporters in the audience were powerless to complain, and the Timberwolves were shot while lying down......

"If I were them, I would definitely be a man with my tail between my legs now, and if I don't have that strength, don't come out and be embarrassed!"

"Now tell me that we Nowitzki are not qualified to be an All-Star, come on, come on, tell me where I am not qualified?!"

"We're still the strongest team in the West, who can deny it?! Even if it's the Lakers, do they dare to deny that we are the strongest team in the West?! ”

"No, we're the best team in the league!"

"Nowitzki is in the strongest team in the league, cutting an average of 20+5+4 data per game, and the shooting rate is quite high, who can tell me what is not enough to be selected as an All-Star?!"

"Anyway, it's better than you Sirs, and when you Sir can win our Trailblazers, it's not too late to show off the noise!"

Richard slapped the table and roared loudly.

The reporters nodded, Richard was actually right, Jazz really ignored it completely this time, and may have been angry......

They are an old powerhouse, and not a single All-Star has been selected, so it's no wonder that they can calm down!

"Coach Richard, I heard from the grapevine, it seems that before the coach voting began, you called the head coaches of many teams and asked them to vote for the Trail Blazers players, is there such a thing?" A reporter stood up.

This reporter is quite well-informed......

But this kind of thing must not be hidden, and Richard was not prepared to hide it in the first place!

You must know that in addition to the head coach voting, there is also a group of assistant coaches, Richard called the head coaches of ten teams in total, and there are almost forty assistant coaches under these head coaches!

With so many people, it is inevitable that some people will not be strict in revealing the news.

Now that the reporter asked such a question, Richard was even more angry......

"Who!"

"Who said that?! I, Richard, don't admit ......"

"This is completely Chiguoguo's smear behavior, only the rats in the sewers will wantonly spread this kind of news that is completely unsubstantiated!"

"Nowitzki was selected as an All-Star, that's what people want, and it has nothing to do with me!"

"Besides, even if this news is true, so what, I have the ability to canvass for my players, and if the Jazz are dissatisfied, they can also canvass for votes, and no one stops them!"

The reporters had no idea what to say, and Richard began to brush up on scoundrels again.

This scoundrel is so arrogant that he can't find fault with it at all......

……

On February 15th, All-Star Weekend officially kicked off!

Richard bought his own tickets this time, mainly for the rookie game, and he wanted to go and see it......

This year's Rookie Challenge has already begun to be restructured, and it has become a format for rookie teams to challenge second-year teams, so a large number of West Lafayette players have been selected.

To Richard's surprise, under normal circumstances, the rookie challenge at the beginning was actually a team of eight, and later changed to nine......

And this year, it is a direct side of nine people!

There are 9 rookie teams and 9 second-year teams, a total of 18 participants!

The lineup on the rookie team's side almost scared fans from all sides to death......

Brand, Francis, Davis, Odom, Szczebiak, Hamilton, Artest, Kirilenko and Ginobili!

All the six young Purdue were selected, and the two foreign newcomers Richard got this year were also all selected!

The only player who is not from the Western Lafayette system is Francis......

The rookie team had a total of nine players, and eight of them were Richard's descendants!

This has shocked the fans to death, and the day when Silafayette will dominate the league looks like it is not far off......

Although the rookie roster is also voted on by the coaches, it is impossible for the coach to choose some rookies with stinky tomatoes and rotten eggs to compete, which is simply an insult to the All-Star Weekend.

The players they selected are all quite powerful among the rookies, even if they are not in the top nine, they are very different!

In other words, among this year's rookies, among the top players, except for Francis, everyone else is Richard's descendant!

It's just terrifying......

It's no wonder that the Trail Blazers are now the strongest team in the league, and with a selection vision like Richard, it's no wonder that they are not strong!

The teams also thought of one thing.

That's Richard's contract with the Trail Blazers......

When Richard signed the Trail Blazers, this matter still attracted considerable attention in the league, and everyone clearly remembered that the contract signed by Richard and the Trail Blazers was four years!

