Inside Richard's office.

Lawrence Frank sat in front of Richard with a tangled expression.

"Lee, the Nets asked me to go back to coach......"

With the beginning of Yi Jianlian's rise during this time, the Nets management also has ambitions in their hearts.

Originally, the head coach they hired was completely for the sake of messing, and now they need a capable head coach to lead the Nets to rise.

Frank re-entered their field of vision, Frank himself started with the Nets, and his best result was also to lead the team to the Eastern Conference finals.

It's just that because of Richard's reasons and the increasing number of strong teams in the East, the Nets gradually lost their competitiveness, and Frank was fired by the Nets management.

Now the Nets are ready to re-hire Frank......

Richard nodded, "Go ahead, man, just get the handover done with Rahim." ”

Frank is leaving his coaching staff, and Richard is naturally a little reluctant, but it is a good thing for Frank to be able to sit back in the position of head coach, and Richard will naturally not dissuade him.

"Thank you, Lee, for taking care of you during this time." Frank said to Richard sincerely.

He is grateful to Richard for helping him in a critical moment so that he can stay in the NBA.

If it weren't for Richard, he would have disappeared from the NBA for several years now, and even if the Nets were to change coaches, they probably wouldn't have thought about themselves.

"Don't be so out-of-the-envelope, you helped me, this is what I should do." Richard said with a smile.

Frank had previously given Richard a qualification to lead the team as an All-Star, and Richard had always kept it in mind.

……

After Frank left, Richard sighed, and after Frank left, there were only two people left on his coaching staff.

One is Curry Sr., and the other is Raheem, who just joined this year.

Myers went to the Warriors, Dave Cowens retired, and said goodbye to coaching for good......

Cowens originally stayed in Richard's coaching staff, in fact, he was also thinking about looking for an opportunity to re-serve as head coach, but he never waited for this opportunity, and because of his age, he simply retired.

Now that Frank is gone, Richard is left with only two assistant coaches left.

In desperation, Richard could only ask the old Curry to release the news that the Buccaneers were preparing to recruit two or three assistant coaches.

……

A few days later, Richard received a number of resumes, including some well-known coaches who had served as head coaches.

The mobility of NBA coaches is too great, and many coaches who have served as head coaches are actually capable, but they are unlucky, and the head coach position will not last long.

In this list, Richard saw a fairly familiar name, Tom Thibodeau.

At the moment, Thibodeau is completely nobody, he has to wait until 10 years to get the opportunity to become the head coach of the Bulls, and now that the Pirates are recruiting assistant coaches, he feels that it is a good opportunity and directly applies for it.

Richard accepted it without saying a word, although Thibodeau said that there were a lot of black spots on his body, but the defensive system he created was still quite good, and after being recruited, he could play some roles.

In addition, Mark Jackson is also impressively on this list.

The appearance of Mark Jackson also made Richard very happy, and the head coach before the Warriors dynasty laid a solid foundation for the Warriors dynasty.

In addition, Mark Jackson is also a stunt, his career assists are 10,000+, ranking third on the current list of total player assists, and there are only three people in the league who have reached 10,000+ assists, namely the retired Stockton, Kidd and Mark Jackson.

In addition to his excellent assist ability, Mark Jackson's big-ass back-to-back singles led to the introduction of Barkley's law.

This is definitely a baby bump in the coaching group, and Richard naturally accepted it without hesitation.

Eventually, Richard added Ranbier to his coaching staff......

After being fired by the Bulls, Ranbir went to the WNBA for a while, and although he led the team well, he still wanted to return to the NBA.

Now that the Pirates are recruiting assistant coaches, he's back......

After these three assistant teachers joined the group, Richard was also relieved, and the five assistant teachers were almost okay.

……

The current Richard, in terms of players, is definitely full of peach and plum, there are countless disciples of him in the entire league, and basically every team has Silafayette players.

However, in the coaching group, Richard's protégés are not many.

At the moment, Richard is the head coach in the league, and Maverick Carlisle is one.

Clippers head coach Steven IV is also one.

Lawrence Frank, who is about to return to the Nets, is also one.

Although some head coaches have a good relationship with Richard, most of them are veteran head coaches, and they cannot be regarded as head coaches of Richard's department.

Richard also wanted to be like Popovich, and the head coaches of the top third of the league's teams in the future were his protégés, which is quite a remarkable achievement.

