NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 216 All-Star Game

There is still half an hour before the official start of the game.

This half an hour has become a time for the stars to socialize. The social bulls pull a group of people chattering, while the social fears sit alone on the bench in a daze.

There are many players around Kumbu, most of them are his old players, and of course there are old friends like Duncan who are already on good terms.

These people got together and talked about Stern.

Stern should be the best tool for communication between players. Anyway, when there is no topic, talk about Stern, and the topic will come up immediately.

At some point, Garnett also came over.

When everyone had dispersed, he finally found a chance to talk to Combe.

"Kong, are you interested in coaching me? I can guarantee that I will be the most versatile power forward among all the players you have coached."

"I can adapt to any system and any tactics, even I am a tactical system."

"I can defend from position one to position five!"

Garnett is very direct, and he came up to sell himself.

Duncan hadn't left yet, and when he heard Garnett's words, his eyes almost popped out. This guy's face is too thick.

It's not that he questioned Garnett's omnipotence. In terms of omnipotence, Duncan is indeed ashamed.

He was really surprised by Garnett's frankness, that he wanted to hug Combe's thigh so blatantly, which was too shameless.

During the offseason of last season, his contract with the Spurs ended, and the contract with the Magic was not negotiated. He made seventeen or eight calls to Comb in a week.

In the morning, ask about the weather, in the afternoon, ask Kumbu what to eat for dinner, and ask about these little pieces of chicken feathers every day.

At that time, he thought that Kumbu could take the initiative and speak first, so that he could naturally become Konbu's player.

It's a pity that Kongbu pretended to be stupid every day, and didn't talk to Duncan about basketball until the end.

It's not that Combe didn't want Duncan. The Philadelphia 76ers actually had salary space to sign Duncan at the time, but Combe was convinced that Stern would never tolerate Duncan joining Philadelphia.

Once Duncan comes, wouldn't Combe be able to reproduce the Raptors' dynasty miracle casually?

"Kevin, if I were half as thick-skinned as you, I might be a Philadelphia player now." Duncan whispered.

"It doesn't matter if you have a thick skin or not, Tim, I just think that Combe can tap my full potential."

"Right now, the outside media ranks the league's active power forwards. You can always overwhelm me. Isn't it because your team leadership record is better than mine?"

"If I can win the championship, you will be the one who is overwhelmed."

Garnett said slowly to Duncan.

Duncan waved his hand, "Continue talking, just pretend I don't exist."

After saying this, he didn't intend to leave, he just stood there, like a gossip girl.

"Kevin, you know this is impossible."

"What would I trade you for? Yao Ming? To be honest, I can't bear it."

"Take Iverson? You and I both know that it's impossible for the Timberwolves to agree."

"The most important thing is that your contract is too high and it is too troublesome to trade."

Kong Bu said with a wry smile.

"It doesn't matter, my contract has a player option in 03."

"Kong, I will join your team freely in 03, no matter which team you are in, I will go."

"This is an agreement between me and you!"

After all, before Comb could speak, Garnett ran away and returned to the bench in the West.

Kong Bu looked confused, how did it become an agreement?
After a while, the game is about to officially start.

Although there is no need for the coach to arrange any tactics in the All-Star Game, Kumbu must still have to say a few words, it is impossible to really be a mascot.

"You five starters are all players I have coached, and the palms and backs of your hands are full of flesh. I can't favor anyone."

"After playing, it depends on your personal status. If the status is good, then I will give more playing time. If the status is not good, then don't blame me."

"It's all ugly. Don't be 3 for 0 after going on the court for a while, and then blame me for not giving you a chance."

Kumbu said to the five starters in front of him.

The five starters are all his disciples, Yao Ming, Big Zhi, Carter, Tracy McGrady and Iverson. The first four are real disciples. Iverson is a bit reluctant to say that they are disciples. It's a famous player.

"Don't worry, boss, we're not the kind of rambunctious shrews."

"It's perfectly normal to be taken down if you don't perform well. On this occasion, no one can have the privilege, unless he is Jordan."

Carter said with a smile.

"What happened to Jordan? Jordan can have privileges?"

"Yes, Jordan can't have privileges either."

Both Iverson and McGrady were full of resentment towards Jordan, and they yelled directly.

"Okay, since you have no objections, it's fine."

"And you guys, it's the same. If you perform well, you can get more playing time. If you don't perform well, you can only sit on the bench all the time."

