NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 230 2001 Draft Conference
Kumbu is in trouble, he really doesn't want to make a deal with the Raptors at all.

Because as long as he makes a deal, he will definitely be able to take advantage of it, and he really doesn't want to take advantage of the Raptors.

The Raptors are like his eldest son. He has trained the Raptors from the bottom of the league to the current super powerhouse. He has a deep affection for the Raptors.

And if Ratliff is given to the Raptors for nothing, Combe can't do it either. He is now at the helm of the Philadelphia 76ers, and he must be responsible to the 76ers.

"Kong, why don't you keep talking?"

"We have a lot of chips in our hands. After selling one draft pick to the Spurs, there are five first-round picks."

"I'll give you three first-round picks, how about Ratliff?"

"Of course, the draft will definitely not be very high, there is no lottery pick."

Sha Lun urged, he was afraid that Combe would not want to sell Ratliff.

"Are you crazy? Just throw out three first-round picks like this? Isn't this too prodigal?"

Kongbu said speechlessly that he had hoarded these first-round picks for the Raptors before, and he was very heartbroken to see Sha Lun not cherishing so much.

"Two? Too few, after all, the picks are not very high, how about two first-round picks, one with the 16th pick, one with the 25th pick, and then add Lamar?"

Kong Bu is going crazy, the nickname Sha Lun is really right, this Lao Deng is really a prodigal.

When the Raptors dismantled the team before, several people left the second team, leaving only Odom as a single seedling.

As a result, he still traded Odom now, and he had to take two first-round picks, and exchanged Ratliff, who might only be available for one year, a pure loser.

"Glenn, I think you are really crazy."

"Lamar can be sold casually? You may not be able to keep Pierce next year, and Odom will be needed as the starting three at that time."

"You sold him now, where can you find a third position of this level next year?"

Kong Bu hated that iron could not be a steel road.

"Huh? Is he very strong? Why do I feel that his strength is average."

"I thought you snatched him from Jazz because you deliberately disgusted him, so you never took him seriously."

"When you say that, it seems that you are right. You really have to keep him."

"But two first-round picks are still too few, right?"

The conversation between the two was enough to make the bosses of both parties cry, one sent it out desperately, and the other was embarrassed to accept it.

"A lot, that's enough."

"In order to avoid gossip from the outside world, I will give you the second-round pick in our hand, which is more or less a bonus."

"Ratliff adds a team with the 29th pick in the second round, in exchange for your 16th and 25th picks, forget it, and add another 150 million US dollars in cash compensation."

After thinking for a moment, Kong Bu gave a trading plan.

Unexpectedly, Sha Lun was unhappy, "Hey, Kong, who are you looking down on?"

"Our Raptors are not that poor. You 76ers did make a lot of money last season, but our Raptors are not bad, not much less than you."

"It's impossible for me to ask for cash compensation. If this gets out, people will think that our Raptors are poor and crazy."

Kong Bu sighed helplessly, what is this called?Send money to people, but they can't send it out.

At Sha Lun's insistence, the $150 million in cash compensation was cancelled, and Kongbu got two more first-round picks.

These two first-round picks are actually worthless in the hands of the Raptors. It is difficult for them to select outstanding rookies, but it is different in the hands of Comb. He can select Randolph with the 16th overall pick, and then use Dalembert was selected with the 25th overall pick.

Comb had no idea about Dalembert before, mainly because the draft picks were tight, and there was no need to waste a first-round pick on him.

What's more, the 76ers don't have much shortage of centers. Whether it's Ratliff or the upcoming Okur, they can all play centers.

But now that Ratliff is gone, and there is another 25th pick who is not high enough, it can be used to select Dalembert.

Let him play as a substitute for Yao Ming and play with Okur as his partner. The two are quite a match.

Made two deals in succession, Comb sent Reed and Ratliff, and actually exchanged back five first-round picks, plus the one he brought. Comb has six first-round picks in his hand. Prepared for a big fight in the draft.

……

On June 6, Combe led Adelman Jr. to appear in New York.

This year's draft was held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

On the first day of his arrival in New York, Kong Bu met Da Zhi and Hu Weidong in the hotel.

When playing in the Olympics before, Big Zhi and Lao Hu agreed that when Lao Hu's contract with the Grizzlies ended, he would go to New York to be teammates with Big Zhi.

