NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 127 Acquire eight new stars, the Raptors' new season lineup announced

After the half-man and half-god Carter got his hands, Kumbu has already received two of the four major shooting guards.

Each of the four major shooting guards has its own style. In terms of comprehensive strength, including offense, defense and organizational ability, Kobe must be one of the four major shooting guards.

Carter is the one with the lowest achievement among the four shooting guards. In addition to the All-Star lineup, the only honors he can get are a third team and a second team.

There is no scoring champion, no steals champion, and he has not led the team to the finals.

However, unlike Ewing's top four centers, Carter has something real. In addition to his picturesque dunks, his three-point firepower is also stronger than the other three shooting guards.

That's right, Carter, who has always shown himself as a dunker, has the strongest three-point ability among the four shooting guards.

This is also an important reason why Combe is willing to use the No. [-] pick to win Carter. The Raptors' three-point firepower of the forward and defense line was a bit weak last season, so they just took advantage of this draft to improve it.

McGrady has a three-pointer, but he is a little nervous. It is terrible when it is accurate, and it is also terrible when it is not accurate.

Wu Sheng's three-pointer is similar to McGrady's, but he is crazy.

Mashburn's three-pointer is not as good as Wu Sheng and McGrady.

That is, when Billups came, the Raptors' outside three-pointers were considered a bit of improvement.

Next, the Warriors, holding the No. [-] pick, directly selected Antawn Jamison, Carter's brother-in-law, who was also produced by the University of North Carolina.

Under normal circumstances, the Raptors actually selected Jamison at the fourth pick, and then the Warriors took Carter, and the two sides exchanged.

There is no need for that now, the Warriors themselves are the No. [-] pick.

The Dallas Mavericks with the fifth pick selected Lieve LaFrentz, who should have been selected with the third pick. Comb knew that this was a pick swap between the Mavericks and the Bucks.

LaFrentz is a high-quality power forward produced by the University of Kansas. The Bucks currently have the Big Dog and Ray Allen in the outside lineup. They need to improve the strength of the frontcourt.

The No. [-] pick was the Kings, who still picked White Chocolate Jason Williams as they normally would.

The nickname of Bai Qiao can be traced back to Magic Johnson.

Johnson's initial nickname was chocolate because his passing was as smooth as chocolate.

Later, Bai Qiao was said to have the ability to pass the ball like a magician. In addition, he is a Caucasian, so he got the nickname of Bai Qiao.

However, this nickname was boycotted by many blacks at first, thinking that it was suspected of racial discrimination.

After the first six picks are selected, they are generally similar to what Combe predicted.

Then it was the turn of the No. 76 pick of the Philadelphia 7ers, and Combe couldn't help but looked in the direction of Larry Brown.

Larry Brown also noticed Comb's gaze, glared at Comb, and wrote down the rookie's name on the note.

"I announce that the Philadelphia 76ers have selected Robert Traylor of the University of Michigan with the seventh pick in the first round!"

Stern was on stage a few moments later to announce the Philadelphia 76ers' rookie picks.

Kong Bu burst into laughter directly.

Larry Brown is really a talent. Under normal circumstances, there are only two parallel importers in the top ten picks. One is Olowokandi, who was selected by the Clippers, and the other is Traylor, who was actually selected by Larry Brown. .

Traylor was originally the No. [-] pick, and was selected by the Mavericks to exchange Nowitzki with the Bucks. This deal was regarded as a stupid operation no less than the Hornets' trade for Kobe.

Of course, this is what happened after Nowitzki came out.

Right now no one knows Traylor will be lost, and Larry Brown is even complacent in picking Traylor with the seventh pick.

Born at the prestigious University of Michigan, with a height of 203 cm, he can run, jump, and shoot. He can just partner with Iverson.

Generally speaking, players with this kind of physical condition are very safe to be selected, no matter how bad they are, they will not be too bad.

In many draft prediction lists, Traylor will even be ranked third.

There is actually no problem with this choice. If Comb didn't have the perspective of God and was in Larry Brown's position, he would definitely choose Traylor.

Larry Brown's luck was really bad. There were so many good options, but he chose the worst one.

The 76ers would have picked Larry Hughes with the No. 8 pick.

Although Larry Hughes has a poor basket and his offense mainly relies on breakthroughs, his overall offensive efficiency may not be better than that of Iverson's former partner Stackhouse, but he has a strong defense after all. Can well share Iverson's backcourt defensive pressure.

Now that Traylor is chosen, it is obviously a big loss.

Traylor belongs to the kind of player who can do everything, but can't do anything well.

Next, the Bucks, holding the No. [-] pick, selected Nowitzki, and they will exchange with the Mavericks.

Seeing that Larry Hughes was left behind, Comb hurriedly called Newman over.