Kong Bu said to many acquaintances on the bench again.

Payton, Big Ben, Uncle Mu, Ray Allen, Big Dog, Tim Hardaway, Wu Sheng and others.

"Boss, I will try not to play as much as possible. I am already old, so I should give my playing time to young people."

Peyton laughed.

"Yes, give it to me. I want to play. After playing for so many years, I haven't won the MVP yet." Wu Sheng said with a grin.

This year, the Knicks also made three All-Stars, namely Big Zhi, Payton and Wu Sheng.

"I don't play much anymore. This kind of game is too unfriendly for players like us." Da Ben smiled.

Uncle Mu on the side nodded again and again, expressing his deep approval. The blue-collar center was just going through the motions in the All-Star Game.

After a while, the referee blew his whistle and players from both sides began to play.

In the first five years of the 90s and the beginning of the 21st century, the All-Star Game was actually no different from ordinary games. The intensity of offense and defense was very high, and a game might only be around [-] points.

And after 2020, the All-Star Game will be gone, and it will almost become a three-point training competition.

After a game, even scoring 180 points is really outrageous.

With such a high score, let alone defense, almost every round is possession of the ball to open shots in the frontcourt.

Compared with this kind of unappreciative game, Kumbu still prefers the current confrontational All-Star.

As soon as the game started, Ao Pang beat Yao Ming and won the offensive ball for the West.

After Kidd controlled the ball to the frontcourt, he passed the ball directly to Kobe.

McGrady greeted him directly, and began to smash Kobe.

The four shooting guards are like this, as long as they meet, as long as they meet, they will die, and no one will accept the other, even the cousins ​​​​McGrady and Carter, the fight is extremely tragic.

Kobe fell back and missed a mid-range shot. Yao Ming grabbed the rebound and passed it to Dazhi not far away.

Dazhi wanted to play a show, and wanted to directly control the ball from the backcourt to dunk in the frontcourt.

As a result, when he ran to the midfield line, Kobe grabbed the ball from behind, and the scene was a bit embarrassing.

If this was left to the All-Star Game in later generations, this kind of thing would not have happened anyway. When seeing a big man with a height of more than seven feet control the ball to the frontcourt, other players would just stand by and applaud.

After Kobe made the steal, he shot directly from outside the three-point line, and this time he really scored.

When it came to the offensive round in the East, Iverson took possession of the ball and quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.

It's a pity that Kidd next to him is like a ghost, guarding him all the time, never giving him a chance to charge up.

Kidd has no desire on the offensive end, but he is very interested in defense, especially against Iverson.

There is a "feud" between him and Iverson. During Iverson's rookie season, he scored 36 points and 11 assists directly against Kidd for the first time. The offensive efficiency was quite high. In that game, Kidd Only got 11 points.

Of course, the media didn't think it was a big deal, and gave Kidd a sarcasm.

In the following years, every time he met Iverson, Kidd felt as if he had been beaten, even if it was the All-Star Game.

Iverson was so annoying, seeing that there was no room for a shot, he simply passed the ball to Big Zhi.

He wanted to pass to Yao Ming, but it was a pity that Ao Pang was defending Yao Ming and had no passing route at all.

After Da Zhi received the ball, Duncan wobbled up and made a block movement. In fact, he didn't even take off at all. This guy didn't even bother to tiptoe.

Da Zhi was speechless, he didn't jump at all, and made a mid-range shot on the spot.

"boom!"

The sound of iron hitting came, and the next second Yao Ming grabbed the offensive rebound, turned over and hooked directly in front of Ao Pang, scoring two points.

When it came to the offensive round in the west, Ao Pang frantically asked for the ball, his hand was cranked like an electric fan, but unfortunately no one paid him any attention.

Even his teammate Kobe had absolutely no intention of passing the ball to him.

Of course, it is normal for Kobe not to pass it on to him, after all, the relationship between the two is not that harmonious.

Kidd did not attack himself and passed the ball to Garnett.

Garnett made a long-range mid-range shot and made a direct hit. Of course, there was a burst of chest beating and roaring.

Carter's face was full of helplessness. How could he defend against Garnett's mid-range shot?There is no way to prevent it.

In the Eastern Conference round, Kidd still haunted Iverson. Iverson still didn't find a chance to pass to Yao Ming this time, so he passed it to Big Zhi.

He can actually pass it on to McGrady or Carter, but after all, he still has a desire for this AMVP in his heart, and he has been passing it on to those cousins, and AMVP may have nothing to do with him.

