NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 287 This is foster father!

After playing against the Bulls, the next opponents of the Philadelphia 76ers are the Grizzlies and Bucks.

For the Philadelphia 76ers, playing the Grizzlies is of course easy.

The good news is that after Jordan played one game against the Bulls, he directly gave up his plan to continue playing.

Maybe he is completely not interested in the stadium now, and he is only thinking about creating a new army.

The bad news is that Iverson was injured. Not long after the start of the fourth quarter, Iverson sprained his ankle when he landed a layup 30 seconds before the game entered garbage time.

The team doctor predicted that he would have to rest for at least two weeks.

Similar to Iverson's style of play, small bumps are actually unavoidable, and Kumbu was not surprised by Iverson's injury at all.

Fortunately, the injury was not serious, and he could return to the game in less than half a month. It was all a holiday for Iverson to accompany his wife and children.

With Iverson's injury, the spring of the bearded Davis finally came, and he got the chance to start in the game against the Bucks.

In the previous draft, with the help of Combe, the Bucks were lucky enough to harvest the bully Stoudemire.

It's a pity that Brother Bread is not Kongbu after all, he doesn't have the training field of artifacts, so the current little bully is more like a bastard, with limited combat power on the field.

And even if Xiaobawang really enters the peak period, without the help of players like Nash, he can't play anything by himself.

The current three core players of the Bucks are Stoudemire, Ray Allen and Alien Cassell.

Cassel's assist ability is not bad, but it is not comparable to Nash, and he has Ray Allen by his side, so it makes no sense to go to Stoudemire to pass the ball.

"Tonight we will focus on the perimeter, Baron Byron, it's time for you to perform."

Kong Bu patted the shoulder of the bearded man and smiled.

The bearded player who plays Kassel's style is completely accurate. In addition, Yao Ming is still on the court tonight. Whether it is scoring or assists, the bearded man will definitely not be bad tonight.

The bearded man had a ruddy complexion and seemed very excited.

In the first round of the game, Stoudemire got the jump ball and the Bucks started to attack.

After Cassell controlled the ball to the front court, he found Ray Allen's position and passed the ball. The latter tried a three-pointer, but unfortunately failed to score.

Yao Ming squeezed Stoudemire, who was obviously a lot smaller than him, under the basket, and closed the rebound with one hand.

Kumbu didn’t watch NBA games before traveling, and he didn’t feel the huge difference in size between Yao Ming and Stoudemire. Now watching the game, the matchup between the two is a bit similar to Kidd’s matchup with Iverson. .

"Yao, make a move, as long as you dare to make a move, I will definitely block you!"

After Stoudemire saw Yao Ming grab the rebound, the trash talk followed.

Yao Ming was stunned, wondering if he hadn't woken up, but when he was convinced that this was his side's half, he immediately looked at Stoudemire like a fool.

"Are you a fool? Or do you think I'm a fool? Shall I throw in our own basket?"

The last matchup with the little shark Curry made Yao Ming's character more and more sturdy. If it was left in the past, he might just smirk when he encountered such an oolong.

Stoudemire looked embarrassed, he was too nervous, and wanted to prove himself by blowing Yao Ming up.

When he saw Yao Ming holding the ball, he immediately thought of Yao Ming attacking and then he blocked himself. What was in his mind, he yelled out of his mouth.

"Damn it, the young people these days are getting worse one by one."

Yao Ming muttered.

After passing the ball to Prince, who came to meet him, Yao Ming began to walk toward the frontcourt.

Prince passed the ball to Beard again.

The bearded man was not in a hurry at all, he slowly pushed forward wobbly, waiting for Yao Ming to settle in the frontcourt.

Against Stoudemire's speed and flexibility inside players, what Combu asked the team was to play super slow-paced positional warfare as much as possible.

Allowing Yao Ming to walk to the frontcourt can save his physical energy very well.

It took Yao Ming almost ten seconds to walk from the backcourt to the frontcourt and settle down at the basket. Stoudemire was jumping up and down anxiously while waiting.

"What are you doing in Philadelphia? Walking by the river, old man?"

"Yao, Tim Duncan's nickname should be on your head, you are even more walkable than him!"

Stoudemire yelled again, for fear that others would not know that he was on the court.

