Chapter 862: West Lafayette Wansheng (end of the book)

2028 Finals G5, home of the Clippers.
Although this round of the finals reached G5, but no one thinks that the Clippers' opponent Green Kai will be Richard's opponent.
This round of the series will be completely ended tonight, Richard will also get the fifteenth championship trophy of his personal coaching career, the Clippers will also usher in the team's sixth championship trophy.
In the first three games of this series, the Clippers won the opponent by an average of 35 points per game. This is still the case when the Li Bit brothers are not too crazy. If these two brothers broke out, Green Kai may be beaten into amateur. team.
As for the fourth game the Clippers lost, it was because the Clippers all used pure bench lineups, giving Green Kai a victory.
The reason for this is very simple, because the Clippers want to win at home.
As for why so eager to win the championship at home, it must be something big happening.
Tonight is Richard's retirement ceremony.
Yes, Richard has 100% confidence to win the championship tonight. After receiving his fifteenth championship, he directly announced his retirement on this occasion tonight.
No occasion is more suitable for announcing retirement than the championship ceremony, at least in Richard's opinion.
Scenery all his life, this final retirement ceremony, Richard naturally cannot be vague.
As early as mid-April, the end of the regular season, the Clippers officially released this news, announcing that Richard will perform a retirement ceremony after the fifth game of the finals.
At that time, some fans were still wondering, why did Richard's retirement ceremony choose such a good time?
Now they understand that before the playoffs begin, Richard has already planned to win the fifth game of the Finals...
This can also show the horror of the Libit brothers, they can actually control when to win...
This evening, the audience at the scene can definitely be said to be shining with stars.
In the front two rows of the auditorium, full of Richard's family, NBA stars and active NBA top stars.
These famous places and stars all have the same label on them, that is, the players of West Lafayette.
Iverson, Big Ben, Miller, Kobe, O'Brien, Rashid, countless retired fame and fortune, all in a solemn black suit, sitting around the stadium.
Many current Lafayette players are also in the audience in the finals.
Generally speaking, active players rarely come to watch the Finals live, but tonight on this special day, they can't take care of that much.
Hundreds of stars, even the official NBA activities, absolutely cannot get so many stars.
Many stars have commercial activities, but they have resolutely pushed away these activities. Nothing will be more important than Richard's retirement ceremony.
Xiao Hua and other high-level league officials are also dressed in western styles. Tonight, they are just an ordinary audience besides awarding.
Tijana took 23-year-old Li Lam and 19-year-old Li Marie in the front row.
Years did not leave too many traces on Tijana's face, even though Tijana is now almost fifty years old, it is still extremely beautiful.
This kid, Li Lam, is also 23 years old this year. He has already graduated from university. He took a sum of money from Richard. He started a travel company himself. He even took a tour guide license...
Whenever there is a single beautiful woman in the tour group, his "guide" will immediately go out and take the group himself...
This actually fulfilled his previous dream.
Li Marie is only 19 years old, and she has not graduated from college yet, but she has a terrifying identity.
The Portland Trail Blazers leader, Jody Allen, has handed the Blazers full power to Lee Marie for the first two years.
In other words, only 17 years old Li Marie became the pioneer of the pioneers!
Don't really say that in these two years of the draft, Li Marie can always find quite powerful players in the second round...
This is of course the effect of the coach prop that Richard had previously obtained. Now Richard has bound this prop to Li Mary.
In the past two years in charge of the Trail Blazers, Li Marie has done a lot of big things with high-pressure methods. For example, in the first year of power, he directly sold half of the team's players.
For example, directly hiding the head player Josh Jackson who is in conflict with the coach.
The money will be given, but it will not be given to you or traded with you, and it will take you a few years!
These high-pressure operations directly made the name of Bloody Mary resound in the alliance, and let Richard and the brothers of Li Bit fail to catch the source of the nickname, which is a straightforward meal...
In addition to these people, the owners of at least half of the league's teams also came to the scene in person.
The league boss headed by Jordan is in a weird mood. Some of them have a deep friendship with Richard. They don’t want Richard to leave this circle.
But they are also very clear that with Richard in this league, their chances of winning the championship are slim, and they should give away Richard.
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The game on the field has already started, but not many people pay attention to the game. Even Green Head coach Stevens can't stop sighing.
The atmosphere at the scene was still somewhat sad. After all, Richard, who had been familiar with them for more than 20 years, was about to retire, and it was strange that they were not sad.
Entered the league in 1996, and now Richard has taken root in this league for 32 years!
How many 32 years can a person have in his life?
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Li Bit and Li Jin played for less than three quarters, and then they were replaced. Stevens had already disarmed and surrendered. This game was completely unnecessary.
After the dull faces of the brothers, they both returned to the locker room.
"Buddu!" The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game. Richard's last game of his coaching career defeated his opponent with a big score of 128:91.
Everyone on the scene stood up to congratulate Richard on his last career win.
The staff at the scene arranged the podium quickly.
Richard sat on the bench of the Clippers, sighing.
Is it finally time to leave?
He was very reluctant in his heart, but he had treated Tijana a lot in his life, and he would spend the rest of his life with him.
