You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 802 The Lion's Big Opening

804 Lion's Big Opening

"San Antonio Evening News": "Spanish big man overwhelmed by the sights and girls of the holy city, but he still presented an excellent trial."

After Gasol's trial training, Popovich gave him a high evaluation: "I think Paul will fall in love with San Antonio."

Is this a promise?no one knows.

The outside world only knows that after Gasol completed the Spurs' trial training, he rushed to the next trial training location in a hurry.

Detroit

The Pistons just won the championship, and they are strong and strong.

The Zen master once said this sentence: "Whether you are talented or not, it is better for a rookie to go to a weak team rather than a strong team."

Because the weak team has more opportunities to exercise, although the habit of winning can be developed in the strong team, but the weak team can indeed train the players better.

It's just that today's top rookies are not as arrogant as they are 15 years later.

Although Gasol was a big favorite in his previous life, and his trial training with the Spurs was unanimously praised by the coaching staff, he was worried, accepted the Pistons' trial training decisively, and came all the way to the Motor City.

Joining Gasol in the workout were Samuel Dalembert, Brandon Haywood and Gerald Wallace.

Including Gasol, these four players are all first-round prospects. In addition, there are six other players participating in the trial training. These people are either no draft prospects or second-round prospects.

Mo Mengchen stood on the second floor, the general manager's office, looking at Gasol from a distance.

Earlier this year, the NBA and FIBA ​​co-founded the "Basketball Without Borders" campaign. A few years later, these players also became the vanguard of FIBA's Dream Team.

Also starting this year, international rookies began to enter the NBA's field of vision.

Picking a lottery pick from Europe is no longer an adventure, and proud Americans discover that there are treasures beyond the world.

It was also from this year that the NBA's talent pool centered on the United States, spread to all parts of the world, and finally became the gathering place for the world's top talents 15 years later.

Although the United States is strong, it is impossible to sit on the best talent in the world. Only by letting the NBA spread to the end of the world and letting the talented teenagers hidden in every corner of the earth yearn for the basketball temple, the NBA's talent pool will become more and more thick.

This is the reason why this draft is widely optimistic.

There are European geniuses, high school supernovas, and NCAA famous players who have proven themselves. They are considered to be another draft year after the 96 golden generation.

Mo Mengchen has the opposite opinion. In his opinion, this draft is not a big draft year. The top four picks in the mock draft have not even played an NCAA game. Why are there so many bosses who like to gamble? bet?
Probably because of the infinite possibilities shown by Kobe, McGrady, and Garnett, but in the eyes of the bosses, problematic high school players such as Myers and Stevenson are just products of genetic mutations.Players with excellent physical fitness and young players are like a piece of Silicon Valley waiting to be developed, while players who rely on running tactics in college have become moss on the mine.

"How do you feel about him?" Dumars asked.

That's great, it would be even better if he could drop to the third overall pick.

While talking, Gasol gave a high lob to Gerrard, who cut inside. The latter took off and dunked with his arms, showing his physical fitness.

"If we want to play Princeton instead, this guy is a player not to be missed." Mo Mengchen turned to Dumars and said, "We are destined not to keep Daben, right?"

Dumas wore glasses and pretended to be an intellectual, but he was actually an intellectual. He completed his bachelor's degree in only two years after retiring from the game.

"Of course I can stay. As long as we provide a maximum salary, Ben can continue to escort you and Grant." Dumars smiled lightly.

Mo Mengchen likes Wallace, and likes games with Big Ben shrouded in the basket.

The value of Big Ben is to make every outside line in the team not worry about losing position. Even if their defense has problems, the latter can quickly make up the defense. This is his value.

However, if the Pistons were to switch to Princeton, Wallace's value would not be that great.

The Pistons need Wallace's defense, but Princeton's defense requirements on the inside are not that great.

They need a player like Gasol who can average 17+8+3+2 per game in his rookie season.

Mo Mengchen continued to watch the game, and the group of fresh graduates off the field obviously didn't know that Dor.Mo, who made a big splash in the finals two days ago, was paying attention to their performance at the moment.

Gasol was born in Europe with a good background, unlike other insiders in the United States, who had to be set up with the tragic setting of no father or no mother at the beginning. Parents are also former basketball players.Dajia became famous when he was young. He played point guard when he was a child, with good insight and passing skills.

In today's trial training, his performance was full of imagination. Although he is still young, his pass has surpassed 90% of NBA insiders.

Then, another person also attracted Mo Mengchen's attention.

