Chapter 247 Parker’s fate

Author: Lao Ma Jia

Chapter 247 Parker’s fate

The team lost. Although the generals didn't feel anything in their hearts, after all, this was a very special game. Yao Ming was rested without incident. Obviously, Kongbu had his own ideas.

But even if they didn't feel anything, it was still a loss anyway, and the generals had to pretend to be unhappy even if they were just pretending.

Only Parker was different. He stuck out his big teeth and winked at a tall female fan on the sidelines.

Kongbu looked at it intently. The blond female fan looked familiar to him. If nothing else, she must be Becky Harmon.

Now that Becky Hammon is also a player, playing for the New York Liberty of the WNBA, it is normal for her to appear in Madison Square Garden.

In the future, Becky Hammon will be known as, firstly, the Spurs assistant coach, who is also the first female assistant coach in NBA history, and secondly, because of the bad relationship between him and Parker.

In fact, Becky Hammon is almost equal to Magic Johnson in the WNBA. He is one of the top 15 superstars in WNBA history. He has won all kinds of best lineups and assists leaders.

If it weren't for such a glorious resume, it would be unlikely that she would become the first female NBA assistant coach.

Combe was curious about where Becky Harmon got the money to buy a front-row seat. You know this is Madison Square Garden, and front-row seats cost thousands of dollars.

The salary of female players in the WNBA, even at the level of Becky Harmon, is only an annual salary of over 100,000 yuan. Thinking about it, it is impossible for them to be willing to buy such expensive tickets.

I think it was Parker who helped get the tickets. In order to win the favor of the beauty, this guy can really do anything.

"Imperfect!"

"What a pity. It would be great if you win."

Thomas Sr. walked to Combu after the game and muttered in a low voice.

"Aren't you happy about winning? You old guy may be crazy." Kongbu said angrily.

"It's not the Eastern Conference Finals. What's the point of winning? If you win, the headline tomorrow will be that Kwame Brown scored 35+20 and led the Philadelphia 76ers to a bloodbath in Madison Garden Square."

"Guess if Michael will vomit blood when he sees such news?"

"It's a pity, but it's not bad. Michael may be wondering now whether this deal will be cheated by you."

The more Thomas Sr. talked, the happier he became that he could make his old enemy Jordan feel uncomfortable for once. He felt it was sweeter than eating honey.

"By the way, have any players from our team asked you for tickets?" Kongbu asked curiously.

"Yes, that boy Parker in your team."

"Didn't you ask for the ticket? I thought it was you, so I gave him a good seat, worth at least three thousand US dollars!"

Kongbu shook his head, "You are really willing to do it. I dare you to spend this money not on yours."

"Do I dare not to give up? Who knows what your plans are. Shaq asked for tickets to the Clippers before, but the Clippers didn't give them. Everyone knows what will happen."

"If I don't give it to you, who knows what you will do."

Old Thomas looked at Kongbu with disgust and said.

Kongbu smiled wryly and waved his hands. It seemed that he needed to improve his image. Why did he become the villain of the alliance now?

Kongbu didn't care much about Parker asking for game tickets. It was a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning.

The reason why he asked Lao Deng to inquire was purely out of curiosity.

If not because of bad luck, even though Combs had changed Parker's life trajectory, he still hooked up with Becky Harmon.

What’s interesting is that I don’t know what the Hall of Fame judges think. It’s full of bad taste. Parker and Becky Hammon will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the same time in 2023, which makes people daydream.

The two sides shook hands and greeted each other, and Kongbu chatted with Dazhi and Lao Hu for a few words.

Hu is currently playing as a substitute for Houston, and his average playing time per game is very little. Houston usually plays 38 minutes in a game, so Hu's playing time is only a few minutes, which is a complete waste.

Fortunately, Lao Hu doesn't have so many pursuits anymore. It would be good to earn more money in the Knicks and go back to retire. Isn't this just a proper way to earn foreign exchange?

"Director Kong, next year's World Championships will be played in Indiana. Why don't we go there directly for training to save us the hassle of traveling back and forth?" Lao Hu asked with a smile.

Next year, the 2002 World Championships, will be held in the old American state of Indiana.

In this tournament close to home, the United States has sent the Dream Team 5.

Just looking at the lineup on paper, this Dream Five team is actually not bad, with Big Ben, O'Neill, Reggie Miller, Bearded Davis, Hacker Marion, Finley, etc., but in the end they only won 100 points in the World Championships.

When it came to sixth place, it became a joke.

The coach who led the team was Combe's old friend George Karl, and this incident became a stain on his entire coaching career.

Kongbu actually couldn't figure out why this lineup only finished sixth. It was really outrageous.

