With the draft and trades over, the Nets' core lineup for the new season has almost taken shape.

The inside duo is Garnett plus Ade.

Artest is at the small forward position, and Millsap serves as a backup forward at the third or fourth position.

The shooting guard is Roy. Currently, Kongbu only has one shooting guard, Roy. He will definitely have to find another shooting guard as a substitute in the future.

The point guard is Rondo plus Jose Barea. Kongbu is quite satisfied with the configuration at the one position, and there will be no need to make changes for at least three or four years.

When Kongbu formed this Nets lineup, he actually wanted to compete with the Green Kai Big Four lineup.

Garnett and Rondo have already been acquired, but Pierce and Ray Allen are still missing.

If Artest was an emotionally stable player, then he was actually not worse than Pierce in his peak period, because both of them played the small forward position, so they faced off a lot.

Fans should be more impressed by the 2003 Eastern Conference playoffs, when the Pacers faced the Green Kai.

Although the Celtics defeated the Pacers 4:2 in the end, and Pierce also scored the highest average of 25.8 points per game for both teams in this series, Pierce was actually locked up by Artest, and his average shooting percentage per game was 25.8 points.

Only 38%, and the shooting rate was less than 30% in two of the six games.

Take the first game of the series as an example. Pierce shot 33% from the field, but he relied on 21 free throws in the game to score 40 points in a single game.

If you can get 20 free throws in a single game in the playoffs, everyone knows. Either Stern or the referee, someone must have tampered with it.

Pierce is worse than Artest in his offensive ability, but his defensive ability is not as good as Artest. As for other abilities, they are about the same. His rebounding and passing and controlling abilities are almost at the same level.

Of course, Pierce's mood is stable and there won't be any crimes that shouldn't happen on the court. This is much better than Artest.

Sometimes, the gap between ordinary stars and first-class stars is definitely just a little. If Pierce is emotionally stable and doesn't make mistakes, then he is a first-class star, while Artest can only be a subpar star.

As for Ray Allen, Kongbu feels that Roy will not suffer at all against Junzijian. At his peak, Ray Allen was known as the first shooting guard outside the four major shooting guards, and at his peak, Roy was definitely one of the top four shooting guards.

With the strength of a big shooting guard, even Roy had never reached his peak. He was seriously injured and died not long after his rookie contract ended.

Kongbu felt that the four men in his hands would not suffer at all against the Big Four of Green Kai. Their offense was not as good as theirs, but their defense was definitely much better than theirs.

In addition to Garnett, the Green Kai team also had Big Fat and Big Two inside, and Kongbu was Adelaide. So Adelaide is definitely much better. Big Fat and Two Fat together are not as good as Adelaide.

People are of high value.

Ade is such a low-key player that when fans choose the top power forward in NBA history, they usually don't think of him.

In fact, Adelaide's career is quite successful. King Chris Webber is often even rated as one of the top five forwards in history. However, Webber's honors throughout his career are almost the same as Adelaide's, with almost the same number of All-Stars and core honors as one of the best.

The best lineups are all five times.

From this point of view, Kongbu feels that his lineup is quite good. Even if the depth and strength of the bench are not as good as that of the Green Kai team, the overall combat ability is not much worse than that of the Green Kai team.

After returning to New Jersey, Kongbu found Thomas Sr., and the two cleaned up the Nets' management. Some bloated departments were laid off in half, and then the team's scouting department was abolished. The team with Kongbu

, the existence of the scouting department is a complete waste.

After streamlining the team's management, Combo and Lao Deng calculated that they can reduce expenditures by at least seven to eight million US dollars each year.

"How about it? It's not a loss for you to sign with me, right? I pay you four million US dollars a year, but I can save you eight million US dollars a year!"

Lao Deng said with a proud look on his face.

"Huh? What does it have to do with you? It's like I won't lay off employees if you don't come."

Kongbu said angrily.

"It has nothing to do with me? Are you going to do this kind of offending work? Don't I have to step in?"

"By the way, there's one more thing I need to tell you in advance."

"In the future, you'd better leave the team's player management to me. This team has a lot of thorns. If you step in to deal with them, it will easily cause internal conflicts."

"It's different if I come forward to sanction them. It doesn't matter if they hate me, as long as they have a good enough relationship with you."

Old Thomas patted his chest and said.

Kongbu was dumbfounded. He finally understood why Lao Deng was always so successful in seizing power in every team. He really knew how to fight for his own rights.

When he was with the Raptors, he was the vice president, but he replaced the general manager Sha Lun.

When he was with the Knicks, he was the head coach at first, and then in less than a season, he fired the general manager and became the general manager himself.

However, Thomas Sr.'s words are indeed very reasonable. The Nets' current lineup has too many problems.

Needless to say, Artest is a super thorn.

Rondona is also the best among thorns.

Because Garnett is a superstar, not many people notice his pricks. In fact, he is also a prick, and it is common for him to hit his teammates.

Roy and Ade were good boys, but just because they were good boys, Kong Bu was worried that they would be bullied by the three old pricks.

It's also strange to say that the Trail Blazers team is known as the Portland Prison Team, but the new players they have drafted since 2005 seem to be all good boys.

After Ade and Roy, Oden, the No. 1 pick next season, looks like a wild orangutan, but he is also a good boy.

