Chapter 316 The Omnipotent Grant Hill(1/2)
The game officially started, Bosh and the Clippers' newly selected center Chris Kaman executed a jump ball.
Naturally, Bosh won easily.
Kaman is a typical white bear type player. Even though he is very young and thin now, he still looks very bulky.
Speaking of which, Kaman should actually be regarded as Pinduoduo’s version of Yao Ming. The two have quite a lot in common.
They all have the same wingspan and their careers are almost ruined by injuries.
Kaman's rebounding and shot-blocking abilities were a little better than Yao Ming's during his peak period, and his offensive style was somewhat similar to Yao Ming's, with both hooks and mid-range shots.
It's just that Kaman's offensive efficiency is far inferior to that of Yao Ming, which prevents him from becoming a first-line star.
In fact, Kongbu really wanted Kaman. After all, there are too few decent centers in the league today. Unfortunately, Kaman's pick was too high, and his price-performance ratio was not as good as Bosh. Kongbu had no choice but to reluctantly give up.
After Bosh succeeded in jumping the ball, Babos controlled the ball immediately.
Just when everyone thought Barbosa was about to take possession of the ball at the No. 1 position, he passed the basketball directly to Grant Hill.
Hill's expression was a little solemn. Since joining the Magic, he has never had the opportunity to try the point guard-style play of the Pistons. After all, the Magic have Tracy McGrady, so it is impossible for Hill to monopolize the ball.
After Hill suffered a serious injury, he no longer had any tactical status in the Magic.
Now under the command of Combs, Hill never dreamed that he would live the good life of the Pistons again.
The more Kongbu valued him, the more uneasy Hill felt.
He knows very well that this may be the last chance for his career. If he fails to produce anything under Kong Bu, then his career will almost be over.
"Run, speed up!"
Seeing Hill's dazed look, Kongbu couldn't help but stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly.
Jordan also came to the away game with the team. After all, this was the first game in the history of the Bobcats. How could he not come to join in the fun?
"What are you hesitating about?"
"Can you play? If you can't play, change. Take off your jersey to me and I'll play!"
Jordan's temper was not as good as that of Kong Bu. When he saw Hill, he seemed to have lost his soul and started roaring at him.
Hill was given a slap in the face, glanced at Wilcox, who was facing him, and started rushing towards the frontcourt.
When he reached the three-point line in the frontcourt, Hill made an emergency stop.
Wilcox reached out to block the shot, but Hill's pass was a fake shot. The ball was passed to Barbosa, who was cutting through the air. The latter used his speed advantage to easily pick up the basket and score.
Barbosa's speed is not comparable to that of Iverson, and he is worthy of the name Lightning, but he is not even a bit better than Serbian player Marko Coric.
It's a coincidence that there is no point guard in Combe's Charlotte Bobcats team, and the Los Angeles Clippers also don't have a serious point guard. The one player they play on the court is the 201 cm tall shooting guard Coric.
Kongbu wanted to laugh every time he saw Coric, but his eyes were really too small. Before seeing him, Kongbu had no idea what mung bean eyes looked like, but he immediately understood after seeing him.
But despite his ugly appearance, Coric is a master in love, and his wife is none other than Brazilian national treasure model Adria Lima.
Lima is the longest-serving model under Victoria's Secret. She is the third-highest paid supermodel in the world. She is also rated as one of the sexiest women in the world.
And Barbosa happened to be Brazilian. When he learned that his career debut would be against Coric, he shouted in the locker room that Coric would be punished tonight, and he must do it for all Brazilian men.
Fight for breath.
Kongbu understands his feelings very well. It's like a Clippers gringo player on the court marrying Gao Yuanyuan. If Kongbu doesn't beat him out, he'll be fine.
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In the first offensive round, the Bobcats couldn't see anything, especially Hill's current strength.
He just dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, then jumped up and faked a pass, and just added an assist.
On the other hand, Barbosa's performance made Bobcat fans' eyes light up. This newcomer's running awareness is very active and excellent, and his shots are also very decisive.
In the Clippers' offensive round, Corey dribbled the ball to the frontcourt with green bean eyes and handed the ball to the muscular man Maggette.
Josh Howard immediately greeted him.
After two months of special training in Kongbu's training camp, Josh Howard's body is at least a bit bigger than when he first entered the draft.
The first positions of both teams are fake point guards, and similarly, the second positions of both teams are also fake shooting guards.
Maggette is a small forward disguised as a shooting guard, and Josh Howard is the same, and he is even a small forward originally.
After the two faced off, they began to fight hand-to-hand. Maggette wanted to use his strength to attack Howard alone, but unfortunately the effect was not very good.
He could push Howard away, but Howard was too flexible and could get back in immediately.
In the end, Maggette made a seemingly stiff step-back mid-range shot, which hit the ball directly, and Bosh collected the rebound.
