NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 257 Making up for Gerald

What the Lakers did made all the powerful teams in the league unhappy, but this is nothing to the Lakers owner.

The league is an iron-clad battalion of soldiers, and what can they do with the Lakers if they are unhappy. Maybe these people will leave their posts tomorrow, and even the team owner may change.

Old Bass was very satisfied with Zen Master's operation. He admired Zen Master's active mind. Unfortunately, he was too old, otherwise it would be good to be a son-in-law.

After the end of Comb's away trip, he led his team back to Philadelphia, and their next opponent was the Utah Jazz.

As the saying goes, if you can run away, the monk can't run away from the temple. Malone and Stockton left the Jazz, but it doesn't mean that Combe can let the Jazz go.

This team has been playing tricks behind Kong Bu, and if they don't give them any color, they probably don't know why the flowers are so popular.

In fact, the Jazz is also miserable, and it is miserable to be tricked by Kumbu.

Under normal circumstances, Malone left the Jazz to join the Lakers in 2003. For this reason, he broke up with his old teammate Stockton, but the situation is different now. From the outside world, he left the Jazz, it seems more like being forced by Comb of.

So his joining the Lakers did not affect the relationship with Stockton, otherwise it would be impossible to abduct Stockton to the Lakers.

The Jazz is tantamount to saying that the two greatest stars in team history who were cheated by Combo lost.

It is not appropriate to say that they lost. After all, even if these two stay in the Jazz, they will not be able to lead the team to win the championship. If they really win the championship with the Lakers in the future, they may return to the Jazz.

Afternoon training, the Philadelphia 76ers will be very relaxed.

There is really no need to be too nervous when playing a team like the Jazz. Malone and Stockton are gone, and the Jazz's salary is now the lowest in the league.

Not only is the salary poor, but there is no one in the team who can play.

Under normal circumstances, in addition to the Utah Shuangsha, the Jazz this season also has Kirilenko who can play, but unfortunately Kirilenko has also been intercepted by Kumbu.

In the huge Salt Lake City, Donyell Marshall turned out to be the leader of the team.

Marshall entered the league as the No. 94 pick in 12. The only bright spot in his entire career may be [-] three-pointers in a single game, and Kobe maintained the previous single-game three-pointer record.

Seeing such a record, fans may think that Marshall's three-pointers are very strong, but he is not. His three-pointers are very average, and his shooting percentage has remained below 35% in most seasons.

The reason why such a record can be achieved is that no one will eat dumplings. As long as you vote a lot and you are lucky enough, you can break the record.

With Miller's three-point strength, if you let him shoot [-] three-pointers every night, there are not enough three-point records for him to break.

Maybe Marshall never dreamed that after seven or eight years of fighting, he would still be the boss one day.

"Boss, let's relax, do you want to come?"

Iverson smirked and invited Combe to relax.

The relaxation he mentioned is actually playing mahjong. After the usual training, Iverson will always find a few teammates to play a few rounds of mahjong together.

Of course, Kongbu has no reason not to let him play. Playing mahjong is better than going out to spend time and wine.

And even without Kumbu's crossing, playing mahjong is very popular among NBA players, especially Ao Pang, who was addicted to mahjong for a while and couldn't extricate himself.

Because there is only one square table in the training ground, players who can play two hands on the table also need their identity and status in the team.

Kumbu shook his head quickly. He had fought Iverson twice before.

Every time he lost miserably, Kong Bu could lose thousands of dollars in a game of ten dollars a shot.

He didn't know whether it was Iverson and others who had a novice aura, or because his poker skills were really stinky.

On the contrary, Yao Ming often kills the whole game, which also caused Iverson not to play with him directly.

"Let's fight, why don't you let Dayao go up and fight for a while?" Kong Bu also smirked.

Iverson also shook his head hastily, "Let's forget it, if you keep losing in mahjong, it won't be interesting."

"Yao really shouldn't play basketball, he should go to Las Vegas to become the king of gambling."

"This guy's luck is really good."

Iverson just thought that Yao Ming was lucky, and never thought about the possibility that Yao Ming's IQ might crush him.

"bump!"