"You Wizards are the No. [-] pick, right?"

"Boss, that's right, we are the No. [-] pick." Newman's heart was beating rapidly, and he had a premonition that Kong Bu was going to send him some warmth.

"Who is your draft target?"

Combe asked the wrong question.

The draft targets of other teams are a secret among secrets. What if they are revealed and intercepted?
Newman thought it was impossible for Comb to cut off the bull. With so many strong players in the Raptors, there was really no need to do such a wicked thing.

In addition, their No. [-] pick is next, and Kong Bu couldn't cut it even if he wanted to.

"We want to draft the next shooting guard to play with Damon."

"Hot targets are St. Louis' Larry Hughes, Ball State's Bunch Wells, and an Ivy League small forward, Matt Halprin, who shoots the ball really well."

Newman replied honestly.

Kong Bu nodded, "I have a good eye, and the three players are all good."

It is definitely impossible to focus on only one player during the draft. The team management will draw up a list. Once the best choice is cut off, there will be an alternative plan.

It seems that the best choice for the Wizards is Larry Hughes.

Bunch Wells is also good, and later played his worth in the Rockets.

Halprin studied at Georgia Institute of Technology, a top academic school and one of the public Ivy League schools. It is not easy for this kind of school to produce an NBA player, let alone someone like Harprin who may be selected by the lottery.

His strength is indeed worthy of a high pick. It can be regarded as a comprehensive enhanced version of Traylor. He can do everything, and he can do everything well.

"Larry Hughes is very suitable for you, you can choose him according to the plan."

"Originally, I thought you had other options, and I wanted to recommend you to take Larry Hughes."

Combe said with a smile.

Newman breathed a sigh of relief. With Comb's words, his confidence in Larry Hughes doubled.

After all, it was his former boss who could help at critical moments.

"Okay, I'll go back and tell Mr. Unseld that with what the boss said, he will probably be able to sleep well tonight."

After a while, Unseld smiled and nodded at Combe, his expression relaxed a lot.

Larry Hughes was selected by the Wizards with the ninth pick, and then went to the Pistons with the tenth pick.

It was still a verbal agreement between the two parties, and the draft pick still belonged to the Pistons. Comb wrote a note and asked someone to pass it to Dumars.

"I announce that the Detroit Pistons selected Kansas' Paul Pierce with the [-]th pick in the first round."

As soon as Stern finished speaking, Pitino, the general manager of Green Kai, sighed secretly. Pierce was their favorite player, and now he has also been won by Kumbu.

But he also knew that even if Combe didn't snatch it, Pierce would not be in their hands, because their first-round pick now also belongs to Combe.

In the deal he made with Kongbu before, two months before the deal, he was proud of himself, thinking that he had made a big deal from Kongbu.

At that time, everyone thought that Lukai had made a lot of money, and Billups, who was won by Comb, once became the laughing stock of the league.

But Pitino's success only lasted less than two months, and then Billups began to rise. His defensive performance was not as good as Snow's, but his offensive and organizational ends were definitely better than Snow's.

In addition, Lukai also got a lottery pick in this deal.

It is clear at a glance who wins and who loses.

The magic is happy, and the next No. 11 and No. 12 picks are all theirs.

This team has a tradition of drafting brainless center forwards. They have benefited from O'Neal and know the importance of a super center.

Now the two lottery picks in his hand are not high picks, but in the first ten picks, except for the No. [-] pick, no one chooses a center.

LaFrentz is a power forward, not a traditional five player.

In this way, the Magic can get the second best and third best centers in this draft.

Take two centers in a row, as long as one of them can rise, it will be bloody.

How could they have imagined that the best center in this draft is actually the undrafted Brad Miller.

The [-]th pick selected Michael Doriak from the University of Utah, and the [-]th pick selected Keon Clark from the University of Nevada.

Doriak is a pure parallel importer, and Clark still has potential. His style is a bit similar to Camby's. He is good at blocking shots, and has the feat of blocking 10 shots in a single game.

It's a pity that Clark is an alcoholic, and he was sold by the Magic themselves after only two years of playing.

Obviously, the Magic took out two lottery picks to gamble, and the bet lost all their money.

The next No.13 pick, because the Green Kai and the Raptors were traded in the middle of the season, so this draft pick does not need to be handed a note.

"I announce that the Toronto Raptors selected Ricky Davis from the University of Iowa with the [-]th pick in the first round!"

This is already the third time for Comb to take a shot tonight. The first two are Carter and Pierce. The third shot is still from the outside, and he is still a pure shooting guard.

Some high-level teams looked at each other, do the Raptors really have such a shortage of outside players?
Even if Wu Sheng and Bowen are gone, they still have McGrady and Mashburn in the team. Do they need to select three forwards and defenders in a row?
Or is it that the quality of this year's inside players is generally not very good, and they cannot be seen by Kumbu?

