NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 184 The Shabby 76ers Lineup

On June 6, this day is a special day that Philadelphia fans will never forget, because Combe came to Philadelphia and became their coach.

After Larry Brown and Billy King heard the news, they were almost fainted by Comb's crazy operation.

Although it is rumored that the reason why Combe left the team was forced by Stern, but there are so many teams in the league, why did you come to Philadelphia?Don't you want to take revenge on the two of you?

Billy King wished he could slap himself twice. Why did he have to be so cheap and provoke Kumbu so well?
It's all right now, the position of the general manager who I managed to get up to is not guaranteed.

The position of general manager is full of carrots and pits. It may take several years for a vacancy to appear. Where is he looking for a general manager position.

And Larry Brown was full of resentment.

He and Kongbu have disliked each other for three years. During these three years, he has been trying to attack Kongbu, but unfortunately it has no effect.

At most, it's just like the last time the No. [-] lottery was traded, disgusting Kong Bu.

He never expected that in order to squeeze out his position as the coach, Comb would be willing to give up the dynasty Raptors he had built and come to Philadelphia to be the coach.

"damn it!"

"That kid deserves to go to hell!"

Larry Brown cursed angrily.

"Larry, what should we do now?" Billy King was completely out of ideas and completely panicked.

"I'm going to return to the NCAA, which is my place." Larry Brown said with a frown.

These words directly made Billy Jinxin cold for more than half, and returned to the NCAA?What should I do?
At that time, he wanted to have a good relationship with Larry Brown, so he came out to disgust Comb. He had no grievances with Comb. If it wasn't for Larry Brown, he would definitely not have that kind of attitude towards Comb.

As a result, you got into trouble now, and you Larry Brown just ran away. Is this still called a person?

"Larry, how about I go to your coaching staff."

Billy King uttered something that humiliated him.

A few days ago, he was the general manager of an NBA team. A few days later, he could only go to the NCAA school team as an assistant coach, and he returned to the pre-liberation overnight.

There is no way, he still has to make ends meet, he can't do nothing and just sit and eat.

If you find a chance to return to the NBA in the future, then consider it in the long run.

"Billy, I can't promise you this. The coaching staff on the NCAA side is different from the NBA side."

"Don't be influenced by that crazy idiot. Not everyone can be a teaching assistant."

Larry Brown shook his head and said.

Billy King was going insane, and the remaining rationality allowed him to control the urge to strangle Larry Brown.

Crazy idiot?Did you mean Combe?But why does it feel like you, Larry Brown, are the crazy idiot.

Crazy and heartless idiot!

I just asked for a position as a teaching assistant, and this idiot turned me down?

In an instant, Billy King made up his mind that he must cut ties with Larry Brown.

I don't know if it's too late to apologize to Kong Bu?

He flicked his sleeves and left, probably never wanting to deal with Larry Brown again in his life.

On June 6, there are still five days before the opening of the draft.

Philadelphia International Airport, one of the ten busiest airports in the world, is crowded with tens of thousands of people today.

When Combe led Meschery and Adelman Jr., tens of thousands of people cheered in unison.

"dynasty!"

"dynasty!"

"First Dynasty Philadelphia!"

In addition, countless fans held up giant banners to welcome Kumbu's arrival with incredible enthusiasm.

This kind of scene is not unheard of in the entire NBA history, but it has never appeared in a coach.

I am afraid that Jordan's peak transfer, the reaction of the local fans is nothing more than that.

This is like a Chinese football fan who suddenly learned that a super coach who has won three consecutive World Cup championships came to China to coach. Not only did he coach, but he also brought a team of superstars.

What made them even more excited was what Kumbu said at the press conference to welcome the arrival of the dynasty.

There is no home team fan of any team who has never fantasized about his home team creating a dynasty, but most of them are scenes that only appear in dreams.

"Boss, this is too scary. If you don't know it, you may think that you have committed something outrageous."

Little Adelman stood behind Combe and said in shock.

The situation in front of them, even when they established the dynasty championship parade, was not so exaggerated.

"It's hard to believe that the coach has such weight in the hearts of the fans. I have never seen such a scene in most of my life!"

The old Meschery also sighed.

The two are the only two remaining assistant coaches on Kumbu's coaching staff. When they learned that Konbu was coming to Philadelphia, they said they would come with them.

