NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

After the first two games of the new season, the Bobcats have shown perfect dominance. Whether it is the powerful Knicks or the underdog Hawks, they are unable to parry in front of them.

The veteran's talent has not yet aged, and he scored a quadruple-double in the second game, proving that he is still the simple and efficient Alabama farm machine on the court.

"I'm proud of Ben, we're definitely the state that produces the most top big men in Alabama."

Barkley, also a player at Alabama, said proudly on commentary.

"Yes, yes, Ben scored three quadruple-doubles. You and Ben scored three quadruple-doubles together."

Smith teased.

"You're just jealous. Anyway, Alabama has three quadruple-doubles, but New York State has none."

"New York is not a place that produces stars. How can you say that about a star who came out of New York State?"

Barkley's words are so heartbreaking, because his partner Kenny Smith is from New York State. When it comes to Smith's career, he is actually a star.

It's just that he is not the kind of dazzling star. He is a small star, but no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Barkley said that there are no stars in New York State, which made Kenny Smith a little embarrassed.

"In addition to being rich in players like you, Alabama is also rich in mules." He cursed in his mind.

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Just when the Bobcats finished their second game, in addition to Ben's quadruple-double making headlines, the Philadelphia 76ers also broke out a super big stat.

Yao Ming scored 67 points and 13 rebounds in a single game, leading his team to defeat the Toronto Raptors.

Since Ding Kongbu left Philadelphia, although Yao Ming's statistics are not bad, he has never scored 60+ in a single game.

In this game, he partnered with second-year Okafor. Because Okafor's offensive desire is far less than Stoudemire, most of the offensive ball rights in the frontcourt are handled by Yao Ming.

Coupled with Okafor's high defensive enthusiasm, he is willing to help Yao Ming share the defensive pressure, allowing Yao Ming to devote more energy to the offensive end.

Okafor even has the league's top rebounding ability, and he can also help Yao Ming protect rebounds.

After this game, Yao Ming completely fell in love with Okafor, an honest and low-key partner. He and Stoudemire have completely different styles.

Stoudemire is too unrestrained and likes to steal the limelight on the offensive end. Some balls that are obviously more suitable for Yao Ming, Stoudemire will still shoot alone.

Yao Ming can understand Stoudemire. After all, everyone is eating this bowl of rice. If the data is better, the chance of getting a big contract in the future will definitely be higher.

But understanding is understanding, Yao Ming still feels that Okafor is more suitable for him, and he appreciates the team's offseason deal.

The good news is that Okafor has played a greater role than expected. The bad news is that McGrady's condition is getting worse.

Under normal circumstances, McGrady averages a lot of points per game this season, averaging 24 points per game, but his offensive efficiency is already very low.

He averaged only 40.6% shooting per game, only 31.2% on three-pointers, and more than 70% on free throws. To be fair, this offensive efficiency is almost the same as that of Stackhouse or Anthony Walker.

Fortunately, McGrady's defense is still online. Even if his offensive efficiency shrinks significantly, he can still rely on defense to help the team.

The Philadelphia 76ers started with a two-game winning streak. It seems that the departure of Stoudemire and Prince will have minimal impact on them.

The situation of the Raptors is a bit suffocating. They cleverly traded Villanueva with the Lakers in the draft. As a result, they are now in a difficult position. Villanueva and Kirilenko have overlapping positions. Both of them are three-pointers. Combination forward at the fourth position.

Then it becomes a question of who will play the fourth position.

The Raptors management wants to let Kirilenko play the fourth position, but Kirilenko is not stupid. He is very comfortable playing the three position. Why should he go to the fourth position to fight with those big men?

He directly said that he would either trade himself away or let himself play the third position, and there was no other discussion.

In fact, after Randolph was traded, Kirilenko wanted to leave the Raptors. He was very disappointed with this team.

Under Kirilenko's tough attitude, the Raptors management had no choice but to compromise and let Villanueva play the fourth position. Unfortunately, he was not the material to play the fourth position and gave Okafor all kinds of bloody abuse on the court. , he couldn't make any offensive shots, and his defense had no effect at all. Okafor could hit 6 of 5 even if he hit him from behind!

