In Richard's view, Hayes and Big Ben are almost the same type of players.

But there must be a reason why Hayes can't be the big book.

The reason for this is simple, Hayes is not good at bouncing......

If Hayes can have the bouncing ability of Big Ben, I'm afraid he'll be another rebounding monster.

Richard didn't expect too much either, and he couldn't expect all the players he coached to be perfect.

……

Seeing that Richard had another bumper harvest in this year's draft, all teams sighed deeply.

It's really more human than human, and it's infuriating.

Roy and Rondo's performance, although not as impressive as Millsap, is also quite good, at least not worse than the high-pick rookies of the same class.

And Roy and Rondo are doing well, which can be said to be reasonable, and Millsap and Hayes are doing well, which is unacceptable.

A salted fish player in the middle of the second round, a draft pick, can play such data under Richard's hands, which really makes the teams red-eyed.

Popovich also noticed the four players that the Pirates brought in this year, and couldn't help but sigh.

He sighed because the Spurs will definitely have another incredibly strong opponent in the East this year.

He and Richard are old rivals, and the two have faced each other many times in the playoffs in the past decade or so, but Popovich has yet to win once.

He knew very well that if he wanted to defeat Richard, this year would be the best chance, otherwise no one would be the opponent of this pirate team when the new pirate team matured.

Gabajosa, whom Richard recommended, was quite satisfied with Popovich after getting it.

The Spurs are a team player, and European players are good at this, so they won Popovich's favor as soon as they joined the team, and they directly got a lot of playing time in the preseason and played quite well, averaging 11 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Gabajosa's power forward position seems to conflict with Duncan, but in fact, Duncan is a center wearing a power forward coat, and the two can coexist.

For this season, Popovich is full of expectations, and the team is strong, and it is the best time to win the championship.

……

Before the start of the regular season, Jordan, the owner, also held a mobilization meeting to gather all the players and coaching staff of the team, and Jordan gave a quite inspiring speech to everyone.

I have to say that Jordan is still quite good at boosting morale.

Even Richard listened with enthusiasm, as if their Pirate team would win the championship tomorrow night......

……

On October 17, the Pirates' regular season opener was finally here.

According to the bet, Paul will play the starting point guard position in the next month.

To be fair, both players started at 35 minutes.

The league's opponent for the Pirates is the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Bucks still owe Richard a draft pick, and no matter what pick they end up with this season, they will end up handing their first-round pick to Richard.

Richard is also just preparing to take the opportunity of this confrontation to have a good chat with Stouts and do some ideological work on Stottes.

The Bucks' record is naturally worse and better, so that Richard can get a higher draft pick.

In next year's draft, Richard wasn't satisfied with the Bucks' No. 6 pick, and wanted a top-two pick if he could.

That's where the Bucks come along.

It takes the Bucks to play as hard as they can......

"What? Lee, are you sure you're not kidding? After Stottes listened to Richard's words, the whole person was frightened and took a few steps back.

Richard just said that let the Bucks mess up this season?!

Did he Richard take the bucks for fools? What good can a buck swing do? The benefits were all for Richard......

Seeing Stottus's movement so loud, Richard was a little embarrassed.

"Ahem, Terry, man, don't get so excited, I'm just kidding." Richard said with a smile, trying to look as kind as he could......

"Well, Lee, you're really scary with that joke......" Stouts said, rolling his eyes.

Rotten? It's impossible to be bad, and their Bucks are going to work hard this season to finish in the top four in the East, and continue to work hard next season to win the championship!

"Joke, but seriously, if you don't see the right situation after a while, I'd recommend you to mess up, because I can give you some benefits." Richard said with a straight face.

Stottes frowned, how did he feel that Richard wasn't joking at all, he really wanted the Bucks to mess ......

Richard was absolutely insane.

By all accounts, Stotters feels that the Bucks are completely unlikely to be bad this season.

First of all, they have a full lineup and have plenty of confidence to finish in the top four in the East.

The second is that even if it is bad, it is not good, anyway, the draft pick is Richard's.

Now Richard said this, which made Stotters feel extremely strange.

As for the benefits that Richard said, Stotters knew what that was, and it was certainly a benefit in the draft.

It's no secret that Richard often uses such lists as bargaining chips in the league.

A gloom rose over Stottes, and he always felt that Richard was hinting at something.

Could it be that Richard saw that their Bucks didn't have much to do today?

This puts Stotters under pressure......

If he doesn't make any progress this year, his Stotters' Bucks coaching career will be completely over.

Normally, Stotters was fired halfway through the season.

The reason is, of course, that the team's record does not meet the expectations of the team management......

The team has a white Duncan and a golden left hand, and as a result, you have a record that is at the bottom of the East, how can you not be killed.

Seeing Stottes' frightened face turn pale, Richard patted Stottes on the shoulder in embarrassment.

"Man, I just said a possibility, don't think too much about it......"

"Besides, even if the situation I said does occur, you don't have to worry, you can tell the Bucks management directly, I will help you in the draft, so that they don't have any bad intentions."

Richard smiled as he thought he was sunny......

Unexpectedly, his sunny smile made Stottes' scalp tingle.

Good guy, he said it was a joke, and he even thought about his own end.

"Don't talk about it, let's talk about it in a few days." Stouts didn't want to talk to Richard anymore, his scalp was numb and his back was sweating.