"However, you should know that our Pirates now have Paul and Rondo in the lineup, and it will be difficult for you to get a starting opportunity after you join." Richard looked at Curry playfully, trying to see what Curry was thinking.

"It doesn't matter, even if you play a few years off the bench during your rookie season, I can go straight to the championship with the Pirates team, and this kind of good opportunity is not something that can be encountered at any time."

"If I had been drafted in '09, not to mention whether I could have been drafted by the Buccaneers, even if I had been drafted by the Busairs, I would have lost a championship ring." After Curry saw that his father was gone, he relaxed a lot, and said what was in his heart to Richard at this moment.

"Okay, let's wait until your Black March is over, it's too early to talk about it, what if you don't win the NCAA championship in the end?"

"If I don't win an NCAA championship, then I'm going to stay at Purdue." Curry replied to Richard.

"Okay, let's do it first, I respect your choice, if you do participate in the draft this year, I will prepare in advance and try to win you at the draft."

……

After sending away Curry's father and son, Richard breathed a sigh of relief, Curry's early candidacy did disrupt Richard's plan.

However, even if Curry does run early, Richard has a safe way to get Curry.

Because after this season, Richard may trade Chris Paul.

A player like Paul is almost qualified to stabilize the league's No. 1 point guard, MVP-level player, and his trade value can be imagined.

A Garnett has almost demolished most of the green Kai, and Paul's value will definitely not be worse than Garnett!

When the time comes, Curry may only need a draft pick of about 20 picks, and such a draft pick can only be regarded as an addition in Paul's trade.

If Richard wanted to, he took Paul to the Bulls to trade the No. 1 pick, and the Bulls even had to add countless chips in addition to this No. 1 pick, which is the value of young Paul.

MVP-level centers are the most valuable, followed by MVP-level point guards, and it's the turn of the linebackers again, at least for now.

……

In the blink of an eye, the time has entered the middle of January, and the results of the All-Star voting have been released.

Not to Richard's surprise, the Pirates did have four players selected as All-Stars this time, namely O'Neal, Milicic, Paul and Roy.

Granger and Oden, in fact, are not far behind the top few in terms of votes, which can also see how popular this Pirate team is.

……

In terms of team record, the Pirates are still undefeated, and I am afraid that only after meeting the Lakers can they end their current terrifying winning streak.

This is only possible, after all, Green Kai is not the opponent of the Pirates at all, and the Lakers may not be much better than Green Kai.

With such a strong record, the Pirates must be the No. 1 record in the East.

And Richard led the All-Star team last season, and he is definitely not qualified to continue to lead the team this season, unless the second-ranked head coach in the East gives this qualification to Richard.

The last time Richard conceded qualification was Pistons head coach Philip Sanders, but this time the Pistons' record is only third in the East, and the second place in the East is Green Kai, and the head coach is Doug Rivers.

If it were Sanders, he probably didn't need Richard to open his mouth, and took the initiative to give this qualification to Richard.

After all, he is a veteran coach who led the All-Star team when he was in the West, and he definitely has no interest in this kind of thing.

This is not the case with Doug Rivers, who has arguably the best season of his entire career......

He has also been in the league for many years, and he became the head coach only three or four years later than Richard, and he has never been qualified to lead the team as an All-Star in so many years.

Now that it's hard to get one, Richard feels that Rivers may not be willing to give up this qualification to himself.

Sure enough, until early February, Rivers didn't mention it......

Richard is naturally embarrassed to ask for it directly, if others give it, if he doesn't give it, he will ask for it himself, which is a little unreasonable.

Moreover, at present, Green Kai and the Pirates can be said to be the biggest competitors in the Eastern Conference to impact the Finals, if Rivers really gives up this qualification to Richard, then there is a suspicion of showing weakness, and Green Kai fans will definitely not agree.

"Lose it once, lose it once, there won't be so much to do next year, and I don't need to be let by others, as long as I can lead the team to win the first place in the East, then I will definitely get the All-Star qualification." Richard thought helplessly.

……

At the moment, Richard already has six supergiant suit parts, and only three are missing to form a supergiant suit.

I'm not in a hurry now, the child is still young, even if it forms a super giant suit and gives it to a hairy child, what is the point......

Richard felt that this supergiant suit, if it was too late, would definitely be able to be completed within five years, after all, there were only three parts left, and as long as he defended the pirate team, it would be easy to get this supergiant suit.

……

Before All-Star Weekend, the Pirates played the Portland Trail Blazers in their final game.

Rivers hasn't mentioned the transfer of All-Star leadership qualifications until now, and Richard doesn't think about it.

In this game against the Trail Blazers, Richard still values it more.

At the moment, the Trail Blazers' lineup is actually good, but Xiao Ao has been injured from time to time, Ade is still growing slowly, Durant is still too immature, and the bearded man is now in a somewhat declining state, so their record is not too ideal.

The Trail Blazers are currently ranked eighth in the West, and if they work harder, they will not have a problem making the playoffs.

The problem is that they certainly won't be able to go far in the playoffs......

The teams in the lower half of the West are actually quite miserable, and now the Spurs and Lakers are strong, and the Jazz have rushed to the third place in the West after getting Millsap.

The original old powerhouse Suns, because they did not trade O'Neal, are still strong at the moment, ranking fourth in the West.

These four teams are all very strong, and the team in the second half of the district will definitely be lucky to meet them in the first round.

The night before the game, Paul Allen was treated to a treat, and players from both sides got together for a meal.

Although it has been many years since Richard left the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers still have a lot of Richard's imprint.

Not to mention the Richard jersey flying high above their arena, it is the main lineup of the Trail Blazers, and all of them are West Lafayette players.

Durant looked sullen and unhappy, and the more he looked at the dumbfounded Oden, the more angry he became.

If the Trail Blazers had chosen Oden with the top pick, they would have joined the Pirates!

If you join the Pirates, you can now enjoy the glory of winning all seasons!

That's right, until now, the Pirates are still undefeated!

Durant feels no worse than Granger, and if he joins the Pirates, he may be like Roy and become the league's top offensive player right now.

The most important thing is that this year's championship looks like it is already in the pocket of the Pirates, which makes Durant even more uncomfortable, and he is equivalent to losing a championship for nothing.

……

On the second day, Durant was attacking like crazy, and he wanted to prove his strength in front of Richard.

As a result, in this anxious mentality, Durant felt upset, shooting 8 of 27 in the whole game, plus free throws, only scored a total of 21 points, which was quite miserable.

Because of Durant's play market, the Pirates also won the Trail Blazers bloodlessly.

Of course, even if Durant plays well, the Trail Blazers are certainly not an opponent of the Pirates, and Ao is injured and suspended, and Ade is difficult to support on the inside......

……

After playing the Trail Blazers' away game, Richard led the team back to Charlotte, and the following weekend, Richard could finally relax.

It's mid-February 08, and the child is about to turn three years old in the blink of an eye.

Richard feels that time flies really fast, when he was young, there was a feeling that life was like a year, but now that he is middle-aged, he feels that time is a little insufficient.

Richard is exactly forty years old this year, and he is already a standard middle-aged man.

However, although he is middle-aged, Richard has paid attention to exercise and diet for more than ten years, so he has maintained a good figure.

After so many years, Richard has everything he should have.

Family and career are very happy.

A few days ago, Richard and Huang Jinlong privately calculated, counting all the industries and stock values, and now Richard's assets are about to exceed 2 billion US dollars!