Your coaching career has been perfect to the point where it can no longer be perfect. If you continue to coach, it will not change anything.
The podium was already set up, and Xiao Hua walked out of the audience briskly.
"First of all, congratulations to the Clippers for winning this round of finals, congratulations to them for winning the 2027-2028 NBA championship."
"Congratulations to the Clippers, congratulations to the Li Bit and Li Jin brothers, they once again created a miracle."
"Of course, the most congratulations are Richard. Congratulations to the greatest coach in NBA history, Richard, who won the fifteenth championship trophy of his coaching career. I believe this record will always top the list."
"I believe many people on the scene know that tonight is a big day, not just a night for the Clippers to win the championship."
"Tonight is destined to be remembered by history. It is coach Richard's retirement night. Here, on behalf of the NBA Management Committee, I thank Coach Richard for his contributions to the NBA for more than thirty years!" Xiao Hua Quite Chen Ken said.
Over the past three decades, Richard has caused a lot of trouble for the NBA, but more often, he has created unimaginable benefits for the NBA league.
Nowadays, the influence of NBA leagues in North America has already become the leader of the four major leagues, of which Richard is the most prominent.
"Well, I’m not nagging for such an important night, and then I will give the time to Michael Jordan, the first person in the history of NBA players in the eyes of fans. He has a lot of thoughts on Richard’s retirement night. Tell Richard."
Next, Xiao Hua went off and handed over the microphone to Jordan.
Jordan took a deep breath and took to the podium.
"Thanks to President Xiao Hua, thank you for lifting me up, calling me the first player."
"I have never admitted this title, but tonight I admitted this title with a cheeky face. Anyway, it won't take long before the two children, Li Bit and Li Jin, will become the first person in history..." Jordan came up first As a joke, the dull atmosphere of the scene was relaxed a lot.
"As Richard's former opponent and former partner, the most fortunate thing in my life is that I can get a championship ring in Richard's hands. The second thing I should be thankful is that I formed with Richard before. Charlotte Buccaneers."
"Richard is a good person. Whether you admit it or not, he is a good person in my eyes. We are all old now, and I wish him a colorful life in retirement."
"History will never forget this greatest coach." After all, Jordan's eyes turned red.
Jordan finished, and gave the microphone to Stevens.
Tonight Steven is the representative of the league coach and will speak at Richard's retirement ceremony.
Although Stevens has never won a championship in these years, his coaching ability is obvious to all, that is, he has encountered a bad era...
"Richard has many identities for me, mentor, best friend, opponent, etc. I will never forget that he called me that afternoon and informed me that he became an assistant under his staff. "
"Even after 32 years have passed, every minute and second of that afternoon, I still can't forget it."
"Thank you, Mr. Richard, for giving the Maotou kid 32 years ago a chance."
"32 years coaching career, 15 championship championships, 9 coaches of the year, coaching career wins 1888 games, an average of 59 wins per year, regular season win rate of 72%, playoffs wins 333 games, postseason 75% win rate, 28 playoffs..."
Stevens on the stage read the data one by one, and each data is a super mountain that Richard created during his coaching career, which cannot be surpassed by others.
In his 32-year coaching career, he is the same as Wilkins, an eagle star, ranking first in NBA history.
To be honest, Wilkens' coaching years are not so pure. When he was supersonic at the beginning of his coaching career, he was actually a part-time coach of players, not a pure coach.
Richard coached season number one in NBA history!
The total number of championships is as high as 15, and the second-ranked Auerbach is only nine, which is a huge gap from Richard.
As for Jackson, the third-ranked Zen Master, there are only 7, and the gap from Richard is even greater, not even half of the total number of Richards championships.
How terrible the 15 championships are. Think about the Lakers. Now the Lakers only have 13 championship trophies. It is not as good as the number of champions Richard Richard has...
To know that the Lakers built the team in 1947, it has 80 years of history!
Richard had nine times as the best head coach. If the previous coaches had little hope of breaking the record, then this record is probably no one has broken.
Because the number one Richard was nine times, the number of old Nelson, Pat Riley and Popovich ranked two, three and four was only nine times!
Richard does not value this honor, does not mean that this honor is not important.
Coach of the Year, COY, actually represents the regular season MVP in player honor.
It is self-evident how important the regular season MVP is.
The number of games won in the regular season is as high as 1888 games, with an average of 59 games per season, and the win rate of the regular season is 72%. This is also a record that people have no courage to look up.
The coach closest to Richard's record is probably Popovich who can also be called a great coach.
Popovich and Richard started their coaching career at the same time. Both started in 1996. As a result, Popovich retired in 2022. During his 26-year coaching career, he got a total of 1400 wins, averaging each season. You can probably get 54 wins, and the winning percentage is about 68%.
If Popovich can also coach until now, I am afraid that the difference between his winning numbers and Richard must not be so big...
Entering the playoffs 28 times, also the first in history!
Popovich, ranked second, had 25 times, and George Karl, third, had 22.
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On the big screen above the arena, there are already all the data that began to list Richard's coaching career.
