XXII. Potential

On the screen, Li Wu's shooting talent and defensive talent are on full display, while on the other screen in the conference room, the protagonist is a tall white man who is well-rounded on the court, not only using his excellent air cutting ability to score in the restricted area, but also being able to pull up to the middle range and offensive jumpers from the outside. There is also a certain ability to defend on the wings, and the ability to move laterally must be very impressive in terms of his height, and everyone present can see that the area covered by this tall white man's letting go is very large.

Ten minutes after the video was screened, it was already repeated for the second time, and it turned out that the video was a stadium clip of Li Wu and the big man. At this time, the fat white old man with black-rimmed glasses, who was sitting in the chief, asked, "What do you think, gentlemen?" ”

"Sir, I'm sorry, I still think that excellent inside line like Carl-Anthony Downs and Jahir Okafor is our first choice, as for this Latvian boy who is as thin as a bamboo pole, the help for our inside line is really very limited, as for this Chinese, my advice is.... Don't think about it! Said the black man with a beard sitting in the first seat next to the chief.

"Oh! Come on, Fisher, do you think you'll be able to get the top pick or the top pick if you bring out the worst result in team history? It takes luck! I suggest you don't keep your eyes on Downs and Okafor, otherwise we won't be able to draw the top pick or the top pick, and we won't even have any candidates! Scout Matt Harding said to the black man without mercy.

As a scout and veteran fan of the New York Knicks, he is very dissatisfied with this retired Lakers guard who wears five championship rings on his hands, no matter how weak the Knicks are, they can't become the belly of the entire league, right? Looking at the opponents behind you, I am afraid that I will not even get 20 wins this season.

If the Knicks' president wasn't Phil Jackson, how could this stupid guard come to New York as a coach? It's a big joke.

Fisher obviously didn't have the confidence to argue with Matt, just stared at each other with a red face and a thick neck. Another scout, Scott Simpson, said: "My suggestion is that we can focus on this Latvian lad, since we lost Tyson Chandler, our defense has been a real mess, as far as the defenders are ..... It's not a position we desperately need to reinforce. ”

Head assistant coach Jim Grimmons also spoke: "I agree with Scott, the Latvian lad is really good, although he is tall and thin, but he has a tough style of play, he is never afraid to face opponents who are stronger than him, and he can often pass some good balls, he is a smart big man, especially suitable for Mr. President's triangle tactics, and he always reminds me of young Pau Gasol."

A smile appeared on Phil Jackson's lips, and Jim would always speak from the most favorable angle to make people feel comfortable. Cuban wouldn't have been a head coach for two years if it weren't for Jim's rhetoric, and in fact Jim's coaching ability was as stinky and rotten as the stinking ditch next to the Hudson River.

But this time she was right about one thing, the young man named Kristaps Porzingis is indeed more like Pau Gasol, who can play inside and out, has a tough style of play, and can pass the ball, and is the best executor of the triangle attack. But.....

The Zen master glanced at Fisher, sighed in his heart, and said: "The reason why I chose this young man to the inspection list is because he has a very good shooting nose and defensive awareness, and her lateral movement speed has reached the upper level of the league, to be honest, I have not seen such an excellent shooting smell among NCAA players this year." If, I mean, in the later games, we can win a few games, and the record is not so ugly, the chances of drawing a high lottery will be reduced, and then you might as well consider this Chinese child, after all, the Chinese market is very hot now, I heard a high-level friend in ESPN say that there is a company in China with very large capital to carry out large-scale cooperation with them, and the NBA's full broadcast is one of them. ”

Everyone in the room gasped! Full broadcast in China? The effect of YAO is still vivid, and now many Chinese regard the team in the aviation city as their home team, so that the bearded man who ran away from Oklahoma City is very popular in China, if the Chinese NBA broadcasts the whole process, New York uses the lottery to select a Chinese....

Everyone unconsciously turned their eyes to Li Wu on the screen again.

"The NBA is a business league, and if we lose a game, at least make money for the top." The Zen master looked at Fisher and said, apparently this sentence was said to Fisher.

"But if we don't have an inside line, we'll be next year...," Matt said immediately.

"We can trade with other teams." The Zen master interrupted Matt's words and continued, "Scouting team, put Lee on our watch list, as for the rest..... Let's focus on the inside line. After the Zen master finished speaking, he ended the meeting.

After the Zen master left the conference room, Fisher followed closely behind the Zen master, and when there was no one around, Fisher spoke: "Sir..... I'm sorry about the team's results. ”

This was the first time he had apologized to his mentor for his team's achievements, and before that, he had not had the courage to go to his mentor's office. The five-year, 2,500 head coach contract would have been hard to come by without his mentor, but now he has clearly lived up to his mentor's expectations. Not only has the Knicks had a poor record this season, but they have also endured a humiliating 16-game losing streak.

That's why Matt dared to assert with dozens of games left that Fisher would finish the season with the lowest record in franchise history.

"Hey! Derek, cheer up, you're a good playmaker on the pitch, I never doubted that, you just don't have coaching experience. Look at the young Stevens of the Celtics, who won just 25 games last season, but he's improved a lot this season and I'm looking forward to seeing you next season. After comforting his disciple, the Zen master patted him on the shoulder and walked briskly back to his office.

In the office, he turned on the computer and called up Li Wu's video again: "These long arms and big hands, such a bullet speed, such a copying ability and projection level..... If you exclude the 4 o'clock morning in Los Angeles, this kid's talent must be above Bryant's. Isn't there a single person on the entire Knicks team who can see his potential? ”