I'm a big shot in basketball

Between small talk, go to the conference room.

Tom has sat down and waited with five assistant coaches, and scouting director Brent Johnson has also participated with assistants.

Dawson announced the provisional decision to promote Su Yang as a player development assistant. The official appointment will be reissued later, and he will participate in the discussion as an assistant next.After the words fell, except for Tom, everyone else was surprised that they were promoted on the same day.

The chief assistant Larry Smithton felt irritable, and felt a little happy in the next second. He thought that he would have to hire a video analyst assistant. His son had the opportunity to make up the recording, so he immediately raised his hands and applauded with a smile on his face. But after applauding a few times, and thinking that Su Yang's promotion speed is very likely to replace him as the team's chief assistant coach, a smile froze on his face.

Scout Brent Johnson and others applauded. Su Yang took the lead to express his gratitude and sat down to discuss.

The meeting then begins.

First, summarize the previous training situation of Radmanovic, analyze its potential value, and how to match it with the existing lineup.

Dawson and Tom made a decision together and decided to continue to prepare for Plan C, followed by discussing Plan A, that is, Eddie Griffin will definitely be selected before the 13th pick, and that player should be selected first at that time, whether to discuss temporarily trade.

The reason why it is considered as Plan A is to consider the situation that Eddie Griffin cannot be acquired through a trade. After all, the talent is so good. Apart from the Rockets, there must be other teams who are interested in it.

It was also the first time that Dawson and Tom publicly discussed the possibility of trading up Griffin, and the remaining assistants showed surprises.

Su Yang thought that based on the current predictions of major media, Eddie Griffin's highest pick was the Clippers' second pick, the lowest pick was the fifth pick by the Warriors, and the seventh pick in his previous life was the Nets If you choose to go, I don't know if there will be a butterfly effect.

The final decision of many drafts is between a single thought.

For example, the previous pioneers held the No. [-] lottery. After a long hesitation, they finally decided to choose between Durant, who has excellent historical talents, honors and statistics, and excellent performance in trial training, and Oden, who only has excellent static physical fitness. Oden, because Oden has only lost a few games from high school to college, and has an aura of a natural winner, which makes the Blazers more at ease.

Trail Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard was interviewed many years later to solve the puzzle, saying that he thought Durant failed to lead the team to achieve results in college, and he was not only a runner-up, so he knew that Oden had injuries such as knees and long and short feet. Hidden dangers, poor physical strength during the trial training, and rough offensive and defensive skills, it is true that the decision was made just because of the label of "natural winner".

For now,

If there is a butterfly effect, starting from the second pick, a team will snatch Griffin ahead of time, it will be fun.

"Rebirth also has uncertainty, it's too exciting!"

While thinking about it, assistant coach Larry Smith spoke, but it was all about well-known opinions. What Griffin has excellent physical fitness, what Griffin can shoot three-pointers, what Griffin is good at blocking shots and protecting the frame, is fast, strong ability…

After Larry Smith spoke, everyone in the conference room fell asleep.Scout Brent was even more embarrassed, thinking why did you repeat my report, at least insert your own opinion, it's not like everyone can't understand the report.

After 5 minutes, Dawson looked at Su Yang and said, "Tell me about your suggestion to exchange ideas with Eddie Griffin."

Su Yang knew that there was no need to say what the scouting department had already determined. He just needed to give the most valuable point of view and let Dawson decide whether he could use multiple first-round picks to trade up, especially about Gerry. Finn's potential hidden dangers.

"I won't repeat the reasons for the deal. Larry has already made it very clear. We all know that Griffin's biggest trouble is his eccentric personality and alcoholism, which leads to a lot of uncertainty and leads to some risks in choosing him, so I suggest a different way of thinking. , first find a way to solve his potential risks, such as delaying the time to sign a contract with him, and at the same time set requirements in the contract..."

Griffin is a typical "emptiness" with a negative attitude towards people and affairs, which leads to the frequent pursuit of the refreshing feeling of quick feedback. , and do not know the risk.

People like Griffin are especially prone to the slippery slope fallacy. When they are free, they think, "People are always going to die, so it doesn't make sense for me to work hard now. Why should I restrain myself? It's better to drink more. Why do you go to training? Damn the world! '.

In a situation like that, it is necessary to set a lot of goals for Griffin to prevent him from loosening his self-restraint after getting a million-dollar salary, such as what is the off-season muscle gain requirement, what is the regular season block data requirement, and at the same time Make him a community ambassador or something, get him connected to other people, and don't give him too much alone time and thoughts.

"In short, I suggest that if you choose to trade to get Eddie Griffin, you must set goals and restrictions for him in the contract, and also set rewards to guide him, restrain him, and let him connect with society and others. ..."

Su Yang paused for a moment, "If it's possible, if it doesn't break the law, I even want to suggest to his girlfriend to find a way to give him a child, make him a father, make him not so easy to indulge himself, and let him understand that there are people in this world who need it very much." he."

