NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 153 The Only Protagonist on the Drafting Site

Just as Kong Bu finalized the deal with Tang Shuai, Newman came to his door in the afternoon.

In a shrinking season coaching the Washington Wizards, Newman led the Wizards to a record of 12 wins and 38 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.

Such a record, in fact, can't be blamed on Newman, mainly because old Unseld has bad ideas.

It's a pity that they didn't play well enough, and in the end, they only got the No. 11 lottery in the lottery.

It is a lottery pick, but the value is not high. If you want to select a decent player after the top ten picks, you need a certain amount of luck.

"Boss, I just came out of Mr. Unseld's office."

"He's handing over all of this year's draft to me."

Newman smiled wryly, it sounded as if he was highly valued by Unseld, and such an important job was entrusted to him.

In fact, Newman himself knew very well that Unseld was forcing him to come to Combe.

They selected Larry Hughes last season. This choice has little to do with Comb. They originally had the idea of ​​​​selecting Hughes.

Hughes, who played for a season, performed well, but his offensive efficiency was not high, but his defense was very dazzling. He averaged 1.8 steals per game in his rookie season.

With the Wizards' pick at the time, being able to select Hughes was considered a very cost-effective choice.

"Are you the eleventh pick?"

"There are not many players available for this pick, but there is a small forward, but it is not suitable for you Wizards."

"The Wizards already have a breakthrough Hughes, and they need a pitcher-type partner."

The forward that Comb was talking about was Corey Maggette, who was selected with the [-]th overall pick.

Maggette is only 198 cm tall, and he plays the small forward position. He has the best muscle lines in the NBA, and he may not have one.

It can be said that he is a super bodybuilder who was delayed by basketball.

Of course, Big Ben is strong enough and his muscles are big enough, but his lines are definitely not as beautiful as Maggette's.

With such big muscles, the strength is definitely not bad. Generally, players with great strength will more or less face the problem of poor shooting.

Maggette is no exception. His shooting ability in the early stages of his career is rubbish, and his main scoring method is to go to the basket to score points.

Later, after developing the shooting ability, the offensive efficiency became lower and lower.

Hughes is good at making breakthroughs, but not good at shooting. If there is another Maggette of the same type, it will be no wonder that the Wizards can win. Both of the main scoring points can only drill inside. The opponent only needs to defend the penalty area. Wizards.

If the Wizards did not have Hughes, then Combe would suggest that the Wizards take Maggette down.

After all, Newman is his direct line coach, and of course Kumbu wants him to lead the team to achieve results.

"Then what to do, God, I really regret coming to the Wizards as the head coach now."

"I don't make much money, and I live in fear every day."

Newman said in pain that his salary is only 140 million US dollars, which belongs to the bottom of the coaches.

"Boss, Mr. Unseld implicitly stated that our No. 11 pick can be traded."

"Actually, what he meant, you should know, must be to let me change players from the Raptors back."

Newman was very embarrassed. If he had the top five or even the top ten picks in his hand, he would be ashamed to say so.

Now it's only the 11th pick, a bit too high to be low, and Unseld forced him to become a second-to-fifth boy who returned from his old club.

After hearing this, Kong Bu also felt embarrassed.

The four draft picks in his hand are enough, and there is really no need to take another No. 11 pick.

Even if this draft pick is won, the only one he can choose is Maggette.

The Raptors currently still have Marshburn at the small forward position, Pierce can only play as a substitute at this level, and there is Lewis, who doesn't need Maggette at all.

"Old man, the value of the No. 11 pick is too low."

"How about I sell Rashard Lewis to you guys."

"Don't look down on him because you think he is a marginal player of our Raptors. You should be very clear about the background of the Raptors' lineup."

"If someone else comes to change, at least one top-five pick is needed, and another first-round pick at the bottom of the first round is needed before I can let go."

"After he joined your Wizards, his statistics will skyrocket immediately, and his statistics will definitely not be worse than Harrington of the Pistons."

In order to support Newman, Comb could only reluctantly take Lewis out.

His remarks did not raise the value of Lewis at all. According to Comb's plan, he is going to start eight out of ten games for Lewis in the new season.

Playing these few starts, Lewis will be able to play his worth immediately. At that time, he will be able to sell at least two first-round picks, one of which must be a top five pick.

You must know that Dixon of the Rockets averaged 11 points per game in his rookie season. He is a short swingman with a height of 196 cm. He can be traded for the second pick of the Grizzlies.

Lewis, a combo striker with a standard height of 206 cm, is very popular in the trading market, and the trading value cannot be worse than Dixon.

Now the Wizards can trade Lewis with only an 11th overall pick, and they have taken a huge advantage.

