NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 193 Unexpected Infighting

On October 10, Kumbu gathered all the players in the team to the training ground.

Both Kirilenko and Ginobili have solved the buyout problem. The Philadelphia 76ers can only provide them with a buyout fee of US$30 at most. If it is not enough, they can only figure out their own way.

Because they are the players that Kumbu fancy, they spent a lot of energy in negotiating a buyout. Both of them signed installment contracts with their respective home teams and slowly repaid the buyout fee.

Kumbu didn't ask how much the two paid for the free agency. Anyway, they are destined to get super contracts in the future, so the buyout fee is nothing.

Yao Ming, Ratliff, Kirilenko, Ginobili, Iverson, Reid, Barkley, Oakley, and Rodman who didn't come to report.

There are still a few fringe players, and Kumbu doesn't care too much, because in the next transaction, they will definitely be traded as extras.

"Guys, the 76ers are one of the oldest teams in NBA history, and I think it's time for him to return to the height it should have."

"This franchise has a history full of star-studded superstars."

"Chamberlain, Barkley, Moses Malone, Dr. J, Cunningham, McGuinness, and our current leader, Allen Iverson."

Kumbu counted the 76ers' team history superstars in detail, and was also shocked that it is one of the oldest teams after all, and there is indeed a foundation.

"Kong, your ranking is wrong."

"Why is that guy Wirt ranked ahead of me? I played for the 76ers for eight seasons, and led the 76ers to the Eastern Conference Finals in my rookie season."

"Wilter only played in the 76ers for three and a half years, and he is not even half of me."

"I'm actually the greatest player in 76ers history."

Barkley didn't know why he valued this ranking so much, and was a little dissatisfied with Combe's ranking Chamberlain ahead of him.

Kumbu was stunned for a while, is it possible that the greatest player in team history can still be ranked like this?If it can be ranked like this, Haslem has something to say, he is the greatest player in the history of the Heat.

"Hey, Wilt led the 76ers to the championship, what did you get?"

Oakley, the old oak tree standing not far away, laughed directly.

These words were too cruel, and Buckley's face was red when he said it.

"Little Charles, did you win the championship? Didn't you also have the championship?"

"Staying with Jordan, but not winning a championship, you are the kind of TT that is used and thrown away."

"The Bulls have to thank you. If it wasn't for you, the laggard, to leave, they wouldn't be able to build a dynasty at all."

Barkley's mouth is definitely poisonous enough, Oakley almost vomited blood when he said something.

In the impression of many fans, Oakley has a championship in his hand. After all, he has been Jordan's bodyguard for many years, so how could he not have a championship.

However, in fact, he did not win a championship. Two years after he left the Bulls, Jordan won his first championship.

"You bald donkey from Alabama, your grandmother is the same grandmother!"

Oakley directly magnified his move.

In old America, it is not acceptable to discriminate against LGBT or black people, but it is okay to discriminate against Alabama.

Alabama is an inland state. The main industry in the state is agriculture, and the circle is very small. The local census shows that the probability of consanguineous marriage in the state far exceeds that in other states.

In addition, cousin marriage is legal in the state.

So as long as you quarrel with people in Alabama and open this kind of map gun for inbreeding, it will be very lethal.

There are also many similar close relatives. The grandmother and grandmother are the same person, there is only one pair of grandparents, and the mother and girlfriend were born in the same year, the same month, and the same day...

Buckley had obviously heard this kind of map cannon countless times, but he didn't even care much, "You bumpkin from Ohio, your only specialties are QJs and robbers!"

Ohio can openly carry guns, so there are many cases of this kind of violence.

Yao Ming had learned some English before coming to Laomei, and he could generally hear the two arguing clearly, but he couldn't figure out why his grandmother and grandmother were the same person.

Kong Bu was not surprised by the scene in front of him.

In fact, when he decided to let Barkley and Oakley join the team at the same time, he already knew that the locker room would definitely not be peaceful.

These two can get along peacefully for a day or two, and it is certainly impossible for them to have no conflicts throughout the season.

Now that the season hasn't started yet, it's not a bad thing for the conflict between the two to break out, it's better than infighting during the playoffs.

"You all go away first, I will talk to the two of them."

Kumbu waved at the young player, and he was going to personally mediate the conflict between the two.

"I shouldn't have brought you trash to the 76ers in the first place. Your ridiculous defense. Under your defense, my offensive efficiency is higher than that of O'Neal."

Barkley was still angry at Oakley.

"You? I'm here for Coach Kumbu, what are you?"

"The garbage that I swept in the first round of the playoffs, do you deserve to speak?"

Oakley also did his part, anyway, the two sides are exposing each other's scars.

