Bishop of the Devil

When he learned that Ben finally signed a contract worth 700,000 US dollars a year with Olshey and the others, Richard couldn't help but laugh...

But thinking about it, I smiled a little unkindly. After all, the Trail Blazers are my club...

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All players' contracts have been signed, preparations for the new season have been completed, and the summer league has been played. Now it's time to start training.

Generally, league team training time is in early September or mid-September. The team captain summons all players with guaranteed contracts in the team and selects a training location to train until the end of September. The preseason games begin in early October. !

The Trail Blazers had too many new players on the team, so Richard had to advance the training time.

In mid-August, the Trail Blazers summoned all freshman players below the third grade to go to Purdue University.

It is worth mentioning that the training does not have to be held at the team's training ground. The location can be chosen arbitrarily. Even if Richard sets the training location in China, there is absolutely no problem with it...

Purdue University is Richard's home base, and there are many benefits to training here...

The first is convenience. If you train on your own territory, even if you encounter any trouble, you can easily solve it.

Secondly, you can train the players of the Boilermakers and play a friendly match every day, so that these players can feel the strength of NBA players in advance...

Regarding this matter, old Philip naturally applauded with both hands and immediately summoned the Boilermakers players to return to school in mid-August!

In the training ground of McGee Center Arena, there were nearly twenty young players standing in front of Richard, half of whom were Blazers and the other half were Boilermakers!

Old Philip stood behind Richard with a smile on his face!

"Boilermakers, I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon!" Richard said with a smile.

Da Zhi, Zhi Zhi and others were filled with excitement. They looked at Da Ben with envy and secretly sighed that this guy's luck was simply invincible...

A total of four players from the 1996 Boilermakers participated in the draft, but only Big Ben continued to play under Richard. What good luck!

"Coach, do you want to play a game with them? Let's start quickly. We want the NBA to see the dominance of our boilermakers!" Truth Pierce is the leader among the remaining players, and Old Philip also designated him as the player. Captain of the team.

Pierce's confident words immediately made the Blazers players feel unhappy...

What do you mean? Are you newbies trying to beat us, the Trail Blazers? !

It’s really whimsical!

"Okay! That's as you wish, guys, get ready to fight!"

"Philip, you are in charge of the Boilermakers and I am in charge of the Trail Blazers. Let's play an NBA-style game!"

Richard is also a little excited, wondering whether the new army he has formed can overthrow the NCAA hegemon, the Boilermakers!

"Ben, Jermaine, Rasheed, Kobe and Trent, you five come on!" Richard began to line up his troops!

But as soon as this lineup was announced, the five people were a little confused...

"Coach, how should we allocate this position..." Rasheed Wallace asked.

Ben, O'Brien and Tianzun all play inside positions, Trent is a small forward, and Kobe is a shooting guard...

"Ben, Jermaine, you two guard the inside!"

"Rashid, come and play No. 3!"

"Trent, you play the second position!"

"As for you, Kobe, you play the one position!"

After listening to this arrangement, Ben and O'Brien have no objections. There is nothing unacceptable about Trent's small forward position playing the second position. Only the position arrangement of Rasheed and Kobe, It makes the two of them feel a little bit sore...

In the previous summer league, Carlisle arranged their appearances according to their respective main positions, and did not send all these people on the field like today.

This kind of stage arrangement is naturally not Richard's whim, but the result of his careful consideration!

Even before the draft started, Richard had imagined this similar lineup!

Of course, this appearance arrangement is not the complete one envisioned by Richard. Trent is just a temporary addition. The real Jigsaw Robinson did not start training so early!

When Robinson arrives, Richard's lineup concept will be considered complete!

Big Ben and O'Neal Jr. have no problem playing inside. It is no exaggeration to say that if these two people are at their peak, the inside defensive power they can exert is much greater than that of the double Wallace combination. !

Needless to say, the first thing that comes to mind when mentioning Big Ben is his tough interior defense!

In his peak period, O'Neal Jr. even occupied the third man position in the league and ranked third in the regular season MVP selection. The ones ahead of him were Duncan and Garnett!

Its peak defensive strength is not comparable to Duncan, but it is not much worse than Garnett!

The reason why O'Neal's historical status is not as good as Garnett's, and the gap can even be said to be quite large, is that O'Neal was delayed by the Trail Blazers for a few years in the early stages of his career, and after he joined the Pacers, he did not reach his peak for a few years before encountering another crisis. The Palace of Auburn Hills Incident and Serious Injuries…

Otherwise, O'Neill's historical achievements will not be much worse than Garnett!

The inner barrier formed by Xiao Ao and Ou Ben will definitely be as difficult to break through as mountains. Auburn Mountain...

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As for the Roaring Lord Rasheed Wallace, Richard has always had a feeling in his previous life that Rasheed's offensive ability was buried...

Rashid is 2.08 meters tall and has a good wingspan. He has an advantage in the power forward position, but his tonnage is too small!

Although he has a big head, his tonnage is at least ten kilograms less than a power forward of the same height, or even ten kilograms!

In this case, no matter whether he is on the offensive or defensive end, he will suffer a bit because of his tonnage!

But if he is placed at the third position, then his disadvantage in size will not be considered a disadvantage, and his advantage in height and wingspan will be amplified.

Some people may wonder, can Rasheed play small forward?

In fact, he can really play. Rasheed has all the offensive methods necessary for a small forward. Although his speed is not as good as that of Durant, who is about the same height in later generations, among players with a height of 2.08 meters, But it is also a top-notch existence!

As an orthodox No. 3 player, Rashid may not have an advantage in speed, but he is tall...

Just like Durant in later generations, facing a small man, he just raised his hand and shot, and the opposing players had no way to deal with him!

Rashid's shooting ability is very good. He can turn over and make a big mid-range shot with a straight arm. His hit rate is very scary, and he also has a three-point shooting ability!

Small defensive players are naturally at a disadvantage when it comes to preventing shots...

And sending big men to guard Rashid, he has the top speed among big men and can break through with the ball...

This is generally where Durant will have no solution for future generations.

Right now, Richard's goal is to make Rasheed into a being similar to Durant...