Liu Mang looked at Coach Kruger's instructions, this is too easy!

Coach Kruger's purpose is very simple, anyway, the second round of trials has to find a few people, since Liu Mang thinks it is good, there must be some highlights for Liu Mang to see and other trainers and assistant coaches with trials did not see it, it doesn't matter if you try out again, it is the players who are tired of the trial, and he, the head coach, just looks at the results.

Coach Krueger continued, "Ace, who else do you have your eye on?" ”

The head coach of a team is definitely the one who gets the most attention from the rookies on the tryout, and wherever Coach Krueger goes, the people who are on trial in the vicinity will be very motivated and try to attract attention.

So when Coach Kruger and Liu Mang were talking, the people around him listened attentively.

As a result, I heard Liu Mang say a name and pointed to someone, and that person entered the second round of trial! The rookies in the trial all looked at Liu Mang with blank eyes.

Hearing Coach Kruger ask Liu Mang's opinion again, the eyes of the people around him were already full of enthusiasm when they looked at Liu Mang.

"Two more." Liu Mang nodded.

"Two?" Coach Kruger couldn't believe it, there were actually three rookies among these guys that made Liu Mang feel good?

Liu Mang took Coach Kruger to the expectant eyes of the people around him, and pointed to Boozer, who looked like a bandit but insisted on keeping a middle point to show his kindness, and Barnes, who looked like a ruffian on the outside and was really a ruffian on the inside.

"They're called Boozer, and there's that one, it's like Barnes, and I think it's good, the big guys have good skills, they can add singles to the second team, they're very strong, and I should be good at blocking and pick-and-roll, and that bad-faced guy is tough...... Looks like an effort. Liu Mang suddenly didn't know how to describe Barnes, this guy seemed to be very bad in the early part of his career.

"Boozer? Barnes? Coach Kruger frowned and flipped through the scouts and trial reports.

Just looking at the faces of these two people, Coach Kruger felt that it was inappropriate, not that they were discriminatory in appearance...... Well, it's just that the appearance is discriminatory, and the appearance is too unsettling, a face that wants to do things.

"Carlos Boozer, great mid-range shot, great rebounding, great mobility, great explosiveness......" Coach Kruger was horrified to see this assessment!

But this scouting report was put in T4 gear that was not recommended by scouts! So when the trial report was given to Coach Kruger, Coach Kruger didn't turn it over at all, and there was nothing worth turning over in T4.

This is the norm, which is why there are pearls of counterattacks like Isaiah Thomas and Arenas.

This kind of trial report is actually T4?

Coach Krueger looked at the scouting report.

It's almost the same as the trial report! Basketball is a very good evaluation, and Coach Kruger was surprised, is this misplaced? This should be the scouting report of the T2 rookie!

But in the end, Coach Kruger understood.

“…… Born in Aschaffenburg, Federal Republic of Germany, suspected of having a gangster background, it is not recommended to ......"

Aschaffenburg is the location where the United States once stationed German troops during the Cold War, the location of the US military's overseas bases, the surrounding is very chaotic, the rich have long since moved away, the US military has done a lot of dirty things overseas, and they are strong, Germany is a defeated country, those rich people dare not continue to live nearby, and those who are left are poor.

When everyone is poor, it naturally becomes very chaotic, and Aschaffenburg is basically a three-way zone.

Coach Krueger understands why a scouting report with the potential to be an NBA starter ends up in Pot 4.

"Ace's vision is really good! If you don't look at the trial report, you really can't see that this guy is actually quite strong. Coach Kruger nodded in satisfaction.

It is one thing to choose whether to choose or not, Liu Mang's vision is very important, and the selection of rookies is not only for the boss to make a decision, but also for the head coach to speak, after all, it is the head coach who chooses who to play, and the advice of the team's stars is also very important.

Liu Mang has a good eye, which is a good thing for the Eagles.

Coach Krueger was looking forward to the scouting report from the guy with the ruffian's face.

But this time, Coach Krueger was stunned.

Tryout results: No projection ability, short temper, almost got into a fight with a trial opponent, and the trial ended early.

Then I flipped through the scouting reports, fights, expulsions, bans, off-field brawls...... Actually, the university is a famous UCLA, although all 4 years of college career into the NCAA Crazy March, but only participated in this year, the first three years were banned because of conflicts with opponents, resulting in the team was eliminated early in March Crazy because of the lack of a defensive giant.

And almost every time it's a way to help his teammates get ahead.

Looking at Barnes's wonderful resume, Coach Kruger wanted to complain: Ace, do you want to choose a teammate? Or do you want to pick a thug?

Coach Kruger asked, "Ace, are there any other candidates?" ”

"That's all for today's tryout." Liu Mang looked around just now, and only saw these three with good prospects in the future.

