NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 320 Menopausal Hooligan

Comb thought the game was over and it was over.

But at noon the next day, Jordan called Barbosa to his office. Within 10 minutes, Barbosa came out with tears in his eyes.

When passing by the door of Kongbu's office, Kongbu saw it.

"Hey, what's up, buddy?"

Kumbu hurriedly called out to Barbosa. Although he was a young man, in the NBA, which admired tough guys, it was not a particularly exciting moment, and the players would definitely not cry easily.

If this is seen by others, they will definitely be ridiculed for a lifetime.

"Come in quickly, what happened? What happened at home?" Kong Bu asked worriedly.

The current season has just started, and the Bobcats haven't encountered anything worthy of the players' excitement to tears, so it is likely that something happened at home.

"Coach, I feel like I'm done, my career is over."

Barbosa looked at Combe with desperation and fear in his eyes.

"Huh? What terminal illness did you find out?" Kong Bu asked curiously again.

Barbossa was still sobbing and shaking his head.

"There is no accident at home, and no one is terminally ill, so why are you crying here?"

"What the hell happened?"

Combe frowned.

Barbosa didn't dare to hide anything from Kumbu, and told what happened in Jordan's office just now.

Because last night's performance was really bad, he was called to the office by Jordan, saying it was a small talk, but it was actually a lecture.

The nickname of the old gangster is not for nothing. He punched Nanshan Nursing Home and kicked Beihai Kindergarten. Jordan really did these things.

I beat my old teammate Steve Kerr, scolded Iverson, Iverson, and I don’t know how many times my teammate Luke Langley was scolded and cried by Jordan when he was young. Stop Jordan's scolding.

Barbosa was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He started playing in the professional league in 1999. He averaged 28 points and 7 assists in the Brazilian league last season.

Where has he experienced the mental devastation of such an old hooligan?

"If you can't play [-] points in the next game, no one in this world can save you. I will send you to the Development League. You only deserve to play with those garbage players."

"Do I have high demands on you? How could I have a teammate like Hill in my rookie season? Didn't I also average nearly [-] points per game?!"

"Don't question my words. I am the owner of this team. My money will not support a piece of garbage. If your ability is not good, you can only be sent down."

"Don't worry, our Bobcats will never lack high-quality rookies."

"You can't, I'll let Combe find another defender."

Barbosa stammered and repeated what Jordan had said.

Kong Bu was stupefied, maybe the old hooligan had reached menopause, right?How dare you say anything?
He actually made Barbosa target himself and averaged 28 points per game in his rookie season?No wonder Barbosa's eyes are full of despair. He only averaged [-] points per game in the Brazilian league. How could he reach the height of Jordan's rookie season in the NBA.

The key point is that Jordan also said that if he fails to meet the requirements, he will be sent down. No one in this world can save him.

"You wait in my office, I'll go find Michael."

"Child, wipe away your tears. You may not know much about NBA rumors. You have been reading positive reports about Michael in Brazil."

"This old thing's mouth is like this, don't take it too seriously."

"He is the boss, and I am also the boss. If I don't move you, no one in this world can send you down, and no one is qualified to send you down."

"You are the player I selected, the player I selected into the starting lineup, and you don't have to worry about the others."

Kumbu was also a little angry.

Because of Milicic's two completely different fates, Combe made up his mind to be patient with the players. Maybe his teaching method was wrong, which would ruin a player's career.

He pushed open the door directly and entered Jordan's office.

The old hooligan was smoking a cigar, and when he saw Kong Bu coming in angrily, he asked with a smile, "What's the matter? Kong, is it because of the match last night?"

Kong Bu shook his head, "There was nothing wrong with last night's game, let alone winning in the end, even if I lost, I wouldn't take it to heart."

"Michael, you have played for so many years and lost ten times in your best season, so you are not so sensitive to failure."

"What I'm going to say is the way you've managed Barbosa, there's a problem, a big problem."

