NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 21 The good show has just begun

When it comes to Larry Brown, the first thing most fans think of is that he wastes rookies and bullies the weak and fears the strong.

Facing a proud son like Iverson, Larry Brown knelt and licked everything.

In the face of Nate Robinson, a player who seems destined to not have great achievements, he calls him "little boy" every day. When Robinson entered Brown's office crying, begging to stop scolding, Brown turned around and told all his teammates about Robinson crying.

If Robinson didn't work hard enough, he would be scolded.

But everyone knows that this little man with a height of only 168 centimeters has poured countless sweats into basketball and never misses any game.

Such an inspirational player, most coaches will give due respect.

However, in the eyes of Comb, these things are not the primary factor for his disdain for Larry Brown.

What this guy has done, it makes people feel unreal. It's hard to believe that a famous coach can reach such a shameless height.

In 2016, Billups broke out a rather heavy scandal.

This matter has to be traced back to 11 years ago, that is, in 2005. At that time, after leading the Pistons to win the championship last season, Larry Brown reached the finals again this season and joined the Spurs.

The result is that during the finals, Brown has begun to talk about signing with the wealthy New York Knicks.

It is equivalent to saying that the players are fighting for the championship on the court, and his leading coach has already begun to prepare for the back road in advance. It is no wonder that Billups will use the word betrayal to describe Larry Brown.

In the end, the Pistons lost to the Spurs by a big score of 3:4, missing the chance of consecutive championships.

If they could win consecutive championships at that time, the historical status of the grassroots five tigers of the Pistons will be further improved.

Although Old Thomas has been yelling that Combe is a shameless boy, but Combe feels that his shamelessness is really not even a fraction compared to Larry Brown.

Everyone likes money, but as the saying goes, a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way. Behavior like Larry Brown's is really a bit of a common anger.

The game was about to start, and Larry Brown frowned and looked in the direction of Combe.

Generally speaking, head coaches with very low qualifications like Kumbu will take the initiative to say hello to veteran coaches to show respect.

As a result, Combe just didn't move, didn't even bother to look at Larry Brown.

This kind of behavior was already full of provocation, and Larry Brown suddenly became angry for no reason.

But he didn't think too much about it, he just thought that Kumbu was a little bit flustered because he led the team to play well at the start of the game.

Not long after, amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, the game officially started tonight.

Even though the 76ers' current record is a mess, the number of fans on the scene is still full, and most of them are here for Iverson.

The starters of both sides began to appear on the stage.

Combe took a closer look at the 76ers' starting lineup.

Center Theo Ratliff, power forward Coleman, small forward Tim Thomas, and Iverson plus Jerry Stackhouse in the backcourt.

There are too many slots in this lineup, and Kongbu didn't know where to start for a while.

The first is the defensive strength of the backcourt. It is no exaggeration to say that it may be the weakest pair of partners in Kumbu's memory.

Even though Iverson has won three steals, his defensive efficiency is not high, and even because of too many gambling steals, he often loses his defensive position.

For other players, holding three steals champions, not to mention getting DPOY, at least they have to be selected to the best defensive team many times.

And Iverson has never been selected for a defensive lineup, which is enough to prove that his defense is really not good.

Of course, the difference can't be said to be too bad, at least it's not a little bit better than Nash and Marbury.

Stackhouse's defense is really bad.

It's not that he can't guard against it, but he doesn't want to guard against it.

As a talent show in 95, and born in a super prestigious school like North Carolina, he is a well-rounded child of heaven.

It's a pity that his personality is too high-profile, and he was severely punished by his senior brother Jordan when he first entered the league.

This player has a strange obsession with offense, and he has 10 points of energy on the field. He will devote all of this 10 points of energy to offense, and will never give the slightest bit to defense.

If the offensive efficiency is high, then that's fine.

All roads lead to Rome, and the offensive firepower can also help the team win the game.

However, his offensive efficiency is appallingly weak.

This is a bit similar to Anthony Walker, the current head of Green Kai. These two are both attacking and unable to attack, and defending but not wanting to defend.

The 76ers' backcourt partner, weak defense is a slot, and the bigger slot is the distribution of ball rights between the two.

Both of them are the kind of players who need to hold a lot of balls. If they don't have the ball in their hands, they can't play at all.

You can't expect Iverson to play off the ball, and Stackhouse's basket is not as good as Iverson's, and he is even worse off the ball.

In this way, it's no wonder the 76ers have a good record.

Camby won the ball with a jump ball, and the Raptors started their first offensive round.

McGrady's skillful possession of the ball moved towards the front court. Of course, he is no stranger to Iverson, and he also knows that he prefers gambling steals, so he is extra cautious when controlling the ball.

Just as Iverson was about to step forward to defend, McGrady had already passed the ball to Wu Sheng not far away.

On the sidelines, Kumbu nodded in satisfaction. McGrady has a good personality, at least not as paranoid as Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

If it were Kobe, even if he knew that he might be robbed, he would definitely have a fight with Iverson.

After receiving the pass, Wu Sheng hardly encountered any defense, rushed past Stackhouse, and scored with an easy mid-range shot.

He said that he had a hunch that he would score another 40 points tonight, which was based on science.

Because whether he is facing Stackhouse or small forward Tim Thomas tonight, he has the confidence to absolutely crush his opponent.

Stackhouse's defense was air, and Tim Thomas wasn't much better.

As a player with a height of 208 cm, Tim Thomas's positioning is extremely embarrassing, a typical dubious player.

The strength to play the fourth position is too poor, the low post offensive ability is almost zero, and the rebounding and basket defense are also extremely poor.

If he plays the third position, he is too tall, has average athletic ability, and poor flexibility. Although he can rely on his height advantage to shoot and get a good offensive efficiency, the defensive end has become an ATM cash machine.

Not every tall small forward is Durant.

In this case, in fact, whether it is a warrior or a monster, they all have a huge room to play tonight.

It was the 76ers' turn to attack.

Iverson rushed forward with the ball at high speed, and McGrady could only back up again and again, trying to ensure that there was a step between himself and Iverson.

When he got near the free throw line, Iverson went straight up and made a mid-range shot.

"Shh!"

Even though McGrady has reacted quickly and flew to block the block in time, Iverson still scored.

The scene immediately burst into thunderous applause, and Iverson's popularity was evident.

Kong Bu didn't care much, this is where it is, and the real fun has just begun.

(End of this chapter)