NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 133 A foolish cup can also bring foolish blessings

After the game was played like this, Zen Master didn't have the heart to chat with Kong Bu.

After shaking hands after the game, Zen Master left the court with the Bulls.

Kumbu called the bus to his side, "How do you feel?"

"I can't put it into words, coach, why do I feel that NBA players are so much weaker than the players I met in CBA?"

Bus scratched his head, puzzled.

Tonight, he scored 38 points and 14 rebounds. Even in the CBA, it is difficult for him to play such data.

"Weak? Well, compared to your current strength, your opponent tonight is indeed a little weaker."

Luke Langley is not in the NBA's inside rankings. It's normal for the coach to feel weak. If he encounters the Spurs Twin Towers or O'Neal later, the coach will definitely not be as relaxed and freehand as he is tonight.

In addition to the bus tonight, among the Raptors' newcomers, Lewis and Ricky Davis and the old cat Mobley played.

The performance of these three was a bit unremarkable. Lewis played 14 minutes and only scored 5 points and 2 rebounds. The data was a bit horrible.

The old cat Mobley plays the second position. Tonight, he will serve as a substitute for Tracy McGrady. After his debut, he will directly face Jordan. The pressure can be imagined.

He played 11 minutes and only scored 4 points, with two turnovers recorded.

On the contrary, he was regarded as a stupid dragon by Kumbu, and he played very well, scoring 11 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, worthy of his 13th pick status.

Because the performance of the bus is too dazzling, not many people pay attention to the performance of the other rookies of the Raptors.

Neither Carter nor Harrington played tonight.

Harrington was prepared by Combe to exchange Pierce with the Pistons. He didn’t want Harrington to play when he was not ready. When did he complete two and a half years of training? When will Combe let him play well a dozen.

As for Carter, he is one of the top four shooting guards after all. Comb didn't want his debut to be too shabby, so he suppressed his debut and waited until he was ready.

……

Thomas Sr. also plays tonight.

In addition to the opening game between the Raptors and the Bulls tonight, there is also a game between the Knicks and the Heat.

After the Knicks introduced Big Zhi this year, many people think that the Knicks will have great potential this season and will definitely become a powerhouse in the Eastern Conference. Coupled with their amazing market, Stern has no reason to let them miss the big money-making opener.

Sure enough, the Knicks easily won the game against the Heat.

Ewing's pair of inside twin towers, although it seems that the cooperation is not tacit enough, but the combat effectiveness is already quite good, and Mourning and PJ Brown can't stand it at all.

The Knicks twin towers are somewhat similar to the Spurs twin towers.

It's just that the style is different. The Knicks have a larger attack range because of Big Zhi's strong shooting firepower.

The defense of the Spurs Twin Towers is obviously stronger than the Knicks Twin Towers.

In any case, the performance of the Knicks twin towers tonight made all Knicks fans daydream. It was rare for them not to boo Ewing during the game.

It stands to reason that the team won the Eastern powerhouse Heat, the head coach Thomas should be happy, after all, this is his first coaching career.

But he wasn't happy at all, his expression was more constipated than eating a secret hamburger.

The number one reason for his frustration was Brad Miller's performance tonight.

He thought that Miller was a rare treasure. After all, he was the player selected by Kumbu. He could disbelieve anyone's vision, but he had to believe Konbu's vision.

But tonight he put Miller on the bench as Ewing's chief backup, and the situation was abysmal.

After facing Mourning for 5 minutes, Mourning blocked two shots, missed one rebound, and scored one point by relying on free throws.

Can't beat Mourning, Thomas Sr. felt normal, and he replaced Miller while the Heat replaced backup center Duane Coswell.

Coswell averaged 2.4 points and 2.7 rebounds per game with the Heat last season, pure patron saint of drinking fountains.

The Raptors' fringe player Tabak last season can hammer him.

Old Thomas wondered if he should slap his opponent now?

The result was indeed hanged and beaten, but it was Miller who was hanged and beaten.

After 8 minutes of matchup, they were blocked three times, and then only scored 2 points and 1 rebound.

On the other hand, Coswell is like a god of war, scoring 8 points and 8 rebounds in 6 minutes, and his efficiency is comparable to that of O'Neal.

Old Thomas felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a ton of dead flies. He felt even more uncomfortable when he thought that Combe had said before that he would send Miller back half a month later, crying.

Are you really going to cry and send it back?Combe didn't know how to tease himself yet.

And if it is not sent back, it means that the Knicks lost a first-round pick in vain.

This is only part of the reason for the frustration of Thomas Sr. The other reason is that he heard about the brave performance of the bus after the game.

The Raptors have only signed two rookie insiders this season, one is Bus and the other is Miller.

These two happened to be making their debut tonight, and the difference in performance cannot be described in words.

When Thomas was discussing the trade with Glenn, he kept brainwashing Glenn, saying no less than a hundred times, you are the general manager of the Raptors, and you have trading authority.

That's what makes the deal happen.

Knowing that the bus is so powerful, the old Thomas felt that he should exchange the bus at all costs at that time. With Glenn's stupid head, he would send a few more first-round picks, and he must have a chance to get the bus.

It's good now, seeing that the bus is invincible, and the Miller he bought is so weak, he regrets it.

In fact, the old Thomas still thought too much. If he really changed the bus, without the template card given by Comb, the combat power of the bus might not be much stronger than Miller, and the Knicks would suffer even more.

