NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 429 Redemption Team
At eight o'clock the next morning, the NBA officially released a surprising message.

Lakers main center Bynum had a problem with a drug test half a month ago, and the NBA officially decided to ban him for two seasons.

As soon as this news came out, fans all over the world were shocked.

The player who had been banned for the most games in NBA history was Artest. This time Bynum's suspension was doubled. A two-season ban almost spelled the end of Bynum's career.

However, this is not necessarily true, because Bynum entered the NBA as a high school student, and he is still very young. Even if he comes back after a two-year suspension, he is actually only 21 years old. As long as he does not miss training in the past two years, he will be Still a tasty treat.

At present, OJ Mayo has not yet entered the league, and Bynum has become the No. 1 sufferer under the anti-drug regulations.

Fans are not fools. They know why the league imposed such a punishment. Seeing Bynum being severely punished, at least the NBA circle has calmed down.

As for the parades in other industries, Stern couldn't be bothered with them.

The Lakers are in trouble. Although with Gerrard's injury and absence, their probability of winning against the Spurs has been infinite, Bynum's suspension for two seasons still caused them heavy losses.

You must know that the match against the Spurs is just the Western Conference semifinals, and there is still the Western Conference finals to play next.

With Bynum, the inside twin towers formed by him and his sister-in-law are definitely at the dominance level in terms of combat effectiveness throughout the Western Conference.

Now without Bynum, what are they going to do against the Suns.

In the next schedule, the Lakers won two games in a row against the Spurs. Without Gerrard, the Spurs were unable to deal with Kobe's point, allowing Kobe to average 38 points per game in the two games.

……

The East and West finals start.

The Nets play against the Philadelphia 76ers and the Lakers play against the Suns.

The first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, New Jersey’s home court.

When Kongbu led his team into the stadium, he could hear two groups of fans in the audience yelling at each other from a distance.

"You bumpkins from New York, get out of Jersey!"

"You are not worthy of coming to our New Jersey to watch football games, you are nouveau riche who smell like copper!"

The New Jersey fans cursed at the New York fans.

New York fans are also sharp-tongued, "Are we not worthy? Your Nets are about to move to New York."

"You will no longer have a team in New Jersey. If you want to watch games, you can only come to New York. The country bumpkins don't deserve to own an NBA team."

New York and New Jersey are located in the northeastern part of the United States. They were the first places where British colonists landed, so they all claim to be authentic Americans.

When New York criticizes New Jersey hillbillies, it mainly calls them poor and like to act like old aristocrats.

When New Jersey scolds the nouveau riche in New York, it is scolding them for having no background and lack of British gentlemanly demeanor.

One thing that is very deep in Kongbu's memory is that the later singer Deng Ziqi went to New Jersey to hold a concert. She may not know that New Jersey and New York are not the same thing. After the concert, she shouted "Thank you New York, I love New York" and was present. New Jerseyans are full of questions.

In the past, it would have been impossible for New Yorkers to come to New Jersey to watch games. Even if their home team, the Knicks, had a worse record, they would not have come to New Jersey to watch games.

For the same reason, it is impossible for New Jerseyans to go to New York to watch football.

But after Kongbu came, the situation was different. Now the league is moving the Nets to New York. This is not a secret news.

Now that the Nets are looking to become New York's team, New Yorkers won't feel uncomfortable watching Nets games. Sooner or later, they will be their own team anyway.

This is why at tonight's game, almost one-third of the seats are occupied by New Yorkers.

If there were only three or five New Yorkers, they wouldn't dare yell at each other with New Jerseyans.

"Good guy, the basketball atmosphere in New Jersey is good enough. It's really lively."

After Yao Ming saw Kong Bu, he laughed and joked.

"What do you think is going on? These two cities are neighbors, so logically they should have good relations."

Dazhi was also very curious. He was born in the capital, and Beijing and Tianjin would also quarrel with each other, but he didn't seem to have such deep hatred.

"By the way, my father called me last night and said that almost all the students have been found, and the classrooms, dormitories, and training grounds are all ready."

"Those NBA assistant coaches and trainers have also settled in."

