readytorunbook Chapter 239 First Meeting
Chapter 239 First Meeting
Chapter 239 First Meeting
"How about choosing him?"
Louis didn't expect Lorraine to click on the protagonist of the scene, the grand prize of this year's draft-Michael Jordan.
Inman smiled faintly: "Michael is indeed a good choice, but we need an insider more."
"What about this one?" Lorraine may not understand football, but she is someone who should not be underestimated.
This refers to Patrick Ewing, whom the Blazers couldn't ask for.
"He's not going into the draft this year."
"That's it"
At this time, in the confrontation match on the field, an unstoppable fat man knocked over his opponent with a dribble, and forced his way to the basket to score.
Lorraine praised: "He is simply full of strength!"
Perhaps, in the future, if Louis has to choose someone in the draft, but he doesn't know who to choose, he can put everyone's photos in front of Lorraine and let her choose one at random.
She just randomly ordered three, all of whom are future Hall of Famers.
Her "hit rate" would put 90% of scouts to shame.
"Charles is not the player we need. He lacks discipline." Inman gave a vivid example. "Actually, he should have been the first household on the roster, as long as he can control his weight like Bob said. But, he did the opposite."
Louie laughed out loud, which is what Barkley would do.
In terms of strength, Barkley's immediate combat power is definitely one of the best in the training camp.
It is even one of the double prides that can keep pace with Jordan.
However, he has not been recognized by the coaching staff and scouts.
His professionalism was questioned by all scouts, and no one believed he could become a superstar.
He's got trouble with his big mouth, lacks self-discipline, doesn't have a giant mentality, doesn't have killer instinct, and has a lazy personality.
Barkley may be the only one among all the players with the above-mentioned problems in history.
The others, without exception, are all wiped out.
It is absolutely reasonable for the scouts to question him. It is normal for Inman to have concerns. If Louis does not open his eyes, he does not want to bet his future on this person.
Barkley dominated the practice.
"He's obviously a good player without discipline," Louie laughs.
Inman shook his head: "Jack regards discipline as everything."
To put it more bluntly, Jack Ramsey's team is playing the most disciplined game of basketball, so he needs a Bill Walton.
After Russell, Duncan was the superstar who best interpreted the word team.
But they are doomed not to be able to find qualified candidates in this draft. The only Bowie who is suspected to be qualified is still a landmine that will blow them into the column of shame.
"Mr. Inman, I want to take a closer look at these young people. See you later."
Louis said hello and approached the court with Lorraine.
On the way, Lorraine asked, "Who is that person?"
Louis has a clear understanding of Inman, "a professional manager who has professional qualities but lacks judgment before major choices."
"So he's going to make some stupid mistakes?"
"He's already made a lot of stupid mistakes."
As for whether they will make the most serious mistake in team history in this year's draft, it depends on whether Louis can influence the overall situation through Larry Weinberg.
Louis and Lorraine took a closer look and found Jordan. He was very eye-catching, and he teamed up with alumni Perkins to form a full-court 5V5 match.
Louie could get a close look at what's special about two players who didn't need to compete to lock up the roster.
Jordan's characteristics need no further observation, and he has dominated Church Gym since the first day of training camp.
Perkins was unexpectedly interesting, and he was regarded by professional scouts as a second Bob McAdoo.
However, Louie found that he didn't have McAdoo's era-leading shooting and the ability to adjust and shoot when facing the defense.
He's a solid catch-and-shoot shooter, and McAdoo has the Nowitzki-like ability to blow up defenses at will.
There is a natural difference between the catch shot, the dribble shot and the adjusted shot after the hard top defense, and the tactical value is even more different.
"Chris, do you count as defense?"
Jordan pushed hard on his opponent, St. John's junior Chris Mullin.
He chatted and laughed and interrupted Mullin's ball, ran to the frontcourt to level the basket and dunk.
Louis really couldn't imagine that such a talent could not compare to Bowie's less than 20% possibility of becoming the second Wharton?
At the beginning, Louis, like many fans, thought that "people at the time didn't know how good Jordan was" was the reason why the Blazers missed him.
However, when he came into this world and witnessed the expectations of future superstars before entering the NBA, he found that impression was completely wrong.
This is a complete historical revisionist mistake.
If the Blazers missed Jordan because of Ewing or Olajuwon, that would be understandable and acceptable.
But for Bowie?
