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Chapter 599 He Has a Soft Heart

Louie has never had such a busy summer.

Within a few months, he needs to prepare for the team's draft, his own contract renewal, marriage, determine the future of Hu Weidong and Yu Tiancan, return to China to prepare for the third phase of the Road Academy to travel to the United States, participate in the construction of the NBA Chinese Basketball Academy, and arrange for the national basketball team to take the lead in training in the United States before the Olympic Games as a bridge between China and the United States.

He didn't even have time for his honeymoon.

Now, his plan is in the third stage, getting married.

As a celebrity in New York, his marriage news will naturally attract the attention of many people.

Louis really wanted to keep a low profile, but the external situation did not allow it. Too many people wanted to come to bless him.

Therefore, Louis could only get married in a high-profile manner, and at the same time obtain Lorraine's understanding - to postpone the honeymoon until next year, he really has no time this year.

Fortunately, Lorraine didn't mind delaying the honeymoon. Anyway, marriage was just a formality for her and Louis.

They have lived like a couple for several years, even if they get married, there will not be too many waves in their hearts, it is just a ceremony.

After marriage, Louis quickly entered the state.

He first arranged for the families of Hu Weidong and Yu Tiancan to come to the United States.

Although Louis can provide advice on school selection, it is his family who make the decision.

Both Hu and Yu are regarded by NBA scouts as youngsters who can enter the league in the future.

Especially Yu Tiancan, whose height skyrocketed to 2 meters but retained his flexibility and agility. From an ordinary foreign student who might not even be able to play in the NCAA Division I, he became one of the most popular figures in the 2 NCAA basketball recruiting season.

Hu Weidong may be a first-round pick in the future, and Yu Tiancan is almost certain to enter the lottery, unless he fails to improve in college or suffers a serious injury.

At present, there are several universities that recruit Hu Weidong, namely the University of Kansas, Syracuse University and the University of Connecticut.

Kansas is going through turmoil following Larry Brown's return to the NBA, and Louie doesn't recommend going there.

Before the 90s, Connecticut was just a mediocre school, not as good at developing players' shooting ability as it was later.

There is no problem with Hu Weidong's shooting. Louis hopes that he can go to a university that can teach him how to run.

It is a pity that UCLA did not come to the door. Judging from the existing universities, Syracuse University may be more suitable.

Hu Weidong's skills are mature enough, and the university he needs to go to is preferably a school that can improve his shortcomings.Syracuse University is very good at training players to defend. If Hu Weidong can go there and play with peace of mind, it will be of great help to him to enter the professional league.

Yu Tiancan's situation is much more complicated, there are too many schools that want him.

He has received dozens of full scholarship offers.

There are North Carolina and Duke in the famous schools alone.

Louis does not recommend Yu Tiancan to go to Duke, because coach Little K (who is still young) is not good at training players like him.

In the case of North Carolina, the competition is simply too fierce.

The main force from last season is still there, and the freshmen also have Tom Gugliotta, a top insider who is at the same level as Yu Tiancan.

There are pros and cons to playing on a competitive team.

The advantage is that you really can't relax, and you may be caught up as soon as you relax.

The downside is the same. If there are too many people, the coaching staff will not be too concerned about you, because if you can't play well, others will play well.

Yu Tiancan is a tough guy, and Louis is really worried that he won't be able to adapt to a place like North Carolina.

In order to recruit Yu Tiancan, the various colleges and universities used various tricks.

There are coaches who promise to let female students do one-on-one tutoring with Yu Tiancan to ensure that he does not fall behind in his studies.

It is very spiritual that he specifically mentioned female students.

Father Yu was an honest man, and when he heard this kind of treatment, he shook his head seriously.

There is also a university, and after hearing that Yu Tiancan's family is from a remote area of ​​China, they want to bribe Yu Tiancan to join him.

As a result, Yu's mother was furious: "Are you treating my son as a commodity?"

Moreover, she solemnly warned Yu Tiancan not to accept money no matter what.

Because once you are bought with money, then everyone can buy you with money in the future.

Hearing these words, Louis felt ashamed, remembering how he made money when he first crossed over.But he didn't do anything for money, regardless of the consequences, so Mother Yu's words were sharp and embarrassing, but they didn't apply to everyone.

