NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 233 Reality Show with Stars

"It's a pleasure to meet you all. In the next two months, we will get along day and night."

"When you walked into the gate of the training camp, I actually observed you carefully. Many of you can almost say that you don't have any basketball talent."

"But it doesn't matter, these two months are enough to become the most precious memories in your life, because you will be teammates with a bunch of future superstars, this is definitely not a memory that can be bought with 30 dollars. "

Kong Bu looked at more than 100 students in front of him and said loudly.

The composition of the students is very complicated, including the sons of players, the sons of coaches, the sons of rich families, and the active students of the NCAA. In addition, there are five rookies that Kumbu got in this year's draft except Okur.

Some of the crowd shocked Combe, like Kwame Brown.

He had just been elected the No. [-] pick, and he didn't know whether it was his own money or Jordan's money that made him come to attend Kumbu's training camp.

In addition, David Lee and Maurice Williams are also on the list of students. Both of them have just graduated from high school. They participated in the McDonald's All-American Game with Kwame Brown just a few months ago.

The two men had already chosen their colleges, possibly with money from school team sponsors.

In addition, there are several NCAA players such as Luke Ridnour and Chris Duhon. The situation may be similar to that of David Lee and Mo Buchuan, all of which are spent by sponsors.

"Boss, Mr. James Dolan is looking for you."

"It seems that there is something very important to discuss with you."

Little Adelman ran to Combe and whispered beside him.

Kumbu originally wanted to pour some chicken soup with these students, but was interrupted by Knicks owner Dolan.

After a while, Combe saw Dolan at the gate of the training ground.

Dolan was followed by a group of people, carrying various cameras and shooting equipment, looking as if they were coming to shoot a movie.

"Kong, I suddenly came up with a great idea."

"Do you want to cooperate with me to make your two-month training camp into a reality show?"

"Your training camp is getting a lot of attention all over the world, and all the fans are curious about what will happen in the training camp."

"How about we shoot it, make it into an eight-episode reality show, and then broadcast it on my TV station."

"You may not believe it when you say it. I estimated that if the ratings reach my estimated target, you can earn at least another 4000 million US dollars."

"I even thought of the name, "Kombu's Hell Camp" or "Walk with Future All-Stars."

Dolan excitedly took Comb's hand, proud of his brilliant idea.

Reality shows like Hell's Kitchen or Keeping Up with the Kardashians are not popular right now, and I have to say that Dolan really has a bit of vision.

Little Adelman was terrified while listening, what are you kidding, can he earn 4000 million more?
The training camp can earn 500 million, plus the 4000 million, it means that Kongbu can earn 500 million in two months?Most coaches will never earn that much money in their lifetime.

Kong Bu thought for a while, and felt that Dolan's plan would not affect him, so he agreed.

"Okay, then let's cooperate. I will let little Rick discuss the specific contract with you."

"You can enter the training camp today."

Combe nodded.

Dolan applauded, he already had a premonition that this reality show would definitely be extremely popular.

For a long time, the outside world has been full of curiosity about Kumbu and the newcomers he chose. Now fans can see how Konbu trains the newcomers on TV intuitively, which will definitely attract countless fans to watch.

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A week later, the first episode of the Hell Camp reality show came out.

This episode doesn't have a lot of training scenes, it's more about Combe talking to the cadets.

"Children, neither of you will achieve worse than your father in the future."

"Seth, you are still young, so don't become arrogant because of my praise. You need to work harder to keep up with your brother's footsteps."

Kongbu first chatted with little Curry. Seth Curry, who was just 11 years old, was ignorant. When he heard that his future achievements were no worse than his father's, his face showed ecstasy.

"As for you, Stephen, can you tell me who your idol is?"

Kongbu looked at the sallow and thin Curry again, and asked with a smile.

Curry was a little nervous in front of the camera, rubbing his hands and bowing his head: "Reggie Miller!"

"Very well, I can tell you responsibly that your achievements in the future will surpass Reggie Miller."

"It's definitely not a joke, I can vouch for it with my coaching career."

"Miller is a great player, the strongest three-pointer since Larry Bird, and you will become a three-pointer that no one in NBA history can match."

