Bishop of the Devil

Although Carlisle felt that Richard valued him.

But his upright character makes him reluctant to say anything...

His character is like this, otherwise, he would not have had a conflict with the Pistons management, leading to his being fired...

"Li, is the first player in each position on this list our next starting lineup?"

Richard nodded, that was indeed his plan.

"There is no problem with other positions, but as for the center, are you really sure to use Jermaine as the starting center? I think Sabonis is a better choice, right?" Carlisle asked with a frown.

In fact, before asking Richard about the starting lineup, Carlisle himself had imagined the starting lineup for the new season.

Kobe Bryant starts at the point guard position, and Carlisle thinks so too...

It's not that he agrees with Kobe's strength, but there is really no one available on the Trail Blazers. Instead of using the embarrassing Childreeds, it is better to use the underage Kobe...

At least you can still exercise, what if this is a treasure...

Carlisle had already guessed Ben's position as the starting power forward and had no objections to it...

Richard spent so much effort to get the big book, but he didn't just get it to sit on the bench!

Many fans may have some misunderstandings about the position of power forward, thinking that a power forward must be like Big Eyebrows, Aldridge or Rasheed Wallace, who can attack and defend...

This is not the case.

The definition of an old-school power forward is hard work...

As the auxiliary position of the center, he is responsible for rebounding, defense, blocking and other dirty work. As for scoring, usually the center has to run out of opportunities before it is the power forward's turn...

Otherwise, the power forward is also called the second center...

And now, due to the continuous development of basketball, some teams will even use power forwards as the main offensive point, such as the Jazz team...

In later generations, power forwards were still used as organizational points...

Anyway, with the development of basketball, the positions of players on the field are becoming more and more blurred...

As an academic coach, Carlisle naturally has no objections to big power forwards.

Carlisle had no objections to Richard's arrangements for the two points of small forward and shooting guard. The main task of these two points is to score...

No matter who plays this position, the ultimate task is to score, and other tasks are just incidental...

And Carlisle also knows very well that the two chosen by Richard are the best choices. In terms of scoring ability, Clifford Robinson is definitely the strongest in the current Trail Blazers team, followed by Sabonis, and again should be the one just now. Rasheed Wallace has joined!

Carlisle is not a rigid person. He knows Richard's intention of putting Rasheed at the small forward position. He must be thinking of following Clifford Robinson's path...

Now that Durant is just a kid, Carlisle naturally doesn't know that Durant will appear in the future!

But even if there is no Durant now, it does not mean that there are no Durant-type players in the league...

Clifford Robinson!

In name, he is a power forward, but in reality he is a swingman.

He is 208 centimeters tall and weighs 105 kilograms. For those who have no idea about this, you can imagine Durant's fat figure!

What's even more coincidental is that this guy's appearance is 70% to 80% similar to Durant's...

Well, Durant may be slightly prettier than him, with bigger eyes...

Although the top star of the Trail Blazers last season was Strickland, Robinson's data was actually no worse than that of Speedy!

He averaged 21.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, shooting 43% from the field and 38% from the three-point range!

Apart from anything else, just by looking at his rebound data, you can get a general idea of ​​his style of play...

The 208-foot-tall power forward who averages 38 minutes per game only averages less than six rebounds per game. This is a complete outside play!

Various outside shots, big mid-range shots, three-pointers...

If you stay inside, with this height, this playing time, even if your rebounding ability is poor, grabbing eight rebounds is not a big problem...

This is not to say that this is how Robinson played when he first entered the league. When he first entered the league, he played a more orthodox inside style. At most, he would sometimes pull out and shoot a mid-range shot...

But in the 1994-95 season, this guy didn't know what kind of stimulation he received, and he directly started playing from the outside!

The original average of less than one three-point shot per game has increased directly to 5.1, and the three-point shooting rate is also quite good, reaching nearly 40%!

Richard even wondered if this guy had watched the game video of Durant in later generations...

Due to the small tonnage, it is too easy to get injured when fighting inside. But after Robinson changed his style of play, he directly transformed into an iron man!

Played 1,200 games throughout his career and only missed 19 games...

In terms of iron manpower, it is really no worse than Utah Shuangsha or AC Green!

It is said that Rasheed Wallace was the first person to use high post play to play low post, which is commonly known as the new inside play!

In fact, it is not the case. Robinson is the one. Rasheed Wallace has carried forward this style of play. If you think about it carefully, it is really possible that Rasheed Wallace learned from Robinson when he was playing in the Trail Blazers...

The key is that his defense is also very good!

How great is it? At the age of 36, he can still be selected to the All-Defensive Second Team...

Speaking of which, Robinson was a small part of the reason why Richard chose to join the Trail Blazers. Richard is confident that Robinson can exert greater power!

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With Robinson as a weird swingman, Carlisle directly determined that Richard would place Rasheed at the small forward position, with the purpose of letting Rasheed follow Robinson's route...

This is actually true. After all, there is no Durant at the moment. Robinson can be said to be Durant, the poor man's version of Durant...

Only for the center position, Carlisle has his own ideas.

"Carlisle, I know what you are thinking." Richard said with a smile.

"You must think that O'Neal is too young, and the post is a position that matures relatively late, so you want to let Sabonis take care of O'Neal first..."

Carlisle nodded, that was indeed what he thought.

For the center position, except for a few BUG players, many players actually need to spend at least two or three years to develop before they can be used...

Now that O'Neal is so young, Carlisle is wondering whether to let O'Neal start from the bench.

"Carlisle, believe me, I know this player very well!"

"Maybe I even know better than he does. Believe me, our investment is definitely worth it!"

"Give him a chance to start, and he will definitely give us a huge surprise!"

Richard said confidently.

This is really not a joke. Little O'Neal doesn't know what he can do in the future, but Richard knows...