After just a few days of free time, Richard had to get busy again.

The NBA Finals have ended, and to Richard's regret, the Pistons eventually lost to the Spurs in the tiebreaker and failed to build a championship dynasty.

At the end of the game, Yao Ming looked depressed......

They were so close to becoming Dynasty players that even in the last five minutes, they held the lead.

As a result, in just five minutes, Ginobili was like a scalpel, cutting through the already small advantage.

By the time the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Spurs won 97-94 on the road and won the championship trophy.

The Pistons lost unjustly, and in the last five minutes of the demon knife Ginobili, he scored 11 points in the account!

In Richard's view, among the Spurs' troika, Duncan is undoubtedly the strongest one, followed by the demon knife......

Parker's outburst is traceable, and the demon knife is very weird, and it can always give the opponent a fatal knife at the critical moment.

Duncan won the first championship trophy of his career, and along the way, he also won the honor of FMVP.

……

On June 17, the draft began.

This time Richard didn't take Miles with him, but Cowens.

It's also strange to say that Cowens can't get along again, and this time he has come to Richard again......

This guy who has a perfect career to make it to the top 50 superstars in history has a coaching career that is a mess.

There are a total of fifteen center forwards among the top 50 superstars of all time, and Dave Cowens is one of them.

In terms of the number of centers, it can be seen that traditional basketball still has centers as the core.

Of the 50 spots, the center makes up almost a third, and the remaining four positions make up only 35 spots.

……

Oddly enough, many of these top 50 superstars have chosen to enter the coaching industry after retiring.

But except for Wilkens, whose coaching career is relatively successful, everyone else is quite miserable......

For example, Cowens right now.

For example, Big Bird Bird, McHale, Abdul-Jabbar, etc., all of whom had short-lived coaching careers......

Wilkens is an outlier, with a long coaching lifespan, as long as 32 years, but in these 32 years, he has only won a championship once.

……

Richard sometimes tries to persuade Cowens to just eat the coach's bowl of rice, he really has no talent.

It's better to find a team and do the logistics......

But it's really hurtful to say this.

……

What made Richard a little dissatisfied was that this year's draft was held in New York again.

In Richard's view, this must be Sterntu's trouble, saving himself a trip to other cities.

The night before the draft, Richard met with Al Jefferson and presented the guy with a gold medal.

Then he met with Bucks head coach Stotters and finalized the deal face-to-face.

Stottes simply told Richard that they wanted Bogut, but Richard didn't directly choose Stotts.

Now that the deal is finalized, if the Bucks get Richard's pick, such as letting the Hawks with the No. 2 pick take Paul, then Richard will lose.

Of course, even if it is a loss, it will definitely not go anywhere, after all, there is a high-quality point guard in this draft.

It's just that De Xiaopang is not honest, he looks good-looking, but he has a belly of flowers.

The point is that Richard doesn't really like this kind of player who goes against the coach......

Think about Sloane's status in Jazz, which is a totemic existence, and even so, it is still a disgrace for De Chubby.

Richard didn't dare to pack the ticket, after he chose De Xiaopang, he would be completely obedient.

……

Of course, Richard didn't choose Dec Chubby, it was purely a matter of Chubby's personality and style, and it didn't have much to do with strength.

Whether it's Chubby or Dirty Cannon, it's actually quite a good fit for the current lineup of the Pirates.

……

In the theater at Madison Garden, all the teams were already here, just waiting for Stern to announce the start of the draft.

"Li, your luck is so good, what? This year, it must be the Bogut choice, right? Nets head coach Lawrence Frank was sitting not far from Richard.

Asked Richard with a smile at the moment.

Richard naturally has a great affection for Frank, the coach.

You must know that Frank gave up his All-Star qualification to Richard before.

This favor is still quite heavy in Richard's opinion, and he has been looking for opportunities to repay Frank.

Tonight is a good opportunity.

Although the Nets did not have a first-round pick, they still had a second-round pick in their hands, and Richard thought for a while to return the favor.

