NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 274 New Season Lineup

Kwame Brown actually performed well after being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers this season. If he is given a chance, he can also perform well.

It's a pity that Yao Ming's light is too dazzling, covering Kwame Brown.

It's as if no one will remember who O'Pang's backup is.

However, in this era of withering centers, with Kwame Brown's performance, his trading value is actually very good. Among the pure center players in today's league, Kwame Brown is actually better than Kwame Brown. Couldn't find a few.

The key is that he is still young. As the saying goes, you can raise a center for five years and a point guard for ten years. Kwame Brown is a 19-year-old kid.

That makes his trade value even higher.

The chief assistant, Brian Hill, directly called Bucks general manager Harris Jr., asked for a not-so-valuable second-round pick from the Bucks, and then sold Mason Jr. to him.

Such a cost-effective deal, of course Harris Jr. is in favor of it.

You must know that they traded Mason Jr. for Dalembert with Combe, and now that Mason Jr. is back, they only need to pay a second-round pick.

It is equivalent to saying that a second-round pick bought Dalembert, what a bargain.

And don't look at Mason Jr., who almost didn't play a game with the Philadelphia 76ers, but he was already a half of the main force when he was in the Bucks. A rookie who can be a half of the main force under George Karl must be capable.

Brian Hill flew directly to Milwaukee, signed a trade contract with Harris Jr., and held a trade conference by the way.

That evening, Stan Van Gundy, who went to Toronto alone, also brought good news to Comb.

The Raptors are willing to trade Parker with a bearded Davis, and by the way, they are also willing to give a 20th pick in the first round.

The pick is not high, but this pick can also play a big role in the hands of Kongbu.

When Combe coached the Raptors before, he hoarded a lot of draft picks for the Raptors in the next few years. The Raptors can't run out of so many picks, and they don't dare to choose randomly now.

In the draft last season, they took out four first-round picks, but they didn't get any decent players. It was a loss to grandma's family.

Now Kongbu is willing to come to trade, and they can't wait for it.

Although Parker is Iverson's substitute, he has also proved his strength. During the two months when Iverson was absent, he played a performance that did not lose to Iverson at all, and he was a proper All-Star. point guard.

And Beard's performance has been neither dead nor alive, bad or bad, but not good, just a very mediocre point guard.

To be able to trade Beard for Parker, even with a first-round pick, Raptors general manager Sha Lun can't wait for it.

In addition, this year Carter and Pierce have already faced a situation where they have to go one by one. Sha Lun still kept Carter and let Pierce go.

This led to a lot of reduction in the offensive firepower of the outside line. The addition of Parker, who happens to be good at offense, can make up for the lack of this part of offensive firepower.

After Pierce left the Raptors, he immediately joined the Boston Celtics, a traditional giant with plenty of salary space.

In the next new season, the Raptors' combat power is actually not bad. After all, sitting on the bus, Carter and Parker, the overall combat power cannot be said to be bad.

The deal with the Bucks and the Raptors has ended, and then Combe began to wait for Sam Mitchell and Dennis Johnson to bring him good news.

Comb asked Dennis Johnson to release the news that Ginobili was put on the shelf, and the response of this news in the league was not very high.

It's not that Ginobili's strength is not good, but that the price offered by Kumbu frightened many teams interested in Ginobili.

Since Ginobili is not compatible with Iverson, and Reggie Miller will return to the Pacers next season, Comb must find a way to find a backcourt partner for Iverson.

In today's league, there are actually several shooting guards who can play off the ball, such as Ray Allen, Michael Reid, Hamilton, Alan Houston and so on.

It's a pity that both Ray Allen and Reid are the bosses of their respective teams, so it makes no sense to exchange them for Ginobili.

Hamilton now has a wonderful chemical reaction with the double Wallace combination in the Pistons, and the old Dumars doesn't need to take off his pants and fart for trouble.

Houston is a veteran, he is now a free agent, and is waiting for the Knicks to decide whether to renew him. Judging from the contract he asked for, the Knicks are unlikely to renew.

A player that even the Knicks don't want, Kumbu only wants when he is full.

