NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 143 Four King Teammates

Walker also knows why Comb wants to postpone the Jr. trade, and wait until the end of the season before delivering him to the Supersonics.

Because Xiao Ao is still an important force inside the Raptors, the Raptors want to win this year, it is impossible to lack Xiao Ao's help.

"Kong, deal!"

"Then the deal we reported to the league is Billups and Mobley for our Payton."

"Jermaine's deal, wait until the end of the season, and then report to the league."

"what do you think?"

Walker was afraid that Combe would go back on his word, so he quickly made a decision.

"Oh? Believe me so much? Are you not afraid that I will release your pigeons after the season is over?"

Combe asked with a smile.

"Of course I'm not afraid. Your character is trustworthy. I think old Fitch has quite a say in this."

Because Kongbu resolutely fulfilled the verbal agreement with the old Fitch, the image of Kongbu as honest and trustworthy was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

If it is said that this kind of deal is made with Baylor of the Clippers, then Walker really dare not take such a risk.

The next day, the Raptors and the Sonics made an official announcement.

The Raptors sent champion Billups and this year's rookie Mobley, and got their star glove Payton from the Supersonics.

Such a blockbuster deal directly caused the alliance that had just recovered to become noisy again.

Billups is very strong and balanced in all aspects, but it is precisely because he is too balanced that he cannot show his bright spots.

But Payton is different. He is the man who actually locked Jordan in the finals, and his offensive stability is also super high.

As a guard, he currently maintains an average shooting rate of about 47% per game.

"Robbery, this is definitely a robbery!"

"The league shouldn't agree to such a deal at all. This is not leaving a way for other teams in the league to survive!"

"I ask the league to review these two teams, whether there are shady transactions, the Raptors' chips are not enough to trade Payton!"

Bulls general manager Klaus stood up for the first time.

The Raptors got Payton, and the fool knew who he was targeting.

As the biggest sufferer of this deal, the Bulls of course have to stand up and spray.

Because Xiao Ao's transaction is a follow-up transaction, judging from the content of the transaction that has been revealed by the two parties, it is indeed the Raptors who have taken advantage of it.

"What shady dealing? It's an insult to my work ethic."

"Gary dedicated his best youth to our Supersonics. Now he is 31 years old. The situation of the Supersonics this season is obvious to all. We don't want to delay him to win the championship."

"Joining the Raptors is the guarantee of the championship. I and all the Sonics fans will silently bless Gary."

Walker is not a fuel-efficient lamp either. Hearing that Klaus said that he would review the deal, he ran out quickly, fearing that the deal would be invalidated.

After what he said, the originally not very kind transaction immediately became righteous and awe-inspiring.

Before Combe could speak, Old Thomas spoke.

"I don't think there is any problem with this transaction. If you want to win the championship, then work hard to improve your combat power."

"Other teams will be furious when they make a deal. This is definitely not the attitude of a powerful team."

"Our Knicks don't care at all, and we have the confidence to face all challenges."

Lao Deng's cupping level is getting better and better.

For the Knicks, the Raptors won Payton, but it really didn't matter, because the Knicks didn't focus on the outside line. McGrady was enough to defend Houston, and Payton could only defend Ward when he came, which was a waste.

As long as the Raptors don't suddenly get O'Neal into the team, Lao Deng can face everything with a smile.

Pat Riley did not speak out this time, he is not qualified to speak out.

Last season, the Heat were still a strong team, but this season is no longer good. No matter what trade the Raptors make, it is definitely not for them. Riley will look like a clown if he jumps out and speaks out.

It was Wilkens who spoke.

He didn't speak in public, but called Kongbu specifically, and yelled at Kongbu for half an hour.

He thought that since Comb wanted to trade, why didn't he trade with the Eagles. The Eagles also have good defensive point guards, such as Blaylock, who scored a quadruple double on the head of the Raptors last time.

Compared with Payton, Blaylock is not a star and a half, and Blaylock will only be needed if Kumbu is full.

It was rare for Kumbu to say anything this time, and he was now concentrating on how to complete the task of rescuing the veteran Peyton.

The goal of the mission is to let Payton get two of the three highest honors of the season, that is, choose two of the championship, regular season MVP and finals MVP.

Because the Raptors did not suffer any injuries in the trade, Mobley's departure had no impact on the Raptors at all. In essence, Billups was replaced by Payton.

This deal can't be said to have increased the Raptors' chances of winning, but it won't make it less likely.

Therefore, the probability of winning the championship is still [-]% in Kongbu's mind.

The regular season MVP is almost a no-brainer. In history, no player who transferred halfway won the regular season MVP.

In addition, even if you don't consider a halfway transfer, Payton's performance is not enough to support him to win the MVP. After all, he has led the Sonics for half a season and almost couldn't make it to the playoffs.

