"Coach, how do you judge who has better stats? I'm afraid this kid will be a scoundrel then!" Paul asked curiously.

"You're a scoundrel, your whole family is a scoundrel, and there is no one who plays scoundrel in Silafayette!" Rondo snarled with his neck thick.

Richard slammed on the table, telling Rondo to be quiet.

"How about a point system, one point counts as one point, rebounds and assists count as two points, and steals and blocks count as five points?" Richard thought for a moment and came up with a set of scoring criteria that he was more satisfied with.

The steals and blocks can be worth five points, which naturally has Richard's reasoning.

Imagine a rarity of players who average 3 steals per game, or a rarity of players who average 15 points per game?

As for rebounds and assists, they count as two points, and they are generally based on the actual situation in the league.

Of course, it is impossible to be 100% error-free.

"Good!"

"Good!"

The two young men agreed in unison.

They all feel that Richard's judging criteria are extremely fair......

Rondo had his own killer weapon, and he felt the need to use it next.

And no matter what Paul thinks, he has no possibility of losing this bet at all.

Rondo doesn't have much offensive ability at all, at least he does in the NCAA.

In this way, at least score points, and Rondo can't catch up with himself.

Assist stats, how can Rondo catch up with himself?! He couldn't believe that Paul was killed.

Steals and blocks data, Paul is more confident, no matter how he says it, he has been in the league for a year, and he has more experience in this area than Rondo.

As for the rebounding data, Paul directly ignored it, everyone is a point guard, grab a gross rebound, pick up a few rebounds and it's over.

But he didn't expect that his opponent was actually a center in the coat of a point guard......

Richard found it quite interesting, and this bet was about a boring regular season schedule.

The regular season schedule is actually no longer of interest to Richard at the moment.

That is, for the All-Star team qualification, he has to pay attention to the regular season, otherwise, he is estimated to let Cowens temporarily act as head coach in the regular season, and he will be the manager himself, and wait until the playoffs start before playing.

Now with this bet, it makes the regular season interesting.

But as Paul thought, in fact, this bet on Richard also felt in Paul's favor.

Paul is more well-rounded than Rondo and is naturally the best candidate to start.

By betting on Rondo to play as a substitute, it can also convince this prickly head and not make a fuss.

"Coach, I'll start first in the first month." Paul volunteered to fight.

Rondo didn't say anything, and if Paul came first, it would be beneficial to him, and he would naturally not be stupid enough to refuse.

Richard nodded, "Okay, this matter is settled, and whoever loses at that time should not make trouble for me." ”

"And even if one of you wins, it doesn't mean that he will be in the starting position, I still say that my team depends on ability."

"Now you two boys, hurry up and go to training, and by the way, call Mourning and Peyton, I have something to talk to them about." Richard waved the two young men away.

After a while, two living fossil players from the team arrived.

"Coach, what's wrong?" When the two veterans came in, they were a little confused.

Both of them signed new contracts with the team this season with a minimum salary.

This year can be said to be their last hope, if they still can't win the championship, I'm afraid they will face the embarrassing situation of not winning a championship for life.

However, Richard will certainly not allow this to happen, and he will definitely give the two veterans an explanation.

Even if you spend money to support them for nothing, you will definitely have to get them a championship.

"No big deal, just wanted to tell you ......"

"We're going to win this year!" Richard said confidently.

Last season, Richard didn't have such a strong confidence, but this season he is full of confidence.

The reason for this is simple, as the previous group healing skill triggering effect was quite ideal.

Although only one person was triggered, this person was Mo Ning.

Mo Ning, who is not affected by injuries and old diseases, how strong he is, Richard does not know.

But Richard clearly knows that the current Mourning can definitely hold up the inside line of the Pirates.

Originally, the Buccaneers' interior defense and rebounding were not strong, but now with the punishment of Mourning's group therapy effect, the Pirates' interior strength has directly changed qualitatively.

……

"We believe in you, Coach." Mourning said with a smile.

"That's right, believe you, if I don't believe you, I won't stay for another year this year."

"The three boys you chose this year are all quite good, and that Brandon is really amazing."

"In him, I seem to see Kobe Bryant when he was young, no, he may be stronger than Kobe Bryant who just entered the league." Glove Peyton said in surprise.

Richard nodded, Kobe Bryant was only eighteen years old when he entered the league, and Roy was almost 22 years old now, so many years older, if he wasn't strong, there would be no place to reason.

……

On October 3rd, the preseason schedule for the Buccaneers began.

Richard went straight to starting three of this year's rookies, and Paul's bet with Rondo started the regular season, not including the preseason.

What everyone didn't expect was that after six preseason games, the most amazing thing was not Roy or Rondo, who were pinned on by Richard, but Millsap, who was won by Richard in the second round.

Millsap usually started with the Jazz, but in fact, Sloan's selection vision is really good, except for Richard, he should be one of the top candidates in the coaching group.

Avaging 22.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks per game, this is the preseason answer that Millsap handed over to Richard.

Richard was dumbfounded by this answer, and it seemed that he still underestimated Millsap.

Not only Millsap, but Chuck Hayes also had a jaw-dropping performance......

Last season, Hayes played a period of time for the Rockets, which can only be described as mediocre and not too impressive.

If it's really amazing, the Rockets won't be able to find a chance to dig into the wall by the pirates.

As a result, after arriving at the Pirates, Hayes averaged 8 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals per game in these six preseason games on the premise of getting a start.

At only 198 cm tall, he looks shorter than Big Ben, but he can stand under the basket, relying on his strong lower body strength, and has made many seven-foot tonnage centers deflated in six games.

Although Richard knew that Hayes was very good, he was still happy to be able to play such a performance.

This is a top-tier defender, and his height is indeed quite embarrassing, but relying on his strength and speed enough, Hayes plays a considerable role in defending interior players.

Richard was even thinking about whether to move Hayes's position to the small forward position, a player like him who has both power and speed, and it is really useful to defend the small forward that kind of tank charge.

However, putting Hayes as a small forward is equivalent to saying that the Pirates need to completely give up the firepower of the small forward position, which is a bit more than worth the loss......

Hayes's offensive ability is not far behind compared to Big Ben.