NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 169 Against the Jazz
In fact, it's not just the Knicks. The news of Comb is outdated. Many teams in the league have already set their sights on Yao Ming.

The Raptors have never investigated the performance of their rookies because of Kumbu in the past two years. There are scouts in the team, but they are currently working as salted fish, reporting to Konbu every ten days and a half months. Comb didn't even bother to read the rookie report.

Because there is really no need to look at it, how can I not know which rookies can be selected?

Magic City has almost become a gathering place for scouts from various teams. At least [-] NBA scouts have gathered in Shanghai. Yao Ming's games are not lost, but he has contributed a lot of tickets to the Sharks. money.

The data of close to 50+30+7 blocks per game is too sensational. Even if the grade of CBA is not high and the data content is not high, such a data is still too scary, which is enough to prove Yao Ming's terrible dominance.

The most important thing is that Yao Ming also performed well in the Asian Championships before, and scouts had already noticed him at that time.

Kumbu suddenly understood, no wonder the records of many teams this year are terrible. He thought these teams were too weak, but now that he thinks about it, it seems that they are doing badly on purpose?
For example, Lukai, they have only won 4 games so far this season.

In fact, in terms of their strength, it is not so miserable at all. After all, there are Snow and Fat Toutuo in the lineup, and the strength of the role players is not bad.

Even if they can't make it to the playoffs, they must be at least the ninth and tenth level in the Eastern Conference.

But now they sit firmly at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. If it is said that they didn't deliberately play badly, Kongbu doesn't believe it at all.

Speaking of which, the Green Kais have a tradition of playing poorly. Their history has too many honors, and the fans have a high tolerance for their home team. Therefore, even if the performance is poor, fans can still enter the stadium to watch the game, which will not affect the season's income. .

In addition to Lukai, the Eagles in the east are also very suspicious.

Although Steve Smith left the team, he signed first and then traded, and he also bought a lot of things for the Eagles. In addition, they still have Uncle Mu guarding the penalty area, so the record cannot be too bad no matter how you think about it.

As a result, they have only won 6 games now, sitting firmly in the bottom two in the Eastern Conference.

Kumbu can't laugh or cry, these two teams are crazy.

Green Cay general manager Pitino is giving it a go. He is betting that Yao Ming will participate in next year's draft and they can get the No. [-] pick.

Once Yao Ming can be taken down, Pitino feels that Lukai can turn around directly.

And if he doesn't bet right, he has nothing to lose, because he also feels that he has at most two seasons before he has to be fired.

Eagles general manager Wilkens is also betting, but he is not worried about being fired. The Eagles have already been branded too much by him. If he is fired, the fans will be the first to refuse.

The reason why he gambled was because he wanted to win Yao Ming, and then he would do it in one step.

At that time, Uncle Mu can take it out and change to a first-class outside line, and then pair up with Yao Ming, and the foundation of a super powerful team will appear.

The Warriors, Clippers, and Grizzlies in the west are rotten. Kumbu is not sure whether they are rotten, because even if they don't, their record will not be much better.

Comb felt that both Pitino and Wilkens were crazy.

If you are not in this era, you can't understand how much these old guys want a super center.

Even the big Z can get the maximum salary. It is conceivable that Yao Ming, who seems to be several grades stronger, has a huge temptation.

It may even be more mouth-watering than the previous Duncan.

Duncan has solid basic skills in the early stage of his career, but only basic skills. There is almost no skill in his style of play, just use his body to fight hard.

But Yao Ming is different. He showed incredible shooting touch in the CBA arena. He can also make a small hook, and his footwork around the basket is quite wonderful. Line center.

You know he is just a 19-year-old kid!

If you think about it this way, it is not difficult to understand why so many scouts have gathered in Shanghai.

"Brother Kong, do you think Dayao is suitable for participating in the draft next year?" Dazhi asked curiously.

"Did Yao ask you to ask?"

Combe laughed.

"You can't hide anything from Brother Kong. It was indeed Dayao who asked. He is too embarrassed to ask. He has been waiting for your letter."

"As a result, you haven't given any confirmation letter."

"If you want me to say that since you are doing like that in the CBA, you might as well come to the NBA. Even if you don't get off to a good start, at least you have Brother Kong in your pocket."

"The big deal is Brother Kong traded him to your team."

Da Zhi thinks long-term.

His plan is quite good, regardless of whether Yao Ming can play it in the NBA, it is not a bad thing.

If he can play it, then there will be another super insider from China in the NBA. If he can't play it, Kumbu can trade him to his team without spending too much money.

Kumbu shook his head, if only things were that simple.

The question now is not at all whether Yao Ming can play well. With Yao Ming's current state, it is unreasonable and impossible not to play well. No matter which team he goes to, no matter which coach he is under, even if it is Larry Brown, Yao Ming The data is absolutely impossible to be bad.

