Chapter 415: The half-star all-star lineup

In addition to the five starters in the East, Pierce, Mutombo, Rashid, Brand, Ray Allen, Mobley and Alan Houston entered the All-Star bench.
There were two West Lafayette players in the starting lineup, Dai Zhi and Iverson.
As for the bench, there are three.
The starting lineup on the West side looks like it is better than the West.
O'Neal missed due to injury, and O'Neal, the second center of the league, naturally succeeded O'Neal as the starting center.
Don't look at the Eastern Conference where they found a rotten tomato rotten bird egg to play the starting center, but they can't do that in the Western Conference.
The main reason is that there is the second center of the league, and if the league finds a rotten bird rotten egg as the starting center, then the fans will definitely not be happy...
As for the eastern side, Mo Ning is almost the third center in the league. The remaining eastern centers are actually of the same level. Of course, Uncle Mu is higher, but in the end, Uncle Mu is only a blue collar, so let the Raptors Davis can be justified as a starter.
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The two frontcourts are Duncan and Big Ben.
Don't look at Big Ben as a blue-collar, but since he won the MVP last season in the finals, the popularity has skyrocketed and has now surpassed Wolf King Garnett.
In any case, Big Ben is the captain of the league's strongest team, and the data is really dazzling, and also has enough gold honors to squeeze out Garnett's starting position, it is not difficult to understand.
As for the two starting backcourts, it was Kobe and Kidd.
There is no doubt about this, the two of them are still quite qualified to get the starting position.
However, it is more embarrassing that Kobe directly entered the Lakers injury list the day before the start of the All-Star weekend!
He will miss this year's All-Star Weekend!
This made Richard a little speechless, he felt that this should be Kobe's initiative to give up the war...
Kobe is very uncomfortable now, he knows Richard too well.
Although he is a disciple of Richard's door, but now he is wearing a purple gold jersey of the Lakers. When the All-Star Game, Richard really may not give himself playing time.
The key to this matter is that he can't complain about Richard. At that time, Jackson Jackson took the initiative to find fault. Richard can only be regarded as a passive counterattack!
Kobe did not want to make Richard difficult, so he put himself on the Lakers injury list...
Like O'Neill, this year's All-Star Game is no longer playing!
Anyway, he was very clear, even if he went to fight, there must be no more than one minute of playing time, Richard can definitely do such a thing.
After Bryant entered the injury list, the Lakers directly led to no one being selected for the All-Star this year...
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Kobe's position was also replaced by the veteran strong guard gloves Payton.
In addition to starting, the seven substitute All-Stars are Nowitzki, Ginobili, Larry Hughes, Rahim, Garnett, McDyess and Michael Finley.
The Blazers veteran Robinson failed to be selected for the All-Star this time, but let the sword knife Ginobili get the opportunity to be selected for the All-Star.
Speaking of which, Ginobili is absolutely qualified to enter the All-Star. As a substitute, he can average 17 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals per game in the Trail Blazers, which is quite amazing.
There are two West Lafayette players in the starting lineup on the West side, and four amazing West Lafayette players in the bench!
Five in the east and six in the west. Eleven West Lafayette players directly participated in the All-Star Game!
Eleven players!
What is the concept, this is the real half of the country, all the East and West All-Stars add up to a total of 22, West Lafayette players occupy exactly half of them!
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Judging from the list of all-stars this time, the league has truly entered a new era.
Not many faces of old players appear on the All-Star list...
Among the 22 players this year, I am afraid that the real players are the glove Payton and Uncle Mu.
The remaining 20 players are all new generation players.
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Richard is now full of longing for his eleven players. When the All-Star game is over, how much All-Star light he can get!
These all-star lights can be a weapon for rebuilding the team in the future!
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In the blink of an eye, this is already Richard's fifth season as a Trail Blazers coach!
For nearly five years, Richard can dedicate everything to the Blazers and let the Blazers team rise to the top of the league's glory!
Before Richard joined the Portland Trail Blazers, the Portland Trailblazers' strength could not be said to be weak, at least it was also a Western Conference playoff team.
But they are far away from winning the championship...
No one had imagined that after Richard came, in just over four years, he led the team to get two championship trophy, and the most important thing is that it is not so far away from the third championship trophy The distance.
Once Richard really leads the team again this year, he will become a hero in the city of Portland!