The 2000 National High School Student of the Year Gerald Wallace.

This guy was discovered by scouts until his senior year, and then his mother complained that it was because of the low exposure in Alabama, and the other place has long been famous in the United States. This is true. Gerald is the first high school student of the year in the United States in the new century. , but all the shortcomings were exposed in the NCAA.

Rough technique, can't shoot, can't make free throws, as a striker, this is fatal.

His market has been falling all the way, let alone the lottery, and now he is not even in the middle of the first round.

But Mo Mengchen knew what his future would be. He admired players like Gerrard, but he was a little worried about whether he could adapt to Princeton.

In the previous life, Gerald was chosen by the king, but he couldn't integrate into Adelman's Princeton, and he was depressed in the past few years.This is not the first star to be suppressed by Adelman. Petrovich was also like that. Later, he made some achievements in the Nets, and Adelman still refused to admit it.

Judging from this match alone, Mo Mengchen thinks that Gerrard is not unable to adapt to Princeton.

Maybe he can't adapt to the traditional Princeton of the Kings, but in the Pistons, they play Princeton with Detroit characteristics. With Ladd's positive energy, he can definitely score points by going through the back door. Coupled with his violent defense in the later stage, it is really a decision that does not need to be considered.

"How about it?"

After watching a match, Dumas wanted to know what Mo Mengchen thought.

"We need Gerald Wallace."

"Oh?"

Then, Mo Mengchen said: "We must get Pau Gasol."

One is a need, the other is a must.

"Looks like I have to discuss it with the Spurs bastards." Dumars said gloomily.

He doesn't like making deals with that group of people.

One of the characteristics of the Spurs' uniform team is that they are stingy, allowing in and not out, especially when making transactions, as long as they occupy a dominant position, they will never give up until they take advantage of it.

It is inevitable for a rookie like Dumas to be slaughtered.

"This is your problem." Mo Mengchen turned around and was about to leave the office.

Dumas quickly said, "Will those high school students have a trial training?"

"If you can negotiate with the Spurs, those high school students don't need to worry about it." Mo Mengchen waved his hand and left the Henry Ford Training Center through other passages. The players who were trying out were sweating and didn't notice Dor. Mo watched their tryout with his own eyes.

Things were not only not going well, but very, very badly.

That night, when Mo Mengchen was having an affair with Ephraim, Dumas made a frustrating phone call, disturbing their good affairs and waking up the sleeping child.

Mo Mengchen picked up the phone angrily: "No matter who you are, you better have something important!"

"Damn Popovich! I can't wait to buy a hundred bottles of red wine and drown this black-hearted bastard."

Dumars sprayed Popovich for ten minutes.

Is this still a gentleman?
The image of Dumas has been shattered in Mo Mengchen.It's normal that the transaction is not going well, but what exactly did Popovich ask to make Dumars so angry?
"what happened?"

"We talked about the trading plan for the No. [-] lottery."

"Ah."

"They wanted our No. [-] pick in the first round."

It is reasonable and reasonable. It is not a loss at all to change the first pick to the third pick.

"More than that?"

"They also want Jamal Magloire."

No. [-] pick + Magloire?The iron-blooded man who fought against the sharks at the critical moment of the finals.Mo Mengchen likes the Canadians, but if he can get the No. [-] pick and win Gasol, he will agree with it.

"It's not impossible to consider."

"Damn! If that's all I need to be angry?" Dumars said angrily, "He also wants Manu and the unprotected first-round pick of next year and the year after!"

Ephraim saw that Mo Mengchen's complexion became very bad, and touched him lightly, "What's wrong?"

Come on, let's sort it out.

If Mo Mengchen heard it right, did the Spurs propose a trade plan of exchanging the first pick for the third pick + Ginobili + Magloire + the Pistons' unprotected first-round pick for the next two years?

"Why didn't he go to rob?" Mo Mengchen gritted his teeth and said.

"That's what I said!" Dumas was very excited, "That bastard actually said that this is only the starting price. If we don't think it's okay, then there's no need to talk!"

The dog's trading plan, and the crying child who was woken up by the call, the world lost its color in an instant.

"Mo, do you want to continue talking?"

"Didn't you see it?" Mo Mengchen said angrily, "He doesn't want to make a deal with us at all!"

"What should I do?"

"Trade canceled, good luck to Pau Gasol in San Antonio."

There's a stingy management, an old jerk who likes red wine, and a bunch of fat women who don't know themselves!

Congratulations, Paul!

(End of this chapter)