"Everyone, please take your seats."

"I declare that the 1997 NBA Draft has officially begun!"

An old white man with gray hair shouted impassionedly on the stage.

Kong Bu in the audience looked dull, staring at the old man on the stage.

Kongbu is a time traveler. He just traveled to this world thirty seconds ago.

Or should I say this era?

The old man on the stage was very familiar to Combs. He was none other than NBA Commissioner David Stern.

Considering the two voices he shouted just now, Kongbu, who was a top senior fan in his previous life, didn't know where he was at this time.

The scene of the 1997 draft!

These are all secondary. What really makes Kongbu look dull is his identity in time traveled.

President of basketball operations and head coach of the Toronto Raptors.

Kongbu now began to wonder whether he had inadvertently saved the universe in his previous life, otherwise how could he have gotten such a perfect start.

"Boss, are you feeling unwell?"

Assistant coach John Newman on the side saw Combu's expression of dementia and couldn't help but ask.

Kongbu shook his head, "No, I'm just too tired from work recently."

Newman's face is twitching and he is tired from work? The Raptors didn't make the playoffs at all this year.

We have a holiday after the regular season in mid-April.

And now it’s the draft at the end of June.

He really couldn't figure out what job his ridiculously young immediate boss could have these days.

"Congratulations to host Kongbu, the identity matching is completed."

"The iron-blooded bishop training system was successfully launched."

"The system will release tasks from time to time. After completing the tasks, you can obtain star templates, skill packs, precious props, etc."

"It is detected that the host is participating in the draft on behalf of the Toronto Raptors, and the rookie task is triggered."

"Mission goal: Try to improve the Toronto Raptors' team rating during the draft."

"After the draft is over, rewards will be given to the host depending on the improvement in the team's rating."

A series of system prompts appeared in Kongbu's mind.

Kong Bu raised the corners of his mouth and became ecstatic in his heart. In addition to having memories of past lives, there are also system benefits?

It would be totally unreasonable for him to fail to make a name for himself in the NBA.

After carefully recalling the system prompt sound just now, Kongbu wondered what the hell this team rating was.

As soon as the thought came up, a piece of information came to his mind again.

"Toronto Raptors: Current team overall rating is B-."

"The offensive rating is C, the defensive rating is C, and the rebounding rating is B-."

"Player potential rating B."

After Kongbu received the information, he understood that the Raptors' current team rating should be B-.

"Can I check the ratings of other teams? For example, the Bulls?" Combu thought in his mind.

We are currently in the second dynasty of the Bulls. Any fan living in this era would probably want to see how the Bulls are rated.

"Chicago Bulls: Team overall rating is S."

"The offensive rating is S-level, the defensive rating is S-level, and the rebounding rating is S-level."

"Player potential rating is C-."

Kongbu was stunned and frightened by Bull's comment.

Turtle, after all, is a super powerful man on a historical level. This rating is enough to explain everything.

As for the player potential rating being very low, not even as good as the Raptors, Kongbu can understand this.

The Bulls currently don't have a decent newcomer in their lineup. They all rely on the trident and a bunch of veterans, and there is no room for newcomers at all.

In this case, of course there is no potential to be tapped.

The Raptors currently have in their lineup at least Damon Stoudemire and Marcus Camby.

Both of these two are young people who have entered the league in the past two years.

After reading the ratings of the two teams, Kongbu really felt the gap.

If the bull is like a lion or a tiger, the raptor can only be regarded as a local dog at best.

But Kongbu had full confidence in this native dog. He was sure that it wouldn't be long before, under his leadership, the native dog would be able to tear the liger apart.

"The greater the improvement in team rating, the richer the reward?"

"It seems like we have to think of a way. We can't miss this opportunity to raise our starting point."

Kongbu frowned and thought.

If you want to improve the team's rating, the essence is to improve the depth of the team's lineup. In the vernacular, it is to introduce more stars.

A team with many stars may not necessarily be strong due to poor chemical reactions, overlapping positions, uneven distribution of shot rights, etc.

But a team without a decent star in the team will definitely not be strong.

Kongbu raised his head and looked into the venue. Since he wanted to introduce stars to improve the team's rating, there were only two ways.

One is the draft.

One is trading.

It happens to be the draft scene now, and representatives from all the teams in the league are here. Is there any better place to trade than this?

"John, our draft picks this year are No. 9 and No. 41, right?"

Kongbu asked the assistant coach Newman next to him.

Newman almost vomited blood. He wanted to grab Kong Bu's lapel and ask, how did you ask such a question?

As a team president and coach, you are not sure about your team's draft pick?

It's off the mark.

"That's right," Newman said weakly.

Kongbu grinned, these two picks were simply too essential.

Under normal circumstances, the Raptors would have selected Tracy McGrady with the ninth pick, and a nobody with the 41st pick.

Now that Kongbu is here, of course he still has to choose Tracy McGrady with the ninth pick.

Because if you don't choose Tracy McGrady, there is really no one to choose from.

If this had been done in other drafts, Kongbu would have been able to choose other stars with the help of his past life memories.

Only this 1997 draft is impossible.

This draft is really special, as there were only three All-Star players in total.

They are Duncan, the No. 1 pick, Billups, the No. 3 pick, and Tracy McGrady, who is about to be drafted by the Raptors.

The Raptors will definitely not be able to select Duncan and Billups with the ninth pick, so McGrady is the only option.

Although he is the only choice, Kombu is still very satisfied. As one of the top four shooting guards in the future and a member of the Hall of Fame, McGrady will definitely improve the team's rating a lot.

Talking about the essence of the draft picks in hand, in addition to the No. 9 pick that can be used to select McGrady, the No. 41 pick can be used to select Stephen Jackson.

Under normal circumstances, Jackson is selected by the Suns with the 42nd pick in the second round, and the Raptors can just pick him with the 41st pick.

Although he has not been selected as an All-Star, Wu Sheng is actually considered a star.

In his peak season, he was a top small forward who averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game.

In addition, the Auburn Hills Palace incident and the 2007 Warriors' Black Eight Miracle incident also left his name in NBA history.

In terms of fame, he is bigger than many All-Stars in history.

With the guarantee of getting Tracy McGrady and Wu Sheng, Combs is convinced that this should improve the Raptors' team rating by two levels.

Promoted from B- to B.

Unfortunately, this kind of improvement cannot satisfy Kong Bu at all.

His goal is to improve the team's rating to at least A grade.
Chapter completed!