And what makes Stern even more speechless now is that the mutual spraying between the two sides turned out to be an absolute advantage with Richard.

Originally, Stern also thought that with the qualifications of Zen master Jackson, Richard went to spray Jackson, which was purely an act of looking for death......

But now it seems that Richard is not dead, he is still alive and well.

Not only is he alive and well, but his opponent, the Zen master Jackson, is going to be angry to death right now.

Bryant directly missed the two-day team training camp......

If it were someone else, the Zen master would have made this player roll up overnight and get out!

Can Kobe?! He couldn't do that!

Although he hasn't been with Kobe for a long time, he knows Kobe Bryant's personality quite well......

If Jordan doesn't participate in the training camp, will the Zen master say anything? Definitely not......

Not to mention Jordan, even if Rodman or Pippen didn't participate in the training camp, he wouldn't say anything.

In the eyes of Zen master Jackson, Kobe Bryant's temperament is even more paranoid than Jordan's.

There is no doubt that if he shows even the slightest dissatisfaction with Kobe, then Kobe may completely tear his face with him!

Who is Kobe?!

The youngest regular season MVP in NBA history and the second youngest Finals MVP, will he take into account the feelings of Zen master Jackson? Totally impossible!

The current Kobe Bryant is already "crazy" and boundless......

The Zen master understands too well the importance of Kobe Bryant to this Lakers!

If there is Kobe, as long as the Trail Blazers' shark-cutting tactics can't work, then the Lakers really have the strength to go head-to-head with the Trail Blazers!

Without considering the shark slashing tactics, the two sides played normally, and the Zen master felt that the Lakers had a 60% chance of winning the Trail Blazers!

Once the Lakers play a little bit overperforming, then the Trail Blazers have absolutely no chance of winning!

No one knows where the Zen master's honey confidence comes from!

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What made Stern even more dumbfounded was that a week later, in the game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Rockets, the two sides fought solidly.

Or to be precise, the Philadelphia Twins beat Pippen solidly......

What made countless fans dumbfounded was that after this clash, no one on the Rockets' side went to help Pippen, allowing Pippen to be locked in his throat, and then he was hit by Iverson with an uppercut, and his nose was blue and his face was swollen.

The Philadelphia 76ers now have the second-highest record in the East, behind the Pacers, who are first in the East.

At the moment, the Philadelphia twin stars are already the most important stars in the league.

Kobe Bryant is currently the league's No. 1 quarterback, but Iverson is not an exaggeration to say that he is the No. 1 guard in the East.

As for Dazhi, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the alliance takes a lot of care of him......

So even if Pippen was beaten, the Philadelphia Twins were not punished so badly, but they were both banned for two games.

Pippen called a chill......

One is the attitude of the heart-chilling alliance, he, a six-crown boss, the league is not partial to him at all!

He was beaten up by those two demonic boys, and the league only punished a mere two bans!

The second is the attitude of the Rockets teammates......

Olajuwon wasn't there, Ross Barkley and Francis were there, but they were just watching the fun.

But there is no way to do it, he signed a very lucrative contract with the rocket, and he can't make any money......

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In the blink of an eye, the clock ticked into the end of March.

What everyone didn't expect was that in this year's NCAA National Championships, Purdue University, which has won five consecutive championships, is the last to reach the quarterfinals!

This made countless fans collapse, they originally thought that Purdue University could break the UCLA record, but now it seems that there is no play!

When Richard received the news, he also sighed.

I really can't help it, and the last two years have been bad luck at Purdue University......

In two years, there have been ten players entering the NBA, but the lineup of these two Golden Arches All-Star Games is shabby......

At least in Richard's opinion, it was quite shabby, and in the end, it only added three slightly more reliable players to Purdue.

Prince Prince, Mike Miller, and Jason Richardson.

Even if these three people are reliable, their strength is actually far inferior to their seniors, and the three of them joined forces to stop in the quarterfinals, and this result was actually predicted by Richard.

And Richard feels that if Purdue University wants to win the championship next season, it will actually be difficult, because this year's Golden Arches All-Star list has been released, and Richard has only found two powerful players.

One is Elvis Presley Gerald Wallace......

The other is Zach Randolph......

Among them, Randolph himself is a high school student in Indiana, and he has a considerable probability that he will choose Purdue University, as for Elvis Presley, he is not sure.