As for Millsap on the bench, Combe is not too worried. He is a very shrewd young man, even cunning. He definitely knows how to protect himself.

"Okay, I'll leave the daily management of the players to you, but don't be too high-pressure."

"I'm doing this for your own good. Think about how many people you have offended in this league. Not counting the current players, just the management and coaches of each team, there are about two to three hundred people, at least

Are you half offended?"

Upon hearing what Kong Bu said, Lao Deng was immediately unhappy.

"Have I offended many people? How did these words come out of your mouth?"

"You don't even look at how many people you have offended. If you hadn't been too tough, I'm telling you, I'll lose if you can stay in the NBA for one more day."

Kongbu was speechless and waved his hands and said: "I'm too lazy to argue with you about this. Recently, you helped me invite some coaches for interviews. I need to enrich my coaching staff."

"It's really a headache. If you change a team, you have to start from scratch and recruit a new coaching staff."

Kongbu was on the Bobcats coaching staff, and he originally wanted to bring him to the Nets, but Jordan refused to give him anything and asked Kongbu to recruit again.

"Do you even need to say this? I have already prepared for it and have arranged interviews in the past few days."

"Just go about your business. I will do the work of the coaching staff. Just wait for me to prepare a perfect coaching staff."

Kong Bu nodded. It seemed that the four million annual salary he spent on Lao Deng was not in vain. He could indeed help him deal with a lot of troublesome tasks.

Combs will be settling in New Jersey for at least the next year.

He has sold his property in Charlotte, and the buyer is none other than his old neighbor Jordan. He may have been eyeing the tomatoes in the yard and bought the house directly.

Kongbu doesn't plan to buy real estate in New Jersey, after all, he won't stay here for long.

At noon the next day, Kongbu thought for a long time and decided to call the domestic basketball management center.

Kongbu wants to take a break this year and not lead the team in the World Championships.

If he leads the team to the World Championships, it will take at least two months, and Kongbu will not have time to spare.

The Basketball Management Center was also very happy. After asking Kong Bu's opinion, it was decided that Gong Luming would take over Kong Bu's position and serve as the head coach of this World Championship.

After the news of Kongbu resigning as the head coach of the China Men's Basketball Team was made public, the fans could understand it completely. After all, Kongbu had just acquired the Nets. This was a well-known fact. He couldn't be allowed to abandon the Nets' mess, right?

In addition, the Chinese men's basketball team has dominated the world basketball world for too long. Even if Kongbu does not lead the team, fans think the record will not be too bad.

Moreover, this is only the World Championships, not the Olympics, and the attention is not high, so it doesn't matter even if the record is close.

The Football World Cup attracts more attention than the Olympic football event. Although the Basketball World Championship has the same nature as the World Cup and was later renamed the Men's Basketball World Cup, the level of attention is not at the same level as the Olympic men's basketball event.

It is precisely because of this that Kongbu can easily resign. If it comes to the Olympics, even if Kongbu wants to resign, the basketball center will definitely not agree.

After Kongbu resigned, the Basketball Management Center made several announcements one after another. In order to train new players and prepare for the next 2008 Olympic Games, new troops will be used in this Men's Basketball World Championship.

Yao Ming has been injured all the time, no major injuries, but minor injuries. It is normal for him to withdraw from the men's basketball lineup, and fans can understand.

Dazhi had just led his team to the Eastern Conference Finals, and the UAE and Daba had just finished the finals. It was impossible for them to come to the World Championships training camp without giving them any breathing space, so these three people did not participate in the World Championships. Fans

I can understand that too.

On the contrary, Moko, the top pick of the Bucks, participated in this World Championship. He is a newcomer. It is extremely suitable for him to lead the young players of the Tianchao Men's Basketball Team to compete in the World Championship.

The starting point of the Basketball Management Center is definitely good. The next step is the 2008 Capital Olympics. Now it is definitely a good thing to let young people play in the World Series and absorb the experience of the competition.

If Yao Ming, Daba or Dazhi are injured and unable to play, someone among the young people can step up.

But Kongbu's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly thought that something bad had happened.

Training? Training for the World Championships? It's really a shame they thought about it. They really don't know what the level of the new generation of men's basketball players is.

Moko is the No. 1 pick. He has played for the Bucks for a season and his performance is actually better than Kongbu expected. At least he will not be called a parallel No. 1 pick.

In the season that just ended, Moko averaged 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game. This data far exceeded Kongbu's expectations. Even Kongbu didn't know how Moko did it.

According to Kongbu's expectations, Moko may average about 3 points and 2 rebounds per game in his rookie season. After all, his Rasheed Wallace template will not work in the NBA at all.

As a result, Moko really hit the mark. Even though this data is still very poor compared to the number one pick, it is at least not as thorough as it is.

The coach of the Bucks is Terry Stotts. He is not a serious player coach. Although he has participated in the draft, he has never landed in the NBA. He has played in low-level leagues and European leagues throughout his career.

In 1992, he went to the SuperSonics as a scout and later entered the coaching profession.

In 1998, the second year after Combu traveled through time, he became George Karl's assistant coach. Because Combu and Carl had a good relationship and often had meals together during home and away games, Combu and Stotts were also very familiar with each other.
To be continued...