The semi-finals of the East and West divisions have already been played.

What made Richard quite uncomfortable was that Big Ben was injured in the fourth quarter in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals.

was originally a good game of 3:2, but because of Big Ben's injury, the Lakers won the crucial sixth game.

As for the battle of life and death, because of Big Ben's absence, Xiao Ao faced Big Ao alone on the inside, and he was obviously at a big disadvantage.

Coupled with Kobe's crazy outside output, the Lakers finally defeated the Trail Blazers with a score of 4:3 and got the chance to advance to the Western Conference finals.

The Trail Blazers have reached the Finals four years in a row, but this year they stopped in the Western Conference Semifinals, which is undoubtedly quite regrettable.

Especially the Trail Blazers fans, all of whom are mourning, and some miss the days when Richard coached the Trail Blazers.

At present, the Trail Blazers lost in the playoffs, but they can't let Zhang Weiping back this pot, mainly because Big Ben has suffered an injury, which is completely helpless.

In the eyes of fans, even if Richard continues to stay with the Trail Blazers, he will definitely be helpless in this situation.

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Little did they know that if Richard had continued to coach the Trail Blazers, the situation would have been easily resolved.

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As for the matchup between the Kings and the Spurs, the Spurs played a big advantage, they eliminated the Kings 4:2 and met the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.

This round of the Western Conference semifinals of the Spurs shows the power of French sports car Tony Parker.

David Robinson retired directly with an injury after the first game of the Western Conference finals, and it was impossible to continue the next schedule with that posture.

But in this case, Parker is a sudden emergence, Parker, who averaged only 9 points per game in the regular season, was on fire in the playoffs, and averaged 18 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists per game in the Western Conference semifinals against the Kings.

In a direct conversation with the White Devil Bibby, he has the upper hand.

Relying on Parker's excellent play, the Spurs can be regarded as saving the day, and without Parker, I am afraid that the Spurs are likely to stop in the Western Conference semifinals this year.

Richard was naturally not surprised by Parker's outburst, which was something he expected.

However, with a lineup like the Spurs, it is still quite difficult to defeat the Lakers and enter the Finals.

They are still missing a G in GDP......

If Ginobili is here, it is really hard to say who will have the last laugh between the Lakers and the Spurs, but now without Ginobili, if the Lakers defeat the Spurs, the problem is not particularly big.

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In the East, the 76ers and the Nets will finally meet in the East.

The Nets' performance this year is absolutely unexpected, and I am afraid that even they never expected that they could play the first record in the East this season.

Speaking of which, Kidd is actually eligible to compete with Duncan for the regular season MVP this season.

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The East-West finals were in full swing, and Richard didn't care too much, and took Yao Ming to the training ground with all his heart.

Yao Ming was hungry and thirsty for absorbing the experience passed on by Abdul-Jabbar.

Dad Jia is one of the top three centers in NBA history, which is indisputable, and the key is that he does not rely purely on physical fitness, but more on his own skills and skills.

Now he also knows that the Pistons attach great importance to Yao Ming, and judging from Richard's performance, he definitely regards Yao Ming as a cornerstone.

In this case, Dad Jia naturally spared no effort to teach Yao Ming.

In addition to his signature Sky Hook skills, he also taught a lot of singles skills under the basket, defensive skills under the basket, and skills for grabbing rebounds.

Anyway, the skills that the center can use, Dad Jia spares no effort to teach Yao Ming.

Richard has been on the training ground, watching their training, and naturally he is quite grateful for Abdul-Jabbar's selfless teaching.

But Richard also had one thing in mind.

That is, under normal circumstances, the center responsible for teaching Yao Ming is not Abdul-Jabbar, but Da Meng.

These young centers in the new era are actually taught by veteran centers.

For example, Warcraft was originally taught by Ewing the gorilla, Bynum was taught by Abdul-Jabbar, and Yao Ming was taught by Dameng.

Yao Ming still learned a lot from Da Meng, such as Shanghai dance steps......

