This is not the first time that the conflict between Combs and Riley has become public. The two faced off a few years ago. At that time, the two sides were in the ring, which triggered numerous big players in the league to take sides.

Who would have thought that a few years later, Pat Riley had completely lost the qualification to compete with Kong Bu in the ring.

This time he stood up to accuse Kong Bu, but no one in the league came out to speak for him.

What's remarkable about Kong Bu is that there are currently thirty teams in the league, and the leaders of most of the teams have expressed their support for Kong Bu either explicitly or covertly.

There was no way, Kong Bu had too many good relationships, and many people in the alliance owed Kong Bu some favors.

For example, in order to keep his position as head coach of current Greencaps coach Carroll Sr., Combs promised Greencaps three All-Star players in three years.

For example, Nuggets coach Mike Malone is the direct coach brought up by Kong Bu. He is imprinted with Kong Bu's brand. Riley's calling out Kong Bu is tantamount to calling out Mike Malone.

In addition, Malone's old father, Brandon Malone, recently became the head coach of the Cavaliers.

He enjoyed the years of being an assistant coach to his son, but as a coach, he had the opportunity to be a head coach, and no one wanted to miss it.

Of course, the Knicks veteran will stand by Combs without hesitation, but this time he may be thinking of his own identity and did not tear Riley apart, but let his puppet Herb Williams act as the microphone.

The Raptors have changed many coaches over the years. The current coach is Sam Mitchell, a man with gold-rimmed glasses, who is also an absolute direct descendant of Kombu. If he can be the coach of the Raptors, it was Kombu who recommended him.

The coach in the Western Conference actually has a closer relationship with Kong Bu.

It took Kongbu seven and a half years to build a formidable network of contacts in the NBA.

…

On the evening of the second day after Riley held a press conference, he suddenly realized the gap between himself and Combs after receiving a million-dollar fine from the league.

He was a bachelor and directly announced his resignation as Heat coach, letting Stan Van Gundy take over his position.

Of course, Riley has not completely left the Heat. He is still the general manager of the Heat and still the leader of the Heat.

Combu was too lazy to care about the purpose of Riley's operation. Stan Van Gundy was once an assistant coach under Combu.

However, he cannot be said to be a direct descendant of Combs, because both Van Gundy brothers served as assistant coaches under Riley.

After the deal was concluded, Ben flew to Charlotte overnight without even bringing any luggage.

Kongbu did not call anyone else, but went to the airport alone to pick up Ben.

After so many years, Kongbu and Ben have met many times, but this time the nature is different. From today on, Ben will once again become Kongbu's player.

After taking Da Ben back to his residence, Kongbu chatted with Da Ben about his future career plans.

Ben is actually not young anymore. He was born in 1974 and is almost 31 years old now.

Such an age is not too old for those conventional top centers, and they are still at their absolute peak.

But for a very short Ben, his peak period is not long left.

In fact, if fans think about it carefully, they will find that the peak period of short blue-collar players generally does not last too long.

After all, the NBA is still a game of seniority. The reason why Mutombo can still stand up in the NBA at an old age is because he has better physical hardware than Ben.

"Boss, it doesn't matter to me. After I get to the Bobcats, I can completely accept playing as a substitute."

"Over the years, I have made a lot of money, and the contract I have is just signed."

"You don't need to worry too much about my feelings. It's totally fine for me to be a substitute for Shaq."

Daben smiled and told Kongbu to relax and not worry about his appearance.

Combo shook his head, "No, old man, I traded Varejao for you, but I was actually planning to let you play the fourth position."

Ben looks dull and plays power forward? This is a bit outrageous.

There are a huge number of top power forwards in the league today. The Knicks Twin Towers Zhi and Daba are actually power forwards, and then Duncan, Garnett, Nowitzki, Webber, Ou, Randolph, Bosh, Jr.

Si, Brand and Rasheed Wallace, etc.

The center position is indeed withering away, but there is nothing wrong with saying that it is a prosperous power forward era at the moment.

In Ben's view, if you want to play the power forward position, you need to have good offensive abilities like the above-mentioned top power forwards.

Either have strong shooting ability like Dazhi, Garnett, Nowitzki and others, or have good breakthrough ability like Webber and others, or have strong low singles ability like Duncan and Daba.

And Ben knows very well that he doesn't have these abilities at all, so how can he possibly play the power forward position.

"Boss, don't be ridiculous. How can I play the fourth position? I can't do it at all."

"Let me be the substitute for Shaq. I'm still more confident in the center position."

Daben quickly shook his head and smiled.

Kongbu shrugged, "Ben, do you know the term second center?"

