NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 174 Antetokounmpo got the template card
On February 2, the NBA weekend officially opened.

This year's All-Star Weekend, although the Raptors had five players who were not selected for the All-Star lineup, all of them had to come to the All-Star Weekend.

Maggette, who had just been traded to the Grizzlies, had to play in the Rookie Challenge.

Marion, Davis and Odom all have to play rookie games.

Pierce is going to participate in the three-point contest.

Carter and McGrady signed up for the dunk contest.

This year's slam dunk contest is full of stars and is known as the strongest slam dunk contest in history.

Carter, McGrady, Boss Fred, Beard Davis and Duron Davis.

McGrady and Carter are both serious All-Stars, and they are in different ranks from the other three.

Duron Davis has played for the Nuggets for more than a season, and is currently the backbone of the team. With a super coach like Fitch under pressure, he dare not do anything too thoughtless, so his reputation is not bad. .

Boss Fu and Huzi are complete enemies. They had spat at each other in the draft before.

"Hey, isn't this Baron Byron?"

"I haven't seen you for half a season, and settled down on the Raptors' bench?"

After Boss Fu saw the big beard, he directly mocked Laman.

The nickname Baron Byron was actually given by Comb. He usually likes to nickname his players when he has nothing to do.

Baron Davis, Combe gave him a familiar nickname for gamers in later generations.

However, this nickname has now become a burden to the bearded man, because his stats are so embarrassing, the higher the level of the nickname, the more it seems like a joke.

The bearded man blushed from the ridicule, and had no way to fight back.

Boss Fu has now become the cornerstone of the team in the Rockets, averaging 19 points and 8 assists per game, which is extremely dazzling.

"Well, Steve, you should actually thank Byron."

"If it weren't for Byron, you were selected with the second pick, the second pick of the University of Maryland, which is not a good sign."

Seeing that his little brother was being bullied, McGrady frowned and said to Boss Fu.

Of course he knew why Boss Fu would mock the bearded man.

After saying this, Boss Fu stopped talking directly, maybe he also felt that it would be a bit unlucky if he was selected by the second pick.

The draft history of the University of Maryland is very brilliant. There were two No. 76 picks in the draft before the boss, one was the No. [-] pick in [-], birdie Tweety John Lucas.

Tweedy the bird is a character in the Disney cartoon, fighting wits and courage with the silly big cat. This nickname is very appropriate to describe the characteristics of Lucas.

The second champion was Joe Smith in 95, a semi-parallel champion.

In addition to these two No. 1986 picks, the University of Maryland's highest-ranked rookie so far is the [-] No. [-] Showron Bias.

After Lu Kai chose him, he died of drugs in just two days, making Lu Kai's intestines green with regret.

Later generations circulated a series of miraculous rumors that he slammed Jordan during the NCAA period, and his physical fitness crushed the later LeBron James.

This is a typical example of "death is the greatest".

It is not an exaggeration to say that Kwame Brown or Bennett hiccupped two days after the draft. They are estimated to be boasted much higher than Len Bias.

It would be really unlucky if Boss Fu was really selected by the No. [-] pick, with Baias in the same pick, and both of them came from the University of Maryland.

Moreover, McGrady has spoken, and it's not good for Boss Fu to continue to be relentless. If he can't give face to the bearded man, he can't help to give McGrady face.

Kong Bu also came to the scene of the slam dunk contest. He is full of expectations for the most classic slam dunk contest in history.

The main reason why this dunk has such a high evaluation is that there are two first-line stars Carter and Tracy McGrady joining.

Like the slam dunk contests of later generations, if you really want to talk about the difficulty or height, many of them will not lose this year, but the players participating in the competition are not high enough.

Just imagine if the players in the 2006 slam dunk contest were Kobe, James, Wade, Garnett, and Howard, would the level be raised immediately?

In addition to the star weight, this slam dunk contest also adopted the rule of measuring the height of each dunk from the ground for the first time, which means that fans can intuitively feel the terrifying jumping ability of these players.

After the game started, Kumbu watched with gusto.

In terms of ground clearance, the best of the five is not the Carter-McGrady brothers, but Francis.

In terms of athletic ability, Boss Fu is indeed amazing enough, otherwise Tang Shuai would not have valued him so much before.