After Duncan saw Da Zhi catch the ball, he reluctantly swayed over, he just wanted to be replaced by Zen Master quickly.

Seeing that Duncan was too lazy to defend himself, Dazhi didn't feel too embarrassed to make a shot. He controlled the ball and took a few steps towards the basket, pulled Ao Pang out, and then passed the ball to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming made another dunk at the basket.

After the opening, except for Duncan, the offensive and defensive intensity of both sides is not low.

The Zen master directly called a timeout, replaced Duncan, asked Garnett to play the fourth position, and then put Pippen on the bench at the third position.

In this way, the lineup in the West is much more reasonable.

Pippen failed to be selected as the starter, and he was also full of anger. After playing, the defensive strength was directly given enough.

After playing for a few minutes, the battle was so fierce that those who didn't know thought it was the finals.

Gradually, the eastern side also divided into two small factions, three to be precise.

McGrady and Carter, cousins, have been cooperating on both ends of the offense and defense. It can be seen that McGrady is deliberately feeding Carter the ball. He has won the AMVP, and he may think that Carter will also get one this year.

Iverson and Yao Ming are also a small faction. Iverson was blocked by Kidd and couldn't make a shot, so he could only pass the ball. His primary target of passing the ball was of course Yao Ming.

Big Zhi and Yao Ming are also a small faction, and Big Zhi has also won the AMVP. His desire to attack tonight is not too strong. Whenever he has the opportunity to pass the ball, he will choose to pass the ball to Yao Ming.

In this way, coupled with the offensive rebounds that Yao Ming grabbed himself, Yao Ming took quite a lot of shots.

Ao Pang's face turned green with anger, why is everyone a super center, and the treatment is so bad?
The West is fighting on its own, how can anyone pass the ball to him?

Kidd saves trouble, with Kobe, Garnett and Pippen by his side, it is impossible to pass to O'Pang at the basket.

Kobe couldn't even make a shot by himself, let alone pass the ball to O'Pang.

Garnett also wanted to show his dominance in front of Combe, let alone pass the ball to anyone.

Pippen wants to prove that he is old and strong. He is the oldest in this All-Star class.

The most terrible thing is that Ao Pang couldn't grab Yao Ming's rebounds, which caused Ao Pang to have no shot rights at all. After playing for 5 minutes, he made one shot!
Ao Pang became more and more angry, and he didn't bother to guard Yao Ming on the court. On the offensive end, he ran out of the restricted area, stared at Kidd and asked him to pass the ball, and after receiving the ball, he started to back up from near the free throw line.

As Ao Pang started to mess around, the western side went into chaos.

The Zen master was full of confusion, and he couldn't say anything about Ao Pang, because after all, this game was originally an entertainment game.

It is even more impossible for him to let the starters of the Western team pass more passes to O'Pang, so that O'Pang can return to normal.

It's his fault who can beat him among the stars in the West. Pippen has always been unhappy with Zen Master, and Kobe is also half convinced of Zen Master.

The point difference in the first quarter was not widened, and the point difference was gradually widened at the beginning of the second quarter.

In the second half of the game, in line with the principle of fairness and justice, as long as he is in good condition and willing to play, he will give more playing time.

Of course, there must be a difference between the starters and the substitutes. The starters selected by the fans must play less time than the substitutes.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the Eastern team won the Western Conference by 123 points 110:[-].

Carter played the most minutes in the Eastern Conference, with 31 minutes.

In fact, Carter's performance tonight was not very good, but he played very hard, and tonight he ran into the old lunatic Pippen again, and the hit rate for the entanglement was not high.

Kong Bu couldn't bear to see him sitting on the bench looking lonely, so he just played him for a few more minutes.

In the end, he contributed 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Yao Ming played the second most games. He played 30 minutes and scored 42 points and 16 rebounds. Based on such statistics, this year's AMVP can already engrave his name.

Iverson played 28 minutes. Comb deliberately staggered his and Kidd's playing time so that Iverson's data was not suppressed too much. In the end, he scored 19 points and 13 assists.

Both McGrady and Dazhi had a soy sauce tonight.

Ao Pang's stats in the West are not bad, he messed up a lot of shots, and finally allowed him to score 33 points and 9 rebounds.

It's a pity that the team lost the game, otherwise he could really get the AMVP this time.

(End of this chapter)