Now Richard is wondering if he is looking for an opportunity to invite Big Dream and let him teach Yao Ming as well.

But now it seems that this is a bit difficult......

The main reason is that Yao Ming is not a Rocket player now, and it must be difficult to ask for a big dream to come out of the mountain.

Unlike Abdul-Jabbar, who is interested in coaching, he agreed to Richard's offer.

Of course, there are actually reasons why Abdul-Jabbar wants to make money......

Due to the early age of playing, Abdul-Jabbar earned very little salary in his career, which is simply not enough compared to the supergiants of the current era.

In this case, it is understandable that you want to make more money while you are getting stronger.

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In the blink of an eye, Yao Ming had been training under Abdul-Jabbar's tutelage for a full month.

In the past month, the muscle-building recipes formulated by top nutritionists for Yao Ming have also had good results.

Yao Ming's figure is obviously stronger than when he first entered the alliance.

But even if it is strong, not to mention the fat figure of Ao Ao, it is not enough to look at Xiao Ao.

At present, Richard still has the same idea, which is to let Yao Ming gain muscle as much as possible and enhance the confrontation on the inside.

If he is just a time-traveling person and does not have a system, then Richard may prohibit Yao Ming from gaining weight to prevent it from affecting Yao Ming's career.

But now that he has a system, the injury problem can almost be completely ignored, and in this case, Yao Ming is not allowed to gain muscle and increase his ability to fight inside.

That's because some of them are choking.

If you want to say that Yao Ming has top jumping ability, top arm span and other super physical talents, then it is not impossible for Richard to lead Yao Ming to Xiao Si's route.

But now the problem is that Yao Ming doesn't have that kind of super physical talent......

Even if all kinds of all-star lights are smashed on his body, he can't let him have the physical fitness of Xiao Si.

To know Xiao Si's physical fitness, it can almost be said that he is in the top three in history at the power forward position.

However, the All-Star Light only has a 9% bonus, which is obviously difficult to reach the point of Xiao Si.

You can't take Xiao Si's route, and if you want to have inner dominance, there must be only one choice - gain weight!

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The finals have been played, and the two sides are the Nets and the Lakers.

Naturally, the Lakers easily beat the Nets and won the first championship after the formation of their OK group!

Kobe Bryant and O'Neal hugged each other, hugged each other and cried bitterly, how can they still take the previous grudge to heart at this moment.

This championship is really not easy......

Looking forward to the stars and the moon, they finally looked forward to Richard leaving, and finally won the championship they dreamed of.

From now on, O'Neill is also a champion of the championship.

And Kobe Bryant has two championship rings in hand......

The honor of FMVP was won by O'Neal, and now O'Neal's career has no big regrets, and the honors he deserves are all there.

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On June 21, the draft that Richard was looking forward to was finally about to begin.

The night before, Richard had called Dumiao Prince to his hotel again, and of course, this time the situation was a little different.

In addition to Prince, Yao Ming was also present.

Not only did Prince be awarded a gold medal, but so did Yao Ming.

"Tyshawn, I may sign you this time, of course, it's just a possibility, our Pistons have a 15th pick in hand right now, can you sign it to see if someone picks you in advance......"

"Anyway, you're guaranteed to be a fifteenth pick!"

"It's a good thing if you are chosen in advance, if you are not selected in advance, it is not bad if you come under my hands, I will definitely not treat you badly."

Richard patted Prince on the shoulder and smiled.

Prince's face was full of excitement, he didn't expect that he would get the treatment that his predecessors did not enjoy.

You must know that before Prince, Richard had never used draft picks to select West Lafayette players except for Big Ben.

Even if it's Artest, it's the deal that gets it.

Now Richard is ready to use the draft pick directly to take Prince, which naturally makes Prince happy.

In the previous draft prospect predictions, Prince predicted that the pick was only about 20 picks, and he didn't even qualify for the Little Green House.

If you are really selected by the fifteenth pick, it will definitely not be a loss.

"Thank you, coach, I'll do my best!"