"Kong, don't we need to choose an insider?"

"Camby is gone. We don't know when Da Zhi's injury will fully recover. The key point is that we still don't know if we can successfully renew Da Zhi's contract."

"It is very likely that we only have Big Ben and Jermaine left on the inside."

Glenn reminded Combe in a low voice.

Kong Bu waved his hand, "Don't worry, old man, everything is in my plan."

"There will be bread, and there will be milk."

"Of course there will be insiders, and there are more than one."

In fact, Ricky Davis was selected with a more precious lottery pick, but it was just a helpless move by Comb.

If he wants to maximize the benefits of this draft and get more new stars, he can only use this lottery pick on Ricky Davis.

Under normal circumstances, Ricky Davis is the No. 21 pick. In addition to the No. 13 pick, Comb's highest pick is the No. 23 pick sent by the Nuggets. Obviously, Ricky Davis will not be selected at that time.

Hornets general manager Bass Sr. sighed.

Their goal was Ricky Davis, who was cut off by Comb.

The old Bass was in pain and happiness. The pain was that the player he was optimistic about was cut off. The happiness was that he had a good vision. How could the players who could be favored by Kumbu be worse?

Davis' strength is indeed not bad. In his peak season, he easily averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was not bad.

It's just that his brain is a little bad, and he often makes some outrageous actions.

For example, "I thought the team chose him to assist me", as well as self-jumping and grabbing triple-doubles.

When Comb selected players like Davis, he didn't intend to reuse them, but only thought about selling them for some bargaining chips after fattening up.

The matter of juicy juice can not only be exchanged for bargaining chips, but in many cases can also be exchanged for favors.

A young shooting guard who averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game is definitely a sweet potato for the major teams to break their scalps.

No matter who you sell it to, it is a favor.

With Comb's selection of Ricky Davis, the lottery draft is officially over.

The 14th pick is the Rockets' draft pick, and they picked a parallel import.

In fact, at the current position, it can no longer be called a parallel import. It is normal to lose money, and it is considered a profit if there is no water loss.

The 15th pick is still the Magic's draft pick. They selected Matt Harprin, which is a small compensation for the loss of the two lottery picks.

The next 16th and 18th picks are all draft picks of the Rockets.

This year's draft, in fact, not only the Pistons hold a large number of first-round picks, but the Magic and Rockets also each have three first-round picks.

It's a pity that the Rockets failed to pick a decent rookie out of the three first-round picks. Tang Shuai's vision is a bit poor.

Kumbu was about to doze off when he waited until Glenn poked him with his arm, reminding him that the Nuggets would sign No. 23 soon.

This made Combe cheer up, and he wrote a note and handed it to D'Antoni.

The name on the note was Al Harrington.

Now it's the Pacers' Larry Bird's turn to feel uncomfortable, because Harrington, who he was looking for, was cut off by Combe.

They are the 24th pick in the first round, just one step away!
Bird was very annoyed, but he couldn't get angry. If he could get angry about things like being intercepted in the draft, it would be too petty.

This kind of thing is originally based on its own ability.

It's like going to a business KTV to order a girl. You can't be angry because your brother ordered the pretty girl away first, right?

The 25th pick is the draft pick that Combe got from the Trail Blazers.

With this first-round pick, Comb used it to select the Blade Warrior Rashard Lewis.

Whether it is Harrington or Lewis, this is what Comb prepared for the Pistons, and they can choose one of them at will.

As for the remaining one, Combe had to use it himself.

The Pistons breathed a sigh of relief. Dumars felt that the players he had agreed with Comb, if nothing else happened, would be either Harrington or Lewis, because the draft reports of these two were more in line with the conditions he proposed.

Glenn's nerves were tense, and he kept reminding Comb that it was time to choose an insider.

Good guy, Kumbu has picked five players in a row, but he still didn't pick a single insider.

It didn't take long for the 27th pick that the Supersonics traded to the Raptors.

This time, Comb still didn't pick an insider, and directly used this draft pick to win the old cat Cutino Mobley.

The nature of choosing an old cat is similar to that of picking Davis. They are not going to use it for themselves, but are going to be fattened up for trading.

"Kong, don't wait any longer. We only have a 29th pick in the first round and a 29th pick in the second round."

"Hurry up and pick an insider while there are still first-round picks."

Glenn urged, he was worried that Combe had played off and lost the inside players.

Although he also knows that the players that Kumbu won are likely to be potential future All-Stars, but their generation still prefers the inside and feels that the value of the inside is higher.

"Come on, come on, let's go to the inside line."