"Now I'm just waiting for Director Kong to finish his work here and return to China to participate in the ribbon-cutting. The school will be officially completed."

Da Zhi said with a smile.

Kongbu nodded. He had been in contact with Lao Wang these days and knew that the school construction was progressing very well.

After his side finishes the playoffs, he can return to his country and officially start school.

"Is there any other domestic news?" Kongbu asked curiously.

Yao Ming said: "Don't tell me, there is really some news, not big or small."

"We have a young outside player in China who has signed up for the draft. Someone told me about this two days ago. I thought it was a joke. After all, our group of people are all inside players, even the Arab League and Moko. In fact, they are all from the fourth position."

"But this kid is a real perimeter player. I heard that he is 206 centimeters tall, can also play point guard, and his passing and controlling ability is not bad."

"It's really rare. I can't wait to see this kid."

Da Zhi also nodded, "It's really exciting. Our Tianchao men's basketball team is now in a top-heavy situation. The frontcourt is too strong and the backcourt is too weak."

"If this kid is worthy of training, we can strengthen our backcourt and our chances of winning the championship in the next 2008 Olympic Games will be even greater."

Kongbu shook his head and laughed. Of course he knew who the young man they were talking about was.

Who else could it be if it wasn't Sun Yue?

Under normal circumstances, both A Lian and Sun Yue participated in the 2007 draft. Later, A Lian was transferred to the NBA in advance by Kongbu, and Sun Yue has been ignored.

Moreover, Sun Yue has actually been playing in the United States in the past year, but he is playing in the secondary league, and Kongbu has never paid attention to it.

In a month's time, it will be the draft. Sun Yue signed up for the draft, which gave Kongbu a headache.

Should we choose Sun Yue or not?

If Sun Yue's talent is to play outside, looking at the whole of Asia, it is definitely first-rate. There are very few Asian players with his height who can combine speed and flexibility, and also have good passing control. ability.But this is Asia after all. If it were left to the NBA, Sun Yue's talent would not be very noticeable. The only advantage worth talking about is his height.

In fact, the talents of Daba and Arab League were not good before, but at that time, Kongbu had star templates or other props in his hands that could help them improve their combat effectiveness.

Now that Kong Bu has no template in his hands, it will be difficult for Sun Yue to gain a foothold in the NBA without external help.

In addition, Sun Yue's personality is a bit cunning and difficult to discipline.

But Dazhi's words made Kongbu think deeply. The importance of the 2008 Olympics is self-evident, especially after the embarrassing World Championships record in 2006, this Olympics needs to win gold even more.

In Kombu's memory, the lineup of the Dream Team in this Olympics was extremely luxurious. It was known as the "Redemption Team" and all the top stars who were supposed to come were here.

Because the Dream Team has failed to produce a decent record in six consecutive World Series, in order to avenge its shame, the NBA is serious this time.

Not only are you here, but the coach is Old Coach K. He is the godfather of the NCAA. He doesn’t care how famous and commercially valuable your players are in the NBA, whether they are strong in ability or in good condition, or incapable of ability or condition. If it's not good, then just stay on the bench.

As the Dream Team leader Colangelo said, they formed this Dream Team just to prove to the world that the NBA is still the best basketball league on the planet and that their Dream Team is invincible.

Centers Howard and Bosh, the four forwards are James, Anthony, Prince and Boozer, the six guards are Kobe, Wade, Paul, Kidd, Reed plus Dade, and the three shooting guards are three A point guard.

Duncan did not come this time because he had sworn not to participate in the World Series again.

He didn't mention what he had sworn, and the excuse he gave was that he was feeling unwell.

Garnett didn't come either, so he was much more straightforward. The reason he gave was that he needed to win the championship and didn't have time to attend the Dream Team training camp.

Even if these two generals don't come, the lineup of Mengba Team is enough to be called heaven-defying.

Of course, the China Men's Basketball Team definitely has the advantage at positions [-] and [-]. Howard cannot be Yao Ming's opponent, not in the NBA, and even less so on the FIBA ​​stage.

Playing in the fourth position against Boozer is definitely an advantage. Against Bosh, the situation is not necessarily the same. It may be an advantage or a disadvantage.

