NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

"Kong, you are really ruthless."

"Tell me what kind of enmity you have with Larry Brown. Read the newspaper. He was fired from the University of Arizona."

"It is said that Larry Brown resigned on his own initiative, but we all know the truth."

After Jordan entered Kongbu's office, he saw Kongbu drinking tea comfortably and said.

"Oh? So fast? I thought I had to wait until the end of this season at least." Kumbu said with a smile without raising his head.

"Wait? The Wildcats players can't wait."

"Now is the admissions season. I heard that there are already two five-star high school students who originally made a reservation for the University of Arizona, but they called their admissions manager in the middle of the night. They regretted it and didn't come."

"The old players in the Wildcats are also complaining now, especially those young people who are expected to be selected high, such as captain Channing Frye, who has protested with the school. After all, no one will make life difficult for their own future. "

"Although they may not be selected by you if they participate in the draft, what if they could be selected by you? That does not mean that you have missed the opportunity to become a top star."

Jordan said with emotion that he can understand the actions of these young people. Since he has chosen basketball as his life, he must not be negligent.

Channing Frye was the No. 2005 pick in 8. Comb was very impressed with him. He was also one of the guards with swords next to James. His strength was not strong, but he was worthy of his draft pick.

In fact, Combe currently has players from the University of Arizona, and Iguodala, who Combu has high hopes for, played for the Wildcats last season and is a player under Larry Brown.

"This kind of trivial matter is not worth mentioning, and it's time for training."

"Michael, go gather the players, we will officially start training for the new season in a week."

"It was too difficult for us to win the championship last season. This season, the strength of many teams has skyrocketed. We cannot slack off."

Comb also had a headache when he thought that the Lakers, Spurs and other teams had been greatly strengthened.

He also wanted to patch up the existing lineup to see if he could continue to improve the overall strength of the lineup. Unfortunately, after thinking about it for a week, there was really no better adjustment plan.

Ao Pang alone occupies too high a salary, one person is equal to two maximum salaries, plus Hill's one maximum salary, the Bobcats have no way to sign mature stars now.

For rookie stars, those who can get it have already been taken by Konbu, and those who can’t get it are almost all too high in the draft, and then the teams treat them as baby bumps. Even if they can be sold to Konbu, the price is absolutely high. It is sky-high.

Fortunately, Kongbu feels that the lineup in his hands is strong enough. As long as there are no accidents, the probability of winning the championship can be guaranteed at least [-] to [-]%.

"By the way, Kong, Sly's contract issue, how to solve it now?"

"He was a second-round pick before, and he signed a two-year contract, and now the contract has expired."

"You also know his identity, how much do you think should be paid?"

Jordan has a headache for his illegitimate son who suddenly appeared.

Of course he wants to give Sley a super high salary, even the maximum salary, to make up for his mistakes, but the Bobcats are not his own team, and such things should always be approved by Comb.

"Did no other team offer him an offer?"

"Match if you can match. If you can't match, let him go. Business is business, Michael, you told me this sentence."

Kumbu still wants to stay in Sly, but the premise is that Sly's contract cannot be higher than the middle class. Once it is higher than the middle class, Nasly's cost performance will not be high.

"That's the problem. Guess what the Grizzlies offered? They're willing to sign him with a five-year, $5 million sub-maximum salary."

"Jerry West seems to have very high expectations for Slee."

Jordan said distressedly that he knew it was impossible for the Bobcats to match the offer.

Kumbu was taken aback, "Is Jerry crazy? Or is the owner of the Grizzlies crazy? Give Slee an annual salary of tens of millions? So Hill is not worth hundreds of millions of annual salary?"

After the shock, Comb laughed again. It seems that the Grizzlies signed a garbage contract. After all, most of the reasons why this team made headlines were because of their garbage contract.

In general, the Grizzlies just didn't have the Knicks' life and got the Knicks' disease.

Without the ball market and financial resources like the Knicks, they often spend money like the Knicks.

"Forget it, they can sign if they want to. We can't follow this offer."

"Michael, I know you want to make up for Sley. There are many ways to make up. There will be more opportunities in the future."