Of course, Comb would not refuse. The original coaching staff of the 76ers were all from Larry Brown, and they would only use his people when they were full.

"Kong, that's the passion and passion we Philly fans have."

"Only the best coaches in the world, no, the best coaches in the world since the Civil War, can enjoy this courtesy."

Boss Schneider stepped forward and gave Combe a hug.

Until now, he still has an unreal feeling that the coach full of magic power in front of him has become his own.

"Coach Kong, during the regular season last season, you said you would find a way."

"I never dreamed that it would be this way."

Iverson also led a group of 76ers to the airport. They didn't play in the playoffs, and they were already on vacation. However, the arrival of Kumbu brought them back together.

Except for Iverson, the other 76ers players generally don't want to leave a bad impression on Comb.

Everyone else came, but he didn't come, and it didn't make sense for Kongbu not to wear small shoes for himself.

During the previous regular season, Iverson complained to Comb and begged Comb to trade him to the Raptors.

At that time, the answer given by Comb was to think of a way during the offseason.

Now that the offseason is here, Iverson didn't go to the Raptors, but Combe came to Philadelphia.

Kumbu didn't explain much to Iverson, looking around at the many 76ers players, he smiled wryly in his heart.

This lineup configuration is really too weak.

If it weren't for Kumbu's interference, the 76ers have actually risen this season and joined the Lakers in the finals.

The team has Iverson, Ratliff, Uncle Mu, Aaron McGee, Kukoc, Snow, Tyron Hill, and even Lagabel is actually playing for the 76ers this season.

It's just that he is the same kind of pure marginal player as Uncle Bao was in the Heat before, or Sun Yue was in the Lakers.

If Larry Brown has a discerning eye and really cultivates Lagabel, then the 76ers may not lose so badly in the Finals.

And now the 76ers lineup is much poorer than normal.

Except for Iverson and Ratliff, there is no one who can take it.

Originally, the 2000 draft was a super young year, and the team did not have a decent bargaining chip to trade. Comb's future start with the Philadelphia 76ers will not be so smooth.

Fortunately, Bitov was generous enough to give Konbu the right to sign two teams. At that time, Konbu can win Kirilenko and Ginobili, and the lineup will be improved a lot.

According to Combe's initial idea.

The 76ers' lineup for the new season is generally based on the inside twin towers with Yao Ming and Ratliff as partners.

In the third position is Kirilenko, and he is just right to play the third position.

Of course, Iverson is in the first position. Under normal circumstances, Iverson is actually playing the second position this season, because he has Snow by his side.

But now that Comb doesn't have a defensive point guard like Snow in his hands, he can only let Iverson take the No. [-] position.

In the second position, Kumbu has two generals, Ginobili and Reed.

His plan is to have Ginobili start and Reed come off the bench.

It seems inappropriate. Ginobili is one of the greatest sixth men in NBA history, and there may not be one. It is not worthwhile to let him start.

But in fact, Reid is more powerful when he is on the bench.

When he played as a substitute for Ray Allen earlier in his career, he averaged 28 minutes per game and was able to score 16 points with a very high shooting percentage, including more than 44% of his three-pointers.

After starting the game, although the scoring skyrocketed, the offensive efficiency dropped rapidly, and the three-point shooting percentage was only about 35%.

Ginobili's starting and bench statistics are pretty much the same.

Looking at it this way, it must be more cost-effective to let Reid play as a substitute, so as to maximize the power of this lineup.

Because there are not many players who can play in his hands, even Kumbu can only plan carefully, and the team's strength can be improved a little.

Compared with the previous Raptors lineup, the 76ers lineup that is about to be formed now is a bit too shabby.

But Kumbu is still happy, full of expectations for the new season.

He mainly wanted to see what kind of power the partnership between Yao Ming and Iverson could unleash.

In fact, Yao Ming actually had the opportunity to become a partner with Iverson. In 2006, the 76ers put Iverson on the shelf. At that time, the Rockets participated in the quotation. The price they gave was McGrady for Iverson. .

It's a pity that McGrady was injured in the 05-06 season. Although he averaged 24 points per game, his shooting percentage was only 40%. The 76ers rejected the offer.

The reason why the Rockets wanted Iverson was because they found that the Yao-Mai combination didn't seem to be as powerful as they thought.

A first-class shooting guard paired with a first-class big center is of course the standard for top-notch players.