The Grizzlies have recently applied for relocation with the league. They may have had enough of the tepid Vancouver ball market and are ready to move to the old American mainland.

The Grizzlies offered Lao Hu another contract, but unfortunately, Lao Hu didn't want to stay with the Grizzlies anymore.

Seeing that Dazhi, Daba and Yao Ming have already won the championship, he also wants to taste the taste of the championship.

Moreover, the Knicks are rich and powerful, and the contract they can give must be higher than the Grizzlies.

"Old Hu, I have already told Old Thomas about this, and he welcomes you very much."

"Hope you will bring us good luck."

Da Zhi said with a wry smile.

Kong Bu laughed aloud from the sidelines. It seemed that Dazhi was a little unconvinced that he lost the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Knicks did lose a bit unjustly. If Payton is not injured, they have a great chance of winning.

"Don't say that, it puts too much pressure on me."

"Just treat me as the water dispenser administrator, but don't expect too much from me."

Lao Hu hurriedly waved his hands and said, he has a clear understanding of his own strength, the duel between the Knicks and the Raptors and the 76ers is a real fight between gods, how can he be useful.

"Okay, it's a rare get together, don't talk about work."

Kong Bu said to the two people in front of him.

In the evening of the second day, Combe took Adelman Jr. to Madison Square Garden, preparing to participate in the draft.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the host, Old Thomas, with a displeased face.

"Brat who got lucky!"

"Let me tell you, it's really luck that you won the championship this time. If we enter the finals, we will definitely not give the Lakers a chance to tie the game. We can even sweep them."

The old Thomas was still unwilling to reconcile, he felt that the loss in the Eastern Conference finals this time was too wronged.

"Yes, yes, you are right, you can indeed sweep the Lakers."

"And then? Didn't you guys fail to make it to the finals? What's the use of saying this?"

Kumbu smirked and pissed off old Thomas.

When the two were bickering, Jordan rushed over in a hurry.

The Washington Wizards held the No. [-] lottery, and Jordan looked much more energetic. He was full of joy, and he was refreshed on happy occasions, but he didn't know how long he could last.

If nothing else, the number one pick in his hand, [-]% still has to choose Kwame Brown, and this will become a stain on him by then.

"Kong, are you interested in the No. [-] lottery in our hand?"

"Exchange Yao Ming, and the No. [-] lottery will be yours."

After Jordan gave Comb a hug, he said solemnly, there was not even a trace of joking in his tone.

"Michael, I found that you became more and more humorous after retiring."

"I might as well give you Yao Mingming. Anyway, he is on a rookie contract. You Wizards don't have to worry about salary space."

Combe joked.

A trace of disappointment appeared on Jordan's face. What he said just now, of course, did not really think that his No. [-] pick could be exchanged for Yao Ming.

I just wanted to test out whether those super talented centers had any weight in Kongbu's mind.

Now it seems that these talented centers are obviously unable to reach the height of Yao Ming.

After the disappointment, Jordan was soon relieved. Yao Ming is a super center that comes once in ten years. It is normal that the few centers this year are not as good as Yao Ming.

He just wanted to find out if Gasol is really that good, and now he is also hesitating whether to choose Kwame Brown, who seems to have unlimited potential, or Gasol, who was praised by Comb a year ago. sol.

Tang Shuai came over, took Kong Bu's arm and walked towards the venue.

With other people around, Jordan was too embarrassed to ask, and he still had to maintain his image of aloof and superior.

"Kong, it seems that this year is the year of the draft. You actually traded so many draft picks."

"Kong, you don't consider me a friend, and you didn't even consider us as a priority in trading Reid."

"Kong, long time no see, Mr. Bass is not here this time, let me greet you instead of him."

"Man, I gave you a hint, we really don't know who to choose."

"What is young and promising? This is the real young and promising. Kong is definitely the most outstanding young man on the planet."

"Besides Reid, do you have any idea of ​​shooting other champion members? For example, that Kirilenko?"

After Kumbu entered the venue, he directly caused a sensation in the venue, and the coaches and management of each team came forward to greet him one after another.

With the fourth championship, Kongbu's status in the league has gone further. He is now the No.1 coach in the league. Even Zen Master, who has lost to Kongbu for four consecutive years, must be a step shorter in front of Kongbu. cut.