If Elvis Presley joins, then in the case of Mike Miller's entry into the NBA next year, Purdue's strength will be improved a little, and there will be a chance to hit the championship!

But if Elvis Presley doesn't join, Purdue's strength will be limited, and if you're lucky, you may win the championship, and if you're unlucky, you might stop in the quarterfinals like this year!

Richard was quite helpless......

He has a feeling that the number of NBA stars seems to be Wang Erxiao's New Year, and every year is not as good as a year......

In fact, Richard's feeling is not wrong at all, in the years to come, that is, in 03, there are a lot of stars.

But in fact, if you calculate carefully, in fact, the number of stars in 03 is really not as many as in 96, 98 and 99.

That is, the high point of quality.

……

With the decrease in the number of stars produced in the future, it is actually not easy for Richard to save up a terrifying lineup like the Trail Blazers.

……

The March schedule is completely over, and the Trail Blazers' current record is still in second place in the West, not surpassing the Lakers.

The main thing is that Richard has been looking for opportunities to develop new players, and many games would rather lose the game, and will also let the new players play for a while longer.

Winning or losing regular season games is not Richard's main concern at the moment.

What he thinks about is how he can improve the team's overall strength before the playoffs start.

In February and March, Richard also tried to start a new round of god-making missions, but it didn't succeed.

Mainly the remaining newcomers, their strength is still slightly weak, and it is quite difficult to want three people to score 20 points at the same time.

In this case, Richard did not force it.

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By the end of the regular season in April, the playoffs that fans had been waiting for had finally arrived.

After a full season, the Trail Blazers' lineup this season has given fans countless surprises, but there are also some disappointments......

For example, Maddy, who Richard traded from the Raptors, will definitely be better this season than last season with the Raptors.

But the problem is that countless fans originally thought that Richard introduced Maddie to think that Maddy would take over Kobe's team......

As a result, after a season, Maddie averaged 14.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, although it is already quite good, but it is definitely unrealistic to say that this data can take Kobe's class.

On the contrary, it was Ginobili who made the fans quite fine, and the South American rookie that Richard got in the second round played a performance far beyond the draft pick this season!

This is definitely a huge surprise, because if you look at the performance on the court, it is not too much to say that Ginobili is the white version of Kobe......

As for Artest, although the data this season is really not very good, with an average of only 6 points and 3 rebounds per game, the key is that this guy has a tough defense, averaging 1.5 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.

Almost completely replacing Bowen's role in the team last season, as long as the opponent has a knife type player in the team, then Richard will definitely put Artest on the field.

Even because Artest is rough enough and strong enough, the effect is better than Bowen when defending some stunned young guards.

As for Nowitzki and Harrington, they are almost the biggest surprises of the season for the Trail Blazers.

Nowitzki has averaged 20 points per game this season and has grown into the Trail Blazers' No. 2 scorer.

The No. 1 scorer is naturally Xiao Ao, who averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds per game this season!

As for Harrington, he averaged 16.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game this season, which is quite gorgeous!

The entire Trail Blazers have seven players scoring in double figures!

Ow, Nowitzki, Robinson, Harrington, Maddy, Ginobili and Mobley.

Many fans looked at the technical statistics of the Trail Blazers after the season and wondered......

Good guys, how come so many Trail Blazers players are averaging double-doubles in points per game?! Seven people!

Two of them are averaging 20+ points per game......

It seems that the average points per game of these seven people combined far exceeds the average points per game of the Trail Blazers this season!

It's really weird......

In fact, fans can figure out the reason if they think about it carefully.

The main reason is that Richard has used rotation tactics this season, and many players are often put into the rotation list.

Xiao O, for example, has only played 59 games this season......

In the game where he did not play, it is natural that other players will be able to score more points, and Xiao Ao's average points per game will not be affected.

Even Nowitzki, who has gradually stabilized this season, has been rested by Richard for more than a dozen games.

……

In addition to these seven players scoring in double figures, the rest of Big Ben and Artest both focused on the defensive end, and neither of them scored in double figures.

Artest is averaging six points per game, and Big Ben is even worse off, averaging just 4.6 points per game......

Everyone knows that Big Ben's free throws are good now, and no one must have used shark slashing tactics against him, plus Big Ben rarely shoots, and he has no ability to make others foul, so the average points per game are naturally pitiful.

But no one cares how many points Big Ben scored in the game......

There are three remaining who have not scored in double figures: Kirilenko, Lewis and Curry Sr.

