Bishop of the Devil

After the award, the party returned to Portland, and boss Paul Allen had been waiting for the heroes to return triumphantly at the airport.

Another wave of sweeping to win the championship, but let the Trail Blazers fans have some regrets!

Because these two championships were all won at home, they, the Blazers fans, could not personally witness their home team winning the championship, naturally there are some regrets in their hearts.

But anyway, it's good to win the championship, what more bicycles.

...

Three days before the championship parade, Richard returned to Portland the next day and Richard stayed in his office for a whole day.

Everyone can relax, but Richard has no way to relax, because there are too many things at hand.

Richard received a call from Heat coach Pat Riley and Magic coach Doug Rivers.

They called and naturally wanted to see if Richard could help persuade McGrady to think about his team.

Both teams are hungry for McGrady.

The Heat are currently centered on Mourning, Marshburn and Tim Hardaway. They still have salary space on hand, enough to give McGrady a top salary.

If they can get McGrady, their squads dare not say that they will compete for the championship, at least in the east can also occupy the top position, become the existence of the eastern hegemony level.

As for the magic, they also have quite sufficient salary space...

Richard naturally didn't give these two coaches any accurate words. Now that McGrady has nothing to do with the Blazers, how can Richard be a lobbyist.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Richard saw McGrady in his office.

McGrady is here to say goodbye...

Richard was quite satisfied with this, and McGrady came to find his farewell behavior, which made Richard feel some good feelings.

At least without saying goodbye...

"Young man, do you want to go?" Richard said with a smile.

McGrady nodded. "They're ready to go to magic. They're paid well, and listening to Doug Rivers, they will make a big move!"

Richard couldn't help but laugh, and the big move Doug Reeves said didn't lie to McGrady.

Now the Magic has started to contact the Pistons, they want to get the Grant Hill of the Pistons, and then paired with a young unlimited McGrady, on this basis, to attract Duncan to join.

Richard is also not sure whether Duncan will eventually choose to join the Magic, after all, the Magic is still quite attractive to him.

My friend Grant Hill went, plus a McGrady, Duncan joined, this magic will directly become the league's top powerhouse.

Richard was really planning to introduce Duncan during the offseason this year...

But now it seems that there is no such opportunity, Duncan is now a completely free agent, Richard where to give Duncan a top salary.

...

Richard's situation on the magic side, Richard is prepared to pay attention to a wave, if Duncan really go to magic, it may not be a good thing for the Blazers.

If Duncan is gone, the Spurs are finished, so the Trail Blazers have no opponents in the West.

Just find a way to get the Lakers...

"Well, I wish you the magical achievement you expected!" Richard patted Maddie's shoulder and sincerely wished.

...

Another powerful star was sent away, and Richard must have felt uncomfortable.

The main reason is that Richard has no way to get any benefit in the case of McGrady leaving.

Like Wu Sheng Jackson, when he was traded by Richard, he got a lot of chips and got Artest and McGrady...

Now that McGrady is gone, it is equivalent to Wu Shengdan changing for an Artest, but in fact it is not a loss.

The main Artest is a rookie contract, and Wu Sheng will sign a big contract this offseason!

It is rumored that the Raptors did not plan to give Wu Sheng a maximum salary contract, but the contract amount was quite a lot. The six-year 50 million US dollar contract is not too shabby...

It is now up to Wu Sheng to agree to not agree to this contract. ,

If Richard didn’t make the deal with the Raptors, he can only watch Wu Sheng Jackson signed by other teams now, but he can’t get any benefits!

After all, how could the Blazers provide Wu Sheng with such a high contract.

Now at least I have received Artest's four-year cheap coolie, which is not a loss.

...

Now Harrington’s transaction value is extremely high, and Richard is not going to stay in his hands. If he continues to consume Harrington, it is completely harmful to others.

Continue to stay in Harrington for one year, it will reduce the value of Harrington's transaction. After all, there are two years of rookie contracts and only one year of rookie contracts. That is definitely not the same thing.

Moreover, if Harrington joins other teams, he can get more playing time, which is good for Harrington.

As soon as McGrady was sent away, Richard called Harrington into his office.

