You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 46 Can't Teach, Difficult to Learn

Due to the upcoming March Championships, the finals of the major leagues often need to be settled within a few days.

The playoffs of the Big East Championship are scheduled to be played in three days.

Wednesday, November 2004, 3.

Jermain Gillen picked the best spot as usual.

He is very clear that he is not the only scout who pays attention to the game.

The Knicks, the Celtics, the 76ers, and some guys whose origins he can't figure out, there are about a dozen scouts out there
Scouts never go head-to-head with their peers, and when necessary, two scouts who get close will share their opinions about the same player.Their only rivals are those who get in the way of his loneliest journey in the league.

Every night, the arena is full of noise, roaring crowd, roaring announcer, harsh music.Most of the scouting work is done in a few short hours in the morning, in the hotel room, gazing at tape.It's disorienting, the brain fails just to stare at the screen, and details fade away.

Gillen, who is employed by the Los Angeles Lakers, focused on Villanova's Randy Foye and "Wish" during his visit.

The Lakers have just experienced the most ups and downs in team history. When forming F4 this year, some people felt that they could win 82 games in a row. As a result, they couldn't even sit firmly at the top of the Western Conference.

Based on the team's expected draft position, it's the scout's job to find the best player at that position.

For now, Gillen doesn't know what the future holds for the Lakers.

Kobe was not peddled by the Lakers after experiencing a devastating scandal. Dr. Buss expressed his support for Kobe in many ways. The Sharks wanted a big contract, but the Buss family did not have as much money as Dolan.

Kobe, who fell into hell, did not sing the Divine Comedy like Dante, he closed himself.

If the Sharks didn't have a contract, they would get angry and lead public opinion to attack the management from time to time. Zen Master advocated trading Kobe, which greatly offended Dr. Buss' bottom line.

The Lakers, who are in such a mess, are still firmly in the top two in the West.

It has to be said that their waste of their own potential has reached an unprecedented level, and Gillen has nothing to say about it. His job is to judge whether Foye and "Wish" are suitable for them based on the Lakers' existing system.

Seton Hall faced Villanova twice during the regular season.

Villanova, which is more powerful, has won all, and tonight's game will determine who will go further.

"Dude, you're here too."

Gillen's attention shifted slightly.

He's greeted by a Celtics scout, a comically fat man with an uncharacteristic energy.He is very suitable as a scout, the only question is why such a high workload did not make him lose even a kilogram of weight?
"What brought you here?" Gillen thought the Celtics should be interested in other hot stars.

The luck of the Celtics has already been blown away. When the Celtics won the championship last time, Gillen hadn't died yet.From 1986 to today, nearly 20 years have passed, and the Celtics have not raised another championship flag.

They rank eighth in the Eastern Conference this year, and are expected to get a first-round pick that is equally high.

Wait, not up or down.
Gillen's eyes fell on Villanova's No. 33.

Isn't the "Wish" draft market just up and down?

"It's our job to not only pay attention to the popular young people, but also choose the unpopular ones." The fat man sat beside Ji Lun.

Gillen could only say, "Good luck."

Communication between scouts cut off as games began.

There is no such thing as a sea of ​​hatred among peers between scouts and scouts, unless the two scouts play for the Lakers and Celtics respectively.

Seton Hall got off to a strong start.

Andre Barrett played a high-level offense, but Villanueva wasn't bad either.

Aaron Ray confronted him, and scoring a three-pointer was as easy as drinking water.

When scouts looked and looked at Wesha, he was engaged in a fierce physical confrontation with Buccaneers power forward Carey Whitney,

For Whitney, Weixia's coming to play power forward is a contempt for these authentic power forwards.

Before the wildcats' power forwards expressed their opinions, he had a lot of opinions.

He sprayed a lot of trash talk at Wei Xia. At halftime, as a power forward, he didn't have as many rebounds as Wei Xia.

This incident made him feel humiliated and frustrated. His rebounding ability is not as good as a temporary guard at the [-]th position?

By matching up with other teams' power forwards, Wei Xia realized the importance of confrontation on the inside.No matter how good your body is, if you don't meet the standard, you won't be able to use it.

Perimeter players want to become good defenders, and sometimes they don't need good bodies.

The inside players are different. Even if they want to do a good job in defense, their bodies are not up to standard, and their talents are not up to standard. It is useless.

Wei Xia began to get used to being stuck inside, and continued to run on the offensive end.

The tactical status given to him by the team is average, and he is more of a blue-collar striker and a finisher in the counterattack process.

Since he is a power forward, he must consider rebounding.

He believes that sometimes even if the opponent is stuck, the rebound still cannot fall into his hands, because his explosive power is not enough for him to receive the rebound.

What if he jams an opponent who weighs more than him and jumps to a high place that the opponent cannot reach?
It's just a fantasy, he doesn't know what kind of physical fitness it takes

What he is best at is to fight hand-to-hand with the opponent's power forward on the defensive end, run for 20 seconds on the offensive end, and his teammates still don't pass the ball, then run back to fight hand-to-hand, and then run on the offensive end for 20 seconds.

That's what attracted scouts to him.

Gillen is intoxicated, how long will it take him to see another "Wish"?
"Wish" does not have the kind of cornerstone rookies such as Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, LeBron James, etc., who can be seen at a glance as a player with "can't miss" talent.

Every scout sees him in the 15-30 range.

Gillen saw that Weixia was doing his best on the defensive end, and the offensive end ran for about 3 minutes without any attention. It was not until Jason Fraser was double-teamed that the ball was passed from the low post to the high post.

"Wish ten-foot jumper!"

"Hit!"

The moment he shot the goal, there was no joy on his face, but he turned around instantly and returned to his position.

Technology can be taught, and too many gifted men live up to God's gift.

However, the enthusiasm of the game, infecting teammates through actions, to create a good game atmosphere for the team - just like Dennis Rodman who grabbed 5 offensive rebounds in a row, the Sharks who dominated the penalty area with three opposing players, Jordan and Kobe who entered "The zone". Some things cannot be taught.

In "Wish", there are those characteristics that cannot be taught and are difficult to learn.

Gillen waited and watched for a long time, and finally put pen to paper on his scouting report.

(End of this chapter)