It's hard to say whether the rebounds can be in double figures, but the scoring must be guaranteed by averaging 20 points per game.

And Yao Ming averaged 20 points in this game, and his true shooting percentage may be higher than that of Ao Pang.

Many people saw that O'Pang's shooting rate was so exaggerated. His average shooting rate in many seasons could reach nearly [-]%, so the true shooting rate must be extremely high.

The best two seasons of Yao Ming's career were only 55%, and the others were all in the [-]s.

Ao Pang's true shooting percentage is much higher than that of Yao Ming.

Actually otherwise, O'Pang's true shooting percentage is 58.6%, while Yao Ming's is 59.6%, which is a full percentage point lower.

The reason for this situation is mainly the difference in free throws.

Yao Ming's free throws are far ahead of the center, so that his offensive efficiency is not inferior to the historical level of the basket giants like O'Pang.

Now as long as Yao Ming enters the league, the statistics will definitely not be bad. If it is the kind of super fat team, Comb will not be surprised that Yao Ming averaged 25 points per game in his rookie season.

When is Kong Bu's plan to find a way to get a No. [-] pick, and when to let Yao Ming sign up for the draft.

Because the lottery is held in May, and the draft is in June, as long as Kong Bu gets the No. 5 lottery, Yao Ming has enough time to sign up for the draft.

The reason why he was so troublesome was that Kong Bu wanted to coach Yao Ming, and it was hard for him to time travel to become an NBA coach. If Yao Ming has never coached before, wouldn't it mean that he has traveled in vain?
On the other hand, Kongbu is also worried about other coaches coming to coach Yao Ming.

Not every coach can be as dedicated as Tang Shuai.

Especially the coaches of those big teams, in order to achieve a good record and keep their jobs, they allowed Yao Ming to play an average of 378 minutes per game in his rookie season, or even 10 minutes.

Coaching is a very unstable profession. As long as the team's record is not good, they may be fired immediately. The less qualified the coach, the easier it is to be fired.

Compared with their own careers, these fringe coaches are likely to choose to sacrifice the health of their players.

If Yao Ming's rookie season is directly used by others, then Kong Buke really has no place to reason.

According to his plan, he has an attribute viewer in his hand that can check the health of players, which can ensure that Yao Ming is free from injuries to the greatest extent.

In addition, no one knows what kind of rewards Kumbu will get in the next few years, maybe he will be able to get props to improve the player's tolerance.

So no matter what, Yao Ming must play under his own hands.

"Let's wait and see after this season."

"He is still so young, there is no need to worry too much."

Kong Bu's words were for Big Zhi to tell Yao Ming that the matter of the draft should not be rushed.

"By the way, Brother Kong, you guys will be playing jazz in a few days."

"We played the Jazz at home a few days ago, and that old Malone gave me a pair of shoes, saying it was a gift for my apology."

"Huh? You took it?" Kong Bu frowned.

"There is no way not to accept it. Their head coach, Sloan, has a very low profile, and I am too embarrassed to save face." Dazhi said shamefully.

Kong Bu sighed heavily, really convinced of Da Zhi's character.

If Malone really meant to apologize, he wouldn't be able to just send one pair of shoes.

How much is a pair of shoes worth, the key is who will give the shoes as a gift?

"Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter. The last time he was riding on our raptor's head to shit, I can't let him go."

"In addition, send the pair of shoes back to him tomorrow. You have been lying in the ICU for so long, and you won't be sent away with just one pair of shoes."

Kong Bu heard a saying in his previous life, don't forget the evil he has done just because of a few good words from others.

These words are just right for Malone.

I want to say a few soft words, giving away a pair of shoes will wipe out all the evil I have done, there is no such good thing in the world.

"Okay, then I'll send it back tomorrow." Da Zhi nodded silently, he could clearly feel Kong Bu's disappointment in him.

……

The game between the Raptors and the Jazz was on January 2000, 1, which happened to be the Raptors' first game in the 2st century.

After the Christmas war, Combe led the generals back to Toronto.

There are still four consecutive home games, and the third game is against the Jazz.

The first two games were against the Nuggets and the Sonics. The first game was lost to the Nuggets, and the second game was won by the Sonics.

Losing to the Nuggets in the first game is not because the Raptors are not as strong as the opponent, but because if Fitch can win this game, it will happen to be the thousandth win of his coaching career.

For such a commemorative game, Kumbu simply let it go. Anyway, winning or losing this game or two is irrelevant to the Raptors.

The Raptors will definitely win 70 games this year, and it is not a big problem to break the Bulls' record of 72 wins.

When the game ended, the live DJ also announced that the old Fitch became the second coach with a thousand wins in NBA history.

