This season, except for one of the Pistons' original four veterans, Collis, who was sold by Richard, the contracts of Atkins and Barros were all bought out by Richard.

Both men have one year left on their contracts, which add up to about $7 million.

Buying out the contract is a bit wasteful in the eyes of fans, but it is not a waste at all, but it is a money-saving move.

After all, whether it is Atkins or Barros, in the new season of the Pistons, they will definitely not be able to get the slightest playing time.

In this case, Richard kept their words, which is called a real waste.

After buying out their contract, it's not that the Pistons have to pay them that much salary.

With the negotiation between the two sides, this number will definitely be able to drop a little.

In addition, these two players will definitely not stay at home and wait for death, they will definitely have to find jobs in the league.

Once they find a job, the Pistons will save on the salary they sign with a new team.

With a $7 million discount and then the salaries of two players signing to a new team, Richard's buyout actually saved the Pistons a lot of money.

Since then, the Pistons' four veterans have now been almost wiped out by Richard, and only one Clark remains......

With the addition of Yao Ming, Boozer and Prince, the Pistons' lineup can be said to be perfect.

The players in the center position are Yao Ming, Oku and Clark.

Among them, Oku and Clark are not like Yao Ming who can only play center......

Oku can play the space power forward position, while Clarke can play a coolie power forward similar to Big Ben.

The power forward position has Boozer and Birdman Anderson.

When it comes to Boozer, Richard immediately thinks of the word anti-bones.

This thing has a nickname, called Rebel Knight, and the origin of the nickname is because he played a knight in the first place, making the knight management a laughing stock of the entire alliance.

Under normal circumstances, Boozer was chosen by the Knights.

In his rookie season, Boozer played quite well, showing a good offensive level, excellent mid-range shooting and rebounding ability, solid interior footwork, and low-post back play skills are also of a good level.

If it weren't for his lack of explosiveness and lack of good defense on the defensive end, Boozer would probably be able to squeeze out Ricky Davis, the nominal boss of the Cavaliers......

That's right, when Boozer joined the Cavaliers, Ricky Davis was the boss of the Cavaliers.

And then what happened, fans must be quite clear, that is, at the beginning of the 03 draft, the Cavaliers got the champion James.

Ricky Davis was sold, and the Cavaliers became James' one-man team.

As for Boozer, he is also playing well next to James, as a second-round pick, he actually played 15+11 data in the second season of his career, which is absolutely eye-catching.

Not to mention that the Knight management has been a fool every time since the establishment of the team......

In this case, they simply dropped the team option for the third year of Boozer's rookie contract.

Why such a stupid decision? Because the Cavaliers management wanted to sell it to Boozer, Boozer verbally promised them that after the Cavaliers gave up the team option, he would re-sign the Cavaliers for six years and $41 million......

But not only the Cavaliers management, but even James believed it, and said that he would work side by side with Boozer and fight together.

As a result, the Cavaliers just gave up the team option, and this guy immediately signed a six-year, $68 million contract with the Jazz.

If the Cavaliers hadn't given up the team option, Boozer would have had to work for the Cavaliers for almost a free year......

Now, without the constraints of the contract, Boozer went straight away.

That almost didn't the Cleveland fans to death......

So, the Cleveland fans can't afford to get hurt, they've taken on too much deception.

This is definitely an anti-bone behavior......

Although there is nothing wrong with the profit-seeking behavior, the profit-seeking behavior of this goods is already a cheating, and they all told the knight to renew the contract, but they ran away.

If it weren't for the verbal promise of renewing the contract, the Cavaliers wouldn't be so stupid to give up the team option, and if they could use Boozer for a year, why not use it for nothing......

This incident also gave Boozer the nickname of a rebellious knight, and he should be called a knight traitor when he was going to say it......

In addition to this matter, the things that Boozer is known for are the rumors that broke Yao Ming.

This is basically a rumor, and in the 20 games between Boozer and Yao Ming, the two sides are basically in a five-to-five situation.

Burst? Inexistent......

But even if it's just five or five, this is quite powerful, you must know that Yao Ming has blown up a lot of inside players, but he can't play any advantage on Boozer's head.

From this, it can also be seen that Boozer's strength is really good.

As for whether it is an anti-bone boy, Richard really doesn't care at all......

Dare to fight against Richard? I'm afraid I don't know why the flowers are so red!

Richard was able to send him to Ricky Davis as soon as possible......

Well, maybe another wave of jazz.

Anyway, Boozer will use it first and then say, take one step at a time, no matter how much he cheats and cheats, he will definitely not be able to trap Richard's head.

If in this case, Richard is pitted by Boozer again, then he simply won't mess around in the NBA.

……

Judging from the Pistons' interior lineup, it is really a tiger.

In terms of comprehensive strength, it may even be stronger than the pioneers......

Of course, what we are talking about here is that after growing up, the current Trail Blazers are still the top in the league.

The main reason is that the Trail Blazers have few insiders, only Auburn has two combinations, and at best, Kirilenko, a pseudo-interior player.

At present, the Pistons have five strong interior players.

Richard is quite confident in the Pistons' interior line, and he feels that he is walking on the same path as he was to revitalize the Trail Blazers.

Why the Trail Blazers were able to play three consecutive championships, in Richard's view, ensuring the strength of the interior line is the biggest reason.

And at the moment, the prototype of the piston's interior line is quite perfect......

……

Except for these five interior players, the Pistons are still full of talent.

