Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 5 Scouting Reports Are Liars

Jim and Darcy appeared on the sidelines of the friendly match between the French team and the Spanish team on time. Both teams mainly played with young players. The oldest player on the field was the 25-year-old Spanish center Doyennas.

It has to be said that European basketball and American basketball are two completely different systems. American young players will not let go of any opportunity to show their talents, while European players are more likely to play according to tactics and do a good job. matters of their own.

Seeing the Spanish team players tirelessly running, covering each other, passing the ball, and playing with textbook precision, Darcy disapproved: "Mr. Bass, if you want to watch the zone defense, if you want to watch such an old-fashioned game, we can watch it." NCAA, why did you come to France?"

Jim didn't answer, but just pointed to the center of the field. Just now, Paul Gasol of the Spanish team easily scored two points with a textbook turn and hook. The French center was helpless in the face of Gasol's long arms and soft touch. .

It was the turn of the French team to attack, but defender Tony Parker stepped on the hot wheels, passed the defense with one step, and plunged into the paint area of ​​the Spanish team with flaming eyes. Facing the Spanish team players who came over to defend, he ignored the bottom corner For the teammate who was emptied, Parker threw the shot directly with a shake of his small hand.

It's a pity that Parker's immature throw couldn't overcome the large height difference, and Gasol stretched out his long arm to cap the ball out of the baseline.

"Darcey, at least half of the ten guys on the court will make it to the NBA, some of them will even play longer than you think, and what we have to do is before they get poached by the old drunks in San Antonio. Let them wear purple and gold."

As the game progressed, the Spanish team gradually took advantage of the field. Calderon was young and old at the back, and he passed the ball steadily; Navarro shot accurately; The movement is slow, but with a proud height of 2 meters and a huge weight of 21 kilograms, guarding the inside line has a huge deterrent force under the FIBA ​​rule of not defending for three seconds.

Of course, the most dazzling power forward is Pau Gasol. Although he is 7 feet tall, he has the flexibility comparable to an outside player and skilled offensive skills. , Turning around can come at your fingertips.

As the insiders of the French team, Diawara and Turiaf felt miserable. Although the two were physically fit and able to jump and jump, facing the Spanish Twin Towers, their huge disadvantages in size made them somewhat powerless.

Duyenas is okay, because he moves too slowly, he doesn't play much on the offensive end, mainly providing screens and picking up leaks at the basket, while Gasol faces Diawara, who is 10 cm shorter than him, and will His [-] kinds of martial arts were shown to the fullest.One of the balls was passed directly behind the head to Garbajosa, who was cutting in, to complete the dunk, and the French team called a timeout.

半场比赛结束，西班牙队以49比32领先了17分，其中加索尔得到15分6篮板2助攻2盖帽的全面数据。

For the French team, Tony Parker scored 14 points, but only made 13 of 4 shots. He was unstable in shooting and could only rely on continuous breakthroughs to hit the basket. Although Parker's breakthroughs were quite sharp, he would basically choose himself at the end Attack, not pass to open teammate.

Another player of the French team, Boris Diaw, showed some desire to pass the ball, but his thinking was always out of touch with his teammates. As a striker, he sent 4 turnovers in the first half, especially for Pete. Ruth's alley-oop was outstanding. During the 2-on-0 fast break, Dior chose to pass the ball vigorously with one hand without looking at anyone. The ball flew over the backboard like a cannonball and flew into the stands, scaring the audience sitting there.Even if Pietrus is known for his excellent jumping, he can only help in vain.

But Dior’s performance cannot be said to be without bright spots. In an attack at the end of the second quarter, he faced Garbajosa’s defense and successfully broke through with a cross step. The ax-style button, the home court that dropped the atmosphere to freezing point was ignited again.

"How about Darcy, is it more exciting than expected?" Jim took the video tape that Darcy took out, and wrote a number on it.

"The development of European basketball has indeed exceeded my expectations. Mr. Bass, I suggest that we send a commissioner to pay special attention to Paul Gasol of the Spanish team. I think he can achieve results in the NBA." Darcy changed the video tape, While full of praise for Gasol.

"I agree with your point of view. If Gasol can join the Lakers, he can bring us at least two championship trophies." Jim laughed, and then added: "If he participates in next year's draft, do you think we should use it? What number will pick him up?"

Darcy is silent, based on his years of work, he thinks that Gasol's pick is at least in the lottery.

And the Lakers don't even have a lottery pick, they don't even have a second-round pick for next year.

"So, we should look elsewhere. For example, Gasol has a younger brother Mark, which is also a good choice."

"really?"

"I just saw him seem to be on the scene, now, that's the one, wearing the red tracksuit, sitting in the audience behind the Spanish coach's bench."

Taking out the binoculars, Darcy looked at the fat man with a simple and honest smile on the opposite side, and the confidence he had just built up in Jim collapsed instantly.

"So I said, you only see the surface of things, and only I can see the inner essence. For example, the first half of the game, if you write the scouting report, against Parker, Pietrus and Diaw How would you sum up your performance?"

Darcy decided to ignore the first half of Jim's words, and the professionalism of years of scouting made him seriously think about the game just now.

"Tony Parker has excellent speed and breakthrough ability. He has a strong desire to score, but his vision is narrow, he has no sense of cooperation, and his shooting ability is weak."

"Pietrus has excellent physical fitness and good defensive ability, but lacks stable offensive methods."

"Dior, um... We all saw it just now, the performance is very unstable."

"Turiaf..."

Of course, Jim has other plans. At this time, the relatively mysterious background of overseas players makes the management of many teams not dare to make more bets. It will not be easy to think about Taobao after this group of outstanding overseas players show their worth.

"If you hand in this report, we will have made this trip in vain. It should be written like this: 'Tony Parker has excellent breakthrough ability and speed, strong offensive desire, outstanding singles ability, strong fighting spirit, never afraid of opponents defense; Boris Diaw: He has the height of a striker, the touch of a defender, can play from the first position to the fifth position, has genius-like creativity, he reminds me of Magic Johnson..."

Jim and Darcy's one-month European tour ended soon, and the two returned with a full load of two boxes of video tapes. At the airport, Jim received another call from Kupchak.

"Mitch, what's the good news?"

"Remember when you insisted on not letting us sign Ryder in the offseason? He was suspended indefinitely in the Nuggets because of a conflict with the coach. The Nuggets are looking for a trade. And on our team, Michael came back and just played After two games and another injury, it seems that it is not realistic to play before the All-Star game. To be honest, we don't have anyone on the bench. Phil has been putting pressure on me. I think this thing can be considered, Dr. Bass Let me hear your opinion." After all, Jim single-handedly prevented the signing of Ryder in the offseason, and Kupchak is very cautious about this. Although Ryder has a bad temper, single-handed singles are indeed what the team needs at present.

"We can accept Ryder, but we must let the Nuggets bleed, such as next year's draft pick, preferably the first round pick. If necessary, we can invite a third party to join. At present, the Nuggets must stop losses in time. We Take the initiative in the negotiation, Mitch, it's up to you."

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