NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 165 Fighting in the team
After returning to Toronto, Iverson called Comb again.

"Coach Kong, don't forget your promise."

"Trust me, I will never let you down."

Iverson is now eager to leave the team, and Combe has become his lifeline.

He knows very well that the average team can't afford to trade him. After all, he was the starting All-Star point guard in the Eastern Conference last season.

Even if it can be taken out, then this team must be hurt. If you join a disabled team, the team may not be as strong as the current 76ers.

Only the Raptors in the league have this family background and can trade Iverson to their own team without affecting their combat power.

Kong Bu touched his nose, when did he promise?
But listening to Iverson's tone full of hope, Kumbu was too embarrassed to hit him.

We can only wait until the end of this season to talk about it.

For the next four consecutive home games, the opponent has a team of the Lakers, which makes Comb more interested.

On the second day after arriving in Toronto, the team's training was in progress, and Combe went to Sha Lun's office to drink tea and chat.

Because of Kong Bu's position in the Raptors is extremely detached, which also makes the Raptors full of Chinese elements in many places. For example, Sha Lun never drinks coffee in the office, only drinks tea, and it must be green tea.

"Look, the best iron Buddha? It seems to be called this name."

"I specially asked people to go to Chinatown to buy it. It tastes great."

Sha Lun brewed a cup of fragrant tea and handed it to Kong Bu. He found a set of teacups somewhere, which looked pretty good.

Kong Bu was speechless, Iron Buddha?Could it be Tieguanyin?
Just now he thought that Sha Lun put Stone Buddha Duncan in the tea cup.

"Not bad, tasteful." Kong Bu took a sip and praised.

Just took a sip, and little Adelman ran in hastily.

"It's not good, boss, there's a fight!"

Kong Bu put down the teacup, wondering if he heard it wrong, to fight?Who are you fighting with?
I have coached the Raptors for more than two years, and there has never been a fight in the team.

"what happened?"

Sha Lun also thought it was very fresh, and he had never experienced this kind of team fight.

"Eric, there's a fight with Paul and Vince."

"Others can't hold it back."

Little Adelman didn't know exactly what happened. After he saw the fight on the field, he rushed to look for Combe.

Dampier got into a fight with Pierce and Carter?

Kong Bu sighed, put down the teacup, and returned to the training ground with Sha Lun and Adelman Jr.

It is said that Ladu can't pull it, that's because Daben and Dabus didn't pull it.

Seeing that the situation was gradually getting out of control, the two of them stepped forward and pulled the two sides apart.

Big Ben held Pierce and Carter in his arms, and they couldn't move, pointing at Dampier and cursing.

Carter is okay, he is not good at cursing, after all, he did not come from the bottom of the block, but Pierce is different, the scolding is really ugly.

The bus is holding Dampier, and Dampier is not a vegetarian, and the scolding can't be heard.

Combe glanced at it. Dampier had a lot of eye-catching scratches on his body, Pierce's hair was pulled up like a chicken coop, and Carter's left cheek was swollen. He must have been punched.

"Ben, bus, let them go."

"Sean, go and bring me a chair, I want to take a closer look at how capable you guys are."

Kong Bu said to Marion who was beside him in a calm tone.

Marion hurried to the sidelines to move a bench and put it behind Combe.

After sitting down, Combe waved to Dampier, Carter and Pierce.

"What are you still doing, keep fighting."

"I, Kong Bu, have no other hobbies, but I like to watch people fight, especially like to watch future billionaires like you fight."

"Let's get started, no one is stopping you now."

The calmer Kong Bu's tone became, the more flustered Pierce and Carter became.

They are different from Dampier. The two have been playing in the Raptors for a year, and they know Comb's character well.

Obviously, Kumbu was already in a rage at this moment.

Dampier opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but Nash, who was standing opposite him, quickly gave him a wink and told him to shut up.

For others, Dampier can be a bird, but Nash must be respected, because his small brain knows that he can play such data, and Nash has helped him a lot.

"Why is there no movement, where did all the ruthlessness go?"

"I have coached the Raptors for more than two years anyway. The atmosphere in the team has always been extremely harmonious. There has never been such a thing as today."