On the other hand, the Mavericks want to exchange the poor man's version of Jordan Michael Finley for Ginobili. It seems that this offer is quite reliable.

Finley can play off the ball, and he and Iverson are compatible on the offensive end.

But Finley has a fatal flaw. His temper is too soft, which makes him unable to defend hard. When encountering some tough battles and critical moments, he is almost invisible.

Generally speaking, there is no such thing as changing the captain of an NBA team unless the player retires or is traded.

And Finley is a special case. He used to be the captain of the Mavericks, and then he was removed from the captain's position for no reason.

The key point is that after Finley was slapped off, he didn't make any gestures, as if nothing happened.

If this is placed on a hot-tempered player, it is estimated that they will have to turn against the team.

In addition, Finley is now under a big contract, and Combe feels that it takes up too much salary space, which is a bit uneconomical.

Ginobili didn't have to sell either. Since there was no suitable buyer, Combe decided to wait. Anyway, there is still more than half a year before the door of the trading market closes.

Mitchell, a man with gold glasses, was arranged by Kumbu to find out if there are any high-ranking picks in the trading market. Kumbu's goal is the fifth or sixth pick.

Such a pick can be sure to win Stoudemire.

It's a pity that the news brought back by Mitchell is not optimistic. Because of Yi Jianlian's early participation in the draft, many teams feel that this year may be a big year for the draft.

Because the strength of the draft in the past two years has not been very high, even if it is the turn of the round, this year is the year of the draft.

In this case, high-ranked draft picks have become the baby bumps of various teams.

Not to mention the top three picks and the top six picks, Mitchell asked the first nine teams, but none of them were interested in selling the draft picks in their hands, and he didn't even ask what bargaining chip Philadelphia was willing to offer.

"No team? Are they so confident in this rookie class?"

Kongbu couldn't laugh or cry, because in his opinion, the level of this draft is not very good. If it weren't for Stoudemire's good price-performance ratio, he wouldn't bother to find a high-ranking pick.

"The Heat holding the No. 10 pick, they are willing to take the No. [-] pick, but they don't want Kirilenko very much, they want Kwame Brown."

"In addition, we need a first-round pick for next year."

Mitchell informed Comb of the news he had communicated with the Heat.

Combe smacked his lips, Pat Riley finally couldn't sit still.

In the past few years, many teams in the league have been favored by Kumbu, and they have gained some benefits more or less.

Pat Riley is of course jealous. His Heat have been going from bad to worse since Punchbuw entered the league. In the 97-98 season, the internal and external combination of Mourning and Tim Hardaway made the Heat a strong team.

In the past two years, Mourning was completely away from the NBA stage because of kidney disease, and the Heat were completely cold.

Now Riley is willing to save face and make a deal with Combe just to have a chance.

What is the Heat missing now?Of course, there is a lack of a center, and a center is needed to fill the vacancy left by Mourning.

And there are too few decent centers in the league, and it's the damn era when centers are withering. Whether it's active or through the draft, finding a decent center is definitely more difficult than reaching the sky.

In this case, Riley can only gamble on Kwame Brown, who is less than 20 years old.

The young Kwame Brown has unlimited possibilities, and when he played Yao Ming as a substitute this season, his performance was indeed remarkable. In Riley's view, his chances of winning the bet are very high.

Hearing that Riley, the old fox, was going to make a deal with him, Combe pondered.

The Heat's No. 10 pick doesn't quite meet the needs of Comb. Although this pick is not without the possibility of winning Stoudemire, after all, the current league has been disturbed by Comb, and Stoudemire may fall in the draft. .

But this possibility is very small after all, and Comb can't count on a No. 10 pick to win Stoudemire.

But this does not mean that the No. [-] pick is worthless, because Combe can be used to select Caron Butler.

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Like the No. 3 pick in the lottery Dunleavy Jr., the No. 4 pick Drew Gooden, and the No. 7 pick Nene Hilario, they are all good, but because the pick is too high, the price/performance ratio appears to be very low.

From this list, it can be seen that the real label of this draft should be the inspirational year, and most of the players played are low-ranked rookies.

