In addition to Kobe's eye-catching performance, Rashid's performance is also quite good, shooting as steady as a dog in 10,000 years, and Popovich is also envious of it, if they have a player like Rashid on the front line, it will not be too cool.

……

The game was quite intense, but there was no conflict on the court, mainly Big Ben and Duncan, who were not the kind of people who liked to talk nonsense on the court, from beginning to end, there was no communication between the two, let alone trash talk to each other.

At the end of the game, Richard walked onto the court and shook hands with Popovich.

"Dude, it's unbelievable!"

"In just over a year, you've turned the Trail Blazers into such a team!"

Popovich said to Richard in a bit of a distraction.

Richard didn't expect that Popovich would take the initiative to talk to him this time, and the two would also shake hands at the end of the previous games, but they were just going through the motions and didn't communicate at all.

"Greg, so, are you praising me or am you hurting me?" Richard asked with a smile.

"God, of course I'm praising you! Young man, how the hell do you do that? ”

"Seriously, these players of yours, I'm willing to pay any price in exchange!"

Popovich said with an exaggerated expression......

Richard was stunned, Popovich likes to joke, almost every fan knows about this, so Richard doesn't know if Popovich is serious at the moment......

"Greg, are you serious?!"

"Nature is true! It's more real than real gold! ”

Hearing Popovich's words, Richard's eyes lit up!

"Okay, Greg, which of our Trail Blazers players do you fancy you?"

"Rashid!" Without hesitation, Popovich pointed to Rashid, who was laughing heartlessly with Big Ben on the sidelines.

"Yes!"

"Trade your Duncan for it!" Richard grinned......

For a person like Popovich, Richard doesn't know much about it, and he must be thinking about something at the moment.

"Man, change the conditions, you're smart and know that even if I'm willing to trade Duncan, the team won't agree!"

"I don't have the autonomy you have in the Trailblazers......"

"Why don't you sell us your backup Stephen Jackson?"

"He and Kobe's positions overlap, it's too wasteful for you to keep them, it's better to take them out and trade some chips!"

"Well, how about our Spurs willing to come up with two first-round picks for the next few years and trade for your Stephen Jackson?"

Popovich said to Richard with a wry brow.

Richard couldn't help but be speechless, is Old Man Bobo going to start selling miserable rhythms......

"Yes!"

"Why don't you do this, if you want Stephen, I'll add one Rashid, plus one Bruce Bowen, three for one, for your Duncan, how about it?"

Richard nodded dryly, anyway, he didn't leave Deng Dull for three sentences......

"Ahem......" Popovich coughed lightly, feeling that Richard might be more difficult to deal with than he thought.

"Young man, think about it, two future first-round picks in exchange for a second-round pick, if I were you, I would definitely agree without saying a word!"

Richard waved his hand, seeing that Popovich would never mention Duncan, and he also lost interest in continuing to play dumb riddles with Popovich.

Anyway, in the current Spurs lineup, Richard's only interest is Duncan, and other players, even David Robinson, Richard is not interested.

If the Spurs want to make a deal with Richard and want Martial Saint Jackson, then they must come up with Duncan, even if Richard bleeds, even if he takes Rashid and Bowen again, he will definitely not frown.

But not to Duncan? Only give the two first-round picks, then Richard will definitely not be happy to let the Spurs get a quality player like the Martial Saints.

……

Popovich sighed and turned to leave, while Richard returned to the locker room with his players.

The game against the Spurs is in March, a month and a half before the playoffs begin.

Although the Trailblazers are now in the first place in the West, the supersonic speed behind them is chasing after them, and it is not impossible for the Trailblazers to be squeezed out by the supersonic speed if they are not careful.

The Jazz still have a sixth-place record in the West, and they are a little far from the Spurs in fifth place in the West, and it is not very likely that they will catch up with the Spurs in the last month and a half.

In this way, their opponent in the first round of the playoffs is likely to be the Los Angeles Lakers, who are third in the West!

This duel situation made Richard a little crying and laughing......

At the beginning, I was worried about what kind of PY trade these two teams were making, but now it seems that I am obviously thinking too much, and these two teams will be dead in the first round of this year's playoffs!

For these two teams, it is obviously difficult to accept that they will not be able to pass the first round of the playoffs.

In this case, it is absolutely impossible for the two teams to concede to each other, and it is not impossible to have some friction when the time comes.

The strength of the two sides is actually very close, and with a full lineup, no one can say which team can advance......

If the Trail Blazers maintain the first place in the West, they will definitely not worry about the first round, and the team that ranks eighth in the West is completely a team at the level of stinky tomatoes and rotten eggs.

As for the second round, the Trail Blazers will face one of the Suns and Spurs, and in Richard's view, the Spurs must have a better chance of qualifying......

The Suns' small interior line is estimated to be beaten into fishnet stockings by the Spurs.

In other words, the Trail Blazers will face the Spurs in the second round, which is why Richard has taken the Spurs so seriously this season.

failed to reach the Western Conference finals last season, although it was not a loss in the end, at least it dragged the opponent Jazz into the water, but Richard must have regrets in his heart!

And this season, if they want to make up for this regret, the Trail Blazers only need to pass the Spurs!

Judging from the matchups in the last few games, Richard is still quite confident in eliminating Spurs, not to mention 100% certainty, at least 70% certainty!

After eliminating the Spurs, the Trail Blazers will enter the Western Conference finals again after six years!

Richard also fulfilled his promise to Paul Allen......

With the momentum of the Trail Blazers so strong this season, the Western Conference will definitely not be Richard's ultimate goal, Richard's ultimate goal this season is to reach the Finals and wrestle with Jordan!

Traveling to the current era, if he didn't face the Bulls dynasty led by Jordan in the finals, it is estimated that Richard will regret it for a lifetime.

And to make it to the Finals, Richard must lead his team to victory over one of three teams: the Lakers, Jazz or SuperSonics in the Western Conference Finals!

All three teams are not that easy to deal with!

Richard is most sure of the supersound, if the supersonic can advance to the Western finals, then Richard is estimated to be able to wake up with a smile in his dreams, mainly after the supersonic camp left, he changed to a big forward Wenbeck......

Even if Glove Payton can blow Kobe Bryant into slag, Richard is confident that he will lead the team to eliminate the SuperSonics.

As for the Jazz or the Lakers, Richard is also confident that he can take it out, but the certainty is certainly not as great as that of the supersonics......