It's not even April yet, and there are still at least three months until the offseason, and many acquaintances have already begun to ask Kongbu about this summer's training camp.

During the offseason last season, the training camp was really effective.

The strength of the players has improved rapidly, especially the young players. After returning to their respective schools, they have obviously shown greater strength than before.

Some of the NCAA players who participated in the training camp even reached the semi-finals of the national championship.

Improving their strength is one thing, but more importantly, they may become a reality show star that is a household name in the United States like Curry.

Knicks owner James Dolan also mentioned this matter to Combs early and asked him to prepare early.

Perhaps in Dolan's opinion, the training camp is the real thing. After all, this reality show can bring considerable profits.

Anyway, it is far more than Kongbu’s annual salary.

Kongbu originally thought about canceling this year's training camp. After all, he has to lead his team to compete in the Men's Basketball World Championships this year, and time is very tight.

However, considering that this year's Men's Basketball World Championships will be played in the United States, it seems that it is not impossible to hold a training camp and bring the men's basketball players for training at the same time.

He called Larry Bird directly. After all, he was the Pacers' liaison, so it was definitely right to contact him about Indiana matters.

"Renting a training venue is a trivial matter. You can even use our training venue directly. After all, we are on vacation during the offseason and won't use it."

"But you have to do me a favor and take care of my kid. He has no talent in basketball and he doesn't have the slightest love for basketball, but I still want him to enter this circle."

"Even if he doesn't play basketball and becomes a scout or assistant coach, at least he can make a living after I die."

Larry Bird sighed.

His son Connor Bird is not a fuel-efficient person, and Kongbu has heard about it.

The children of many stars in the NBA are useless. For example, Jordan's son has not inherited any of Jordan's basketball talents and has been gnawing at his old age.

But nibbling on the old is not bad. At least they didn't cause any trouble for Jordan except for the scandal of having Pippen's wife.

For example, Kidd's daughter Cheney Kidd was a frequent visitor to drug rehabilitation centers. She even sold herself because Kidd gave her too little pocket money, and her indecent photos were circulated on the Internet.

Van Exel's son was even crazier. He killed his classmate with a shotgun and dumped the body. He was sentenced to sixty years. His father nicknamed him Crazy Van. This kid was even crazier than a madman.

EJ-chan, the son of a magician, is considered an honest person. After all, he doesn't do anything sinister, he just dresses a little bit to irritate his eyes.

Larry Bird's son, Connor Bird, is also a frequent visitor to drug rehabilitation centers and has a very bad temper. It is rumored that he wanted to kill his girlfriend with his car. The reason why he was not prosecuted must have cost the old Bird a lot of money.

Kongbu was too embarrassed to refuse Old Bird, so he could only agree.

In fact, Old Bird also knew that his child would definitely not be able to land in the NBA. He was covered in fat and could not be the master of this bowl of rice, but he still wanted to leave a way out for his child. Maybe one day he would

Damn it, even though he can keep a lot of money, that bastard may squander it all in three or two years.

In Old Bird's mind, if his son could be as perfect as Kongbu, he would die in peace.

So he thought about sending his son to Kong Bu, even if he learned a little bit about Kong Bu, it would be worth the money.

This time he was participating in Kongbu's training camp. After the training camp, he also thought about letting his son go to Kongbu's team for an internship at his own expense, just like Mike Brown did.

"By the way, Kong, I heard that you have decided to compete with Michael for ownership of the new army?"

Larry Bird asked.

Kongbu roared in his heart, why is Jordan so big-mouthed? What he just told him, he turned around and spread the word.

"There is such a thing, but the new army still has at least two years, and everything is full of variables."

Kongbu didn't dare to say anything. Jordan was a bit unreliable. Who knows if there will be any changes in the future.

"Okay, then it seems we have no choice but to withdraw from the competition."

"It's not that I'm worried about Michael, it's just that I have no chance of winning if I compete with you."

"Even if the vote comes, I think you will definitely have an overwhelming advantage."

"After all, who can have trouble with money?"

Old Bird said with emotion.

He was actually looking forward to becoming the boss of the New Army, but when he heard that Kong Bu had partnered with Jordan to compete together, his thoughts disappeared.

Because he knew he would never be able to compete.

It's easy to say that Jordan's partnership with Kong Bu actually doesn't add any weight, but may actually be a negative factor.

Mainly because Jordan's management skills are not very good, the bosses of each team are afraid that he will compete with Kongbu for power, causing the new team to suffer losses.

There are many loss-making teams in the league, and they are actually sucking the blood of profitable teams like the Knicks and Lakers.

The fewer losing teams there are, the more teams like the Knicks and Lakers will make.

