NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 283 If You Can Blame Others, Try Not to Blame Yourself

After returning to Philadelphia, there are not a few days left before the official start of the new season.

Because of the preseason games played in China this time, the players were very tired back and forth, so Philadelphia did not play other preseason games, quietly waiting for the arrival of the new season.

Jordan has already rushed over from Charlotte. He has been busy there for more than two months and hardly slept a few times.

Fortunately, the recruitment of personnel has come to an end, and the team's financial director and other executives have been recruited. The next step is to negotiate with the Z government of Charlotte City. After the negotiation, they will almost be able to settle in Charlotte.

In addition, the new arena will definitely not be used in the new season, and the Hornets can only use the arena before.

However, the new arena must still be needed, which is the most critical factor in Jordan's negotiations with Charlotte.

A team can generate a lot of GDP and tax revenue for the city of Charlotte, how could Jordan and Comb not let them spend some money.

"Boss, the New Jersey Nets asked me to trade Zach."

"Byron called you but couldn't get through, so he got in touch with me."

Billy King, who was now more or less second in command in Philadelphia, came to inform Comb.

"Is Byron Scott crazy? Want Zach? Unless they take out the team leader Kidd for it."

"He didn't say what kind of chips he was willing to give?"

Kong Bu asked with a frown.

"Corey Kidders, Rodney Rodgers, plus Donnie Marshall, and a first-round pick for next year."

"This Marshall is not Donyell-Marshall."

Probably because he was afraid that Combe would mistake Marshall, Billy King explained it responsibly.

Kong Bu was speechless, how ignorant he was in Billy King's heart, how could this kind of thing be wrong?

The two Marshalls have similar names, and Donyell must be the stronger one. Marshall was at least the top ten power forward in the league at his peak, and Donnie Marshall is just a little guy with no sense of presence. on rotation.

The bargaining chip given by Byron Scott is actually not too bad. After all, Kidders and Rogers are both good, and they gave another first-round pick.

Under normal circumstances, Randolph, who is in the second grade, is not so valuable.

But this is not a normal situation after all, now Randolph is the champion power forward, and even surpassed Dirk Nowitzki in the previous ranking of power forwards.

If Byron Scott took this bargaining chip to find the Mavericks to trade Nowitzki, he would probably be scolded to death by old Nelson.

"He's really daydreaming."

"Whoever has urine can help me wake him up. If you have diabetes, you can't let him taste the sweetness. If you get angry, go to the urine first, and give him some color. If you have stones, you will hurt him last, beat him!"

Kong Bu couldn't help complaining.

Billy King was dumbfounded by Combe's flamboyant remark. He didn't know whether Combe was joking or really wanted to fuck Byron Scott.

On October 10, the NBA game started.

It may be because he played with the Knicks in the preseason, so this year Comb did not play the opening game with the Knicks, but with the New Jersey Nets.

After the Nets got Uncle Mu, they have also become a powerful team in the East, and the lineup looks quite luxurious.

Mutombo, Kidd, Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, Kiedles, the bench is not weak, and has become the fourth seed to win this season.

"Kong, long time no see. First of all, congratulations on leading your team to win the World Championship."

"5 NBA championships, 2 world championships, 1 Olympic champion, God, you are definitely the most successful head coach since basketball was invented, bar none!"

"If I can get any of your achievements, I would be willing to lose ten years of my life!"

After the Nets coach Byron Scott saw Combe, he was in dog-licking mode again.

"Byron, even if you invite me to worship in the church, I can't sell Zach to you."

"The only player in your Nets who is eligible to replace Zach is Kidd, but unfortunately we don't need Kidd."

Combe directly poured cold water on the licking dog Scott, telling him not to think of Randolph.

It is said that Kidd can’t be used, but in fact, it definitely can be used, no matter which team, no matter what style, even in the small ball era where point guards need to shoot in the future, Kidd is not saying that he is not useful at all, he Still able to find their own position on the court.

In terms of passing ability, Kidd is much better than Iverson. He is extremely suitable for the top lineup of inside twin towers, and it happens that Philadelphia has the top twin towers.

In terms of defensive ability, the gap between Iverson and Kidd is larger than that of the Milky Way, and they are not at the same level at all.

