NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 181 You leave the Raptors

Under normal circumstances, the NBA has so far had four dynasties, namely the Lakers led by George McCann in ancient times, the Green Kais who won eight consecutive championships, the first and second dynasties of the Bulls, and the OK Dynasty started this year.

However, Comb crossed over. He first destroyed the second dynasty of the Bulls, then suppressed the second dynasty of the Lakers, and successfully created the first dynasty of the Raptors.

From now on, the Raptors are also the top giants that can compete with the Green Kai, Lakers, and Bulls.

In addition, the dynasty created by Kumbu can be regarded as the most incredible one among all three consecutive crown dynasties.

Like the Celtics or the Lakers dynasty, they already had championship appearances before the dynasty opened, and the team has superstars who crush the entire league.

The Bulls are no exception. After being suppressed by the Bad Boys for many years, on the one hand, the Bad Boys are aging, and on the other hand, Jordan Pippen and others have matured. It is not too surprising that the Bulls created a dynasty.

Kumbu's first dynasty was incredible. The year before he coached the Raptors, the Raptors were the last in the league. Let alone a dynasty, it was a luxury to make it to the playoffs.

If someone said that the Raptors would create a dynasty three years ago, they would have been ridiculed for a lifetime.

"Kong, let me go to the backcourt and have a chat."

Stern waved at Kumbu and said in a low voice.

The Raptors have created a dynasty, and Stern is actually very happy, and the entire Canadian Marathon ball market has been completely activated.

In addition, this round of the finals also went as he wished, and successfully entered the tiebreaker, earning a lot of money.

Combe nodded and followed Stern towards the backcourt.

"David, you didn't bring me here to secretly congratulate us on winning the championship, did you?"

"Or do you have a special reward for me?"

Combe asked with a smile.

"Kong, now is not the time to joke. You have successfully established a dynasty and left your name in history."

"What's the next plan?" Stern asked slowly.

"Plans? I don't have any plans right now, I just want to take a good vacation for myself."

"No, it's the Olympics next, and I can't take a vacation at all."

"David, why do I feel that you have something to say?" Kong Bu asked with a frown.

Stern frowned, and after pondering for a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind, and said directly: "Kong, I think it's time for you to leave the Raptors."

"The NBA needs balance. Without balance, there will be no surprises. Without surprises, no one will watch the game."

"Three consecutive championships is actually the limit that the league can accept now. If Boston's era of 13 years and 11 championships reappeared, our NBA would have already closed down."

"The current lineup of the Raptors is extremely luxurious. In the next 2000 draft, if you select some top rookies, I don't know how many championships you can win. I only know that I can't let the NBA be ruined in my hands."

Stern's words are not alarmist. If the Raptors really win 13 years and 11 championships, the NBA may really be completely cold.

Kong Bu's face was startled, this is called dozing off and someone gave him a pillow.

He was still thinking about what to do in order to minimize the impact of leaving the Raptors.

After all, the Raptors have been deeply branded by Kumbu. If he leaves, the fans, players, and bosses will not accept him. Anyway, anyone related to the Raptors will not accept it.

Kongbu didn't want to ruin his relationship with them because of his departure.

Unexpectedly, Stern took the initiative to take the blame.

"David, how can this work? My contract with the Raptors is still one year away."

"Also how should I explain to my players?"

Of course, Kong Bu would not be so stupid as to agree directly and easily.

"The contract with the Raptors is easy to talk about, and I will deal with it. As for how to explain to your players, you can explain it to you. Even if you say that I forced you to leave the Raptors, it is not impossible."

Stern was beaming, listening to what Combe said, he seemed to be able to accept leaving the Raptors.

As long as you can accept leaving the Raptors, it will be very difficult for the Raptors to get high-level fresh blood without Kumbu. In the next two years, they may still be top players, but when the superstars in the team have to sign contracts , the Raptors are finished.

In addition, this offseason, he is ready to release the rules to limit the tactics of killing sharks, so that the chances of the Lakers winning the championship will be greater. With the ebb and flow, the Raptors dynasty will soon be terminated.

