NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 313 Playing for Jazz?i would rather retire

The Charlotte Bobcats selected two inside players in a row at the beginning, which did not exceed the expectations of the outside world.

Even though the league has gradually become the world of defenders, the value of inside players is still very high, especially powerful inside players, who are often invaluable.

As a new army, the Bobcats give priority to inside players, which is completely fine.

After Combe finished choosing David West, he sent Lao Deng a message. The content of the message was very simple, and there was only Boris Dior's name on it.

Lao Deng understood that when he was the 20th overall pick in the first round, he successfully acquired Brother Diao, who was normally selected as the 21st overall pick.

Then Comb used the draft rights traded from the Magic to select Josh Howard and Brazilian Lightning Barbosa.

Under normal circumstances, Josh Howard has made a name for himself in the Mavericks. He and his teammate Marquis Daniels are known as the double ugly in Dallas. Of course, there is also a saying that adding Jerry Stackhouse and calling Dallas three ugly .

Anyway, whether it's a double ugliness or a triple ugliness, there must be Josh Howard in it.

To be fair, Josh Howard is actually not ugly from the perspective of Comb's aesthetics, he is a bit like a miniature version of Uncle Mu.

As for the Brazilian Lightning Barbosa, in fact, he is not very fast. In terms of speed, the difference between him and Iverson is not a star and a half.

"Kong, these two are our starting backcourt for the new season?"

"Can it be done?"

"Brazilian? They also play basketball?"

If it weren't for Kumbu's selection, Jordan would never have heard of Barbosa before.

"Michael, can you guess which country the sacred hand Oscar Schmidt, who retired a few days ago, is from?"

"If people hear you say that Brazilians can't play, I'm afraid our Bobcats will never have any Brazilian fans in the future."

Kong Bu said with a wry smile.

Jordan is spoiled, because his status in the league is too high, no matter what he does, there will be no serious consequences, which makes him usually do whatever he wants, and he doesn't have a word for it.

Fans should know that Jordan once had Hitler's mustache. If other players dared to grow this kind of beard, they would have to retire overnight.

"He's Brazilian? God, I always thought he was Italian."

"Well, the Brazilians can play basketball, and Oscar Schmidt is a great player."

It is rare for Jordan to recognize a player, and he is also an outside player in the same position as him.

Oscar Schmidt is the highest scoring player in the history of the Olympic Games, and he has set countless records in the Olympic Games and World Series.

In addition, he is quite a rare double Hall of Fame player, who was selected into the FIBA ​​Hall of Fame and the old American Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame at the same time.

As we all know, the Naismith Hall of Fame can also be called the NBA Hall of Fame, because the selected players or coaches are more or less related to the NBA or WNBA.

And Oscar hadn't even played a single game in the NBA, yet Lao Mei still selected him into the Hall of Fame, which proved how powerful he was in the sport of basketball.

"This Barbossa doesn't have the strength of Oscar, does he?"

"If it is really that strong, then the strength of the backcourt is still good."

Kumbu shook his head, "After all, there is only one Oscar Schmidt, but Barbosa has a good potential. If he cultivates it well, he will be selected as an All-Star without any problem."

In the next second round of the draft, it will be easy for Comb to choose, because whether these two players can be selected next will have little effect on the overall strength of the Bobcats in the new season.

In the second round of the Bobcats' own pick, Combe selected Jason Kapono, a human-shaped fixed-point three-point machine.

Kapono's non-interference fixed-point three-pointer is definitely at a historical level. Even against Curry, he is not necessarily weak. After all, he has won two consecutive All-Star three-pointers.

It's a pity that Kapono's physical fitness is too poor, and he can't run out of the open space on the court, which makes him rarely have the opportunity to shoot three-pointers in open positions.

He belongs to the unique skill brother in the NBA. The opponent sent a player with excellent athletic ability to mark his three-pointer, and he was finished immediately.

But to say that he is not useful at all is not enough, at some point he can be of great use.

After Kapono was drafted, Combe sent another message to Danny Ainge, asking them to draft Mo Williams.

Then Comb used the second-round pick traded by the Magic to select Kyle Korver.

Korver is actually the same as Kapono, and his style is extremely similar, but Korver's physical condition is better than Kapono's. Fortunately, he can run out of open spaces when he meets old, weak, sick and disabled players.

