NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 182 Joining Philadelphia with $[-] Million in Four Years

During the championship parade two days later, the players all knew the news that Kumbu was about to leave the team, and their faces were full of frustration.

Especially Big Ben, he is the most unacceptable player to leave Kumbu.

Having been with Kongbu for three years, Kongbu is like his family.

It's a pity that he has a contract now. If there is no contract, he even wants to elope with Kong Bu.

McGrady also sighed, he left, and Kumbu also left. The Dynasty Raptors are a bit different.

At present, he doesn't know where his next home is, and he also thought about whether to wait for Kong Bu to confirm it first, and then go to Kong Bu by himself.

But this idea was quickly overturned. He learned from Bitov that Combe was forced to leave the team by Stern because he didn't want the Raptors to be too invincible.

If I go to Kombu again, and then other players pass by one after another, wouldn't it mean that the Raptors will reunite in another place?It is estimated that Stern will have to force Comb to leave the team again.

The key is that Konbu didn't say this, and McGrady was too embarrassed to ask. After all, he was going to get the maximum salary, which would occupy a large part of the team's salary space. Maybe Konbu had other plans.

If he speaks hastily, it may make it difficult for Kongbu to do so.

On the night of the championship parade, Comb originally wanted to have a farewell ceremony with the players, and then called the owner of the Philadelphia 76ers to finalize the matter of joining the 76ers.

As a result, Comb hadn't called yet, and the owner of the 76ers, Edward Schneider, called first.

Schneider controls Comcast Sports and Entertainment Group, which owns a lot of industries, real estate, ice hockey, hockey, basketball and even the e-sports team that later owned Overwatch.

This is a sports behemoth ranked in the top five levels in the world.

After buying the Philadelphia 1996ers in 76, Schneider also wanted to flex his muscles and make a fortune in the NBA. As a result, four years later, the 76ers have not made much progress.

If you really want to talk about the harvest, that is to say, you have harvested a very popular Iverson, and you didn't lose money, but it didn't meet Schneider's expectations.

When he received a call from Stern this afternoon, he couldn't sit still.

Combe is leaving the Raptors?And next home will be Chicago or one of their Philadelphia? !

What is pie in the sky, Schneider felt that he was directly hit by a hundred tons of pie.

Winning Kumbu means that the team can have a steady stream of supernovas, which means that the 76ers have a high probability of becoming a dynasty team like the Raptors.

The Raptors didn’t make much money in the first year of winning the championship, and they didn’t make much money in the second year. When the dynasty was established in the third year, the money earned was enough to make any boss in the league jealous, even Dolan or Schneider. Levels are no exception.

The key is that Philadelphia's ball market potential is much greater than that of the Raptors. After all, the Raptors are not an old American team, and some old American red-neck fans don't recognize the Raptors at all.

But Philadelphia is different. As long as Combe can establish a dynasty in Philadelphia, Schneider feels that he can earn at least one billion dollars!

Taking advantage of the fact that no other team in the league has heard the news, his competitor is only one Bulls, and he must quickly take down Kumbu!

If he waits until this matter is full of storms, he can't guarantee whether the Knicks or the Lakers will join the ranks of competing for Comb.

There is no way, Kumbu is too attractive, even if the Knicks or the Lakers have good records and hope of winning the championship, who can refuse Konbu?
After seeing the Raptors build a dynasty, James Dolan regretted it. He felt that when Combe first renewed his contract with the Raptors, he should come to a ruthless one.

For example, directly give Konbu a three-year salary of [-] million U.S. dollars. As long as Konbu gets it, the Knicks have the opportunity to create a dynasty. This amount of money is nothing at all.

"Kong, you must come to Philadelphia, no matter what your request is, I can satisfy it!"

"Money, women, luxury houses, supercars, as long as you want, I can get them for you."

"I am going to give you an annual salary of 4 million US dollars for [-] years, and you have the right to leave freely every year."

"You can do whatever you want with the player configuration. Even if you want to sell Iverson, I absolutely agree with it."

"The management configuration is the same. Whoever you want to fire, I can let him pack up and leave now."

"Kong, Philadelphia needs you, you are our savior!"

Schneider seemed to be a fanatical believer, praying for a miracle from the god Combe.

