the rest, only noise

Chapter 752 You Are My Superman

"Yuanzheng, after removing the top three favorites, among the rest, who do you think is the best?"

Louis asked bluntly.

Zhao Yuanzheng was not sure, he shook his head and said, "Judging from their combat power and talent, it seems that they are not obviously superior."

That's where the 1990 draft got difficult.

It's useless to have draft picks alone, you have to choose the right person.

However, Louis looked over at a glance, and many strange names, and even many draft lists in the 80s did not give him such a strange feeling.

It can be seen that there are not many stars produced in this draft.

Not only are there no stars, but there are not even a few well-known role players.

"What we need is a No. [-] substitute and a No. [-] substitute. Let's talk about who is suitable."

"Gary Payton."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Zhao Yuanzheng eased the situation with a joke, but he really can't think of who is suitable for this draft.

"Perhaps, Kendall Gill?"

Louis then opened Jill's scouting report, and then found his game video.

Jill is a typical number two, and after Zhao Yuanzheng mentioned him, Louis felt familiar for some reason.

Although he couldn't think of a specific story about Jill, it is certain that this player must have been active into the new century.

Louis opened Jill's scouting report, which clearly stated: a mature second position, with a deadly jump shot ability, destroys all defenses, but has a fiery personality. I don't know if he can transfer his college-level skills to the NBA.

Louie decides to watch Jill's game tape.

In the video, Jill's style is more thoroughly displayed in front of Louis.

He reminded Louie of someone else—Larry Hughes.

Let go of the brush and have the ability to average 20 points per game, and work hard to defend and have a chance to make a defense, but in general, it is a team lubricant where defense is greater than offense.

Jill's offensive skills are better than Hughes'. Hughes made the first defense in the last year of hand-checking, and Jill has good potential from the video. It is not known whether he can enter the defense, but the defense must be above the standard.

"He should not fall out of the top six picks." Zhao Yuanzheng reminded.

What he means is that if you want to choose him, you have to plan early.

The Knicks only have the eighth pick, and it's not easy to choose Gil.

Moreover, what they really need is a No. [-] and a No. [-], not a sharp defensive No. [-].

Their talent pool at the second position is too much.

Since Jill's market is higher than their pick, Louis can only put him down.

After that, Louis and Zhao Yuanzheng discussed Dennis Scott, the most watched wing in this draft.

They discussed it through video in front of the TV.

Zhao Yuanzheng believes that seedlings like Scott are relatively safe.

The problem is, he's safe and sound, but the ceiling isn't high.

Louie had heard Scott's name before he entered college.

In 1987, in the list of high school basketball players launched by "USA TODAY", he ranked second in the United States.

This person has a strong shooting ability. When he came to the NBA, it was not difficult to develop a three-point range, but other than that, he had no other outstanding qualities.

The pair then discussed Felton Spencer, the tallest player in the lottery.

This person is from the University of Louisville, undertook the parallel import senior Pevis Ellison.

It was Pevis who claimed to be never nervous.

Because of his senior, Louis was prejudiced against Spencer from the beginning, and Zhao Yuanzheng was not optimistic about his development in the NBA.Players like this can be found in a bunch in the free market, even with second-round picks.

They skipped one after another.

Louie found the draft so difficult for the first time.

This is why he hasn't personally inspected college players for a long time.

The greater his status in the Knicks, the more he would entrust his subordinates with scouting college students.Gradually, he also knew little about college basketball.

Louie almost had the idea of ​​trading the eighth pick.

Until he sees the next scouting report.

A famous name came into Louie's sight: Lionel Simmons SF.

Simmons is the all-time leading scorer in the Big Five and fourth in NCAA history with 3217 college career points.Moreover, he was the Associated Press Player of the Year in 1989-90, was selected to the All-American team twice, and won this year's Wooden Award and Naismith Award.

"What do you think of him?"

