NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Becoming the vice president of the Charlotte Bobcats has status, and it is very honorable to say it. In addition, the salary promised by Comb is also good, and Ewing is very excited.

"It's not too difficult to ask you to help."

"I need you to help me end the trade talks between the Rockets and Magic about Tracy McGrady."

"It shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

Combe said with a smile.

Ewing was stunned for a moment, he was just a teaching assistant, and he had nothing to do with the deal, so it would be difficult to end the deal.

But no matter how difficult it is, Ewing is absolutely unwilling to let go of this opportunity easily.

"It's not difficult, Kong, just wait for my news." Ewing continued the task.

"Okay, it must be done as soon as possible. There is not much time left before the trading market closes. You have to hurry up." Kong Bu reminded.

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After hanging up the phone, Kong Bu felt a strange excitement in his heart, feeling like he was acting in a business war in a TV series.

He never had the opportunity to get involved in business wars in his previous life. The only business war he had ever seen was when two fellow Guangdong bosses went to another company and poured boiling water on their fortune tree.

After Ewing hung up the phone, he began to think about how to complete the task assigned by Kong Bu.

He didn't think that Kongbu would deceive himself at all. With Kongbu's alliance status, there was no need to deceive himself. In addition, what he asked himself to do was not an honorable thing. If he didn't keep his promise, Ewing would come to him. If the fish dies and the net breaks, Kongbu's reputation will also be damaged.

Of course, Ewing was not so naive that a damaged reputation would have a fatal impact on Konbu. Even if Konbu lost a bit of his reputation, he could still lead the team to win the championship. It won’t take long for the fans to forget these miscellaneous things matter.

That night, he called Rockets owner Leslie Alexander.

It is said that the owner of the Spurs is very poor. In fact, the current Alexander is really poor. He himself said that he is the poorest owner in the NBA.

Under normal circumstances, Alexander ushered in an opportunity to stand up because of Yao Ming. Relying on the vast Chinese market, he earned 12 billion US dollars in blood.

This also caused his net worth to skyrocket, from the poorest boss in the league to the ninth richest boss in the league.

It's a pity that Yao Ming was cut off by Kongbu long ago, and Alexander was still that poor boy.

Once people are poor, they dare not take risks, because their ability to bear losses is too poor. If you say that you are poor and have nothing, then it must be another word.

Ewing understood human nature. He knew that Alexander admired McGrady, but he also knew that Alexander was afraid of taking risks.

McGrady's contract is not cheap. When he joined the Magic, he signed a contract with the Magic for 7 years and 9300 million. The salary in the first three years was relatively small. Starting this year, the annual salary will be higher than 1500 million.

The 06-07 season even reached 1700 million US dollars.

In case McGrady becomes a glass man like Hill, the Rockets will have to keep him for nothing with close to 6000 million US dollars.

Alexander's current total net worth is only 6000 to [-] million U.S. dollars, and he may not be willing to spend [-] million U.S. dollars to support his own son.

"Leslie, I've thought about it a lot these days, and I don't think we really can introduce Tracy."

"The risk is simply too great."

"If he can't return to the top, our deal will be too bad."

"And even if he returns to the top, can he really do better than Francis? You must know that Tracy has never let the Magic enter the second round of the playoffs in the Magic."

"I don't think we need to trade this season. It's better to continue to play poorly. Next year will be another great year for centers. As long as we can draw a strong center and pair it with Francis as a point guard, why not be strong."

Ewing said with reason.

"The year of the center? The last draft in 01 was also called the year of the center? Then you look at the number one pick Kwame Brown." Alexander said with a frown.

Ewing suddenly lowered his voice, "Boss, this time is different."

"Different? Why is it different? Do you have any inside information?"

"There is indeed inside information, and it comes from Kongbu. You know, I have been friends with Kongbu for a long time. My child has been raised by Kongbu for me."

"A few days ago, when I chatted with Combu on the phone, he told me the news. Unfortunately, I couldn't ask which centers were worth attacking."

Ewing said half-truthfully.

Alexander was overjoyed, the news was too important.

If others say that the center is a big year, he will definitely scoff. Every year a center is a big year, and every year there are some parallel centers.