"Who can tell me what happened?"

Kong Bu said coldly.

Payton smiled wryly and walked to Kongbu. He was older than Kongbu, and he was the only one who dared to speak in the entire training ground.

"Boss, a group of young people fought fiercely, and after a few more words, it became like this."

"Actually, it's normal. This kind of thing will happen to any team several times a season."

Payton opened his mouth to excuse the three.

In-team fights are indeed not uncommon. It can happen to any team, but some teams are exposed, and some teams are not known to the outside world.

Most of those who broke out also had the purpose of the team, for example, they wanted to use this kind of scandal to suppress the player's contract price.

"Gary, in your long career, you may have seen this kind of thing many times."

"But in my Kumbu team, this kind of thing is absolutely intolerable."

"You three, hold hands and run around the field until I tell you to stop."

"Of course you don't have to run away, but in the next few years, you will be sent down in the next second. It happens that McCain is alone, so you can go and accompany him."

The faces of the three changed drastically at the same time, they knew that Kong Bu was definitely not joking.

Due to the fact that there are not many players who can play in the team, it is impossible for other teams to delegate the three core players, and they must consider the team's record.

The Raptors are different. There are twelve players on the roster, and everyone is a core player.

Delegating three will not affect the Raptors' record at all.

Pierce and Carter are still reserved, they can run laps, but can they run laps holding hands?What a shame.

Dampier doesn't care whether he is ashamed or not. He only knows that he has managed to get the No. [-] center in the East, and it must not be ruined because of this.

He directly held Carter and Pierce with his left and right hands, and started running around the training ground.

Kong Bu didn't bother to care about the three of them, and called Da Ben to his office during the break.

Daben is the most trusted person of Kong Bu, if he wants to know the whole story of the fight just now, it is most credible to say it from Daben.

Other players inevitably have personal preferences, such as Tracy McGrady will certainly toward his cousin Carter, such as Nash will certainly toward his partner Dampier.

Only the captain, Big Ben, can be truly impartial.

"Actually, I can't blame Eric. The main reason is that Paul's mouth is too poisonous."

"I feel that my qualifications are older than Dampier, so I always bully others in training games."

"Today Dampier dunked and flew, and he led Vince to sneer at the side, and the two asked and answered like they were acting in a TV series."

"Then Dampier was also messed up, and he plucked his hair when he went up. I really haven't seen any player fight like this."

Big Ben said helplessly.

Comb wondered, Pierce thinks his qualifications are old?
"Didn't Paul enter the league in 98? Eric was a player in 96. How can you say that Eric has old qualifications?"

"Coach, you need to know that Paul and Vince are both champions, and they both have championship rings." Big Ben said with a smile.

Kumbu felt a little upset. Pierce really has such a bad habit and likes to engage in internal strife.

During the period of the Big Three in Green Cay, he joined forces with Garnett and Rondo to isolate and exclude Ray Allen. As a result, Ray Allen went to the Heat and completed a life-saving three-pointer in the finals.

However, Ray Allen's exclusion is mainly due to the management of Lukai, that is, Danny Angie.

The Hornets were in turmoil at the time, and Ray Allen proposed to use Rondo to trade Chris Paul. Although this matter did not succeed in the end, Angie still leaked the wind.

This made Ray Allen a thorn in Rondo's side.

Pierce has always considered himself the boss of Lukay, and Rondo is his younger brother, so of course he wants to stand up for his younger brother.

As a result, Lu Kai, who was in good shape, was made into a mess, and only won one championship, which was considered anticlimactic.

In addition, when Pierce is old, he also likes to rely on the old to sell the old, belittle this player today, and criticize that player tomorrow.

Combe knew Pierce's temperament well, but he didn't think Pierce was too annoying. People have various personalities, and everyone can't be as simple and honest as Da Ben.

He feels that Pierce may feel that the second team has affected his playing time, so he is full of malice towards the second team.

Last season, he played as a pure substitute for a season. This season, he finally sent Mashburn away and took the starting position. As a result, he came out with a second team.

The disadvantages of too many core players in the team are now reflected.

"Ben, you are the captain of this team. If there is a situation in the team where you taunt your teammates in the future, you can just show some color."