"Okay, Ace will come back next time I try out, I'll be busy." Coach Kruger said that this time he went to call Boozer and Barnes to leave together.

Neither Boozer nor Barnes thought that Liu Mang would choose them!

Of course, they also saw the picture of Liu Mang "chosen" Prince to go to the second round of tryouts before, but when Coach Kruger asked Liu Mang to choose again, they didn't think they would encounter such a good thing.

Boozer has been misunderstood as a gangster since he was a child, and he has such a face, just like the principal of Crayon Xiaoxinli, his dream when he was a child was to be an elementary school teacher, because his elementary school teacher was a gentle and kind white young woman, even if Boozer was born in a black child in a chaotic area where the army was stationed, the white female teacher did not discriminate against him, but gave him the most correct care and education.

As he grew up, Boozer grew more and more like an underworld boss, with a big brother face, and everyone was afraid of him, so he left a middle point to tell others that he was a scholar.

What pained Boozer the most was ...... He has been losing his hair since he was 20 years old, so he had to enter the NBA early after his junior year, and when he entered the NBA, no matter how bandit he looks, others will not look at him with that kind of alternative eyes.

However, although he performed well in his junior year and was regarded as one of the six best interior players in the country, not many teams were interested in him, mainly because he looked like someone who wanted to "do big things", and scouts were very unfavorable to him.

Birthplace, looks, two things combined, it's too hard to satisfy those predominantly white scouts.

Barnes didn't expect it, he almost fought with his opponent just now because of the one-on-one confrontation trial session, seeing that the trial was going to end early, he felt that his trial was finished again, and there must be no team to ask for it, of course, in fact, even if he was selected in the second round in his 50s, he failed to play in the NBA in his rookie year, and the Grizzlies who selected him did not sign with him, and directly gave him up, until the 03-04 season Margeti of the Clippers could not find anyone due to injury season reimbursement, so he could only sign Barnes, He officially entered the NBA in January 2004.

But I didn't expect that the Chinese kid who looked at him curiously just now actually named him to go to the second round of trial!

It's always better to send charcoal in the snow than icing on the cake.

There was nothing to do, Liu Mang invited Yao Ming, who had already finished the trial, to go out for coffee together.

There are so many people today, there is no place for Liu Mang to continue training, Liu Mang introduced the three players to Coach Kruger and left, whether it can be done or not, he can't say anything, anyway, he expressed his idea of wanting to be teammates with the three of them, and the final decision is Steven Price, who is also the team's executive vice president and general manager.

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After Liu Mang and Yao Ming left together, the coaching staff found a few guys with relatively good trials to go to the second round of trials, of course, the ones invited later were all covered, except for the Rockets and Bulls, who had the first two picks in the draft, they did not shy away from saying who they wanted to choose, and other teams had intrigues.

When it came time for the second round of tryouts, Prince, Boozer and even Barnes worked hard to show what they were capable of.

Even Barnes, when he really had the opportunity to be looked at differently, he was very eager to prove himself, because during the previous trial, the trainer didn't take his trial to heart after seeing his scouting report, and he didn't look down on him, and his attitude was very perfunctory.

But this training session for Barnes showed his energy, physicality and defensive positivity, three of the qualities he relied on to survive.

Needless to say, Boozer did well in college, but unfortunately because of his unpopular appearance, he performed as well as ever in the tryout.

Prince presented a very different feeling to the coaching staff, with Coach Kruger meticulously completing the tasks but not as motivated as Boozer and Barnes who wanted to show their other abilities.

However, when Coach Kruger asked Prince to complete a new tryout, Prince tried to do his best.

Very obedient rookie! While not greedy for merit and not deliberately showing themselves, they do not lack fighting spirit and enthusiasm.

What coach doesn't want such a player?

"Tyshawn Prince, expected at the end of the first round." Coach Kruger looked at Prince's draft projections, which were a little wider, with the 21st pick in the first round being the end of the first round and the 29th pick being the end of the first round.

This makes Coach Krueger very melancholy, if other teams also have people with vision, pay careful attention to Prince's trial, in case he is cut off by the team in front? Isn't that a loss!

Be sure to make sure you can choose!

Coach Krueger had a few words with Mike Woodson, who arranged a hotel for Prince to stay in tonight, told him to come back for a tryout tomorrow, and told him not to tell anyone.

On Prince's side, Coach Kruger decided to go and discuss with the boss and must take it.

However, the other two, although Coach Kruger thinks they are both good, the advantages and disadvantages are too obvious.

Boozer's offensive skills are so comprehensive that Coach Kruger, who is now used to seeing the poor skills of a short forward like Demar Johnson who has recently entered the league, feels amazing!

