"I'm going to make a deal with you Spurs!"

"My offer is Clifford Robinson plus Sabonis!"

Before Hill came to his senses, Richard had already stated his purpose straight to the point!

Hill is in a kind of husky mood right now, what the hell is this?!

Even if you want to trade, it won't be so straightforward, isn't the normal process that the team's assistant coach submits an offer, and then the two sides negotiate slowly?!

Look at Richard's posture and attitude, where it looks like a trade, more like a robbery!

"Well, Coach Lee, we have Elliott and David Robinson on the front line, it's useless to ask Clifford and Sabonis......"

Richard was stunned, this is ......

Clifford Robinson and Elliott overlapped, and Sabonis and Admiral overlapped......

Originally, Richard also wanted to add Ryder to the bargaining chips, and he could do whatever it took for Duncan!

But with the Spurs coming up with Wilkins, Ryder wouldn't be of much appeal to them either!

"No, I said Coach Lee, which Spurs player do you want?"

Hill looked blinded, and after talking for a long time, Richard didn't say which player to play the Spurs......

"I don't want players, I want your first-round picks next year!"

Richard couldn't wait to say what he wanted......

The situation he envisioned was that Hill smiled slightly and said, "Ah, that's it, it's a small thing, just give us some money, or give us your Robinson, everything is easy to say......"

But Richard's perfect scenario didn't happen......

Bob Hill on the other end of the phone said in a strange tone: "Coach Lee, uh, haven't you noticed that our Spurs' first-round pick this year has been sold......

"It's not that I don't want to trade, the chips you gave are quite generous, but we can't trade!"

Richard was stunned, the Spurs have no first-round picks this season?!

Damn it!

Damn Staupin!

Richard was furious and rushed to Tianlinggai, he couldn't wait to smash the phone in his hand, and he couldn't help but catch Shi Taiping and scolded him one hundred and eighty times!

This Stepping is none other than Knights owner Ted Stepping in the 80s, who sold the team's future draft picks after a commotion, but he didn't get a decent player......

It makes the Lakers the only team in NBA history to win both the championship and the top pick, which is simply beautiful!

The direct result is that the Cavaliers have a miserable record and suffer serious losses!

The league had to force Stepping to sell the team, and if he continued to play like this, the Cavaliers team would be completely ruined......

Later, in order to prevent the appearance of a fool like Steoping, the alliance introduced the Stauping rule!

Put simply, the rule is that teams can't sell first-round picks for two years in a row......

In this upcoming draft, the Spurs don't have a first-round pick for one reason, and that's that they're sold!

Because of Staupin's rule, even if they wanted to sell the first-round pick to Richard next year, it would be impossible!

This is the reason why Richard angrily scolded Steupin for damning!

Because of Steoping, Richard's dream was directly shattered!

That's Duncan!

The entire nineties, and even another twenty years, is the best cornerstone of team building!

Best!

Not one of them!

But now such a cornerstone of the best team building was destroyed by the idiot Shi Taiping......

It's strange that Richard jumped his feet in anger!

In a fit of rage, Richard forced himself to calm down, anger would not solve anything, and it was absolutely impossible for him to give up Duncan just like that......

Any coach who crosses over will never miss the opportunity to coach Duncan!

After calming down, Richard's thinking became clear, and Steipping's rule is not mandatory, and it is not mandatory to sell the team's first-round draft picks for two consecutive years!

There is a situation where selling first-round picks for two years in a row is allowed!

That is, the Spurs buy a first-round pick from another team, so that they can sell their first-round pick next year if they have two first-round picks in their hands!

Therefore, Stepin's rule should be precise, it should be that the team cannot participate in the first-round draft for two consecutive seasons!

Thinking of this, Richard was immediately impatient and excited, and called Bob Hill again!

When Hill heard that Richard had offered them a first-round pick, he was dumbfounded......

What kind of operation is this?!

Isn't that weird......

Fools know that the Spurs will definitely have a good record next year, and there is no problem at all in making the playoffs, and their first-round pick is not of much value......

However, the chips provided by Richard are very rich, and the value is far more than the Spurs' first-round pick!

In this case, Bob Hill had to suspect Richard's intentions, because Richard was so weird......

It seems to be on the pole to send warmth to the spurs!

……

"That's it, I'm sure I can't make up my mind about this matter, I'll report to our general manager Greg first, and if there is any news, I will reply to you as soon as possible!" Hill naturally can't just promise Richard, the real power of the Spurs is general manager Popovich!

……

After hanging up, Carlisle asked what was going on......

Richard told Carlisle his thoughts, of course, and he didn't directly say that under normal circumstances, the Spurs would be the top signing team next season!

He just said that the Spurs would have a high draft pick next year......

Carlisle was confused......

"Lee, this can't be...... The Spurs are in the current situation, they can't have a high draft pick! ”

"The only thing that could happen was if they messed up this season, although it's almost unlikely...... But that's the only way they can get a high pick! ”

"But if you trade with them, then they can't be bad, then it's not for you to mess up, get a high draft pick for you!"

Carlisle said with a smile in his eyes......

Richard was even more dumbfounded, he had just finished scolding Steoping, and now he wanted to scold himself......

Duncan blinded himself!

I had been thinking about what a spectacular scene it would be when I got Duncan last night, but I ignored what Carlisle said.

If the Spurs really give themselves their first-round pick, they probably won't be in a mess, even if David Robinson is injured, but they still get one or two big players from the Trail Blazers, they will still make the playoffs!

It's a dog......

Duncan's temptation was so great that Richard was a little crazy.

For a moment, Richard realized that he couldn't get Duncan, and the feeling was as uncomfortable as eating a ton of dead flies......

……

Three days later, San Antonio, Spurs general manager's office!

"Larry, what do you think Lee is up to?"

"It's so weird, to be honest, I'm so excited......"

Popovich was calling Larry Brown.

Popovich and Larry Brown are old friends, known for more than ten years, Popovich worked as an assistant coach for Larry Brown at the University of Kansas in the NCAA, and later when Larry Brown coached the Spurs, he brought Popovich as an assistant coach......

It's that Richard was able to scold Larry Brown for his incompetence before, and brought the Spurs to the second-to-last record in the league, with only 21 wins in the whole season......

If you want to say that the Spurs lineup that season is not good, it is really not that the team has Elvin Robertson who is in his prime, that is, the only Elvin Robertson in NBA history to win a quadruple-double in steals......

No matter how you look at it, you won't be able to play such a scummy record.

Later, Popovich took the position of general manager of the Spurs and invited Larry Brown back to coach the Spurs......

Larry Brown, no matter how thick-skinned he is, will definitely be embarrassed to go back, although he has only been with the Spurs for one season, but this season is his scar......

……

Even if the two play for different teams, after all, they have been friends here for more than ten years, so Popovich will often contact Larry Brown......

Especially with Richard's strange behavior right now, Popovich naturally wants to find someone who knows Richard as a staff officer!

Looking at the entire league, Richard has the most dealings with ......

Looks like it's Larry Brown!