Jordan looked puzzled, "Is there a problem? What's the problem? Shouldn't rookies just be tempered? We should make him realize how difficult it is to gain a foothold in the NBA and make him work harder?"

"Barbosa wants to be the top defender, how can he do it without a strong heart?"

It seems that what the old rascal said made a little sense, but Kong Bu couldn't agree with it at all.

"Michael, your method cannot be said to be unreasonable, but you have scored clearly."

"It's perfectly fine to use your method on those American players from the bottom of the street. They may have faced more unbearable verbal insults than this."

"But Barbosa is not a gangster on the streets. Your training method is impossible to make him grow up, and it is more likely to make him collapse."

Jordan stuck his neck, "It's precisely because he hasn't experienced this, I should let him experience it, otherwise on the court, others use more vicious trash talk against him, do you think he can accept it?"

"And you will be a good policeman, and I will be a bad policeman. You go to appease him, and I will be a bad guy. Isn't that good?"

Kongbu sighed helplessly. When he decided to team up with Jordan to form a team, he expected that there would be differences of opinion between the two.

I didn't expect the differences to appear so early.

Jordan's current idea is to produce a "filial son" under the stick, which is to put pressure on Barbosa, while Kumbu is worried that Barbosa will be stimulated by Jordan and become another human-shaped victory cigar.

There are not many players in the hands of Comb this season. There are only Haslem, Korver and Kapono on the bench. None of these three can replace Barbosa.

Although Kumbu has no plan to win the championship this season, his goal is to at least enter the second round of the playoffs, which is the Eastern Conference semifinals. If Barbosa is abolished, the Bobcats will lose a lot of power.

"Michael, I don't want to play good cops and bad cops, and Barbossa is not a suspect."

"When we talked about cooperation and team building before, we have already said that I will be in charge of the players, and you will be in charge of the team's personnel and other work."

Combe said with a sigh.

"Then I asked you for Barbossa a few days ago, didn't you agree?"

"You gave him to me, of course I have jurisdiction, and I don't think I did anything wrong."

Jordan is still firm in his own way of training newcomers.

Kumbu had nothing to do with Jordan, he couldn't beat him or scold him, so he could only argue with Jordan.

The two blushed and fought for at least an hour. The roar was so loud that it almost reached the training ground next to the office.

Barbosa was sitting in Kumbu's office, and he could hear the roar next to him clearly.

He hurried to the door of Jordan's office, fearing that the two of them would quarrel, and Jordan would beat up Kongbu again, so that he could save Kongbu by then.

After a while, all the Bobcat generals who heard the news were lying at the door and listening to the wall.

After listening to Barbosa's account of the whole story, they all looked at Barbosa with sympathetic eyes.

"You young people don't know how domineering Kumbu was in the league before. He is now called the God on the sidelines, but a few years ago he was nicknamed the devil on the sidelines."

"Actually, Combe is not a devil, Michael is, especially for you rookie players, he will become your nightmare."

As the only veteran player in the team, Grant Hill spoke earnestly to the generals.

He has also been in this league for many years. He entered the league in 94 and has been in the league for nine years. He has heard too much about Jordan.

When I knew that I was about to become a Jordan player, I was a little apprehensive, worried that if I didn't play well, Jordan might point at my nose and scold me.

"Grant, what should we do now?"

"Listening to the noise of these two people, I feel that they may attack at any time. Why don't we rush in and pull the coach out? If we really do, I feel that none of the ten coaches is Michael's opponent."

Barbossa whispered beside him.

"Don't worry, Michael is not that stupid."

"He knows better than anyone else the influence that Konbu has on the Bobcats. Without Konbu, our Bobcats are nothing."

"In addition, since Kongbu entered the league in 97, whether it was a quarrel or other battles, I have never seen Kongbu lose."

"Trust me, it's Combe who will laugh at the end."

Grant Hill reassured everyone.

As he said, about ten minutes later, the door of Jordan's office opened, and Combe left with his head held high and a smile.

Jordan in the office sat in a daze in front of the office with a dejected expression on his face.

