NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 141 Payton's Trade Request

The reporters were finally satisfied, and they got the news that could trigger heated discussions, which was the purpose of their gathering here tonight.

After the press conference ended, Comb led the Raptors and the Lakers to a local Mexican barbecue restaurant in Toronto.

It is impossible for Combe to take them to eat French food for such a large-scale dinner.

Almost everyone in this group of players is a big eater, and they are all so dazzling. Three mouths and one pig are really no joke.

Ordinary mineral water bottles are like oral liquid in O'Neill's hands. He ate a suckling pig in three bites, just like playing.

It is still cost-effective to eat barbecue. If you are not full, there are big burritos.

Kongbu’s salary this year is only 680 million after taxes are deducted. He has already spent 450 million to buy a house in Kyoto. After returning to Laos, he invested another 200 million in stocks.

He invests in stocks entirely by looking at the name of the company. If the name is familiar, he will invest, and if he is not familiar, he will pass.

Coupled with the half-year vacation in Qingdao, romantic encounters also cost money, so you should give the little girl a small gift.

Right now, Kong Bu only has about one hundred thousand dollars in his hands. Since time travelling, he has made a lot of money, but he has no excess money.

After arriving at the restaurant, Combe asked Miller to apologize to O'Fang. Anyway, it must be wrong for you to poke someone there.

Miller is not the kind of player who thinks highly of himself. It is not shameful to apologize to O'Neill. He ran to O'Pang very well and apologized sincerely.

Ao Pang's complexion improved a lot, the bridal sedan chair was carried by everyone, and the Raptors player apologized to himself, which made him feel that he had saved some face.

It is not easy for the Raptors players to apologize. Even the old ghosts in New York were held down by them.

In the finals, Malone was almost beaten to death, and no Raptors player came out to say sorry.

Now that they took the initiative to apologize to themselves, O'Neill immediately felt relieved, and childish ghosts don't hold grudges very much.

When Kumbu asked the bus to apologize as well, O'Neal was overjoyed.

Miller is just a small person in his eyes, and the weight of an apology is not as strong as that of Daba. Many experts believe that Daba is a player who may threaten Duncan's position as the number one power forward.

To get an apology from the bus, O'Pang has earned a lot of face.

"See, the Raptors players have to be honest in front of me, do you understand the gold content of the number one center in history!"

"You guys are so lucky to meet a big brother like me."

"Even the Raptors dare not touch us, who dares to stretch their claws at us?"

Oban pulled Kobe and Fisher beside him, his face full of pride.

Kobe and Xiaoyu nodded one after another, showing even more respect for Ao Pang in their hearts.

It is said that when Kobe first arrived at the Lakers, he actually respected O'Pang, but he didn't like Penny very much.

Because when Kobe saw O'Pang for the first time when he was a child, O'Pang signed for him and had a good attitude towards him, and Penny didn't like him.

After being in a good mood, Ao Pang became extremely active. He took a beer bottle of oral liquid, pulled Kong Bu to sing and dance, and even had an impromptu rap.

It has to be said that Ao Pang's talent in singing and dancing rap is no less than his basketball talent.

Because there will be competitions in the future, everyone didn't drink much, and each person had a maximum of two bottles of beer, which was only enough for these big guys to sip.

After returning to his residence in the early morning of the same day, Kong Bu fell into a deep sleep.

In the recent period, because there is no job at hand, and he only needs to lead the team to play games honestly, Kumbu's sleep is much better than usual.

I slept until eight o'clock in the morning, got up and washed, and prepared to go to the training ground.

As soon as I arrived at the training ground, I received a call from Lao Deng.

Although Lao Deng had left, his ghost still lingered, as if he was by Kong Bu's side all the time.

"You kid, why don't you have a handle on your mouth?"

"Why do you keep doing things that offend people?"

As soon as the phone was connected, I heard Lao Deng nagging in a complaining tone.

"Huh? What's the matter with me? You mean the game on the field last night?"

"I've handled it perfectly. Shaq even had to take me to his mom last night and said I was his best friend."

Kumbu never imagined that what Lao Deng was talking about was not a fight on the field.

"What Shaq? I'm talking about the best five-man list you gave in your postgame press conference."

Lao Deng said angrily.

Kong Bu is stunned, the list of the best five-man team?Can this thing offend people?

"I don't quite understand, this kind of thing can also offend people? I remember that you also ranked in front of the media?"

"It seems that you put yourself in the No. [-] position and Dumars in the No. [-] position. Are you more offending people than me?"

Lao Deng blushed when he told Kong Bu, "Can it be the same? Everyone knows that I am talking nonsense, and no one will believe what I say."

