NBA Ten Thousand Worlds Bishop

Chapter 15 Bad news: Petrovic dies

In theory, it's perfectly fine for the Nets to try out Muresan any day before the start of the draft.

In addition, Davidson is not in a hurry to let Muresan come to the Nets for trial training, so for the next period of time, he has nothing important to do every day, that is, to do some trivial things such as running errands for Papa Chuck and sorting out files.

Every night, Davidson would go into the club to see if he could touch the sledgehammer.

As a result, the sledgehammer seemed to be a trafficked person, and disappeared completely...

Davidson was very puzzled, no matter how beautiful Sledge Hammer's girlfriend is, she wouldn't be so beautiful that she wouldn't sleep all night, right?

Without any evolution coins in hand, the only thing Davidson can do in the club every night is to hang out.

Go to see the stele from time to time and write down the list of this year's draft.

……

In the blink of an eye, the time has entered June, and the date of the draft is getting closer.

But at this point in time, bad news came out of the basketball world.

The Nets' leading scorer last season, Drazen Petrovic, known as the basketball Mozart, was killed in a car accident.

Now is the time for the Basketball European Championship to start. Petrovic led the Croatian national team to participate in the German European Championship. In the first game, he led the team to a [-]-point victory over Poland. After the game, Petrovic drove to Munich to meet his girlfriend. There was a car accident on the road.

The entire basketball circle was completely shaken.

Especially in the city of New Jersey, everyone couldn't believe that their ace player of the Nets was killed.

After Davidson heard the news, he was stunned for a moment.

He has not met Petrovic, but has watched his game on TV and likes this European player very much.

It can be said that as long as you are a basketball fan, you will definitely be impressed by the charm of this basketball Mozart.

Scored 112 points in a single game, and once played against Jordan in the Olympics without losing the wind.

In the 86 draft, the 22-year-old Petrovic was selected by the Trail Blazers in the third round.

By the time he was landing in the NBA, it was already 89 years, and he was 25 years old that year.

During his one and a half years in the Trail Blazers, Petrovic did not get too many performance opportunities because of the two All-Star players Glider Drexler and Terry Porter in the team.

At the beginning of 91, in a three-party transaction, the European basketball master finally ushered in his own spring and got the opportunity to join the Nets.

In the 91-92 season, the scoring average soared to 20.6 points per game.

Last season, that is, the 92-93 season, the scoring average further increased to 22.3 points, surpassing the No. [-] pick Coleman and becoming the leading scorer in the Nets.

If it is just scoring 20+, it is not enough to prove the strength of this player.

The main reason is that his offensive efficiency is quite terrible.

The average field goal percentage is 51.8%, and the three-point shooting percentage is 44.9%. He is the best among the guards in the league and has no opponents!

Not only in today's league, but throughout the history of the NBA, there is no shooting guard with a height of 196 who can play such a performance.

The greatest player in European history, Mozart, the master of basketball, just left forever, and countless people sighed.

Chuck Daly was so sad that he didn't eat much all day, and Petrovic's death hit him hard.

Davidson didn't know how to comfort his father, but just sat silently beside his father in a daze.

In the evening, Dad went to the meeting of the team management office, and a young man like Davidson was naturally not eligible to attend.

The death of Petrovic is definitely a great bad news for the Nets.

Sometimes I think about the two seasons of the Nets, which are really sad enough. Last season, Kenny Anderson and Sam Bowie were injured as the playoffs started.

The meeting lasted until ten o'clock in the evening, and Papa Chuck returned to the head coach's office with a dejected expression on his face.

"Wilson, let's go home." Dad whispered.

……

In the next few days, the Nets held a memorial service at their home arena, the Continental Airlines Arena. Countless fans came to the scene, and many fans wept sadly, seeing off this meteor-like European basketball master.

At the memorial service, the Nets directly retired Petrovic's No. [-] jersey to remember this great player forever.

……

People are gone, and those who are left alive have to complete their unfinished business.

The Nets invited Chuck Daly, and the goal is the championship. Originally, the backcourt of Pitrovic and Kenny Anderson in their team was regarded as the top backcourt in the league.

Now without Petrovic, it is obviously not enough to rely on just one Kenny Anderson. The Nets need to sign an All-Star backcourt through a trade to replace Petrovic.

Signing up an all-star backcourt is a big deal. Chuck Daly has been in meetings every day and the phone has never been disconnected these days.

But when it comes to such a big deal, Davidson is completely unable to help Chuck's father share his worries.

……

In the club, Sledgehammer Anderson, who had been missing for a long time, finally appeared.

"Did Petrovic die?" Sledgehammer asked involuntarily, seeing Davidson's dull expression.

Davidson nodded, and Sledgehammer knew it was normal.

I told Sledgehammer that I have a way to join the Nets immediately.

The death of Petrovic is one of the few points in NBA history worth remembering.

"Hey, a generation of talents, what a pity."

"We fans of later generations have actually imagined that if Petrovic does not have a car accident, it is very likely that he will lead the Nets to the Eastern Conference Finals. At that time, it may be a duel between Mozart and the Flying Man. What kind of scene will it be? I think it must be exciting." Sledgehammer said with a sigh.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these sad things, Sledgehammer, now I have something to ask you." Davidson said with a wry smile.

"Huh? What's the matter? As long as it doesn't reveal important future information, I can help you as much as possible." Sledgehammer said, patting his chest quite generously.

"I want to collect some player manuals from the 80s or 90s. If you lend me [-] evolution coins, I will definitely repay you twice." Davidson said a little embarrassedly.

"Let me guess, because of Petrovic's death, the Nets are now trading. You want to know some players' information to prevent the Nets from trading to fake players, right?" Sledgehammer is quite smart, guessing Davidson's purpose just from Davidson's few words.

Davidson really had such a plan. He wanted to help Papa Chuck share his worries. Although the possibility of him affecting the transaction was slim, Davidson felt that he had to do something.

(End of this chapter)