At eight o'clock in the evening, the opening game of the new season of the Pirates began.

Speaking of which, not many Pirate fans are actually hopeful about this game, mainly because the Kings are too strong......

Although the Kings are completely inadequate compared to the peak Trail Blazers or the peak Pistons, this team has been a regular in the Western Conference playoffs since he played Adelman's coaching, and even won the top spot in the Western Conference record list.

Although the lineup has changed a lot in the past two years, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the fact that they have four mature West Lafayette players in the team is enough to show their toughness.

The Kings' starting lineup is starting to come in.

Center Brad Miller, power forward Raheem, the two on the front line are Peja and Artest, and finally there is a point guard White Devil Bibby.

Richard couldn't help but secretly stumble, this is a proper fucking all-star lineup......

All five of them have been selected as All-Stars, and if it weren't for the injuries of some of them, all of them would be in their prime, and they would really be able to win the championship.

For Adelman's ability to build a lineup, Richard couldn't help but secretly admire.

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The Pirates will start the season with Vallejo, Milicic, Iguodala, Granger and Chris Paul.

Although it is also an all-star level lineup, it is a little immature after all.

The King's Princeton system played a good effect at the beginning, and Miller, as the central axis on the court, completely liberated Bibby's offensive firepower.

With Miller as the team's playmaker, Bibby can make the most of his projection ability.

Besides, Miller has been in the league for so many years, and Vallejo's acting skills have no effect on him at all.

As soon as the result opened, the king pressed the pirates to fight.

In just three minutes of the opening game, the Kings had a five-point advantage.

Richard didn't rush to call a timeout, and he was quite acceptable to this backward situation.

Now, it depends on whether these new melons and eggs on the field can adjust the rhythm of the game by themselves.

If they play at the rhythm of the Kings, the Pirates will undoubtedly lose quite miserably in tonight's game.

Soon, Paul, the team's backcourt engine, did not use Richard to greet him, and took the initiative to start picking up speed.

This acceleration directly allowed the Pirates to play a good situation on the offensive end.

As the saying goes, the indiscriminate punch kills the master, and the orderly attack of the pirate team in the chaos gradually allows them to control the situation.

Especially the combination of rice cannons, the cooperation between these two people on the field can be described as superb.

Richard is unbelievable about this, under normal circumstances, Milicic and Chris Paul are completely incompatible.

Not to mention being teammates, the two of them have not had a few opportunities to play against each other, so naturally they can't get in touch with each other, and I feel that these two people are completely people from two worlds.

But now that Richard was brought together, the two immediately exerted incredible power.

Raheem was really devastated by injuries, and his athleticism, which he was originally proud of, has become his shortcoming.

If Richard remembers correctly, Adelman could let Rahim start playing more on the bench this season.

It was also from this season that Rahim was completely obsessed with everyone and retired completely after playing for a few years.

The young and strong Milicic has a great advantage over Rahim in terms of athleticism.

Rahim wanted to defend Milicic, but he was weak and his defense was almost useless in front of Milicic.

By the end of the first quarter, Milicic had already scored 8 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

You don't have to think about it to know that if nothing happens tonight, Milicic is expected to have a triple-double on the account.

Seeing Milicic's on-court performance, Richard not only thought of Jokic, but also thought of the Warriors' egg-chasing Green in the future.

Chase Green is the Warriors' frontcourt core, and Milicic is playing a similar role with the Buccaneers right now.

It's just that Milicic is much more deterrent on the offensive end than Chase Green.

Outside three-pointers, blocking and dismantling, second offense after grabbing the board, breaking through the ball, and the presence on the offensive end is quite sufficient.

Especially when it comes to breaking through the ball, although Green can also do this, his passing ability is far inferior to Milicic, Milicic's passing is like installing a guidance system, coupled with the height advantage, the vision is quite good, and he can always find the most suitable passing time and passing object.

Of course, in terms of defense, Milicic is definitely not as good as Eggchase Green at the moment, after all, Eggchase Green is DPOY-level.

However, Milicic is young, and with the continuous accumulation of experience and the continuous improvement of physical fitness, no one dares to say that he will not be able to reach the DPOY-level defensive level in the future.

Maybe in the future, Milicic will become a high-end version of Egg Chaser.

Normal Egg Chaser Green was originally called the top ten stars in the league by Cavaliers fans, and the high-end version can also be in the top five.

In the second quarter of the game, Milicic continued to perform furiously in the first quarter.

Adelman sighed and replaced Raheem with Bunch Wells on their bench.

Let Artest temporarily take the position of power forward......

Although Peja's height is enough to play as a power forward, defense is not his strength, and the effect of defending Milicic is definitely not at all comparable to the shorter Artest.

In fact, Artest is also a special player, he is a player who can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 4 position, and even some short No. 5 positions, he can easily play the position.

It's just that the team generally doesn't give Artest a chance to perform like this, and he is used to defend the opponent's offensive striker most of the time on the field.

For example, against the Lakers, then use Artest to defend Kobe.

For example, against Green Kai, it will be used to defend against Pierce......

Anyway, if the opponent is strong on the outside, Artest will defend him, which is the real defensive gate.

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With Artest's coming to follow the defense, Milicic's attack was naturally affected a little, at least if he wanted to score easily after blocking and dismantling, it would definitely be impossible.

However, Milicic directly changed his offensive strategy, began to rely on his height advantage, and projected from time to time, returning the playmaking core position to Collis Paul.

Richard nodded with satisfaction, this is Milicic's third season in the league.

For three seasons, the kid had been playing under his own hands, and Richard could clearly feel the kid's growth.

He is not Duncan's kind of player who is at the peak of his debut, but he can improve himself step by step.

Players like Duncan are naturally liked by every manager, but coaches also like players like Milicic who are constantly improving, because they can experience a sense of accomplishment from this kid.

After the position of the core of the organization was exchanged to Paul, Paul led the team to attack with maturity and stability far beyond his age.

The players produced by Wake Forest University seem to have this maturity far beyond their years.

Duncan, Paul and Josh Howard all showed maturity and stability in their rookie seasons.

Even the weaker bugs Boggs and Jeff Teague, thinking about their careers, are actually quite stable and low-key.