NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 421 Pretend to be a big one
After the Lowry trade was successful, the Nets had almost no changes. Rondo was still the starting point guard, and Lowry's current strength is still too poor.

Kongbu predicts that it will take at least half a season before Lowry can really come in handy, so for now, Lowry is on the bench, averaging 10 and 8 minutes per game.

Such little playing time is far inferior to when he was with the Kings, but Lowry is quite satisfied because no one in the Nets bullies him.

Currently, the Nets have two veterans, one is Garnett and the other is Artest.

Artest often does some very rude things on the court, but he is not the kind of veteran who likes to prank newcomers in the locker room. It may be that he is not intelligent enough to play pranks.

Garnett is famous for bullying young people on the team, but after coming to the Nets, he restrained himself a lot, because the newcomers around him are not ordinary newcomers, and each of them is a future first-line star.

And Garnett is also very aware of Kongbu's temper. Over the years, he has never heard of Kongbu's bottom line. He knows that Kongbu hates infighting in the locker room, so Garnett is very restrained.

In addition, Garnett actually knows that his current transaction value may not be much better than Ade or Roy. If Kongbu really gets anxious, Garnett may even be sold.

So even though Lowry is not very impressive, Garnett is very polite to him, and even praises Lowry from time to time during training games.

Of course Lowry is satisfied with such a locker room environment. Even if his playing time is less, he is completely able to accept it.

Before you know it, the new season has been going on for a month. The Nets have played fourteen games and won twelve of them. The two they lost were also because the players performed poorly and felt cold.

Obviously, the Nets' combat power is quite impressive, and they definitely have the capital to compete for the championship.

The things that Combu is worried about now are the strength of the Philadelphia 76ers and the team's relocation to New York City.

After the 76ers got the big deal, they played a few games, and there seemed to be some misunderstandings. They actually beat their opponents by an average of 26 points per game. Although several opponents were weak, this incredible point difference was still frightening.

It wasn't just Kongbu who was frightened. The Knicks and Bobcats, two teams that wanted to compete for the championship, were also frightened.

Jordan still wants to win the championship. In the past nine years, there have been three three-peat dynasties. Jordan wants four consecutive championships. He wants to create new history.

After the Knicks acquired Ouen, Tracy McGrady and James this season, after playing a few games, Dolan was dumbfounded. It seemed that the team he spent a huge amount of money to build was not as good as he thought.

If O'Pang plays with his eyes wide open, then the Knicks' upper limit is okay. The key is that O'Pang is lazy and spends most of the time on the court just messing around. Anyway, O'Pang himself knows that it is unlikely that he will win the championship again. After the contract in hand ends, there is no possibility of signing a big contract, so why bother to make a big effort?

On the other hand, McGrady's upper and lower limits are staggering. When he is accurate, he can really kill the game, but not often, and most of the time he is inaccurate.

There is no chemical reaction between James and Marion. They just play their own roles. In several games, there have been many scenes where the two of them went to grab defensive rebounds in the backcourt at the same time.

No matter who gets it, the other one must have something in mind.

After a month's schedule, the Knicks, with such an expensive lineup, only finished fifth in the Eastern Conference, which was not even as good as the Pistons' record. This was very embarrassing.

The combined salary of the Pistons' starting five is not as much as O'Hare and Tracy McGrady.

In addition to the impact of the previous four-party deal, Combs is still urging Stern to quickly finalize the team's relocation, making a phone call almost every three days.

"Kong, your new season has just started, so you have to give me some time."

"It takes time for me to find someone. It's not like going to the supermarket to buy groceries. It's not that easy."

"Even after I finish looking for people, the relocation is on the agenda of the city council. Next, I have to vote, and then I have to go to a network to find votes, and then you have to negotiate with their working group, taxes, jobs Position or something, anyway, just wait patiently, I will notify you as soon as there is news."

Stern said helplessly.

Kongbu was speechless. Isn't this living bureaucracy?If you want to move a team by yourself, do you still have to go through so many procedures?
"It's been so troublesome that people from New Jersey have contacted me several times."

