NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 32 Practice Makes Perfect
The team's rating suddenly increased from A+ to S-, and Combe felt that it should have something to do with Ao's growth.

After three games, Xiao Ao has undergone a qualitative change.

Perhaps the original team rating was just a step away from the S- level, but now the door was kicked open by Xiao Ao.

Kumbu is not in the mood to study the team's rating now, he is starting to worry about McGrady.

At the time of the draft, Kongbu chose McGrady without hesitation. Apart from the fact that there was no other better candidate for this pick, Kongbu also placed high hopes on McGrady.

The best swingman in NBA history, after all, McGrady must have a place.

But now after getting McGrady, the situation has not developed in the direction that Kumbu envisioned.

What he thought was that McGrady, with the help of the training field, reached the sky in one step and opened up the road to the top scorer who can block and kill the gods. Even Comb thought that in the next battle against the Bulls, McGrady will stage a big point battle with Jordan .

It now appears that Combe was too optimistic.

With McGrady's fighting spirit, why should he compete with the god of basketball.

Regarding McGrady's fighting spirit, he has been criticized by many fans, who feel that he lacks the desire to win.

Kongbu never thought so. Although his fighting spirit was not as high as those of Iverson or Kobe, it was not to the point of being sprayed.

If there is no fighting spirit at all, how could it be possible to stage the McGrady moment of 35 seconds and 13 minutes.

The reason why he is said to have no fighting spirit is because of Maddie's strange appearance and his eyes that are always drooping. He looks like he hasn't woken up, so he was nicknamed "big sleepy" by the fans.

Now the system shows that McGrady's fighting spirit is only 53 points, and Combe began to think about the reasons for this situation.

After a while, Kong Bu was dumbfounded. How could he have to take the blame for this matter after all the calculations?

Under normal circumstances, McGrady was a substitute for the Raptors in his rookie season, averaging about 18 minutes per game.

And the Raptors are famous for their belly, and it is not a glamorous thing to be a substitute in a weak team.

So at that time, McGrady had enough fighting spirit and was eager to prove himself and get the team's starting position.

But now that Kumbu disturbed him, the situation is completely different.

First of all, the Raptors are a powerful team. With a current record of 5 wins and 2 losses, they temporarily rank second in the league, second only to the Bulls' 6 wins and 2 losses.

The team can win easily, and McGrady doesn't have any pressure to win at all.

The second is McGrady's team status. He is an absolute starter, with an average playing time of 37 minutes per game, ranking first in the team.

数据方面，麦迪现在场均能够拿到10分3篮板7助攻1.5抢断1盖帽左右的数据，对于一个刚满19岁的孩子来说，这个数据已经不错了。

In terms of status in the team, even if Konbu didn't reveal it bluntly, a fool can still see that Konbu looks at McGrady differently.

There is no situation in the locker room where old players bully newcomers. There is a big town, and the locker room is harmonious.

All in all, it seems that McGrady is living too comfortably now.

It is difficult for human beings to inspire fighting spirit within their own comfort zone.

Kong Bu sighed secretly, it seemed that he had to make some troubles for McGrady, and if he continued like this, he was really afraid that he would ruin McGrady.

After leaving Portland, the Raptors flew to Minnesota, a place of bitter cold.

This is the last game of the Raptors' road trip. After beating the Timberwolves, Kumbu will return to court, and after two more home games, they will have a game against the Bulls.

Old Thomas said before that if he loses too badly in this game, he will let Combe pack up and leave.

It now appears that this bet is doomed to be impossible to realize.

Even if Combe lost to the Bulls by [-] points, Thomas Sr. was not willing to let Combe go.

On the night against the Timberwolves, Combe made an eye-popping lineup.

He took McGrady out of the starting lineup and put Snow, who had just bought from the Trail Blazers, in the team's starting No. [-] position.

Since McGrady lost his fighting spirit because he was too comfortable, then Kumbu simply created some sense of crisis for him.

With less than an hour left in the game, Combe sat on the sidelines watching the players warm up.

Snow had just learned that he would start tonight, and now he was in shock, standing on the court at a loss, looking at Kumbu from time to time.

Kong Bu waved at him and called him in front of him.

"What's the matter, buddy, don't want to start?"

Kong Bu asked with a gentle smile.

Snow quickly waved his hand, "No, coach, for players like us, perhaps the biggest dream is to play in the starting lineup."

"But I'm afraid I'm not ready, I won't perform well tonight, and I'll embarrass you."

"After all, every player you traded played an incredible game."

Kong Bu laughed, what a warm man, he thought of himself so much.

Snow's English is SNOW, which means Baixue. Don't look at Snow's blackness, like a moldy little potato, but his heart is snow-white and snow-white, and he is a rare good person.

"Worried about smashing my signboard for knowing people?"

"Yes, I can clearly feel that my talent is far inferior to Tracy's."

"My performance on the court may not be better than Tracy."

Snow lowered his head and said in a low voice.

"Because of this, it is even more important to seize this opportunity to start."

"Do you understand the principle of making perfect by making perfect? ​​Having more experience can sometimes make up for the gap in talent."

"It's like wiping your butt. I've been wiping it for almost 30 years, and I've never seen it, but I can do it right. It's practice makes perfect."

Kumbu amused himself after speaking.

Snow opened his mouth wide and looked at the young coach in disbelief. He wondered if he was hallucinating.

How did he say such a vulgar metaphor?

But it does seem to make sense!

Hearing what Kong Bu said, Snow felt much more at ease.

At this moment, a thought similar to Xiao Ao's before came to his mind, that is, this deal might rewrite his life.

He can clearly feel that Combe is different from his former coach George Karl.

Old Carl chanted slogans every day, everyone is an MVP, and as long as you work hard, you are a good player, but he never gave Snow a chance.

Of course, it's no wonder old Carl, after all, the Sonics have Payton as the absolute core master, and then there is the pseudo-point guard McMillan.

McMillan is a bit similar to Haslem's status in the Heat's team, both of which are leaders in the locker room.

He has never changed teams throughout his career and has always played for his home team.

Even after retiring, McMillan stayed in the Sonics, worked as an assistant coach for two years, and then was directly promoted to the head coach.

With such a team status, how could Snow compete better than others.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the starting players of both sides had already started to play, and Combe observed Tracy McGrady specially.

McGrady, who was on the bench, looked disappointed and flustered.

Maybe he still hasn't figured out what happened, why his starting position was dropped.

Kumbu was very satisfied, this is what he wanted.

Even he is well prepared, and he will never give McGrady even a second of appearance time tonight.

When will the fighting spirit be rekindled, and when will Combe consider letting him return to the starting lineup.

(End of this chapter)