Chapter 7: The First Conversation with the Coach Before the Draft (Part I)

I'm talking.,Today I worked overtime to catch a chapter.,I hope you collect more.,Thank you.,Your collection is the driving force of my code word.。 Below is the text.

As soon as he finished playing, Luke shuddered when he smelled sweat all over his body.

"Hey, it stinks, next time I must ask Aaron to take a shower and fight with him." Luke said as he walked to the bathroom.

After taking a shower and feeling cool, Luke was just about to go home when he suddenly heard his phone ring, and it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hey, you're ......" Luke heard before he could finish speaking, "Rookie, the coach told us to go to his house at night, and I went first." After that, he hung up.

"Damn." Luke angrily wanted to throw away his phone, but after thinking about it, forget it, it's his own, and it's not cost-effective to throw it away.

Suddenly he remembered something else: "Damn, I just came to Philadelphia, how do I know where the head coach lives?" ”

Luke thought about it and finally decided to ask the general manager, "Hey, general manager?" yes, I would like to ask where the manager lives......"

"Damn Iverson, don't let you plant yourself in my hands next time!" Luke swore the most resentful oath in his heart.

―――――――――――――――I'm a divider――――――――――――――――

Speaking of Larry Brown, we all know that he is a legendary coach, but he won a lot of accolades when he was a player.

As a player, he played for five years at ABA, winning the 1969 ABA championship, being named to the ABA All-Star team three times, and being named the ABA All-Star MVP in 1968. He set a record of 23 assists in the next game. Of course, he has received more accolades in his coaching career than in his playing career.

He believes in "playing the right way," and he has adhered to those principles throughout Brown's more than three decades as a coach. He is the only coach to win both an NCAA championship and an NBA championship.

He is good at using people, and can always use those seemingly ordinary players well, and the famous coach ** Vicky is his apprentice; He emphasises defence, and every team he's coached has been known for its defence. He's a strong-blooded man with his philosophy at his core, and he doesn't back down even in front of big stars (Allen was banned for a long time). But he also has a tender side, he treats Aaron like his own son, and he does his best to take care of him and teach him what to do.

Luke was thrilled to see the famous coach soon.

After searching for a long time, I finally found Larry Brown's home in Philadelphia.

"Ding Dong-" "It's coming, it's coming-"

"Hello, Mr. Manager." Luke said with a smile. "Oh, yes, Luke, come in, come in, Aaron told me you were coming." Larry greeted Luke when he saw him.

"Huh?" Luke was puzzled, "Didn't you come for me?" ”

"Huh?" Larry was also puzzled, "Aren't you coming?" ”

Both of them set their eyes on Aaron.

But Aaron seemed to be fine, "Okay, okay, you two don't stand at the door, come in." He greeted them with the warmth of his host, not at all as a guest, as if he had become acquainted with the place.

When he came to the living room, Luke saw Mrs. Brown, a kind old lady, who greeted Luke warmly as soon as she saw him, and Luke was almost embarrassed.

After a while, Mrs. Brown said, "All right, you talk, and I'll go and prepare supper for you." ”

With that, he walked to the kitchen.

"Alright." When Larry saw his wife walk into the kitchen, he said to Luke and Allen, "It's going to be drafted soon, call you this time......

You're here to ask what to do? ”

In fact, this time Larry only called Aaron, he understood that his disciple was a donkey, and the more you forced him, the more he jumped up the cliff (what he learned from watching the sword yesterday), as long as you don't bother with him in the summary, he will be fine. Most of the time, Larry looks at Aaron like his own child, and he will basically meet his requests, such as this time, let a new kid discuss this kind of confidentiality, and he agreed.

"Okay, rookie, let's talk about it." Aaron said impatiently.

"Hmm...... Can I really say that? Luke didn't believe it was something he could be a rookie to be a part of.

"Just say it, no one will blame you." Aaron said, and Larry nodded in agreement, wanting to hear Luke's thoughts as well.

"Okay, I'll tell you what I think." Luke cleared his throat.

"The rookies in 2000 weren't very high...... "Wait, isn't Kenyon Martin?" Aaron questioned.

"Nonsense, he's going to be the champion, can you sign him?" Luke said angrily.

"Aaron, don't interrupt anyone." Larry reprimanded, "Go on, Luke. ”

"Okay, Coach." Luke continued. "It's not a good rookie, it's not that we don't have good talent, players like Kenyon Martin, Mike Miller, Jamal Crawford, Hido Turkglu, Quentin Richardson are good, but we don't have enough picks to trade them. Besides, except for Kenyon Martin, most of the rest of these positions are the same as the good players on our team, and we don't need to spend draft picks to sign them. ”

"And what the hell do you want to do?" Aaron questioned. "I ......"

"Oh, I see what you mean, you're saying we shouldn't use draft picks to draft, but to make substitutions! Trade players who are already famous or have a lot of potential that haven't been discovered," Larry paused, "and players who fit our team. ”

"Yes, Mr. Coach, only buy the right ones, not the expensive ones, that's what I mean."

"There are so many players in the league, who should we replace?" Aaron asked.

"That's the point," Luke said, "and that's the point, who are we going to trade this first-round pick for." ”

"Do you have a goal?" Larry said.

"We have one of the best quarterbacks in the league, a dedicated point guard, and an All-Star center......

"No, Theo Ratliffe isn't an All-Star yet!" Aaron retorted.

"No, Allen, Theo already has an All-Star level, it's just that he doesn't have a chance yet." Larry explained.

"yes, plus I'm a decent small forward, what's missing?" Luke asked rhetorically.

"Big Striker! But our power forward, Terron Hill, should be okay......"

"No, no, no, he's okay in the underdogs, but what is our goal? Overall Winner! A power forward of this caliber is completely insufficient. Do you know how we should strengthen it now? ”

"Luke, you mean fill the position of a strong striker?" Larry asked.

"No, it's not just the power forward, it should be our interior strength, we're going to face the Lakers, how can we limit O'Neal without a good center? How can you win the championship? ”

But there aren't many people in the league who can withstand O'Neal? Aaron asked.

"No, there are still a few people." Luke issued a firm conviction.

"Who is it?" Even Larry was interested.

"He's ......"

ps: Guess who can not be blown up by O'Neal, or who can blow up O'Neal?

But if you guess right, there is no prize.

;