The 76ers really need a savior. They have a championship in team history, and they won one in 67. This is old history.

The last championship was in 83, almost 20 years from now.

With the inability to make it to the playoffs in recent years, fans have long lost confidence in the home team, and the team's profitability has also declined year after year. If it weren't for Iverson's support, it might be the fourth largest city in the United States The 76ers at home have to lose money year after year.

This is why Iverson revealed his intention to leave the team before, and the reason why the entire 76ers were so nervous.

The team's cash cow is leaving, how could it not be nervous.

"Mr. Schneider, Iverson is a player I like very much, and Yao Ming is also my student in the Chinese national team, so I am very interested in coaching the 76ers."

"But this time I want to serve as the general manager of the team, and I want to learn more management experience."

"It's a pity that you Philadelphia 76ers already have a general manager, so..."

Before Kong Bu finished speaking, Schneider hurriedly said: "Kong, give me 2 minutes, just 2 minutes!"

After that, he hung up the phone directly.

Billy King and Larry Brown, who were far away in Philadelphia, did not pay attention to the news of Comb's championship at all. They are still silent in the joy of winning the No. [-] lottery.

Although the draft has not yet started, some experts are already very pessimistic about this year's draft, and believe that this year is a super draft year.

The main basis for these experts to make this judgment is that the Raptors did not hoard any of the draft picks in 2000, and they all hoarded later future draft picks.

This can explain the problem very well. Comb doesn't want the 2000 draft pick, obviously he is not optimistic about the 2000 rookie.

Sometimes the remarks of these experts are still reliable, at least this time they are right.

2000 may be the worst quality draft in the entire NBA history. Not one of them, only three players were selected as All-Stars.

Although there were only three All-Stars in 97, one was the number one power forward in history, one was the FMVP, and the other was the double-scoring champion, and the three All-Stars in 2000.

One is Kenyon Martin, the number one pick. It is certainly not possible to say that he is a parallel importer, but he is also the weakest among the non-parallel importers.

One is Reid, the future deer king. As a second-round pick, Reed has a good reputation, but he has no substantial achievements. During his career as the boss of the Bucks, he only led the Bucks to the playoffs twice, and It's still the first round.

The last one is Jamal Magloire, a very non-existent All-Star. He has played in his career for 12 years and averaged about 7 points and 6 rebounds per game. He scored 13 points and 10 in the season he was selected as an All-Star. Rebounds, can be called the worst All-Star player in NBA history.

Low-level all-stars like Dale Davis are enough to be fools, but compared with Magloire, they have directly become superstars.

What's interesting is that these three seem to be destined to be in the same class. All three have only been selected to the All-Star once, and all of them were all All-Star Weekends in 04.

Therefore, the 2000 draft is the draft year with the lowest quality in history, and the experts are right.

The pair in Philadelphia don't care whether they are young or not. They have the No. [-] pick in their hands. As long as they get Yao Ming, it doesn't matter whether he is young or not.

"Larry, I guess even if Comb has won the championship now, he must not be in a better mood."

"I can clearly feel that he has an unparalleled desire for Yao Ming."

"If he failed to get Yao Ming, he might not be able to sleep well."

Billy King sat next to Larry Brown and said with a smirk.

"Hmph, a guy who just got lucky. I really think everyone in the league has to revolve around him."

"If we don't sell it to him, what can he do to us? Can't we just sulk?"

Larry Brown also said with a laugh.

Since Kumbu entered the league, the recent period has been his happiest day, and he finally made Kumbu deflated once.

"Ding ding ding."

Billy King's cell phone rang.

"Boss, don't worry, we will supervise Yao Ming's buyout as soon as possible, and strive to allow him to report by the end of June."

"We will definitely make it to the playoffs next season, no, at least we have to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals."

"Maybe it's possible to get rid of Kumbu's Raptors and win the championship."

Before Billy King could wait for Schneider on the other end of the phone to speak, he began to report on his work.

"Billy, I regret to inform you that your contract is over, and we are not going to continue to renew your contract as the general manager of the team."

Schneider said hurriedly.

Billy King's expression changed drastically, "What? Why?"

Larry Brown saw this scene from the side and didn't know what happened, so he quickly asked, "What's the matter, Billy, what happened?"