Under normal circumstances, new teams are bound to make losses. Some teams may have been losing money for more than ten years and require subsidies from the league.

But if Kongbu takes charge of the New Army, the situation will be different. Everyone knows that Kongbu is absolutely capable of making the New Army profitable.

If he can make more money, the team owner will certainly support Kongbu.

Larry Bird knew this very well. In terms of profitability alone, he was completely incomparable with Kong Bu, so he simply withdrew from the competition.

…

April 1st is less than half a month before the end of the regular season.

Combs led the team to Milwaukee for an away game.

After arriving in Milwaukee, Combs declined Bucks coach George Karl's dinner invitation. Instead, he called Larry Harris, the son of Silver Fox Harris, and invited him out for a meal and a chat.

Harris is still an assistant at the moment, but it won't be long before he will be promoted to Dabao and become the helmsman of the Bucks.

In fact, Kong Bu didn't really understand why an assistant could become the general manager in a short period of time. It was definitely impossible to say that there was nothing fishy about it.

But if you think about it carefully, Silver Fox Harris doesn't seem to have the energy to influence the Bucks boss's decision. If he could, he wouldn't have been fired by the Bucks in the first place.

After the meeting, when he met Larry Harris for the first time, Combo roughly guessed what the Bucks boss was thinking.

Little Harris seems to be too frugal, and his clothes are extremely plain, even lower quality than Kongbu's two-hundred-yuan high-end goods.

In addition, the car he drove was the same as Kongbu, a second-hand Chevrolet.

Combu recalled a memory from his past life. From time to time, there are anonymous votes in the NBA, such as voting for the player who is least willing to defend, the player with the strongest ball control ability, the head coach with the worst coaching ability, etc.

There is also an anonymous vote on the team's general manager.

In a poll of the league's stingiest general managers, the one who topped the list was none other than Larry Harris.

Fans remember stingy general managers such as Popovich and Fatty Morey, but in the eyes of players or managers in the circle, Harris Jr. is the stingiest one.

It is said that the paper in this guy's office is reused, and the office staff are only issued two pens a year, and they need to replace the refills when they are used up.

Anyway, he can save as much as he can on the team's expenses, and he can't wait to use every penny.

Of course, being stingy is not a compliment, especially when it comes to being stingy to this extent, but in the eyes of the team owner, this is a rare and good quality.

The less you spend, the more you earn. Which boss doesn’t like this kind of manager?

The only thing is that his vision is not very good. After taking office, he did a lot of things that left people speechless. For example, he traded Ray Allen to the SuperSonics for Payton, and in the draft, he selected Yi Jianlian who had never tried out.

If he is very capable and has such a stingy temper, he will probably be able to serve as the general manager forever.

"Kong, is that true? I don't need to do anything to become the team's general manager next season?" After seeing Kong Bu, little Harris couldn't help but ask.

When his father told him about this, he thought it was extremely ridiculous. How could this be possible?!

But he has been in the league for so many years, and he also knows that Kongbu never talks nonsense, and as long as what he says, almost everything has come true.

"That's right, you really don't need to do anything."

"But it's best to do something. Try to keep Ray Allen as much as possible after taking office, and don't trade him away easily."

"With Ray Allen here, just find some good lineup, at least you hope to be a regular in the playoffs."

"If there is no Ray Allen, it will be difficult for you. You may have to compete for the No. 1 pick every year."

Kongbu opened his mouth and reminded.

Under normal circumstances, Ray Allen was sold to the SuperSonics in exchange for Payton.

As a result, Payton was ineffective in the Bucks, forcing the Bucks to give up on him.

It's like saying that I didn't make any profit from the stag hair in this transaction, and my grandma's family lost money.

As long as Harris doesn't sell Ray Allen, the Bucks won't be any worse no matter how bad they are.

"Ah? I heard from the boss that he seems to be preparing to compete for Yi Jianlian next season."

"His plan is to get rid of all the players with high salaries in the team and completely rebuild."

Little Harris pursed his lips and said.

Kongbu was startled. Has Yi Jianlian's temptation reached such a high level? This season hasn't even started yet, but there is a team that is thinking of giving him a bad start next season?

Considering Yi Jianlian's current performance, it seems that he does have this qualification.

Currently in the CBA, his game averages are no longer like those of a human being, 37 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals and 6 blocks. You must know that these are the statistics of an 18-year-old kid.

The last player who wreaked havoc in the CBA was Yao Ming. Even Yao Ming at the time was not as comprehensive as Yi Jianlian.

It seems that this kid doesn't have any shortcomings, whether it's offense, defense or rebounding, there are no blind spots, and he can even play any position on the court.
To be continued...