Duncan does have the weird nickname of Old Man Walking by the River, and Yao Ming's rhythm tonight is even better than Duncan's.

"You guy, is there no one talking to you in the locker room?"

Yao Ming asked with a frown.

In the next second, the bearded man rushed over with Cassel on his shoulders. After an emergency stop, he jumped up to score the ball and passed the ball to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming turned over directly, pressing Stoudemire to complete the dunk.

The current Stoudemire is not enough to face Yao Ming at all. As long as Yao Ming catches the ball under the basket, he is at least [-]% sure that he can score a goal on Stoudemire's head.

Bread, the head coach of the new Bucks, stood on the sidelines and paced back and forth, with a look of helplessness on his face.

In the previous draft, they followed the advice of Combe and took Stoudemire.

I thought Stoudemire would be a super insider like Yao Ming, even if he is not as good as Yao Ming, at least he can't be worse than Randolph, right?
He has already played a game in the new season. Brother Bread has been an assistant coach in Philadelphia for a year. He is very aware of Randolph's strength. Comparing Stoudemire's performance in his first show, he found that there is a considerable gap between Stoudemire and Randolph.

The first is that the shooting is too unstable, and the shooting rate is very miserable.

Then the body is too thin, no one can hold up under the basket, unable to defend and attack.

Brother Bread even wondered if he had been fooled by Kong Bu's devil. Was this guy who had no sense of existence in front of Yao Ming really as good as Kong Bu said?

After only playing for a few minutes on the court, the situation became overwhelming again.

The main reason is that Ray Allen, the main attack point of the Bucks, is tightly restricted by Gerrard. Right now, Gerrard is just a brick, and he can move it wherever he needs it.

Speaking of which, Gerrard and Combe's new army can be regarded as quite related.

Under normal circumstances, the rookie Charlotte Bobcats' expansion draft was extremely lucky to select Gerald Wallace, who was not wanted by others. Even if Wallace was not a rookie at that time, he had no sense of presence in the league.

After arriving at the Bobcats, Gerrard began to emerge suddenly and became the first player in the history of the Bobcats to be selected as an All-Star.

It's a pity that now that Comb is forming a new army, Gerrard probably won't be available. The Philadelphia 76ers can protect eight players by then, and Gerrard must be included in the protection list.

Unless the new general manager who succeeds Kumbu is an idiot, the chances of the new army getting Gerrard are slim.

A super defensive engineer with a certain offensive ability, this is the most perfect championship puzzle. Apart from Yao Ming and Iverson, the Philadelphia 76ers have the highest value in Gerrard in Comb's eyes.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Bucks suffered a disastrous defeat, and the Philadelphia 76ers ushered in a wave of four-game winning streak.

"Kong, something's wrong, the kid you asked us to choose doesn't seem to be very good."

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not questioning your vision, but wondering if our method of use is wrong."

After the game, Brother Bread didn't care about the sad team's big defeat. After all, losing to the Philadelphia 76ers was expected.

He hurried to Kong Bu's side, wanting to ask how to use Stoudemire.

"Ah? Are you a little too impatient."

"Old man, he's just a high school student!"

"You can't expect him to play a top four now, can you?"

"Even if you buy a puppy home, you have to let him grow up a bit before he can hold a frisbee, right?"

Kong Bu was speechless, Bread was really impatient, and Stoudemire had only played the second game, and his poor performance could not explain any problems at all.

Of course, it may not be because of impatience, but because Brother Bread is very worried that if he has a poor coaching record, he will face the end of being fired.

Brother Bread nodded. He knew that what Kong Bu said was reasonable, but how long would it take for Stoudemire to grow up?Can't wait for him for two or three seasons?By then the day lily will be cold.

"Kong, how about this, if you think he is really good, can you take him away?"

"I really can't wait for him to grow up. I'm really worried that the team will start with five consecutive losses and ten consecutive losses, and then I will be forced to dismiss get out of class."

Brother Bread is like a drowning man, grasping at straws. He knows that the only one who can help him in today's alliance is Kong Bu.

Kong Bu smacked his lips and frowned in thought.

I heard that Brother Bread meant to trade, and used Stoudemire to trade the players of the Philadelphia 76ers. Even if he didn't say it, Comb guessed that what he wanted must be Randolph.