With Korver selected, the Charlotte Bobcats lineup for the new season is almost set.

The three insiders are Chris Bosh, David West and Haslem.

In the third position are Hill and Kapono.

The backcourt is Josh Howard, Barbosa and Korver.

There are a total of eight players, and it is definitely enough to play an eight-man rotation, but the player's grade seems a bit shabby. A player at Kapono's level will never enter Kumbu's rotation in the first six seasons.

"I announce that the Dallas Mavericks selected Xue Yuyang from China with the 57th pick in the second round!"

After the second round, the person who announced the rookie candidate was no longer Stern, but Vice President Stu Jackson.

Jackson's tone is obviously different from the other second-round picks he just read.

With the pioneer of Big Zhi entering the NBA league, in just six years, the NBA has already had four top Chinese stars.

Stu Jackson actually doesn't know who Xue Yuyang is, but who knows if this strange young man from the Chinese dynasty will become a superstar like Yao Ming, Ah Lian, Big Zhi or Daba in the future.

Kong Bu was stunned. If the Mavericks hadn't selected Xue Yuyang, he would have even forgotten that there is such a player in China.

Maybe many fans don't know that there is such a No. 2007 character. Most fans remember that after Yao Ming entered the league, the [-] draft that Ah Lian and Sun Yue participated in followed.

In fact, in the 2003 draft under normal circumstances, the Dallas Mavericks selected Xue Yuyang with the 57th overall pick in the second round, but immediately traded him to the Nuggets after the selection.

The main reason why Xue Yuyang failed to appear in the NBA was that the domestic basketball association did not let him go.

The Basketball Association believes that Xue Yuyang does not have the strength to play in the NBA. In addition, he did not report for the draft, which violated the regulations.

Reasonably speaking, the Basketball Association's opinion is not a big problem. Xue Yuyang's strength is far from becoming a regular NBA substitute.

He entered the CBA in 2001, and averaged only 8 points and 5 rebounds per game. Last season, he transferred to the CBA HK Flying Dragons, and his statistics improved a lot, reaching 21 points and 8 rebounds.

At first glance, this statistic seems to be quite impressive, but think about what stats Yao Ming had before he entered the NBA. He averaged 34 points, 19 rebounds and 8 blocks per game. The gap between Xue Yuyang and Yao Ming is at least one Yi Jianlian, and the gap may be even greater. Because Xue Yuyang joined the XJ team this season, he couldn't collect data in the weak team, and his average data shrank to 8 points and 3 rebounds per game.

In the CBA, he can only score 8 points and 3 rebounds. It is impossible to survive in the NBA. If he is selected, he is selected. There is a high probability that he will not be signed.

Kong Bu didn't think too much about it. After all, this was Xue Yuyang's own draft decision, and it had nothing to do with Kong Bu. Before he participated in the draft, he didn't get angry with Kong Bu.

Of course, he didn't seem to have a way to contact Kumbu.

The draft officially ended, and Combe and Jordan returned to Charlotte overnight.

The Charlotte Bobcats have been officially created, but this offseason, there are still countless jobs.

To be precise, Jordan has countless jobs, and there is actually only one job for Kumbu, and that is to continue to hold his own training camp.

Originally, Kumbu wanted to suspend for one term this offseason, but Jordan was unwilling to say anything.

Jordan wanted to use the popularity of Comb's training camp to boost their Charlotte ball market and try to sell more season tickets before the start of the season.

Kumbu really made sense when he thought about it. Anyway, his only job this offseason is to train rookies, and where he trains is not training.

On July 7, the first day of Kumbu's training camp, a blockbuster transaction broke out in the league.

This is a three-way deal.

The Philadelphia 76ers sent the bus and got their three unprotected first-round picks in the next five years from the Utah Jazz, plus the No. 6 pick TJ Ford just selected by the Jazz in this year's draft.

The Orlando Magic took out a special case of 1500 million transactions that they hadn't warmed up, in exchange for Caron Butler in the 76ers, center Ostertager in the Jazz, and Gordon Kee, who entered the league in 99. Risek.

The Utah Jazz got the bus. In order to get the bus, they can be said to have spent all their money, packing the team's Zhengyin center and starting shooting guard. In addition, this year's potential rookie Ford has three first-round picks.

This is the real hollowing out of the family base.

