Chapter 20: Santa Clara

At the beginning of September 1995, in California, USA, Muller came to Silicon Valley. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Silicon Valley was formerly known as Santa Clara Valley, because of its geographical location, beautiful environment and convenient transportation, it has gathered Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Santa Clara University and other world-renowned universities, cultivating batches of high-end talents. Since the mid-60s of the 20th century, with the rapid development of microelectronics technology, more and more high-tech companies have begun to enter Silicon Valley, and gradually formed a high-tech gathering area integrating science, technology and production based on some first-class universities in the United States with strong scientific research strength in the vicinity.

Although Mulle had never been here before, Silicon Valley's reputation had already been thunderous. As the kingdom of the electronics industry and the computer industry, Silicon Valley is not only an important electronics industry base in the United States, but also the world's most well-known electronics industry center. Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Apple, Nvidia and other companies here, each of which is the top technology company in various fields, can be said to be a group of large and small companies in Silicon Valley, influencing the technology development trend of the whole world.

At this time, Mu Le, who was wandering in the center of Silicon Valley, was slowly walking towards the destination of this trip - Santa Clara University.

Santa Clara University is a well-known Catholic school in the United States, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Founded in 1851, it is the oldest university in California and is a nationally renowned institution of higher education with an excellent academic reputation in the western United States.

Muller came here to find a young player who was still studying at Santa Clara University at this time, Steve Nash.

After finishing the discussion about the team's rebuilding roster, Sanders arranged for Mulle to travel to the NCAA colleges and universities to collect data on these young players in preparation for next year's draft. With many young talented players announcing their participation in the draft, some experts have predicted that next year will be a big year for the draft, and teams have also sent a lot of scouts to start scouting next year's draft players while preparing for the new season.

Muller knows what a great year next year will be for fans around the world. Known as the 1996 rookie of the golden generation, in addition to the most representative Iverson and Kobe, there are also many All-Star level players such as Ray Allen, Nash, Marbury, Camby, O'Neal Jr., etc., this draft is also considered to be comparable to the 84 diamond generation with Jordan and Olajuwon.

For the Timberwolves, who already have Garnett, the most important thing they need now is to choose a backcourt partner for him. Muller is not sure whether the team's operation can get Kidd, so his next choice is to run and bomb to the best passing master in the future, Nash.

Although Santa Clara University is a well-known academic mecca, it is still an unknown school in the NCAA. After graduating from high school, Nash was recruited by Santa Clara University, and in his first year at the school, Nash showed exceptional passing talent. In the 1994-1995 season, he was named the West Coast Player of the Year and was named to the All-American Team by the Associated Press.

At this point, Nash had just completed his third year of college and chose to participate in next year's NBA Draft after graduation. As a point guard, Nash is too thin on the body, and while he is very good at passing and assisting, he is not good defensively, and he is often a hole in the team's defense during games. Because of this, some scouts who have watched his performance in the NCAA are not very optimistic about his draft pick.

While Muller knows about Nash's future career, he doesn't know his current skill set or how he will play in the NCAA. As for whether the young Nash can lead the Timberwolves out of trouble with Garnett, Muller needs to have a more comprehensive look at Nash, which is why he came to California in his first stop.

Gathering his thoughts, Mu Le put away the tiredness on his face from the long journey, carried his simple duffel bag, and walked through the gates of Santa Clara University.