Glenn didn't watch the Raptors game at all tonight, but kept his eyes on the Knicks.

When he saw Miller being hanged and beaten, he felt an indescribably comfortable feeling in his heart.

Fortunately, this Miller is a parallel importer, and he still made a profit from the deal. It seems that Kong Bu really made a mistake this time.

He also had the same idea as the Pistons' Dumars. He saw Comb put Lewis on the court tonight, and he thought that Lewis was the player Comb was going to exchange for Pierce.

As a result, Lewis' performance tonight was not good. On the contrary, it was Pierce's performance in the team training games these days that made Dumars love talents.

It was just a simple regular season game, which caused many people in the league to sleep badly tonight.

Kumbu slept very soundly. He has already finished his busy work this season, and his next work will be very leisurely.

The next morning Combe called for old Meschery.

"Kong, are you serious?"

"Of course it is true. We are short on the coaching staff. Mr. Meschery is very welcome to join us."

Comb invited Meschery to join his coaching staff, not to say that he saw coaching talent in Meschery, but simply wanted to give the old man a name.

Last season he was of great help to Dazhi, and this season happened to be when the bus came, allowing him to continue to take care of the bus.

Meschery is not a super celebrity like Chamberlain and Russell. Even if he was in the same era as them, even though he worked as a poet and teacher after retiring, his income is actually very small.

And if he enters Konbu's coaching staff, I dare not say too much, at least Konbu has the ability to win him an annual salary of 50 yuan.

In any case, old Meschery is considered half of his own, and he still has to help.

……

After winning the Bulls, the Raptors will continue to sit at home and face the Washington Wizards.

Newman was promoted to the head coach of the Wizards, and this time he returned to Toronto, which can be regarded as a homecoming.

"Boss, I feel like I've been duped."

"Mr. Unseld, before he hired me, he had the idea of ​​rebuilding the Wizards."

"Now that Webber has been traded, if it weren't for Howard's contract is too big, no team is willing to take over, he may also be traded."

"I'm just a transitional coach, maybe after this season, I have to be fired."

After Newman saw Combe, he poured out bitter water.

Kumbu was also curious about why the Wizards invited Newman over, but now he understands that since they are hiring a transitional coach, it doesn't matter who they are.

Newman is a member of Comb, and he might be able to come in handy in the draft.

"You are lucky enough, how many people have never tasted the taste of a head coach for a day in their lives."

Ma Long said unhappily that he was still brooding about not being able to become the head coach of the Wizards.

Soon the night's game began, and Combe took a look at the Wizards' lineup.

Webber was traded to the Kings in exchange for veteran Rock Richmond. This kind of deal is obviously going to be a mess.

Newman's outside lineup tonight is Flying Squirrel, Richmond, and Larry Hughes. A Flying Squirrel with a height of 178 cm and two shooting guards with a height of 196 cm, the lineup looks unspeakably wonderful.

The two insiders are Old Thorpe and Uncle Huo.

Old Thorpe is now a wanderer in the league, and he can go wherever he gets the money. He doesn't know how many teams he has changed in the past two years.

Kumbu didn't let the main lineup play too long tonight. Jermaine and Bus only played 10 minutes, but Lewis played almost 10 minutes.

Mobley and Duron both played nearly 10 minutes.

Duron played very well tonight, so good that it exceeded Kumbu's expectations.

In 29 minutes of playing time, he scored 21 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Against the old rock, it seemed that he did not fall behind.

Kong Bu has already begun to doubt the bible, "Stupid people have stupid blessings, but stupid people don't." Dulong is obviously stupid, but he really has stupid blessings.

The old cat Mobley played much better tonight than the previous game, because the Wizards' defense around the basket was not very good. He got a lot of opportunities to break through and layup tonight, and finally scored 13 points.

The only thing that made Combe dissatisfied was Lewis' performance, which was too soft, softer than toilet paper.

Uncle Huo is already a typical representative of the league's soft forwards. Lewis made Uncle Huo look like a predator tonight.

8 points and 2 rebounds, this is the report card that Lewis handed over.

It is not an exaggeration to say that if the bus is used to play the Wizards inside and given him unlimited firepower, he may only need 5 minutes to get this data.

"Don't look so sad, old man."

"I already know the situation of the Wizards. I will help you in the next draft. I will definitely not let you get fired after only one year."

After the game, Combe invited Newman to have a supper.

As the No.1 coach under Kongbu's command going out, it is of great significance. Of course, Kongbu has to help.

The 99 draft was also a big year, and the players produced were not many mid-to-high-end players. Unlike 98, there were first-line stars such as Driver, Carter, and Pierce.

The quality is not high, but the quantity is high.

Only Jonathan Bender, who was selected by the Raptors at the fifth pick, lost the top ten picks, and all the other nine people were played.

The No. [-] pick must have some water, and this draft has not come true. Whether it is No. [-] Brand or No. [-] Francis, they cannot be said to be parallel imports.

In addition to the top ten picks, there are Maggette, Artest, Kirilenko and Ginobili in the follow-up.

Kumbu now has so many real generals in his hands, the roster is almost not enough, and he can't afford so many newcomers, so it's easy for the Wizards to pick one and keep Newman's position.

Of course, Ginobili must still win, even if he doesn't use it, he can't let the Spurs take it.

(End of this chapter)