"It's different for you. For more than a year, if you pull out a random person, as long as he pays attention to basketball, he must know how amazing your vision is."

"If you also talk nonsense about two people in the second and third positions, that's fine, everyone thinks you're joking."

"Now everyone can see that you are not joking at all, what do you make those old guys think?"

"Especially Irwin, I know him too well, he cares about his reputation as the number one point guard in history."

"Before you speak next time, can you use your brain?"

Lao Deng didn't mean anything malicious, he just didn't want Kong Bu to offend so many people for no reason.

Kong Bu sighed, he was very tired in his previous life, how could he still be so tired after time travelling, and he managed to get on the line like this with a few random words?
"Could it be that you think too much? Is Erwin really so narrow-minded?"

"Do you think everyone is as narrow-minded as you?"

"Then just wait and see. They may not say anything these two days, and they will have to mess with you sooner or later." Old Thomas knew magicians quite well, after all, he had dealt with magicians for decades.

After hanging up the phone, Kong Bu didn't take it too seriously.

Not to mention that the magician has retired, even if he hasn't retired, what can he do with himself?
Kumbu is not afraid to offend people, mainly because he is a coach.

The coach really speaks from the record. As long as the team's record is good enough, there will be no way for Kongbu when the king of heaven comes.

In addition, Kumbu's draft picks and eye for leaks can bring unfathomable benefits to any team. Konbu will never worry about finding a job in this league.

Unless Comb does something beyond the bottom line, such as openly discriminating against blacks, he will ruin his career.

Kong Bu has traveled from a later life. He knows too well what can't be touched, so how could he ask for trouble.

In the afternoon, Duncan called Combe.

Duncan very shyly expressed his gratitude to Kumbu for listing himself as the best five-man team in his mind.

It seems that a nerd is not exactly a nerd, and he is also happy when others praise him.

In addition, the idiot also flatteredly said that Popovich would treat him to a big meal tonight. He felt that it was because of Kumbu's ranking that Popovich paid more attention to him, so he could enjoy Popovich's big meal.

Kumbu guessed that it was probably Popovich who felt a sense of crisis, and wanted to further deal with the relationship with Deng Daidai.

He knows that Duncan and Combe are old acquaintances. Now that the new salary agreement is released, even if Duncan's rookie contract ends, he is still a restricted free agent, and the Spurs have the priority to renew his contract.

But after the contract extension is over, Duncan can become a completely free agent. Who knows if Duncan will be abducted by Kumbu in the future.

So while Duncan is by his side, he will get the moon first, and let Duncan feel a sense of belonging to the Spurs first.

Of course, Combe would definitely not tell Duncan these words.

Originally, Kumbu thought that his ranking of nonsense would gradually calm down, and no one would mention this matter again.

Unfortunately, he still underestimated his influence.

Things are getting worse and worse, and the fans are already arguing.

Every fan has his own home team, and Lakers fans are both happy and unhappy.

Combs ranked their Shaquille O'Neal in the best five, but they can't count their Magician.

They naturally began to pick on the thorn in the glove Peyton.

Supersonic fans can't sit still. As the best star in the history of the Supersonics, Payton is their pride. They began to criticize the magician again. There was nothing to complain about on the field, and they began to complain about their private life and various scandals. .

On the other hand, there was no enthusiasm for Duncan. It may be because there are too few Spurs fans. Others sprayed it, and there were no fans to help fight back. Naturally, there was no enthusiasm.

O'Neal was also sprayed miserably, because the center position can play too much.

For statistics, there is Chamberlain, for champions, there is Russell, for skills, there are fantasy footsteps and skyhooks, and even the general has a performance of 70+.

The dominance at the basket shown by O'Neal is indeed strong, but neither the statistics nor the honor can compare with these people. Many fans don't think he is the best center at all.

O'Neill is an optimist, even if he is sprayed with blood, he is still happy. He thinks the doubts from the outside world are bullshit. Do you have vision or Kumbu has vision?
Kong Bu said that Laozi is number one in the world, so Laozi is number one in the world. Who has the right to question it?
No one would have imagined that a list of the best five-member team casually mentioned by Kumbu would trigger such enthusiasm.

The buzz about the Raptors winning the championship last season does not seem to be so high.

Even when the Knicks defeated the Bulls by a big score, not many people paid attention to it. As long as there was a basketball program on TV for a while, if you watched it for a while, you would always see someone giving the best five-man team in your mind.

Events came to a climax with Barkley's opening.

This guy is the real outspoken.

"Kong actually thinks that kid in the second grade is better than me? He must be crazy."

"Hakeem is the best center, and I am the best power forward, otherwise why do you think I came to the Rockets?"

