On October 15, the Buccaneers' six preseason games were over.

In these six preseason games, Chris Paul's performance can be called truly amazing.

In about 35 minutes per game, he was able to score 21 points, 5.5 rebounds, 11.5 assists and 2.5 steals.

Although the preseason statistics are not golden, such a statistic is enough to show Paul's strength.

This time Richard chose Paul, and he must have made a fortune again.

Compared with Paul, although the performance of the champion Bogut and the top star Marvin Williams is okay, they must not be able to catch up with Paul's level.

In addition to Paul, Granger is also a surprise, averaging 30 minutes per game, he can get 14.5 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

The key is that the style of play is elegant, the offensive end is extremely flowy, and the defensive end is quite clean.

If you really want to find a character to match Granger in the basketball comic "Slam Dunk", Richard will definitely be an excellent choice for Rukawa Kaede.

Gortat's playing time is less, but he also has about 20 minutes of playing time in the preseason stage, and he can get 7+6 data, which is remarkable, not particularly amazing, but considering his status as a second-round show, such data is already quite good.

Richard once again proved his vision, and the three players he won can be said to be the best in the same class.

There's no doubt that Chris Paul is the best player in his class.

Granger is the best small forward in his rookie class, and there is no doubt about this as it stands.

Gortat is the second-best center in the rookie class, and the number of center players in this year's draft itself is small, and Gortat is worse than Bogut at the moment.

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With the addition of these three people, the Pirates lineup has basically no shortcomings.

In six preseason games, the Buccaneers have won four of them, which is quite pleasing to the Pirates fans.

It seems that Jordan is not bragging, and this year's Pirates team is still quite worth looking forward to.

The four outstanding newcomers in the original line-up, Iguodala, Milicic, Vallejo and Ariza.

The performance in the pre-season section can obviously feel a lot more mature than last season.

Iguodala is a pragmatist, and the name sounds a bit abstract, but to put it bluntly, he just doesn't like to mess with things that are out of his mind.

His style of play, like his character, is quite pragmatic, and there is no connection to the word flamboyant.

However, the more unpretentious the style of play, the more terrifying it is on the court.

There is a saying among Warriors fans in later generations, look at Curry in good times, Tang Shen in adversity, and look at a brother in desperate situations.

Of course, the first brother mentioned here is the first brother before Durant didn't come to the Warriors......

Richard had a hunch that Iguodala might be his most trusted killer in the future.

Vallejo's performance, of course, goes without saying, because it is a preseason game, so most of the time he plays against the rookie inside.

He gave these newcomers a lesson on the insider, which may leave psychological trauma on some of the newcomers' insider.

Ariza has been playing as a substitute now, and last season's poor timing has improved a lot this season, and she is already looking more and more like a qualified 3-and-D player.

The most surprising thing is Milicic, a player who once had a parallel trade list, who redeemed himself in the pre-season period.

In six games, two triple-doubles were recorded.

There's no doubt that if he can continue to be so efficient in the rest of the regular season, he'll definitely be one of the top rookies in the league.

The three pairs of the current era are not as worthless as those of later generations......

In later generations, basketball was faster-paced, and the offensive rounds of a game were sometimes one-third more than in this era, and there were more offensive and defensive rounds, so it was naturally more likely to get a triple-double.

This is also why the three pairs in later generations have become so sparse and ordinary.

And in this era, three pairs are quite rare.

The strongest triple-double player in the league today is undoubtedly Kidd.

But Kidd actually only had 108 triple-doubles in his career, and considering that Kidd played a total of 19 years in his career, it took him 108 times......

Even after the last few retirement seasons, Kidd's average triple-double in a season is only about eight.

This is already the king of the three pairs!

And everyone knows that the difficulty of an inside player to get a triple-double is much higher than that of an outside player.

In the preseason, Milicic played six games and ended up with two triple-doubles, which would have been a horrific number of triple-doubles in the regular season.

Of course, the regular season is definitely more confrontational than the preseason, and it is certainly unlikely that Milicic will get a triple-double at this one-third frequency.

But even with a little less frequency, Milicic should not have a problem getting ten triple-doubles in a season.

If he can really do this, he will completely get rid of the name of parallel import.

Now, not only Richard, but also Pirate fans are looking forward to Milicic's performance in the new season.

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On October 17, the Buccaneers finally had their first regular season game.

The opponent is the Sacramento Kings.

Speaking of which, the league has the Kings as the first opponent of the Buccaneers in the new season, which is actually quite odd.

The two teams are literally separated by 108,000 miles, and the Kings are located in Sacramento, California, on the westernmost side of the United States......

The city of Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Pirates are located, is located in the easternmost part of the United States.

Generally speaking, it is unlikely that the league will arrange such a schedule at the start of the season, and they will use the principle of proximity to let the team adapt to the rhythm of the game first.

Richard thought about it, and in the end he could only attribute the reason to the peculiarities of the Kings.

The king is indeed quite special, and this special has nothing to do with Richard.

They actually have four West Lafayette players in their squad!

At first glance, it doesn't seem like a big deal, but the number of West Lafayettes in the team that Richard has coached is much higher than that.

But the Kings are different, Richard has never coached them, they made up this lineup on their own.

Richard also did not expect that one day, in a certain team, Silafayette would occupy four of the starting positions!

The White Devils are Bibby, Artest, Brad Miller and Raheem.

It's exactly the same as the Kings lineup Richard remembers.

Under normal circumstances, Artest was sold to the king by the Pacers, but it was actually because of the Auburn Hills palace incident.

However, because of Richard's out-of-the-box appearance, the Auburn Hills Palace incident did not break out in the league last season, and at first glance it seems that the Pacers have no reason to trade Artest......

But what made Richard feel sorry for Artest was that although there was no Auburn Hills palace incident, Artest was reimbursed for the season after only playing seven games last season.

The Pacers may also be afraid that Artest will not be able to return to its previous state, so they sold it to the Kings for a low price.

This may be the fate of Artest, the fate of being destined to wander.

As for Brad Miller, he is a player that Kings head coach Adelman is looking for, and when he was with the Warriors, Adelman had not been able to fully exploit Miller's potential.

Now that there is a chance to coach Miller again, Adelman will not miss the opportunity.

Raheem suffered a lot of injuries in the first two seasons, and his form declined quite badly, and the Eagles had no choice but to sell him cheaply.

Adelman stepped in again and got him out of the hands of the Eagles.

Raheem and Bibby were teammates when they were previously with the Grizzlies, and now they are reunited at the Kings, and the two are still quite excited.

It's just that time has passed, and the current situation of the two is also embarrassing.

The young boy who was pinned on countless high hopes at the beginning is now gradually approaching the age of thirty.

Their careers have begun to decline, but they still have achieved nothing.