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Chapter 874 This sport is not worthy of a great athlete like me
Chapter 875 This sport is not worthy of a great athlete like me

However, the 1992 draft went a little off late in the day.

Louis originally planned to select Yu Tiancan and Hu Weidong at the same time.

He prepared the fourth pick for Yu Tiancan and the Spurs' second-round pick (the 13th pick in the second round) for Hu Weidong. As a result, Don Nelson won the favor and used the sixth pick in the second round to intercept Hu Weidong.

Therefore, the Spurs' second-round pick was used to select Michigan State's Matt Steigenga (SF/PF).

Steinga is the typical hour-old, big-but-not-type player.

In 1988, he was an all-American basketball genius and the great white hope of Generation X⑴.

But it is a pity that Steganga's body is too precocious, which makes him an invincible player in high school, but he turns into a dog in a blink of an eye when he goes to college.

He is no longer unique. He has played in college for four years, and the draft price has been wiped out. The Knicks selected him with the second round pick, and there is really no one to choose from.

The Knicks' last pick, and the last pick in the draft.

According to past experience, the Knicks will sell this draft pick.

But this year, their plan was to select two Chinese players, Yu Tiancan and Hu Weidong, to seize the Chinese market.Now Hu Weidong has not been selected, and there is still one spot to fill the 15-man roster, so Zhao Yuanzheng recommended a Chinese player who is on the verge of losing to Louis.

"Xiao Wang?" Louis was very surprised when he saw the name, "I remember he is from the second phase of Luyuan Traveling to America?"

Zhao Yuanzheng nodded: "Yes."

"Is he okay?" Louis was unsure.

Zhao Yuanzheng said with a smile: "We can try, at least we can observe him for a season."

"Ok."

Louie called Baylor.

Therefore, the Knicks selected the Chinese player from D27 with the 2th overall pick in the second round, Wang Mukong, a Chinese player from the second phase of Luyuan's trip to the United States.

There are a total of twelve players in the second phase of the tour in the United States. Wang Mukong was selected at the beginning purely because of his excellent physical condition.

Wang Mukong was born into a sports family, and his father was a track and field athlete. He was supposed to inherit his father's career, but by chance, he fell in love with the sport after being exposed to basketball by chance.Afterwards, Louis ran a school in China. When the prince heard that the selected children had the opportunity to be sent to study in the United States, he no longer prevented his son from playing basketball.

In the beginning, Wang Mukong was selected for the first phase of traveling to the United States, but he was not outstanding in the star-studded first phase, and he was not ready in all aspects, so he postponed his departure for a year.After coming to the United States, due to poor academic performance, Wang Mukong took a whole year and a half to forcefully open the door of D2. After two years of college, he is already 24 years old.

Players of this age are all capable of fighting immediately, but Wang Mukong is not. He is characterized by good explosive power, fast running speed, and accurate mid-range shots. However, he did not receive correct guidance in D2. His basic skills such as thin body and movement control were delayed because he played too late.

The reason why Louis chose him was that apart from Zhao Yuanzheng’s recommendation and no one to choose from, part of the reason was that his physical condition was rare among people of the yellow race—196 cm tall, 204 cm wingspan, speed, explosive power, and top-notch static and dynamic talent. It must be said that his development was a loss for the national basketball team.

But he is 24 years old and not 34 years old. As long as the method is right, people will always improve.

Use the 27th place in the second round to draw a small lottery ticket, no matter how you look at it, it is not a loss.

If Wang Mukong hit it, Louis' painstaking efforts would not have been in vain; if he didn't hit it, Louis had tried his best.

For the first time in a long time, the Knicks made consecutive harvests in the draft.

They drafted four players back and forth.

The selection of three Chinese players was also the big news of the day, and several domestic media came to interview for the first time in the draft.

The forward representative of the Knicks is the old coach Doug Mo.

When domestic reporters asked Lao Mo whether the joining of Yu Tiancan and Wang Mukong was a "big event" for the Knicks, it could be seen that Lao Mo was confused.

Louis must have had a problem with the reporter's spoken English.

Maybe he wanted to ask "what does the addition of these two mean to the Knicks".

"It must be a big deal." Lao Mo replied with experience, "Our scouts have observed Harold for four full years. As a guard, Wang impressed us with his shooting skills, his speed is very fast, and his wingspan is very long. I think he will play in the NBA for many years. He is the kind of player who can play."

From Lu Yi's point of view, there is no problem. Even if Lao Mo is not a teaching assistant, he is also good as a publicist.

After the draft, Louis called Nelson to congratulate him on selecting Hu Weidong.

"Nellie, no one has ever been able to take away my man in the draft. You are the first."

Hearing Louis' teasing, Nelson responded with a joke: "Well, if you give me Harold, I can forcefully return Hu to you."