This does not include the two undrafted picks who have left footprints in NBA history. One is the soul of the Heat Haslem, who has been the captain of the Heat for more than ten years, and the other is Reggie Evans.

Fans are of course very familiar with Haslem. Although he is not a big man, he can be seen in many major events in the NBA in the 21st century. He has almost become a totem figure in the Heat, even if the star Butler later When it came to the Heat, they didn't perform well on the court, and the Harbin team dared to criticize directly from the sidelines.

As for Reggie Evans, there are fewer familiar fans.

This guy is a super rebounder. If you only look at rebounding ability, he is even better than Ben. He is second only to Rodman in modern NBA basketball.

The height of 203 cm is also similar to Daben and Rodman. In two seasons, the rebound rate reached a terrifying 25% or more. He is also one of the only three players with 0 points and 20 rebounds in a single game in NBA history.

He has 36 rebounds per 13.3 minutes in his career, which is far more than Ben. People like Duncan, Garnett and even Howard later are not enough in this respect. Only Rodman can overwhelm him.

Such a terrifying rebounding ability, logically speaking, should be able to break many rebounding-related records, but unfortunately his playing time is too little, and most of the seasons are about 20 minutes per game.

The reason why he played less time is because his defense is not very good, and he is not up to the level of Big Ben or Rodman.

In addition, the offensive end is too rough, and the independent offensive ability may not be as good as Daben.

If the offense can be a little stronger and the defense can reach the first-line level, then he can at least become another Zhuang Shen.

Even if he can only grab rebounds, Comb is ready to take Reggie Evans. After all, he is an undrafted pick, and it doesn't cost much. Maybe it will come in handy sometime.

"Tell Riley, change the No. 10 pick to Kwame Brown, whether you like it or not, don't want me to have another first-round pick."

"Talk harder."

Combe responded directly.

It's not that he is reluctant to part with next year's first-round pick. After all, the Philadelphia 76ers have such a record. The first-round pick must be the 29th pick, and the value is not very high.

The relationship between him and Riley is definitely not good, and he agreed too happily on his side, so there is no guarantee that Riley will become suspicious. The two sides are now in a negotiation stage, and maybe Riley gave up the deal directly.

What Comb wants is to be tough and convince Riley that Kwame Brown is worth a lot.

Based on Comb's understanding of Riley, the other party will definitely agree to this trading plan in less than three days.

The No. 10 pick is in hand, if you have a chance to take Stoudemire, you will take Stoudemire, and if you don't have a chance, you will take Caron Butler.

Butler nominally plays the small forward position, but he doesn't have the breakthrough ability that a small forward should have.

On the contrary, he has good shooting ability and has a certain off-ball ability. Later, when he partnered with Kobe in the Lakers, it looked more like Kobe played at the third position and Butler played at the second position.

If it is compatible with Kobe, it must be compatible with Iverson.

Then the 21st overall pick traded by the Raptors can be used to select Prince.

Prince can also serve as a shooting guard, and his style is also biased towards shooting. Because of his height, arm length and fast speed, he can sometimes play a miraculous role in the second position. The key is that he is good at defense.

The Philadelphia 76ers have their own 27th overall first-round pick this year, and Comb is ready to win Boozer.

Boozer is definitely the most cost-effective player in this draft. As a second-round pick, he has performed at the top salary level. It is really unreasonable to miss it.

The 41st pick given by the Bucks is used to win Matt Barnes or Diamond Scola.

Then he signed the undrafted pick Haslem and the rebounder Reggie Evans.

Even if Combe didn't make much preparation for this rookie class in advance, he can still get a lot of super high-quality players.

If all goes well, the Philadelphia 76ers' lineup for the new season will be:

Insider: Yao Ming, Randolph, Boozer, Haslem, Evans and Stoudemire and Scola to be determined.

Second and third positions: Ginobili, Gerrard, Kirilenko, Prince, and Butler and Barnes to be determined.

Point guards: Iverson and Beard Davis.

Choose one from Stoudemire and Butler, and choose one from Barnes and Scola. Counting other players, there are thirteen players in total.

Usually one or two players are rested in rotation, anyway, the 12-man roster is definitely enough.

(End of this chapter)