But Jordan was a Paulist, which caused friction between him and Allen. However, Allen could not offend Jordan to death in order to fire Riley, so he promoted Riley to management.

However, Riley's successor was completely unable to meet the standards of a championship team. Allen gritted his teeth and decided to let Riley be the coach again.

In line with the fearless spirit of "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell", Riley serves as the general manager and also serves as the coach.

This is godfather-level authority, and Paul Allen has no objection. However, he made ugly remarks in front of him and only gave Riley two years.

Within two years, if the Trail Blazers can't end their nightmare of consecutive runner-up finishes, Riley will have to pack up and leave.

This leaves Riley with no choice, whether reasonable or not, he must strengthen the team at all costs.

When a reporter from The Oregonian asked him if he had woken up from the Barkley nightmare, Riley shook his head seriously: "I said, I'm the fire captain, which means I won't stay in this position for a long time.

, because coaching has long been no longer fun for me.”

In this way, Riley became the coach of the Trail Blazers again.

He's putting Sabonis on the shelf while recruiting players in the free market.

Soon, Riley split the mid-level exception into two parts, signing Tyrone Corbin and veteran Russell Thompson (Lasalle Thompson C).

Riley no longer wants to set the trend, following the trend is the most important thing.

The Knicks used defense to win seven consecutive championships. The Heat copied the answer and won the championship. Riley wanted to form a defensive team that surpassed the Knicks to help the Trail Blazers reach the top.

To achieve his goals, he needs more talents.

Immediately afterwards, Philadelphia was preparing to put this cornerstone insider on the shelf due to the difficulty in renewing the contract of Alonzo Mourning.

The phone calls to the 76ers general manager's office were quickly buzzing with requests from team executives eager for talent.
Chapter completed!