God of NBA point guards

Chapter 1 Draft
At three o'clock in the afternoon on March 1991, 3.

Chicago, Bulls headquarters practice facility.

General manager Jerry Krause walked in and pulled Michael Jordan aside as he was doing a shootaround.

"Michael, do you know Iron Fist, the main point guard of the UCLA basketball team and the executive of the ice hockey team? After they won the championship last night, Iron Fist announced that they will participate in both the NBA and NHL drafts."

"57 PKs, 46 KOs, 11 knockouts, the strongest executioner in the NCAA in two years, the Iron Fist Slayer?"

With a cold snort, Jordan said: "That guy just deliberately caused a conflict in the semi-finals, causing our North Carolina's main scorer to be sent off, and then he KO'd our executioner Fran, the morale of the Bruins team is booming, In the end, we were eliminated, how could I not know him?"

Jerry Krause said seriously: "He is a tough, very good thug. I want to use our No. 26 pick in the first round to select him and let him be your protector."

"Really?"

For the first time, Jordan felt that Jerry Krause was a good fat man, and finally knew he had to find a thug for him.

He actually doesn't like Iron Fist very much, because that guy is like his deadly rival, Smiling Assassin, with a smile on his face all the time, and he is the kind of extremely fierce person in his bones. Seeing Iron Fist is like seeing Smiling Assassin .

……

Detroit. Pistons general manager Jack McCloskey ponders this year's draft.

The situation of the Pistons is not very good this year. They are currently the third place in the East, but the team lineup is aging and the injury problem is very serious. The key point is that after two consecutive championships, this team has lost its vigor and it is time to introduce fresh blood. .

He picked up a draft report on his desk and turned to the first page.

Static talent (level S): 185cm tall naked, 95kg in weight, 200cm wingspan, 24cm palm length, 28cm palm width, 248.5cm standing reach.

动态天赋（B+级）：百米11.1秒，3/4场冲刺（22.86米）3.38秒，垂直弹跳73公分，跑跳85公分，助跑摸高333.1公分，185磅最高卧推28次。

Scout evaluation (level B): overall physical quality A-, defense A, offense C, organization B, shooting B, ball control A-, strength B, breakthrough B-, vision C-, passing B-.

"The strength of the upper body is too strong and the tonnage is too large. If he loses weight and strengthens the strength of the lower body at the same time, his athletic quality should be better."

"Although the comprehensive evaluation is only B-level, he is only 19 years old. There is room for improvement in terms of athleticism and technology. In addition to the S-level static talent and first-class defensive level, this is a player with training value and brought to the team. A second-round pick isn't enough for a rookie who can use it."

"The most anticipated thing is that seeing him is like seeing Isiah Thomas back then. He is brave, tough, and fierce. They are really alike."

……

Los Angeles, around nine o'clock in the morning, in a coffee shop on the street, by the floor-to-ceiling windows on the street, a middle-aged white man was drinking coffee and looking out the window from time to time.

At this time, a very strong, broad-shouldered young man with short hair came in. When he greeted the waiter, he had a gentle and calm smile on his face, and his eyes were firm.

"Hey, Zhou, here." The middle-aged white man hurriedly got up and greeted.

"Hey, Roger."

Raising his hand, Zhou Quan walked over with a smile.

Roger Philip is the sports agent he just signed, and the two are discussing matters related to the draft today.

"Roger..."

Before the discussion, Zhou Quan emphasized that if he is selected in the first round of the NBA draft, he will join the NBA, but if he is selected in the second round, he will join the NHL.

There is absolutely no problem for him to join the NHL. Several teams have secretly contacted him, hoping that he will participate in this year's NHL draft.

But he himself prefers basketball and is more willing to join the NBA, because in ice hockey he is just an executioner, who specializes in fighting, and actually has no future.

Of course, he has self-knowledge, his athletic talent is not very good, he can't run fast enough, jump high enough, and his naked height is only 185 cm, so he can only play point guard, but in the first position, his vision is not good, vision No, his passing ability is also not good, which eventually leads to mediocre organizational ability.

Poor vision is not due to height. If you stand tall and see far, your vision will be better. However, vision is not determined by height alone. It is a comprehensive quality that combines innate talent and acquired ability.

Talent, spatial imagination, quick memory, height.

Ability, anticipation, game experience, understanding of teammates, understanding of tactics.

These seven natural abilities are indispensable, and he lacks spatial imagination, which is a big shortcoming of him as a point guard.

Hearing that Zhou Quan had set the tone, Philip did not object. He knew that he was a player who looked gentle on the outside but had the opposite character on the inside. He was also very assertive and strong. If he directly opposed it, conflicts would likely arise. .