Kumbu's words were too explosive to the fans.

A sallow and thin 13-year-old kid actually made Kong Bu give such a high evaluation?

The fact that the reality show released such a blockbuster at the beginning attracted fans to watch it even more.

Next, Combe evaluated the [-] or [-] members of the training camp, and some of them gave a high evaluation, such as David Lee, who was described by Combu as the leader of the white insiders, and described as the first superstar in the NBA, George McCann. , the red giant Bill Wharton and this year's No. [-] Gasol, the strongest white insider.

This evaluation is undoubtedly a bit exaggerated, such as Refrigerator McHale, he must be much better than David Lee.

But since it's a reality show, how about not exaggerating?
The fans, especially the white fans, were immediately full of expectations for David Lee. In the past few years, the inside position has been dominated by blacks. In recent years, due to the rise of the Great Wall of China, it is now an era of black and yellow competition, and there is nothing wrong with white people.

There are also fans who are also full of curiosity about Gasol. It seems that Kumbu is really optimistic about this rookie, and he even ranks him with McCann and Wharton.

In addition, such players as Mobu Chuan, Kumbu also gave a good evaluation. They spent 30 US dollars to enter the training camp, so they can't criticize them, that's too inappropriate.

In the one-hour-long reality show, the voice-over at the end asked Comb how to evaluate this year's No. [-] pick Kwame Brown. After all, Brown is in the training camp.

As a result, Kumbu didn't say anything, but smiled mysteriously, leaving the fans with infinite reverie.

What the hell does that smile mean?Is it very strong?Still weak?

Anyway, Kwame Brown is in the training camp, and he will definitely see his performance in the future. Whether he is strong or weak will be seen sooner or later.

In the second week of the training camp, this episode is an exclusive interview with the newcomers of the 76ers. It introduces all the newcomers selected by Combe this year. Even Okur, Dolan sent someone to Turkey to interview them.

In addition, players from the 76ers also left the country one after another, including Iverson, Yao Ming, Kirilenko, and Ginobili.

By the third week, there were already some scenes of fighting on the training ground.

What attracted the most attention was the match between Kwame Brown and Dalembert. The two each brought four teammates to play training games. As a result, the hearts of Wizards fans were cold.

Dalembert is the bottom pick in the first round. Generally, rookies have to guard the drinking fountains in the season, and they may even be sent down. Kwame Brown is the No. [-] pick. Theoretically, the No. [-] pick must beat the bottom rookie in the first round. of.

But in the head-to-head confrontation between the two, Kwame Brown didn't get the slightest advantage, basically in a [-]-[-] situation.

For the No. [-] pick, playing Dalembert's rank, no advantage is a disadvantage.

How could the Wizards fans have imagined that it would be good to be able to tie. This is because Kwame Brown's foundation is good enough. In half a month, Dalembert will be able to beat Kwame Brown with the blessing of the training field. .

In the following time, the reality show will focus more on the usual training and competition, and from time to time some conflicts among the students will be interspersed, just like any dog ​​blood reality show.

Two months passed quickly, and the eighth and final episode was the time to accept the results of the training camp.

For those students under the age of 17, Kong Bu did not let them mix in. The remaining about 40 students over the age of 17 were divided into eight groups by Kong Bu, and they were also divided into two divisions in a decent manner. Each team played six games. Regular season games, and then the teams with the best records in the two divisions advance to the finals.

This kind of competition with real knives and guns can completely see the gap in the strength of the students.

To Kumbu's surprise, his training field seems to have played a special training role for Kwame Brown and other students who are not members of the 76ers, and their strength has developed rapidly.

It's a pity that the upper limit is too low, even if the progress is fast, it is useless if the upper limit is not high.

The fastest progress in strength should be Randolph and Gerald Wallace.

When Randolph first entered the training camp, his strength was very inconspicuous. After all, he only averaged 10 points per game in college.

The strength is strong, and the fans are not blind, so they can definitely see it.

As a result, after two months passed, he was almost in a state of being invincible all over the world in the training camp, especially on the rebounding end. He hangs and beats.

