Chapter 137: Talent Gap
In Phoenix's well-known middle-class neighborhood, Megale's neighborhood is home to two greasy middle-aged men in a single-family house sipping a German dark beer while eating fried chicken and chips.
"Hey, I said why did you come to my house again!" Luke Gaville - the Suns' chief scout, that is, the middle-aged man who recommended the Suns to sign Li Mojie with the first pick.
"Hey, it's not that you don't know the situation in my house, a large group of little ghosts, how to watch the ball, and I don't want to go to the scene to watch it, so don't you come to you?" On the other side, who was not embarrassed to take the beer taken out of the refrigerator at Luke's house, was Li Mojie's current nanny coach Tyron Corbyn, although he was about the same age as Luke, but obviously gave birth to a child relatively late.
"Hmph, you old guy, don't drink so much at once, be careful that you can't even see people clearly when you're drunk!" Luke looked unhappy as the imported German dark beer he bought was gulped down by the unruly old guy in front of him.
"It's okay, it's too hot, and this bit of alcohol is only enough to quench my thirst!" Tyrone replied with a nonchalant expression.
"What do you think of that kid from the 76ers?" Tyrone then put down the beer can and suddenly got down to business.
"What do you think? Who could have predicted that kid's outburst? None of the 30 scouts in the league could have imagined it! Luke Gavel snorted.
"Oh? If you had chosen Marc Jacques and McCarvey together, we would have won the championship in 3 or 4 seasons! Tyrone Corbin said with a teasing expression.
"Hmph, I don't know how much pressure I put on when I recommended Li Mojie, a Chinese-American, people say that only big men of the yellow race can survive in the league, but I recommended a Chinese small forward, Ryan thought I was crazy when I first heard my recommendation!" Luke sneered.
"Oh, and how did you convince him in the end?" Tyrone asked curiously.
"How else can you convince, put the data, put the video, just like that, if it weren't for Li Mojie and inheriting his mother's bloodline, we would never have chosen him as the champion this year!" Luke said, waving his hand.
"Wow, that looks like you've made a smart choice this year! If I were my boss, I would give you a raise. Tyrone Corbin laughed.
"Of course." Luke smiled smugly, he was indeed very proud, he could ignore Li Mojie's yellow skin and accurately find out his talent, which is not something ordinary people can do.
"What about McCarvey? What do you think? Tyrone then asked.
"If Li Mojie is the seed of a superstar, this McCarvey is actually not optimistic about him, although he is playing well now, but his shortcomings are too obvious, first of all, as a tall point guard, he does too badly when defending the No. 1 position, opponents break through, although we generally don't require rookies to defend better, but although McCarvey is a sophomore in the draft, he is a senior, which will make people worry about his upside and how much he can improve physically and offensively." Luke paused, took another sip of beer, and said.
"Habitually missing open shots... His erratic long-range shooting allows opponents to relax their defenses against him, making it harder for him to get past defenders. The high level of mistakes, and a lot of gambling-style defense that still exists, can be fooled through in college, and will be exposed in the NBA. ”
Tyrone asked, "Then you just don't think he'll be able to play?" ”
"yes, I'm not optimistic, he doesn't have a trick, you know, man, it's the kind of trick that superstars have!" Luke said with exaggerated open hands.
"Well, I think so too! Cheers! Tyrone smiled and nodded in agreement with Luke.
And just when the discussion between the two middle-aged people was in full swing, the game on the field was still going on.
Li Mojie broke through with the ball, distributed the ball outward, and gave it to Channing Frye on the right, seeing the 211cm Frye take the ball to face the 203cm Thaddeus Young, the 76ers players quickly made up for the defense, but Frye did not play, and also passed.
With a whoosh, the ball was passed back to Li Mojie at the top of the arc.
At this time, most of the 76ers players were on the inside and on the right side, and it was too late to pounce immediately, but McCarvey, who had been paying attention to Li Mojie, reacted quickly enough and had already pounced.
"Huh." Li Mojie smiled and saw McCarvey coming, and he made a flat and straight pass to the left side.
Meanwhile, Middleton slipped over from the baseline and received a pass from Lee Mojie at a 30-degree angle on the left, leaving no one in front of him.
Middleton naturally won't let go of this kind of opportunity, and he will shoot as soon as he raises his hand.
"It's over." 76ers head coach Brett Brown covered his face and said.
"Huh!" With a soft sound, the ball hollow hits.
Middleton is nine out of ten shots in such an open position, and this time is no exception, decisively scoring three points.
The next moment, the 76ers counterattacked, the ball quickly reached the frontcourt, McCarvey got rid of Li Mojie after using his teammate's blocking, Channingfrye did not change the defense in time, McCarvey passed the ball to Thaddeus Young, Thaddeus Young used his teammate's block to hit the inside line, and jumped up against Gobert.
"Smack!"
"Toot!"
The ball was knocked down, but the referee's whistle blew and Gobert was fouled.
Gobert smiled wryly, just a little bit, as long as he jumped a little late, it was a clean block, and now he can only watch Thaddeus Young walk to the free throw line and hit both free throws.
More than a minute later, Li Mojie took the ball again, used his body to force McCarvey, and once again attracted the 76ers' defense, and passed to Gerard Green when Hollis Thompson came to make up for the defense, but Green missed the three-point range, but Gobert used his long arm span to pick up the rebound.
Then he threw Gobert to Li Mojie, who held the ball and hit the inside again, but unfortunately the 216cm Spencer Hoyce opened his arms in front of him.
Li Mojie can't control so much at this time, he just wants to slap those American media in the face, what kind of evenly matched duel, what brave man will defeat the villain?
When the thoughts in his heart turned, Li Mojie had already made a decision, and after a pause, he hugged the basketball and took off.
"Hmph, look for death." Spencer looked unconvinced, did the small forward in front of him still take his center in his eyes? So he jumped high and reached out with his long arms and fanned the basketball.
In the audience, people stared at the two men.
"Mo Jie, be careful!" Anella Sanguera, who was off the field, covered her face and looked worried.
"It's not wise to shoot this one, Spencer has 216 cm and an arm span of more than 225 cm, and Mo Jay's ...... this one," Van Gundy said, shaking his head as a veteran coach.
At this time, Li Mojie held the basketball with one hand and gently stroked a trajectory upward, which surprised people and Spencer.
"Not good!" Spencer felt like he was starting to fall before he could touch the ball, but the rookie on the other side ......
"Oh my God, fold the dunk!" Before Van Gundy could finish speaking, Brin interrupted him with a look of surprise.
In slow motion, we can see that Li Mojie made a pull rod when he found an opponent trying to block in the air, dodging the defense of Spencer Hawes, the 76ers' No. 00 player, which can be said to be a masterpiece of waiting for you to land in the air before shooting. This is the crushing of unreasonable talent, because the sky is his limit. "Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!