541. Coach Kruger in a daze

The Cavaliers said in an interview that other teams can skip the tryout for Ohio's All-American high school player, LeBron James, whose target for this year's draft is James.

The Cavaliers are a team in Ohio, and James' hometown is in Akron, a small city circle in Samiga County on the Cuyahoga River northeast of Cleveland.

Although they experienced the Kwame Brown tragedy two years ago, this time the Cavaliers said that no one else except James was a reference for the top pick, but not many people felt that it was inappropriate.

Kwame Brown also played well in high school, and if it wasn't Jordan's pick, Kwame Brown could have been selected as the top pick, and that was a big year for high school students.

But Kwame Brown performed well that year, but it was not invincible, more similar to Maddie in 1997, high school showed talent, and Tyson Chandler, Eddie Curry and others spent a year together, but relying on the success of Garnett, Maddy, Kobe and O'Neal Jr. after changing teams in the 00-01 season, plus the class of 01 really did not have any good college students, high school candidates were popular in 01, and the top four picks were all high school students except for Gasol, the strongest in Europe at the time, and Kwame was the most talented one among them.

And James is different, when the Cavaliers announced that James was the only candidate for the top pick, James's high school resume was all turned out.

At the age of 5, he began to wander with his mother, at the age of 9, he began to play football to make money, at the age of 12, he was injured playing football, and he could only wander with his mother again, at the age of 13, Coach Walker-Frank, who was called the "godfather" by James, found that he took him to his home and took James to play basketball, under the age of 15, he was sent to St. Mary's High School by Coach Frank, and James was only 15 years old in high school, and led the team to play an invincible record of 27-0, won the championship in the Ohio Minor High School League, and led the team to a 26-1 record in the sophomore year, James, who was not yet 16 years old, became the youngest All-American first-team player in American history, and in the same year, he also won the Ohio High School Football Player of the Year and Ohio Basketball of the Year, and James was ranked fifth among high school students in the United States under the age of 16.

In his junior year of high school, James' team advanced to the top high school league in Ohio, James led the team to a 23-4 record and won the runner-up, but gave up football due to a finger injury while playing football, but was selected to the first team in the United States for the second consecutive year, won the Ohio Basketball Mr. again, and became the best high school student in the United States, ranking first on the list of high school students in the United States.

In his senior year of high school, before the start of the season, James said that he would not enter the NCAA and would directly enter the NBA, his mother went to take out a loan to buy a car, and the strength of the pit a wave of sons, violated the rules of the American High School Basketball Association, and was almost banned after the first game, and then James actually won the lawsuit, James played a 26-1 record in his senior year, and the only one he lost was the game that was judged to be lost because of violations, and he was selected to the first team in the United States and Mr. Basketball Ohio for three consecutive years, He also scored 52 points in a game against the strongest high school team in California in Los Angeles.

James' high school basketball career can be described in one word: dominance! Comparable to Kobe Bryant's performance in high school.

After Liu Mang had a team meeting in the morning, he read the newspaper, all of which were James's news, covering up the light of the playoffs...... It's just that a high school student is so arrogant that he actually dominates the screen! squeezed the news of the second game of tonight's East Finals to the sub-edition, and he must teach this future rookie a good lesson in the future.

"James is definitely the first pick, this guy may be as good as Kobe in the future, Ace, are we still going to play? The Cavaliers are unlikely to be influenced by us, and they dare not choose James. Jason Terry, who was eating lunch on the sidelines, asked.

It's all on the outside, high school is so strong, seeing Kobe's current strength, and James' physical fitness is better, the team that got the top pick doesn't choose him, especially the Cavaliers are still James's hometown team, it is estimated that the Cavaliers owner will be sprayed to death by Cleveland fans.

"Of course we have to play, we can't control who is the first pick, but we can make some trouble for them, James may be as good as Kobe, but he doesn't like to show off as much as Kobe, Kobe Bryant actually invited a big star like Brandi to be a dance partner at a high school prom, and a high school student doesn't study well at all." Liu Mang complained for a moment, and then asked Jason Terry seemingly casually: "By the way, Jason, you seem to be the same high school student as Kobe?" ”

"What's wrong? Questions? ”

"No, you look older than him......"

"Damn! There's a kind of ...... you don't run."

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On May 30, Game 2 of the Hawks-Nets series is coming.

At 3 p.m., the Eagles arrived at the Gross Athletic Centre in Rutherford Town to prepare for the game, and after a brief tactical session, there was no other training schedule, allowing the players to give interviews, take pre-game breaks, study opponent videos and so on.

Because there is a guy like Liu Mang in his own team, the coaching staff is afraid of their players being interviewed.

is not only afraid that Liu Mang will release some bold words, but also afraid that other team members will be led astray by Liu Mang, and when he is interviewed, he will scare the opponent and anger the opponent.

So for this kind of thing, the players want to participate, and the coaching staff will not stop it, but they will not wait for the reporter to interview like other teams, because the Eagles have Liu Mang here, and there is no shortage of exposure, unlike many teams, they want to do something to expose it.

