Chapter 7: The Locker Room Turmoil

The continuous loud noise had completely silenced the originally noisy locker room, so quiet that even a pin dropped on the ground would be heard.

Dave Cowens has been silent in the corner, as the head coach of the team, for the first half of the fiasco, Dave Cowens also felt nothing, he as usual, shrunk into the corner, and then completely ignored what the players would do at halftime, even if the first half was too far behind, he would not stand up and make any adjustments, because Dave Cowens felt that even adjustments were useless.

When he saw Richard angrily kicking the door in, Dave Cowens was stunned, he knew that it was all over!

Dave Cowens has only met Richard twice, the last time was in the president's office of the team, that time, although Richard questioned him, but the communication was still very harmonious, but now, when a sneering and angry Richard appeared in the locker room, Dave Cowens knew that this time he was really finished, and he was barely able to keep his job, but now it seems that he should not be able to keep it.

The players in the locker room were still talking about something just now, but now, seeing the star-like Richard, they also stopped talking, staring at their boss, and they were very uneasy, after all, after Richard became the owner of the Warriors, everyone was able to understand the ruthlessness, the purge of management, and the ongoing purge of old fritter players, which made them very uneasy.

Of course, it is not that there are no players who are dismissive of Richard, some people feel that their strength is not bad, even if Richard wants to start, he is not afraid, such as Kerry Blunt who has been very cool in recent games, so there was a strange scene in the locker room.

Head coach Dave Cowens was embarrassed and at a loss, and the members of the Warriors' coaching staff were similar, all with the same expressions, but the players were different, some of them hung their heads and didn't dare to look at Richard, while others stared at Richard, or turned their heads away, showing disdain for Richard.

Richard sneered, he walked slowly to the center of the locker room, swept a few stinging players, and then spoke: "Hello everyone, you seem to be very relaxed, huh?" The first half must have been a good game, right? How many points are you ahead of your opponent? Richard had a sneer on his face, anyone could hear that this opening remark was laughing at them!

"Dave, I remember we were playing against the worst team in the league today, right? So how many points are we ahead of our opponents? Then Richard suddenly shouted Dave Cowens, and Dave Cowens trembled and secretly screamed that it was not good.

"This ...... This ......" Dave Cowens was speechless, in fact he didn't know what he was supposed to say!

"Trailing the league's worst team by 20 points at halftime! 20 points! Is this the game you played? Look at your running around the pitch! I'm so ashamed of you! I think the NCAA little ones are running, even those high school kids! They're all going to run more aggressively than you, right? After two quarters, did you sweat? Antoine, are you sweating? Larry Hughes, are you sweating? โ€

Richard named a few players who had been keeping their heads down, and in Richard's opinion, these people who kept their heads down were still saved.

"In the stands of the stadium, there are still fans cheering for you and cheering for you, I really feel sorry for our fans, even players like you, there are fans? Are you worthy? โ€

"Okay, maybe you'll think I'm just going to fight like this, the team is already like this anyway, haha! What a joke! Just fight like that? Do you still want your future? Eric (Dampier), you're a rookie in '96, right? Look at the rookies in the same year as you, Allen Iverson, who has been the league's leading scorer this year, and Kobe Bryant, a player with a lower pick than you, who has already won a championship with the Sharks! Don't you want a championship? โ€

"Antoine? Larry (Hughes)? Don't you all want a championship? Or do you think you're going to win the championship if you just mess around like that? โ€

Just when the wanted to retort, Richard suddenly shouted: "Impossible! Apparently impossible! There's never a shortage of talent in the NBA! An Antoine Jamison falls! And many more: Antoine Jamison stand up! โ€

There's never a shortage of talent in the NBA! Richard's words made Antoine Jamison realize himself at once, yes! The NBA has never lacked a genius, offensive power forwards like him, the NBA is even more numerous, not to mention phenomenal power forwards like Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, even if they are at the same level as him, there are also big forwards like Abdul Rahim, and for example, today's opponent, Elton Brand, obviously played better than him today!

If you continue to fight like this for a long time, what future do you have? Jamison couldn't help but ask himself, and after a while, he finally stopped lowering his head, but looked up at Richard, and his eyes suddenly became firm!

Richard was pleased with the performance of these young players, but a few self-righteous veterans did need to be rectified. Richard looked and saw the big man who had been pouting his headโ€”Cliffe Blunt.

"Maybe some people still think that I'm talking, and I can't threaten you at all, right? Kerry Blunt, I remember you were a rookie in '93, right? It's still the year of playing, and joining the Warriors this year averages 6 points and 8 rebounds per game, which is really good, but do you think you won't be afraid of anything? Richard sneered, and then continued: "I remember that your contract with the Warriors will expire in 3 years, and that contract is only a base salary contract, 4 million in 3 years, with your current data, 10 million in 3 years will not be too much, so what will happen if from now on, the Warriors ban you and then reject all transactions about you?" โ€

Richard glanced coldly at Kerry Blont, whose face had changed drastically, and then turned his head to Dave Cowens and said, "Dave, from now on, impose an indefinite intra-team ban on Cliff Blount and Adam Kiefer!" Adam Kiefer was another member of the Warriors who looked dismissive, and Richard kept an eye on him.

Richard dropped a sentence, and Clifford and Adam Kiefer were already cloudy and dark.

Richard didn't care about these thorns who didn't listen to discipline, and he didn't care about the head coach Dave Cowens, who was already incompetent, and turned around and left the locker room, which was already in chaos. In Richard's heart, Dave Cowens has been marked by him as giving up, and Richard has decided that when this game is over, let Chris Mullin announce it and let Dave Cowens go to class.

Originally, Richard was not ready to replace Dave Cowens, but now, Dave Cowens is too bad and incompetent, if the Warriors really want to play the rest of the game, Dave Cowens must be replaced, long pain is better than short pain, late change is better than early change, Lee realized that it was time for the Warriors to make a change, he had set three years to build the Warriors into a championship-level team, now think about it, it is really half a year that cannot be wasted.

In the second half of this season, even if he can't make the playoffs, Richard will start implementing his plan, he wants to develop a group of outstanding championship role players for the future Warriors!