Lewis, who was selected by Combe himself, used the first-round pick. This deal is really a friendly price, and he is making a profit at a loss.

"Thank you, boss, I really don't know what I would do without you."

"However, it's hard to say whether Unseld will agree to this deal. I have to ask him first."

Newman sometimes sighs with emotion, why everyone is the head coach, and there is such a big gap in the status of the team.

Comb is definitely the one and only position in the Raptors. What he decides, not to mention the general manager Glenn, is absolutely impossible for the boss Bitov to refuse.

And he is in the Wizards, that is the real younger brother.

"Old buddy, after leading the next season and playing something, change teams quickly."

"Wizards are not a good home. Mr. Unseld is not bad. What he asked you to do is probably the intention of your boss."

Kong Bu knew the nature of the old bone crusher quite well. He didn't have so many tricks, and he was a very straightforward old man.

Now let Newman come here to get cheap over and over again, and it is probably the idea of ​​Wizards boss Pauling.

Kong Bu once thought that these people with status and status would not have bad character, but after transmigrating, he realized that he was completely wrong, it was ridiculously wrong.

There are countless people in this group who have no bottom line, and there are definitely not a few scumbags among NBA bosses.

Pauling is one of the typical representatives.

Under normal circumstances, Jordan bought a 2000% stake in the Wizards for $5 million during this offseason.

Later, because of the 911 incident, the old American economy declined, and the NBA was also affected. Stern came to the door in person, begging Jordan to come back and save the NBA's market.

On the one hand, Jordan felt that the media praised those young people too much, and on the other hand, the Wizards' record was too poor to be seen, so he simply made a comeback.

It's a pity that the NBA stipulates that players cannot hold team shares, so Jordan can only sell the shares back to Pauling, and agree to buy them back at the original price of 2000 million US dollars when he retires.

In this way, Jordan came back, and in just two years, the Wizards' stock soared tenfold!
Of course, Jordan's original 5% stake also skyrocketed a lot. Pauling immediately repented and kicked Jordan out.

It can be seen from this incident alone that Pauling is definitely the typical villain who sees profit and forgets justice.

Then it would definitely make sense for him to change his ways to let Newman come to Kongbu to take advantage of it.

This deal is tantamount to saying that Comb took Lewis in exchange for Maggette, and the loss must be a loss.

Lewis can't be the leader of the team, but he will be a perfect second leader, the team's second offensive point, and the perfect puzzle for a powerful team.

And Maggette is not a jigsaw player, he is suitable to be the boss of the team, but unfortunately he does not have the level of a top boss.

Obviously, the Raptors don't need a boss like Maggette, but need a puzzle piece like Lewis, which is obviously a loss.

But the extent of the loss is within the acceptable range of Kumbu.

After finishing the phone call with Newman, Unseld called not long after and made a final decision on the deal.

They still have great confidence in Kumbu's vision.

And even though Lewis didn't play much last season, he really broke out in the Eastern Conference Finals. He scored 30 points in a single game, suppressed Kukoc, and had a 0.1-second lore performance.

The probability of getting a parallel import at the 11th pick is so great that the Wizards dare not take the risk at all.

If you want to say, you can only blame their bad luck. In the lottery meeting, only the No. 11 lottery was drawn. Their record is theoretically the highest to draw the No. [-] lottery. Unfortunately, they did not have that kind of luck.

After the Raptors championship parade ended, Combe learned about Jordan's official retirement from the news.

He couldn't help but sigh.

The era belonging to Jordan is completely over.

Even if he failed to win the sixth championship trophy, Jordan's greatness is still beyond doubt. In the last two seasons against the mighty Raptors, he still played the role of the god of basketball.

It's a pity that the Raptors are too strong, so strong that they can block and kill gods.

On the day Jordan officially announced his retirement, Zen Master also officially announced that he had joined the Lakers and became the coach of the Lakers.

Under normal circumstances, the OK dynasty of the Lakers will begin this year.

It's a pity that with Kong Bu here, the Bulls dynasty would collapse, let alone the Lakers dynasty.

Thomas Sr. has been calling Konbu, but it is a pity that Konbu does not answer at all. This old Teng just wants to continue to strengthen his Knicks.

Last season, they almost killed the Bulls and reached the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Bulls are gone this season, so continue to strengthen. Lao Deng feels that he has hope to compete with the Raptors.

He really didn't think about it at all. He wanted to compete with the Raptors, but he wanted to trade players from the Raptors. How could Combe let him do what he wanted.

The Knicks have already created an initial threat to the Raptors, and it is impossible for Comb to give them blood transfusions.

The address of this year's draft is in Washington, the home stadium of the Wizards.

On the day before the draft, the Wizards official announced a news, which aroused a lot of attention.