"Kong is just a child in my eyes. He has never experienced our era, and he doesn't know our peak combat power at all."

"Why do you like to rank players? Can I rank current coaches?"

"The three best current coaches in my mind are Pat Riley, Larry Brown and Jerry Sloan. Anyway, there is no Comb."

The three coaches he mentioned are all Kumbu's rivals.

It's no secret that Kong Bu's relationship with these three people is incompatible, and everyone in the circle knows it.

When Barkley said this, Tang Shuai was standing beside him, and he wished he could rush up and cover Barkley's big mouth.

You said, what are you doing to provoke that evil star of Kong Bu?
Seeing that Barkley spoke, the magician also expressed his attitude when participating in the TV show.

He is more tactful.

"Kombu is young, he prefers young people, that's normal."

"As for you asking me, who is the best point guard in my mind."

"5 championships, 3 MVPs, 3 FMVPs, as long as Payton can achieve one, he is the best point guard in history."

The magician's words are full of domineering, he does have the capital of domineering, and the gold content of personal honor is indeed hard enough.

Kumbu originally thought that after the magician's voice, the matter would be settled and come to an end.

It's a pity that he is destined to be a hard worker, God can't let him live a peaceful life.

Two weeks later, Kumbu received a call from a stranger.

"Kong, I'm Gary."

Although there are still a few players named Gary in this league, such as Gary Trent, Comb still knows that it is Gary Payton who is calling.

"Old man, what's the matter?"

"It's not because of the ranking I just said casually, is it?"

"I'm really sorry if it bothered you."

Kong Bu said ashamedly that Peyton was quite innocent, and his nonsense caused others to suffer innocent disasters and attracted a lot of scolding.

"Trouble? No, Kong, I don't have any trouble."

"Kong, can you give me a chance?"

Peyton's voice was very steady, and he must have thought about it for a long time before calling Kong Bu.

"Chance?"

Kong Bu didn't understand what Peyton meant for a while. Could it be that he wanted to take advantage of himself like Lao Deng?

He has a bit of PTSD now. When people call, as long as they don't talk about things straight to the point, he thinks they are here to take advantage.

"Yes, opportunity!"

"Can you trade me to the Raptors."

"I want to win the championship, I want to win the FMVP, I don't want to continue to waste my remaining youth in the Sonics, I want to prove myself."

Peyton's tone was rapid, and what he said made Kongbu almost throw away the mobile phone in his hand.

It's been a long time since we met, he thought Peyton was here to take advantage, who would have thought that he was here to send warmth.

It seems inappropriate to say that sending warmth is inappropriate. Payton entered the league in 90 and is now at the peak of his golden age. Comb wants to win Payton, and the price he will spend is absolutely unimaginable.

Comb could also guess why Payton made the call.

The main reason is that the words of the magician stimulated Payton.

The honors listed by the magician are all full of gold, and the honor that Payton can get the most at present is only a DPOY obtained in 96.

As for the best team or the best defensive team, the magician has more best teams than Payton.

Payton has a steals king, the Magic has two steals kings, and by the way, three assists kings.

The honor of the All-Star, Payton is even more incomparable, the magician has two All-Star MVPs.

This is all-round crushing.

Peyton is also an arrogant master. What the magician said on TV deeply stimulated his self-esteem.

He wants to prove himself, he doesn't want to become a magician's background board for nothing like he is now.

It's a pity that Supersonic's current combat power can't support his ambition at all.

Halfway through the season, the Sonics are currently 13 wins and 14 losses, and the winning percentage is not even [-]%.

After George Karl left, the new coach Paul Westphal was a loser. Karl could lead the Supersonics to the second place in the Western Conference. With almost no changes in the lineup, Westphal may not be able to Get the Sonics into the playoffs.

Of course, the further shrinking of Wen Baker's strength is also the reason for the serious decline in the Supersonic record.

The Sonics are not the kind of rich and powerful team, especially this season, their salary is only the sixth-lowest in the league.

Don't even think about signings.

Wen Baker can't move, and there is no strong support, and the coach is still an idiot. It is conceivable how desperate Payton is.

He can even foresee his own situation in the next few years. He is the goalkeeper of the Western Conference playoffs every year. He is currently 31 years old. In two years, he will get a pension contract and end his career sadly.

Without the stimulation of the magician, he would not have made up his mind to call Combe.

He knows that there is one and only Combe who can save his career.

Kumbu said that he is the best point guard in his mind, and presumably he thinks highly of him, and he is willing to give chips when trading.

The Raptors are the only team in the league that has chips and is willing to trade itself out of the Supersonics, and has the foundation to win the championship.

(End of this chapter)