It's just that the offensive firepower is completely inferior to Iverson's, but it doesn't mean that he has no offensive ability at all. Relying on his height and strength advantages, Kidd often staged scenes where the big eats the small in the first position.

"Kong, you're kidding again. If Kidd is sold, then it doesn't make sense for us to have Zach."

"By the way, I heard from Billy that you want to do something special to me."

"What's the special thing, I asked him, but he didn't say anything."

"If you are really willing to sell Zach to us, no matter how special it is, I think I can accept it."

Scott called Billy King two days ago to ask what Kumbu said, but Billy King told him not to mention the deal, otherwise Kumbu would do something special to him.

How did he know that Kumbu was going to slap him...

"Forget it, with that fertility, I might as well water the flowers."

Kong Bu waved his hands and said speechlessly.

Soon the game on the field began.

As the opening game of the new season, Iverson is naturally going to start, but after playing for a few minutes, the effect is not very satisfactory.

He couldn't penetrate Kidd's defense, and because Kidd's defensive coverage was too large, Iverson even had a little difficulty passing the ball to Yao Ming inside.

Kumbu immediately replaced Iverson with the bearded man on the bench.

"Man, trust your body!"

"Some players rely on skills, and some players rely on their bodies. I'm not saying your skills are bad, but your body is better."

"Even if you can't beat Kidd, at least you can consume his physical energy a lot."

Before the bearded man came out, Kong Bu gave him a few careful instructions.

What he said was actually just to give the bearded man courage. Under Kidd's defense, Iverson often played some very bad statistics.

For example, in the most classic game, he took 28 shots and only scored 18 points.

Then he scored 15 points on 8 shots and 20 points on 11 shots.

These are all masterpieces played by Kidd defending Iverson!
And the bearded Davis faced Kidd, in fact, his overall performance was not even as good as Iverson. Iverson averaged at least 41% of his shots per game, while the bearded man only had 39%.

Of course, the bearded man has never defended Kidd with too outrageous statistics.

The reason why Iverson is so outrageous is that he has a good game and a bad game. In the next game when he is defended with 28 points on 18 shots, he may be able to score 40 points on Kidd.

The bearded man continued to slump.

The reason why this happens is because the physical hardware that the bearded man is proud of is not enough in front of Kidd, and he does not have the courage to make crazy shots like Iverson.

Kumbu sent the bearded man to play more just to consume Kidd's physical energy and pave the way for Iverson's outbreak.

After the game restarted, the bearded man began to hit Kidd hard with his body. He didn't take many shots, but he kept entangled with Kidd.

In almost an offensive round, the beard almost allowed Kidd to fight with himself for 15 seconds.

The New Jersey Nets have something, and Byron Scott also has something to lick the dog. In fact, the 76ers do not have much advantage on the scene.

The main reason is that the ball cannot be passed to Yao Ming. Uncle Mu, with his extremely experienced defensive experience, has been working hard to cut off Yao Ming's receiving route.

Randolph didn't feel good tonight, and he made a few shots in a row, but the shooting percentage was not high.

On the contrary, Prince Prince, who made his career debut, performed well. He worked very hard on the defensive end, and he was extremely cautious in his offensive shot selection, with a good shooting percentage.

Beard played the rest of the first quarter and the first 4 minutes of the second quarter, exhausted and out of breath.

He was exhausted and out of breath, and Kidd, who was facing him, was not much better. This kind of hand-to-hand combat in terms of complete strength, even the young and strong Kidd was a bit too much.

But seeing that the team was able to cling to the score of the Philadelphia 76ers, Kidd felt sweet no matter how tired he was.

He has been in the league for almost ten years without knowing it, and he is considered a veteran.

In the past ten years, like most of the stars suppressed by Kumbu, he has achieved nothing, and he has almost no decent honor in his hands.

This season, he took the initiative to raise conditions with the team to let the team sign Mutombo, in order to gain a chance to hit the championship.

And if you want to hit the championship, you must first pass the Philadelphia 76ers.

Judging from the first quarter and a half of the game tonight, Kidd feels that they really have a chance to kill the Philadelphia 76ers this season and reach the finals.

