NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 4 Mashburn the Monster

In front of all the top big names in the league, the Raptors and the Wizards reached a verbal deal.

The verbal deal is done, and there is basically no possibility of repentance, so now Speed ​​and Big Ben are already part of the Raptors.

Comb hurried back to his seat and began to check the Raptors' team rating.

"Toronto Raptors: The current overall team rating is B+."

"Offensive grade C+, defense grade A, rebounding grade A-."

"A-level player potential rating."

Compared with the situation of the team a few minutes ago, the improvement is obviously huge now.

In particular, the comprehensive rating has been directly upgraded from the original B- level to B+.

Kumbu gasped, and Daben was so terrifying that he directly raised the team's rating by two levels.

Flying Che and Flying Squirrel are both equally powerful in terms of potential. Although Flying Squirrel is a young man, he is a player who drives high and low, and has no potential at all.

So if the Flying Squirrel is just replaced by the Speed ​​Car, then the Raptors' rating may not change in any way.

With the addition of Daben, there is no change in the offensive rating, which is also reasonable, after all, Daben's offense is no different from air.

The defensive rating and rebounding rating have improved significantly, and the player potential rating has also improved.

Kumbu was overjoyed, it's not yet their turn for the Raptors to choose McGrady and Wu Sheng.

When these two are also counted as part of the Raptors, the team's rating will definitely increase significantly.

I should be able to get a good reward for this novice task.

But Kumbu didn't stop there, he is going to continue trading, trying to maximize the completion of the task before the draft.

The next thing he has to do is to trade the flying car.

In fact, there are still many leftover players like Daben in today's league, who are not valued by their respective teams.

For example, Nash of the Mavericks, such as O'Neal of the Trail Blazers.

Nash averaged 10 minutes per game with the Mavericks last season and scored 3.3 points. The situation with Jermaine O'Neill is similar, both of whom are on the fringes of their respective teams.

Both of these two will have very high achievements in the future. If they can be traded, they will definitely improve the team's rating.

It's a pity that neither of these two is in Kongbu's trading plan.

Nash didn't quite fit into the perfect lineup in Combe's mind. What Combe wanted was defense, defense and extremely tough defense.

His defense is like Big Ben's offense, almost negligible.

In addition, the Raptors' current lineup cannot play fast-paced running and bombing tactics. You can't let Big Ben and Camby run and bomb, right?
The two ran and bombed, as powerless as an excavator catching mosquitoes.

The Raptors' lineup is now destined to only play positional warfare, and Nash's role will be greatly reduced.

Ao is quite in line with Kumbu's tactical philosophy, the defense is qualified, and the offense is not one star and a half stronger than Camby.

Xiao Ao in his peak period was also a top four position who could wrestle with Deng Daida, Harden and Nuo Tianwang.

It's a pity that the Blazers didn't have much interest in speeding cars. They were the ones who sold speeding cars to the Wizards at a low price. They knew better than anyone how difficult speeding cars were.

If Kong Bu proposes a deal, it is not hopeless to exchange for Xiao Ao, after all, the value of Speeding Car is much higher than Xiao Ao.

But it is impossible to expect to gain more chips.

The first-line players only exchanged for a small Austrian. This deal looks like a fool. Kumbu has no reason to do such an outrageous thing at present.

Kumbu's eyes continued to scan the venue.

The draft has reached the No. [-] pick, and Lu Kai took Billups with the No. [-] pick in his hand.

A few minutes later, Combe found a more suitable next home for Speed.

He strode across the floor toward the Miami Heat representative office.

The representatives of the various teams at the scene looked at the active Kumbu in amazement.

The deal he made with the Wizards just now was shocking enough. Judging by his posture, is it possible that he still wants to continue the deal?
Unknowingly, the young Kumbu has become the protagonist of the big draft venue.

"Mr. Riley, are you interested in making a deal?"

Kumbu stood in front of Pat Riley, the fortune teller, and said straightforwardly.

Riley was stunned. When the old bone crusher traded with Kongbu just now, he secretly sighed how the good luck of picking up the bargain did not fall on him.

As a result, Kong Bu found him in the blink of an eye?

"Of course I am, my dear chap."

"Who in the entire league doesn't know that my favorite thing is to deal with young people."

"I just don't know what you want to trade?"

If you don't understand Riley's character, just listen to his words, I'm afraid he is a kind-hearted old man.

But anyone who was randomly pulled out from the scene knew exactly how ruthless Riley was.

Some people have already begun to observe a moment of silence for Kumbu, and take the initiative to find Riley to make a deal?Isn't this a sheep into a tiger's mouth?

"I want to trade your Jamal Mashburn plus Bruce Bowen."

"The chip was Rod Strickland we just got."

Just like when he traded with the old bone crusher just now, Kumbu directly stated the player he wanted.

Generally speaking, this kind of transaction should always require some bargaining, and it is impossible to directly state one's goal as soon as it comes up.

Kumbu is so direct, on the one hand, he doesn't want to waste time, and he must know that the mission goal is within the duration of the draft.

After the draft is over, the tasks will begin to be settled.

On the other hand, he also knew that even if he was a little clever, he would definitely not be able to play against these elites who had been in the league for decades.

That being the case, it might as well be straightforward.

Riley was stunned, what kind of trading routine is this?
The flying car is in the hands of the Raptors, and it hasn't been warmed up yet, so it's going to be traded right away?
And the bargaining chip of Speed ​​​​seems a bit outrageous. You must know that the Heat now have an All-Star point guard Tim Hardaway in the team.

If you want to trade, you should always come up with some bargaining chips that others need. The Heat don't need a point guard at all.

However, Riley was very excited about the bargaining chip proposed by Combe, because this was a clearly profitable transaction.

If Combe hadn't mentioned Bowen's name, Riley would have even forgotten that there was such a player on the Heat's roster.

鲍文上个赛季就只给热火打了一场比赛，出场1分钟，怒砍0分0板0助攻0抢断1盖帽。

Such a player is not even qualified to act as an addition to the transaction.

The scheming magic operator has already begun to wonder if this Bowen has some special potential, which he has not discovered?
After thinking for a moment, he laughed.

How could it be possible that the potential that I hadn't discovered was discovered by this hairless kid in front of me?

Average physical fitness, lack of independent offensive ability, bad free throws, the key is still an older rookie, such players can be found in dozens or hundreds.

As for Mashburn, if it was two years ago, let alone one speeding car, even three speeding cars tied together would not be eligible for trading.

Mashburn, nicknamed the monster, averaged 20 points per game in his rookie season, and even soared to 24.2 points per game in his sophomore year.

Such a potential, among the small forward group, is completely at the historical level. Even in terms of immediate combat power, the only ones in the league who can overwhelm Mashburn are Grant Hill and Pippen.

It's a pity that a serious injury ruined Mashburn. He just played a dozen games in the third grade, and he was directly reimbursed for the season.

After his comeback last season, his performance has not been as good as before, and he has completely fallen from the altar.

He averaged less than 17 points per game, played 38 playoff games with the Heat, and even averaged only 10 points per game with a [-]% shooting rate.

The outside world generally believes that if Mashburn hadn't played too badly, the Heat might not have lost to the Bulls so badly in the Eastern Conference Finals that had just ended.

(End of this chapter)