roccoschili Chapter 294 Chapter 1 Raw, Chapter 2 Cooked
Chapter 294 Chapter 1 Raw, Chapter 2 Cooked
Chapter 294 The first rebirth, the second ripening
Jennifer Beals ordered, and she didn't eat much.
While waiting for the meal, she took out the script and recited the lines.
"Are you a movie star?" Zhao Yuanzheng finally realized.
Bills asked back, "Isn't it like?"
"Like, you're almost the most beautiful woman I've ever seen." As soon as Zhao Yuanzheng opened his mouth, Louis knew it was an old licking dog.
Bills closed the script and asked, "Almost?"
"Second only to Coach Lu's girlfriend." Zhao Yuanzheng obviously didn't know what it meant to say that she was not as good-looking as another woman in front of a beautiful woman who was the focus of attention everywhere she went. "She is 100 points, you are 99.9 points."
Is 0.1 point difference enough?You overestimate the size of a woman's stomach.
"It's very impolite to talk about appearance in front of others, Xiao Zhao." Lu Yi's EQ is obviously lower than that of Zhao Yuanzheng, "You just keep it in your heart that Marlena is more beautiful, don't say it."
"Then you still keep talking?" Bills asked sharply.
"Uh, let's change the subject. Is there anything you want to do in Chicago this time?"
Bills opened the script again, "Didn't you already read it?"
"Oh, what about the script?"
"very nice."
"Even if you say that, I won't show it to you."
Next, they start eating.
Zhao Yuanzheng talked about his discovery after a business trip of more than a month.
"It's going to be a very high-quality draft with a lot of post players with super high ceilings."
"Ewing! Will you choose Ewing?" Bills suddenly interrupted Zhao Yuanzheng's report.
You thought she was interested in basketball, but this was just her revenge and the first time she interrupted Zhao Yuanzheng's report work countless times.
"You still know Ewing?"
"Of course!" Bills smiled, "Who doesn't know that he is the biggest lottery ticket after Kareem?"
What does this sentence mean?Professional basketball expects Ewing more than Maravich, Walton, Skywalker, Bird, Magician, Sampson, Olajuwon, Jordan.
Louis, who has a deep understanding of Ewing's current problems, thought of the 2014 draft.
People called Wiggins the most important rookie after James.
I just don't know if Durant agrees or not.
"I think Ewing has the highest ceiling in this draft class." Zhao Yuanzheng nodded.
"Let me tell you, we're done with Ewing!" Bills said triumphantly.
Zhao Yuanzheng's next sentence was: "But the probability of him touching the ceiling is less than 1%."
In this era where Ewing is popular among everyone, meeting an insider who is not optimistic about Ewing is as strange or angry and terrified as all Americans watching Madonna's stunning performance at the Grammys?
"Tell me about it," Louis said with a smile.
Zhao Yuanzheng said: "I think Ewing's progress has stagnated in the past few years. He has not made much progress, because Georgetown does not have a long-term training plan. They only need Ewing to rebound, intimidate defense, and protect the basket."
"His offensive skills are a bit single, and his positioning awareness is weak, because in the NCAA, there are no more than five opponents worthy of his serious positioning and rebounding. Coach John Thompson advocates high-pressure defense that oppresses people, which makes Ewing develop a habit of attacking outside. This will become a serious problem in the NBA. There are countless bad habits. These problems that should have been corrected during the four years of college have all remained."
Bills questioned: "If he has so many problems, how can there be so many people optimistic about him? You are obviously exaggerating!"
"I have never questioned whether Ewing can become a superstar. This is inevitable. In terms of his talent, becoming a superstar in the NBA is just his 'floor'. But his 'ceiling', which is the expectation of professional basketball, is to become a Bill Russell who has a dominant offensive position." Zhao Yuanzheng asked, "Ma'am, do you know Bill Russell?"
"Of course I do!"
Louis dared to bet on a month of mating rights, and today was the first time Bills heard Russell's name.
"The problem is that his offensive ability seems monotonous in college. Georgetown does not focus on his offense. Even his defense has countless details. And he is 22 years old. How long will it take him to polish the details of both ends of the offense and defense? When he finishes handling these things, how much time will he have to touch his ceiling? Will his peak physicality be wasted?" Zhao Yuanzheng laughed. "This is a question worthy of long-term attention for me."
Based on Zhao Yuanzheng's reconnaissance of Ewing, his probationary period has ended.
Louis is convinced that Zhao Yuanzheng is a professional basketball player who has a similar thinking to him, does not regard the obvious dynamic talent as crucial, and pays attention to the player's "intangible assets" while paying attention to the player's talent.
What are intangible assets?Those who play 2K must know this word.