"Not only do we not need our taxes, but they also give us a subsidy of US$500 million every year. It makes me want to stay in New Jersey."

Kongbu said dissatisfied.

He wasn't talking nonsense. New Jersey also knew that Kongbu was planning to relocate. Even though the Nets were only a team of a dozen players, they could create a lot of benefits for New Jersey.

Let's not talk about the team's taxes, even the players' taxes can be collected a lot, and then the team has created countless jobs, which are also taxes.

New Jersey is not rich to begin with. If the Nets run away, they will suffer a huge loss.

Therefore, in order to retain the Nets, New Jersey not only waives taxes, but is even willing to give the team a small subsidy every year.

"Don't be stupid. After you arrive in New York, do you still care about the little money?"

"Just wait patiently. Believe me, I want the Nets to move as soon as possible more than you do."

Stern said angrily.

Kongbu could only continue to wait. He didn't know whether Stern could handle this matter.

The Nets' next game is against the Orlando Magic, the Magic's home court.

Every time he played against the Magic, Kongbu felt very uncomfortable. He saw Iverson struggling alone in the Magic and wasting his remaining career.

It's not that Iverson never thought about leaving, but the Magic management is good at drawing pie. They promised that this draft would definitely get Iverson excellent helpers, so Iverson continued to stay in the Magic.

However, now that the new season has been played for a month, none of the rookies the Magic received in the draft are decent.

In the one-month schedule, the Magic have only won three games and are ranked second to last in the Eastern Conference, which is quite miserable.

If nothing else, tonight's game against the Nets will definitely be another big defeat.

Sure enough, after the game started in the evening, the Nets suppressed the Magic with an absolute advantage and did not give them any chance to breathe.

If he had followed past competition practices and faced a weak team with familiar faces, Kongbu would have been merciful.

But Kongbu didn't do that tonight. He didn't want to feel uncomfortable the next time he faced the Magic. This time when he came to Orlando, he decided to help Iverson.

After leading by 25 points at halftime, Garnett wanted to rest in the second half, but Kongbu didn't let him rest and allowed him to continue to brutally abuse the Magic inside.

The Magic fans at the scene were confused. They never expected that Kongbu would be so cruel to the Magic. It seemed that Kongbu had only dealt cruelly to mortal enemies like the Jazz.

Did magic offend Kong Bu in some way?
After the game ended, the fans were stunned by the 48-point difference.

Iverson looked dull and the score difference was close to [-] points. This has proved that the Nets and Magic are teams from two different worlds.

"Hey, Allen, what are you thinking about?"

Combs walked onto the court after the game and slowly walked to Iverson's side.

Iverson looked bitter, "I don't think so, boss, your team is still so strong."

"It's so powerful that it makes people despair." Kongbu shook his head and said, "No, it's not that we are too powerful, but that magic is too weak."

"Aaron, do you want to leave Orlando? This is not the place you should come to in the first place."

Iverson looks even more bitter and leaves Orlando?It's easy to say that I am in a state of being unable to achieve anything high or low.

If the Magic trade themselves, the asking price is too high, and they will definitely not buy it. After all, Iverson is not young anymore and has been plagued by injuries in recent years.

And if the asking price is too low, the Magic will definitely not be willing to suffer this loss. After all, they also spent a lot of money when they traded Iverson.

"Do you want to come to our Nets?" Kongbu asked.

Iverson shook his head repeatedly, "No, boss, there is no possibility of a match between me and the Nets' current lineup."

"The Rajon you selected is much more suitable for the Nets lineup than me."

How could Iverson actually not want to go to the Nets, but he knew that if he went to the Nets, it would only harm Kongbu.

Kongbu sighed, he also knew that Iverson was indeed not suitable for the Nets' lineup.

"What about the other teams? You just pick one and I'll help you operate it."

"Allen, believe me, as long as you name a team, I can help you send it to any team."

