NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 103

"Director Kong, do you have time to accept our interview?"

Only then did Zhang Weiping think about today's work. He came here for interviews, not for secret pleasure.

"Of course I have time, even if I don't have time, I have to squeeze it out for Mr. Zhang."

"Ah..." Zhang Weiping moaned again.

The interview was just a process, and it was all routine questions. After all, it was broadcast on Y TV, so there must be no out-of-the-ordinary questions.

Kong Bu answered one by one very decently, appearing very patient.

From time to time, during the interview, Kong Bu and Zhang Weiping boasted about their business affairs.

After the interview, Zhang Weiping has almost become Kong Weiping, and he has become a die-hard supporter of Kong Bu.

After Da Zhi arrived, the interview with Kong Bu came to an end.

That night, Combe led the five All-Stars of the Raptors, Billups, Bowen and Camby who participated in the rookie game, and accompanied Zhang Weiping to have a supper together.

Among the Raptors' core lineup, only Mashburn failed to participate in the All-Star Game, and all the other eight people came.

Marsh was not selected for the main game, and he is not a rookie, so he couldn't play in his rookie season. If the slam dunk contest hadn't been cancelled, with his physical fitness, he would have been able to participate, but unfortunately it was also cancelled.

After being traded to the Raptors by Kumbu, Mashburn has always played professionally. Even though he was once the favorite of heaven and now plays as a substitute for the Raptors, he has no complaints.

Kong Bu felt a little sorry for the monster.

But this is only temporary, Wu Sheng will definitely leave the team next season, and if Mashburn stays at that time, he will definitely be the starting small forward.

Ma Shiben was not selected for the main match, and Kong Bu felt very sorry. As far as his personal performance was concerned, he was not worse than Wu Sheng at all, and his offensive and defensive efficiency was even slightly higher.

It's a pity that it's a pity that Mashburn's appearance is a bit not so good-looking, and his playing posture is also very stiff, not showing chic and elegant.

It's not that he hasn't thought about making his shooting movements more handsome, and he even secretly imitated McGrady's movements at one point.

But the shooting posture developed in childhood is not so easy to change. Once in the game, it is too late to adjust the shooting posture under the condition of nerve reflex.

In Kumbu's aesthetics, he thinks that Mashburn is quite good-looking, and he seems to be more attractive than the recognized handsome guy Hill.

It's a pity that Kongbu's aesthetics are different from those of the old American fans...

After supper, Kong Bu called a car and took Zhang Weiping back to the hotel. In this way, Lao Zhang spent the happiest day in his life.

Comb also led the generals back to the hotel, and flew back to Toronto early the next morning.

There are only two months left until the playoffs, and it's time to tighten the nerves of the players.

There is an All-Star curse in the NBA. Before the All-Star, the performance is overwhelming, and the gods block and kill the gods. After the All-Star, they immediately wither, and whoever blocks will be killed. Comb does not want the curse to come true on his players.

On the day he returned to Toronto, Combre immediately called the team's players for training.

In fact, most of the Raptors' core players have reached their peak strength, and no further training can significantly improve their strength.

It's just that Kong Bu still doesn't want them to slack off. If they are proficient in their work, they will lose their strength at any time as long as they neglect their training.

In the evening after practicing, Da Ben kindly invited everyone to his residence, saying that he was the one who showed his skills in cooking.

Everyone must not be fooled by this devil. Da Ben's fingers can be used as rolling pins, so the devil believes that he has cooking skills.

However, Daben was too strong, and he dragged everyone away, so everyone could only sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman.

Da Ben didn't buy a house in Toronto, after all, he wasn't a Canadian, he only rented a bachelor apartment.

After a bunch of big men went in, it was so crowded that there was not even a place to stand.

"You guys wait first, I'll do some preparations."

Da Ben took out a bunch of ingredients from the refrigerator, all bought from the nearby Tianchao Food Supermarket.

There are a large number of Chinese in Toronto, and this type of food supermarket can be seen everywhere.

Kumbu found a place to sit in the corner, waiting for dinner.

Not long after, Dazhi's scream came from the kitchen, and that voice was definitely more horrific than that of the female ghost.

Although Dazhi doesn't like to talk very much, he is also very manly.

Kong Bu ran over quickly, for fear of any accident.

When he entered the kitchen, his eyes were straight.