The combination of Yao and Mai does meet this standard, but the two people have a bit of a mismatch in style.

Among the four shooting guards, the player with the longest average shooting distance in his peak period is McGrady. His average shooting distance in the Rockets period was about 16 yards.

At the same time, Kobe and Carter were 14 yards, and Iverson was 12 yards.

So it is not an exaggeration to say that McGrady is floating outside to shoot.

This style of player is actually suitable for an inside line with superb rebounding ability. Of course, it is good to have a strong offensive ability.

But Yao Ming can do everything, but his rebounding ability is not outstanding.

There's no chemistry between him and McGrady.

And if you partner with Iverson, the situation is completely different.

Iverson's style of play is to rush to the basket, regardless of 21 or [-], first rush to the basket and play a wave.

The defense on the opposite side is strong and there is no room for shots under the basket, so he can definitely pass the ball to Yao Ming under the basket and let Yao Ming play hard under the basket.

Even Yao Ming's low-post pick-and-roll is very suitable for Iverson's style of play. With such a big body, no one can break such a pick-and-roll.

In fact, apart from Iverson, Yao Ming also almost partnered with Kobe.

At that time, Ao Pang left for Miami, Zen Master made a lot of efforts to get Yao Ming to Los Angeles.

The Lakers have always had a tradition of robbing other people's super centers, but this time they failed, and Yao Ming continued to stay with the Rockets.

Later, the old fish Fisher said in an interview that if Yao Ming and Kobe could join forces, then the two of them could at least build another dynasty.

And Francis said the same thing.

Kong Bu wants to see now, whether Yao Ming's partner McGrady's four major shooting guards can establish a dynasty.

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The welcoming ceremony lasted for half an hour before Kong Bu left the airport surrounded by security personnel.

After arriving at the meeting room of the 76ers arena, the boss Schneider officially introduced the position of Comb to all the management of the 76ers, the general manager and head coach of the team.

The general manager sounds like he is not as good as the president, but the president that Comb served as the Raptors also sounds good and has no rights at all.

It's different now. As the general manager of the 76ers, he controls all the rights of the team. As long as Comb is willing, he can replace any management in the conference room except the boss.

Kong Bu chatted with everyone for a while, the general manager needs to be in charge of the team's management, and Kong Bu is not good at this aspect.

However, he thought that if a fool can do a good job, then he must not be far behind.

After the meeting was over, Kumbu really took office. He returned to his office to prepare for the next draft.

The 76ers only have one No. 13 pick this year and one No. 42 pick in the second round, which is the 42nd pick. The No. [-] pick is used to select Yao Ming, and the No. [-] pick is used to select Reed. Comb has nothing to prepare for.

He's preparing for the draft for the Grizzlies and Warriors.

Preparing for the draft for the Grizzlies is because Combe wants to enhance Stu's influence.

As for drafting for the Warriors, that's because Warriors coach Malone is the direct line coach of Comb, and he doesn't want Malone to have a hard time.

After thinking about it for a long time, Kumbu sighed, the 2000 draft is really rubbish.

After much deliberation, the rookie that can be selected for the Grizzlies may be center Magloire.

For a center of his level, Kumbu didn't bother to look at him in the past. Although he entered the All-Star, he only had 13 points and 10 rebounds at his peak. Compared with him, Dampier is an absolute superstar.

But in the 2000 draft, Magloire is indeed the best center, not one of them.

The Grizzlies have players from the [-]st to the [-]th positions, and now they are short of a decent center. Fortunately, Magloire's rebounding is not bad, which is quite suitable for the Grizzlies.

In addition, he is normally the 19th pick, and the price/performance ratio is completely acceptable.

As for the Warriors, Combe thought for a long time, and finally decided to let the little Malones choose the Turkoglu.

Although Turkoglu has never made it to the All-Star, in the eyes of Combe, he is actually the most valuable rookie in this draft except for Yao Ming.

The basket is very accurate, maintaining a 45% shooting rate and a 40% three-point shooting rate all year round. This is not the most important thing. His first-hand forward passing ability is quite extraordinary, better than most point guards.

With a height of 208 cm, he has excellent passing vision.

Turkoglu was actually the biggest contributor to Howard's ability to lead the Magic to the finals. He was the core of the Magic's offense.

Let Malone take Turkoglu down first, and other lineup adjustments can only be said in the future.

(End of this chapter)