It's a pity that the defensive awareness is too poor, and Prince, an opponent who has no spectrum of attacking with the ball at this stage, can be easily scored by Prince in the low post, and he is blind to such a good physical quality with an arm span.

Barnes is the complete opposite, with a strong physical confrontation, even a big size gap in single defense Boozer, and sometimes such a dynamic player is needed on the bench.

But the Eagles only have one second-round pick, and the two are not expected to be very high, and the latter part of the second round, the Eagles have no problem choosing which one they choose, but there is only one second-round pick, both of them have their own characteristics, one is good at attacking and the other is good at defense.

After a while, Coach Kruger arranged both of them to the hotel, and then went to the boss to discuss.

The best rookies the Eagles can invite are almost all here today, although there are still three trials, but the last three are to try to see if they can be so lucky to encounter the leakage, and the real goal is the first trial today.

Sometimes you need to be decisive in doing things, especially when you are committed to running for the rookies, and you need to be decisive, and Coach Krueger thinks these three are good, so he goes to the general manager's office to discuss with the boss.

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Steven Price also watched the trial for a while, but after watching Yao Ming's trial, looking at the others, the gap is really too big!

The Hawks only had one draft pick at the end of the first round and the middle of the second round, so Steven Price left it to Coach Kruger to screen and give him a list of the people he wanted.

Coach Kruger knocked on the door and entered Steven Price's office, handed three second-round tryout reports to Steven Price, and said: "Boss, we can pick Tyshawn Prince in the first round, these two candidates in the second round, Matt Barnes and Carlos Boozer, Prince here I hope to promise him tomorrow that he won't try out with another team, who do you want to choose for the other two owners?" ”

So simply, so directly, so strongly demanding?

Steven Price was surprised by Coach Kruger's decisive decision, looked at the profiles of the three people, and then was stunned.

These three people are really special.

A calm man, a technical man, and a ruffian man.

Three wonders!

"Lang, why don't you take a look at the next trial, just choose these three?" Steven Price suggested.

"No, the next ones who will come to the tryout are probably undrafted, and then they can invite them to participate in the summer league if they are not selected, these three are the best three of the best rookies we invited, and they were recommended by Ace, at least Prince here I hope to give him a draft promise." Coach Kruger was determined.

"Ace recommended?" Steven Price paid attention to it now, Liu Mang should renew his contract at the end of this season, from the beginning of the summer to December 31, he can also renew his contract in advance, and keeping Liu Mang is the most important goal of the Hawks.

You don't see that the Rockets just got the champion sign, and a large number of Chinese media and investors have already gone to Houston for inspection, the media has established overseas sites and the business investigation of investors has begun, and the market value of the Rockets has almost increased significantly since the first lottery was drawn.

The Eagles are now getting more and more attention in North America, Asia, especially China, relying on Liu Mang, Liu Mang's opinion, and it is impossible for Steven Price not to pay attention to it.

I took a hard look at the three trial reports.

Prince, who is characterized by his speed, excellent shooting ability, and a good listener to the arrangement, Steven Price understands why Coach Kruger emphasized this to give the draft promise.

Give it, just give it, a 27th pick.

Boozer and Barnes, an offensive goodman, a defensive villain.

After thinking about it for a moment, Steven Price decided: "Let's choose all three!" ”

"Where are we going to get the picks? Trading? Coach Kruger asked, confused.

"Memphis is selling their No. 48 pick, let's buy it back for 600,000 yuan, they are coming for a retest tomorrow, right, Lang, when the time comes, you bring them here, give them draft promises, and let them not go to other teams for tryouts!" Steven Price decided.

"600,000 to buy draft picks?" Coach Krueger asked in surprise, this boss is willing to spend 600,000 yuan to buy a second round? Hell yes! The second round of salary is less than 500,000 US dollars for two years, and this comes and goes, even if the contract is non-guaranteed in the second year, it is more than 1 million US dollars.

Looking at Coach Kruger's stunned expression, Steven Price wanted to swear in his heart, he was willing to spend money, it was so scary! I'll pay you to show it this time! Do you think I'm really that picky?

I wanted to discuss with Coach Kruger what he was going to do next, but Steven Price decided not to discuss it! After spending the money, everyone was shocked!

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Liu Mang's side found a café with Yao Ming, ready to point out Yao Ming's future survival in the NBA.

It's a little exciting!

Instruct Da Yao as a senior!

Yao Ming is two years older than Liu Mang, but he is still just a rookie in the NBA, although Yao Ming also likes to joke, but he really respects Liu Mang.

After all, Liu Mang is one of the pioneers in the NBA, and he is the first to succeed, which makes Yao Ming admire very much.