In other words, after the end of this year, if Richard does not renew his contract with the Trail Blazers, then Richard will become a free agent!

Such a manager is simply an unimaginable wealth, far better than one or two stars!

If you can dig Richard over, it will be a shame......

They may also be like the current Trailblazers, and directly become the league's super powerhouse in the short term!

Now the teams are already thinking about how to attract Richard......

……

Richard naturally knows that his contract with the Trail Blazers is about to expire, but he really has no plans to leave the Trail Blazers at the moment.

I won the championship last season, and I still have a good chance of winning the championship this season!

As long as he wins another championship next season, then Richard will create a Trail Blazers dynasty!

At this juncture, Richard was definitely reluctant to leave......

Concluding a dynasty has a huge attraction for both the star and the manager!

……

In addition to the terrifying rookie team, the lineup of the sophomore team also makes fans from all walks of life terrified!

Nowitz was selected as an All-Star, so he was disqualified from the rookie game.

Bibby, Jamison, Larry Hughes, Pierce, Harrington, Mobley, Olovocandi, Bai Qiao, Lafrentz.

All four of Purdue were selected in the '98 draft, and Harrington and Mobley, who were selected by Richard in '98, were also selected, that is, the remaining three were not Richard's descendants.

Lewis wasn't selected for the Rookie Challenge, but Richard still felt a little guilty.

The main thing is that there is really no chance for Lewis to show his talents at the moment, and the main thing is that this guy's defense is really bad......

In the case of being able to cultivate Harrington, Richard must give priority to cultivating Harrington, after all, Harrington's defense is better than Lewis......

But when the season is over, Richard may try to sell Harrington, who only has one year left on his rookie contract, and may try to reuse Lewis at that time.

……

In the rookie team's nine-man roster, there are eight Richard descendants!

Six of the sophomores' nine-man roster are Richard's descendants......

There are a total of eighteen newcomers, and it turns out that there are fourteen players who are from the West Lafayette system!

It's just terrifying!

Tickets for the Rookie Challenge were cheaper, and Richard paid $3,000 to get a ticket to the venue.

When the players on both sides began to enter, what stunned everyone in the stadium was that these newcomers, as long as they were players from the West Lafayette system, all ran to Richard's side and gave Richard a hug......

As a result, there was nothing else to see at the entrance ceremony, just more than a dozen newcomers hugging Richard.

……

In this rookie challenge, it would not be too much to say that it was a civil war between the Silafayette players!

Even the sophomore team has six players who belong to the West Lafayette team, and after the game, these players must be the first choice to pass the ball to their own people, and those who are not West Lafayette players will go through the field after they come on the court, and some interior players may not even touch the ball for a few minutes on the court......

……

Although it was only a rookie challenge, Richard still watched it with relish.

Because the specifications of this game are actually comparable to some of the more stardom-stard All-Star games.

The two sides played back and forth, but it was obvious that the rookie team had a big advantage.

Mainly the inside combination of Brand and Kirilenko, the sophomore team really can't deal with it.

By the end of the game, Brand was crowned MVP of the rookie challenge with 32 points and 17 rebounds.

Now Brand is already beginning to emerge and has a great future, and Richard is relieved to see it.

Compared with the 98th champion Olowo Candi, Brand is really like a god, and he completely exploded Oloo Candi into scum on the field......

……

The rookie game was over, and Richard had no interest in the next Masters game, so he went straight back to the hotel to rest, waiting for tomorrow's miscellaneous competition.

The title of slam dunk king was won by Vince Carter, and Maddie did well in the first round, but ultimately lost to his cousin Carter.

As for the three-point contest, it was a surprise to Richard, Ginobili actually passed one after another and won the honor of the last three-point king!

In the final skills competition, although Mobley participated, he only went through the motions, and the final result was not very satisfactory.

……

On Sunday night, the long-awaited All-Star Game finally began.

The main reason is that there are a large number of West Lafayette teams participating in this competition, otherwise, Richard may really be reluctant to buy expensive tickets to watch the game.

