On April 18, 2001, it was almost 10 p.m. ET, and Marquette University head coach Tom Crane was still in his office.

As May approaches, the freshman reporting time is over, the new semester is about to begin, and the rest of the team's veterans are about to return, Tom Crane feels like he's getting busier.

The NCAA finals have just ended, the NBA playoffs are about to begin, and the NCAA season is just half a year away, and the team training camp is five months away.

It stands to reason that this period of time is still very easy for him.

In the NCAA, as long as the training camp is not open, students are still mainly focused on studying, supplemented by practice.

Their coaching jobs won't be as hectic.

This is true for most head coaches in the NCAA.

But he couldn't.

Marquette University's Golden Eagles are really in a quandary right now.

The team's former boss, Waddell, graduated from his senior year and has now gone to the NBA to participate in the draft.

And the future core player of the team he wants, the rumored mentally retarded genius, I don't know if he can pass the make-up exam this time.

It's okay to pass, but if he can't, he needs to continue to look for a key player for the team to lead the team next season.

In the NBA, the chaos of the core players is prone to accidents, and in the NCAA, the players are more youthful and aggressive, and even more so.

Marquette University looks to be full of talent next season, with new super-talented Travis Diner on the back line, second-year playmaker Cord Henry, and that headache guy to make the team stronger on the outside next season.

And the center Scott Merritt and power forward Omara Ennamarca who sit on the team's interior are also a very good pairing.

Three years ago, he was an assistant coach to Michigan State University coach Tom Isolt, and next season as head coach at Marquette University will be in his third season.

In the past three years, he has never had as much of a surplus of personnel as he did next season.

It seems that next season will be the time for him to make a name for himself.

But Tom Creon is not so optimistic.

Because the team seems to be strong, but except for the guy who gave him a headache, the other four people can't hold it down.

The man who was called a mentally retarded genius by Marquard's basketball fans was tied to his and the team's hopes.

Isn't it an exaggeration to tie up the hopes of a man who has never played in the team and who has been tied to him and the team?

Actually, it's not an exaggeration at all.

Although he didn't play a game last season, and his evaluation at school was also very bad, most of the people in the school had never seen him, so they were full of malice towards him, and they wanted the two of them to get out together.

But in the team of Marquette University, he has a high prestige.

Although he couldn't play, Tom Crane made a place for him in the team last season, and after a year together, everyone was conquered by him.

Including him as a head coach.

He can't play, but he's done so much more work and contributions for the team.

When the team is training, he can work with the assistant coach to assist him, the head coach, in training the players, setting up the tactics, and recording the tactical points of the players' games and training.

At the same time, you can also point out where your teammates are not doing well enough.

Although his IQ is very low, his basketball IQ is unusually high.

This is definitely the player with the highest ball intelligence he has ever faced in his coaching career.

And he's not just a ball quotient, he's also very good.

In Marquard's annual 'Midnight Madness' for the Golden Eagles, his outstanding athleticism and rocket-like explosiveness were suffocating.

On the usual training ground, today he can play the core guard of the opposing team, tomorrow he can play the star small forward of the opposing team, the day after tomorrow he can also play the opponent's interior player, and the day after tomorrow he can even play the opponent's three-point shooter.

His three-point shooting is not strong, but he is extremely strong off the ball.

Therefore, whether he plays the opponent's defender, striker or interior or shooter, he can even be stronger than the person he plays.

Such a person can't have a high prestige in the team.

The people outside hadn't seen him, and it was understandable that they were full of bad things about him.

Within the team, as long as he is not blind and stupid, no one disagrees with him.

So much so that when the team played away games last season, because he couldn't be with the team, he couldn't be in the away dressing room, and the team specially equipped him with a mobile phone.

Let him continue to speak to the players at half-time like the leader and captain of the team.

That's right, it wasn't the team's titular heart Waddell who spoke in the midfielder last season.

It's the mentally retarded genius who was rated very low in school and was almost the biggest stain on his coaching at Marquette University, Dwyane Wade!

Dwyane Wade, the mentally retarded talent, is the only key player in his and the team's minds next season.

Even Dina obeyed him, because Diner was recruited by him with Wade.

But that's exactly what happens to the team next season if Wade's can't continue?

Tom Crane can't even imagine.

The thought of this kid's incredible ability to learn gave him a headache.

This kid's terrifying ball quotient can't be obtained by sacrificing his IQ, right?

"Tom!"

Just as Tom Creon thought of Wade's daily headaches, the door to his office was pushed open.

Tom Crean looked up and it was his assistant coach, Tim Barkley.

Seeing Tim Barkley's excited appearance, Tom Creon was a little surprised.

He rarely saw his assistants like this.

In fact, this assistant of his is a very gentle person.

Unlike him, a professional coach, Tim is not a professional coach.

Tim is also a teacher at Marquette University and is a part-time assistant coach on the team.

"Tim, what's the urgency?"

Tim Barkley, who was very excited, did not speak, but turned on the TV in his office and put a videotape into the VCR.