"I believe Hu will have a good development in Golden State." Louie said later, "But if you don't need him someday, please call me."

Louis and Nelson had an agreement.

If the Warriors want to trade Hu Weidong in the future, they will be the first to contact the Knicks.

The Knicks' coaching staff will also be reorganized this summer.

Through Louie's recommendation, Jeff Van Gundy got a head coaching contract with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Billy Donovan successfully passed Lewis Shafier's interview and signed a multi-year coaching contract with the Heat.

For Donovan and Van Gundy, Louie gave them a perfect step up.

Moreover, even their coaching work has been arranged.

The average rookie coach will take over a bad team, and only a few lucky ones can come up and master a strong team.

What Louis prepared for Donovan was the second-ranked Heat in the East, and what Louis prepared for Van Gundy was the Clippers with Olajuwon, Mutombo and Sprewell.

The particularity of the coaching work is destined to link their performance to the lineup.

If the team is too weak, even the best coach in history will not be able to produce good results.

Having a good team at the start is a key factor in determining their future for them.

Of these two coaching opportunities, one of them was originally prepared for Tomjanovich.But Tomjanovich declined after careful consideration.

There are two reasons why Tomjanovich did not coach the Clippers and Heat.

One is the Clippers. Although the lineup is starting to improve, there are still huge hidden dangers.

That's their boss.

Tomjanovich felt that if his personality was presented to Sterling, it would be different from the kissing scene between Guli Nazha and Xiao Yueyue—oh, they really did it, that’s fine, let’s change the metaphor—it would be the same as Tachibana and Imai Yuta’s filming "Squeeze!"Squash!Flatten everything! What is the difference between the series?
As for the Heat, what they want is a coach who focuses on the defensive system, especially a coach who has a long-term plan for training the team's defense.

Tomjanovich thought he was not suitable. Although Donovan was young, his understanding of the defensive system surprised even Louis.

Therefore, he decided to work with Louis for a few more years, there are always opportunities.

Once the draft was over, Louis had to focus on the Dream Team again.

Even if he wasn't the captain, whatever the tragedian wanted to do, he would discuss with Wilson and Jordan to make a decision.

The Dream Team is different from the Knicks in that Louie doesn't have complete control.

These big names have their own arrangements every day, so before a new day arrives, the first thing Louis should ask is: "Do you want to train tomorrow?"

At this point, the tragedian looks at Wilson and Jordan.

Mainly Jordan, Wilson doesn't have so many things, basketball is as important to him as oxygen.

Jordan has turned down many business activities because of the Dream Team, but playing golf is like gambling for him: "Try to start training as early as possible, because I still have to play golf."

Since Wilson seldom has his own things to do, in the end, the tragedian basically only sees what Jordan means.

It felt as if the Dream Team was Jordan's team.

Wilson shrugged off the potential status quo.

This is also the reason why he and Ewing can coexist peacefully on the surface.

Just because Wilson doesn't fight doesn't mean others don't fight.

Ewing finally couldn't stand being ignored.

When Jordan said he had his own things to do, Ewing also said: "I have things to do too."

"What's the matter with you?" Louis didn't know what he was going to do.

When Ewing thought about it, he really had nothing else to do.

"I play golf too!" Ewing said reluctantly.

"Say it earlier, Patrick." Jordan smiled and patted Ewing on the shoulder, "Let's go together."

Also declaring dominance, Jordan's emotional intelligence allowed him to easily suppress Ewing without making anyone unhappy.

Ewing was speechless.

Only Barkley looked at Jordan with fear and asked Ewing, "Are you sure you want to be with him?"

"It's none of your business." Jordan felt dizzy when he thought of Barkley's heroic golf, "Even if I give up playing golf, I won't play with you again."

"Damn big-eared bastard, if you didn't teach me how to play the so-called correct golf, would my golf muscle memory disappear? It's all your fault that I became like that!" Barkley said proudly, "This sport is not worthy of a great athlete like me."

⑴ Generation X specifically refers to people born in 1965-1980. (Note: Baby boomers like Louis refer to people born in 1946-1964)

([-]) Including Wang Mukong, most of the players with names and surnames in Luyuan are customized characters. These customized characters have different strengths. Some are designed to be too strong, and I will weaken them, and some are designed to be too weak, and I will not strengthen them.So there will be talent, there will be role players, there will be regular starters, there will be mascots, there will be guys who can't make it in the NBA, and they won't steal the show.This footnote is prepared for the guy who customized the role of Wang Mukong——I feel that the name Wang Mukong does not have a good meaning (Mukong is broken, the five elements and Nayin belong to the pillar of wood, falling into space and death is a disaster, generally referring to the weak and sick), so I slightly modified it.

(End of this chapter)