On the offensive end, he also has good shooting ability.

With the 15th pick, such a powerful power forward was selected, and many people sighed. This time, Kumbu picked up a treasure again.

When Gerrard first entered the league, his performance was not very good, his skills were too rough, and he was completely the kind of reckless player who relied on his physical fitness to play.

In the training game, it is said that such a small player can score 37 points under his defense.

After two months, the speed of his progress was horrific.

Extremely strong perimeter defensive ability, directly defending against all perimeters in the training camp collapsed, and the other hand desperately broke through for layups, causing headaches for inside players.

Anyone who sees a two-meter tall man with a fierce face and muscles all over his body rushing towards him desperately will definitely feel his liver tremble.

As for Parker and Arenas, of course their strengths have improved a lot, but they can't be reflected intuitively. After all, scoring depends on how they feel.

Parker's unusually low-key appearance, coupled with his French identity and cute looks, directly attracted a large wave of female fans.

Arenas, on the other hand, seemed extremely wild and unrestrained, and said countless big words in front of the camera. For a while, people felt that he was deliberately imitating Iverson.

The style of play between the two is similar and not the same.

Both of them are the No. [-] position on the No. [-] position. Their defense is not very good, and they play relatively alone. However, Iverson's offense is more inclined to break through the basket, while Arenas is more inclined to shoot.

With training camp closed, reality TV also ended.

The ratings were even higher than Dolan expected, and Combe also successfully received a full 4000 million US dollars.

After receiving the money, Combe gave Adelman Jr. a "dividend" of 200 million US dollars. After all, he was busy during this time and it was very hard work.

Little Adelman was almost moved to tears by Comb. He felt that his biological father was not so kind to him.

The popularity of the reality show has also made some popular players in the training camp become stars. For example, Curry, who was just 13 years old, received several signing invitations from sports manufacturers.

Being able to have such a high evaluation in Kongbu's mouth, it must be impossible to go wrong after signing.

When Kumbu found out, he hurriedly called old Curry, telling him not to let Curry get involved in these businesses too early, so as not to delay Curry's growth and make him go astray.

As for people like Parker and Arenas to receive commercial endorsements, Kumbu doesn't bother to care about them, they are already adults.

It can be said that this training camp was extremely successful and completely exceeded Kumbu's expectations.

After making a lot of money, by the way, even the newcomers in the team also trained together, the best of both worlds.

The time has come to September, and the new season will officially start in one month. Many teams want to make trades to strengthen the team before the start of the new season.

Adelman Jr. has been manipulating Okur's contract. In the end, Okur took 170 million US dollars, and the 76ers paid 30 US dollars. The sum of 200 million US dollars finally bought out Okur's contract. Signed a rookie contract.

After Combe returned to Philadelphia, he received a call from Dumars Sr. at the helm of the Pistons that night.

"Kong, why don't you sell Gilbert to us, we are willing to trade for the scoring champion."

Dumars is about to seek a deal when he comes up. It is estimated that Arenas is very suitable for him, which reminds him of his old partner Smiling Assassin.

It is worth mentioning that some fans in later generations said that Arenas was not a point guard at all. He just used the old Thomas as a shield, saying that the old Thomas was not a real point guard either.

These words almost drove old Thomas into a rage.

"Forget it, old man, that's the scoring leader of the season, you'd better keep it for yourself."

Kumbu laughed and said that the scoring champion they both talked about was actually Iverson's old partner Stackhouse.

At the beginning, Stackhouse partnered with Iverson in the backcourt of the 76ers. Both of them needed the ball and influenced each other. Later, the 76ers sold him to the Pistons.

After two years with the Pistons, he averaged 29.8 points per game last season.

Under normal circumstances, last season's scoring leader was Iverson, averaging 31.1 points per game, but now the situation is different after all. Iverson wants to win. He is more willing to share the ball now than ever before, and his personal scoring is not so good. High, which led to Stackhouse becoming the scoring leader of the season.

He may be the worst scoring season in NBA history, not one of them.

Comb really couldn't think of the use of coming to Stackhouse. With Ginobili's strength, he would not be able to start in the team.

(End of this chapter)