Yu Tiancan rejected the other party's check, and another school was kicked out.

Because there were too many choices, the conditions they gave were all kinds of good, and the Yu family really couldn't make up their minds.

Finally, Yu's father asked Louis to come up with an idea for them.

Among these fanatical suitors, Louie chose Wake Forest University.

There are several reasons, and Wake Forest head coach Dave Odom was one of the first college coaches to pursue Yu.

According to Louie's investigation, if he is not mistaken, this Odom is the college basketball coach who will train Tim Duncan from a talented Viking kid to the best power forward in history in the future.

Louie wasn't sure he was right because he didn't know Duncan's college.

He can only make judgments based on the contract between Wake Forest University and Odom, as well as the other party's resume.Even if this is still not enough, Louis asked Odom to provide a long-term training plan for Yu Tiancan.

It's an unreasonable ask, one that no college coach would want to make.

But in order to get Yu Tiancan to join, Odom spent two days giving Louis a detailed plan.

He hopes that Yu Tiancan will focus on growing his muscles in the first year of college to adapt to the intensity of the college game; in the second year, he will start to serve as the core of the team and exert influence on both ends of the offense and defense; the third and fourth seasons of his junior year will be his important shaping period, Odom will polish his basic skills in training and competitions, and prepare him for the professional league.

This is what Louie wants to see. A college coach who is responsible to the players should have a long-term plan.

People like John Thompson misunderstood their children and thought they were right, ruining many good players.

When Yu Tiancan promised to hand over his future to Wake Forest University, Louis said to Odom with a smile: "Dave, I believe that you have the ability to train Harold into a good player, but I hope you can do what you say. If I find that he is stagnant despite his hard work, I will let him sign up for the draft immediately."

Odom knew that Louis was a man of one word, and he also knew how much he valued Yu Tiancan's future development.

He promised that he would do his best to help Yu Tiancan improve, and he also pointed his mind at Liu Yuqing: "Lu, that kid. He probably hasn't committed to any school yet, right?"

"Hey, don't even think about it."

In Louie's impression, Wake Forest University can always produce players with high IQ or solid skills.

Duncan and Paul are the masters among them. Among the next-level or two-level players, there are also players like Josh Howard or Jeff Teague.

But in the history of this school, there has never been a player like Liu Yuqing trained.

Just because of this, it is impossible for Louis to hand over Liu Yuqing to Wake Forest University.

In Lu Yi's eyes, Liu Yuqing is a treasure.Both Yu Tiancan and Hu Weidong will be important figures in the future of the national team, and Liu Yuqing, if he continues to grow taller and maintain this style of play, although it is hard to say whether he can make it to the NBA, he must be a big killer in FIBA ​​games.

Knowing that Liu Yuqing is a good material, Odom regretted it: "Lu, you should trust me."

"Practice Harold first before talking about whether you believe it or not." Louis snorted.

Hu Weidong went to Syracuse University, Yu Tiancan went to Wake Forest, and among the six members of the first phase of the Road Academy in the United States, four graduated from high school this year, three went to the first-tier league, and one went to the second-tier league.

The second-tier league also produces talents, like Rodman, Oakley, and Pippen are all from the second-tier league, so their future is still promising.

Now it's Liu Yuqing's problem, and Louis is a little worried about him.

After Hu Weidong and the other four older students graduated, there were only two first-year students left in Lincoln High School.And Liu Yuqing is introverted by nature, Louis worries that he won't get along with other people.

The head coach of Lincoln High School, Mark Forrester, told Louie to relax: "Everyone likes him because he works hard as long as he is on the court. After Harold and the others graduate, I have to start relying on him. He will become our ace player. Don't look at him like this. Under his unkind appearance, he actually has a soft heart."

These words reminded Louis of Deng Shimo, the head coach of the basketball team of Luyuan, who seemed to have a similar evaluation of Liu Yuqing.

"Really?" Louis became more and more curious about Liu Yuqing.

"Compared to this, let's talk about this year's international students." Forrester's eyes lit up, "You should bring a group of children from China this year, right? How about it, how many should be given to me this time?"

"Split your size, how can I be a wholesale market?"

(End of this chapter)