"eat!"

"chick!"

"Eight cakes!"

"Hu!"

After a while, the locker room became lively. Hearing the yelling of Iverson and others, Kong Bu seemed to return to the chess and card room of his previous life.

Because there was a game in the evening, everyone didn't play for long, and the game ended at five o'clock in the afternoon.

Iverson happily counted a stack of small bills, "730 yuan! I won 730 yuan!"

Kumbu is sure that Iverson was not so excited when he signed with a maximum salary of tens of millions.

"Aaron, you killed the whole audience today, tonight's supper is a treat! I want to eat French food!" Reggie Miller lost quite badly, and he didn't get angry after several laps.

"no problem!"

"By the way, the custom-made Rolex is here, and I'll get it for you."

Iverson put the banknotes into his pocket excitedly. This amount of money must not be enough to pay for supper tonight, so he just wanted to be happy.

After a while, Iverson came back with a bunch of gift boxes.

The generals are satisfied, if only Iverson can get a quadruple-double every night, then I can receive a Rolex every day, what salary do I need.

"Okay, let's all go to rest and recharge our spirits. Tonight against the Jazz, use as much energy as you want. Who may be able to get a super stat tonight."

"Playing against the current Jazz team, if there is no decent record tonight, it will definitely be worse than losing."

Kong Bu said to the generals.

The hearts of the generals moved slightly, and they all began to think about it. It seemed that Kong Bu was going to kill the Jazz tonight.

For players like them, this is definitely a rare opportunity, because the opponent is too weak, and they have the opportunity to go crazy.

Accidentally getting another quadruple-double, or the horrible data of [-] or [-] points in a single game, is absolutely beneficial and harmless.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Kong Bu received a call from the National Basketball Association.

On the one hand, he asked about the trial training time of the men's basketball World Championships. Kong Bu is still the coach of the men's basketball team.

It's almost April now, and there is less than half a year left before the start of the World Championships. It is indeed time to finalize it quickly.

Kumbu's arrangement was to give the China Men's Basketball team a lineup, and wait until mid-June to have the players on the roster gather in Indiana, where the World Championships will be held.

In addition to the three members of China Mobile Great Wall, A Lian, Lao Hu and others are definitely indispensable in the big list.

This is the supreme strength of the Tianchao men's basketball team. Kong Bu felt that it would not be very difficult to kill the dream team and win the World Championship this time.

The main reason is that this year's dream team didn't do their best, and the best and top stars didn't come.

The second thing is that the NBA preseason games will be held in Tianchao. The Basketball Association asked Kongbu if he had any comments and suggestions, such as where the two games will be held, whether they will be held in two separate cities, or gathered together manage.

Kong Bu didn't bother to get involved in this kind of thing. The specific solution is still to be discussed by the Basketball Association and Stern.

……

By 07:30 p.m., Comb was sitting on the sidelines chatting.

The object of his small talk is not Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. At the moment, Sloan seems to be hiding from the plague, far away from Combe.

"Kong, is it true that my son has no talent at all?"

"Dell's son is praised like that by you. My physical talent is definitely not worse than Dell's. Why don't I have any talent?"

John Starks sat next to Combe, his face full of doubts and helplessness.

His son John Starks Jr. is also 15 years old this year. He has inherited his father's stout figure and is not bad in height. He looks like a good basketball player.

For this reason, Starks also specially sent him to Combu's basketball training camp. He thought that Combe would praise his son like he praised Curry, but the result was completely different from what he thought. His son was in the training camp. There is no sense of existence at all.

"What do you say about talent? Michael Jordan's talent is good enough? Look at his sons, can one of them play in the NBA?"

"Is the magician's talent good enough? Do you think his son is playing ball?"

Kong Bu said helplessly.

"Then is there any way to improve his talent? He is already 15 years old, I don't think he can become a doctor, lawyer or scientist in the future." Starks smiled wryly.

Kong Bu really has a potential booster in his hand, but unfortunately, this item is priceless, and it is definitely impossible to use it on Starks' son.

"Since it is a talent, it is given by God in the sky, how can it be improved."