After careful consideration, the reason may lie in the center. The center forwards of the Dream Team 5 are Ben and Brand, both of whom are extremely short.

There is no three-second violation under the basket in FIBA ​​games. Super heavy centers can stand under the basket, and small guys like them suffer.

In addition, underestimating the enemy may also be a very important reason. These people are all famous figures in the NBA, so it is normal to look down on players from other national teams.

Then there is the poor shooting feel. There is no player with top breakthrough ability in the team. When the shooting touch is not good, it is easy to suffer.

Thinking about the lineup that Kongbu has painstakingly built, it does not mean that it is always invincible. In the playoffs, there are often tiebreakers. It is normal for the lineup of Dream Team 5 to misfire in the knockout rounds.

"Okay, let's discuss a time for training in May or June next year."

"By the way, Dazhi, how is that boy Ah Lian's training lately?"

Kongbu suddenly remembered that he was still training A Lian who was bound to the Antetokounmpo template in China.

The Arab League will be eligible to participate in the draft in 2003, but Kongbu has not yet determined whether he wants to participate in the draft so early.

"I heard from my father that this kid is a bit ridiculously strong."

"He said that his strength may not be inferior to mine now, but I don't believe it anyway."

"But he does have a good personality and is very sensible. Many scouts from NBA teams invited him to dinner, and some sports manufacturers approached him for endorsements, but he refused."

"If you ask me, just let him participate in the 2003 draft. Anyway, the strength is there. Even if he can't play in other teams, we can take him over at any time."

"I think even if he is not the top pick, he must be at least the top three picks."

Dazhi obviously has a very good impression of Arab League.

Kongbu nodded, "Let's talk about it, there are still two years left."

"Ask your father to supervise the training more. When you get old, you will still have to count on him to carry the banner."

After the handshakes between the two sides ended, Kongbu led the generals back to the locker room.

Everyone congratulated Kwame Brown one after another. Although they also knew that Kwame Brown was not very strong. Apart from the players who made up the numbers in the roster, he might be the weakest one in the rotation, but after all, it was a trade of Kongbu.

Players who have come here will definitely look at Kwame Brown in a different light.

Kongbu specifically checked Kwame Brown's attributes. He wanted to see how much Kwame Brown's fighting spirit attributes had improved.

When he first arrived in Combo's hands, Kwame Brown's fighting spirit was only 3 points. Even after playing for the Philadelphia 76ers for a month, his fighting spirit increased extremely slowly. Before playing tonight, it was only 21 points.

There was nothing I could do, I was suppressed too hard by the old gangster.

"Huh? What the hell is this?" Kongbu looked a little unbelievable after reading Kwame Brown's attributes.

His fighting spirit has skyrocketed by 95 points. This is definitely a state of high morale. If he goes to the battlefield, he can use his body to block the gun.

Kongbu is not surprised that his fighting spirit has skyrocketed. What surprises him is that Kwame Brown's other attributes have also improved a lot.

Originally, Kwame Brown's rebounding attribute at his peak was 82 points, but now it has become 89 points.

The interior defense also changed from 78 points to 85 points.

The low post offensive ability has also reached 80 points.

This is the first time that Kongbu has encountered such a situation. The increase in self-confidence has actually improved a player's attributes so much.

Although his attributes are not top-notch, but taken together, his strength has become good. He is not at the All-Star level, but he can be regarded as a qualified starting center. Especially in this era of declining centers, he is in the majority of the league.

The team can all play a stable starting center position.

If we meet a team with him as the core, they will be able to average at least 16 points and 9 rebounds per game.

In fact, in the third season of Kwame Brown's career, his statistics have improved. He averaged 30 minutes per game and scored 11 points and 7.4 rebounds.

You must know that even in his third season, he is still a young man who has just turned 20 years old.

Unfortunately, this performance still did not meet the psychological expectations of the Wizards management, so they simply gave up on him, and he completely lost the opportunity to rise.

From this point of view, Xiao'ao's luck is actually good. At least after he was given up by the Trail Blazers, a team was willing to cultivate him and give him a chance.

Kwame Brown was standing among the generals with a shy smile on his face. He was not used to being praised like this.

He looked at Kong Bu with grateful eyes, wondering if he also wanted to hear Kong Bu's praise.

"Kid, you played well tonight."

"I will arrange a few more games for you to start this month. You should thank Yao properly."

"The core centers of other teams are not so easy to talk to. If Yao were Shaq, would he be willing to come on the bench for you?" Kongbu joked.

Everyone was also happy, and Kwame Brown scratched his head with a silly smile.

"Keep up the good work, I'm very satisfied with this deal with the Wizards!"
To be continued...