NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 162 Dampier: The No. [-] center in the East is here
The reason why the Warriors hired Malone to be the coach is probably not because of his coaching ability.

In fact, no one believed that this new Guadanzi, who was two years younger than Kongbu, had any coaching ability.

After Malone became the Warriors coach, he became the second youngest coach in NBA history, second only to Combe, who was only 17 days older than Combu when he was the coach.

Since he is not interested in coaching ability, the Warriors boss must want to reproduce the beauty of the Nuggets or the Supersonics.

In the following schedule, Comb has been interspersed with the use of the first and second teams. When encountering a weak team, he will use the second team to run and bomb. When encountering a strong team like the Knicks, he will use the first team. Fight positional warfare.

With the increasing number of stars in his hands, the biggest headache for Comb now is how to allocate players' playing time.

If all 12 players play, it will definitely cause the personal data of some players to shrink significantly.

If there are too many games in rotation, at the end of the season, they will not be able to participate in the regular season honor selection because there are too few games.

Kumbu is planning carefully now, and carries a form with him, recording the appearance status of the twelve players in the roster.

On November 11, the regular season schedule finished playing for a full month.

The Raptors host the San Antonio Spurs.

In the pre-match warm-up session, Popovich guarded Konbu just like a thief. He always felt that Konbu had something wrong with Duncan.

In fact, he did not wrong Kongbu. For a player like Duncan, if he said that Kongbu was not greedy, it would be a lie.

Not only is he strong, but the charisma of this idiot is also outstanding.

"Hey, dear Kong."

"Thank you for choosing Raja, I know you are all for me."

The idiot didn't go to warm up, leaned over to Kong Bu's side, and said something nonsensical.

Combe was stunned, what does his choice of Lagabel have to do with you idiot.

He suddenly remembered that Duncan and Lagabert seemed to be fellow villagers. Both of them were born in the Virgin Islands. There are tens of thousands of people on the island. In addition, they are similar in age, so they might have known each other since they were young.

"You guys don't seem to have changed the lineup this year?"

Comb didn't pick up the topic of Lagabel, but instead brought up the Spurs' lineup this year.

Hearing this, the idiot's originally bright eyes immediately dimmed.

"No way, we are just a team with a market that cannot be any smaller, and there is no money to sign players at all."

"The other outstanding newcomers have been selected by you, and our only way to strengthen has also been blocked."

"I am very confused now. The team's record is actually not bad, but I feel that it is still close to the championship."

Duncan looked at Combe and said sadly.

Kong Bu scratched his head and made a fuss for a long time, but he actually blamed himself.

"How is your relationship with Amy recently?"

Thinking of Duncan's cheating girlfriend Amy, Kumbu felt a pain in his ass.

The two had been in love since they were in college, and after they got married, Amy cheated in various ways, giving the idiots countless cuckolds.

What's even more outrageous is that he took the idiot's money to open a gym for his mistress.

Of course, Kumbu wanted to break up the two, lest Duncan jump into the fire pit, but unfortunately he really couldn't speak.

"I'm going to propose next year, Kong, if it succeeds, will you be my witness?" the idiot said with longing.

Knowing people, knowing the face but not knowing the heart, he never knew that the woman he regarded as a treasure was actually a broken shoe.

To say that Amy has made no contribution to Duncan's career, his greatest contribution is to prevent Duncan from joining the Magic.

In 2000, that is, the offseason at the end of this season, Duncan's rookie contract ended, and the Magic started recruiting with a lot of salary space. They offered Duncan a six-year, $6 million contract.

Not only Duncan, but also Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady form the super luxurious Big Three.

At that time, Duncan was moved. When he went to Orlando with Hill, he enjoyed the cheers and shouts of Magic fans.

The Spurs lineup is aging, and there is no hope of any reinforcements, but the Magic has a big contract, and they have good friends Hill and Tracy McGrady. The championship is not a problem.

Anyway, no matter how you look at it, Magic is a good next home.

As a result, at the welcome dinner, Amy asked Rivers if the family members of the players could take the team's plane. Rivers was also a fool, and he lied casually. .

Then Amy blew the pillow wind next to the idiot, and the Magic completely lost the chance to get Duncan.

If Duncan really joins the Magic, it's really hard to say whether he can still have his later historical status.

The main reason is that Hill was scrapped as soon as he went to the Magic, and he still occupies a lot of salary space, which made the Magic unable to make up for the loss of Hill's absence.