There is one finals MVP left, which needs to be based on winning the championship.

If he can win the championship, if Comb plays a little bit, Payton has a good chance of winning the FMVP.

Kongbu can only hope that there will be no accidents, and the task can be completed smoothly. The rewarding three-point calibration device is very attractive to Kongbu.

He wanted this device, not to say that he really wanted to bind it to Da Ben, so that Da Ben could gain the three-point ability.

It doesn't make any sense to do that.

To shoot a three-pointer, you have to run beyond the three-point line, and Ben is not under the basket. Who will guarantee the team's offensive rebounds?
In fact, many fans have ignored the role of offensive rebounds. Among other things, the Bulls are the best example.

Under normal circumstances, they won the championship last season by crushing offensive rebounds against the Pacers.

At that time, in the tiebreaker of the Eastern Conference Finals, if it wasn't for offensive rebounds, they would have a high probability of losing.

The Sonics against Payton actually helped a lot with offensive rebounds, making up for the lack of shooting percentage with a high number of shots.

It can be said that without the crushing advantage of offensive rebounds, the Bulls are likely to lose two championship trophies.

Even if Kumbu gets mad, he can't send Big Ben out to shoot three-pointers on the offensive end, that's no different from a fool.

The day after the official announcement of the trade, Billups led Mobley to say goodbye to Comb.

"Coach, thank you for taking care of me for so long."

"Thank you for not giving up on me when everyone looked down on me."

Billups was very sad. He never dreamed that he would be sold by Comb.

But he didn't resent Kong Bu at all. No one knew better than him that if it wasn't for Kong Bu's help, he would still be sinking.

"Chauncey, you are now a star who can be your own."

"After going to the Sonics, he will immediately become the star of the team."

"Play well, maybe we will have a chance to meet in the finals in the future."

Kong Bu patted Flounder on the shoulder. He had seen such farewell scenes a lot, and he had developed resistance in his heart.

As the saying goes, a camp made of iron, soldiers of flowing water, the team is the camp, and the players are the soldiers. It is normal to come and go.

Billups didn't go to the Sonics to suffer, he went to be the boss of the team, and Comb had no reason to be sad.

He turned to look at Mobley again.

"Dude, you go to the supersonics and cheer up."

"It's a pity that after I selected you, I couldn't let you play a few games well."

"Your strength is very strong. With Chauncey helping you grow, averaging 20 points per game is not a problem."

"I look forward to the rise of your backcourt twin stars."

Combe encouraged the old cat Mobley again, and his words meant a lot to Mobley.

Mobley always felt that he was the most inconspicuous one in the team, and Kumbu didn't give him many chances to play in the usual games. He felt that Kumbu was not optimistic about himself.

As a result, Kumbu gave him a very high evaluation at the moment. An average of 20 points per game is a hurdle. From ordinary players to stars, Kumbu's simple words made Mobley full of confidence in his future.

Payton actually got on the plane to Toronto before the two sides officially announced the deal.

Before the Raptors' next game, he successfully entered the team to report.

The Raptors' next game is at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers currently have a record of 12 wins and 15 losses, ranking tenth in the East, which is worse than the Sonics' record, but not much worse.

If it weren't for the fact that the big Z in their team played five games this season and was reimbursed, the Cavaliers actually have a high probability of reaching the playoffs this season.

The biggest star in the team is none other than Rainman Kemp, Payton's former teammate.

Before the game started, Payton and Kemp hugged each other. After all, they are old brothers who have worked together for many years.

After the referee blew his whistle, the Raptors fans cheered enthusiastically.

This cheer is dedicated to Payton, tonight is Payton's debut with the Raptors.

Big Ben, Bus, Mashburn, Tracy McGrady and Payton are the Raptors' starting lineup tonight.

Payton looked at his teammates around him, feeling unreal in his heart.

Two days ago, his biggest teammate was Wen Baker, a drunkard.

Two days later, beside him was the best blue-collar insider in the league, one of the most talented power forwards, one of the most powerful small forwards, and the new FMVP.

This feeling is quite strange, as if playing online games with four black iron teammates all the time, suddenly changing himself to four king teammates.

He glanced at his old teammate Kemp's teammates again, and couldn't help but smile wryly.

Comparing goods is worth throwing away, and people are dying compared to others. Apart from the big Z who was reimbursed, the most famous of Kemp's teammates turned out to be Boykins, who is 165 centimeters tall.

The key point is that Boykins is just a substitute. Of the five starters on the Cavaliers field, only Kemp is famous, and the others are all unknown.

The Cavaliers are one of those teams where O'Neill can trade all of their players.

The bus jumped the ball and even beat Kemp by jumping.