After losing to the Philadelphia 76ers, the Raptors' next game is an away game against the Bobcats.

After team coach Sam Mitchell saw Kongbu, he wanted to kneel down and hold Kongbu's thigh, asking him to give him advice on how to bring the Raptors back to life.

Although they have only played one game in the new season, Mitchell is not a fool in the usual training games. How could he not know that the Raptors' overall combat strength has declined extremely seriously.

Not to mention compared with the Raptors dynasty, even with the Raptors who had Randolph last season, the gap is huge.

Mitchell has been an assistant coach under Combs for several years. He knows very well what a powerful team looks like. With the Raptors' current strength, he is convinced that even if they encounter the Pistons, they may be hanged. beat.

"Boss, why don't you talk to Andre and let him play the fourth position? Our inside strength is really poor now."

Mitchell adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, still looking very polite, but his tone was full of impatience.

"Should I have a chat with him? Can he play well at the fourth position? Look at his skinny body, can he defend himself against back blows from those big and strong men?"

"If I let him play the fourth position, wouldn't I be harming him?"

"You ask me, what on earth are you Raptors doing? Why can you let a top-five super power forward like Randolph go?"

"Even if you let Parker go, the Raptors' current situation won't be so bad."

Kongbu is actually a little angry. The Raptors are where he started. He has feelings for the Raptors. He is heartbroken to see the Raptors getting worse year by year.

"Boss, there's nothing we can do. Carter and Randolph are having a conflict. The environment in the locker room is too bad."

Mitchell said with a sigh.

"What is the bad environment? Why does Carter always have conflicts with your insiders?"

"It was Bus before, and now it's Randolph. Now I'm starting to wonder if Carter has the will to win."

"Who does he think he is? The God of Basketball? Even if Jordan wants to win, he has to rely on Rodman's power."

"When Rodman was with the Pistons, he almost killed Jordan. Jordan could tolerate Rodman, so why couldn't Carter."

"In the entire history of the NBA, which team has not had a strong inside line-up to win the championship? Does Carter think he can win the championship on his own?"

Kong Bu said angrily.

He had no prejudice against Carter, he was just angry that he didn't live up to expectations.

Carter's career is a tragedy. Although he is also ranked among the top four shooting guards, he really has nothing to show for his career. The most impressive thing about Carter is that he dunked on the French center in the Olympics, and then there was nothing else. .No one else is to blame for his tragedy, it is really all his own fault.

When he was with the Raptors, he was always the team boss and saw that Bosh, whom the team brought for him, was about to grow up. He had strong inside teammates around him, and he forced the team to leave the Raptors.

It's just a matter of leaving the Raptors. He actually had many teams to choose from, but he chose the Nets. He played a trident in the backcourt, but he still didn't partner with a strong inside player.

By the time he realized it, it was already 09-10. He went to the Magic to hang out with Howard. Unfortunately, he was no longer at his peak, and Howard didn't look down on him as a 33-year-old veteran.

Then he started wandering around.

Kongbu even felt that Carter was sincerely looking down on the inside players, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why he was unwilling to have top inside helpers around him during his peak period.

Mitchell was dumbfounded. He heard what Combu said and wondered whether Combu was implying that the Raptors should trade Carter.

Thinking about how difficult the Raptors have been in recent years, Carter really has to take the blame.

If the bus doesn't leave, and Carter is replaced by a top outsider from another league, the Raptors will still be a strong team.

Even if Randolph doesn't leave, the Raptors' life won't be so difficult.

"I understand, boss, I know what to do."

After a moment of silence, Mitchell suddenly spoke, leaving Kongbu confused and wondering what he understood.

Soon the game started on the field. Konbu did not let Ben start tonight and rested him. Ben was very tired in the last game.

Starting center Hammer Gortat, and then the other four positions are Bosh, Nine-Finger Green, Iguodala and Paul.

Granger has also been rested. Kongbu is actually quite worried about Granger's health. He knows that he is a crispy chicken, so use him as little as possible. As long as he plays more than two-thirds of the games in a season, he will not be used. It will affect Granger to get various honors.

After the game started, the Bobcats' inside advantage was simply beyond words.