After Kongbu heard the news, he was so angry that he didn't eat much for a day. The operation between the Magic and the Philadelphia 76ers was really disgusting to Kongbu.

Who in the world doesn't know that Combe and the Jazz are not dealing with each other, and now they actually sent the bus to the Jazz.

Although this is a commercial alliance, everything is about profit, but Kongbu just left Philadelphia, and the back side doesn't care about Kongbu's face at all, and no one can bear it.

Bus almost fainted, he never dreamed that he would become a Jazz player.

What made him even more mad was that the Philadelphia 76ers officials did not communicate with him at all after the deal was concluded, and did not inform him that he could go to Salt Lake City to report until after the deal was concluded.

After the deal was concluded, another piece of news strengthened the coach's refusal to report to the Jazz.

Karl Malone and Stockton’s contracts with the Lakers ended, and the Lakers had no plans to renew Malone’s contract. Stockton saw this posture and decided not to sign with the Lakers at all. Both of them returned to the Jazz. .

Thinking that he was about to become teammates with those two old villains, Daba's scalp tingled.

"I'm here to solemnly say that I will never go to Salt Lake City to report. No matter how the league punishes me, even if I retire now, I will never go to Salt Lake City."

"In addition, I only learned that I was traded to the Jazz three hours ago. Before that, the Philadelphia 76ers did not communicate with me. Their behavior made me sick."

"That's all I have to say. The Utah Jazz had better deal with this deal within a month, otherwise I will directly announce my retirement in a month."

The bus's stubborn temper came up. It was because the nine bulls couldn't hold back. He didn't talk to Kumbu, so he held a press conference by himself and began to put pressure on the Jazz management.

When Sloan heard the news, his face turned green.

He was also cheated by Billy King, the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers. During the previous negotiations, Sloan asked Billy King whether the bus had any resistance to joining the Jazz.

As a result, Billy King's answer was that the bus would be happy to join the Jazz.

In this way, Sloan gritted his teeth and took out all his family background, preparing to give it a go next season.

Bus can play center, Malone can play power forward, small forward Harprin and Stockton, they may not be able to rush out of the West.

He thought that he had recruited Comb's assistant coach to become the coach, and the relationship with Comb had been eased, so the disciples of Comb probably had no prejudice against the Jazz.

Unexpectedly, the coach was so resistant to playing for the Jazz that he even retired.

Of course, he doesn't think that the bus can really bid farewell to the NBA stage, after all, the bus is at its golden peak.

If Daba really announces his retirement, he will automatically enter the voluntary retirement list because he is burdened with a contract, so he will not be able to return until one year later.

That is to say, the coach lost a year's salary to retire, and then he will come back as a free agent, and the Jazz will be empty.

Sloan didn't doubt Daba's determination to retire at all, and he didn't dare to doubt it. The risk was too great.

The only option before the Jazz is to sell the bus as soon as possible.

For a while, teams with sufficient salary space in the league all followed the Jazz like hyenas.

The New York Knicks didn't have much salary space left, but they couldn't stand it. They were willing to spend luxury taxes. Seeing the opportunity to win the bus, Lao Deng couldn't sit still, and ran to Salt Lake City overnight to negotiate with Sloan.

Not only the Knicks, teams like the Sonics, Bulls and even the Lakers all flocked to Salt Lake City.

It is really that there are too few decent insiders in this league, not only few, but also not for sale by each team. There are very few insiders at the level of the bus in the market.

In addition, the bus can play both the [-]th and [-]th positions, and can be a perfect partner with any insider. Even if he is partnered with Ao Pang, it is not a violation of harmony, which further enhances his attractiveness.

"Kong, why don't we get involved too?"

"That's a big bus. After taking it down, our inside strength has at least improved by a level."

"I know you don't have a good relationship with Jazz, why don't I go."

Jordan can't sit still anymore, although he is sure that the inside players selected by Kumbu this year must be of good strength.

But Daba is a real power forward in the top five levels of the league. The key is to be able to play the [-]th and [-]th positions, and can be a perfect partner for Bosh.

"Go, go and see the situation first."

"With so many teams competing, the Jazz have spent their money again. It must not be so easy to win the bus."

Combe said with a sigh.

Now he has really realized what it means to let people go out of tea. If he is still in Philadelphia, the bus will not have this kind of experience.

(End of this chapter)