It is equivalent to saying that Duncan and McGrady are going to face O'Neal and Kobe, and the Lakers must have a stronger lineup, and it will be difficult to win the championship.

"Forget about witnessing the marriage, I don't want to be a witness of your entering the grave of marriage."

"Listen to my advice, don't get married."

"Isn't it good to talk about love like now?"

"Look at me, don't even talk about being married, I don't talk about love, women will only affect my speed of winning the championship."

"Think about it carefully."

Kong Bu tried to persuade him earnestly, if he said that he was looking for a good wife and mother, Kong Bu would definitely not say anything.

But Amy, this old woman is really not a serious person.

"Kumbu, you don't understand love. I have decided to end my life with Amy."

"I'm not looking for you to talk about this, I just want to ask if you have any plans to sell Raja to our Spurs?"

After the idiot finished speaking, he glanced at Popovich who was not far away, and it was probably entrusted by Popovich.

Kumbu shook his head quickly, "Are you kidding me? We were opponents in the Finals last season."

"How could I sell players to you? In your coach's mind, I'm already so stupid?"

The idiot laughed loudly, "Of course you are not stupid, we just want to try our luck, what if you want to add some challenges to your dynasty?"

"Tch, you really think highly of me. If possible, I hope to skip the finals and give us the championship trophy directly."

"Also, if you have the idea of ​​changing teams, be sure to contact me as soon as possible."

What Kumbu said shocked Duncan. This season has just begun, and Konbu actually raised such an exciting topic.

He saw that Popovich had been staring at him, so he ran away as soon as he dared to accept Kumbu's words.

……

In this game tonight, Comb did not play in the first team, but sent the second team.

He wants to try the second team to play a slow old team like the Spurs, and see how effective it is.

The reason why there is such an idea is entirely because the Suns at their peak in the future have always been enemies in the playoffs with the Spurs, and they are known as the struggle between the strongest spear and the strongest shield.

Especially in 07, the Spurs substitute Horry fouled Nash maliciously and knocked him to the ground, triggering a court brawl, and then Stoudemire and Diao were suspended.

This is why Sun fans have always said that the Spurs owe Nash a championship.

The second team in Kumbu's hands is almost the same as the peak Suns.

Dampier's offense is not as good as Stoudemire's, but defense and rebounding are definitely better than Stoudemire's. Maggette, who is bound with a three-point calibration device, has better offensive firepower than Hang Ge. It's not a star and a half, but Maggette Does not have the passing ability of Brother Diao.

Anyway, the big difference is not bad, basically at the same level.

In the jump ball session, Dampier won the jump, and the Raptors started to attack.

After playing for a few minutes, Combe couldn't help grinning. He found that running and guns are the natural nemesis of the current Spurs.

It's different from the peak Suns playing the Spurs in later generations.

At that time, the troika of the Spurs was very young. As the old saying goes, the three falsehoods of Texas, the Rockets are strong, the Mavericks are weak, and the Spurs are very old. In fact, the Spurs were not old at least before 2010.

But the Spurs on the field are really old. Except for Duncan and Bowen who are young in the starting lineup, everyone else is a veteran.

These old guys are simply overwhelmed by the ultra-fast pace of the Raptors.

Let them play positional warfare slowly, they can walk to the frontcourt, saving a lot of energy, but how can Nash and others give them a chance to walk now.

Only 6 minutes were played in the first quarter, and the old general was already panting from exhaustion.

In the season that Kumbu just passed through, the Spurs twin towers were really strong, but it is a pity that time is not forgiving. The general after two years is really old. Running back and forth with the Raptors and other young players, his physical fitness I can't stand it at all.

Not only the old generals, but also the young generals Avery and Superman Elliott are also old bumps. How can they bear this horribly fast pace.

What makes the Spurs even more desperate is that the Raptors not only have the second team, their first team is also extremely powerful, especially after the second team consumes a large part of their physical energy, the power of the first team is even greater .

The referee blew the whistle and the game ended. The Raptors sat at home and beat their opponents in the finals of last season by 127 points with a score of 91:36.

Popovich looked livid.

He can accept that his team lost to Big Ben, Tracy McGrady and others, after all, they didn't lose in the finals last season.

A second team that can lose to the Raptors?Isn't that a little outrageous.

Nash was just a second-rate point guard in the Mavericks, and Lagabel was undrafted. Maggette and Marion are not low in the draft, but they are only rookies, and they have only played for a month. NBA.

As for Dampier, who played brilliantly tonight, he can only win the middle class in a bad team like the Warriors.