"Okay, Kong, I'm going to retire after this season. Is there any shortage of people in your coaching staff, how about I come to work for you?" Starks laughed.

He was a former member of the New York gang, and he fought several times with Combe's Raptors.

But after all, it's all a matter of Chen Zhima rotten millet. He left the Knicks these years, and he usually met Kong Bu with a good attitude, and Kong Bu didn't hold on to the past.

"Okay, come on, don't look at my coaching staff with five people now."

"When this season is over, I feel that it would be good to have three people staying. At least two of them will go to other teams as coaches."

"I'll give you Billy King's phone number after the game is over, and you can contact him after the season is over."

Kong Bu agreed without saying a word.

As one of the most successful undrafted picks, Starks also plays with his brain, and he is also a point guard with a deep understanding of tactics. He will definitely become a good assistant coach.

The two chatted for a long time. After the game officially started at night, Combe looked at the Jazz's starting lineup and suddenly felt sorry for Jerry Sloan.

This starting lineup is too bad.

Center Ostertag, almost at the level of seeing someone get blasted by someone, grew 218 centimeters in vain.

The power forward is Marshall, a player who is neither weak nor strong, and is generally slightly stronger than Yi Jianlian under normal circumstances.

The small forward is Brian Russell, who is considered a veteran of the Jazz. He has been playing at the [-]rd position for the Jazz. He is just an ordinary rotation player.

The second position is DeShaun Stevenson, his reputation is actually not small, and fans of later generations should have some impression of his name.

This guy is also a rookie in high school, and he is an outside line. In theory, he is a player of the same nature as Kobe and Tracy McGrady.

What's even more exaggerated is that his draft template is Michael Jordan!

The template is Jordan, so he is definitely a super genius. Even if he is not the No. [-] pick, he must be at least the top three picks, right?

But his final draft pick was the 23rd pick in the first round, which confused the fans. The template was Jordan's high school outside rookie, but it was only the 23rd pick?

Both Kobe and McGrady have a much higher pick than him, and neither of them have Jordan as their template.

After inquiring, it turned out that the director of the draft prediction website was a relative of this guy, and specially beautified him and wrote a template of Jordan.

The scouts of each team are definitely not fools. This guy's style is completely different from Jordan's. He is just a blue-collar swingman. It is impossible to reach the height of Jordan.

The reason why the Jazz want him is because of his defensive potential. After all, Sloan is also a defensive coach.

The second position is fake Jordan, and the first position is John Starks, who is about to become Comb's assistant coach.

The Jazz's starting lineup is definitely too defensive. This is definitely the most stupid starting lineup that Combe has ever seen.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup is called the softest starting lineup by Comb, but at least there are some stars in their starting lineup.

The Jazz's lineup also has star Starks, but his current strength, averaging 36% from the field, the only reason he can play is that the Jazz really has no point guard.

Comb's starting lineup is Yao Ming, Randolph, Gerrard, Reggie Miller and Iverson.

In this lineup, Gerrard should be the least valuable in the eyes of the outside world, but even Gerrard, Comb thinks that he can change the Jazz's entire team roster alone, and maybe the Jazz will have to take at least one starter. Round lottery.

"Dudududu!"

The referee's whistle sounded, and both teams began to play.

Comb thought that tonight might be Iverson's record night again, but after the opening game, he missed two shots and started passing the ball to his teammates.

On the contrary, Gerrard, who has been serving as a blue-collar outside line in the team, played very actively tonight.

Just at the beginning of the game, he got a steal on the opposing Russell, and then on the offensive end, he carried the weak Russell to make a throw.

Seeing that Gerrard wanted to show off, Kumbu simply told the generals during the first timeout to give Gerrard as many penalties as possible.

Gerrard himself is not a blue-collar, he was just used as a blue-collar under the hands of Combe. He sacrificed a lot for the Philadelphia 76ers, and Combe naturally felt a little guilty about him.

With Gerrard's current combat power, if he is given enough ball rights, he can average 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game at any time as a first-line small forward.

Just taking advantage of this opportunity tonight, if Gerrard can blast out a perfect statistic, it can be regarded as a kind of compensation for him.

(End of this chapter)