Jordan nodded and said yes, he wanted to keep Sley by his side, but unfortunately the Grizzlies gave too much.

A week later, Combe called all the Bobcats to the training ground. There is still half a month before the preseason game in early October, so they can take advantage of this time to train.

Ao Pang, Hill, Bosh, Hinrich, Jill, Er Pang, Iguodala, Martin, Varejao and Josh - Smith, exactly ten players.

After seeing Ao Pang and Er Pang, Kong Bu's face became tense. These two guys showed off a lot of fried chicken during the offseason, and they all seemed to have gained a lot of weight.

It is said that the heart is wide and the body is fat. These two guys have just won the championship, they are in a good mood, and their weight is a bit unstoppable.

Especially Er Pang, he is much shorter than Yao Ming and Ao Pang, but his tonnage has a tendency to catch up with these two. If he doesn't control it, he may still sleep like normal and crush the bed, hurting himself. own toes.

"Er Fatty, I haven't seen you in two months. Are you going to change careers and become a sumo wrestler?"

Kong Bu said to Er Fatty.

Er Fatty's mind is relatively simple, he didn't hear the teasing in Kong Bu's tone, and he was ready to share his offseason recipes with excitement.

Hill on the side quickly tugged at his arm, telling him to shut up quickly.

"After two months of rest, the new season is about to start again."

"In the next half a month or so, your veterans will help the young people in the team more. If the veterans want to win consecutive championships or even a dynasty, they cannot do without the help of these young people."

Kong Bu said to everyone.

In the following time, Kumbu divided ten people into two groups, just to play a dozen team training games to see how the players are currently doing.

Ao Pang, Bosh, Hill, Jill plus Hinrich, against Varejao, Er Pang, Josh - Smith, Iguodala plus Martin.

After only three rounds, the referee's chief assistant, Old Brian, was about to blow his whistle.

"Old man, are you targeting me? I played less than 2 minutes and you blew my whistle three times?"

"And you kid, there are pulleys installed under your feet? If I hit you, you will fall down? Why don't you just stop playing ball and go to the street to try your hand at playing porcelain, won't you earn more than playing ball?"

O'Fang was very angry. In 2 minutes, Varejao fell three times under his impact, and then he received three offensive fouls.

Brazilians are generally more extroverted, and Varejao is no exception. Even if he is a newcomer, he will not show any timidity in the face of a super giant like O'Pang.

"Shaq, against a player of your level, what can you expect me to do?"

"You can't expect me to block your offense with my body, right? If I have such ability, you think I will be selected at the bottom of the first round, then I must be the No. [-] pick."

Varejao's words were neither humble nor overbearing, and by the way, he even praised Ao Pang.

Ao Pang was in a good mood when he said this, and Varejao, the flop kid, was also pleasing to the eye. Just now he wanted to spend some money to hire Jill to beat Varejao.

"You're not bad, kid. Although you're a bit weak in stature, I think you will definitely be an excellent inside defensive gate in the future."

"Coach, this kid is definitely worth cultivating. When the new season starts, I can rest some games and let this kid start."

Ao Pang is too easy to be satisfied, and when he compliments a new melon egg, he suddenly feels a little elated.

The training game continued, and the old Brian didn't continue to call O'Pang's offensive foul, because he knew that players like O'Pang had special treatment in the NBA game.

The offensive foul that I call, when it comes to the main game, the referee may not call it.

The Austrian fat five was the starting lineup to win the championship last season. The five players who beat the second fat were easy to catch, so naturally they won easily.

This was not beyond Kong Bu's expectations. After all, the four rookies hadn't received special training and were too weak.

However, Combe was very dissatisfied with Iguodala's performance.

Generally speaking, rookies are always full of hard work, especially rookies with high rankings, who think highly of themselves and always want to prove themselves.

But Iguodala was playing with his hands tied, and he was distracted from time to time on the court.

An old Jill can hang and crush him back and forth, even if Iguodala has not received special training, this situation should never happen.

After thinking about it, Kumbu asked the others to continue training, and then greeted Iguodala to his office.

The psychological construction of rookie players is one of the coach's responsibilities, and Kumbu doesn't want Iguodala to be abolished in his own hands.