In the East, the Philadelphia 76ers' Purdue twin stars were all selected as All-Stars, with Iverson as the starting guard in the East and Dazhi as the backup forward.

In fact, it is quite a pity that Dazhi did not play as a starter, mainly because Vince Carter ran as a striker, and if Carter ran as a defender, then Dazhi would have a chance to start.

He ranks third in the Eastern Frontier position in the number of votes!

Although the all-star voting interface in China has not been opened at present, there are still a considerable number of Chinese in the old United States, and these Chinese will definitely vote for Dazhi.

Wait until the voting interface is opened two years later, and Dazhi will even have a chance to win the honor of the vote king at that time!

……

In addition to the Philadelphia 76ers in the East, there is also a Bulls' Rasheed Wallace who has been selected for the forward bench.

On the western side, there are four people who have removed the Trail Blazers, and Kobe Bryant, who has a Lakers, a total of five......

There are a total of eight West Lafayette players on both sides!

There are a total of 24 All-Stars, and Silafayette players account for a third of them!

Fans know very well that not to mention that it is only a third at the moment, and in two years, West Lafayette players will definitely occupy half of the All-Star list!

It's not even completely impossible to be monopolized by West Lafayette players like the rookie game!

Because judging from the selection of West Lafayette players in recent years, there are more and more years every year......

Richard had just entered the league for his first All-Star, and no West Lafayette player was selected as an All-Star.

And the second All-Star, the number has increased to three, Iverson in the East, Kobe Bryant and Xiaoao in the West!

As for the third year, the All-Star was not held, but in the eyes of the fans, if it was held, there should be five or six players in the All-Star West Lafayette team who could be selected!

As for the current season, it has steadily increased to 8 people!

It is foreseeable that the number of All-Star and Silafayette players could rise to double digits next season!

……

Seeing that eight of his descendants were selected as All-Stars, Richard was naturally quite pleased, and his face was full of smiles when he watched the game on the sidelines.

But after watching the first quarter of the game, he couldn't laugh.

It's okay in the East, Jeff Van Gundy is a coach with relatively little qualifications, he doesn't dare to offend people rashly, basically the twelve All-Stars in the East have more or less played time in the first quarter of the game!

And the western side is quite a pain in the face for Richard.

Zen Master Jackson didn't even let any Trail Blazers players appear in the first quarter!

This almost made Richard angry......

He knows that Zen master Jackson is so virtuous, and under normal circumstances, the All-Stars he coaches don't give much time to the substitute All-Stars.

For example, in the All-Star Game of the 99-00 season, Jeff Van Gundy played an average of 256 minutes for starters and 189 minutes for bench players......

Everyone played for about the same time, there were a little more starters, but there weren't too many more, and everyone was in harmony.

But the Zen master in the west is not, he gives the starters a lot of playing time, including Garnett's playing time even reached 35 minutes!

But even so, the Zen master did not let the Trail Blazers players play in the first quarter, which completely annoyed Richard.

This is Chiguoguo's fault?!

In the second quarter of the game, Big Ben and Xiao Ao came on the court, and one played for three minutes before being replaced.

In the second half, Robinson and Nowitzki also got the opportunity to play, but the playing time was three or five minutes!

By the end of the game, Richard found that his four proud disciples, Big Ben and Xiao Ao, had played eleven minutes each, while Robinson and Nowitzki had only played a measly seven minutes!

This made Richard completely fry......

Sloan, who had just gone down to the field with Jazz in person, now it seems that he has to tear the Zen master again!

How many meanings does this mean?!

Chiguoguo's targeting of the pioneers?!

What makes Richard even more speechless is that the old Zen master doesn't seem to be very satisfied with the Spurs, and Duncan played 25 minutes in this game, the least of any starter.

But playing 25 minutes is reasonable......

At least it's better than the Trailblazers!

In this All-Star Game in history, Duncan and O'Neal shared the honor of All-Star MVP!

The result may be that Popovich jumped out against the Lakers' plan to limit shark slashing tactics, and the Zen master directly cut some of Duncan's playing time.

