Before the start of the season, Richard was sure to use his group therapy skills to see if he could make Mourning or Payton like Pippen.

To Richard's disappointment, the result was rather unsatisfactory, only triggering a group therapy effect on Iguodala and a cannon fodder player.

Iguodala is a young man with some old ailments, he was also quite healthy in college, and he didn't suffer any injuries last season.

As for the other cannon fodder, even if he returns to his peak condition, it will definitely be useless.

……

Originally, Richard's plan was to use this group healing skill at a time when the number of players in the team was relatively small at the end of the season.

The number of people is small, and the probability of Mo Ning and Payton triggering the effect of the skill is naturally higher.

But when Richard accurately drilled the loophole, the system prompted that the number of players in the team must be more than thirteen to use this group healing skill.

There is obviously no way to exploit this loophole......

……

On October 3rd, the Pirates' new arena, the Charlotte Pirate Arena, officially opened its doors.

The old Charlotte City Coliseum was abandoned, and the newly built Pirate Arena is now the new home arena of the Pirates.

……

Tonight is the opening game of the preseason for the Pirates, and the opponent is the Milwaukee Bucks.

These two teams were all in the bottom three teams in the East last season, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are difficult brothers.

This season, though, it's clear that both teams are expecting a lot.

The Bucks got Bogut and are ready to rely on the combination of Bogut and Reed to break out in the East.

This combination is seen by Milwaukee fans as a copy of the OK combination.

Of course, they must also know that the strength of this combination is quite large compared to the genuine OK combination.

……

Jordan was out in the home team's locker room.

"Boys, don't embarrass me when you meet that Australian."

"If that guy is full of data tonight, even if Richard stops him, I will definitely settle accounts with you." Jordan said viciously to several newcomers inside.

Frightened by Jordan like this, Milicic, Vallejo and newcomer Gortat all shrank their heads and didn't dare to joke with Jordan.

The deterrent power of the old rogue Jordan is still quite sufficient, especially for these rookie players, it is definitely a big demon king-like existence.

Although Richard also has the nickname of the big devil, his attitude towards the players in the team is still quite gentle, and the players in the team can also joke with Richard from time to time.

Maybe this is also the difference between Richard and Jordan, Richard is more down-to-earth than Jordan.

……

"Okay, Michael, don't scare my boys, don't worry, the boys' performance tonight will definitely not disappoint you."

"You should think about what you're going to say at the press conference in a moment." Richard said with a smile at Jordan.

Bogut, the unlucky guy, is still quite sympathetic, sitting at home, and the disaster came from the sky and was targeted by Jordan.

But Richard thinks about Bogut's dirty style of play, as if Jordan's approach is like eliminating harm for the people.

……

Both sides began to appear.

Richard put Chris Paul straight into the starting position tonight, and Granger replaced the former Pippen.

Vallejo, Milicic, Iguodala, Granger plus Chris Paul.

If all five of them are in their prime, then Richard will be quite confident of winning the championship this season.

It's a pity that these people are not at the peak at the moment, they are all new melons and eggs......

……

The Bucks' starting lineup this season looks pretty good anyway, and it's no wonder that they can make the Eastern Conference playoffs under normal circumstances.

Center Bogut, power forward Bobby Simmons, and the front line are Reed and TJ Ford, respectively, and the point guard is Morris Williams.

Although there are no supergiant-level figures among these five people, the average strength is very good, except for TJ Ford, who is almost meaningless, the remaining four are all-stars or quasi-all-stars.

……

"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the match.

Bogut and Milicic perform the jump ball.

Vallejo's athleticism is okay, but it's a little worse than Milicic, so the people who perform the jump ball on the Pirates' side are usually Milicic.

Soon, Milicic won Bogut on the jump ball and gave the Pirates the ball in their first offensive round.

Just the first offensive round was to dazzle the fans at the scene.

After Chris Paul controlled the ball to the frontcourt, Milicic made a block for him, and then Paul made a gesture to attack the inside, attracting the pursuit of Mo Buchuan, and Bobby Simmons, who was opposite Milicic, also blocked Paul in advance.

As a result, Paul immediately passed the ball without looking at people, and passed the ball from behind to Milicic, who had just finished blocking and moving outside the three-point line.

Milicic received the ball from outside the three-point line, made a direct three-point shot, and hollowed into the net.

Richard stood up from the bench and applauded the court.

In the offseason, Milicic worked on his three-point prowess like crazy.

Originally, Richard didn't have much hope, but now it turned out to be a big surprise for him.