He just asked: "Zhou, do you have any plans for your own development?"

Regarding the future, Zhou Quan had already considered it clearly, and said: "Based on defense first, and then improve offensive ability."

Philip nodded and said: "This year's NBA draft is just a small year. With your current defensive ability and not too bad organizational ability, I think a late first-round pick is no problem."

Zhou Quan smiled and said: "In the past two years, due to the needs of executioners, I have focused on strengthening the strength of the upper body, but the strength of the lower body is not enough. After I enter the NBA, I plan to reduce the weight of the upper body and strengthen the lower body through targeted strength training. Strength, which allows me to improve my speed and jumping."

Philip smiled and said: "Zhou, your shoulder width has reached 52 centimeters, which allows you to hang more meat and maintain a strong strength and tonnage advantage. If you improve your speed and jumping, after your offensive skills mature, I think you can develop into an attacking point guard."

"Yes, that's what I planned." Zhou Quan nodded with a smile.

He is heavy and short, so he has high muscle content and a great advantage in strength. Let alone the NCAA, even the NBA can basically hold the entire guard line. Even a small forward, as long as he is not of that kind of strength, He can also contend, even those light insiders, he can carry them.

……

In late April, the NBA's 90/91 regular season ended and the playoffs began.

Zhou Quan is also well-known in the NCAA, and has received invitations for trial training from many teams, both in the NHL and the NBA.

The first stop is the NBA Lakers, Magic Johnson is old, the Lakers hope to choose a successor,
However, the results of the trial training were not very good, because Zhuyu was in the front, Magic Johnson was too dazzling, and the vision of the management was raised. Neither the owner Bass nor the general manager Jerry West took a fancy to him. .

Then he went to the NHL Los Angeles Kings. The management promised him that the team would select him in the second round, and at the same time assured him that he would be offered an entry-level contract with an annual salary of at least 30 US dollars.

This promise is very good. The NHL has a total of seven draft rounds, and the second round pick is very high.

In addition, the NHL's entry-level contract has a cap, and the No. 42 pick can only get an entry-level contract of 30 at most. The Kings promised an annual salary of [-] US dollars, and their sincerity is also good.

Next, he went to other cities to continue trial training, such as San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, New York and other places. Each city tried out teams from the two major leagues at the same time.

Agent Roger Philip hopes that he can go to a big city to play, so the training teams selected are all big city teams.

He helped Zhou Quan reject the invitation from the Detroit Pistons, because the NBA villain team was not suitable for Zhou Quan, and the Pistons only had a second-round pick.

……

When Zhou Quan tried out everywhere, Michael Jordan led the Bulls to sweep Ewing's Knicks in the first round, and eliminated Barkley's Philadelphia Digital Team with a big score of [-] to [-] in the second round, reaching the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Bad Boys, who have won two consecutive championships, have lost all their energy. In the first round, they defeated the Eagles with a big score of [-] to [-], and then defeated the Green Team with a big score of [-] to [-] in the second round. .

This time, Jordan showed his power, swept the Pistons, let out a bad breath, and reached the finals for the first time in seven years.

The big villain of the league, the Pistons, fell with a bang. Jordan, like a warrior who slayed a dragon, became the brightest superstar in the league.

In the West, Magic Johnson led the Lakers to the Finals.

In the end, Jordan defeated Magic Johnson four to one and won his first championship trophy.

"Believe me, this is no accident, this is the beginning of an era."

Jordan held the championship trophy in his left hand and the Finals Most Valuable Player trophy in his right hand, and said to the media in tears.

……

The time came to June 27, the NBA draft day.

"The Golden State Warriors, with the No.17 pick in the first round, selected Zhou Quan, a UCLA student from China."

Around 09:30, David Stern's voice was heard.

"Damn it, the Warriors have Tim Hardaway, why would they choose a point guard?"

The favorite thug was intercepted, and the Bulls general manager Klaus suddenly became dizzy. If Jordan couldn't do what he promised, he was afraid that the guy who was getting more and more tempered would vent his anger on him.

"Zhou, playing in Oakland is a good result. It is close to San Francisco, where there are many Chinese people. You also have a certain reputation in the Greater Bay Area. Congratulations!"

Roger Philip raised his fist excitedly.

"Thank you!"

Zhou Quan smiled and hugged his manager. Before going on stage, he took the warrior's hat handed over by the staff and put it on his head.

"Zhou, welcome to the NBA."

After the proactive hug, David Stern said enthusiastically.

"I'm also very honored to join the NBA." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

But more than an hour later, when the draft was over and the trade happened, he couldn't laugh anymore. He grabbed the Warriors' hat off his head with some depression and squeezed it into a ball.

(End of this chapter)