Comb now regrets bringing Glenn to the draft. He really can't sit still at all, and his patience is far worse than that of Wilkens' old foxes.

"I announce that the Toronto Raptors selected Monk Battelle from China's Inner Mongolia with the No.20 ninth pick in the first round."

After reading it, Stern took a special look at the note, wondering if he had read it wrong.

He didn't have this player in his mind at all, and the name didn't look very heavenly.

He even wondered if Kong Bu was playing tricks on himself, but after thinking about it, even if Kong Bu was unreliable, he wouldn't act recklessly on this occasion.

"Monk Bartel?"

Stern knew nothing about the condition of the bus.

It wasn't just Stern who was puzzled, everyone looked at Combe in unison.

Sometimes the second-round picks will be upset, and there will be some players that no one has heard of, which are usually the result of the secret trial training of their respective teams.

But the first-round picks are different. Generally, everyone has at least heard of the players who are selected.

Monk Bartel?Except for Combe, no one at the scene had ever heard of this name.

It's not to blame for their ignorance, but the bus does not have much international presence.

He was born in 1975, and he is almost 23 years old now. He is not a newcomer at such an age.

Moreover, he joined the Shougang Youth Team in 1986 and started playing professional basketball. He entered the national team in 93. After so many years of playing, he only averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game in the CBA last season. superstar.

Because of the big Zhi, some teams focused their attention on the CBA league, but in the entire CBA league, the only one worthy of their attention was Yao Ming.

Daba is too old, and his statistics are worse than many fringe NBA players who have been reduced to play in the CBA. Naturally, no one pays attention to him.

"Don't make such an expression. Since I have chosen him, of course I am sure to let him take off."

"You can think of him as a second Duncan."

Seeing Glenn's constipated appearance beside him, Combe couldn't help but said with a smile.

His voice was not small, and it reached the ears of the nearby teams.

Everyone laughed in their hearts, the second Duncan?Kumbu is not afraid of the wind flashing his tongue.

A guy who was selected for the first team in the first grade is destined to become a super power forward in history. Kumbu really thinks he is cabbage on the side of the road?

The Raptors' lineup last season was indeed extremely luxurious, but no player in the team was eligible to replace Duncan alone.

Even the unparalleled new FMVP McGrady is no exception.

Now that Kumbu is at the bottom of the first round, he chose a player they have never heard of, the second Duncan?No one would believe his nonsense.

The first round of the draft is over, and the next second round has little to do with the Raptors.

It wasn't until the final second round with the No. 29 pick that it was Kumbu's turn to make another shot.

This time Comb chose Brad Miller without hesitation and continued to enrich his inside lineup.

Since then, the Raptors' draft this season has officially come to an end.

Eight consecutive supernovas are Demigod Carter, Truth Pierce, Gravy Flour Ricky Davis, Baby Al Harrington, Blade Warrior Lewis, Old Cat Mobley, Bus and Bad Hambu Ladd Miller.

Among them, Harrington and Lewis can only keep one, and the other will be given to the Pistons.

Some NBA players’ nicknames are very domineering and high-end, while some players are inexplicable. For example, Ricky Davis’ nickname, Gravy Flour, also has a wrong-rim. Kind of poisonous dragon...

You must know that many NBA players have their own nicknames. Comb thinks of Ricky Davis's ineffective head. It is not unusual for him to take any nicknames.

Harrington's baby nickname sounds a bit nasty, but it's quite common in the NBA. There are several big babies and small babies.

As for Miller's villain nickname, it was entirely because he had a fight with O'Neal when he met O'Neal for the first time in his career.

Various self-media said that Miller beat O'Neal violently on the court, but it was actually nonsense. O'Neal didn't suffer at all, but Miller suffered.

In addition, the bus also had this kind of experience. There was a foul action against O'Neal on the field, and O'Neal was dragged down for a layup. When it came to the self-media, it became a single-armed O'Neal.

But at least the bus is reliable, he did pull O'Pang down, and Miller's is pure nonsense, saying that O'Neill beat Miller is not bad.

Kong Bu was dumbfounded, why he had inadvertently brought the two "Shark Busters" into the team.

Camby, Wu Sheng and Bowen have left the team, and Dazhi's current situation is unknown.

Barring any surprises, the Raptors' final roster next season will be...

Center: Big Ben, Miller

Power Forward: Daba, Jermaine O'Neill, Big Zhi

Small Forward: One of Mashburn, Pierce, Harrington or Lewis.

Shooting Guard: Tracy McGrady, Carter, Old Cat, Ricky Davis

Point guard: Billups

There are a total of 13 people. If Dazhi fails to renew his contract, there will only be 12 people, which is just enough for the 12-man roster.

The other positions are overcrowded, but Billups is the only one at the point guard position.

(End of this chapter)