"Two centers? Never heard of it. Do you mean two centers on the field?" Ben asked doubtfully.

"That's pretty much what it means. In fact, these fourth positions in today's league are not considered orthodox fourth positions at all. They are deformed products of the declining era of centers."

"What is the job of a traditional power forward? It is to help the center get rebounds and defend, share the defensive pressure of the center and reduce their physical consumption, so that they can devote all their energy to the offensive end."

"To put it bluntly, the second center can be regarded as the center's hard worker, specifically doing the dirty work for the center."

Kongbu said with a smile.

Daben was still full of doubts. This was the first time he had heard this statement.

However, he didn't have much resistance when he thought of being a coolie for Ao Pang. After all, when he was with the Pistons, he did dirty work from beginning to end.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It sounds really good, but if I play the fourth position, it will be difficult for me to guard against players like Zhi Zhi and Nowitzki."

Big Ben said shyly that he was too short and there was nothing he could do against those standard seven-foot shooting players.

"Don't worry, don't we still have a Chris Poe?"

"My plan is for you and Chris to take turns depending on the situation. If you want, Chris will be on the bench, and when O'Fatty comes off the court to rest, you can go to the center position to partner with Chris."

"Now I'm looking forward to what it will be like when you join forces with Shaq."

Kombu's expectations will soon come true, as the Bobcats face the Toronto Raptors in the next game.

The Raptors' lineup has almost no changes from previous years, and their management is trying to protect the lineup.

Tony Parker, Carter, Kirilenko, Randolph plus a cheap center Lauren Woods.

At the Bobcats' home court, Combs sent out a lineup of O'Brien, Big Ben, Hill, Iguodala and Hinrich.

Ben will directly face Randolph tonight.

After the game on the court started, Randolph's face turned green. He originally thought that he would face the thin bamboo pole Bosh tonight, but he had already planned to beat Bosh with his back tonight and show off his face in front of Kong Bu.

.

In the end, who would have thought that the Bobcats sent him to face off against Big Ben, a muscular guy. Randolph had no chance of playing behind him in front of Big Ben.

After the whole game, he only relied on face-to-face mid-range shots and scored a pitiful 6 points.

The effect of Ben defending a stance-type power forward like him is much better than Bosh.

The offensive end is definitely not as useful as Bosh, but he is not completely useless.

O'Pang's dominance under the basket is too strong. Ben's help can give O'Pang a chance to jump and dunk just a little bit.

And even if Ben grabs an offensive rebound, he won't take a shot and will still pass it to O'Fatty.

After the whole game, Ao Pangzu was grinning crookedly.

After so many years of playing basketball, this is the first time he has enjoyed such emperor-like treatment. If he had had a partner like Ben by his side back then, he would have been confident in defeating Olajuwon's Rockets.

Over the years, O'Brien has never had a decent inside partner. Apart from Bosh, the best partner may be Robert Horry of the early Lakers.

How can Horry provide decent help to O'Brien on the defensive end and rebounding end.

Bosh's situation is similar. He and O'Brien are fighting each other.

After the game was over, Ao Pang looked at his technical statistics and wished he could hold his big brother and kiss him.

In 30 minutes of playing time, O'Brien easily scored 37 points and 11 rebounds. Because he did not need to consider Randolph's defense, his physical consumption was almost negligible.

Tonight, Big Ben had 4 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, a very typical Big Ben-style stat.

Even Bosh, who came off the bench, scored 22 points and 7 rebounds tonight.

110:90, beating the Raptors by a full 20 points.

After the game, Carter, the nominal boss of the Raptors, looked a little unhappy.

The Raptors have been considered a super powerhouse in the Eastern Conference over the years, but what is more embarrassing is that once they encounter some real difficulties, the probability of losing is too high.

The reason why Carter is the nominal boss of the Raptors is because Randolph feels that he is the real boss of the Raptors.

It's not just a matter of a day or two that these two people don't deal with each other. After Randolph was traded to the Raptors, he secretly competed with Carter.

Over the past few years, the relationship between the two has not improved, but on the contrary, the contradiction has become deeper and deeper.

If the Raptors have a very good record, such as reaching the finals in the playoffs, even if they don't win the championship, it will give Randolph and Carter an idea to put aside their conflicts and work together to win the championship.

However, the Raptors had no hope of winning the championship, and the conflict between the two could not be suppressed.

Although there are five dark kings in the East, the strongest teams are the Bobcats, Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks. The Raptors are still almost useless in front of these three teams.

The main reason is that the Raptors lack a decent center. In order to maintain the current lineup, the Raptors have no other salary space to recruit a center.
To be continued...