"Uh, there may be only one problem." Zhao Yuanzheng also felt that with the pick in the hands of the Knicks, this person is the most suitable candidate.

"He doesn't play point guard, he's not a center."

Louis said with a smile: "It's okay, our team has always had the tradition of letting those versatile small forwards play point forwards."

Zhao Yuanzheng accompanied Louis to watch the video of Simmons's game. Although he only fast-forwarded half of the game, it was enough for the latter to make up his mind.

Zhao Yuanzheng is sure that Louis has taken a fancy to Simmons.

Simmons has the versatility Louie likes.

For Louie, multi-purpose players are better than one-purpose players; a swingman who can play multiple positions is more attractive than a top player who is fixed in one position.

Like his coaching style who likes to play long rotations, he likes to assemble all kinds of bizarre lineups.

And this is the unique advantage of swingers.

"It seems that our first candidate has been decided." Zhao Yuanzheng smiled.

"That's right, it's settled."

This year's lottery teams start with the No. [-] pick, including the Seattle SuperSonics, New Jersey Nets (the pick belongs to the Warriors), Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic, Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Dallas Mavericks.

The Clippers, who got the third pick, seemed dissatisfied with the situation where they could only choose Chris Jackson.

They've been touting the No. [-] pick since the day the Finals ended.

The Lakers once wanted to exchange KJ for the Clippers' No. [-] pick, but Clippers owner Sterling stopped the deal because KJ had mocked himself in public.

This is good news for all three parties.

Because West fell in love with Jackson, he thought that the latter's shooting skills could make the tragic master come out of the predicament, but the LOGO man didn't know that the latter's belief problem made him a bigger trouble than KJ; with the traditional curse of many geniuses in the history of the Clippers, if KJ came to the team, he probably wouldn't last for a few days; and joining the Clippers was also the darkest moment of KJ's career.

So what Sterling saves in this wave is the future of the two teams and the best point guard in the 90s.

Sterling looked down on Jackson, and their general manager, Earl Monroe, had also heard of the latter's various eccentricities and was deeply afraid of it.

Just as Louie was thinking about who this draft pick would go to, Miami's great wisdom jumped out.

Lewis Shafier exchanged Brian Shaw + the first round of 1992, the first round of 1994 and the first round of 1996 in exchange for the third pick in the first round of the Los Angeles Clippers.

"what are you doing?"

Louie couldn't help calling.

"Coach Lu, is it right to choose Chris Jackson as the third pick?!"

Shafier asked excitedly.

"Wait" Louis felt dizzy, "Tell me first, which genius made this trading plan for you?"

Shafier laughed and said, "It was proposed by our deputy general manager, Mr. Stu Inman!"

Stu Inman?Such a familiar name!
Probably Louis hadn’t heard the name for a long time, and when he thought about it, the memory appeared in his mind—isn’t it the strange man who built the Trail Blazers championship team, but missed Moses Malone and Larry Bird successively, and almost selected Sam Bowie with the second overall pick in 1984?

Does he work for the Heat now?

Still come up with this kind of plan to trade the third pick?Just to get Chris Jackson with abysmal intangibles?
Louis thought secretly, is this Inman's plan to bring Shafier down on purpose?
Because a player like Jackson cannot be controlled by ordinary coaches. If he is in trouble, the Heat will be in danger for the next few years.

And this mistake is enough to trigger fierce public opinion to force Shafier to step down.

This is just Louis's guess, he doesn't know the specific situation in Miami, but now, he must let Shafier calm down.

"No, you can't pick Chris Jackson."

In order for Shafier to have a deep understanding of why they couldn't pick Jackson, Louie explained the latter's problems, what it takes to train such a player, and why Miami couldn't train him to become a talent.

"have you understood?"

"I understand, I understand, but if I don't choose him, who should I choose?"

"Would you like to hear my opinion?"

"Think about it! I need your opinion so much! Coach Lu, you are my superman!"

(End of this chapter)