Jordan bought a 2000% stake in the Wizards at a price of 5 million US dollars, became the small boss of the Wizards, and entered the management of the Wizards, serving as the team's vice president of affairs.

It seems that after many celebrities retire, their first positions in management are various vice presidents.

Kumbu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He originally wanted to remind Jordan not to deal with the Wizards, but he didn't expect Jordan to be so impatient that he had officially joined the Wizards.

On June 6, Glenn led Combe into the draft venue.

In fact, it should be Combe who led Glenn. Even if Glenn walked in front of Combe, everyone in the venue focused on Combe.

"Hey, my dear old chap, I miss you."

After old Thomas saw Comb in the venue, he ran up to hug him warmly. Glenn was embarrassed and stood beside him with angry eyes.

"Huh? Why are you the only one in Knicks?"

Comb glanced at the table at the Knicks representative office, and there was no one there, as if only old Thomas had come this time.

Lao Deng sneered, "Don't you follow the news? I'm now concurrently serving as the general manager of the Knicks."

"Let me be clear first, I didn't use any tricks to squeeze Ernie away."

Combe and Glenn looked at each other and smiled, no wonder they believed Lao Deng's nonsense.

Ernie was also unlucky. He never dreamed that he would pull Thomas Sr. into the Knicks, which resulted in him losing his job.

Lao Deng is good at playing with doves and magpies' nests.

"Hey Kong, long time no see."

Tang Shuai of the Rockets shook hands with Kong Bu. Compared with Lao Deng, Tang Shuai is obviously a cultural person and more refined.

"Son, I arrived yesterday, but I didn't get through to you."

"I wanted to find you a drink last night."

Old Wilkens said sadly.

"I dare not answer your phone call, you never leave my players in three words."

"If you answer your phone a few more times, I will become a poor commander."

Combe joked with Old Wilkens with a smile.

Everyone laughed loudly, making old Wilkens' old face flush.

"Kong, you Raptors have a lot of draft picks this year. After the draft is over, may I buy you a drink?"

"You Raptors can't use so many rookies, let's share a few with us Bucks."

George Karl also came over.

Their Bucks were powerful killers last season, defeating many top players one after another.

"Old George, I can sell players to other teams, but you Bucks can't sell them."

"Last season, you double-killed our Raptors. If you let you continue to be stronger, our Raptors will have no way out."

Old Karl felt extremely comfortable in what Kumbu said, and Bel had face.

"Kong, long time no see."

The general manager of the Nuggets, D'Antoni and Fitch Sr., walked up to Kongbu with a smile and said hello.

D'Antoni is very grateful to Combu. The reason why he was able to get the best general manager last season was because of Combu's several deals.

Among the Nuggets' starting five, Camby, Wu Sheng and Dulong were all sent by Kong Bu, and they were all at friendly prices.

"Mike, congratulations on getting the general manager of the year." Combe first congratulated D'Antoni.

Then he turned to look at old Fitch, "Mr. Fitch, long time no see."

"Congratulations in advance for becoming the coach of Qiansheng."

From the title alone, it can be seen that Kumbu has a lot of respect for old Fitch.

He called others either old buddies or names, but he only called old Fitch to add a title of Mr. He took the initiative to call himself a junior.

Old Fitch felt warm in his heart. He felt that he might have saved the Milky Way in his previous life, and God sent Kumbu to help him.

"Kong, congratulations on winning the championship."

"Kong, if you win another championship, it will be the Dynasty team, and you will also become the coach of the Dynasty."

Timberwolves coach Saunders Sr. and Kings coach Adelman Sr. came over to greet Comb one after another.

The two have one thing in common, that is, their sons have all served as teaching assistants for Combe.

Stu and Brian Hill of the Grizzlies, Dumars of the Pistons, Danny Ainge of the Suns, Pitino of the Celtics, Popovich of the Spurs, Nelson of the Mavericks, Kalesi of the Warriors Mo, old Bass of the Hornets.

When these people saw Kong Bu, they all got up and hugged and chatted with Kong Bu.

Even the Clippers Baylor, who scolded Konbu at the press conference, led Van Gundy to wave and nod to Konbu.

What is the protagonist, this is the real protagonist.

All the powerful and powerful top leaders in the league greeted Kumbu with smiles, and some people who had no lower limit even said some nasty flattery.

When he participated in the draft for the first time, Kumbu was a little transparent that no one cared about.

When he participated in the draft for the second time, Kumbu already had some contacts, and there were some good general managers or coaches on the court.

It is the third draft right now, and he is the only protagonist in the entire venue. Everyone's eyes and the focus of discussion are all on Kongbu.

Regardless of the status or influence of the league, the current Kumbu is definitely at the top level of the league.

(End of this chapter)