"Stevens, let's put together a list of the teams that wanted Harrington before!" Richard said at Stevens.

Stevens went to the list, and Richard looked at Harrington with a smile.

"Young people, congratulations, maybe you will be one of the top-paid players in this league in two years!"

"Thank you for your coaching! It's my honor to be a member of West Lafayette!" Harrington was shy, and now he was numb.

Richard nodded with a smile, he was worthy of Harrington's thanks. If it was not a god-making mission, Harrington's rebounding strength would be more ordinary, with an average of about six rebounds per game. For a dual energy forward, Can't say too good.

But now Harrington has the ability to average 8 rebounds per game, and the future achievements may be higher than normal.

This is why Richard can accept Harrington's gratitude with peace of mind.

"Okay, don’t talk so much nonsense, you should know that we have a plan to trade you. Now you can tell me if you have a team that you want to go to. If so, I will try my best to satisfy you. Request." Richard asked directly.

There is no need to cover up, such a win-win situation, Harrington unreasonably unacceptable.

"Coach, I want to go to a weaker team..."

Harrington is a little embarrassed. He is not the kind of ambitious player. Now he may want to become a second-team leader or even a big-team leader of a team. He will get a top salary contract two years later.

As for winning the championship, Harrington has two championship rings on hand, at least he doesn't have much pursuit of championship.

So he doesn't want to be a strong team.

Naturally, there are top players in the strong team. If he joins, he will definitely not be cultivated as a cornerstone of team building.

Richard nodded and wanted to go to the weak team? This is easy to handle.

If Harrington said he wanted to go to the strong team, Richard would feel a little difficult to deal with, because the strong team could not get any chips to trade Harrington.

"Okay, Al, go back and wait for the news. I will give you a satisfactory answer three days later!"

...

"BOSS, this is the team that previously called to want to trade Harrington. In the past few days, several teams have called, a total of thirteen teams!" Stevens quickly sorted out The team list.

Richard took a look at it, without saying anything, he directly crossed out the Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, Heat and other outstanding teams.

These teams are strong teams and do not meet Harrington's requirements.

Moreover, these teams have a lot of draft picks. Since Richard wants to trade Harrington, the main purpose is definitely to want draft picks.

These teams must have no decent draft picks...

So Richard didn't say that they crossed out these teams. Although the Philadelphia 76ers and Richard have a strong relationship, it is impossible for Richard to give them a Harrington in vain.

The relationship is good and the relationship is good. The brothers are still clear. The value of a Harrington is quite high. If Richard is really giving Harrington in vain, I am afraid that all Blazers fans will be crazy.

Now every decision of Richard is not only responsible for himself, but also responsible for countless fans of the Blazers.

...

After striking out the strong teams in the list, Richard simply struck out those teams that play in the goalkeeper level of the playoffs.

These teams are hovering around the top eight in the east and west. If they get Harrington, it is likely that their record will improve a lot, and the candidate draft rights will still be very low.

Richard had suffered such losses. He had suffered such losses when he traded with the Hornets before, so this time he had a serious eye and directly aimed the trading targets at those real fish belly teams.

In this way, there are not many teams left to consider.

Several fish-bellied teams, such as the Eagles, Cavaliers, Wizards and Warriors, are quite sincere.

They are willing to trade their unprotected draft picks for the next year to trade Harrington. Of course, they also know that it is only a first-round draft pick. Richard will only agree to trade unless his brain gets flooded...

So they are more or less **** with some other chips.

However, Richard was not satisfied with any of these chips.

For example, the Wizards were thinking of swapping Harrington for a first-round pick with a speeding car...

"Coach Walker, I would like to ask if your chips are serious?" Richard called the Wizards' current coach Walker.

The speed with which the Wizards changed coaches in the last two years is amazing...

"Coach Li, this is a trade offer made by Michael. I don't have such a lot of authority for this kind of thing..." Walker coach said hardly to Richard.

"Jordan?!"

"Not who else can he..."

Richard thought for a while and called Jordan directly.

"Michael, if you are really sincere, a flying car plus a first-round draft pick, it is obviously impossible to change to a player like Harrington." Richard said bluntly.

"Li, do you remember what you changed from the Wizards with a speeding car?"