If he wins this year and successfully builds a dynasty, Richard will have a 90% chance of leaving the Blazers and joining a team from the East.
Eastern Trash Team...
After creating the dynasty, at least after Richard left, there will be no burden in my heart.
He has given the Blazers enough glory that he is worthy of this team. Even if he leaves, he will not leave at the time of the Blazers' trough, but at his most glorious moment.
As for why there is the idea of ​​leaving the Blazers.
In fact, there are many reasons. The first reason is that Richard wants to show his ability in team management.
The next team to join, Richard is not only asking for the position of head coach, even the position of president of basketball affairs, he is also not satisfied.
What he wants is the position of head coach and president of basketball affairs and general manager of the team. The team's lineup construction, team operation and other businesses are all in one hand!
Of course, he certainly won't join those teams that are in a good situation. To show his ability, he naturally chooses a team in a difficult period.
Only in this way can you fully demonstrate your ability to create miracles!
He wants to let this lucky team jump from a grass chicken to a super golden phoenix!
Super golden phoenix that can lay golden eggs!
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As for why he had to choose an Eastern team, Richard naturally has his own reasons.
If you stay in the West, if the Blazers meet the Blazers in the playoffs, it will be a bit difficult...
Moreover, Paul Allen certainly didn't think much of Richard staying in the west. If Richard really wants to go, he must think of Richard going to the east to stir and stir.
The most important thing is that the league is definitely happy to see Richard go east...
In recent years, since the collapse of the bull dynasty, the west has become too strong.
Not to mention the Trail Blazers, even the Lakers and Spurs have the strength to slap the Eastern Conference!
If this continues, it will be quite detrimental to the development of the Eastern District.
The alliance has always wanted balance, and they don’t want to see the situation in the western region!
Now if the League Management Committee knows that Richard has born the idea of ​​joining the East, I am afraid they will beat the drums and go to the streets to twist Yangge...
This is definitely the biggest good news!
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In addition to showing your business capabilities, there are actually other reasons.
For example, after spending five years in the city of Portland, Richard wanted a new environment...
Not only Richard, in fact, most people will feel tired after five years of work, and want to change a new environment and start a new life.
But the reason why these people did not change jobs, it must be because of the pressure of life...
As the saying goes, three-year job change is poor, and the average person can find a stable job. Those who are full of food will go to change jobs.
Richard does not have the pressure of life in this respect. Moreover, all teams in this league, if they want to invite Richard, they must not give a decent contract? !
Richard's four-year contract with the Blazers has already ended, and now he and the Blazers have signed a one-year contract.
The contract amount is up to 10 million US dollars!
Originally, Paul Allen wanted to award Richard a four-year 60 million USD contract, and wanted to use this to retain Richard...
This is a contract with an annual salary of 15 million US dollars, comparable to the player's maximum salary contract!
Paul Allen dared to open such a contract. Naturally, it is clear that Richard can create revenue for him far exceeding the 60 million US dollars!
60 million for four years, which is the salary of a top-paid player, is Richard worth less than a top salary? !
Don't joke, the three top salaries will be exchanged for Richard, it is estimated that Paul Allen will not change!
However, Richard rejected the contract and only signed a one-year contract with the Blazers.
Paul Allen naturally sighed secretly. Judging from the current situation, Richard is indeed already distracted...
He must be very uncomfortable, but can he blame Richard?
Certainly not, Richard has brought enough glory to the Blazers!
Not to mention that Richard only signed a one-year contract, that is, Richard ran directly after winning the championship last season, and Paul Allen could not pick out the problem...
However, Richard’s commitment, he remembers very clearly, that is to build the dynasty and then leave the team, and when leaving the team, there will be at least four All-Stars and five powerful newcomers!
Now the promises of four All-Stars and five powerful newcomers have been fulfilled...
In this All-Star game, the Blazers have four players selected to the All-Star, and there are even two starting players!
As for the five powerful newcomers, this is not a promise at all. The powerful newcomers in the Trail Blazers have always been no less than five.
What can really stop Richard from leaving the Blazers is whether he can win this year!
If you miss the championship this year, according to Paul Allen’s estimate, Richard is expected to sign a three-year contract with the Blazers to see if they can build a dynasty in these three years...
If you can't build a dynasty, continue to sign...
Now Paul Allen is quite distressed. On the one hand, he really hopes that the team can create a dynasty. This is a very great glory. Even the big brother of his level is looking forward to it!