"What are you doing? Go to training quickly."

After seeing the Bobcat generals, Kong Bu drove them back to the training ground with a smile.

He and Jordan quarreled in the office for more than an hour, and finally reached a consensus.

Both of them are very clear.

Since the two people's management methods can't urinate in the same pot, then make sure not to urinate on each other, and both of them finally compromised.

The management of all core players belongs to Kumbu, and Jordan can get involved with other players.

It seems to be a compromise between the two parties, but in fact, Konbu did not retreat a step, because whether the player is the core or not, it is not the head coach Konbu who has the final say.

Jordan, an old rascal, really has nothing to do with Konbu. He is very clear about what Konbu means to the Bobcats.

A bobcat without Kumbu is a beast without fangs and claws. Let alone making a lot of money and winning championships, it will be fun to make it to the playoffs.

After this incident, Kumbu further established his prestige in the minds of the players.

Unknowingly, the Bobcats directly won the opening four consecutive victories, even if the opponents were not strong at the beginning, but these four consecutive victories still gave the fans infinite reverie.

Will this year's Bobcats have a chance to win?Although this fantasy seems unreal, what if?After all, in the first season when Comb coached the Raptors or the Philadelphia 76ers, no one thought he could lead the team to the championship.

Bobcats next opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Comb is still looking forward to this game, because the opponent has a young James, and he wants to see what kind of performance James can play against Hill at his peak.

The current coach of the Cavaliers is none other than the former Hornets coach Paul Silas who has a good relationship with Comb.

Silas also coached the New Orleans Hornets last season, was fired during the offseason, and then took over the coach of the Cavaliers.

This team of knights is not so easy to coach, it is really too rubbish.

Under normal circumstances, the Cavaliers lineup at least has a Boozer who can play, Duron Davis, and Z Ilgauskas. If you add James, the lineup is actually not bad.

But Boozer and Duron have long been intercepted by Kumbu. Boozer was still in Philadelphia last season, and then he was sold to the Raptors by Kumbu in the middle of the season in exchange for a bus.

As for Dulong, he was still a player selected by Comb during the Raptors period. He was sold to the Nuggets a long time ago. Now he has left the Nuggets and was signed by Lao Deng of the New York Knicks.

In other words, only James and Big Z can play in this Cavaliers team, and there are not many other players who can impress Comb.

Even Kapono, who should have been drafted by the Cavaliers under normal circumstances, was cut off by Kumbu.

The game on the field began, and in the first 8 minutes of the first quarter, the Cavaliers were almost tortured by the Bobcats to the point of collapse.

The Bobcats lineup will definitely not have any advantage against superpowers such as the Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks or Lakers. These superpowers all have Xeon insiders. Bosh and David West of the Bobcats are not their opponents at all.

In terms of abusive dishes, Bobcats are quite powerful.

The seasoned Hill, facing James who has only played three games, has an obvious advantage, almost rubbing James on the ground.

The bulky big Z was teased by Bosh one after another.

The two strongest points are not opponents of the Bobcats at all, and the other positions are completely abused.

In just 8 minutes, the Cavaliers had already lost by 14 points.

Kumbu saw the situation was a bit too tragic, and felt that it was not appropriate to bully a poor team like this, so he simply replaced Hill and replaced Kapono.

Although Hill was off the court, Comb didn't mean to let Kapono defend James, but let Josh Howard defend, and Kapono played the role of shooting guard.

What made Kumbu speechless was that Kapono was on the court as if he had been shot with chicken blood, and he made every three-pointer accurately.

He only played 4 minutes in the first quarter, and then made six three-pointers, all of which were hit, scoring 18 points!
Originally, the difference of 14 points was not too outrageous. With Kapono's 4 points recorded in 26 minutes, the difference between the two sides directly came to [-] points!
Originally, Kumbu felt that it was fast enough to lose a game after 14 minutes and 47 seconds. Who would have thought that the result of this game would be determined within [-] minutes.

(End of this chapter)