Fortunately, the Hawks players are used to interviews, and since the second half of last season, the Eagles have not stopped interviewing, and now they are not so keen on interviews, except for the headlines.

Coach Kruger is ready to wait for the evening game after doing the tactical training before the game, and has already grabbed a home advantage, and the Eagles now have a psychological advantage, so Coach Kruger was full of smiles when he gave the pre-game interview.

Just when Coach Kruger was being interviewed, he suddenly felt a little uneasy, and then saw that the players who had taken a shower after training did not go to rest, but came to the training ground in a group, and the reporters who were waiting rushed up......

Originally, after each training, although there were reporters waiting, the people who came to be interviewed were none other than those who were in the limelight, such as Jason Terry, Barnes, Emmanuol and others, Rahim and Muhammad were a little sullen, and they had to be called by the press officer, Liu Mang has been honest for a while recently, except for interviews with a few big TV stations, he hasn't been in the limelight for a while.

But this time, Coach Krueger actually saw Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and Raheem taking the lead, and a group of people came together for an interview!

Coach Kruger is going crazy, this headache disciple hasn't done anything for almost a month, is the co-author going to hold back the big move?

Oh my God! Coach Kruger's heart is broken at the moment, but he can't run to stop the players from being interviewed, if the players don't come, the reporters haven't interviewed, at most the players are playing big names, and the next time there is news, they will still run around, but if the team comes forward and is not allowed to interview before the game, it means that the team directly has a bad relationship with the media, and Coach Krueger doesn't want to bear this pot.

So Coach Kruger could only smile and drip blood in his heart, and get closer to listen to what Liu Mang, a bastard disciple, was asking these teammates to say.

Just after Coach Kruger came up with grief and indignation, he found that he didn't seem to be doing anything, but just had an opinion on this year's draft!

Since the Hawks' pick was the 14th pick in the first round, the team management didn't pay much attention to the draft pick, just watched the final result.

Coach Kruger's hanging heart was half relaxed, but he still didn't dare to relax completely, and listened there, if someone said something to stimulate the Nets, he immediately went to interrupt, because the interview had been done for a while, and even if it was interrupted, it would not be so unpleasant for the media.

However, Coach Kruger didn't hear anything bad at the end, and the players were collectively praising a college student he had only heard of by name, an option for this year's draft offered to him by scouts, saying that he was the most talented junior outside of the lottery zone.

Coach Kruger's head is full of question marks, what are these players praising this guy for? Is this guy really that nice? If other teams believe it, their own team won't be able to choose!

So it's not like forcing the team to choose this rookie, it's purely to build momentum for this rookie, and it looks like the relationship is very good.

This made Coach Kruger depressed and puzzled, you like this rookie, can't you just call the team to choose? Although the 14th pick this year is valuable, if this guy can become a qualified substitute, it is not bad, the team is not bad for talent, so if it is excellent, it can be traded.

But this catches a compliment, and what does it mean to praise as if it were a champion show?

And after the praise, a group of people just left...... Let's go...... Finish......

Coach Kruger stood there eavesdropping, feeling like a fool, what the hell is this group of players going to do!

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In the afternoon and evening news bulletin, there was a very interesting interview video circulating on major TV stations.

The Eagles' entire team of more than a dozen people shared their views on this year's draft.

This is not an unusual thing, like this year, the T1 crotch rookie has more rookies than the previous three years combined, the draft year is already very much attention, and it is normal for the current players to express their opinions, and when the season ends and before the draft convention, the major TV stations themselves will interview them about their opinions on the rookies.

However, the Eagles seem to be collectively recommending an "unknown" college student, touting that kind!

"I heard Marquis had a really great guy, yes, I went back to my hometown when I was an All-Star, yes, it was Milwaukee, I watched him play, and it was great, he was the best college student I've ever seen!" This is Milwaukee-born Dean Grove, even though he moved to Charlotte before he turned a year old......

"If we had the No. 1 pick, I would recommend that management pick Wade...... You don't even know who Wade is? Then you may be unemployed, and he will be the first in line! He's amazing, he's like Jordan who is 6 centimeters shorter! "This is Rahim.

"Do you know who I'm most optimistic about in this year's draft? Dwyane Wade of Marquis University! I think he's the best rookie of the year, believe it or not, he's going to be the first pick! The Cavaliers will change their minds! "This is Jason Terry.

"The Cavaliers made a wrong declaration, they will regret not choosing Wade, definitely!" This is Boozer.

"James and Anthony are both good, both can be drafted with the first pick, but hopefully they can't ignore the little brother of Dwyane Wade......"

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One by one, the Eagles praised Wade to the sky.

Finally, in the end, Liu Mang was about to speak, and all the reporters gathered around.

