In the 1997-98 season, the eighth game of the regular season for the Trail Blazers, the first game of Richard's return from suspension!

The Trail Blazers are at home against the Philadelphia 76ers!

On the afternoon of the game day, a huge poster of Richard was already hanging on the exterior wall of the Rose Garden Arena.

Dressed in a dark suit and a blood-red tie, he sat on a leather seat, crossed his legs, and stared at the front with a firm and cold gaze.

A few big words on the edge of the poster are blood-red: The-Godfather-returned!

This poster attracted countless fans to stop and watch, and were amazed.

is really Richard's temperament on the poster, which is seventy or eighty percent similar to the character in the movie Godfather.

Seeing Richard, the home team fans were inexplicably relieved, even if the next game against the Bulls was the Bulls, they also felt that the Trail Blazers could kill the opponent under the leadership of Richard......

Well, even if you can't kill the other party, you can definitely make the other party suffer!

Throughout the history of the NBA, there has never been a stadium with a huge poster of its own head coach on the outer wall, which is definitely a huge honor!

As for the poster, Richard initially refused.

Because you can't let me shoot it, I'll shoot it right away, and after filming, a lot of special effects were added, and "duang" is very handsome and cool......

But the boss, Paul Allen, personally brought Richard to the studio, so Richard could only shoot.

……

The NBA volume of "Violent Black" has completed its first season, and the word count of more than 400,000 words is almost the sum of the word count of the first two volumes.

Paul Allen didn't let Richard suffer, after all, if this thing was put on the Internet first, it would definitely affect the sales of physical books, so he directly gave Richard an offer of $15 million this time.

Richard sold it neatly, and TSN will be able to complete the first season of this NBA volume in about two months, and then Richard will be able to sell the physical publishing rights to Times Inc., anyway, it will not delay making money.

……

Richard's comeback first game against the Philadelphia 76ers was actually quite disappointing for fans.

Because everyone knows that the Philadelphia 76ers and the Trail Blazers are almost equivalent to a sibling relationship......

The Philadelphia 76ers traded Starker House, got a blocker from the Pistons, top-notch interior lineman Theo Ratliff, and then signed some outside blue-collar players like Bowen on the free market.

Coupled with the introduction of Dazhi this season, an excellent firepower outside output point, the Philadelphia 76ers' record has skyrocketed.

The 76ers, who were still a fish belly last season, have a proud record of 5 wins and 2 losses in the first seven games of this season, which is really jaw-dropping.

In the first seven games, Dazhi averaged about 16 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

In just a few games, Dazhi established himself as the second leader of the Philadelphia 76ers, and he and Iverson were directly hailed as the twin stars of Philadelphia......

Of course, in the eyes of the West Lafayette people, Mao's Philadelphia twin is called the West Lafayette Twins.

……

Iverson, the big boss of the 76ers, and Dazhi, the second leader, are all disciples of Richard.

76ers head coach Carlisle was Richard's former head assistant coach......

With such a deep origin, it is not too much to say that the 76ers are the brother team of the Trail Blazers, because the core framework of the 76ers is completely inseparable from Richard......

Even if Ratliffe made this point, in fact, Richard had talked to Iverson and Carlisle before, and they had this idea in mind.

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Originally, the fans were still looking forward to the return of Richard Demon King, and they contributed a little surprise to the fans in the first game......

But now because the opponent is the Philadelphia 76ers, there is obviously no surprise, and no matter how brutal Richard is, he will not attack the 76ers, a brother team.

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"Rick, congratulations, I'm afraid you have to be the best coach of the year......" In the warm-up session, Richard and Carlisle chatted on the court.

Carlisle is a little embarrassed, because according to the current situation, he really has to be the best manager this year.

The main reason is that the 76ers' record last season was too scummy, with a total of 22 wins, and Carlisle is confident that he will increase his winning tally to 55 games this season!

Directly improved by 33 wins, which would be unreasonable if you didn't win the best manager......

As for Richard, Carlisle feels that the Trail Blazers can also get about 55 wins this season, but last season the Trail Blazers won more than 40 games and did not improve much, so Richard is obviously unable to compete for the best head coach.

"Lee, thank you! If we 76ers can play well this season, you have half the credit! Carlisle said sincerely, this is what he is saying.

Richard waved his hand, "It's all my own people, don't say this kind of outward words, if you really get a good score, it will be completely the credit of you 76ers, and it has nothing to do with me Richard......"

"By the way, Dazhi's point, the current physical fitness is not very good, try not to give him too long playing time, try to control it to thirty minutes!" Richard admonished again.

He is now also afraid that Dazhi will suffer from injuries, after all, he has changed the trajectory of Dazhi's life, and if this change causes Dazhi to suffer serious injuries one after another, it will be a bit more than worth the loss.

"Don't worry, Lee, I know why these boys are so convinced of you, you are such a good coach!"

"I believe that in the next few years, the Trailblazers will definitely become the hegemon of the West!"

Carlisle said from the bottom of his heart.

……

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

"Alright, guys, let's play!"

"Let those boys on the other side see how powerful our pioneers are!"

"Kobe, remember, Iverson can't shoot and let him burst! Our penalty area defense is not a decoration! ”

"Jermaine, Ben, do a good job of defending the penalty area!"

"Today is the first game of my comeback, don't make me look ugly, the big posters are all hung, if you lose, it will be a shame!"

Before debuting, Richard instructed his players again.

……

Both sides started to make their debuts.

Philadelphia 76ers starting lineup: center Ratliff, power forward Derrick Coleman, small forward Wang Zhizhi, point guard Jim Jackson, point guard Allen Iverson!

This lineup is strong!

Ratliff is not famous in the future, but at the moment, he is a well-known block master, especially after coming to the Philadelphia 76ers, he is now averaging 4 blocks per game, shocking the league!

It's just embarrassing that the offensive ability of this product is relatively watery, basically at the same level as Big Ben......

And the physique is thin, the strength is not good, the height is not good, only 208 cm, the card position is very difficult to compete for rebounds, and the average number of rebounds per game remains at the level of about 7 all year round......

As for Coleman, another interior power forward, the top pick in the 90-year draft, when he first debuted, he was hailed as the next Karl Malone or Charles Barkley!

He does have such strength, and he can cut about 18+10 data in his rookie season, beating Payton and becoming the best rookie of the year.

Later, he maintained the level of 20+10 for several consecutive years, and was selected as an All-Star in 94, which is undoubtedly the level of the league's top power forward.

But this is a prickly type of player, who often causes trouble, has an alcohol addiction, often gets drunk, and once peed in public, and then peed on his pants......

That's bad enough, but this talented power forward is still riddled with injuries......

If it weren't for these reasons, I'm afraid Iverson wouldn't be the big boss of the Philadelphia 76ers.