God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 90
Although McGrady, Battier and Brand jointly advertised for Chang Wei at the draft, Chang Wei was usually too low-key, so low-key that even the pervasive media reporters didn't find much information.

Old K, who had dealt with Chang Wei before, could come out and say a few words, but he was the one who refused Chang Wei to join Duke at the beginning. Now the better Chang Wei behaves, the more he shows his ignorance at the beginning.Although Old K's prestige won't receive too much criticism, but face is always taken into consideration, how could he stand up and expose Chang Wei's information?

However, this wave of advertisements is still effective, and Chang Wei has now been regarded as a player's booster.One star says he is awesome, maybe because the two have a good personal relationship; two stars say he is awesome, maybe because he is popular in the team; but three stars say he is awesome, which is terrible. This guy must have something special!

You must know that although NCAA stars are not arrogant and domineering, they are always somewhat arrogant and very confident in their skills.It is also very difficult for them to publicly attribute their achievements to other people. Thanking the coach and teammates is just a due meaning. Those who are specifically mentioned like Chang Wei are definitely real.

After the draft, many famous high school stars announced that Villanova was one of the targets they considered. Of course, they would not tell the media the real reason, and they just said something in front of the camera. "Villanova champion gene" and other words, but it is undeniable that McGrady's words have had a great influence on these younger generations.

So when Chang Wei returned to his office after his vacation, he was surprised to see a thick pile of player information on the table.He smiled helplessly. It should be that after Rappers saw his performance last summer, he decided to listen to his opinions as much as possible, and then asked the staff to move all the player information.If it was changed to last year, Rappers would have screened it first, thinking that he would come this time just to be lazy or something.

Chang Wei didn't care too much. His method of selecting core players was very simple. He looked through the player's information and compared the famous names in his previous life memory.Although basketball games are not won by simply piling up stars, but looking at the long history of the NBA, we can see that from ancient times to the present, there will be a few top superstars in the team that can win the championship. Many times there is more than one.When the tactics are restricted by the opponent, just give the ball to the stars to solve the problem. This is the greatest significance of the existence of stars in every team.

Chang Wei felt a little headache when he was bored flipping through player information.In fact, after the 1998 draft, the NCAA has not had any top seedlings in recent seasons.This year McGrady, Pierce, Carter and other future superstars have joined the NBA, which can be regarded as the last glory of the pan-96 golden generation. If nothing else, the next draft year will have to wait until 2003. During this period, high school It is normal that there are no good seedlings among the players.

However, Chang Wei still saw a few familiar names. If these people can be recruited into the team, then the NCAA championship in the 98-99 season is basically in Villanova's pocket.

Steve Francis, the leader of Yao Ming when he first joined the Rockets in his previous life, was honored as the boss of Fu. Unfortunately, Francis' experience in the past few years is really tragic. In the fall of 1995, a friend applied for him to be admitted to the preparatory class of the University of Connecticut, but Francis could not afford the high tuition fees and left Connecticut in November of the same year. In 11, Francis followed the University of Maryland reserve team to participate in the NCAA under-1996 reserve age group league. In 19, Francis was selected by Texas Jacinto Youth University, led the team to a 1997-36 record, and entered the NJCAA championship of the American Junior College League.

In 1998, Francis returned to his native Maryland to play at tuition-free Allegany Community College, a three-hour drive from his home in Tacoma.As a sophomore, Francis averaged 3 points, 25.3 rebounds, 7.1 assists and 8.7 steals per game there.Now he intends to join an NCAA Division I school, so scouts also collect his player information.

Mike Miller, a white pitcher born in a basketball family in South Dakota, with a height of 2.03 meters, he is mainly a swingman.Of course, Chang Wei’s most impressive impression of his previous life is his friendship with McGrady. It is said that McGrady strongly demanded to be traded because the Magic traded Miller away without saying hello to him. In other words, Miller’s departure from Orlando changed McGrady's career, so Chang Wei was impressed by this white pitcher.

In addition, there is also a good swingman at the third and fourth positions, Richard Jefferson, who studied at Moon Valley High School in Arizona in high school, and helped Moon Valley High School win the Arizona State Basketball Championship this year.As one of the Nets' troika alongside Carter and Kidd, Jefferson's strength is unquestionable. The only difficulty is that the University of Arizona may take advantage of its geographical advantages. After all, Jefferson joined the University of Arizona in his previous life. .

Looking at the three selected player profiles, Chang Wei couldn't help but sigh. Compared with last year, the gap is too big.Last year, not to mention the fact that there were top stars like McGrady to improve the overall quality, even in terms of quantity, there was a lot of room for choice, but this year there are so few top high school stars that people don't know where to choose. rise.

In Chang Wei's view, even if Villanova recruited these three players, it would be difficult for the 98-99 season to replicate the miracle of winning the championship undefeated.Players like Terry, Hamilton, and Artest have decided to stay and play for another year. These teams that have been running in for one or two seasons will undoubtedly be Villanova's strong opponents. Let alone undefeated Whether or not they can win the championship is a question, and they may not even make it to the final four.

But for Chang Wei, his work of recommending signing targets has come to an end, and the rest is to give his opinion to Rappers and let him make a decision.As for Chang Wei himself, at most he will go to lobby the players like he did with Tracy McGrady last year, and other work will have to wait until the whole team is assembled before starting.

Although Chang Wei believes that with systematic help, he can completely build a team of kings again, but after all, he is lazy by nature. What's wrong with being able to win high school stars and build a team with a better foundation?In this way, at least you don't need to spend too much effort on training, and reducing the difficulty of work is simply a must-have skill for every professional!

(End of this chapter)