The elder Curry is now almost completely in a state of retirement, usually appearing on the team's training ground, pointing out the three points of the newcomers, rarely playing, and has only played about 20 games this season, with an average playing time of less than ten minutes per game.

For this situation, the old Curry is quite acceptable......

He also knows very well that the current Trailblazers are full of talent, and a veteran like himself who has no potential at all really has no need to compete for the appearance time of newcomers.

As for Kirilenko, he is not a player who is good at offense, although Richard has been vigorously cultivated this season, he still only averages 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game.

The performance is actually good, but it is certainly not the top data......

As for Lewis, the air is still generally not present.

Now that Richard has made up his mind to start training Lewis next season, let this kid endure some loneliness this season.

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The regular season is completely over, and the playoff roster is hot.

On the Western side, it is good to say, except for the Trail Blazers who did not get the top spot in the record standings, which is unexpected, and the records of other teams can be guessed before the start of this season.

With Kobe Bryant joining, the Lakers are very strong at the moment, and this season they have a super record of 69 wins and 13 losses, almost reaching 70 wins!

Among them, there is a wave of 19 consecutive wins, if it weren't for the Spurs and being pitted by the shark tactics, the Lakers would have had a chance to win 20 consecutive wins this season!

The 20-game winning streak is nowhere near as good as the Trail Blazers' all-win record last season, but it's a remarkable achievement.

With the addition of Kobe, O'Neal's early statistics are still quite good, but with the end of the Christmas game, all teams have regained the shark slashing tactic.

Looking at the posture of the league, it is estimated that it is going to start restricting the cutting of sharks, and in this case, the head coaches of various teams also want to catch the trend and take O'Neal as a knife.

This directly led to a lot of ...... in O'Neal's stats

By the end of the season, O'Neal was averaging about 27 points and 13 rebounds per game, which was a bit smaller than at the beginning of the season.

But even so, O'Neal's statistic is the most amazing existence in the entire league.

In fact, compared with Kobe's average of about 30+5+5 per game, O'Neal's 27+13 data is not worse than Kobe.

Richard feels that Kobe Bryant wants to be the regular season MVP this year, and if nothing else, this year's regular season MVP may be won by O'Neal.

The main thing is that Kobe Bryant has already won the MVP last season, unless he has a huge breakthrough this season, otherwise, those reporters who voted are still more inclined to vote for the MVP for other players.

O'Neal is fully qualified to compete with Kobe Bryant for MVP!

In history, it is not common for regular season MVPs to be re-charged, and there are only a handful of players who have won MVP streaks in the entire NBA history.

Russell, Chamberlain, Big Bird Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Magic, Joe Gang Leader, LeBron James, Curry, Nash and Dun Dull ......

That's what Richard remembers of all the MVP streaks in the NBA's decades-long history.

Among them, Russell, Chamberlain and Big Bird are more powerful, and all three of them are regular season MVPs three times in a row!

In the entire history of the NBA, these three have achieved three consecutive regular-season MVPs.

Others are up to two consecutive deals......

The point is that the regular season MVP is not shared by two people, and it is not as entertaining as the All-Star MVP, and the two can win the MVP together.

Otherwise, in fact, it is still possible for Kobe Bryant and O'Neal to share the MVP this year.

……

As for the Trail Blazers, who are second in the West, they will definitely not be able to get their hands on the regular season MVP this year, first, the record is not as good as the Lakers, and the second is Xiaoao, who has the best data in the team, with an average of 23+11 per game, far inferior to Kobe and O'Neal......

So in any case, this regular season MVP is unlikely to fall into the hands of the Trail Blazers.

Since there is no drama at all, Richard simply doesn't care about it.

In fact, not only the regular season MVP, but also many of the honors won by the Trail Blazers last season are untouchable this year.

If nothing else, Richard will definitely not win this year's best manager.

The main reason is that the Trail Blazers have definitely declined this season compared to last season, with a 59-23 record, which is still a big gap from the Lakers.

Of course, Zen master Jackson will definitely not get this award.

Not only Zen masters, but also well-known coaches in the West, such as Popovich and Sloan, they will definitely not be able to get them.

Most likely to be picked up by the Eastern coaches......

What Richard didn't expect was that the Jazz may have been stimulated by Richard to go crazy after the All-Star break, and finally rushed to the third place in the West.

They have won 55 games this season.

As for the Spurs, they are 53 wins, which is fourth in the West......

