It's mid-August, and with only a month and a half left before the start of the new season, Richard is starting to get busy.

The most satisfying thing about Richard in the new season is that the Spurs did not have much gain in the draft, which means that the overall strength of the Spurs in the new season will not be too much improved.

The Spurs' GDP status continues to decline, and the strength of the three newcomers may improve, basically the overall strength should be at a level that does not rise or fall.

And Richard's Clippers, the strength of the new season will inevitably improve, and Richard has taken great pains to get so many players, which is not a decoration.

Only the question Cole asked before gave Richard a bit of a headache.

How should the starting line-up for the new season be arranged......

Under normal circumstances, Richard should have started Gobert, Chase Green, Leonard, Thompson and Rondo, with the rest of the players on the bench.

But Richard felt that letting Brother Alphabet play as a substitute was really a bit of a tyrannical thing.

This is a proper MVP-level supergiant, except for the basket, there is nothing wrong with other aspects, and Richard also thinks that Brother Alphabet can quickly improve and become the core pillar of the Clippers.

can start five, Richard really doesn't know who to replace.

It's not that Brother Alphabet can't play inside and replace Gobert's position, but if he does this, the ghost knows whether Brother Alphabet can still play the kind of MVP-level performance in the future, and maybe he will be used by Richard......

Replacing Egg Chase Green to play the No. 4 position is not a good choice.

The all-around ability of chasing eggs and Green is quite important to the Clippers, and the letter brother on the bench can still play a role, and Green on the bench is really useless.

Players like Green are strong when they are strong and weak when they are weak, and this is not about the strength of the opponent, but the strength of their teammates.

With strong teammates around him, Green can play an unparalleled role, but if he is surrounded by weak chickens, then Green's role is estimated to be good for seven achievements.

The Clippers' bench is not a weak chicken, but there is definitely still a gap compared to the starting lineup.

As for the second and third positions, with Leonard and Thompson, these two are now in their third season, and they are much stronger than Brother Alphabet in terms of strength.

The only thing that is possible is the No. 1 position, but now that there is Rondo in the No. 1 position, it is really inappropriate to let Rondo play as a substitute for Brother Alphabet.

I guess Rondo is going crazy......

An All-Star point guard to a rookie off the bench? I can't stand it anymore.

"Forget it, take one step at a time, and let Brother Alphabet play as a substitute first." Richard said with a wry smile.

There are three rookie players in the team this year, and Richard did not let these rookies idle during the training camp, and assigned tasks to them.

McCollum, Richard asked him to learn playmaking skills from Rondo, and by the way, he could improve his ball control.

It's not that Richard will really let McCollum play the No. 1 position, maybe after the start of the new season, McCollum's role will be a two-way guard, if there is a point guard on the court, he will play point guard, if there is no point guard on the court, he will play point guard.

Therefore, there must be nothing wrong with practicing more ball control ability and organizational ability.

Under normal circumstances, in fact, McCollum also studied with Nash for a short time, and the effect is quite good.

Gobert's point, Richard doesn't have to worry much, he has a historical blue-collar like Big Ben to train Gobert, which is expected to definitely make Gobert adapt to the rhythm of the NBA in the short term.

As for Brother Alphabet, he was arranged by Richard to train projection, and the most urgent thing for Brother Alphabet at the moment is to practice baskets.

Only when the basket is practiced can he get more playing time.

……

At the beginning of the hot summer training camp, the players trained very hard, and they also knew very well that they would not work if they did not work hard, in Richard's team, there was never a shortage of geniuses, everyone is a genius, now it depends on who works harder and can realize their talent more.

……

On October 1, the preseason schedule began, and the Clippers directly played a winning record.

Of course, winning all of the preseasons doesn't mean much, after all, the Clippers are facing some fishy teams.

This new season, Richard has no interest in the regular season record, and he is not interested in various honors, and the only thing he is interested in is the championship.

In the opening game of the regular season, the Clippers faced an old acquaintance, the Portland Trail Blazers.

There's nothing wrong with scheduling that way, as last season the two teams were first in the West and the other was second in the West.

The starters of both sides began to appear, and Richard watched the game intently.

What he is most worried about now is Gobert's point, and the Clippers have no disadvantage against the Trail Blazers in other positions on the court, but the Trail Blazer Oden's point is estimated to beat Gobert's new melon egg......

Oden is now basically the league's No. 1 center, and with Howard and Yao Ming's form declining, no one will doubt Oden's status as the league's No. 1 center.

And Gobert is just a rookie, so it's no wonder that he wasn't beaten by Auden.

……

Sure enough, in the opening jump ball, Oden showed a much better jumping ability than Gobert.

Gobert's bounce is not even as good as Adams, how can it be compared to Oden.

McMillan must have also set up a strategy to focus on the inside.

If Horford is still around, he can't kill Oden, but at least he can play some restraining role for Oden.

And now that the Clippers don't have Horford, there is only a rookie Gobert, and it's strange that McMillan doesn't play inside, how could he miss such a good opportunity.

As soon as the game started, Oden caught the ball under the basket and hit Gobert directly with a tough back.

Gobert's tonnage was too bad, and the whole person was topped by O's like a small wrecked ship in a storm, and there were signs of capsizing at any time.

This is not the end, after scoring this ball, Oden received the ball under the basket again and continued to force Gobert.

Richard frowned, this is really bitter for Gobert, his career regular season debut, and he ran into a monster like Oden, which is really a bit miserable.

If you continue to play this, it is estimated that this game will directly collapse Gobert.

In desperation, Richard replaced himself with a big book.

When Oden was off, Richard brought Gobert back on.

By the end of the game, the Clippers had narrowly won by just three points.

Leonard chipped in 28 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, while Thompson added 32 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist......

When the two scored 60 points together, they only won the Trail Blazers' three-point difference, which shows how powerful Oden is in this game.

With 37 points, 21 rebounds and 4 blocks, he is definitely qualified to be the league's No. 1 center.