But on the other hand, he did not want this dynasty, or expect the dynasty to come later. In this case, Richard will continue to stay with the Blazers because of his promise!
Dilemma, Paul Allen doesn't know what he wants now...
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Speaking of fact, Yao Ming is actually a reason why Richard wants to leave the Blazers. At present, both Auburn and the Blazers signed a six-year contract.
And Yao Ming definitely overlaps with Auburn's combination. Even if Richard can pick Yao Ming at the draft, it will be difficult to arrange.
He wants Yao Ming to become the league's inner overlord, to become a super center in this league that can really compete against O'Neill, and wants Yao Ming to share the name of O'Neal's most dominant center in history!
Then you need to build a team with Yao Ming as the core!
Under such circumstances, staying with the Blazers is definitely quite difficult...
The salary space of the Trail Blazers is already locked. Even if the salary space continues to rise in the next few years, the Blazers will be able to sign a top salary again after the sky!
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Based on the above reasons, Richard will definitely have the intention to leave the Blazers!
As for the promises he made, it is actually not difficult for Richard to see it!
I really want to stare at myself. If all kinds of squandering props, what can the Lakers use to compete with themselves? !
You can create a super monster with a huge number of all-star lights!
Maybe the duration of this monster is only one or two seasons, but that is enough for Richard to hang the Lakers!
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On Friday night, the NBA All-Star Weekend officially opened.
The Rookie Challenge still continues the rules of the first and second grade duels last season!
Because the 2000 draft is really nothing too strong, this rookie challenge is not destined to be too exciting.
To know that among the 2000 rookies, it was Mike Miller who won the honor of best rookie. It can be known that this rookie is really miserable.
But even if it was not exciting, Richard still appeared on the scene.
In the first-year lineup, there are two Richard's disciples, Mike Miller and Michael Reed.
Both of them were selected to the rookie challenge first-year lineup.
As for the second-year lineup, it is exactly the same as the first-year lineup of the last rookie challenge. Only Ginobili was selected to the All-Star lineup and his position was replaced.
In the end, this first- and second-year matchup is undoubtedly the second-year game played a huge advantage.
In fact, the strength gap between the two sides is a bit scary. In the second-year lineup, there are already a lot of players who have become the team's masters.
Such as Odom, Brand, Francis, Hamilton...
On the other hand, looking at the first grade, it is really awkward. Reed in the Trail Blazers should be regarded as the best among the 2000 rookies.
In the Trail Blazers' schedule for the first few months of this season, Reed got a lot of appearances. At present, he has a score of about 13 points. It turned out to be the highest average player in this rookie...
Number one pick Kenyon Martin has only scored less than 12 points per game, and Mike Miller is 11 points per game...
Then, there were no rookies who scored in double figures.
This makes it easy to see how bad this rookie is...
This is Reed's focus on Richard's training. If there is not one more Reed, then this year's rookie only two people scored in double figures, and they will still make double figures, only to the point where they are very early!
You have to know that in the draft year, the number of players who scored in double figures can reach nearly ten, and even there are players who scored more than 20 points.
Looking back at the 2000 draft, it was really miserable...
In the end, the second-year team won the first-year team with an absolutely huge advantage. Odom obtained the MVP of this rookie challenge with his excellent data of 27 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals!
The Clippers fans were directly excited after the New Year. They looked forward to these years, and finally the players in the team won the award...
Although it is just a MVP in rookie games, mosquitoes are meat even when they are small!
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Saturday night's game was a miscellaneous game, Richard did not go to watch it, mainly because no one in the Trail Blazers went to miscellaneous games this year.
In recent years, the slam dunk contest has attracted a lot of attention, but this year's slam dunk contest was upset. The slam dunk king's honor was won by the Desmond Mason of the Supersonics...
The three-pointer was picked up by Ray Allen.
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On weekend nights, crazy fans finally waited for their long-awaited All-Star game!
Although the absence of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal this year has dimmed the All-Stars, it is exciting enough to see so many young stars playing in the same field!
Especially this year, Richard led the team, which makes the fans excited. Everyone knows that Richard likes to do things. Tonight's game may play something different.
Moreover, the coach of the Eastern All-Star team is also quite related to Richard. It is Richard’s previous assistant, Rick Carlisle.