"When I was in Philadelphia, I was exaggerating a little bit, but now I'm definitely not exaggerating when I say there's nothing in this league that I can't do."

In order to reassure Iverson, Kongbu didn't mind pretending to be a big B.

In fact, he is not pretending. The current Kong Bu really has this ability.

Iverson looked ecstatic, but then hesitated because he didn't know which team to go to for a while.

Too strong a team?Philadelphia definitely can't go back. He was betrayed by the 76ers, how could he go back?

He doesn't want to go to the Knicks either. If he goes to the Knicks, who is the senior member of the team?Each one is bigger than the other, and they may not have any ball rights at all after they go there.

The Bobcats have Chris Paul, and they don't like the current Iverson.

"Boss, what do you think? Which team should I go to?" Iverson ran out of ideas and asked Kong Sermon.

"What is your goal? Winning the championship? Is it data?"

"No, I just want to win more penalties. I already have a championship and two scoring champions. I don't need to care about my statistics."

"I want to win as a core player, not as an accessory to others."

Iverson said slowly.

After Kongbu thought for a moment, a smile appeared on his face, "Old man, I thought of a team that is definitely suitable for you."

"What about the Cleveland Cavaliers? They brought in Howard and now they just lack decent perimeter players."

"Howard is a center that suits you very well, you should know that."

"He may be more suitable for you than Yao Ming."

"How about it, go to Knight? I can operate it."

Kongbu didn't lie. If Iverson had a big center next to him, his combat effectiveness would be greatly improved.

Under normal circumstances, the only big center next to Iverson is Uncle Mu. He and Uncle Mu reached the finals together.

Howard's defensive ability is not inferior to that of Uncle Mu at his peak when facing certain centers, and Howard's finishing ability at the basket is actually better than Uncle Mu's.

It can be said that Howard is a center that combines the advantages of Uncle Mu and Yao Ming. He is simply a perfect partner for Iverson.

Iverson's eyes lit up. Howard was a newcomer after all. After joining the Cavaliers, his status would definitely be higher than Howard's. Then he also believed that he and Howard would definitely be able to win after joining forces.

"Okay, just knight!"

"Boss, when can I leave Orlando?"

Iverson couldn't wait any longer. He didn't want to stay in Orlando for a second.

Kongbu shook his head and smiled, "Don't worry. After I finish the press conference tonight, I'll talk to your team's general manager and I'll give you the news tomorrow morning."

During the handshake session between the coaches and players of both sides, Kongbu chatted with the Magic coach for a few words.

The Magic coach is actually none other than Brian Hill Sr., the longest-serving assistant coach under Combs.

Combs knew that the old Hill would definitely not be able to make the decision on Iverson's transaction, so he asked him to contact the Magic's general manager and have a chat at his hotel tonight.

At two o'clock in the morning, Kongbu met the Magic's general manager.

To be precise, the general managers.

After the Magic fired Doc Rivers, I don't know if it was because they were worried that one general manager would be prone to problems when making decisions, so they simply hired two general managers. This is extremely rare in NBA history.

One of the two general managers is Otis Smith, a player drafted in 86 and a junior player in his career.

The other one is older, named Dave Tavodzik. He entered the league in the 72 draft and is also a young guy.

Both of these two people are the kind of low-level management of the league who have to pretend to be grandsons in front of old Thomas. How can they be trusted in front of Kongbu? After meeting, they sat down in front of Kongbu honestly.

"Take it easy, guys."

"I came to you tonight to discuss the Allen deal with you."

After these words were spoken, the two general managers of the Magic looked puzzled. They really couldn't figure out what the Nets wanted Iverson for?How did they know that Kongbu was here to be a lobbyist tonight?

"Kong, do you Nets want Allen?" young Smith asked.

Combo shook his head, "No, I want you to trade Allen to the Cavaliers."

The two general managers were speechless. What is this?Although they are not very senior and have not seen too many big scenes, the current situation still makes them feel too outrageous.

(End of this chapter)