When Bosh beats Villanueva, it's like father beating his son. No matter what offensive means, Villanueva can't resist them all.

The hammer under the basket was like a god of war, scoring 7 points and 6 rebounds in the first quarter.

Nine-finger Green's performance was average, mainly because of Iguodala's defense, and it was impossible for him to perform any amazing performance due to his strength.

Iguodala has gradually matured, and he has been able to restrain Carter well.

In the duel between Paul and Parker at the No. [-] position, Paul clearly had the advantage. The French sports car could not start under Paul's strict defense, and its offensive deterrence was greatly reduced.

Kongbu has an incredible advantage in the frontcourt and doesn't suffer much in the backcourt. You can imagine how badly the Raptors lost this game.

Bosh scored 47 points and 12 rebounds, while the Hammers scored 26 points and 21 rebounds. The two completely defeated the Raptors.

In fact, when the fourth and fifth positions of a team can efficiently score more than 60 points and 30 rebounds in a game, it will be difficult to lose.

Not to mention that the Bobcats are not a vegetarian on the outside. Even if they play Nine Finger Green tonight, they will not suffer against the Raptors.

The third game of the game was another big victory. The Bobcats fans at the scene cheered. Without O'Fatty, the Bobcats are still an invincible team.

Originally, Kongbu thought this was just an ordinary regular season game, and it would be over after the game.

As a result, he was dumbfounded after watching the news the next morning.

The Raptors made a trade with the Nets overnight, sending Carter plus Villanueva, and then acquired Kenyon Martin plus Richard Jefferson from the Nets.

Kongbu was speechless after reading this. This transaction was too fast. His news channels were wide enough, but he still didn't hear any news.

Especially the deal with the Nets left Kongbu speechless.

You must know that the Nets are likely to be Combu's team next season, which is equivalent to saying that Combu traded Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson for Carter and Villanueva.

The bargaining chips of both parties in this transaction are quite fair. Carter's value is greater than that of Martin or Jefferson, while Villanueva is less valuable than Martin and Jefferson. When added up, the value is almost the same.

But what use does Kongbu have for Villanueva? After the trade, he will be useless, and he won’t be able to sell it at a high price.

Originally, Kongbu had already thought about how to build a team after moving to New Jersey, but now this deal has directly disrupted his thinking.

He quickly called Stern. After all, Stern is the owner of the Nets now, and he may be able to stop the deal.

"What? Stop this deal? Are you kidding me?"

"In order to let the Nets have better players, I specially brokered this deal so that you can get a super shooting guard like Carter. Now you make me regret it? Don't I want to lose face?"

Stern is completely out of good intentions. He wants to let the Nets have Carter. When Kombu comes next season and moves to New York City, the team has a good record and there is a popular star like Carter. It’s hard to make money.

It's a pity that he did something bad with good intentions, and this transaction made Kongbu complain endlessly.

"I have no objection to Carter going to the Nets, but Villanueva should help me get rid of him immediately. He is really useless. If he stays, it will be a total loss."

"How about you find a team to conduct a three-way trade and sell Villanueva. Even if you exchange him for a lottery pick, I can accept it."

It was already difficult enough for the Nets to get started, but Stern's interference was tantamount to making it even more difficult for Kongbu.

"It's not difficult, but there's no guarantee whether it's a lottery pick. After all, the season has just begun, and a team that's determined to ruin it won't be able to trade Villanueva with a first-round pick."

Stern said.

"A first-round pick is okay, Villanueva has no use anyway."

"In addition, this season, you should find a way to mess up the Nets and compete for the No. [-] pick. Even if it is not the No. [-] pick, you still have to get a top-three pick."

Kongbu did not forget to remind him.

The team has always been unable to live without strong inside players, and the price of finished strong inside players in the league is extremely high at the moment. Unless Kongbu is willing to use Jason Kidd or Carter in next year's Nets lineup for a single exchange, he may not even be able to exchange for what Kongbu wants. Insider.

Since you can't buy it, you can only cultivate it yourself.

Combs has already taken a fancy to Aldridge, the second overall pick in 06. Now that the Nets are in a bad situation, he might have a chance to get the second pick and then easily pick Aldridge.

If they can get Ade, it will be much easier for the Nets to start.