"Marc Gasol?"

Morey said as he flipped through the rookie's profile.

Height: 7'1 inch

Weight: 270 lbs

NBA template: Todd Mark Culloch

Strengths: Possessing a very good physical advantage, not only is he tall, but he also has enough tonnage, his physical strength is very strong, and at the same time, he has a very soft shooting touch. Seamlessly switching between strong individual strength and soft shooting touch, he is a very versatile center and always finds a way to get the ball out when he is caught in the middle of the opposition.

Disadvantages: Mark Gasol, unlike his older brother Pau Gasol, is that he is very athletic and below the NBA average. Because his weight is too large, his foot movement speed is slow, so he needs to lose weight after entering the NBA. On top of that, he's not a great rebounder and struggles to defend athletic interiors. In addition, the speed is slow when playing on the inside, which is easy to cause the opposing player to help defend quickly. In addition, his ability to help defend is not very good, also because of the problem of being too slow.

"Is that the man_boobs?" Soon someone asked, "Not quite right, right?" ”

Mark Gasol tested the waters of the NBA last season, and it was the Rockets scouts who gave him the nickname man_boobs.

Boobs is a colloquial term for women, man_boobs it refers to obese men whose breasts are sagging like women.

Many pseudo-fans say that the American basketball community doesn't know anything about Marc Gasol, which is simply.

Marc Gasol came to the United States in 2001, and although he studied in the United States in high school, he did not go to college in the United States, because his size and basketball skills were prohibitive to any school. At that time, only the University of Memphis invited him to enroll, but there were no basketball scholarships.

As a result, Gasol returned to Spain in 2003 to play for Barcelona, but due to his lack of NCAA experience, American scouts generally did not rate him highly.

This year's draft Marc Gasol was not present, he didn't even sign up for the draft, just because he was 22 years old and automatically participated.

"Don, do you know much about this player?" Morey is skeptical, he's a data-driven manager who has analyzed all the rookies in the tournament and Marc Gasol is unremarkable.

What's more, at this time, the buyout fee of Marc Gasol's old club, Barcelona, is too high for a rookie!

David nodded without hesitation, "Although Mark may look unremarkable, his defensive ability at Barcelona is second to none in the entire European basketball world. And, Yao needs a proper bench, relying on Mbombo and Hayes, and we simply won't get far in the playoffs. ”

Morey nodded, the Rockets' backup center is indeed an unavoidable problem.

"Besides, this signing is worth our gamble, and there won't be any more reliable rookies anyway." David saw that Morey was hesitant and continued to add.

"Well, it's true that Europe is more prone to the emergence of that kind of technologically versatile big man." Rick Adelman rarely saw his youngest son so persistent, and he pushed it again.

Morey ultimately chose to give Adelman face, after all, the latter has a glorious history of tweaking white centers.

Moreover, the Rockets chose Marc Gasol, and the other party may not come.

When an NBA team selects an overseas player, it only has the right to sign the player, but it does not mean that the player is signed. The selected players will not necessarily be willing to land in the NBA to play for the team, just like Wang Zhelin, who was selected by the Grizzlies in the previous life.

This undoubtedly increased the risk for the team, so the NBA team did not dare to rashly choose overseas players at that time.

"A trade happened, and the Houston Rockets got the 46th pick and some cash from the Golden State Warriors with the 54th pick and a future second-round pick, and they chose Marc Gasol from Barcelona, Spain."

"Well done!" David clenched his fists and cheered himself up.

In the new season, he doesn't want Marc Gasol to show the demeanor of a star, as long as he can have the 90% level of the previous 2008-09 rookie season, then Yao Ming has a respite to be relieving.

In this draft, the Rockets got Brooks, Landry and Marc Gasol, and will undoubtedly be the biggest winners.

All three new balls are a great addition for the Rockets in the new season!

After the draft, David immediately called Marc Gasol, who was far away in Spain, as the first assistant coach of the Rockets.

To David's surprise, Marc Gasol was not too emotional, if nothing else, because his current old club, FC Barcelona, had a scary buyout fee - a full $2 million!

Taller than his brother Pau Gasol!

That's an astronomical amount for a second-round rookie!

After a week of tossing and turning, the buyout thing finally made progress.

The $2 million buyout fee talked about $1.5 million, for which the Rockets paid the maximum $500,000 allowed by NBA regulations, and the remaining $1 million was paid by Marc Gasol out of his own pocket.

"You'd better come and report from the team in the next two days because it's summer league and I'm looking forward to seeing you." Because the head coach of the NBA team's summer league is the first assistant coach of each team, David is desperate for Mark Gasol to come over in a hurry.

Hearing the importance that David attaches to himself, Mark Gasol patted his chest at the first time and promised that he would definitely be in Houston in two days.

But when he saw Marc Gasol with a small beard and long curly hair, David only felt depressed.

Without him, just because he's too fat now!

When he first came to the U.S. in 2001, Marc Gasol immediately fell in love with fast food. The fattening effect of burgers, fries and wings is also indeed obvious, and Marc Gasol has always shown himself as a little fat man during his developmental years.

Marc Gasol's nickname in high school was "tortillas", which may also have something to do with his eating habits, and Mark Gasol at that time had a round figure and a very large face.

Although it has improved in Spain in recent years, when I tested it in Houston, the body fat content was as high as 18%!

Summer league isn't that important for Marc Gasol anymore, because this summer is a top priority for him.

However, weight loss is weight loss, and after Mark Gasol arrived, the Rockets still signed him for the first time.

Also signing is 28-year-old rookie Luis Scola.

After Spanoulis rejected Morey's choice to return to Greece, the shrewd Mo Pang traded Spanoulis plus a second-round pick in '09 and some cash from the Spurs for signing rights to Jackie Butler and Luis Scola.

Seeing this deal, David also has to admire Morey's vision, in the case of the boss has been buckling the rope, the Rockets will be able to maintain a championship-winning lineup for many years in the future, of which Morey's contribution is indispensable.

It's a pity that in the end, Chairman Bao was cheated.

Looking at the signed Mark Gasol and Scola, David's heart is very complacent!

Yao Ming, Marc Gasol, Landry, Scola, Mutombo, Hayes...... In the new season, the Rockets' interior line will be able to play flowers.

The Rockets' No. 1-3 position is also not weak, Maddy, Battier, Alston, as well as strong benches Wales, Hyde, Mike James and Novak and Rookie Brooks, are not much worse than the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers who are full of giants in the new season...... Right?

"But, it's okay, I'm still an open-hook person except for rebirth + crossing!" David looked at his golden finger and was naturally full of confidence.

That's when the annual NBA Summer League kicked off.

As the No. 1 assistant coach of the Rockets, this time it was naturally David who led the team, and his assistant was Elstone Turner.