Don't look at Kemp's current average of 19 points and 8 rebounds per game, but his physical fitness is too far behind the peak.

The whole person gained weight for a few laps, and the physical fitness that he was most proud of before was not on the table at all.

In the first offensive round, Payton had no intention of shooting himself, he wanted to integrate into the Raptors as soon as possible.

After holding the ball to the frontcourt, he took the initiative to pass the ball to McGrady, and then actively moved to make a pick-and-roll for McGrady.

This move made McGrady a little embarrassed. Anyway, Payton is his predecessor, and he is also Comb's most optimistic point guard.

McGrady didn't shoot at all, "Gary, tonight is your Raptors debut."

"You still come."

After all, he passed the ball to Payton again.

Payton nodded, not being polite, and rushed to the basket with the Cavaliers point guard Brevin Knight on his shoulders, made a small throw to the basket, and easily scored two points.

Knight can be regarded as a poor man's version of the little flying squirrel. They are all 1.7 meters tall, and they are all as thin as hemp sticks.

Payton's height of 193 centimeters and strong body set off Knight like a passerby.

When it came to the Cavaliers' offensive round, Kemp got the ball, and he was going to single the bus.

If his physical fitness is full, as long as he doesn't gouge the penalty area, the coach may really have no good way to take him, but now after all, it is not what it used to be, and Kemp can only gouge hard at the basket.

"boom!"

Kemp chiseled himself almost out of strength, and couldn't squeeze the bus away, and made a hasty shot that almost didn't touch anything.

Now he can only bully and bully those weak insiders, brush up their statistics on them, so that his average statistics will not be ugly.

When it comes to real hard stubble, he's completely lost.

It was the Raptors' offensive round again, and this time McGrady still gave up the ball to Payton.

Big Ben took the initiative to help Payton block the space to break through the basket. Payton went all the way against Knight Jr., hit the basket and picked the basket, and scored another two points.

Payton was speechless, why did scoring become so easy after the Raptors?

He didn't take a breath when he went on stage, and got four points in the account?

In the Cavaliers' second offensive round, Knight shot himself, but before the ball was thrown, he was slapped by McGrady who came out from the side.

Payton quickly controlled the ball. After reaching the frontcourt, he stopped shooting and had to give up the ball to his teammates.

McGrady had no choice but to pull up a three-pointer from outside the three-point line and make another shot.

In the opening minute, the Raptors directly beat the Cavaliers to a 7:0 spurt.

By the end of the first half, the point difference had exceeded 30 points. Payton took 10 shots and scored 7. He made 2 of 2 free throws and scored 17 points.

After the start of the second half, the Cavaliers put Kemp on the bench.

This is tantamount to saying that the Cavaliers have surrendered, and they want to let the game enter garbage time.

If tonight is Payton's career debut, even if it's garbage time, Comb must let Payton play for a few more minutes, at least [-] points.

Now Payton is already a famous star, let alone [-] points, even [-] points are meaningless to him.

The Raptors also replaced the core main force, and put young people such as McCain and Lewis who were just brought up to play.

In the half-court, the opponent couldn't bring up the will to resist at all. Payton felt that he had made a good move. Maybe this would be a turning point in his career.

After the game, the players will return to the locker room.

"Gary, you don't have to take care of us deliberately."

"Tonight is your first show. In fact, you should shoot more. I feel that with your state tonight, you can score 30 points in the first half."

McGrady followed Payton and said with a smile.

Daben and the others also nodded one after another, agreeing with McGrady's statement.

Compared with the vicious dragon Davis who likes to grab data, Payton is simply a saint.

This is also an important reason why Combe likes Payton very much. He is too general.

Thinking about Payton's 47% shooting average per game, it is enough to prove that he has good offensive firepower, but he has kept his scoring at an average of around 20 points per game over the years.

If he wanted to, it would not be a problem for him to increase his average to 25 points per game with all the possession of the Sonics.

More importantly, he has played for so many years, and the highest score in a single game so far is only 38 points!
It is rare to have more than [-] points in a single game.

He has a lot of 40+ games in his career, but they were all played in the last two or three seasons of the Supersonics. At that time, the Supersonics had no one to rely on, and Payton could only carry the heavy responsibility on the offensive end alone.

Payton has all the hallmarks of a great point guard, except his organizational skills aren't top notch.

"Gary, Tracy was right."

"After we come to our Raptors, we don't have to be so restrained, we are a family."

"After the feeling comes, go ahead and create your exclusive night, we will only cheer for you."

Combe also said a few words, he wanted Payton to quickly develop a sense of belonging to the Raptors.

This deal cost the Raptors a lot of money, and Combe didn't want Payton to leave after only playing in the Raptors for half a season.

PS: Brothers, pay attention to your body, the sheep is really uncomfortable
(End of this chapter)