After entering the office, Combe pointed to the chair in front of the desk and told Iguodala to sit down.

As soon as Iguodala took his seat, he spoke nervously.

"Coach, although Mr. Brown has coached me for one season, my relationship with him is really not that good."

Kong Bu who said this was full of question marks, wondering who Mr. Brown was talking about in Iguodala's mouth.

After a long while of silence, Combe remembered that Iguodala was a player from the University of Arizona, and his coach was Larry Brown.

Comb just publicly announced a few days ago that he will never choose Larry Brown's players in the future. No wonder Iguodala is so nervous.

Iguodala saw Comb calling himself into the office alone, feeling like he was going to die.

Trading yourself out is your best end.

If you keep pressing yourself on the cold bench, then you will be completely finished.

So as soon as he came in, he quickly disregarded his relationship with Larry Brown. This was not because he was talking nonsense, but because Larry Brown was not very popular regardless of coaching any team.

The main reason is that Larry Brown's mouth is too cheap and his desire to control is too strong.

Under normal circumstances, when Marbury of the Dream Six team analyzed the reasons for their loss, he pointed out that Larry Brown was the culprit.

In the NBA, because the players were all professional players, Larry Brown couldn't completely control the life and death of the players, so some players still had a good impression of him.

But in the NCAA, the coach is the sky and the absolute authority. No matter what player you are, you can appear on the court if you are allowed to play, and you have to miss the game if you miss the game.

With so much power, Larry Brown's desire for control can be greatly satisfied. It is commonplace to beat and scold players. How can the players have a good relationship with him.

Comb also knew Larry Brown's virtue, knew that Iguodala was not lying, stepped forward and patted Iguodala on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Son, don't be so nervous."

"I'm still wondering why you are playing with your arms and legs tied up on the court, as if you have something on your mind."

"It turned out to be because of this."

"I said not to use Larry Brown's players, and that was after drafting you."

"I selected you with the highest pick in my hand, you should know how much I value you."

"It was very difficult for us to win the championship last season. This season, because of you, I have a hunch that the road to defending the title will be much easier. By the way, you will become our absolute starting No. [-] in the new season."

Kumbu reassured Iguodala.

These words made Iguodala breathe a sigh of relief. He once thought that his fledgling career was going to be over.

At the draft meeting two or three months ago, after he learned that he was selected by Kumbu, he was so excited that he didn't sleep well for several days.

I'm so excited, being selected by Kongbu is tantamount to rising to the top.

Even after he was selected, some sports manufacturers took the initiative to approach him, wanting to sign a contract with him.

In the end, he rejected all of them. He was convinced that he would definitely become a first-tier star under Kongbu, and signing the contract now was a complete loss.

Winning championships, various MVPs, maximum salaries, super expensive endorsement contracts, Iguodala has such dreams every night.

But when the Olympics ended, what Combe said against Larry Brown at the press conference made Iguodala feel a bit cold.

I am a player of Larry Brown!

Isn't this a sheep into a tiger's mouth?Combe hated Larry Brown so much, and he was in the hands of Combe, so there would be no good end.

He even regretted not signing contracts with those sports manufacturers.

After Kong Bu explained it clearly to him today, his original hanging heart was relieved, and he became excited again. His dreams still have a chance to come true.

After training for more than half a month, the strength improvement of the newcomers can be called terrifying.

Especially for Iguodala and Varejao, their strength has undergone qualitative changes in just over half a month.

In the beginning, Iguodala played against Jill, and even after talking with Combe, he could only play equally with Jill.

In less than a week, he has been able to completely lock Jill on the offensive end.

After half a month, Iguodala was able to repeatedly crush Jill up, down, left, and right.

Jill was convinced that his skills were not as good as others, and he gave up the starting lineup to Iguodala, so there is nothing to say.

Varejao is also great. He must be difficult to defend against O'Pang, after all, he is still too thin, but defending Bosh has already caused great trouble for Bosh.

Even in some training games, Hill's breakthrough can draw several offensive fouls for Varejao. This guy is definitely a historical master in foul drawing.