"Then I really said it, that you forced me to leave the Raptors."

"But you have to promise me one condition." Kong Bu said with a frown.

"No matter what condition you ask, I will agree to you, but you have to agree to one condition."

The two are like a vegetable vendor bargaining in a vegetable market and a grocery shopping lady.

"You can't let Xiao Hua take over the position of president of the league. You know, my relationship with him is not very good. If he takes over, my life will be difficult."

Kumbu bluntly expressed his intentions.

In fact, as long as Xiao Hua can't take the position, with Stu's qualifications, becoming Stern's successor is a certainty.

Stern didn't know whether to laugh or cry, did Konbu also have something to worry about?
"Okay, I promise you, my condition is that after you leave the Raptors, you must join a team with a big market."

"The Lakers are doing well now, and the Knicks are also doing well. The current strength of the two teams is not bad. If you don't want to go to these two teams, you can ignore them."

"Chicago and Philadelphia are my advice to you, especially Chicago, you ruined their second dynasty, they hate you."

"If you go to Chicago and help them build another dynasty, you'll be another legend in Chicago."

Stern obviously thought about this for a long time, and recommended the Bulls and 76ers without any hesitation.

The football market potential of a team is definitely proportional to the economic scale of the home city. The bigger the city, the greater the football market potential.

As for the GDP of Lao America, 80.00% is produced from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.

Philadelphia is the fourth largest city in the United States, similar to Guangzhou or Chongqing in China.

Kong Bu was speechless, what is this?Could it be that Stern is the roundworm in his stomach?How did he know he was going to Philadelphia next?
From Stern's point of view, there is no problem for him to let Comb leave the Raptors, and it is no problem for him to let Comb go to a big city to coach and develop the local ball market.

The problem is that it just hit the muzzle of Comb. Comb is tantamount to saying that he is holding Stern's Shangfang sword to coach the Philadelphia 76ers.

"Well, David, you are a respectable president."

"If someone else made such an unreasonable request, I would definitely not agree."

"But will the 76ers hire me?"

After Kong Bu said this, he and Stern laughed at the same time.

Whether or not the 76ers will want Konbu is not a problem in itself, and it is impossible for any team in this league to keep Konbu out.

Even if Combe said he was going to the Heat, general manager Pat Riley would have to step down as head coach overnight, and then lay a big red carpet for Combe to welcome him.

After the two chatted, they were very happy and got what they wanted.

Both returned to the court, and the temporary podium has been set up.

The Raptors players are still in the carnival, this is the home of the Raptors, and they are enjoying the cheers of the home team fans.

At the championship award ceremony, the generals surrounded Kong Bu in the middle, dragged Kong Bu's hand, and won the O'Brien Cup.

Then Stern announced the FMVP of the finals.

When the results came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

"I declare that the Most Valuable Player of the 1999-2000 NBA Finals is..."

"Sean Marion!"

"Congratulations to Sean, another legend in NBA history who won the FMVP in his rookie season."

The entire Raptors Arena was silent, and everyone wondered if he had an auditory hallucination.

Even Combe wondered if he had crossed again, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why Marion won this award.

这轮系列赛马里昂场均16.3分7.6篮板4助攻1.7抢断1盖帽，数据不错，不过跟华丽肯定完全不沾边。

In terms of scoring, both Dampier and McGrady are higher than him.

In terms of overall statistics, the Raptors can find at least four players with more gorgeous statistics than him.

For example, Payton averaged 15.7 points, 12.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game. No matter how you look at it, he is more qualified to win FMVP than Marion.

And McGrady averaged 25 points per game, and his shooting percentage was over 45%. Originally, Kumbu thought that this FMVP was already in McGrady's pocket.

Comb thought carefully, McGrady did not win the FMVP, probably because he left Nike this season and went to sign with Adidas.

Although Marion's scoring is not as good as McGrady's, his statistics are very balanced after all, and his shooting percentage is also very good.

The most important thing is that he completely locked the Lakers' No. [-] scoring point Glenn Rice.

So if you talk about it carefully, Marion is not ineligible to win this award.