"what!"

Combe also cried out.

"what!"

Da Zhi followed suit.

Both of them looked like they had seen a ghost.

I saw Da Ben was washing the rice, washing the rice with dish soap.

The two celestial beings swore that this was definitely the most absurd thing they had ever seen in their lives.

"what happened?"

Big Ben didn't know what happened, he turned his head to look at the two people who looked terrified.

"what are you doing?"

Kong Bu asked in a daze.

"Washing rice, what's wrong?" Da Ben scratched his head and smiled foolishly.

"Who taught you this?" Dazhi's English was so fluent that he was scared.

"Does this still need to be taught? Rice also grows on grass, so it can be considered a fruit?"

"You use dish soap to wash fruit, and of course dish soap to wash rice, is that okay?"

Daben's theory was so strange that the two Chinese were speechless.

Comb can now appreciate why Italians cannot tolerate pineapple pizza.

This meal must be unfinished, Kong Bu hurriedly took everyone out to eat out, and made an agreement with Da Ben not to mention his cooking skills in the future.

……

After the All-Star break, the Raptors started a wave of four consecutive away games.

The first game was against the Warriors. Their coach, Carlesimo, sent a bottle of red wine to the hotel where Combe was staying, and made a phone call by the way.

The call was mostly whining, whining about madmen.

His throat was choked, and Kumbu was strangled. They were both from Tianya, and Carlesimo felt that the two had a common language.

If it weren't for the fact that the bottle of red wine was not cheap, Kong Bu wouldn't bother to deal with this psychopath.

I am not the same as Carlesimo. This guy has Larry Brown's disease, but not Larry Brown's life.

Of course, there is nothing to say about the Warriors. The Raptors won without bloodshed. McGrady and Billups didn't even sweat much.

The fourth consecutive away game won the first game, and then Combe led the Raptors to fly to San Antonio.

The last time I played against the Spurs, I gave Kong Bu a little psychological shadow.

The invincibility of the Spurs twin towers made Kumbu a little scared.

Having just arrived in the Holy City, Kumbu received another bottle of red wine, this time from Popovich.

The collection of this bottle of red wine was completely beyond Comb's expectations, because in his opinion, Popovich is the coach of Larry Brown's lineup, and logically speaking, his relationship with him should be very bad.

Although he didn't turn his face, he didn't have much communication with Popovich when he played the Spurs last time.

There is nothing to be courteous about, and Popovich is obviously asking for something.

After pondering for a while, Kong Bu quickly figured it out. Most likely, he was thinking about the Raptors' background.

Last season, the Raptors were poor and empty, but this season it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a big family.

There are five All-Star players casually, which will definitely make the coaches of other teams in the league drool.

The current outside lineup of the Spurs is simply sad for those who hear it, and tears for those who listen to it. Except for the general Avery Johnson who averaged 10 points per game, he is half capable of playing, and the rest really have no one who can play.

There is a former All-Star small forward, Sean Elliott, nicknamed Superman. He was selected by the Spurs with the third pick in 89. During this period, he played for the Pistons for a year and played for the Spurs for the rest of the time.

He is exactly 30 years old, so he is not too old, but unfortunately his body has been destroyed. After being reimbursed last season, he was reimbursed just after playing a few games this season.

Even if there is no reimbursement, the strength has dropped by more than half compared to the peak period.

With such a shabby perimeter lineup like the Spurs, Popovich dreamed of getting a perimeter that could play.

It just so happens that what the Raptors lack most is the outside line, and Wu Sheng is still in a contract year next year, and the Raptors have no salary space to eat his contract, and there is a high probability that he will be traded.

Taking advantage of the fact that the general can still play, if Wu Sheng can be taken down again, Popovich feels that the championship is absolutely stable.

Of course he knew about the matter between Larry Brown and Combe, but even old Thomas knew that business was business, and Popovich would not be unhappy with Combe because of Larry Brown.

Warm up session for the second day.

Popovich didn't take the initiative to come over to chat with Kongbu, but Deng just ran over blankly.

"Kong, your outside lineup is really too luxurious."

"Tracey and Stephen are both All-Stars, and Mashburn actually has the strength of an All-Star."

"Even Chauncey, who was laughed at a few days ago, is now gradually playing at the All-Star level."

