stadium ambition

Chapter 263

Chapter 263

The Clippers carnivaled all night, and flew back to Los Angeles on a special plane in the afternoon of the next day.Thousands of fans picked them up at the airport, Sterling publicly announced the date of the championship parade, and then the whole team went straight to the private club that was booked in advance.

Another night of carnival, the whole team boarded Sterling's special plane and flew to Las Vegas, the casino city, to celebrate.For three full days, all kinds of catering and entertainment expenses amounted to millions of dollars. It was rare for Sterling to be generous, and he took the initiative to pay for all of them.

The championship parade was held immediately, but compared to the scene of the Lakers championship parade, there were not many fans watching along the way, and there were even fewer big-name stars who came to participate actively. The Clippers still failed to win too much in Los Angeles. status.

In response to this situation, some fans tweeted, jokingly calling the Clippers' status in the Los Angeles basketball team, because winning the NBA championship has greatly improved their rankings, and they can already be on an equal footing with Venice Beach's street basketball teams.

Su Yang forwarded which fan's tweet, saying that he will win more championships in the future, I hope everyone will like it.

After celebrating the championship, he chose to take a week off and went to the Bahamas with Lu Rulan for vacation.

When the vacation was over, he returned to Los Angeles and began to prepare for the off-season.

Schwartz had already made arrangements and sent him a plan directly. The first part is to participate in the team's rookie selection, the second part is to participate in the team's free agent recruitment, and the third part is to return to China to start city tours and training camp activities.

After the first three parts of the activities are completed, if everything goes well, the time should be early September, and you can rest for half a month, then start the team's new season training camp, then the preseason, and then welcome the new season.

If you have free time in the middle, you can find opportunities to engage in brand endorsement-related activities, selling shoes and the like.

Such an arrangement, with a certain degree of tightness and comprehensiveness, is quite reasonable.

Su Yang decided to follow the plan, and it happened that Sam Hinkie invited him to visit the rookie training.

...

In the early morning of the 21st, Su Yang drove to the Clippers training base and went directly to Hinkie's office.

When I opened the door, I saw Hinkie sorting out the materials, Van Gundy took a report and read it in detail, while several full-time scouts from the team gave explanations, plus the assistants who printed the documents, the whole office was bustling with activity.

"Hi!"

Seeing Su Yang enter the door, Xin Ji immediately smiled.

"I made a bet with Jeff just now, I think you arrived at least half an hour early, he thought you would not arrive more than 10 minutes early, now it seems that I am the final winner, you arrived exactly 31 minutes early. "

Van Gundy put down the report, showing some doubts on his face, "You didn't even check the time, do you have such an accurate estimate?"

After finishing speaking, Van Gundy raised his watch and glanced at it, then shook his head at Su Yang.

"Damn, you called me before, didn't you say it would take at least 10 minutes to get there?"

Hearing this, Su Yang thought that Van Gundy was imitating Jordan, checking the horse racing results in advance, and then betting with Pippen.

But now the situation is a bit special, Su Yang said with a smile: "The traffic jam is not that serious today..."

Hinkie and the others laughed out loud, and Van Gundy shrugged helplessly: "It's because I thought too simply..."

Everyone laughed again, and Xinji handed Su Yang a folder: "Look at these reports first. The players mentioned in them will receive our trial training within the next three days. The report contains some basic information and information about them. evaluate."

Su Yang reached out to take the folder, sat down and opened it, the first report was Paul George.

[Paul George, position forward/shooting guard, overall rating 95 points, expected No.12 pick, expected team Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Hornets, template object Scottie Pippen.

Strengths: Paul George has quick releases, NBA-standard shooting range, top-notch athleticism; he has huge potential (21 percent improvement in FG% from freshman to sophomore year), impressive vision and passing skills , averaging as many as 3 assists per game; defensive singles are also excellent, averaging 7 rebounds and 2 steals per game.

Disadvantages: Paul George's biggest weakness is that he can't create opportunities with the ball on his own, and he shoots low when dribbling, lacks excellent ball-handling ability, and almost all of his offenses come from high-post shots.

Overall: Paul George is likely to be picked in the middle of the first round because of his catch-and-shoot ability and ability to expand the defense, and with a strong point guard, he will play extremely well...]

After reading George's scouting report, Su Yang subconsciously asked, "Who wrote Paul George's report?"

"Me!" A scout raised his hand. "My name is Jeff Lockard..."

Su Yang gave a thumbs up: "Your evaluation is very professional, keep it up, we need you."

Locard agreed, and Hinkie interjected, "Do you think George is a good fit for us?"

"Of course, but it may not be so easy for us to draft him. I watched the ESPN draft preview last night. There is basically no suspense for the top eight picks this time. This is the consensus of many prediction websites and draft experts..."

Su Yang paused for a moment, "But starting from the ninth pick, there have been great differences in the opinions of major forecasting websites and draft experts. The selection of the Jazz will affect many subsequent picks. We are the 12th pick. Bar?"

Hinkie nodded: "Yes, we got the draft pick from the Wizards, and finally got the 12th pick. If the assumption is completely determined according to the top eight, we will be picked after the Jazz, Pacers, and New Orleans. And all three of their teams are interested in choosing a forward player, but they are more inclined to the power forward position, and we have a certain chance."

"If it is really necessary, we can find another way to see the effect of the trial training first."

After Hinkie finished speaking, everyone showed comprehension. It was nothing more than trading draft picks up, or drafting first and then changing. However, there are almost no players available for trading in the Clippers lineup, and there is a high probability that they will be operated through draft picks.

"I remember this player named Paul George, who stood on the team to support the Lakers..." Van Gundy smiled. "We will ask him later, if we choose him, will he continue to pretend to be a Lakers fan."

Everyone laughed lightly, and Su Yang was happy in his heart.

In fact, it’s really nothing, it’s just that young people say a few cruel words, George is still complaining about his poor bed skills on Twitter, and even publicly asked beautiful women to add his dating app account, and said two words about the Clippers garbage, which is completely normal operation .

The phone rang suddenly, and Hinkie picked it up, and then said: "Paul George and his agent have arrived at the base, and the trial training will start soon. Go down and have a look, remember to prepare the video and notes..."

Jeff Locard and other scouts got up and left, and only Su Yang, Hinkie and Van Gundy were left in the office.

"If you can't get Paul George, who else do you recommend?" Hinkie asked.

Su Yang briefly recalled: "At the center and the power forward, we have tight rotations between these two positions. This year is a great year for the forward line. There should be many targets worth cultivating, such as Larry Sanders, who is predicted to be the 16th overall pick. ..."

Van Gundy nodded again and again: "Totally agree!"

(End of this chapter)