The 76ers now have the best record in the Eastern Conference, ranking first in the Eastern Conference. Carlisle is naturally qualified to lead the Eastern Conference All-Star.
As for the Pacers at the top of the Eastern Conference record last season, this season is completely over.
At present, only the eighth record in the East, almost out of the playoffs...
This must be a scene that Larry Bird is very happy to see, why? Because at the end of last season, he stepped down as head coach of the Pacers.
The head coach of the Pacers is the smiling assassin Isaiah Thomas!
The assassin squeezed the big bird away. Bird can now hope that the assassin's life will be better...
I have to say that the smiling Assassin is very strong on the court, and there is no big problem in character, but this coaching ability and management ability are quite bad!
It is important to know that the Pacers were the No. 1 record in the Eastern Conference last season. In just a few months, they could hardly make the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The teams that can't make the playoffs in the East right now, it's self-evident, that's the real fish belly!
That is to say, now the pedestrians are only a line away from the fish belly!
Of course, it didn't take long for the Assassins to have a good life. In 2003, Larry Bird made a comeback and took up the position of president of the team's basketball affairs.
The first thing to take office is to fire the smiling assassin's squid!
To say that the Assassins' coaching ability is really so scum, in fact, it is not too bad, as long as the Pacers' inner core Schmidz has retired.
After playing last season, Schmitz retired quite unexpectedly, knowing that he can still score 13 points last season.
With Schmidz's retirement, it is quite normal for the Assassins to lead the team without performance.
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All-stars on both sides have begun to warm up, Richard and Carlisle standing on the side of the court.
The two should be considered the most successful coaches in the league today.
"Lee, is life really sad now, or miss the carefree days of the Blazers..." Carlisle said to Richard with a bitter face.
Don't look at Carlisle now leading the team to the first record in the East, but in fact he is also under great pressure.
During the offseason, Dazhi and the Philadelphia 76ers signed a six-year contract with a top salary of nearly 80 million...
The Philadelphia 76ers' salary space is completely locked up by Iverson, Zhizhi, Ratliff, and Oakley, which makes it difficult for them to reinforce.
The current lineup, although it can play a very impressive record in the east, but Carlisle is also very clear.
Not to mention the Blazers in this lineup, I'm afraid not even the Spurs and Lakers.
The entire Philadelphia fans are full of hope for the 76ers and expect them to win...
This puts Carlisle under great pressure because he knows that there is no possibility of winning at all!
And now the relationship between Carlisle and the Philadelphia 76ers management is also very stiff.
If it weren't for Iverson and Dai Zhi who supported Carlisle, I'm afraid Carlisle should be fired after finishing last season.
Sometimes, this guy with a is really not afraid of offending people.
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Now Iverson and Da Zhi support him. His coaching position is not dangerous, but what if he can't win the championship for several consecutive years?
It may be that the 76ers' management has lost patience, regardless of the feelings of Iverson and Dazhi, it is also possible to directly fire him!
"Isn't it the first in the east? What else is sad, relax, old man, don't put too much pressure on yourself!" Richard said, patting Carlisle's shoulder with a smile.
Carlisle smiled bitterly...
"Oh, Lee, I heard you signed a one-year contract with the Blazers?" Carlisle asked curiously.
Richard nodded. Although the Trail Blazers had concealed the specific details of his contract, he was still informed of the news.
After only signing a contract for one year, there are many opinions.
At least it can be seen that Richard had the idea of ​​leaving the Blazers. The reason why he signed this year's contract is probably to go to the dynasty.
When the dynasty is really built, it must be the time when Richard left the Blazers!
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In the face of Carlisle's inquiry, Richard nodded, and there was no need to conceal the matter. Anyway, he had only three months left before leaving the Trail Blazers.
"Ready to come east?" Carlisle asked with a wry smile. UU reading books www.uukanshu.com
Richard nodded...
Carlisle couldn't help crying, good fellow, Richard also advised himself not to be too stressed.
Can this pressure be great...
Richard is going to grab food in the east. I am afraid that all the head coaches in the east are under great pressure!
Especially Carlisle, the best coach in the Eastern Conference...
Without Richard, they can reach the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Finals and even the Finals, at least they can explain to the team.
And Richard is here, there must be a team's head coach!
"Relax, I won't go to the 76ers..." Richard said to Carlisle with a smile.
Carlisle wanted to cry even more. Was he worried that you came to the 76ers? What I worry about is that you come to the east...