The idiot's acting skills are not very good, and he glanced at Popovich from time to time while talking.

Kong Bu was speechless. After delivering the red wine, he started to play the emotional card again, as expected of an old fox.

"Did your coach ask you to come?" Kongbu asked with a chuckle.

"Ah? How did you know that?"

"Kong, why do I feel that you are much smarter than before?"

The idiot scratched his head in embarrassment and laughed, the Kong Bu in front of him was very different from the Kong Bu in his impression.

"Don't be smarter, why don't you let those old guys die?"

"Don't worry about our outside players, it's impossible to sell them to you."

"Your strength is too terrifying. If you get an All-Star outside line, what's the championship?"

"Selling it to you is tantamount to creating a powerful enemy for yourself, and only fools sell it."

Kong Bu's words did not disappoint Duncan, but instead made him laugh out loud. Even an idiot could hardly hide his smile in the face of such praise.

In the distance, Popovich's heart beat faster, and Duncan smiled so happily. Could it be that Kumbu promised to sell them the Spurs?

Thinking of this, he also smiled, very happy.

After the idiot came back excitedly, he told him what Kong Bu had said, and he immediately wanted to cry again.

The matter of signing Wu Sheng is completely dead. If he were Kong Bu, it seemed impossible to sell Wu Sheng to his opponent. That would be to establish a strong enemy for himself.

Popovich sighed, it seems that he can only try his luck from the draft.

His luck is doomed to fail, and it is unlikely that any team will have luck as Kumbu guards in the draft.

Kumbu didn't sell martial arts to the Spurs. On the one hand, it was true as he said, because he was afraid that the Spurs would be too strong and affect the Raptors' championship.

On the other hand, he has already promised old Fitch, promised good things, and Kumbu will never break the contract.

Poor old Fitch, he should have had a good old age.

An hour later, the game started on the court. Tonight, Kumbu deliberately put Big Zhi in the starting lineup.

After losing to the Spurs Twin Towers last time, Combe has been thinking about how to break the Spurs Twin Towers.

It wasn't until Da Zhi completed the second phase of the task that Kong Bu got some clues.

Just going to try it tonight to see how it turns out.

After just playing for a few minutes, Comb's psychological shadow on the Spurs Twin Towers has dissipated.

As Kongbu predicted, Big Zhi can really be called the nemesis of the traditional twin towers.

In the offensive round, Ben stood up under the basket, and Da Zhi pulled out beyond the three-point line. Duncan would definitely not be able to run out to chase Da Zhi. Even if he came out, he would not be able to keep up with Da Zhi.

Only generals can come out and defend.

In this way, Duncan and Big Ben formed a one-on-one under the basket.

Duncan has a slight advantage in rebounding, but that advantage is almost negligible.

The general was pulled beyond the three-point line. Even if he had wings, he couldn't get to the penalty area in time to help Duncan grab rebounds.

When it came to the defensive round, Da Ben defended Duncan alone, and Da Zhi went to match up with the general.

Old fans should all remember that even though the Spurs won the 05 Finals, Duncan only shot 41.9% of the shots defended by Da Ben in the finals.

And Admiral Da Zhifang is not a big problem. The admiral is not really at his peak after all, and his physical fitness is incomparable to that of when he was 25 or six years old. It is estimated that his current athletic ability, even if it is not worse than that of Da Zhi, should be the same.

Da Zhi has been guarding against his mid-range shots. If he really gets into the basket, he and Da Ben will double-team the general. Except for passing the ball, the general will have no room to shoot at all.

Of course, it is not realistic to completely suppress the Spurs Twin Towers.

What the Raptors can do now is to offset the advantages of the Spurs' twin towers as much as possible.

When the Spurs Twin Towers can't play an advantage on the court, is it possible that the Spurs will win with their shabby perimeter?

The Spurs without an inside advantage are not worth mentioning at all.

In the end, the Raptors easily ended the game relying on the strong firepower from the outside. Wu Sheng played well tonight and scored 26 points.

Billups also played brilliantly. In the frontal dialogue with the junior general Johnson, he got the perfect data of 17 points and 14 assists.

Kong Bu breathed a sigh of relief. As the saying goes, what you put in will be rewarded. He has spent so much effort in cultivating Dazhi, and he is very satisfied with the rewards.

(End of this chapter)