In this year's draft, there are not many stars, but the number of good players is quite large.

Especially in the second round, a lot of high-quality players have emerged, and maybe in terms of quantity, they are not worse than the first round.

For example, Ilyasova, Brandon Bass, CJ Myers, Reeds, Monta Ellis, Brache, Ryan Gomez, Amir Johnson, Gortat, ......

There is also a Vaughan Weaver who is more familiar to Rockets fans, that is, the second dumb guy nicknamed the Stabat, but his strength is certainly not comparable to the above players.

So many players are all high-quality players who emerged in the second round of this draft, and looking at the entire history of the NBA, I am afraid that there will never be a draft conference that can produce such high-quality characters in the second round.

……

Richard began to think about the Nets' lineup in his mind, and he was ready to take advantage of this opportunity to return Frank's favor.

In the season just ended, Carter joined the Nets, and it may be because of his joining that the team's run-in effect was not good, and the Nets showed a collapse.

And in the next season, the run-in Nets lineup will definitely be able to play a good record.

Carter, Jefferson plus Kidd, this is a real trident lineup.

In the end, Richard helped Frank pick Amir Johnson, a good pick-and-roll power forward, although he is not a star-level player, but the Nets must have made a lot of money by signing him with a second-round pick.

It is worth mentioning that this Amir Johnson actually has a rather interesting label.

He was the last high school player to be drafted in the entire history of the NBA.

This reminded Richard of a domestic movie, China's last eunuch......

……

Richard pulled out a pen and paper, scribbled Amir Johnson's name, then got up and walked over to Frank and handed the note to Frank.

Bringing Cowens to the meeting is not as good as Miles, this kind of errand work, usually Richard is handed over to Miles to do......

Richard's cheek is not thick enough to let a superstar in history run errands for him.

Frank took the note, opened it with some confusion and glanced at it, which directly made his heart beat violently as a young coach.

There was only one name on the note, and Frank didn't even dare to look at it too closely, for fear of being seen by the other teams next to him.

Even if you think about it with your big toe, Frank can guess the value of the name.

Richard: This is helping himself!

Thinking about the "investments" he had made, Frank felt that he was simply too wise.

Giving up a small All-Star opportunity to lead the team in exchange for a quality rookie from Richard is a bargain.

If there is such an opportunity in the future, Frank is sure that he will never let it go.

……

Richard's action of getting up and handing over the note made the scene directly silent for a moment.

Looking at Frank's excited look again, many veteran coaches have already guessed the content of the note.

But even if they guessed, they could only stare dryly, secretly envious of Frank's good luck.

Only Green Kai head coach Doug Rivers, after seeing this scene, immediately got up and ran to Richard's side.

Richard had made a promise to Pierce before, to help Green Kai choose someone.

Although Pierce didn't come to the draft today, Rivers feels that Richard shouldn't be the kind of person who doesn't keep his word.

At this moment, while the draft has not yet started, hurry up to Richard for help.

Richard looked at Rivers's old face with a smile on his face, picked up a pen and paper again, wrote three names and handed them over.

Ilyasova, Reed, and Monta-Ellis.

Rivers took the note, looked at it cautiously, and froze.

"Three?" Rivers asked incredulously with three fingers out.

Richard nodded, it was his gift to Pierce.

Rivers is going to collapse because they have two draft picks at hand, one in the first round and one in the second round.

Knowing that Richard would give three names, they would definitely have to make up another draft pick even if they smashed the pot and sold iron.

The only consolation for Rivers is that none of these three are famous, and the picks will certainly not be too high, and they have enough draft picks to warrant the selection of two of them.

Which two should you choose? Rivers was now in a state of blissful troubles.

The whole venue was silent again.

Good guy, look at Rivers stretching out three fingers, could it be that Richard gave Green Kai a list of three?!

Many Eastern teams have vaguely clamped their legs, which is too painful......

The east is about to start the rhythm against the sky.

PS: Continue the fifth watch tomorrow and ask for a guaranteed monthly pass in March......