Barkley was right. When Oakley defended him, the effect was not very good. Barkley had a higher offensive efficiency than O'Neal.

And Oakley didn't talk nonsense, he did sweep Barkley in the first round of the Knicks in 89.

And even though more than ten years have passed since that round of the series, thinking about it still makes Barkley vomit blood with anger.

In the three games, Barkley lost six points in the first game, and lost only one point in both the second and third games. It's a stroke of luck.

If he loses by a big score, it means that his skills are not as good as others, and his heart is not so uncomfortable. He lost only one point in two consecutive games and was eliminated. How many nights does Barkley feel aggrieved when he thinks about it.

Kong Bu stepped forward and waved his hands, "Be quiet."

"I'm curious, what kind of grievances do you two have, why do you pinch when you meet?"

"You have almost entered the league with the same name, and you both play the [-]th position. Don't you think you are very destined?"

"It stands to reason that you should be very good friends."

Combe asked curiously.

The two fell silent, maybe they didn't understand why they pinched each other when they met.

"There are many rookies in our team. Veteran stars like you should set an example for them."

"It's not an option to keep fighting like this every day. How many years can you play? If we can't win the championship this season, do you still have a chance to win the championship in the future?"

Kumbu moved out the championship to suppress the two.

Both of them are about to retire, and neither of them has a championship in their hands.

The two still didn't speak, but they didn't refute Kong Bu's statement. It seemed that they didn't plan to fight each other anymore, at least not until they won the championship.

On October 10, the Philadelphia 3ers played several preseason games with several neighboring teams.

Kumbu simply didn't let the core players play, and he didn't even show up at the scene, so Adelman Jr. led a group of marginal players to play the preseason.

With the energy to play in the preseason, Kumbu thinks it is more cost-effective to stay in the training ground for training.

Yao Ming is easy to say, he has been in the training field for a long time, and he has almost reached his peak.

As for Kirilenko, Ginobili and Reid, they are all new melon eggs. If you want to use them directly in the new season, you have to cherish the half month before the start of the game.

On October 10, amidst the long-awaited calls of Philadelphia fans, the new season finally started.

In the opening game of this year's new season, Stern gave Comb enough face. In addition to the regular matchup between the Knicks and the Raptors, the Eastern Conference also arranged for the opening game of the 76ers against the Magic.

The Magic originally reserved a large amount of salary space for Duncan, but as a result, Duncan didn't come, resulting in their total salary this year being as low as 3700 million, which is less than the 76ers of Combe.

But even if the total salary is low, they have McGrady and Hill, two super popular players in their team, and the attention is as high as scary.

There are also gimmicks such as the master-student duel.

In addition, many fans also want to see the strength of the 76ers newly created by Kumbu.

Therefore, the attention of this opener matchup is not much lower than that of the Knicks vs. Raptors.

"Kong, thank you, Tracy's joining is extremely important to us."

After seeing Comb again, Doug Rivers ran to Comb and thanked him directly.

Under normal circumstances, McGrady did join the Magic, but the situation is different now. After all, McGrady is the league's top shooting guard who is extremely popular in the limelight. If Comb hadn't recommended the Magic, he might not have much interest in the Magic.

"You're welcome, Doug."

"I heard about Tim, and it's a pity."

Combe said with a smile.

Speaking of this, Rivers looked as if he had been constipated for half a month. Duncan didn't come to the Magic, which can be said to be a disaster for them.

A large piece of salary space they have reserved is completely useless. If they are not chasing Duncan, they can use this part of the salary space to sign Billups.

At that time, they will also have the most luxurious outside trident in the league.

"Coach, I won't hold back tonight. You have to be prepared to lose." McGrady greeted Kong Bu with a smile.

He wasn't in a bad mood because Duncan didn't join. Anyway, he wanted to find a team with poor strength to try his ultimate scoring ability.

"I was going to say the same thing to you, Tracy, this 76ers team is not as simple as you think."

Combe laughed.

"Of course I know that the coach's team is definitely not easy, but I don't think anyone in your lineup can guard me."

McGrady has been paying attention to the lineup of the 76ers, among which Kirilenko, Ginobili and Reed are the focus of his attention, because he knows that he is going to match one of them.

Kirilenko's performance in the Olympics has almost no sense of presence. McGrady doesn't think he can threaten himself in the short term.

Ginobili has no sense of existence, and McGrady didn't even find any relevant game videos of him.

Reed was not in the eyes of McGrady either. This kind of player with extremely mediocre physical fitness may have a good performance on the offensive end, and it is impossible to limit himself on the defensive end.

