Chapter 90: The Next T-MAC? (Today's third watch)
"Coach Frank, can you tell me who that guy is?"
While following head coach Frank Vogel, Wu Rui asked his own questions.
Vogel looked at Wu Rui and nodded: "Of course you can, Michael, you are very lucky, and this is also the arrangement of the team's top management... Oh, we're almost there, I'll introduce you when we meet someone. ”
While talking, the two boarded the elevator inside the Amway Arena, came to the team's management, knocked on the door of an office, and Vogel led Wu Rui in and greeted a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes on the main seat.
"Hey, Frank, do we need to be so polite between us?" The middle-aged man slowly got up, walked to Vogel's side, patted him on the shoulder, but his eyes fell on Wu Rui's body: "Michael, it's a pleasure to see you in person." ”
As he spoke, the middle-aged man stretched out his right hand: "I'm Ricky Caruso, the head of operations of the team you play for now." ”
"Oh, Mr. Richie, hello." As soon as he heard the identity of the other party, Wu Rui hurriedly shook hands with him: "It's an honor to meet you." ”
"Don't be so restrictive, Michael, you just need to use this as your team dressing room." Letting go of his hand, Caruso walked back to his seat and smiled, "OK, I think it's time for us to get down to business." ”
At the end of the politeness, as the head of the operations department of Orlando Magic, Rich Caruso did not delay in his words at all, and after a while, Wu Rui understood what the other party meant.
"You're saying the team is going to package me as a basketball star in Orlando?"
"That's right, like Anfernee Hardaway and Tracy McGrady." Caruso pulled out a stack of plans from a drawer: "Originally, the team wanted to portray Victor Oladipo into such a character, but unfortunately, his strength was obviously not enough. ”
"But, Mr. Richie, I'm not strong enough." Wu Rui scratched his head: "I'm not even half as good as them." ”
Wu Rui didn't lie, and regardless of the previous two Hall of Fame-level players, just Oladipo, Wu Rui is very different from him, like mud.
You know, Oladipo averaged 13.8 points per game in his rookie season, and his average points per game soared to 18 points in his second year!
And Wu Rui broke out in all directions today, and he will score 18 points!
"Of course, you're certainly inferior to them." Caruso nodded for Wu Rui's self-knowledge: "But the team is interested in your potential. ”
"Young man, don't you want to be the heart of the team?"
"Don't you want to be the representative of this city?"
Caruso flipped through the book and glanced at it: "Don't forget, you still represent your country, if you can ...... with the next Tracy McGrady"
That's what Caruso always does.
On the side, Frank Vogel was stupid, originally he thought that the operation manager of the team was just a showman, and invited Wu Rui to come over to praise the newcomers of the team, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big plan!
Wu Rui was also stunned, every point Caruso said was a goal that a hot-blooded young man wanted to fight for, whether it was the core of the team, or the leader of the city, not to mention the glory of the country!
"Mr. Richie, perhaps you should tell me what I need to do." Wu Rui's heart was moved, and he took a step forward: "I will definitely be able to do it." ”
Seeing Wu Rui's appearance, Rich Caruso opened the planning book on the table to the main text and pointed out the first one: "First of all, we need you to be the MVP of the All-Star Rookie Challenge!" ”
"It's just that until then, Michael, you'd better be the Rookie of the Month first, and then it will work out better."
Rich Caruso smiled kindly at Wu Rui, but Wu Rui couldn't laugh.
All-Star Rookie Challenge MVP!
Rookie of the Month!
These two items are more difficult than mountaineering for Wu Rui now, and this is only the first requirement of the team!
Through his 5.2 eyesight, Wu Rui also saw that there were several lines of words densely packed underneath, all of which were the team's requirements!
Walking out of the office, Wu Rui didn't say a word, lowered his head, and his heart was in chaos.
"Relax, Michael, they just haven't seen a player as talented as you in a long time." Seeing that his players were in a low mood, Vogel patted Wu Rui on the back: "These are indeed too far-fetched, I will report the situation to the leaders and ask them to reconsider ......"
"Mr. Frank, don't do that." Wu Rui interrupted the head coach: "This is the team's trust in me, I am very happy. ”
"It's just that my current strength is too far from the team's expectations, I hope that from now on, you can tell me more points on the field, I want to improve faster!"
Just as Wu Rui and Vogel were talking with Rich Caruso, all the NBA games today have ended, and all the major news forums have exploded!
"The battle of the awakening of the Chinese rookie career, Orlando has no sleep tonight!"
"A truce, blow up the whole court, have you ever seen such a Michael Wu?"
"Chinese projection reappears in the NBA, Michael Wu writes a new chapter in his career!"
Whether it is TNT or ESPN, or even the official website of the NBA, they all use red fonts to type eye-catching titles on the homepage of their websites, obviously, today's focus is on Wu Rui!
"9-of-12 shooting, 18 points, 4 rebounds, a dunk in the game, just this time, it was actually selected as the top of the top five, can anyone tell me what happened in Orlando today?"
In the fan forums in the United States, many people have the same question in the post-game post about the Magic and the Mavericks.
"I'm a Magic fan, I was watching at Amway Arena today, and to be honest, Michael was amazing today, he could do anything at two steps from the three-point line!"
"On the top floor, I also watched the ball on the spot, Michael was at a loss to defend Harrison, who averaged 22 points per game, as long as it was Michael's defense, Harrison didn't shoot once!"
"Don't talk about it, man, when is the next Magic game, I think I should go to TNT's official channel to watch it in its entirety!"
Not only the fans in the United States, but even a group of bigwigs in the TNT commentary group were shocked by Wu Rui's performance today.
"Sir Charles, I think your last decision allowed a donkey to retain its dignity." Big shark O'Neal looked at Charles Barkley, who was constantly looking at technical statistics, and smiled: "If you bet me on Michael's projection, then we can present a classic today." ”
"Unbelievable, Shaq."
Despite the ridicule of his nemesis O'Neill, Barkley focused on the technical stats before he said, "Dude, this kid is incredible!" ”