Duncan's stats were naturally not very good, and he finally got 17 points and 8 rebounds.

In the end, the honor of All-Star MVP, the league directly let O'Neal and Garnett share it!

……

The Zen master targeted the pioneers tonight, which can be said to be unscrupulous, and it is obvious that it is very obvious!

Obviously, he didn't care about Richard's revenge afterwards......

Besides, the last time Richard coached the Western All-Stars, he went even further than the Zen master did!

At least, this is just the playing time of the substitute All-Star, and the last time Richard coached the Western Conference All-Star, it was the playing time of the starter......

The Lakers were quite miserable that time!

Now that the Lakers have found their way back to the east of the river and the west of the river for thirty years......

Therefore, when the Zen master does this kind of thing, it can be said that he is doing it rationally and strongly, and he is not afraid of Richard finding fault.

What you Richard can do, I Phil Jackson can't?!

You Richard only have one championship on hand, and I Jackson have six, and I'm more qualified than you to do that......

……

Richard was directly!

Originally, the relationship between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers was not very good, but there were no too bad conflicts.

Richard originally thought that with Kobe Bryant joining the Lakers, the relationship between the two teams would become much better.

But now it seems that Richard was mistaken about the jealousy of the Zen master.

The Zen master was really unhappy with Richard, or rather, jealous.

He couldn't understand why Richard had only one championship on hand, but he was the most popular head coach in the league!

I also don't understand why Kobe Bryant hasn't cared much about himself since he came to the Lakers, but has been thinking about what Richard will do in this situation......

The Zen master is quite a proud instructor, and it's no wonder that he can tolerate such bullshit!

Now that he has the opportunity to rectify the pioneers, he will naturally not be relentless!

Anyway, the Lakers and the Trail Blazers will definitely be the biggest competitors in the past two years, and if they are offended, they will be offended, and he doesn't believe that Richard can do anything to him.

Could it be that if he didn't provoke the Trail Blazers, Richard would be merciful to the Lakers?

For example, not to use shark slashing tactics?

……

Kobe Bryant saw Richard's angry and vicious expression on the court, and he couldn't help but wail in his heart.

He couldn't have been more familiar with Richard's expression......

This is a prelude to a rampage!

Kobe Bryant can only secretly pray now that Richard can restrain his temper and never do anything to the Lakers, otherwise, he will be embarrassed.

……

"I hope the coach won't be rough this time......"

"Good fellow, what should I do if there is a real fight?"

Kobe Bryant's face was solemn, and he was very worried......

He knows very well that Richard is definitely not the kind of master who can suffer losses, tonight the Zen master is equivalent to squatting on Richard's head to excrete, he can bear it!

……

Before the game was over, Richard left the court early, and then returned to Portland overnight, beckoning Stevens to help him inform various media that he was going to hold a press conference!

No matter what kind of indiscriminate means the Lakers use in the next game, Richard must come out anyway!

……

What happened in the All-Star Game is also well known to reporters from all walks of life.

The main thing is that the Zen master Jackson did something obvious, just as obvious as Richard's teaching, and a discerning person can see the purpose of the Zen master at once.

And Richard's main purpose was to let his players play more time, which was an act that harmed others and benefited himself.

And this time, the Zen master was completely detrimental to others and himself, and he didn't let O'Neal and Kobe Bryant play for too long, but cheapened the All-Star players of other teams.

This is Chiguoguo's desire to suppress the pioneers!

Reporters think about Richard's temper and temperament, it's no wonder that he can suffer this loss!

Countless reporters flocked to Portland......

They knew very well that Richard was going to shoot at Zen Master Jackson completely!

……

The huge venue of the Rose Garden Arena was filled with hundreds of reporters at the moment.

Among them were even reporters who had traveled from Los Angeles......

"Thank you for joining us today!"

"That's right, this press conference is indeed private, and the remarks I make below only represent my own opinions!"

Richard sneered at the hundreds of reporters in the audience.