But since Kumbu said the news, there is absolutely no mistake. Alexander can even doubt whether God really existed, and he will not doubt Kumbu's draft vision.

Although Ewing couldn't ask which centers were worth picking, since it was a big year for centers, there must be a lot of strong centers. As long as the Rockets' draft picks were high enough and the one who seemed to be the most promising was selected, it would definitely be possible. winning the lottery.

"Patrick, this news is too important."

"Hurry up and tell Jeff, let's cancel the trade negotiations with the Magic, and this season will start to suck."

"Our current record may not be able to surpass the Magic and become the bottom one in the league, but we must ensure the bottom three!"

Alexander has begun to fantasize that they will choose a super center as strong as O'Neal.

Even if it is not as good as O'Neal, it is not bad to be as strong as Ewing.

Ewing happily ran to tell Van Gundy Jr.

Little Van Gundy was originally not very interested in introducing Tracy McGrady. If Alexander was not interested, he would not bother to entangle with the Magic.

Hearing that the boss wants to do poorly this season, Van Gundy can only smile wryly. For the coach, the team's poor performance is not a bad thing, because in this way the coach does not have to bear any responsibility. fired.

However, for those coaches who are pursuing, it is very uncomfortable to perform poorly, which will affect their career winning percentage and number of wins.

Seeing that the deal fell through, Ewing hurriedly called Kongbu again.

"Thank you, Patrick."

"I think it's more appropriate to wait for the end of this season to come to our team to be the vice president. After all, you suddenly jumped to the Bobcats now, and there are many doubts."

"The season is almost over anyway, what do you think?"

Combe said with a smile.

Ewing naturally has no reason to disagree. He will go sooner or later. Anyway, the position of vice president of Bobcats will be his sooner or later.

Comb invited Jordan to dinner that night and told Jordan about Ewing.

"Patrick, I'm really convinced."

"He really can do anything for money."

"But if you think about it carefully, it's not unreasonable for him to like money so much. If he was a pauper, the scandal more than ten years ago, without a luxurious team of lawyers, would be enough for him to sit in prison."

Jordan couldn't help complaining about Ewing, and the scandal he was talking about was naturally the Ewing Y girl incident.

"So we have to keep him forever?"

"It costs 200 million yuan to raise him for one year, 2000 million yuan for ten years, and 20 million yuan for 4000 years. If the Magic doesn't get the No. 4000 lottery, our [-] million yuan won't be worth it."

Kong Bu smiled and shook his head, "Then you can't keep him forever, maybe five years, up to five years, 1000 million US dollars."

"At that time, the two of us will have a good cop and a bad cop. Isn't this your favorite drama?"

Jordan was speechless, "It's so easy to earn 1000 million US dollars, I want to be a traitor."

"You are a traitor, this is your team, are you going to betray yourself?" Kongbu laughed.

"My team? If you didn't say it was my team, I almost forgot."

Jordan complained with sad eyes. He is the owner of the Bobcats and holds half of the shares of the Bobcats. It is a pity that some important matters of the team seem to be handled by Comb.

He wanted to do it too, but he didn't have the chance.

Take this incident as an example, not to mention instigating Ewing to be a traitor, he didn't even hear the rumor that the Magic was going to trade with the Rockets.

"Michael, the team is currently in its infancy. We have an old saying that one wrong step, one wrong step."

"No matter what you do, the initial stage is the most important. You don't want our team to end, do you?"

Combe said.

Jordan was said to have no temper, "An old saying, an old saying, where did you come from so many old sayings in China?"

"But it does make sense, and I understand it, so I support you in whatever you do."

"I hope the Magic will be lucky enough this time. To be precise, we are lucky enough to get the No. [-] pick."

"I also inquired, the miracle son Howard, and UConn's Emeka Okafor are all mouth-watering genius insiders. If we can win them, at least the next ten years will not have to worry about the team's insiders. .”

After Jordan finished speaking, he thought of the great year of the insider in 2001, and his heart began to beat again.

"Son of Miracle?" Kumbu asked curiously.

"You don't know? Dwight Howard's mother miscarried seven children before giving birth to him. Howard was born in the eighth pregnancy. His father called him the miracle son." Jordan explained.

Kongbu was speechless, which can explain why Howard is so weird, this guy is an old man.