His voice was heard by Schneider on the phone.

"Larry is by your side, isn't it? I'll save the time and give him a special call."

"Please tell Larry for me that his contract is also over."

After all, Schneider quickly hung up the phone and called Kongbu back.

"Kong, the matter is settled, the general manager and head coach positions of the Philadelphia 76ers have been vacant, and you can come and report at any time."

"The first year's salary, I will transfer it to your account now."

"If you have any other needs, you can just ask, or I will let the team's finance, public relations and other directors rush to Toronto tomorrow. If you have anything, just tell them to do it."

"Philadelphia 76ers, I will leave it to you!"

Schneider was afraid that Kongbu was still hesitating, so he directly came to cut the mess with a quick knife, and first gave his sincerity enough.

"There is no need for that. I will hold a press conference in two days to announce that I am about to coach the 76ers."

"Mr. Schneider, you can rest assured that the Philadelphia 76ers will leave it to me."

"Because the Raptors are so strong, if they won the championship back then, the possibility is not very high, unless there are some accidents."

"But I guarantee that within five years, I will send you a dynasty!"

What Kong Bu said directly made Schneider jump up on the other end of the phone. He wished he could fly to Toronto now and kiss Kong Bu hard.

If someone made a promise of a five-year dynasty, he would probably think that the other party was crazy or a fool who was bragging.

But this promise came from Kong Bu, a legendary coach who created a dynasty in just three years, so there is no reason not to believe it.

"Okay, I'm going to order championship rings, dynasty rings, and various championship flags now!"

"By the way, I will prepare the bus for the championship parade first. Your Raptors' parade bus for the past three years is really too shabby."

"I want a gold-plated superbus!"

……

Billy King and Larry Brown looked at each other in blank dismay.

Larry Brown flipped through the calendar on Billy King's desk, "No, it's not April Fool's Day either!"

"Could it be April Fool's Day in foreign countries? April Fool's Day by the Tairen? Our boss is by the Tairen."

asked Billy King weakly.

"Damn it, what the hell happened?"

"We were about to rise, and he fired us!"

Although the two of them were lucky, they knew in their hearts that they had been fired.

Stir fried inexplicably.

You must know that Billy King just talked to his boss on the phone yesterday evening and reported Yao Ming's buyout.

As a result, he was fired today, who would believe it.

"What happened? Could it be that Iverson talked to the boss and asked him to fire us?"

"Or Yao Ming? He is Kong Bu's student in the Tianchao National Team. Is it possible that Kong Bu asked him to fight against the boss. If he doesn't fire us both, he won't come to Philadelphia?"

Billy King and Larry Brown began to think wildly.

They probably never dreamed that Comb, who had just created the Raptors dynasty, came directly to the Philadelphia 76ers and occupied their position without even getting a championship trophy.

……

After finishing the phone call with Schneider, Combe called the players to his residence again.

I personally made dumplings for them. In the past, during the Spring Festival every year, usually in February, when the season was in progress, Kongbu would call the players to his residence to make dumplings with them.

This time may be the last time to make dumplings.

The more Da Ben ate, the more uncomfortable he felt, "Can you not leave?"

"If you don't leave, will you support me?"

"No, it's crossing the stage, you can't leave, you don't know that tyrant Stern."

"Trouble with us every day, who can stand it?" Kumbu blamed Stern very smoothly.

The generals sighed.

Fortunately, before Kongbu left, he had led them to create a dynasty, and they had no regrets.

A player like Payton didn't have any hard honors except for a DPOY and the best team in his hands in the first two years. Two years have passed, and he has taken everything he should have.

He couldn't be more grateful to Kongbu. If Kongbu hadn't spent such a large bargaining chip to buy himself to the Raptors, how could he have such a good life.

"Coach, which team are you going to join?"

"My contract has also expired, how about I cut my salary and help you, as long as $500 million?" Payton said with a smile.

Kong Bu helped him so much, and he also wanted to repay Kong Bu.

Kong Bu shook his head, "You can sign another big contract now, so hurry up and sign it."

"If you can go back to the Supersonics, that's of course the best. After all, there are your roots."

Peyton sighed, even at this moment, Kumbu was still thinking about himself as an old man.

(End of this chapter)