"LeBron? Yes, he's great, he's my brother...... Yes, we met at the McDonald's All-Star Game, he is much more talented than me, he deserves to be selected as the first pick, but he is still too young, I think he may be as talented as Bryant, but you see, it took Bryant two years to adapt to the NBA, I think the Cavaliers should pick Wade, Wade is fantastic, you can go and see his game, see his training attitude, he must be the first rookie in this class to become a superstar, he can be like my teacher, Directly turn the current situation of the Cavaliers around, believe me! ”

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In the past NCAA season, the NCAA limelight was all on Anthony and Hinrich, the limelight of overseas players was all on Milicic, and the limelight of high school students was all on James, so even if Wade was selected for the first team in the United States, not many people knew him, James and Anthony were too hot in the United States this year.

A certain big-cheeked man who was waiting for an invitation to try out for a lottery team in the Marquis University dormitory in Milwaukee saw the news on the TV, and saw a group of Eagles who were trumpeting him as if they had a good relationship with him.

Just as he began to doubt his life, there was a knock on the door: "Hey, Dwyan, great news is here!" Brother, you're going to have to treat me to a good game! ”

The man who was doubting himself and doubting that his cheeks were getting bigger and bigger walked to open the door of the dormitory in confusion, and saw that the dormitory administrator was wearing a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes and a meticulously groomed hairstyle.

Just in Wade's self-doubting and doubtful eyes, the middle-aged man stretched out his hand and said: "Hello, my name is Jeff Schwartz, I don't know if you have heard of me, it doesn't matter if you haven't heard of me, this is Ace Liu's letter to you......"

Ace Liu! It's the guy who just praised himself on TV! NBA All-Stars! Schwartz...... It seems to be the agent who helped Ace Liu win a record-breaking endorsement fee!

It's been two months since the NCAA March Madness ended, and no big-name agent has approached him, and Wade was forced to sign a second-rate agent in mid-June.

Wade didn't expect that Jeff Schwartz, who relied on Liu Mang to become a first-line agent, actually found himself!

Just like the dormitory administrator who has a good relationship with Wade and often helps Wade said, the great news is here!

Wade also grew up in the slums, his parents were divorced, and his father reorganized the family with two children, and then the children became six......

So Wade has changed his sister's old clothes since he was a child, and he can only get on a scholarship to save his life in college, but the dormitory administrator has helped him a lot, because it can be seen that Wade will definitely enter the NBA, as long as he enters the NBA, even if he is a substitute, he is also a monopoly.

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The news of the Eagles attracts the attention of fans every time, especially when Liu Mang is interviewed, he always makes some big news, just a month ago at this time, Liu Mang just released the declaration that has become a classic "I'm thinking about the next round of opponents", this time the Eagles news came out, and many people are paying attention.

But they seem to be recommending a rookie? Build momentum for a rookie who is on the run!

This really makes people wonder, who is this rookie who was collectively recommended by the Eagles?

In particular, some team owners, including Cavaliers owners, couldn't resist asking scouts to send reports.

When Wade was selected by the Heat, some media didn't even know him, because people paid attention to the high-pick rookies in the prediction, especially the Cavaliers, Nuggets, Pistons, and other teams with the top three picks, and even other teams with lottery picks, were not interested in predicting Wade in the middle of the first round, Wade's physical talent, the lottery may not be able to enter, but it will definitely not fall out of the first round, so the second-round pick must not be considered, and lottery players are unlikely to bet on Wade's talent, Wade's knee injury in college is also a problem, There are so many T1 rookies this year, why should they bet on a rookie who makes mistakes in the No. 1 position, has inaccurate shots, is not tall enough to play the No. 2 position, and has potential injuries?

So the teams in the lotto area have hardly paid attention to Wade.

But the Hawks recommended Wade like this, blowing Wade into the sky one by one, making people feel as if Wade entered the NBA as a superplayer like Kobe, Carter, and Iverson.

Although many people don't believe it, it doesn't prevent them from researching it! In addition to the Pistons, there are enough outsiders, and they are quite eager for an interior line with offensive ability and good skills, and only Milicic, Bosh, and Kaman were invited to try out in advance, and the others were not considered, and most of the lottery teams began to be interested in Wade.

Even if it is the Cavaliers, they don't feel that Liu Mang said that James may have to adapt to the NBA for two years, they don't feel that what they said is wrong, James himself saw the news, and he also felt that Liu Mang was wrong, Kobe Bryant is so good now, and when he first entered the NBA, he was also a substitute, and James himself was ready to enter the NBA and slowly boil up.

Now people's views on the draft, it has not yet completely changed, like Wade who has played college for a few years, there is still a certain market, otherwise one has a hidden injury, the freshman year because of poor grades, did not meet the qualifications of Marquis University's sports club, the sophomore performance is okay, the junior year is seriously injured with a general record, and there is a short scoring guard with height defects, in such a draft year, if it is put more than ten years later, there may be no prediction in the middle of the first round.

In these years, university experience is still an important condition for teams to consider.

Anyway, the trial was not a loss, and most of the teams in the lottery area began to study Wade and sent scouts to conduct a detailed investigation of Wade.

At this time, the South Coast was enjoying the sun, and it felt that this year he would choose the best rookie in the fifth pick, and the oil-headed man who didn't even forget to take care of his hair in the sun and looked like the boss of the gangster, after hearing the secretary's report, the whole person was not good!