2K's AI still has no way to reflect the value of players' intangible assets, but in reality, you are facing real people, and their intangible assets largely determine how much they can realize their talents.
Personality is an intangible asset, mental strength is an intangible asset, and technical details are also intangible assets.
Even the ball feel is an intangible asset.
Ewing is a player with perfect dynamic talent, unparalleled static talent, but so low a level of development that people regret his four-year college career.
His character and mental strength are perfect.
But his skills, habits, movement details, and game feel... are all so bad that he doesn't look like a player who has played for four years in college⑴.
After talking about Ewing, Zhao Yuanzheng began to share his findings with Louis.
In more than a month, he discovered two leftovers with low draft prices.
"DePaul University's Tyrone Corbin (Tyrone Corbin SG/SF), strong athletic ability, very oppressive individual defender, may not be the core, but it is definitely a puzzle that a strong team needs."
In addition to Corbin, Zhao Yuanzheng also brought Louis a surprise.
He found someone Louie knew well from the NCAA Division III.
"Manute Ball, he's at Bridgeport College, although only in the third division"
"Wait! I know this person!" Bills interrupted Zhao Yuanzheng for the third time.
Louis didn't need their introduction to know Ball, he just didn't know that Ball was drafted in 1985, now that he knew, he must not miss this member of NBA history's strange all-star team who is 2 feet 31 inches ([-] meters [-]) and can shoot three-pointers.
Bills said excitedly that she knew her, and both Louis and Zhao Yuanzheng expressed doubts.
"Really! Bridgeport College is in Connecticut, where I study! Anyone who likes basketball knows that Bridgeport College has a Sudanese who looks like an alien!"
What a coincidence?
Louis asked, "How is he?"
"I don't know how to put it. He's playing in the third division, the intensity is too low, but there must be a lot of potential. Do you know how high he is?"
Louie pretends he doesn't know.
"He's seven feet six!"
Zhao Yuanzheng pursed his lips, letting Biers say almost everything he wanted to say.
I can only add one sentence at the end: "Bol could have played in the Division I, but his school was involved in an illegal recruitment scandal, so he went to Bridgeport College. He is an individual that has never been seen before. I'm not sure what his future holds, but I'm sure he belongs to the NBA."
Now, the first name on the Knicks' pocket list in the 1985 draft has appeared, and that is Manute Ball.
Louis does not think that he is a person who achieves his career completely by the prophetic ability of the time traveler. He also has some successful cases (Andrew Tony, Cheeks, Freud) who are not sure, but rely on his work experience in his previous life to conclude that he will surely become a talent.
But when encountering this kind of person who can be sure that he will become a talent, if he has the opportunity to win it, he must win it. Otherwise, what to do when he travels over here, he must use his own advantages.
After lunch, they were about to part.
Zhao Yuanzheng continued his business trip, and Louis told him before parting: "Go back to New York first, and find Dave to get your ID corrected."
"The trial period is over?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked in surprise.
"It's over." Louis is as optimistic about Zhao Yuanzheng in front of him as he was optimistic about him at the beginning, "You must be qualified for this job."
"Thank you, Coach Lu!"
Just as he was about to leave, he stopped suddenly: "By the way, Coach Lu, I have another discovery."
"If you have time, you can go and watch this game." Zhao Yuanzheng did not elaborate, "I believe you will not regret it."
He didn't say who to let Louis focus on, but said that he would watch it when he had time.
What Louis lacks most now is time, and the Knicks' game will not be successful in the short term.
Louis decided to take a look. He looked at the tickets in his hand, only to realize that Bills hadn't left yet.
"Why are you still following me, Jennifer?" Louis asked inexplicably.
"My wishing tree tells me to follow closely the first acquaintance I meet today, and good things will happen in the end."
Lu Yi didn't ask whether the wishing tree spirit was working, "Are we acquaintances?"
"The first time is raw, the second time is familiar."
"Okay, now I'm going to watch a high school game at a gym a few miles away, are you interested?" Louie asked.
Bills shook his head firmly: "I'm not interested, but I believe in wishing trees, so I'll go with you."
"If nothing good happens in the end, will you smash down the wishing tree?"
"10000% will."
⑴Many people mentioned Ewing as a "center textbook". I won't say whether this is right or not.Let me just say, as a seven-foot center with super super athletic ability, agility of a small forward, wild desire to play like KG, 22 years old, talent + instant combat power monster, in the first four years of his NBA career, there was no single year in which he averaged double figures in rebounds per game, the number of fouls remained high, and turnovers were twice as many as assists. You can imagine how much the four years in Georgetown lowered his upper limit.
(End of this chapter)