"Ace, do you know what the Rockets players are like? I was a little worried about not being accepted by them. Yao Ming was a little worried when he mentioned this, because he had heard about the bad relationship between Liu Mang and Team Rocket boss Francis.

Liu Mang thought for a while and said, "Hmm...... Team Rockets, people should be pretty good, their boss Steve Francis is a zealous guy. ”

This answer surprised Yao Ming: "Francis is not bad? ”

Hearing Yao Ming's surprised question, Liu Mang smiled and said: "Francis is still good, except for being a little arrogant and competitive, everything else is okay, the strength is okay, you don't have to worry about being bullied when you play with him." ”

"Oh......" Yao Ming's impression of Liu Mang went up.

Although Yao Ming admires Liu Mang for being able to go from being completely unpopular to an all-star now, he has a vague impression of Liu Mang's other aspects, and even some don't appreciate it so much, such as causing trouble everywhere.

But Liu Mang's evaluation of his "enemy" is so high, which shows that his character is very good!

Generally speaking, people with bad character say good things in front of them and bad things behind their backs.

And Liu Mang is different, when he fights with Francis in person, he actually praises Francis behind his back, which makes Yao Ming's impression of Liu Mang so good!

"I'm relieved to hear you say that, but you say that I feel like I've been selected by the rockets." Yao Ming made a joke.

"Then let's make a bet, if you are selected by the rockets, you will pay for today's coffee, and I will pay if you are not selected!" Liu Mang also joked.

"Haha, I'll pay today, you're still a senior, I haven't gotten my salary yet."

"I'm sorry, you're the top show, a year's salary is equal to several years for me, and you're about to be 22, I'm only 19, and I'm still a minor in the United States."

The two quarreled slightly, and Yao Ming began to talk about something heavy: "Ace, do you know that it has been roughly blocked?" ”

"Well, I heard that, but we can't help it, can we?" Liu Mang said helplessly.

"Roughly that person is too digging, and he used to have conflicts with the people above because of five percent of the membership fee, and now he has made it like this." Yao Ming sighed as he spoke.

"Five percent? Not fifty percent? Liu Mang asked in surprise, did he almost become the wronged leader?

"You just need to negotiate with them, do business, isn't it just asking for a price and paying it back on the spot......"

Listening to Yao Ming's tone that Lan Xie was an unscrupulous trader doing business, Liu Mang felt that this was really vivid!

"I don't know where he'll play next season, and now that he's been banned from the national team, NBA teams may not be so interested in him anymore because of his status as a Chinese player." Yao Ming smiled bitterly when he said this.

"It's not bad to have three points, but it's a pity that the speed is not good, and the defense and rebounding are not good enough, otherwise you can come to us for a tryout." Liu Mang also wants to help Wang Zhizhi, but it is impossible to insist that the team sign him in order to help Wang Zhizhi.

Even if it is signed, Wang Zhizhi is estimated to have no chance to play when the Hawks come, and the Eagles will aim to hit the finals next season, and it is unlikely that there will be time to cultivate Wang Zhizhi.

And the position of center, the growth period is actually quite long, such as Yao Ming, even if he is 22 years old, he still has a huge room for improvement, and he did not reach his peak until the 06-07 season, averaging 25 points per game.

What is the concept of a center averaging 25 points per game? Beginning in 1980 and going back 40 years, only O'Neal and O'Neal, David Robinson have averaged 25+ per game many times, David Robinson has twice, Olajuwon has 4 times, O'Neal has 10 times, and then Ewing has 1 time.

Since 1980, except for the four major centers and Yao Ming, no other center has averaged 25+ points per game.

Even Abdul-Jabbar, the all-time scoring champion, has not averaged 25+ per game since 1980.

Wang Zhizhi theoretically still has some room for improvement, and needs to go to a team that suits his development.

As the other two of the three best players in the national team, Yao Ming and Liu Mang are both worried about Wang Zhizhi.

This old brother, when such a big incident happened, he didn't call them or anything, and his personality is too withdrawn!

Liu Mang had a flash of inspiration, there is!

My side is not suitable for Wang Zhizhi, I can ask other bigwigs to introduce them to the head coach of their team for a favor!

Liu Mang told Yao Ming about this idea, and Yao Ming also felt that it was feasible!

But who to look for?

Liu Mang began to think about whose team was worse inside.

Kobe Bryant is very bad at power forward, and their Samaki Walker is so good that he can play as a starter, but the relationship is not very good, and there was a little "small" contradiction just now, and this option was vetoed.

Carter, Maddie, that's it!

Liu Mang felt that it was time for the two brothers to repay the debt! If you want to help your cousin cure his feet, please help introduce Wang Zhizhi to him! Although you don't know that it was your buddies who helped your cousin heal......