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In the next few offensive rounds, Milicic and Paul connected frantically, relying on the good organizational skills that both of them have, and the offensive efficiency was quite eye-catching.

It's scary enough to have a Paul on the pitch who has excellent passing ability, and he can pass the ball to his teammates at the most opportune time.

And now Milicic's organizational ability is also quite good, and the two of them have completely revitalized the offensive rhythm of the entire Pirates team.

This was an unexpected gain that Richard didn't expect, it turned out that the rice cannon combination was so good.

……

The Bucks didn't lag behind much, Reed's offensive firepower was there, and Iguodala didn't have a good way to defend.

At the moment, Iguodala defends the kind of players who use breakthrough as the main offensive method, and the effect is quite good.

But defending Reed's golden left hand is not so effective.

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After about four minutes of the first quarter, Bucks head coach Stotters called a timeout, and it looked like he was going to change the focus of his play.

After all, it's a preseason, everyone is focused on training, and the outcome of the game is only secondary.

In the opening four minutes, Bogut had little presence on the offensive end......

On the defensive end, Valejo, who was opposite him, was a pure blue-collar worker, and he didn't make a single shot for four minutes, resulting in Bogut having little presence on the defensive end......

This made Stottes quite unhappy.

The team spent so much money to acquire Bogut, not to let him be a vase, but to make him the core of the team.

Now the Bucks players on the court, especially the main control Mo Buchuan, don't take Bogut seriously at all, and some opportunities to feed the ball are not fed, Stotters can't stand it.

"Now we're going to play inside, Morris, and if you don't want to lose your hard-earned starting position, I want you to do what you're supposed to do."

"Except for Michael, everyone else tried to create offensive opportunities for Andrew as much as possible!"

Stouts doesn't really care if the game is won or lost, he cares about Bogut's performance.

So he directly arranged an offensive strategy based on the inside line, except for Reed, the big boss, others reduced their own ball possession and made the ball for Bogut.

……

The timeout ended, and both sides returned to the pitch.

As soon as the opening game began, Morris took advantage of the breakthrough and distributed the ball to Bogut under the basket.

For the head coach's requirements, he, a newcomer who has just sat in the starting lineup, must obey unconditionally, otherwise, his end will definitely be extremely miserable.

And Bogut didn't waste such a good opportunity, carrying Valejo's defense under the basket and directly hitting a low single.

There was once a saying that Bogut was the strongest of all the white centers.

This claim is not supported by evidence and is not particularly reliable.

However, there is no wind and no waves, since there is such a saying, it is enough to see that Bogut's strength is not bad.

In this offensive round, he showed his strong strength, and without too much effort, he pushed Vallejo behind him.

……

After this goal was scored, Bogut pounded his chest and roared, and his career officially set sail with the success of the low singles just now.

Jordan, who was watching the game on the sidelines, was pale.

He felt that something was wrong, and it seemed that this Bogut was not a parallel commodity as he claimed......

Of course, Bogut is not a parallel import, but it is not as dazzling as O'Neal and Duncan.

If you really want to talk about strength, Bogut's strength is actually stronger than a champion like Kenyon Martin.

Now Jordan is rejoicing, fortunately he spoke more tactfully, otherwise, he would not be able to get off the stage now.

Although it was only an offensive round, Bogut's low-post singles skills and strength attributes displayed in this offensive round were enough to ensure that his strength was stronger than that of Kwame Brown......

Jordan had the heart to come next to Richard and remind Richard to replace Vallejo with the more experienced Mourning.

However, the next offensive round made him dismiss this idea.

Because Valejo is starting to wield it......

In the next offensive round of the Bucks, Bogut played a low-post single again, but this time he fell into Valejo's trap and was directly blown an offensive foul by the referee.

Vallejo wasn't as powerful as Bogut, but he had a lot of brains, first forcing Bogut out of the reasonable collision zone under the basket with a front defense, and then going around behind Bogut to get into position.

As soon as Bogut singled himself in the low post with the ball, Vallejo immediately flew out on his back like a kite with a broken string.

This trick can be said to be a hundred tried-and-true ......

At least at the moment, the immature Bogut is being played around.

It's actually easy for rookies to suffer in this regard, even if it's a ruthless guy like O'Neal and Duncan, they have faced foul trouble in their rookie season.

Although Vallejo is also a young player, he is not good at slipping on the court, and his acting skills are simply easy to use against Bogut's hard resistance to the basket.

This product is simply a nightmare for newcomers......