However, Boss Fu is too short, so his movements in the air are not as stretched as the Carter-McGrady brothers.

If the player is too tall or too short, the dunk will lack aesthetic feeling.

So the real contender for the slam dunk king should be between McGrady and Carter.

In fact, McGrady does not lose to Carter in terms of height or difficulty of movement, but the only thing he loses is his expression.

That's right, the loss is in the expression.

After the dunk, Carter raised his arms and roared angrily, flashing his expression at the camera and showing arrogance.

And McGrady drooped his eyelids, as if he hadn't woken up, and his domineering level was far from being comparable to Carter's.

In the end Carter won the slam dunk king.

In the next three-point contest, Pierce did not perform well, and the three-point champion was taken down by Ray Allen, which is a pity.

Then in the Rookie Challenge, the sophomore was better. Pierce won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, which can be regarded as making up for his regret of not being able to participate in the All-Star Game.

The leading coach of the All-Star Game is not Kongbu this year. He led the team once in 98, and then the All-Star was suspended in 99. Now in 2000, Kongbu is still not qualified to lead the team.

The qualification to lead the Eastern Conference was postponed to the Knicks, the second in the Eastern Conference, that is, Old Thomas.

Don't underestimate this qualification to lead the team, it is actually a very valuable honor for the coach.

At least it proved that the coach led the team to the top two records in the division.

Originally, Lao Deng planned to let his subordinate Big Zhi win the AMVP. Unfortunately, the final result of the game was that the West won the main game.

Duncan and O'Neal shared the current AMVP as usual.

Kongbu sat on the sidelines and watched the game, and he didn't feel any regrets.

The All-Star MVP does not improve the player's historical status much, and it is almost the same as having or not.

For example, Glenn Rice, he has AMVP in his hands, but his historical status may not be improved much because of this.

This thing is icing on the cake, of course it's better than nothing, but it doesn't matter if you don't have it.

After the All-Star Weekend, each team started the final sprint of the playoffs.

Jazz was dumbfounded.

McCain is obviously very brave in the hands of Comb, averaging 34 points per game, and his offensive efficiency is comparable to the league's top perimeter.

After the results came into their hands, they played four games and only made 25% of their three-pointers.

They also realized that they were tricked by Kumbu.

But they couldn't figure out exactly how Kumbu operated.

No one can understand why a player can have such a big gap in just half a month.

To say that the three good games played in the Raptors were due to McCain's luck, Sloan and others would definitely not believe it.

Shooting does require a certain amount of luck, but it's impossible to feel overwhelmed throughout the game, let alone maintain a fiery feel for three consecutive games.

It shows that McCain really has something.

But in their Jazz team, McCain immediately withered, no matter how many shots he missed, he also wasted a lot of offensive opportunities for the Jazz, causing them to lose three of these four games.

The Grizzlies were completely overwhelmed.

With the joining of Maggette, their starting lineup became Raheem, Dixon, Maggette plus Bibby.

After Dixon was traded from the Rockets to the Grizzlies, his expression was actually not bad, but there was no suitable partner on the front line, and he couldn't make room for him.

Now that Maggette, who is good at breakthroughs, is here, he can play more comfortably.

After a few games, the Grizzlies actually won a wave of three consecutive victories. This is the first time in their team history that they have won three consecutive victories.

It is indeed a man silent and a woman crying. After so many years of building the team, the Raptors are looking at a record of [-] consecutive victories, and their Grizzlies have won three consecutive victories for the first time.

Time flies, and in mid-April, the regular season schedule is over again.

The Raptors have a terrifying record of 74 wins this season, directly breaking the record of 72 wins held by the Bulls.

Not only that, but Comb still adopted a double lineup this season, making other teams in the league even more desperate.

Some experts have analyzed that if the Raptors have been using the first team, they can even have a record of more than 78 wins this season.

Even if they have been using the second team, their record this season will not be less than 65 wins.

In fact, these experts still overestimated the strength of the second team. Kumbu only used the second team this season when he was playing against weak teams, which also led to their magnificent record.

If you let them play normally, it is estimated that they can get 60 wins, which is not bad.

In addition, among the 74 victories, the first team won 40 games, and the second team won 34 games, which has already met the mission goal.

Kumbu also successfully got the random Hall of Fame point guard template card that he was thinking of.