Da Zhi, who is at the third position, will definitely have no problem playing against most of the forwards of the Dream Eight team on the offensive end, but on the defensive end he may not be able to guard against people like Anthony or James.

Then if Ah Lian plays the second position, it is hard to say whether he can have an advantage, because the height advantage is too great, so the offensive end is not a big problem.

But it is precisely because he is too tall that he is definitely not that flexible on the defensive end, which may give Kobe or Wade many opportunities.

Taken together, if the Tianchao team does not consider the No. [-] position, it has a [-]% probability of having an advantage against the luxurious Mengba team. After all, Yao Ming has a stable advantage.

And if you consider the No. [-] position, then the overall advantage may turn into a disadvantage.

Paul and De Xiaopang, any one of them can crush and beat the point guard of the Chinese men's basketball team repeatedly. This is not to underestimate the domestic point guard, but the strength gap between the two sides is really that big.

For example, when Paul faced Liu Wei, it was just an ordinary breakthrough with the ball. With just one face-to-face, Liu Wei was knocked back several steps. The power gap was too big.

If Kidd starts, the situation may be better. After all, Kidd's offensive desire is not very strong.

But as a talented coach like Old K, he doesn't have to worry about Kidd's feelings. Even if Kidd doesn't appear on the court for a second, it's entirely possible.

The more Kongbu thought about it, the more headache he got. This was the Olympics at home. If he lost, he would really lose face.

In the past few years, Kongbu set the tone too high. When he led the team, he won the world championship in every World Series, which has raised the fans' expectations to an extremely high level.

In this Olympics at home, not winning a gold medal is a failure, even a silver medal is not enough.

In order to increase the probability of winning the gold medal, the only thing Kong Bu can do is to strengthen the No. [-] position, and if he wants to strengthen the No. [-] position, the best candidate or the only candidate can only be Sun Yue.

There is still more than a year left before the Olympics. Kongbu thought that in this more than a year, he might be able to trigger a new task, get a star template, and help Sun Yue improve.

Even if he fails to get the star template, Kong Bu still has a potion in his hand that can improve the player's talent. When the time comes and it doesn't work, he will bear the pain and give it to Sun Yue.

There is no way, the importance of this Olympics is too high, and Kongbu must go all out.

"What does the draft report say? What's the predicted pick?"

Combe asked curiously.

Yao Ming shook his head, "Most of the scouting reports are very nice, so just take a look at this."

"Sun Yue's skills are unforgettable. He is an excellent ball handler and has a broad passing vision."

"Being able to make a lot of dribbling movements under the crotch, being able to break through and create opportunities for teammates, this aspect is similar to Nash."

"The tall size can create mismatch advantages, excellent athletic ability, good jumping ability, and the ability to complete difficult dunks."

"A selfless pass-first player."

"The outstanding wingspan gives him an advantage in rebounding and blocking shots. Overall, he is a high-level organizer."

Yao Ming intermittently recounted the scouting reports he had read to Kong Bu.

After hearing this, Kongbu called him a good guy. If he hadn't known Sun Yue, he would have even suspected that he was reading Magic Johnson's draft report.

"The disadvantages are that he is too thin, and he likes to pass the ball too much, which often leads to missing many scoring opportunities."

"The template for the draft is that guy from France."

Yao Ming also mentioned some shortcomings in Sun Yue's draft report.

Kongbu felt that this scouting report was a bit unreliable. It exaggerated Sun Yue's advantages too much and glossed over Sun Yue's shortcomings.

If he is as strong as in the draft report, Sun Yue will not be unable to play in the NBA.

"Okay, I understand. It will depend on the situation at that time. If the pick is not high, I can select him and train him slowly."

"If the pick is too high, then think of other ways."

"We have no better choice now. We can only place our hopes on this kid and hope that he will not let us down."

Kongbu sighed helplessly.

After finishing chatting with Yao Ming Dazhi, Kongbu found Thomas Sr. and gave him a task.

That is to invite Sun Yue to come to the Nets for a trial training. Kongbu decided to contact Sun Yue before the draft to see if this guy's temperament is as bad as the rumors.

(End of this chapter)