The first Qiansheng coach was old Wilkens. His coaching years are too long. If you really want to count, he started to be a coach in 69, and he has been a coach for 30 years now.

And some other thousand-win coaches in later generations, such as old Nelson, Pat Riley, Popovich, etc., are not yet thousand-win.

So old Fitch became the second coach with a thousand wins, and at the same time, he was the first coach with a thousand losses.

Fitch Sr. walked to the center of the field after the game, thanked the fans for their cheers with a microphone, and then thanked Comb.

He knew very well that if it wasn't for Combe, he might have retired two years ago.

Kong Bu looked at the old Fitch on the field, and he finally understood why he had such a strong affection for the old Fitch.

On the one hand, I admire old Fitch's professional ethics, on the other hand, he looks like a fat cat, the fat cat in Hong Kong drama...

Facing the appearance of the fat cat, it's hard not to have a good impression.

Kong Bu appeared on the stage at the right time, and took out a gift that he had prepared for a long time, a specially-made gold coin engraved with the word 1000, with old Fitch's head on it.

"Congratulations, my old chap."

"Come on in the playoffs this year. If we can win multiple championships, it will be a perfect end to our coaching career."

Combe joked.

Old Fitch shook his head dumbfounded, multiple champions?If it were in previous years, he would really dare to have such thoughts.

After all, the current Nuggets can be called a strong army.

It's a pity that in the era of Kumbu, even the bulls were defeated, so how can we talk about their gold nuggets.

"The championship is overthinking, but we have a lot of hope in the finals." Old Fitch smiled with his arms around Kong Bu.

After sending off the old Fitch, Combe ushered in the Supersonic again.

The Supersonics are called the Little Raptors of the West. There is no way. The core of their lineup is all from the Raptors. It is not surprising to have such a nickname.

The backcourt duo Billups plus Mobley, and O'Neill in the frontcourt are their core framework.

In addition to these three, the Sonics also have Cobra Grant, Brent Barry and Ruben Patterson and other good players, whose strength should not be underestimated.

It took a lot of effort for the Raptors to win, and in the end they only narrowly won by 4 points.

Although the Supersonics' performance is not weak, Kumbu still feels that their style of play is almost meaningless.

Head coach Paul Westphal is a Hall of Fame guard, which may be affected by this. He is a bit too superstitious about the backcourt players, especially for Mobley, which is extraordinary.

It's not that Comb doesn't look down on Mobley. After all, he is also a player he chose. It's because of Mobley's hardware defects. Once he is targeted, his offensive ability will drop sharply.

He is a bit similar to Iverson's former partner Stackhouse, but Mobley is far from as arrogant as Stackhouse, and his shot selection is quite reasonable.

Westphal didn't know what kind of shining point he found in Mobley, which gave him a tactical status beyond Xiao Ao.

But this is his tactical style, and Kumbu can't say anything more. After all, he didn't lose disastrously against the Raptors, which means that this style of play has merits.

After defeating the Sonics, Kumbu convened all the players in the team during the team training on the second day.

The reason for the convening is simple, that is to discuss how to deal with Karl Malone.

Right now, there are not many players left in the team who have experienced that incident, and only Big Ben and McGrady are left.

"I believe everyone knows the grievances between the Raptors and the Jazz."

"I won't say much about this game, at least any loss related to the suspension will be borne by me."

As soon as Kong Bu finished speaking, the bus directly raised his hand and wanted to say something.

"Coach, I watched the finals before, and I almost passed out from anger."

"I'm going to clean up Malone for this game. It just so happens that my salary is cheap, and the season has just started, so it doesn't matter how many games are suspended."

Seeing that the bus opened its mouth, some young Xinguadanzi were not to be outdone.

"I'll come, after playing, I'll give him a header directly."

"It doesn't matter whether you are banned or not. I mainly want to try the feeling of beating a historical super giant."

"I've been upset with that guy Malone for a long time, so don't try to rob me tonight."

"Coach, you have to take it easy tonight. Don't go on the court. They are probably already prepared. If you get beaten up by then, it will be a big loss."

All the generals said something to me, and it was very lively.

Newcomers like Maggette or Marion are not fools, and they know that this time may be a good time to make Comb look different.

Anyway, Ma Long is not a serious person, so he took the opportunity to punch twice, and if he didn't hit him, he wouldn't hit him for nothing.

There will be no loss, as Kumbu said, he will pay for the suspension.

Daben just kept silent, his salary was too high, about 20 yuan per game, if he was suspended for ten games or eight games, Kumbu would probably vomit blood.

Why those top stars seldom do anything, or even if they do, they are rarely suspended. It is entirely because the salary is too high. A fight may cost hundreds of thousands or even millions. The price is too high.

However, Daben has not spent more than two years in vain. He is confident that Malone will pay the price without being suspended.

(End of this chapter)