It's just that the players randomly assigned to this template card made Kongbu feel a little bit annoyed.

It never occurred to him that this guy could be a point guard.

[Giannis Antetokounmpo] template card: After using it, you will get the attributes of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the peak period, and the height is required to be no less than 211 cm.

The worst plan that Kumbu made before was to randomly pick some weak Hall of Fame point guards, but even if they are weak, they are still orthodox NBA-level point guards, which will greatly improve the mobile Great Wall.

But after thousands of calculations, Antetokounmpo can be regarded as a point guard without counting, and he got his template card randomly.

Saying that Antetokounmpo is a point guard, no one seems to be able to fault him. When Kidd coached the Bucks, he did play point guard for a long time.

That being said, Antetokounmpo's pass control ability cannot be compared with the real top Hall of Fame point guard after all.

Kongbu's original plan was to find a young man, preferably around 19 years old, in the Celestial Men's Basketball lineup after getting the template card, which would directly raise the strength of the Celestial Men's Basketball team by two levels.

Now this plan is definitely not going to work. The template card requires that the height of the bound players should not be less than 211 centimeters.

Then the only target of this template card can only be Yi Jianlian.

Fortunately, Yi Jianlian and Antetokounmpo have something in common.

Both of them are rookies of the Bucks, and they are both monsters with muscular muscles. The physical hardware of the UAE is the top in Asia. Even if it is in the NBA, it must be at least above the middle.

Disappointment is definitely a bit of a disappointment, but to say that this template card is not worth much, it must be self-deception.

The Olympic Games will be just a few months away, and Ah Lian will be 16 years old by then, so he will be able to participate in the competition.

Using this template card for him, the strength of the Tianchao men's basketball team can be improved to a higher level.

Not to mention defeating the dream team, at least winning the medal is very sure.

……

Just when Combe was leading the Raptors preparing for the playoffs, he received a call from Yao Ming.

Just hearing Yao Ming's voice, Kong Bu's heart skipped a beat.

You must know that Yao Ming has a shy personality, and it is generally impossible to call Kong Bu when he has nothing to do.

Then there is only one possibility, he is determined to participate in the draft.

Sure enough, Yao Ming expressed his intention to participate in this year's draft with Kong Bu on the phone.

He didn't say the reason, but Kumbu knew it well.

On the one hand, he really doesn't have any opponents in the CBA, and he beats everything.

It's not quite the same as Chamberlain in the NBA at the time. Chamberlain's personal data is good, but the team's record is not very good, and as soon as Chamberlain hits Russell's defensive gates, his data immediately shrinks.

Yao Ming is different in the CBA. His personal statistics are overwhelming, the team wins the championship, and he can beat anyone.

It can be said that CBA has no challenge for him.

Another reason is related to the upcoming Olympic Games.

Yao Ming must be in the Olympics.

If he signs up for the draft now, the Olympic Games will start in August, and Yao Ming will be the top pick in the draft in late June.

If he performs well in the Olympics, even if he postpones the draft for a year, he will still be the No. [-] pick. However, if he does not perform well in the Olympics or even suffers serious injuries, his draft position may also be affected.

So in any case, it is the best time for Yao Ming to participate in the draft at this time.

Of course, Kong Bu couldn't open his mouth to stop him, and he could only take one step at a time.

This year's draft application deadline is April 4, and there is only half a month left.

The lottery will be held in mid-May, and Kumbu is not sure which teams will have the chance to select Yao Ming.

Even if he knows it's useless, the door to the trading market is closed, and it is impossible for any team to sell Yao Ming.

At noon the next day, NBA officials also held a special press conference to announce that Yao Ming had signed up for the draft.

It can also be seen from this that Yao Ming is special. Since 1992, he is the only super center seedling, and even the league attaches great importance to it.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the news that Yao Ming was going to run for the election directly excited the teams with a high probability of winning the No. [-] lottery.

Among the 13 teams that did not make the playoffs this season, the Eagles with the worst record have a 25% chance of winning the No. 19.9 pick, and the Bulls with the second-worst record have a [-]% ​​chance.

As for the Philadelphia 76ers with the best record, their chance of winning the No. 0.5 pick is only [-]%, which is almost negligible.

(End of this chapter)