The Spurs have rested David Robinson for quite a few games this season, resulting in their regular season record not being outstanding.

But even so, no one dares to underestimate the Spurs!

As for the bottom half of the Western Conference playoffs, there are four teams: the Suns, Timberwolves, SuperSonics and Kings.

After Danny Ainge was fired, the Suns' record soared again, and rookie head coach Scott Skels still has two brushes.

Coincidentally, this Skels can actually be considered a fellow Richard......

In his first game against the Trail Blazers after taking office, he renewed his friendship with Richard, a native of Indiana, who is naturally no stranger to Purdue.

What's more embarrassing is that he is actually from Michigan State University, Purdue's sworn enemy team.

But neither of them mentioned it in their small talk......

As for the Timberwolves, they made the playoffs this season, and no one is surprised, the Timberwolves have gradually gained momentum, and after several waves of trade operations, their roster has become quite reasonable.

Maybe let these players grow up for another year or two, and their young team will rise like the Trail Blazers!

Well, rising like the Trailblazers, unlikely......

The SuperSonics have always been a veteran powerhouse in the West, and although they are now degenerate, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the team still has a supergiant star like a glove, and it is no surprise that they have made the playoffs.

The Kings, led by Adelman, finally got a taste of the playoffs......

……

Overall, the results of the West side are not unexpected, and they are generally in the predictions of the fans.

On the contrary, the record ranking of the eastern side is a bit ghostly......

The Pacers are first in the East with 56 wins, the Philadelphia 76ers are second in the East with 53 wins, the Green Kai is third in the East with 52 wins, and the Heat are fourth in the East with 51 wins!

The team of Green Kai suddenly came out of the group of fish belly, which made countless people's jaws drop!

The key is that they are not the kind of person who kills step by step, but suddenly their results are bursting.

The original Green Kai has always been the top three in the west, but suddenly the record skyrocketed to the top three in the east, such a record improvement is absolutely terrifying!

There is no doubt that the possibility of Pitino winning the best coach this year is still quite high!

……

At the beginning of the transaction between Green Kai and the Eagles, many people still felt that Green Kai had lost a lot!

But now they can't say this kind of thing, the effect of this deal is so good that it explodes, and Green Kai flew directly in waves!

The four teams in the bottom half of the East are the Bulls, Hornets, Raptors and Bucks!

The Bulls are another team with soaring records!

They had the lowest record in the league last season, but this season they brought in Rashid and Brand to return to the Eastern Conference playoffs.

As for the Raptors, it is even more shocking!

The team, which has not been in the league for a long time, has made the playoffs for the first time in team history......

Relying on the excellent performance of Carter and Martial Saint Jackson, this team is still quite competitive at the moment.

The only weakness is the inside line, they lack decent inside players, which restricts the possibility of their record going further!

……

The Grizzlies looked so angry that they said they would be fish belly together, but the Raptors sneaked into the playoffs.

This season the Grizzlies can only be described as unlucky, with Raheem injured a third of the schedule, causing them to play extremely hard.

If it weren't for Raheem's injury, the Grizzlies would have had a chance to make the Western Conference playoffs this season.

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The Trail Blazers will kick off their first round of the playoffs on the evening of April 17.

The opponent is the supersonics, who are seventh in the West.

After playing the SuperSonics, if nothing else, the Trail Blazers will face the old enemy Jazz in the second round.

Then meet the Spurs or the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals!

As long as you can win the Western Conference Finals, then the championship will be secure......

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May 17 at seven o'clock in the evening, the home team dressing room in the Rose Garden.

In front of Richard stood a nervous Maddie......

With an hour to go before the start of the game, Maddie was suddenly called out to by Richard.

Maddie is nervous right now, and she doesn't know what Richard wants to say to herself......

"Young man, how was your season with the Trail Blazers?" Richard asked with a smile.

Maddie was stunned, what the hell is this.

"Good......" Maddie replied with a smile.

It's really good for him to stay with the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers have a good locker room atmosphere, and he has more opportunities to play than he did with the Raptors, so he certainly won't be unhappy.

But that's certainly not what he wants, he's trying to be a core player in the Trail Blazers' backcourt.

But now, although he is still a starter, but in terms of the core, he feels that Ginobili on the bench is more like the backcourt core of the Trail Blazers.

……

Maddie doesn't know how she feels now, and she still likes the Trailblazers, but when it comes to working for the Trailblazers, it's not enough.