For a player like Maggette, whose whole body is full of muscles, no matter how he plays, he will definitely not be able to connect with his elegance. The step-back mid-range shot he just made even made Jordan laugh.
After Bosh got the rebound, he didn't rush to pass the ball. At only 19 years old, he has a maturity that far exceeds his age.
After Hill reached his side, Bosh passed the ball and then ran towards the frontcourt.
When passing by Kongbu, Kongbu clapped his hands and applauded, "Well done, kid!"
Kongbu's simple words of encouragement made Bosh feel as excited as chicken blood.
He was the player Kongbu selected with the highest draft pick, which is enough to show Kongbu's expectations for him.
Kongbu has been coaching for so many years. Except for the special time when Yao Ming gave Kongbu the No. 1 pick, in the other seasons Kongbu never got the top three draft picks.
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As if it was a repeat of the previous offensive round, Barbosa immediately ran out of space again. Hill once again made a sudden stop in the frontcourt, faked a pass, and passed the ball to Barbosa.
This time Barbosa took a mid-range shot and hit it again.
At the beginning of the game, the Brazilian boy had already scored four points in a row. The hatred for seizing his wife was indeed irreconcilable.
"What does Lima like about you? Don't get me wrong, this is not my problem alone."
"This is a common question in the minds of billions of men around the world. Can you help me answer it?"
After scoring four points in a row, Barbosa walked up to Corey and asked frivolously.
This can be considered a type of trash talk. Many players in the NBA who are married to celebrity wives have encountered this kind of trash talk.
Coric straightened his back and said, "Want to know? I'll go to your hotel room tonight and let you see what I'm doing?"
"I'm afraid you will have a psychological shadow after reading it."
Barbossa's face turned green. Thinking of his dream lover Lima being ravaged by this green bean man, his internal organs were on fire.
Seeing Barbossa's expression, Coric laughed proudly.
As the saying goes, great joy brings sorrow. When it came to the Clippers' round, Coric's pass was careless and was directly intercepted by Hill.
Just after successfully stealing the ball, Hill immediately went to the meeting alone, holding the ball and rushing towards the frontcourt alone. Wilcox behind him couldn't keep up with him.
After arriving in the frontcourt, facing an empty basket, Hill dunked with one arm, making the basket buzz.
After landing, Hill beat his chest and roared in anger.
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had dunked such a hearty basket. The injuries he had suffered in the past three years had made him very scrupulous on the court, and he did not dare to make too drastic movements at all.
After being criticized by Jordan at the beginning of tonight's game, Hill completely let go and decided to abandon all worries.
This dunk truly brought Hill back to his peak.
During the two months of the training camp, Hill was actually restrained and did not dare to engage in too intense physical confrontation with his opponents.
In just two minutes of the game, the new Charlotte Bobcats beat the Los Angeles Clippers 6-0, making Clippers coach Dennis groan.
Kongbu was all smiles, especially after seeing Hill's one-armed swing, he knew that the all-powerful Hill was back.
Just as Kongbu expected, in the following time, Hill truly explained what it means to be omnipotent.
On the defensive end, the opponent Wilcox was held scoreless for five minutes, let alone scoring. Wilcox didn't even get a chance to touch the ball.
At his peak, Hill's defensive efficiency value could reach an astonishing 98, and his defensive win contribution value could reach about 6. This advanced defensive data is extremely astonishing.
You must know that Jordan has played for so many years, won DPOY, and been selected to the defensive first team so many times, but his defensive efficiency has never reached 98 points.
Hill, who has returned to his peak, is simply trying to deal with Wilcox.
Hill on the offensive end reminded Combe of an idiom, "It's a good idea but not a good one."
He doesn't have the gorgeous perimeter offensive posture of Jordan, Kobe or Tracy McGrady, nor does he have the breakthrough pace of Iverson like a butterfly wearing flowers.
But his shots were very deadly, as if every shot was calculated in advance, and both the shot point and the shot position were just right.
His performance in organizing the offense was also amazing. After assisting Barbosa twice in the opening game, Hill used his passing to activate the entire Bobcats' offensive rhythm.
Both Bosh and David West on the court also received passes from Hill and scored comfortably.
Even on the rebounding side, Hill had already recorded five rebounds before the end of the first quarter.
You must know that Hill averaged 9.8 rebounds per game at his peak. Those were figures produced in the 1990s. At that time, there were many super insiders in the league. As a small forward, in addition to attacking, defending and passing, he could also do a lot of things.
With his rebounds per game approaching double figures, you can imagine how strong his rebounding ability is.
Bosh and David West's rebounding ability is not very strong. Bosh is pretty good. He has had double-digit rebounds in several seasons in his career, but it has not reached 11, just more than 10 points.
And David West's rebounding is even worse. He has never averaged 9 rebounds per game in his career.
To be continued...