The number of champions is secondary. Konbu is like a god in the draft. Who doesn’t want to befriend Konbu? It’s not an exaggeration to say that Konbu casually misses rookies, which is enough to make a team Pick up a bargain.

Faced with these greetings, Kumbu greeted them with ease.

Walking to the seat of the Cavaliers representative office, Combe smiled and nodded at John Lucas.

Lucas worked as an assistant coach under Comb for a year last season. After the 76ers won the championship, he also found a new job and became the new head coach of the Cavaliers.

He can't be counted as the coach of Kumbu's lineage, but anyway, he is a bit of a fan. When fans list Kumbu's coaches in the future, they probably have to count him.

Lucas found the job of the coach, but Brian Hill, who had been the coach before, had his hips pulled. He sent resumes to several teams, but all of them fell into the sea.

He had no choice but to continue working as an assistant under Kongbu.

"Kong, remember to attend the meeting of the coaching staff union on time tomorrow. This is a general election, and you young people still have to take the positions of the union seats. I don't have that much energy."

George Karl stopped Combe and informed him to attend tomorrow's union meeting.

The nature of the coaches' union and the players' union is the same, but Kumbu didn't care about this union at all before, and he would pay tens of thousands of dollars in annual dues, that's all, there is no more intersection.

If Carl hadn't reported his family name, Combe would not have known that he was the head of the union.

"Okay, I will go there on time tomorrow." Kong Bu nodded and said, people have already come to invite them, and it would be unreasonable not to go.

He has always had a good relationship with Old Carl, so we still have to give him some face.

After a while, Stern walked onto the stage, held a microphone and rambled for more than ten minutes, and then announced the official start of the draft.

Kumbu looked in Jordan's direction curiously, wondering if he would make the same mistakes again.

Jordan has been struggling for several days. Ever since he won the No. [-] pick in the lottery, he has been hesitant about who to choose. Even after entering the draft venue, he still hasn't made up his mind.

Seeing their Wizards registration list, Jordan simply decided to choose the black Kwame Brown.

That's right, Jordan chose the latter between Gasol and Kwame Brown, the main reason being that he is black.

"I announce that the Washington Wizards have selected Kwame Brown from Charleston, South Carolina with the No. [-] pick in the first round!"

As Stern finished announcing the No. [-] pick, some people sighed and some were pleasantly surprised.

It was Kumbu who sighed, Jordan still made a mistake and chose a parallel import that shouldn't be chosen.

As for those who were surprised, the reason was that they were afraid that their favorite player would be selected by Jordan. Now that Jordan has chosen Kwame Brown, they are relieved.

Next, the Grizzlies, who held the second pick, selected Gasol before relocating to Memphis.

In the eyes of the outside world, Gasol should be the safest high-ranking pick in this draft, because he has the endorsement of Comb, and he will definitely not be lost if he is selected.

However, most people still think that Gasol's upper limit will not be very high, after all, his physical fitness does not seem to be very strong.

The Clippers selected Tyson Chandler with the No. [-] pick, and the Bulls selected Eddie Curry with the No. [-] pick.

The top four picks are pretty much the same as in Comb’s memory, the difference is that Chandler and Gasol’s picks have been swapped, and Gasol is normally selected by the Eagles at No. [-] and then traded to the Grizzlies , Now the Grizzlies are in place directly.

Kumbu looked at the seat of the bull, feeling sympathetic in his heart.

Among the three high school center forwards, the thickest is not the blue-collar Chandler, but Eddie Curry. His rookie body weight is as high as 134 kg, which is about the same as Yao Ming after gaining weight, which is really outrageous.

Generally, the weight of a rookie center is around 110 kg, and those over 120 kg are very rare.

Eddie Curry's strength is not bad. In his peak period, he actually averaged 19 points and 7 rebounds per game. This peak data is also worthy of his pick.

It's just that his peak period was just like his nickname "5 Minute O'Neal", which was short and distressing.

No matter how strong and tough, the short time will definitely not work...

The next few teams selected their favorite players one by one. The singles Joe was selected by the Eagles at the seventh position.

Then Richard Jefferson was selected 13th overall by the New Jersey Nets.

(End of this chapter)