Chapter Seventy-Seven: Tim Duncan
The player Richard had in mind was naturally Tim Duncan!
Although Duncan won't be in the draft until next year, what if they get their first-round pick from the Spurs this season?!
In that case, wouldn't it mean that Thunderwind would have the opportunity to coach Duncan?!
Coaching a player like Duncan can be said to be the dream of any head coach, because Duncan doesn't have so many troubles, and Duncan, who has been honed in the NCAA for four years, has almost reached the point of perfection in all aspects, and he can directly take it and use it as a superstar!
And thinking about the experience of the Spurs getting Duncan, Richard was even more excited and couldn't sleep!
Many fans think that the Spurs got the champion sign by crazy swinging, and then chose Duncan with the champion sign, after all, the 97th draft, the league's 29 teams, no matter which team gets the champion sign, will definitely choose Duncan, there is no doubt about this!
The Spurs got Duncan by playing badly, which is not true......
The right reason is that the Spurs did mess up, and in the end, they relied on the third-to-last record in the league and got the top pick with good luck......
What's wrong is that in fact, the Spurs didn't think about messing up at all in the first place, and it's even more nonsense that they messed up in order to get Duncan.
The head coach of the Spurs last season, Bob Hill, led the Spurs to a winning percentage of more than 70%, ranking second in the West!
And the upcoming season, Hill was unlucky to encounter the situation of the team's star season reimbursement, David Robinson only played six games and ended directly, you can imagine how miserable the Spurs' situation will be......
In the first nineteen games, the Spurs have won only three!
Originally, this season's Spurs were ambitious, and in the offseason, they introduced Wilkins, the essence of human movies, plus David Robinson and Elliott, the lineup of these three may be the strongest forward combination in the league today!
If the Spurs had made up their minds to scramble for Duncan from the beginning, then unless general manager Popovich had his head in water, in this case, they would bring in Wilkins, who had been weak for a year......
They just want to take advantage of Wilkins's sword and attack the championship!
But the record of 3 wins and 16 losses in the opening game obviously chilled Popovich's heart, Robinson can't play, even if he plays, it is the end of the season, with their winning rate, it will definitely be difficult to enter the playoffs, what is the use of Robinson's comeback!
Swing rotten!
With no choice, Popovich fired the unlucky Bob Hill and started his great career as a Spurs bishop!
Hill is indeed an unlucky guy, imagine that if the Admirals don't have a season reimbursement, then their super forward combination may have a chance to wrestle with Jordan, and may still lose to the Bulls dynasty in the end, but at least Popovich has no excuse to fire him......
Of course, if this is the case, then I am afraid that there will be no Spurs dynasty in the future, and there may not be a famous coach Popovich......
In terms of messing around, in fact, Spurs are not the most frustrating this season!
The two most frustrated teams, Green Kai and Grizzlies, have reached the point of unscrupulous means in order to compete for Duncan, and neither team has won fifteen games in the final season!
Spurs' final win was 20!
Ranked third from the bottom!
But fate is so unpredictable, and there is no crazy Spurs, but in the end, he won the champion lottery and got Duncan......
The crazy Green Kai and Grizzly Bear, who were so sad that they didn't even get the list of eye signs......
Green Kai used the Tanhua lottery to get Billups, although Billups's strength is very good, but compared to Duncan, it is not enough at all, and there is a grade difference between the two!
And the Grizzlies are even more miserable, and the fourth pick chose Daniels, who averaged 7 points per game in his career, which is not too much to say that such data is a parallel import.
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Thinking of this, Richard was excited!
Spurs didn't deliberately put it on purpose, what does that mean?!
It means that they don't know that they have a high first-round pick next year, let alone that they will get the top pick!
The current Spurs will definitely not care too much about their first-round picks, because with their record, if nothing else, they may only end up with the 25th pick in the first round......
It's not much different from a second-round pick!
Thinking of this, Richard couldn't wait to jump out of bed and call the Spurs management overnight!
The temptation to get Duncan is too great!
is so big that even if Richard currently holds a lot of potential newcomers, it is still difficult to calm the excitement in his heart!
With Duncan, it's like a ticket to the finals!
That's a lot of basic skills!
Stone Buddha!
Duncan!
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No wonder Richard is so excited, Richard's favorite player in his previous life was Duncan!
Speaking of a player like Duncan, who can hate it......
Kehei, Zhan Hei, Kuhei, Du Hei and even Jordan Black and Ao Fat Black are all there, but there is no Deng Hei!
For the whole night, Richard kept his eyes open, unable to sleep!
Early the next morning, Richard, with black circles under his eyes, called Carlyle and Stevens at half past seven to call for a meeting!
"BOSS, what's wrong? You were kidnapped last night? ”
"Lee, what's going on......"
As soon as the two came, they saw Richard's haggard appearance, and couldn't help but ask worriedly......
Richard waved his hand, not intending to explain why he hadn't closed his eyes all night.
"Carlisle, give me the phone number of the Spurs head coach or Popovich, I'm going to call them!" Richard said decisively......
Carlisle is a little weird, what's going on? Could it be that there is some conflict between his young boss and Spurs management?
Richard's fiery personality, Carlisle is well understood......
"Lee, what's wrong? If there's anything, I'll fix it......" Carlisle said.
Richard shook his head: "It's nothing, I'm just going to trade with them!" ”
Carlisle and Stevens were dumbfounded......
Trade?!
Trade again?!
Before the door to the trading market opened, we had already traded twice and sold five players......
This is really going to completely dismantle the team!
But even though he was surprised, Carlisle gave Hill's phone to Richard.
"Hey, hello, I'm Richard!"
Hill had just answered the phone when he heard this......
"Richard? Silafayette Richard?! Hill asked tentatively.
When he heard the name Richard, Hill's back was a little numb, he knew that Richard was a young man's rudeness, and he would scold people to death if he didn't agree with him, anyway, he knew that Larry Brown almost gave Richard a dead life!
Call yourself now, did you provoke this kid?!
"That's right, it's me!" Richard replied crisply!
Holy-shit! Bob Hill's scalp was numb, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart......
Larry Brown dares to argue with Richard, and that's because Larry Brown has a lot of qualifications, but Hill doesn't have the qualifications to argue with Richard!