"No, it wasn't a wizard at that time, it was a Washington bullet!" Jordan asked with a wry smile.

Richard was stunned. The speeding transaction was the first transaction made by Richard after crossing. Naturally, he was quite impressed.

In that transaction, Richard traded the Wizards' replacement power forward Rashid Wallace and the Nets' first-round draft pick.

Richard used this pick to pick Kobe...

It is equivalent to say that Richard was using a speeding car and changed hands to Rashid and Kobe!

"Cough, Michael, it's boring to say this..." Richard Degan said with a smile.

It's really boring to say this. At that time, the speed car was really worth the price tag. For the replacement of a newcomer and a first-round draft pick, the Wizards couldn't say that it was a loss.

But the situation is completely different now. The speeding car is not the previous speeding car, and Harrington is not the Rashid at that time.

At that time, the data of Rashid was not comparable to Harrington.

"Can't you help the elder brother?" Jordan asked sadly.

In Jordan's view, it is really unreasonable...

At first, Richard took a speeding car. It was not right. It was not a speeding car. It was a broken old car, and replaced Rashid and Kobe!

A two-material MVP Kobe, and a Rashid who got the top salary in the Bulls!

Now the Wizards want to return the flying car to Richard, but Richard is obviously dismissed...

Even with their first-round pick, Richard didn’t want...

"Tracy McGrady has left the team. Your Trail Blazers are now missing a backup point guard. Let Ginobili start. Just let the speeding play the bench. I think it is appropriate!"

"And our first-round draft pick, you can get a reliable newcomer next year, how you think it is very cost-effective..."

Jordan said.

"Cough, Michael, I want to help you, but I certainly won't want a speeding car. For the Blazers, speeding cars have no value for a dime!"

"Then what do you say? Our Wizards are now in such a business. Who can you watch other than Hamilton not selling them?" Jordan asked silently.

Richard is also speechless, the Wizards are so stupid, he really can't look down on...

"Then there is no way, Michael, only have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future..." Richard said with a smile.

Right now Richard is not headless flies, he still has a goal.

For example, he now has some favorite Marion hackers, but the Suns have not shown any interest in the Harrington show.

Then Richard called the Cavaliers again.

The Cavaliers were bachelors and gave two trading options.

One trading plan is that they took out 99-year-old No. 8 show Andre Miller to exchange for Harrington.

In this season, Andre Miller averaged 11 points and 6 assists per game. For a point guard, his strength is still quite good.

Richard is actually a bit emotional, but the problem is that Miller does not have a three-point ability, which is not very suitable for Richard's tactical system.

Another trade plan given by the Cavaliers is to give them the first three picks in 2001 and 2003 to protect the draft pick...

Without the protection of the top three picks, Richard estimated that he would agree to the deal without saying anything.

Because the 2003 draft year, the Cavaliers are the top pick!

But now that there is a top three pick protection, Richard's promise has been reduced a lot...

In the trading market, after a round of shopping, Richard found helplessly, as if the Cavaliers became his only choice.

The main reason is that the Blazers don’t want the kind of players with big contracts, so they eliminated several teams...

And for other teams willing to come up with newcomers plus draft picks in exchange for Harrington, the newcomers they gave, Richard, also looked down upon.

Not as good as the Cavaliers' draft pick...

In the end, Richard directly made a decision and traded with the Cavaliers, using Harrington in exchange for the Cavaliers' first three picks in 2001 and 2003.

The main reason is that Andre Miller is valuable in the hands of the knight. Otherwise, Richard will probably pick something from the knight.

Harrington exchanged two first-round draft picks. In fact, from the outside world, Richard is not considered a profit.

However, Richard is well aware that these two draft picks can give the Blazers newcomers who far exceed the value of Harrington.

2000 was a small draft year, but 2003 was a big year and 2001 was pretty good.

For example, in the Cavaliers' first-round pick in 2001, Richard was even able to pick a player with a high level of pressure, such as Joe Johnson.

As for the year 2003, because of the first three protections in the first round, the Blazers are estimated to be unable to get it and can only get the Cavaliers' first round of picks in 2004.

But even so, the Cavaliers were also lottery picks in 2004!

