The Overlord of Basketball: 2K Possession

Chapter 16 Spreads
Chen Mo recalled what Bruce Frazer said, besides ability, popularity and exposure are also very important in the draft.

It can only be said that Chen Mo is a little lucky. The competitiveness of the top ten in the Pacific Ocean is not bad, and the attention is also particularly high.

Especially UCLA, located in Los Angeles, naturally has a lot of attention.

Of course, this is just a warm-up match, and the opponent is an even bigger team. Chen Mo's journey is just beginning.

However, the tragedy is that when October 10th came, Yao Ming appeared in the NBA.

0 points, 2 rebounds, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls.

Yao Ming was a little nervous on the court. More importantly, he couldn't find the rhythm at all, and he couldn't adapt to the team's style of play.

This is the sequelae of not being able to run in with the team during the offseason, and it was all exposed in this game.

Before the game, how much the audience in the United States looked forward to Yao Ming's performance, so how disappointed they are now.

The audience was fine, but the hosts of the major TV stations spared no effort in criticizing them for the sake of ratings.

As a result, Chen Mo was affected tragically.

UCLA News: Did you see the foolish performance of Huaguo No. [-] scholar?And we are cheering for another Chinese?

As for UCLA, there are many doubts, especially about Coach Steve's reuse of Chen Mo.

"Oh, that Huaguo will start? My God, where's Cummings? Where's Lei Yang?"

"Steve has proven what an idiot he is, and this is just another one."

"UCLA can no longer lose, and the coaching staff can leave get out of class."

……

Fortunately, Chen Mo's fame was only spread within UCLA, and even Los Angeles didn't pay too much attention.

Otherwise, the news of underestimating him at this time will only be more overwhelming.

"Chen, are you okay? Don't listen to those idiots."

"Coach Steve, don't worry, I'm fine."

"Really?"

"Of course, they scolded me, which means that more people know me, which is a good thing for my draft."

Coach Steve was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, this is really true.

Without enough topics and high enough attention, how can there be scouts to pay attention to him?
Without a scouting report, how would an NBA team draft him?
"Can you still understand it like this?"

Although this theory is correct, Coach Steve always feels weird.

Well, that's not the point, the point is the next game against the University of Missouri.

Although it was just a warm-up match, but with the grievances of last season, the attention of this game is not low at all.

On November 11, the Polly Garden Arena was full of tens of thousands of seats.

Although it's just a warm-up match, even though it's just the beginning of the new season, the atmosphere at UCLA has already started to get hot.

As expected, the school had experience and created a battle of revenge, mobilizing the enthusiasm of the audience from the very beginning of the season.

At this time, the Polly Garden Arena has turned into a blue ocean, and there are even more cheers in the arena.

"UCLA, UCLA..."

If we talk about the last game, Chen Mo described the atmosphere of the stadium with mountains and tsunami, which is a bit exaggerated.

So today, that is the real feeling of a tsunami. It seems that every time you shout, you can feel the tremor of the arena.

"Wow, UCLA's revenge fight, just don't know if they can pull it off?"

"I don't think the chances are great. Although Missouri lost Kareem Rush, they still have Traven, and Ricky...they can stand up and end the game.

But what about UCLA?They can only rely on Kapono's three-pointer, but without Dan, who will cover him? "

"I heard that UCLA has a very good rookie this year. Like our No. [-] pick, he comes from Huaguo."

"It's really good. Players who beat the secondary leagues. Believe it or not, I can find countless players like this in the NCAA."

……

Not only is the scene lively, the TV station is also broadcasting it, and the host has been creating topics.

In addition to those hosts who create topics, the audience is also actively discussing.

"The list of starters is out, that Chen is really the starter."

"Oh my God, Steve's out of his mind."

"Well, in fact, Chen performed well in the last match."

"But the number one scholar in China messed up everything."

"Brother, the matter of the number one scholar in China has nothing to do with Chen, we need to see his performance with our own eyes, can we?"

……

Naturally, Chen Mo knew nothing about all of this. He was making final preparations and the game was about to start.

Kapono came over suddenly and said, "Chen, you are very powerful, don't think too much.

Although I really don't want to admit it, I still have to say that you are no worse than me now. "

Hearing this, Chen Mo smiled. You know, Kapono has always been proud and refused to admit it.

Even if there is a comparison, it is always the comparison between him and Chen Mo in that first grade, not now.

"I know!"

"Well, you..."

Hearing this, Kapono didn't want to speak for a moment. What do you mean you know?
Fortunately, the game is about to start, the referee has asked the players to enter the field, and Chen Mo stepped onto the field again.

If the last game was just a small test, then now is the real beginning.

Today, Chen Mo played at the 2nd position. His position is still uncertain at the [-]nd and [-]rd positions. The forwards are Thompson and Kapono, the point guard is Cedric, and the center is Michael.

In fact, in training, Hollins has gradually replaced Michael's starting position.

It's just that from the last game, he still needs to adapt, so Michael Fei is still the starter today.

"Hey, did you see the performance of that stupid big man a few days ago?"

"what?"

"Lucky boy, he has only played one game, and there are already newspapers paying attention.

I don't even need to take off the training clothes for the small belly of the second-level league. "

Chen Mo finally understood that this was a provocation.

But, why do you use Yao Ming as an example?I am not very familiar with Yao Ming.

Well, Chen Mo is one-sidedly familiar with Yao Ming. As for Yao Ming, he probably doesn't know who he is.

"so what?"

Chen Mo remembered that this guy was Pauldin, the starting shooting guard of the University of Missouri.

Hearing Chen Mo's cold answer, Pauldin was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the rookie would dare to answer the trash talk?

Seeing that the game was about to start, Pauldin stopped talking nonsense, and he wanted to teach this rookie team a lesson with his actions.

Maybe Chen Mo didn't even think of it, because of this little accident, he was already jealous of many people.

It has been said that the NBA draft is not only about strength, but also attention and fame.

Except for those star players, it is too difficult for ordinary players to get attention.

But for Chen Mo, it was extremely easy to get all of these, just because he and Yao Ming also came from China.

Therefore, Chen Mo was not implicated by Yao Ming, but gained a lot of attention because of it.

Although it was passive, Chen Mo did benefit.

With such attention, as long as he performs well enough, he will definitely attract the attention of scouts.

(End of this chapter)