So now Richard is trying to tap some of the up-and-coming coaches to his coaching staff, and maybe he can be like Popovich in the future.

……

In the blink of an eye, the time has come to mid-January.

The All-Star voting is out, and the Pirates have five All-Star selections this year, five of them this year, Oden, Milicic, Granger, Roy and Rondo.

So far this season, Oden's statistics are undoubtedly quite powerful, averaging 20.6 points, 13.2 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game.

However, this score is actually not small, after all, Howard's average points per game is about this level.

If you really want to talk about the center who scores more, it must be Yao Ming, Yao Ming has averaged 26.5 points per game this season, although the rebounds and blocks are a little less than Howard and Oden, but he is now recognized as the league's No. 1 center.

However, Oden is so young at the moment, and in the eyes of Pirate fans, Oden can catch up with Yao Ming sooner or later and sit in the league's No. 1 center position.

At the moment, Oden, if not the league's No. 1 center, is still the league's top three level.

Milicic has less data this season, only averaging about 17 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists per game, not that Milicic's strength has declined, but that he has actively sacrificed some of his data for the growth of his teammates.

In today's Pirate team, Milicic is definitely the big brother, excluding Marion, who just joined the team this year, the longest player is Granger, who entered the league in 05.

Milicic, on the other hand, entered the league in '03, and this season is already the sixth season of his career, so it's not too much to say that he is a veteran.

Milicic is not the type of player who likes to express his feelings, he prefers to use actions.

In silence, Milicic helped his teammates a lot on the field.

The most direct beneficiary is probably Granger.

Granger's stats have improved a lot this season, averaging more than 20 points per game for the first time in his career.

20.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.1 blocks, which is completely good offensively and defensively.

Decent stats, a tough team record, and Granger's clean and elegant style of play and defense have made him one of the most popular players in the East.

Last season, he signed an eight-year, $60 million contract with Nike, which is considered to be the peak of his life.

Although Roy's scoring this season is not as strong as last season, his current average of 27.9 points per game is also ranked among the top five in the league and he is the league's top attacker.

Starting point guard Rondo, who is currently averaging 10.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 2.3 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, although he failed to become an All-Star starting guard, he also got a backup point guard position.

Rondo's scoring ability is a big problem to solve, and although Richard has a way to solve it, it will have to pay an extremely large price......

Besides, Rondo doesn't need to rely on scoring to eat, with top playmaking skills and top defense, he can mix in a good position anywhere.

Under normal circumstances, Rondo's various thorns, all kinds of disobedience, and other players, I'm afraid that he won't be able to mix in the league for a long time, although Rondo has wandered a lot of teams, but he can find it quite easily.

……

All five starters were selected as All-Stars, much to Richard's great relief.

And the Buccaneers' bench is actually full of talent at the moment.

Marion is now on the bench, and the stats are certainly far less than when he was with the Suns, but Marion can accept it right now, after all, the chances of the Pirates winning the championship this year are frighteningly high.

After winning the championship this year, his contract will expire, and whether he will leave or stay will be all in his own thoughts.

Richard's introduction of Marion is actually an insurance policy for the team's small forward position, if Granger is injured in the playoffs, the young Batum will definitely not be able to withstand Granger's role, but Marion can.

And when this season is over, Granger's rookie contract will expire, and what awaits him will be a max salary contract, which the Buccaneers will definitely not be able to take.

Richard is ready to give Roy a contract with a maximum salary, Granger will most likely leave the team at the end of this season, and if Marion is not asking for a high price, Richard is ready to sign Marion.

The small forward draft year has to wait until 2010, and Richard will definitely have to maintain the small forward position until then.

……

Curry is currently averaging 13.2 points per game, and the old Curry is happy to keep his mouth shut every day.

It stands to reason that Curry is unlikely to average such a high number of points per game as a bench position, after all, the team's five starters have a total of 90 points.

The reason for Curry's high average points per game is very simple, that is, the number of games in which Rondo was rested, Curry started all of them, and got a lot of shots, brushing up the average points per game.

This season, Richard has been relatively ruthless in terms of rotation, and Milicic has been rotated for many games, giving newcomers enough opportunities to perform, which leads to the Pirates' bench data is also more dazzling.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the team's third backup point guard Dragic, Sun Yue, and Ingram's data are not very outstanding, which is also something that can't be helped, and Richard can't take care of everyone in everything.

He can only get every player in the team to play beautiful statistics when he can.