"By the way, what does the bus do to him if no one in the team treats him?"

Kong Bu asked worriedly.

"That's not true. After all, the bus is special. Who doesn't know the relationship between him and the coach."

"Even if you have no brains, you won't bully the bus."

Big Ben laughed.

On the training ground, Dampier was still pulling the hands of Carter and Pierce to run circles.

Kong Bu didn't mean to stop at all. If he didn't punish them well this time, there might be even bigger disturbances next time.

In many cases, the internal strife that is difficult to reconcile starts from these small conflicts.

Kumbu didn't want to see a gun incident in his locker room one day.

This run lasted for three full hours. The three players were so exhausted that they passed out. In the end, they couldn't run anymore. They wandered around the sidelines like a walking dead.

When they heard Kumbu yell to stop, the three of them collapsed directly on the floor.

"Don't think this is the end, the next three of you will be DNP, three for Paul, two for Eric, and one for Vince."

Kumbu has given different team suspensions, which also represents his attitude towards this matter, that is, Pierce is the most guilty.

Pierce collapsed on the floor, secretly grateful.

He was terrified just now, because he didn't know what kind of punishment Kung Fu would impose on him. Of course, he wouldn't be so simple as to think that he was just running around.

If you deprive yourself of the starting position, then you will be completely finished.

Now it's only three DNP games, which is still acceptable.

Dampier collapsed on the floor and snickered. He thought he was a newcomer, and maybe Combe would favor the two.

As a result, Comb was not partial at all, and Pierce was banned for one more game than himself.

Carter is also relieved. He hasn't been in the real starting position until now. If he leaves a bad impression in Comb's mind, it will be difficult for his career to rise.

In the Raptors team, the most indispensable thing is the shooting guard.

Even if Tracy McGrady is gone, Comb can win Ginobili next season, and his offensive ability may not be as good as Carter.

And Corey Maggette is not saying that he can't play shooting guard. When he was in the Clippers, he was also a well-known Los Angeles veteran.

This little brawl was a reminder to Kongbu that he couldn't leave the training ground casually if he had nothing to do.

I just went to Sha Lun's to take a sip of tea, and this thing happened immediately.

A day later in the afternoon, the Raptors held a pregame press conference against the Los Angeles Lakers.

"What? That kid was suspended by the team?"

"Excuses are definitely excuses. Kong Bu must be afraid that the kid will be turned into a scum by me, so he dare not let him play."

"What is the No. [-] center in the East? When we were in the West, he couldn't even rank among the top ten centers in the West."

"Give me 5 minutes, I can score 20 points on him!"

"It seems that the Eastern Conference is getting more and more declining. I have a hunch that this year's championship must be our Western Conference team, most likely our Lakers."

Ao Pang uttered nonsense at the press conference. He had already prepared for bloody Dampier, but he heard from reporters that Dampier was suspended by the team.

Generally, there must be a reason for the suspension within the team, either to contradict the head coach, or to fight within the team. Now the Raptors have not leaked the news at all, they only mentioned the suspension within the team, without telling the reason.

Ao Pang felt that it must be Kumbu who didn't want Dampier to lose too badly.

He doesn't have much confidence against the combination of Ben and Bus, because they are too strong.

But playing Dampier, it is definitely a hit. When Dampier was in the Warriors, Ao Pang played against him several times a year, and every time he was a drop hammer.

Today, he has played eight games with Dampier, averaging more than 30 points per game, while Dampier averaged only about 5 points per game, and most of the eight games scored 2 points and 4 points. Only one game scored in double figures.

那一场比赛他还是12投3中，加上罚球8中6，才拿到了12分入账。

So Ao Pang didn't brag about it, he hit Dampier really casually, hitting on the floor.

It's a pity that even if Dampier is not suspended by the team, Kumbu will not let Dampier play. To play against a strong team like the Lakers, you must still have the first team to handle it.

Under normal circumstances, this year's championship is the Lakers.

Comb wants to see how long this Lakers team can last under the Raptors' iron hoof.

The other is to see how Kobe is growing now, and whether he has entered his peak period.

(End of this chapter)