His idea lasted less than 5 minutes. The bearded man was replaced by Kumbu, and Iverson walked onto the court.

The next situation directly turned into a one-sided massacre.

Iverson has plenty of energy, and Kidd was out of breath from the beard just now, and his defensive strength will definitely drop.

It is the reduced defensive strength that is enough to make Iverson play more comfortably.

A master's move, this slight deviation is enough to change the situation of the battle.

Yao Ming also played more comfortably. He received a lot of Iverson's passes and began to kill all directions at the basket.

After the game ended, the Philadelphia 76ers beat their opponents, the New Jersey Nets, by 107:87 at their home court by a full [-] points.

Iverson didn't score too many points, he only scored 17 points tonight, but he had [-] assists, which is extremely astonishing.

Yao Ming scored 37 points and 14 rebounds. It can be clearly seen that Uncle Mu is hard to guard against Yao Ming.

When playing against Ao Pang, if he really can't defend, Uncle Mu can still send Ao Pang to the free throw line.

But there is no way to match up with Yao Ming. Sending Yao Ming to the free throw line is almost equivalent to giving away points for nothing.

Yao Ming's current dominance at the basket may not be as good as that of O'Pang, but it is definitely not something that old Uncle Mu can resist.

However, Yao Ming's performance, in Kong Bu's view, is just a normal performance, not extraordinary.

What really surprised Comb was Prince. This young man played really well.

The audience contributed 21 points and took 13 shots, which was quite efficient.

His shots are quite cautious, and he is definitely not the kind of player who likes to shoot indiscriminately. The 13 shots either found the opponent's open space, or formed a dislocation advantage with the opponent. Anyway, none of them were forced shots.

In addition, his defensive performance far exceeded the normal performance of a rookie. He was quite experienced in defense. While scoring 3 steals, only 1 foul was recorded.

Even Iverson and Yao Ming were amazed. Such a mature rookie player is very rare.

Generally, rookie players will definitely have stage fright in their first show. No one thought that Prince's cowardly appearance hides such a big heart.

If there are good performers, there will naturally be bad performers.

Randolph performed a little badly tonight. He also took 13 shots, but unfortunately he only hit 3 goals, and then he was 2 of 1 free throws, and only scored 7 points. Compared with Prince, it is nothing see.

Both Byron Scott and Combe were speechless.

Scott didn't know if he was glad he didn't trade Randolph, but Combe was speechless for Randolph playing so badly, or grinning wildly.

After returning to the locker room, Combe summoned the players to make a post-match summary.

"Tonight we had a tough early game, Zach, what do you think is the problem?"

Combe asked Randolph directly.

"I think the problem is that kid Jefferson. His shooting percentage tonight is too high."

Randolph scratched his head and began to pretend to be stupid. How could he not know that Combe was beating himself.

"Yes, yes, if you can blame others, try not to blame yourself."

"Just be worthy of yourself, and leave the rest to retribution..."

Combe couldn't do anything about Randolph, who was as thick as his chest.

Randolph was still grinning.

Of course, Combe wouldn't take Randolph for a bad performance, after all, this is a normal thing.

"Tyshawn, you're a pretty good kid."

"No, it can't be said to be good. It can be said to be a surprise. It gave us a big surprise."

"Don't say that Michael won't play, even if he wants to play, he has to come and substitute for you!"

Comb pointed at Prince and praised him fiercely. Prince's performance tonight also deserves such praise from Comb.

"Huh? Kong, what do you mean?"

Jordan didn't know when he entered the locker room, and happened to hear what Combe said.

"Are you saying that I'm not as good as this new melon who just played a game?"

"Are you kidding? I'm going to play in the next game, you have to let me play!"

"If I don't print something, I usually don't know how you slander me behind my back!"

Jordan was very upset. If he hadn't come to the locker room to talk about the details of team building with Combe, he wouldn't have known that Combe would compare Prince with himself.

Kong Bu looked embarrassed and caught Jordan in the face. He had no choice but to agree to Jordan's request to play.

Anyway, the next game will be the Bulls, and the fans will definitely like to watch Jordan play against his old club.

(End of this chapter)