After the voice fell, everyone in the conference room was stunned.

He never expected that Su Yang would say such a thing, that he wanted Griffin to be his father directly, which was unheard of.

The way is too wild!

In the past, the entire league basically focused on counterattacking players with weird personalities. Why did Su Yang come up with such specific operations, and even feel a bit morally kidnapped? If a reporter finds out, it will definitely set off a bloodbath.

Dawson and Tom fell silent thinking.

Chief assistant Larry Smith felt ecstatic, thinking that this theory was outrageous, and Griffin was not anti-social.

Seeing that Dawson and Tom were undecided, it felt like an opportunity. Su Yang took a deep breath and made up his mind, "I can be responsible for the entire implementation of this strategy. I will fly to New York to meet him at the draft, and fly back with him to hold a press conference. Take him to practice with him, take him to summer league in Los Angeles, share a room with him, keep him from drinking and fucking.

Of course, the premise is that he is seriously traded. "

He didn't mention that he wants to be the head coach of the Summer League, but the meaning is already obvious, only the identity of the head coach of the Summer League is convenient.

Mainly I don't want to be too aggressive in public.

But even then, Larry Smith was still furious, aware of the risk of being robbed of the Summer League coach, although he had already been the Summer League coach, he rushed to say: "DAMN, it's not about reforming mental patients, doing that Why is it complicated? I think you think too much, Eddie Griffin is a bit weird, young people are so rebellious, and they are not as serious as alcoholism."

Jim Boylen, who was sitting next to him, also said, "Yeah, yeah, it's a little serious, I know Eddie well, he's just like a lot of talented teenagers, don't exaggerate." I thought TM Waiting eagerly to lead the team to participate in the summer league this time and accumulate some head coaching experience, you little brat, you just want to grab it when you first come, do you know how to respect your seniors?

The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly became a little delicate.

Su Yang didn't refute, thinking that Boylen, you are a big dish, don't talk, Popovich has so many apprentices, you are the worst.

"Then if we can't get Eddie Griffin, what do you think about the 13th pick? In addition to the plan C Radmanovic just confirmed, we are currently considering Richard Jefferson, Zach Randolph, Brandon Haywood, Loren Woods, Steven Hunter, and Jason Collins, do you know these guys?"

Regarding the controversy, Dawson chose to open a new topic, but he could directly ask Su Yang what he thought, which still made Larry a little uncomfortable.

Su Yang thought for a while, "I am most optimistic about Zach Randolph. His 40-minute statistics are very good, and he already has mature skills and can become a pillar of scoring inside. But if I don't fight for Griffin, then I won't go Advised Randolph,

Because everyone knows that Randolph is also a problem boy. It is best to take a step back and choose Richard Jefferson, who is good at cutting off the ball. He has very good explosive power and can cooperate well with Francis. The premise is that I It was mentioned in the interview that it can solve Francis’ sticky ball problem. If you don’t consider solving the sticky ball for the time being, then choose Gerald Wallace...”

When Su Yang mentioned Gerald Wallace, everyone was slightly surprised. Why are the opinions always so novel?Wallace only played one season in Alabama, a non-famous school, and averaged 9.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Why should he be considered for the 13th pick?

"So you value 40-minute statistics very much? You mentioned Randolph just now." Dawson asked.

"Yes, from the 40-point data, it can be inferred that Gerald Wallace will be an excellent defensive player, and at the same time have a good ability to score independently. It will take about two seasons to improve. The biggest disadvantage is the three-point deviation .”

"OK, I see."

Dawson nodded, looked at the scouting director Brent Johnson, and continued to discuss Brandon Heywood and others.

And the head coach Tom has little interest. He only wants to choose a Robert Horry player like Eddie Griffin. At worst, he must be Radmanovich. That's enough.

If Olajuwon accepts a comparative salary offer and stays with the Rockets, it would be futile to discuss which center to choose.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the second trial training, and the discussion ended.

People rushed to the stadium to visit.

The person who came was the center Loren Woods, who was tall and tall, with basically zero offense and poor rebounding. He was the first generation Hashem Thabeet.

Assistant coach Larry Smith was afraid of being robbed of the scene, and gave all kinds of careful guidance, loudly showing off his professional experience in the past.

It seemed to be for Su Yang.

Su Yang didn't bother to pay attention to it. He looked through the team roster and got familiar with the players who might participate in the Summer League. What happened? The players suddenly felt very nervous.

"If you win the position of the head coach of the Summer League, it will be really difficult to lead these guys to achieve results..."

"If Jefferson, Randolph, Gerrard, or Parker are selected three out of four, I can use my feet to command the results, but the pros and cons have long been weighed, and I can't decide. Let's take a step by step and make a decision first. Summer couplet related plans..."