So McGrady is very confident. He feels that facing the 76ers, as long as he feels normal, it is easy to score [-] or [-] points.

With 15 minutes left before the start of the game, Kumbu made pre-match arrangements with the generals in the locker room.

Tonight is Yao Ming's first show, and his plan is to let Yao Ming directly play a historical first show stats.

It just so happened that the Magic didn't get Duncan, and their internal strength was not enough, which was just right for Yao Ming to collect his debut data.

"Guys, tonight is Yao's first show. As the most anticipated No. [-] pick, many people may be waiting to see his debut joke."

"In order not to really become a joke, tonight we mainly play inside."

"Aaron, just like what we did in training a few days ago, you should make more breakthrough points, and when you get to the basket, try to transfer the ball to Yao Ming as much as possible."

Comb looked at Iverson and said.

Iverson nodded. He is also the No. [-] pick, and he is too aware of the pressure that the No. [-] pick needs to face.

Moreover, he also hoped that Yao Ming could rise up smoothly and become his strongest support on the road to winning the championship, so even if Kong Bu didn't order him, he would definitely help Yao Ming.

"Kong, you are too cautious. With Yao's strength, even if no one helps him tonight, he can at least score 40 points and 20 rebounds."

"God, I really haven't seen a more talented center than Yao. Shaq, that fat man, should be glad that he wasn't drafted in the same year as Yao Ming, otherwise he would have been the No. [-] pick."

Barkley's rainbow fart slapped loudly. I'm afraid he didn't expect that he in the parallel time and space kissed the ass of the donkey because he looked down on Yao Ming.

"It's really exciting. It feels like there hasn't been a decent center in the league for many years."

Oakley did not refute Barkley, and he was also deeply impressed by Yao Ming's strength during the half-month training camp.

Like Oden the Great in later generations, his draft report described him as possessing O'Neal's power, a dream-like golf quotient, the general's athletic talent, Duncan's basic skills, and so on.

In Oakley's eyes, Yao Ming has the footsteps of Da Meng, the hook of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the shooting of the general. Of course, he does not lack top-level golf quotient and basic skills.

He didn't dare to say that Yao Ming in his rookie season would be O'Neal's opponent, but he felt that he would at least be no worse than Ewing.

He has been an inside partner with Ewing for ten years, and he has a great say in this regard.

"Okay, then get ready to play, let the whole league know us Philadelphia 76ers again."

"Starting tonight, the 76ers will become a strong championship team!"

With a big wave of his hand, Kongbu led the generals to start walking towards the court.

"Beep beep!" The referee blew his whistle, and the game officially started.

In the jump ball session, Ratliff jumped and beat Magic center Michael Doriak, and the 76ers began to attack.

This Doriak is the center selected by the Magic in the 98 draft when they cast a wide net to select insiders, and their strength is very weak.

Comb generally doesn't give the team's starters a weak evaluation unless he is really weak.

The defensive efficiency on the defensive end may not be as good as letting McGrady sit at the basket. The offensive end has maintained a shooting rate of about 42% in the past two seasons. It is hard to believe that he is a center.

The only thing worthy of praise is the free throw percentage, which can be maintained at 75%, which is considered to be relatively good among the centers.

Facing such an opponent, it's no wonder that Barkley said that even if no one helped Yao Ming, he could still score 40 points and 20 rebounds tonight.

After Iverson got the ball, he began to control the ball and advance.

He's facing off against undrafted pick Darrell Armstrong tonight, and now the Magic can only come up with this level of point guard.

After advancing to the frontcourt, Iverson skillfully changed direction and broke through, heading towards the basket.

McGrady hurried up to help defend, and Doriak also came out of the basket, ready to intercept Iverson's layup.

It's a pity that Iverson gave the ball to Yao Ming under the basket immediately.

After Yao Ming received the ball, Doriak turned around and wanted to come back to defend. Before it was too late, he could only watch Yao Ming throw the ball into the basket.

When it came time for the Magic's offensive round, the point guard moved up the court and passed the ball to Tracy McGrady.

Kumbu shook his head with a wry smile. Even if Hill was not injured, he would still struggle extremely in the Magic, and his combat strength would be greatly damaged.

Obviously, the core of the Magic's offense is McGrady, who controls the ball in McGrady's hands. Once a player like Hill doesn't have the ball in his hands, he loses at least [-]% of his strength.

Just like James later, the styles of the two are similar to a certain extent. If James can't get the ball, he won't be able to play a big role on the court.

This is not a nonsense by Comb. Hill played 33 minutes in the Magic's first show and only got 6 shots, while McGrady took 25 shots.

Doc Rivers obviously used Hill as Kidd.

(End of this chapter)