Players at the small forward position, Gerard Wallace, Prince, Nocioni trio.

Among them, Prince is also quite good as a quarterback, he is essentially a top 3D player, although he has the ability to break through, but in this lineup of the Pistons, it is obvious that he is not needed to break through.

Quarterbacks: Rajabel, Hu Weidong and Crawford.

The point guard positions are Nash and Arenas.

It's just the right 13-man squad, and the number of players in each position is quite balanced, all in the range of two or three players.

For the lineup he created, Richard was naturally indescribably satisfied.

With such a lineup, it's hard to say how long it will take to win the championship, but Richard is confident that he will take out the Nets in a short period of time and rank first in the East!

Now this season, Richard wants to lead the Pistons to rise, to play the first record in the East, and to lead the team to the Eastern All-Star.

……

"Lee, how are you going to match our starting lineup this season?" The Pistons coaching staff is sitting in head coach Richard's office for a meeting at the moment.

Richard, Curry Sr., Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Myers, and Dave Cowens.

It was Cowens who asked the question, and he was the team's tactical coach, so it was natural that he cared about the team's starting lineup.

As for Curry Sr., that's the team's shooting coach......

Abdul-Jabbar is the team's interior coach......

Miles was almost the same as Stevens's previous position, running errands and other jobs.

"I envisioned a lineup after the draft, and you guys helped me with the staff."

"Yao Ming, Clarke, Gerrard, Rajabel, and Nash." Richard said, knocking on the table.

Cowens nodded, the lineup was pretty much what he had envisioned.

Yao Ming, the champion, is undoubtedly going to start, and generally unless there is a problem with the champion, otherwise, no team will let the champion sit on the bench.

That's definitely a deceitful act......

It is also hated, which makes Zhuangyuanxiu dissatisfied, and he may run away after fulfilling the four-year contract.

In addition to Yao Ming's stable starting position, Clark, who was blown into the sky by Richard, will also occupy a starting position.

As for the remaining three starters, they performed very well last season and were put in the starting line-up, so there is no problem with putting them in the starting lineup.

Now the problem is, now that Richard has come up with this starting lineup, it is definitely not possible to continue to play like last season.

In fact, the Pistons' run-and-gun tactics last season made quite a striking impression.

The ultra-fast-paced offense is dizzying to watch and very enjoyable.

And at present, this lineup, because of the addition of Yao Ming, the running bomb will definitely not be able to fight.

If this lineup is counted by Clark, it is basically a two-center configuration.

"Lee, tactically?" Cowens asked, frowning.

He naturally knows what kind of tactics this starting lineup is suitable for, but this kind of thing must be said by Richard, no matter how Richard is the main one, he is the helper, and there is no reason to dominate the crowd.

"Play half-court and slow down as much as you can!"

"After the start of the new season, we have to play the success rate, with Yao Ming as the absolute offensive core, and formulate detailed tactics around Yao Ming."

Richard said quite categorically.

Several people present nodded, although playing with a newcomer as the absolute tactical core would make the early start very painful......

But the ordeal is well worth it.

Once the team is used to this style of play, and the newcomers are strong enough, it can quickly open up the situation.

"Old man, Yao Ming will ask you, he is very important to us!" Richard looked at Dad Jia and said sincerely.

In front of a historical-level big man like Dad Jia, Richard has not made a mistake in being a head coach.

In fact, Richard belongs to the kind of head coach who has no score, not that he has no score in doing things, but he has no frame in dealing with people.

Even if the assistant coach is his subordinate to Richard, Richard is quite respectful and never looks ugly.

This is probably the reason why Cowens was just fired and immediately came to Richard.

……

"Don't worry, Li, Yao Ming is a good inside seedling, it's a pity, in this era, I'm afraid the center is getting worse and worse......" Abdul-Jabbar sighed.

Last season, Richard's super-running style of play seemed to have opened a Pandora's box, and many garbage fish belly teams also followed suit.

Anyway, if they play normally, they will also lose, so it is better to have some fast-paced and enjoyable games......

As a result, this attempt allowed them to try some ways.

This crazy run-and-bomb style of play is quite advantageous for the garbage team!

If they really stand in the half-court position, then their disadvantage will be infinitely expanded!

But if they play this kind of fast-paced game, they can still win against strong teams.

For example, the Kings, in the second half of the season, there are some signs of speed.

It is very likely that because of Richard's attempt at running and shooting, the small ball era has come early.

Of course, not much in advance, after all, under normal circumstances, the Suns' run-and-gun system will be established soon, that is, in the next two years or so......

Abdul-Jabbar, as a famous center forward, naturally knows very well that this kind of run-and-bomb tactics will greatly reduce the need for traditional center forwards.

This is likely to lead to a growing distraction of center players.

Naturally, he didn't want to see that happen......

"Don't worry, old man, I will let the era when the center is king, and maintain it as much as possible!" Richard said to Abdul-Jabbar with a smile.

……

The lineup and tactics were decided, and then Richard asked Miles to organize the summer league.

However, this summer league, no players in the Pistons roster participated, all of them were undrafted players recruited by Myers himself and some fringe players who couldn't play in the NBA.

In Richard's opinion, there is no need to play in such a meaningless competition as summer league.

The real challenge for my group of rookie players is in the regular season and even in this year's playoffs!

Even Richard planned to let Yao Ming not even play in the preseason at all!

He wants Yao Ming to have a real blockbuster, a real career debut, and get a truly amazing statistic!