How egregious were the Blazers' mistakes?
Scenario: In the 2017 NBA Draft, the Kings, holding the fifth pick in the first round, ignored Daron Fox, who was as fast as Wall, and chose Webb II Harry Giles, who had experienced ACL tears in both legs, because they were eager to return to the great and regrettable Princeton era.
Is there even one Kings fan who doesn't have a cerebral hemorrhage?
Fortunately for the Kings, the NBA in 2017 has witnessed too many examples of injuries destroying talents. No team will give up a complete talent to gamble less than 20% of the future.
But the 1984 Trail Blazers will, and so will the 2007 Trail Blazers.
This team can monopolize half of the top ten brain-dead operations in history.
Jordan's talent has been verified by many people. Except for Ewing and Olajuwon, except for the Trail Blazers, no team will think as a third person.
In this training match, he completely devoured Mullin.
He trash-talked and buried Mullin.
Sticking out his tongue to complete the pull that scouts exclaimed.
A dunk that separated the three of them did not go in due to too much force, and the ball flew into Louie's hands.
Louie holds the ball and wants him to look amiable like an animated version of Coach Anzai, surrounded by holy lights.
Unfortunately, Jordan did not prostrate in front of him.
So he couldn't tell him "If you give up, the game is really over", but his opponent needed this sentence.
"Coach, can you give me the ball?"
Jordan came over politely, and his words and deeds proved that Jordan's family had a good tutor, much better than Bird.
"Michael, have you always been this aggressive?" Louie tossed him the ball.
Jordan's senior, Perkins, smiled and said, "Coach Lu, you haven't seen Mike when he's really aggressive!"
"Let me see it," Louis said.
Louie may not be the most accomplished coach on the scene, but he is definitely the most famous coach.
There may be players who don't know Bob Knight, but they definitely know Louie.
Over the past six months, Louie's high-profile style, gangster-like ruthlessness in slaughtering opponents, and various news farces have made him famous beyond the scope of sports. Even some ordinary American families who don't watch the NBA know that there is a crazy Asian coach in the professional basketball circle.
The benefit of this popularity is that every player in the Olympic selection camp wants to know him.
In the next game, Jordan intends to show his ability in front of Louis, and intensifies his efforts to beat Mullin who is not online, and Perkins' shooting characteristics are also displayed.
The white team represented by Jordan dominated the black team.
They ended up winning by 22 points.
At the end of the game, everyone on the white team gave Jordan a high five.
He still looks like a good student now, not as domineering after entering the NBA, and he has a certain kind of strange charm, which makes people feel a sense of trust.
Even if he wasn't the man Louis remembered, he was almost there.
完成度大概是60%，剩下的40%，还差10个得分王、6座总冠军和12年的职业生涯来沉淀。
I just don't know, will Jordan still be the ruler in the present age with one more time traveler?
Louie felt that part of his mission in time travel was to stop what was bound to happen.Although he has no proof, he is eager to do so.
Jordan comes to talk to Louie with a towel hanging from his body.
"Coach Lu, do you have any advice for me?" he asked.
Louie said humorously, "Be nice to your opponent."
"I will." Jordan laughed.
Just as Louis wanted to chat with Jordan, not far away, a big man who looked like an orangutan came over and wanted to arrange a training match.
The first thing he saw was Jordan, apparently they were friends.
Second, he saw Louis next to Jordan.
The whole league was waiting for him to sign up for the draft——Ewing asked with a bad face: "Mike, why are you with this guy?"
Jordan heard gossip from Ewing's words.
"Do you know?"
"It's not just acquaintance?" Ewing firmly remembered Louis' words, but he didn't remember him as a good word, as could be seen from his face and tone towards Louis. "He said I spent three years worthless in Georgetown, that I was wasting my time, what do you think I can do? Did he tell you the same?"
Jordan looked like he didn't think it was a big deal: "No, Coach Lu appreciates me and asked me to be lighter when kicking your ass."
"I don't care what you said to Michael, remember, your words are as despicable as your contemptuous face!" In Ewing's eyes, Louis had already been labeled a bad guy.
And it's the kind that's welded.
"Hey, why are you a big man so unreasonable?" Lorraine actually got angry before Louis got angry, "Whether Louis is right or not, he is more qualified to say this than you. He has been in the NBA for many years, and you are still a college student. You should be more humble and listen to the advice of experts!"
(End of this chapter)