Leon soon discovers that Scala Bryan is a lovely guy, and apart from the jokes he makes when they first meet and shake hands, Scala Bryan always shows his kind and humorous side. He was unrestrained in front of Leon, and kept saying some amusing witticisms, which eased the serious atmosphere that Leon had brought a lot. Leon is not a light-hearted person in terms of personality, in the scouting circle he has always been known for his cold personality, accurate and ruthless evaluation of players, such as Scala Brien, who participated in this year's draft, Leon's scouting report to him is unusually concise, only two sentences: comprehensive skills but mediocre talent, no development potential.

After making contact with Scala Brien for the first time, Leon felt that he should add a sentence at the end, which was that "he has a good personality and will be a very good lubricant for the team." Seeing Scalabryne, Leon was reminded of Celtics' Vitaly Potapanko, a Ukrainian interior player who is also cheerful and self-deprecating, and although he is mediocre, he is very popular with fans in Boston. From a scout's point of view, players like this are not very good guys, but from the point of view of team managers, they are all positive parts of the team, adjusting the atmosphere to make the dressing room relaxed and pleasant.

Thinking that after this draft, the team will have a little thorn like Arenas, and a problem child like Chris Anderson will be signed in a few months, Leon knows that the locker room problems will be affected by the head coach, and it may be much better if the team has a player like Scala Brien. Looking at Bryan, who was talking and laughing with his juniors in training, Leon felt that if the Celtics had a signing in the second round this year, it would be an unexpected good choice to take him down.

The first day of training ended quickly, with Bibi disbanding at 2:30 p.m. and informing the players that tomorrow would be the official training day, asking the players to arrive by 9 a.m. and be ready for hard training.

Bill Sharman has been sitting on the sidelines watching the young people practice, but unfortunately from beginning to end, except for Scala Brien, no other student can really recognize who he really is, and the old man is really an antique figure in the basketball world. After the training, Sharman and Leon said goodbye first, he said: "Work hard here, Arnold will definitely send someone to accept it when the time comes." Also, I'll come back in a week, and Alexander-Arnold wants me to bring someone to coach you on tactics, so this week you need to figure out the management of the team first. Come on boy, no one has such conditions like you. ”

After saying that, Shaman drove out of the University of Southern California, leaving only Bibby and Leon in the arena, and the students had already run to the locker room to change clothes and take a shower to relax.

"Come with me to the video room, I'll meet that kid tonight, and I'll show you how he does on the pitch first." Bibby turned the conversation to the help he asked for Leon, and the "kid" he mentioned was a small Chicago point guard named Will Bynum, who watched the video of his high school game in the video studio and was most impressed by the 6-foot-1 man, who was not only strong but also strong.

After watching the footage of the three games, Leon commented: "What a strong little frog, it would be pretty good if he could share a little bit of his height with his long bones horizontally." But now he should be a good player on the street, the speed and power projection are very good, the dribble is great, the crotch dribble is impressive, and the speed of 100 meters should be about 10.7 seconds. And I have to say, even though he's strong, it's in high school, and I don't think he'll have that advantage in college, especially in the NBA. Anyway, it's a good player, but it seems to be ......."

Leon wanted to say but it didn't seem to be worth the effort to dig him up, Leon originally thought that Bibby wanted to help convince some kind of talented high school student to join USC, although Leon didn't have much experience in high school basketball, but he also knew that with a large number of high school graduates entering the NBA with high picks, this field is also getting more and more attention. Maybe this Will Bynum is very famous in Chicago, but Leon also knows a little about him, he remembers one time in Chicago when he was looking through the Tribune, there was a report about a basketball TV show that mentioned Bynum, Leon was very impressed by that report, and Dockley and Eddie Curry were also on the show. But Leon didn't know anything about Bynum's skills before watching these three tapes.

Bibby knew what Leon meant, he shook his head and said: "Things are not exactly what you think, I want to get Bynum, on the one hand, from the needs of the team, we lack such an attacker in point guards, last year against Duke no one was able to score with the ball at a critical moment, if there is a raider like Bynum, maybe we can bite the score." In fact, I contacted Bynum back last summer, and he was interested in coming to California to play, but in the end he signed a letter of intent to play at the University of Arizona in November, and he will go to Arizona this year to sign up. But before he officially registers, he has one more chance to change, and it just so happens that there will be a training camp in Los Angeles recently, and Bynum has signed up for the training camp to come to Los Angeles, and I have invited him to meet tonight. I'm going to get him anyway, Olsen, that guy they already have Jason Garnard and they're going to snatch Bynum, they're just deliberately putting me in the way......"

In the end, Bibby was already gritting his teeth, and Leon could see that Bibby wanted to get Bynum not so much from the perspective of the team, but from the perspective of competing with the University of Arizona, after all, the love-hate relationship with this school is indescribable. He worked as an assistant coach at the University of Arizona, where his coaching career began, before being ejected from the NCAA for admissions violations. At that time, the University of Arizona did not give Bibi any asylum, but directly terminated his contract, forcing Bibi to mix in the CBA, unable to take a formal path of promotion like most famous teachers.

So 10 years later, when he became famous, he gladly accepted an offer from the University of Southern California, a rival of the University of Arizona, to become an assistant coach for the Trojans. Unexpectedly, when he became the head coach of the University of Southern California, the University of Arizona snatched his son again. Henry Sr., who once tried hard to persuade Mike Bibby to come to Southern California, was stabbed by the University of Arizona again, so when the Arizonans snatched Will Bynum again, Bibby did everything possible to snatch Bynum back from them.

Leon's arrival undoubtedly gave Bibby a boost, and in the evening at a steakhouse near the University of Southern California, Bibi and Leon met Will Bynum, who had come to Los Angeles for training camp. In order to recapture Bynum, the cost of Bynum's registration for the training camp, as well as the cost of accommodation and food, were all reimbursed by Bibby, and this steak meal was no exception.

Leon saw Bynum, a young and strong black boy with broad shoulders and a short neck, who looked very stocky. He was silent, just eating steak at the dinner table, and only responded briefly to what Bibi said to him, and when Bibi introduced Leon, Bynum just nodded and didn't react much. It seems that Bibby's strategy to attract Bynum through Leon's status as a well-known scout has failed.

"What else do you want to eat? A caramel cookie? I see you like to eat ......" Bibi looked at Bynum, who was eating heavily, and could only try to break the dull situation by ordering him food. It seems that Bynum did not turn down Bibby's help to him, but he also did not seem to have much interest in playing in Southern California.

Leon stared at Bynum for a moment, and after Bynum finished the third steak in front of him, Leon asked, "Is your mom Ross okay?" If you play in Arizona in the future, who will take care of her in Chicago? For people with bad kidneys, Los Angeles is actually a good retreat, which will be good for his body. ”

Bynum finally stopped talking, he looked up at Leon and said, "How do you know that my mother's kidneys are bad." ”

Leon took a sip of his coffee, pointed to his head and said, "You know, I have everything in my head. ”