It's just such a set of rubbish lineup that was put together indiscriminately, and it abused his team. Popovich couldn't accept it at all.

"Nice job, Eric."

"Do you now regret that the contract you signed was too small?"

Combe patted Dampier on the shoulder and joked.

If Dampier can play this season's performance last season, he can definitely get a maximum salary.

You need to know the attendance record of Big Z who went fishing for three days and posted on the net for two days. He participated in the draft in 96 and didn’t play that season. Then he played all the games in 97. He played five games in 98. He was directly reimbursed for not playing one game this season. .

It's fine to say that the data is gorgeous, but he only averaged about 14 points and 9 rebounds per game.

As a result, he can get the top salary, and Dampier can only get the middle class, which is half of the salary.

Now Dampier has played 13 games in a month, 10 of which are starters, averaging 18 points, 11 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game, just like a little kidney fighter Mourning.

If there was such a performance last season, except for a few teams in the league, other teams would definitely give him a maximum salary contract without hesitation.

"Of course I regret it. If I could have played under the coach earlier, I would have been selected as an All-Star last season."

"If you don't count the blue-collar centers in the East, only Mourning can be slightly stronger than me."

In the past month, Dampier has fully displayed his confidence.

Especially against the Spurs Twin Towers tonight, he scored 16 points and 14 rebounds, including 8 offensive rebounds, which was even stronger than Duncan.

During the peak period, Dampier played against Duncan, and nothing else was good, except that the offensive rebound was really better than Duncan.

His peak season was the 03-04 season, and he played very well in the Warriors. In the West, only O'Neal and Yao Ming may be able to overwhelm him. If Stoudemire is also a center, then count Stoudemire.

If Stoudemire counts as a center, then Duncan has to count, so Dampier is definitely not the second center in the West, but he may be the third, fourth or fifth center in the West.

Kumbu was speechless. Dampier's EQ was a bit low. After playing well for a month, he actually began to call himself the second center in the Eastern Conference.

In addition, he directly excluded the blue-collar center just now, and Da Ben's face turned green.

A blue-collar center is also a center. Dampier himself is actually a blue-collar center, but with the help of Nash, his scoring ability has increased a lot.

"Eric, Mourning is actually not as good as you."

"You are much younger than him, and our team has a better record. You are too humble to say that you are not as good as him."

"In other words, you are actually the No. [-] center in the Eastern Conference."

Daben spoke suddenly, and directly gave Dampier an ultimate flattery.

How could Dampier's walnut-sized brain understand, and he suddenly smiled.

"That's right, the No. [-] center in the Eastern Conference is me!"

"This season, I will definitely be able to squeeze out Mourning and become the starting All-Star in the Eastern Conference."

The more Dampier thinks about it, the more excited he is, and he can't wait to tell the world that he is the number one center in the Eastern Conference.

Kong Bu shook his head helplessly and smiled wryly, Daben is really an honest person who does not do honest things, he is very listless.

However, in the view of Comb, this is not a bad thing. After completing the task this season, Dampier is likely to be traded.

Now he is claiming that he is the No. [-] center in the East. As long as the data can be maintained and the Raptors have an outstanding record, there are still many people who will buy him.

The value of the No. [-] center in the East is enough to be called priceless.

……

After returning to the hotel at night, Kong Bu was stopped by a strange middle-aged man at the door of the hotel.

"Coach Kong, I'm Ron Babi, it's an honor to meet you."

"Hello friend."

He said the latter sentence in Chinese.

Kongbu couldn't laugh or cry, what the hell is this?Ron Barbie?It seems to be a little impression.

"Coach Kong, I'm Tim's agent."

"My favorite is the culture of the Celestial Dynasty. I have collected a lot of ancient calligraphy, paintings and porcelain. I wonder if Coach Kong has studied this aspect?"

Kong Bu was speechless. In order to get close to him, this guy had done enough homework.

Duncan's agent?Kumbu knew that.

In 2001, the player with the highest signing amount in the NBA agent circle was Tailem, who had been dealing with Comb all the time.

Then ranked second is Long Barbie in front of him.

He has Duncan, Grant Hill, Ray Allen and many other big-name stars under his command.

The reason why Duncan would consider going to the Magic is actually Bobby's operation.

This guy may have learned from somewhere that Kong Bu didn't pay much attention to Tailem, so he rushed to hug his thigh.

If he can hug Combu's thick legs, it's not a big deal for him to surpass Tailem, and it's even possible that the total salary of all other agents in the circle is not as high as him alone.

(End of this chapter)