Richard nodded, "Hey, it's also a bitter thing for you two sessions of West Lafayette players, and you haven't been allowed to win the championship." ”

Speaking of this, Prince lowered his head in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, Coach, we've embarrassed you......"

Richard waved his hand, "No, you've done a good enough job, and you'll have a more perfect career in the Pistons!" ”

"Believe me, young man, if you are really chosen by me, you will completely take off, and maybe it will not be a problem to become a Hall of Fame in the future!"

If he could really get Prince, Richard would be ready to train him.

Gerrard, Prince and Bale are enough to give Richard the best forward defensive lineup in the league.

All three of them have been selected to the All-Defensive Team, and their defensive strength is a well-known existence, and when they grow to the peak in the next few years, they will definitely become the most feared front line barrier in the league.

After Prince left, Richard chatted with Yao Ming for a while.

"Da Yao, if it's superfluous, I won't say anything, let's do it well......"

"Dazhi has already played in this alliance, I believe that your future achievements will definitely not be worse than Dazhi!"

"In the future, Chinese basketball will rely on the two of you to carry it!"

Richard is not wrong in saying this, although there are already four Chinese players in the league at the moment.

But Hu Weidong is old after all, and it is better to count on Sun Yue to carry the backcourt of the Chinese men's basketball team......

Sun Yue, who was born in 85, is now a big boss, although he is not too famous in China, but he has already begun to contact the professional league.

Speaking of which, in Richard's heart, Sun Dasheng is really a legend.

It's not that he is ridiculing his debut that is at his peak, but before entering the NBA, this product has a lot of legendary deeds.

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As for Battle, who plays for the Nuggets, his skills are rough, his physical fitness is good, especially in terms of strength, he is more suitable to be a blue-collar interior lineman.

But after removing the strength attribute, Battle's good physical fitness is not enough compared to the top black blue-collar workers.

This makes it difficult for Battle to get out of the league.

There are too many players in the NBA league who are full of physical fitness but have rough skills, think about what Battle can do when he has no advantage in physical fitness......

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On the whole, there is no doubt that Yao Ming and Dazhi are the leaders of the men's basketball team in the future.

"Coach, I can't figure it out......" Yao Ming was a little puzzled after hearing Richard's words.

"Huh? Where can't you figure it out? Richard asked curiously.

"You are obviously an American, why do I feel that you care more about the results of Chinese basketball than we do......"

"It seems that you have a purpose in cultivating me and Dazhi, that is, you want Chinese basketball to rise ......"

Hearing this, Richard's face was a little embarrassed.

"Ahem, you just want to stubble, cultivating you and Dazhi is my purpose, as for the rise of Chinese basketball, it's just a matter of taking advantage of the trend."

"Okay, rest early, tomorrow is your big day!"

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At eight o'clock in the evening of the 22nd, the 02nd draft meeting that attracted the attention of the Chinese people finally began.

This is not the first time that Chinese faces have appeared in the draft, but it is the most high-profile.

The main reason is that the previous NBA did not pay much attention in China......

With the development of Dazhi in recent years, the NBA has also become an event that domestic sports fans pay considerable attention to.

And this year, Yao Ming is the decisive candidate for the top spot in domestic publicity, so domestic fans are naturally extremely concerned.

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"Lee, congratulations!"

"Congratulations, Lee, your luck really makes God jealous."

Many acquaintances in the circle greeted Richard warmly after seeing Richard.

Richard also nodded enthusiastically.

The draft is about to begin, and Richard's heart is pounding right now.

Although he is fully prepared for this draft, he is still a little nervous.

This draft can be said to be the foundation of the Pistons' rise, and if all goes well, the Pistons will be on the path to rise next season.

And this road will not be taken for long......

Soon, Stern was on the pitch and announcing the official start of this year's draft.

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"I announce that the Detroit Pistons have selected Yao Ming from Shanghai, China with the first pick in the first round!"

After Stern's announcement, Yao Ming appeared in a hemp-yellow suit.

Richard breathed a sigh of relief, and finally got Yao Ming......