The FMVP is full of gold, but there are a lot of tricks in it. This time, it is estimated that Nike made an effort. I don’t know if those judges belong to them, making Marion the last lucky one.

McGrady's expression was a little unnatural, but he still squeezed out a smile and congratulated Marion.

The dynasty has already been established, and he is about to leave the Raptors. There is really no need to sulk because of an FMVP.

Anyway, I already got one.

Marion bared his teeth and danced excitedly. He became the player who won the FMVP in the second rookie season after the Magician. As Stern said, he became a legend, a legend who did not get sick...

Although this result was a bit unexpected, Combe was still very happy. Marion was completely underestimated under normal circumstances and lost a lot of honors. Now this FMVP can be regarded as compensation for him.

After the awards ceremony, the Raptors had a carnival all night, and Combe didn't get involved. He now has to recharge his batteries.

In the evening of the next day, Kumbu received a call from Bitov, wanting to ask him to meet.

After Kumbu went to the appointment, he saw Bitov looking at him with sympathy and guilt.

"Kong, President Stern called me just now, I'm sorry, sorry for you."

"If I had the clout and the financial resources of James Dolan, this probably wouldn't have happened."

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

Bitov felt really guilty in his heart. He felt that he was too weak to fight against Stern, so he couldn't keep Kumbu.

It’s been a long time since Kongbu has lived. It’s the first time he’s seen someone self-PUA in his decades of life.

"Damn Stern." Combe cursed.

Bitov thought so deeply, and nodded repeatedly. Stern was really damned good.

"Kong, you still have a one-year contract with the Raptors. If the team breaks the contract, they will pay you $1200 million in liquidated damages."

"For the other players in the team, you can choose two new players to take away. After I get to the new team, I will find a way to send two draft picks to the team."

"Sorry, there's only so much I can do, damn Stern."

Bitov blushed, and almost had guilt written all over his face.

His idea is that Combe has done so much for the Raptors, helped the Raptors create a dynasty, made so much money for himself, and increased the Raptors' market value tenfold in three years!
And what can I do for Combe?Facing Stern's coercion, all he can do is compromise.

Bitov felt that he was too inhuman, so he wanted to make up for Comb as much as possible.

Kumbu felt embarrassed, "Let's forget about the liquidated damages and draft picks, but the player will give me two."

"I want Kirilenko and Ginobili."

"Who? There are these two in our team?" Bitov was dumbfounded, wondering if his boss was too irresponsible, and he didn't even know which players in the team.

He felt more guilty and felt sorry for Kumbu.

"Ahem, they are two rookies who haven't entered the league yet. They haven't signed with them since they were selected."

"They all have their own home teams, and it's more troublesome to settle the buyout fee, so they put it on hold."

Going to the Philadelphia 76ers right now, Comb is not going to suck blood from the Raptors, he just wants to take away the signing rights of Kirilenko and Ginobili.

Bitov suddenly remembered that it seemed that there was such a thing. Both of them were not high in the draft, especially Ginobili, who was almost on the verge of losing the draft.

The value of such two players is obviously not as high as that of the newcomers in the Raptors.

Bitov felt even more uncomfortable. Even if Kumbu left, he didn't want to take too much away from the Raptors, even though almost everything the Raptors have was created by Kumbu.

"You don't have to worry about the players, I will go to appease them."

"Kong, remember after you leave, you will always be our Raptors, and the Raptors will always be your home."

"In another ten or eight years, Stern will die of old age, and you will come back at that time."

Bitov started to curse Stern for belching earlier.

……

After chatting with Bitov, Kumbu didn't ask for liquidated damages or draft picks, but only the signing rights of two players.

After he left, he took a deep breath.

Now it's time to give the Philadelphia 76ers a little surprise.

This time, what Kumbu wants is not only the head coach seat, but also the general manager of the 76ers to take over all the power of the team.

If it weren't for Billy Jinzui, Combe wouldn't covet his general manager position.

Now that his face has been torn apart, Kumbu has no scruples.

If you like to talk nonsense, you should pay some price.

(End of this chapter)