"Tom, look at this, this is a video of an amateur game recorded yesterday by one of my students who is a part-time reporter for the school newspaper."

Video footage of an amateur game?

Tim, have you found a good seedling again?

If that's the case, it's understandable, after all, recruiting that Chinese student into the varsity team is a stain that Tim has always been ashamed of, and he has always wanted to make up for it.

Well?

But after the video started playing, Tom Creon was a little dumbfounded.

Although the recording equipment is not very good, coupled with the problem of light, the picture is not very clear, but he can still see more clearly who the person in focus in the middle of the picture is.

"Chen?"

"That's right, it's a half-time five-on-five match between Chan and Joe Gordon!"

"Joe Gordon? The name is somewhat familiar. ”

"He came to the team last year and was drafted, but Tom you insisted on leaving a spot for Dwyan, so ......"

Tim Barkley didn't say it later, but Tom Creon did.

"A very good defender."

Now it was Tom Crean's turn to be surprised.

Chen actually played against Joe Gordon?

Tim is so excited, it can't be that Joe Gordon abused Chen in the game, Chen's strength was exposed in the whole school, Tim wouldn't want him to expel Chen from the school team and forcibly erase his stain, right?

Tim, that's not the case, right?

"Tim ......"

"Tom, you keep looking, the game begins."

Tim Barkley didn't give Tom Crane a chance to open his mouth to convey the spirit of the Golden Eagle to him, so he gagged Crane first.

Seeing Tim Barkley like this, Tom Crane had to continue to watch the game, with curiosity, to see how badly Chen was abused, which made Tim so excited and excited.

Two hours later.

Tom Crane, who watched the video I don't know how many times, had exactly the same look on his face at this time as Tim Barkley did when he first watched the video.

Shocking, unbelievable, incredible.

"Tom, do you want more?"

"Yes!"

Another replay.

Once again, the dribble of a complete layman appeared on TV.

Although the dribble is a layman, the next scene is enough to shock any basketball coach.

"The way of dribbling is very amateurish, but you can come and go freely in a small space, full of enemy space, and score calmly."

"Not only that, but the enemies who defend him can't even touch him, and all the defenders, in front of him, are like stakes!"

If a player like Jae Williams had treated these people like stakes, he probably wouldn't have felt like that.

However, this person is a beginner who has just learned basketball for less than half a month!

He doesn't have the skill of Jay Williams.

All he used was his extraordinary prejudgment!

On the TV, once again there was the crisp sound of a successful layup.

"It's not the best posture layup, and it's not the most unstoppable, powerful layup!"

"This is the smartest layup!"

"He looked down like a god over the whole earth!"

"He, prejudged everyone's prediction!"

At this time, Tom Creon had clenched his fists tightly, and he couldn't control himself anymore in excitement.

……

……

"Brother Luo, this is my new brother last night, Tyrone, Little Tai."

"Xiao Tai, this is what I told you about Brother Luo, Ron Howard, the future boss of the Golden Eagles at Marquette University, Brother Luo also wants to meet you after hearing about Xiao Tai yesterday."

Ron Howard looked Wade up and down.

Big black framed eyes, big cheeks, polite and polite, Sven Wen.

Same as Chen told him.

Such an alternative among blacks, but with a super high IQ and super athleticism that can tell at a glance that Chen is a varsity team, and the power to knock Joe Gordon into the air.

"Xiaotai, don't look blindly, come, call Brother Luo."

“……”

Wade, who was observing Ron Howard and didn't know whether he knew him or not, heard Chen Xiao say this, and he couldn't wait to kick it over.

In fact, Ron Howard felt that Chen Xiao's self-invented titles were also a little weird, but he couldn't correct them, so he didn't care.

Others are not necessary.

Chen said that he has its own national conditions in Greater China, and this is the habit of their country.

Then the United States can naturally have its own national conditions here.

"You don't have to listen to Chen, just call me Ron, my name is Ron Howard, it's nice to meet you, since you are Chen's good brother, you are my good brother."

Ron Howard's words made Wade breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hello, my name is Tyrone Vaughn, nice to meet you."

This man's bearing is indeed extraordinary.

Wade nodded secretly in his heart.

"Your eldest brother is much stronger than you!"

"That's, otherwise how could he be our big brother?"

"That's your eldest brother, not my eldest brother!"

"Xiaotai, wait a minute, you won't say that right away."

"Hmph, wait a minute, even if you wait for a year, wait for a lifetime, I say this way."

Chen Xiao and Wade, who followed Ron Howard, kept whispering to each other.

Soon, with a click, Ron Howard opened the dormitory door, followed by the two young men who came in behind him, one of whom had a larger cheek, and his legs were weak, and he was almost on his knees.

"Luo, Brother Luo, this, this is your dormitory?"

“……”

Look, it was still iron-clad just now, how is it now? Kneel, hahahaha......

"Alas......"

Another young man who did not speak of martial virtues and attacked him suddenly......

Looking at Ron Howard, who was a little caught off guard by Brother Luo's sudden attack, Chen Xiao almost laughed in his heart.