After all, Randolph is also the [-]th position, and he can also play a guest role as a center forward. His combat effectiveness is quite strong, that is, his light is overshadowed by Yao Ming.

Without Yao Ming, this fat guy averaged 22 points and 13 rebounds per game, almost a piece of cake.

The key is that under Comb's hands, he was taken to Kensington Street by Comb, and his defensive enthusiasm was much higher, which is completely different from that of Randolph under normal circumstances.

ESPN's ranking is higher than Nowitzki's, and that's no joke.

Stoudemire for Randolph, of course, this deal is not a loss for Comb.

Because he has a training field, after Stoudemire got into his hands, it only took two or three months to truly enter the peak.

At his peak, Stoudemire couldn't be worse than Randolph.

Moreover, his style is more in line with Yao Ming's. His ability to supplement and assist defense is outstanding, which can help Yao Ming share part of the defensive pressure.

"Boss, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to take advantage of you."

"There is really no way. After all, the only one I can rely on in this alliance is you."

Brother Bread said aggrievedly.

Kong Bu couldn't help but laugh, a black fat man who likes tea...

"Forget it, let's make a deal, sell Randolph to you."

"But I want to make a verbal deal with you. I will not contact your general manager for this deal, so as not to be caught."

"Randolph only replaced Stoudemire, and then the news that Michael and I are about to form a new army, you should know?"

"You give a first-round pick in 2003 to the new army, and you can use the rules of the military expansion draft to give it, so that it will not be true."

According to the rules of the expansion draft, a team can protect eight players.

However, some teams want to protect more than eight players. In order to prevent their useful players from being selected, the team can make the new army not pick their own players by giving draft picks.

This is the game within the rules.

This deal is definitely profitable for Philadelphia. Stoudemire's style of play is very explosive, and his commercial value is very high. Moreover, he is younger than Randolph, and his combat power at his peak is also stronger than Randolph's, and his overall value is higher than that of Randolph. Fu Gao is quite a lot.

Philadelphia made a profit, and the Bucks actually made a profit. After all, Randolph's immediate combat power is much stronger than Stoudemire's now.

They have all made money, and of course Kumbu can't lose money. He has already made plans for his new army in advance.

But after all, this is something that cannot be put on the table. Kong Bu wants to keep a low profile and try not to be known by the outside world.

Brother Bread is a smart man, and he quickly understood what Kumbu meant.

"Boss, don't worry, I will tell Larry about this matter, and he will definitely not refuse."

"However, after getting Randolph, our draft pick is estimated to be low. You have to be mentally prepared."

Brother Bread breathed a sigh of relief. He realized that he was really with the right person, and the only one who could help him in this alliance was Kong Bu.

Without blinking an eye, he directly gave himself the top five super power forwards in the league. This is not the boss, this is the foster father!
"It doesn't matter, something is better than nothing. Stern has been targeting me, and it's not like you don't know."

"Make arrangements in advance so that there is only one pick in the draft when the time comes."

Kong Bu waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care about the Bucks' draft pick.

After all, 03 is the year of the draft. Even if the draft pick is not high, it is sure to be able to select good players.

The fiasco on the court did not make Bread unhappy at all. After talking with Kumbu, the corners of his mouth reached the back of his head, and he was so happy.

He led the team back to Milwaukee that night, and then went directly to his house without daring to call Larry Harris.

The two called the boss of the Bucks again at four o'clock in the morning, and talked about the transaction. The boss of the Bucks of course agreed with both hands, and added [-] yuan to Bread's annual salary on the spot!

A top-five super power forward in the league only cost a not-so-glamorous rookie plus a not-so-high draft pick, which is blood money.

In a normal transaction, if you want to get Randolph, you have to spend at least double or even triple the chips to get it.

The Bucks boss, who has always been stingy, is of course crazy about picking up such a cheap deal. Unfortunately, it is precisely because he is too stingy that he added 10 annual salary to Brother Bread.

If it were Mavericks boss Cuban, it would be no wonder that he would have to add an annual salary of 100 million.

On the evening of the second day, the two teams made official announcements.

Randolph only traded this year's rookie Stoudemire without any other bargaining chips, because both of them are rookie contracts and exchange one for one, and they don't even need salary balance.

What Kumbu didn't expect at all was that the outside world's response to this deal was not very enthusiastic.

(End of this chapter)