"Michael, these two insiders are not bad, but they are not worthy of our high pick."

"We have Shaq, at least in the last two or three years, we don't have to think about the center."

"My plan is to trade with the Magic's pick, and I'm sure I'll get back at least three All-Star players."

Combe laughed.

Jordan looked ecstatic. Even if he couldn't win the championship this season, winning the championship next season is a certainty.

In the 2004 draft, there are not many qualified to enter the Hall of Fame, but there are a lot of small or small stars or quasi-All-Stars.

霍华德、猫王奥卡福、探花本戈登、五号秀德文-哈里斯、七号秀英国乔丹邓英乔——鲁尔邓、九号秀伊戈达拉、15号秀艾尔-杰弗森、17号秀约什-史密斯、18号JR史密斯、20号贾米尔-尼尔森、25号的托尼阿伦、26号的凯文马丁，这还仅仅只是首轮。

In the second round, there are movie stars Varejao, Huang Ama Ariza and others.

Comb previously sent their own first-round pick and a first-round pick from the Suns in the deal about Oban, and now he still has a first-round pick from the Spurs and a first-round pick from the Magic.

The Spurs' first-round pick is definitely not high, probably around the 22nd pick. Comb can choose Tony Allen or Kevin Martin for this pick.

These two people are also interesting, they are connected in sequence, and their styles are completely different.

Tony Allen's offense is not good, but his defense is extremely strong, definitely at the DPOY level, and was rated by Kobe as the most difficult defensive player.

And Kevin Martin has sharp eyes on defense, but he is very powerful on offense. He has averaged 20 points per game all year round, and even averaged 24 points per game in his peak period.

If Tony Allen's strengths can be combined with Kevin Martin's strengths, it is estimated that he has [-] to [-]% of Jordan's ability.

Kumbu's plan is not to choose one of the two, but to have all of them. It is not too cost-effective to be able to select such a player with such a pick.

The Magic's high-ranked draft pick, which Comb is going to trade, is completely capable of selecting both of them.

In addition to these two players must be won, Combe is ready to win the No. 15 pick Al Jefferson.

The 208 cm tall power forward Jefferson averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game in his peak period.

He and Randolph were once known as the two fat cancers in the league. Randolph later joined the Grizzlies and changed his appearance and became an inspirational model.

Now Randolph has worked hard to improve his defensive attitude under the intimidation of Comb's one-day trip to Kensington Street, and has gradually become a power forward with both offense and defense.

There's no reason Jefferson can't, really can't, Combe will drag him to Kensington High Street for a walk.

And that was the 15th overall pick after all, so what bike would he need if he could pick a power forward who averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game.

It is worth mentioning that Jefferson has a relationship with the Bobcats. He has played for the Bobcats for several years under normal circumstances. In order to thank Jefferson for his outstanding performance, the owner Jordan even bought a special page in the newspaper to praise Jefferson. Ferson.

In addition to Tony Allen, Kevin Martin and Al Jefferson, Combe also wants Iguodala and Josh Smith.

It is not easy to win Iguodala. After all, he is the No. 17 pick, and the Kitty Hawk King Josh Smith is much less difficult. He is the [-]th pick.

Comb's goal is to win five players in this draft, greatly expanding the arsenal of the Bobcats.

Kevin Martin can play point guard, and he just came to serve as a substitute for Hinrich. His style is indeed suitable for playing as a substitute, very similar to players such as Crawford, Barbosa, and Lou Williams.

Tony Allen can start directly, and he will form a top backcourt double-shield combination with Hinrich, which will make the Bobcats' backcourt defense the first in the league.

The two forwards, Josh Smith and Al Jefferson, have different styles, allowing Combe to use targeted formations when facing different teams.

Jefferson is a floor player who is good at hand-to-hand combat and is suitable as a meat shield on the defensive end.

Smith is a flying player who is good at breaking through the offense. On the defensive end, because of his explosive athletic ability, he can deal with those forwards who rely on their bodies for food.

If Iguodala can get it, it is naturally the best, so that he can play the starting second position.

Tony Allen's offense is a bit weak, Iguodala's offense is much stronger, and the defense is not much worse than Tony Allen. (end of this chapter)