2004 was also a big draft year. This good draft pick might get Iguodala, Al Jefferson or Josh Smith for the Blazers.

Therefore, a loss is definitely not a loss.

...

After the deal was finalized, Richard told Harrington the news.

Harrington is certainly quite satisfied with this. Richard did not lie to him, and really traded him to a junk team.

Garbage in the garbage...

The Cavaliers now have a Camp to be scrapped, and a newcomer point guard Andre Miller. If Harrington joins, it is estimated that the Cavaliers management will be treated as a god.

Want to shoot right? Give it, anyway, Camp is done. Isn’t Andre Miller a point guard just doing the passing job...

Want to show time? Give to give, as long as you can play, every game can be played for 48 minutes!

Harrington couldn't help but think about his happy life in the future.

In such a team, if you try to brush the data yourself, before the end of the rookie contract, you can get a 20+8 data. Such data is enough for Harrington to mix into a top salary contract.

...

Harrington nodded beautifully, believing in Richard's operation.

In this case, because Harrington itself has a contract, and the trading goals are all draft rights, the two parties have nothing to hide, and directly disclose the trading plans of both parties.

Richard sent Harrington here, the Cavaliers took out two draft picks and a rookie with a contract period of one year remaining, and the deal was concluded.

The reason why the Cavaliers took out this player was actually to equalize the salary. Richard didn't want it either.

Anyway, the Trail Blazers are also short of people, and these cannon fodder players are just enough to make up the 13-man roster.

...

The Trailblazers' sale of Harrington caused a lot of sensation in the league.

As a defending team, any news from them can attract the attention of fans...

The team sold Harrington, although the Trail Blazers fans were reluctant, but they also knew that Richard would not make a loss of buying and selling, this transaction is definitely the final beneficiary or the Blazers.

...

The lottery is already over, and the Blazers have three picks this year.

A 29th overall pick in the first round, as well as two second-round picks with relatively low picks.

It was only a few days before the draft began, Richard eventually sold those two second rounds...

Two second-round picks replaced one of the Warriors' second-round picks in 2001.

The main reason is that this year's two second-round picks are useless. Richard has already decided to use their bottom-round first-round pick to choose the gold left hand for insurance.

...

In late June, the annual draft convention begins.

This year's draft conference, the Trail Blazers are quite low-key. They just got the bottom pick in the first round with their hands and got a 198 cm tall guard player.

Michael Reed, a junior player from Ohio State University.

Richard's choice of Reed is actually quite surprising, mainly because Reed's popularity is a bit low, and his age is also a bit old...

According to Richard's consistent selection characteristics, the players he won in the first round are generally some extremely young players.

Before the start of the draft, Reed will be selected in the middle of the second round of predictions in major media. Some media prediction lists even have no Reed name at all.

...

Now that Richard has selected this junior player, it means that this player is estimated to be an underestimated player, otherwise, Richard will certainly not start.

When the draft is over, the Blazers often held a trade conference with other teams in previous years.

But this year they did not hold any press conferences. Obviously this year they did not make too many shots as they did in 1997.

Michael Reed is the only thing the Blazers got at the draft this year.

...

For a time, the media of all parties were quite puzzled.

With the departure of McGrady, didn't the Blazers say there was a lack of point guard? ! Why did you choose a standard height guard now...

Does it mean that Germany has the potential to play point guard? !

Many reporters went to find the video of the Reed University game. Through analysis, it seems that Reed does not have the ability to play point guard...

This is quite strange. Is it that Richard is not going to be a point guard? !

...

The point guard naturally needs to be ~www.readwn.com~ In fact, Richard now has a headache for the point guard.

If there are any reliable point guards at this draft, then even if Richard pays a price, he will definitely be selected.

But the problem now is that there is no decent point guard in this **** draft year.

In desperation, Richard can only start the idea of ​​playing new team point guards of other teams.

There is only one Ginobili at the point guard.

Impossible to let Ginobili play him for 48 minutes!

With the exception of Ginobili, there is no player in the Trail Blazers who can assume the point guard role.

Mobley doesn't work, neither does Old Curry!

So the most urgent task now in front of Richard is to find a reliable point guard.