Every piece of data, any piece of data, as long as it is the relevant data of the coaching group, Richard is ranked first with a considerable advantage!
This is why Xiao Hua dared to say that Richard is the greatest coach in NBA history. If he said so, even if he can pick a fan, he can never pick out the slightest fault.
"With so much history first, I want to use more solemn words to describe Richard, and it is not excessive."
"Now there are 12 teams head coaches in the league who have served as Richard's assistants. Tonight they all came to the scene. Here I represent them to thank Mr. Richard, thank you!"
Now the league has 12 head coaches from Richard's door, Richard can now truly be said to be the world.
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After Jordan and Stevens finished speaking, they went to Kobe to take the stage.
Originally, I wanted Iverson or Dalai to be the representative of West Lafayette players. As a result, the two were not good at speaking, and finally let Kobe come.
"Thanks to Coach Richard, when I first entered the league, I was given a lot of advice. After so many years, I have not said a good thank you to him."
"Thank you, coach, thank you for your dedication, not just to me, but to all the players of West Lafayette."
"A week later, it was Libit and Natalya's marriage. From now on, coach Richard and I will be family members."
Speaking of which, Bryant smiled on his face.
Li Bit and Nataliya have been in childhood since they graduated from high school. After graduating from high school, the two directly talked about their love. After these years, the two finally entered the wedding hall.
For the son-in-law of Li Bit, Bryant is extremely satisfied. The first person in the history of the future league, with excellent strength and character, has never heard of any gossip.
In the years of interacting with Natalia, Li Bit has dedicated himself to never betrayed Natalia.
Such son-in-law, Kobe naturally cannot fault.
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After Bryant finished speaking, he smiled and looked at Richard. Obviously the next leader was Richard.
Richard, who is just sixty years old this year, already has some white hair on his head, but his mental head is quite good. He walked up the podium and took the microphone from Kobe.
"First of all, I have to apologize to the entire league."
"Because of my own personal interests, this season is quite boring..." Richard said with a microphone, smiling.
The audience laughed, just this year?
This was not the case when I coached the Pirates before? That is, coaching the Clippers now, a lot of convergence.
"How do you look at your expression, as if you are used to it?" Richard asked with a smile.
There was another laugh at the scene.
"Well, since you are used to it, it seems that I don't need to apologize."
"It's my retirement tonight, and I don't have much to say. My coaching career did not leave any regrets. The number of 14 championships was unlucky, and my two sons made up for my regrets."
"1888 wins, I like this number quite a lot, don't ask me why it's so coincident, I won't tell you."
"Now that there is no trace of regret in my coaching career, then it is naturally time to say goodbye to you."
"Thank you for the most beautiful woman in the world in my eyes, my wife Tijana Allen, and thank you for your support and companionship for thirty years."
"Thanks to my three sons, you are all kind, and it would be better if one of the guys could do less and lack virtue."
"Thank you my little princess Mary, no matter what others say, you will always be the cutest princess in my dad’s heart, definitely not a terrible Mary, here I warn those people, if I dare to let me catch someone screaming again, I will never be light."
"Thanks to the guys of Lafayette, you are the best players in this universe, and it is the glory of my life to be able to coach you!"
"It's time to say goodbye to the stadium, let's get our guys from West Lafayette together again, the last time standing on the unified stadium at the same time!" Richard cried out loudly.
In an instant, more than one hundred people stood out in the audience hula, including Li Bit and Li Jin who came back from the dressing room and put on a solemn black suit.
All the fans are already shaking with excitement. The 108 people who appeared on the stage are a symbol of various eras and memories of their youth.
108 Syracuse players, no more and no less, all came tonight, as for why this number is 108, I am afraid only the devil Richard knows.
Under the leadership of two big brothers, Big Ben and Iverson, 108 West Lafayette players walked onto the court, surrounded by Richard.
Each player looked at Richard on the podium with red eyes.
"Guys, you are all kind."
"Our West Lafayette players are all good, and none of your performance has embarrassed our group."
"I Richard is proud of you!" Richard burst into tears and looked at the proud disciples around him. His heart was so surging that his life was definitely worth it.
"West Lafayette!" Richard yelled.
One hundred and eight West Lafayette players responded in unison.
"West Lafayette!"
"West Lafayette!"
Fans on the scene were infected and got up to follow Huhe.
"West Lafayette!"
"West Lafayette!"
The waves were higher than the waves, making this originally sad night more exciting.
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The whole ceremony ended smoothly after Richard's jersey was hung over the arena.
At the same time, there are 14 teams in the league, at the same time, Richard's jersey retirement ceremony.
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"Broken!" Richard on the way back, snapped his thigh.
"What's wrong?" Tijan asked strangely.
"In the end, people are old, memory is not enough, I actually forgot a very important thing." Richard said with a tangled expression.
"What's the matter? Don't tell me, you still want to get the 16th championship." Tijana said dissatisfiedly.
Richard quickly waved his hand, "No, I forgot to promote my new book after Bishop Devil."
"New book? Is that the one you are writing now? What is it called?"
""Bishop of NBA World"!" Richard said patting his head and said painfully.