basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 26 Preparations Before the Draft

Xia Kexin didn't go home immediately after sending Lin Qian off, but returned to Lu Ziqiu's place again.

She originally thought that she wanted to ask Lu Ziqiu out of doubts, but she didn't expect that the other three coaches of the team and Luke, the leader of the scouting team, were also there.

Lu Ziqiu was a little confused, pulled her aside, and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you go home?"

Xia Kexin said angrily, "Why don't you call me at work?"

"If you go back late, what will your mother do when she finds her?"

"Can't you even work?" Xia Kexin ignored him and walked over to sit with them.

Lu Ziqiu had no choice but to let her go.

Rhoda asked carelessly: "Head coach, what's the matter with you calling us here so late?"

"There are indeed two things I want to communicate with you."

"I don't know what's the matter?"

"First, the expansion draft is about to start, and it will be very difficult for us to select enough suitable players in the expansion draft, so I came to you to find out whether the players in the original team have the level you think Not bad, or a player worth developing."

The three coaches scratched their heads and began to discuss with each other in low voices.

Lu Ziqiu didn't bother them, and asked Luke, "In addition to the expansion draft, the draft is about to start. Have you heard about this year's rookies before?"

Luke was dumbfounded by the question.

Lu Ziqiu frowned, "Didn't you know about it? Are there any players in the second-tier league that you think are good?"

"That's true. I'm going to get the player's information right now."

"Well, it's best to find their game video, I want to take a good look."

Luke had already got up, but he smiled wryly and shook his head after hearing this, "There are relatively few videos in the second-level league, so I can only retrieve as much as I can and see if I can find it."

Xia Kexin interjected: "I'll find a way to retrieve the video tomorrow, it may not be so comprehensive."

Lu Ziqiu nodded, and looked at Luke again, "By the way, you can inform the other scouts and ask them to report to me the player analysis they have in hand."

"it is good."

"You can just call and ask them to send it over. I still have something for you to do here."

Luke shrank his neck and nodded, turned around and ran quickly into the garden to make a phone call.

"Ke Xin, go upstairs and get my computer."

"Okay." Xia Kexin got up excitedly and ran up quickly. Since the first time he analyzed players with him, she still feels very fresh.

The three assistant coaches are still discussing in low voices.

Lu Ziqiu sighed, "Have you not finished discussing? You have trained them for so long, don't you even know who can use them and who can't use them?"

Thompson replied with a wry smile: "We mainly don't know if they fit your offensive and defensive system."

"How much of the information I gave you have you read?"

Thompson replied sheepishly: "I watched about a third of it."

Lu Ziqiu frowned, then looked at the other two, and the results of the two answers were basically the same.

Lu Ziqiu was so angry that he couldn't get angry, "You have to hurry up, how about this, later you sort out the information of the old team members and give it to me. The more detailed the better, you must give it to me before you get off work tomorrow."

The three nodded in succession.

Xia Kexin ran down holding the computer, and Luke came back after making the phone call.

Lu Ziqiu asked them to sit together, and he himself sat down on the floor.

But as soon as he turned on the computer, the doorbell rang suddenly.

"I'll open the door." Rhoda stood up and ran to open the door.

Seeing that it was the chairman and his wife, he couldn't help being stunned, "Chairman, madam, are you here too?"

Xia Hongfei smiled and nodded, "Are you here too?"

Luke nodded and said, "Let's come over for a meeting."

"Oh, it's still in a meeting so late, let's go, let's go and participate together." Xia Hongfei immediately became interested and walked in quickly.

Bai Yufei had a dark face at first, but seeing so many people present, she suddenly lost her mind.

Seeing the arrival of Xia Hongfei and his wife, everyone stood up in astonishment to say hello.

Xia Hongfei smiled and waved his hands to signal everyone to sit down, "Did you disturb your work?"

Lu Ziqiu shook his head.

Xia Hongfei personally moved a chair and sat on the side, "Do you mind us as husband and wife participating together?"

"Of course I don't mind." Lu Ziqiu smiled.

Xia Kexin gave up her position to Bai Yufei, while she imitated Lu Ziqiu and sat on the floor, "General manager, why don't we continue."

Lu Ziqiu nodded, "Call the videographer right away, I want all the game videos and training videos, as long as he has them there, let him prepare them all tomorrow morning, and I will watch them tomorrow."

"Besides these, is there anything else?"

"No, go and call."

"Yeah." Xia Kexin responded, quickly got up and ran out to make a phone call.

Lu Ziqiu glanced at Thompson and Harris again, "You two will also watch the video with me starting tomorrow, and when I point out which player, you must immediately find out the strengths and weaknesses of that player, understand?"

"Understood." The chairman was present, even if they had some thoughts in their hearts, they didn't dare to express it.

"At that time, I will tell you which player is suitable for my offensive and defensive system. If there is anything you don't understand, you should speak up immediately."

The two nodded heavily.

"Rhoda, go to the medical team tomorrow morning and list all the injuries and physical conditions of the veteran players to me."

"it is good."

Lu Ziqiu told him one thing after another, and after another 15 minutes, all the scouts arrived.

Lu Ziqiu asked Xia Kexin to collect their information, then opened the information on the computer about this year's rookies, and sent them the information of a dozen players who fit his system.

At the same time, he told them: "Starting tomorrow, the task of the few of you is to investigate the conditions of these dozen people, including the results of physical examinations and injury histories. If you want to fool around and pass the test, you have seen the information in my computer just now, if there is a big gap with my information, you must give me an explanation that satisfies me, can you do it?"

Several scouts looked at each other, and finally Luke took the lead in saying, "Yes, but are the rookies you gave us for the draft?"

"These players are average in talent and ability, and the best ones can only be selected at the end of the second round. You should contact them at that time and try to persuade them to come to our team for trial training after the draft. As for how to allocate manpower, you guys Decide for yourself, in short, before the draft, I must see your results."

Luke took the lead in agreeing.

Thompson asked in astonishment: "Can such a poor player help our team?"

"Although the talents of the players are high or low, no one can tell what their future achievements will be. The most important thing is that they are suitable for us."

(End of this chapter)