Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 718 The Perfect Team
"What's the matter?" Montgomery quickly stopped and asked when he saw a student running into the hall.

"Official West announced that he has joined the dream team!" The student smiled, squeezing all the freckles on his face into the smile lines.

"What official announcement?"

"Mike just saw it on TV, you can ask him!"

Hearing that it could be seen on TV, Montgomery immediately thought that there was a TV in his office, so he hurriedly said to Hu Weidong; "Hu, come to the office with me."

In this way, the two went all the way from the stadium to Montgomery's office next door. When they entered the office, Montgomery immediately turned on the TV and tuned the TV station to NBC.

At this time, the Olympic Selection Committee has announced the list and is being interviewed by reporters.

"We all know that West has not been able to play all the games this season due to injuries, so can he guarantee to participate in the Olympics in July?" A reporter from the "Chicago Tribune" asked at the press conference.

"According to what I know, West will recover by the end of this month at the latest. Although it may take time to regain his form, I believe that as long as he participates, it will be good news for all fans." As a member of the Olympic trials, Rod Thorne talked freely in the face of reporters' difficulties.

"Regarding the selection of college players, why did the selection committee choose Shaq O'Neal instead of Laettner, who was more vocal before? Is the committee racist?" A reporter from the "New York Times" suddenly put a big The hat was put on the head of the selection committee.

"This reporter, your imagination is really too rich. I suggest you write novels instead of news reports. After all, news reports cannot rely on imagination alone.

In the dream team we selected, there are whites, blacks, and yellows. You can translate for me. What is racism?What, FMD's called FMD racism? "

"Then why didn't you choose Leitner who is stronger?" The reporter still refused to admit defeat, and continued to ask, but his voice was obviously much lower.

"From the perspective of our selection committee, there are many kinds of strengths. Although it seems that Laettner's honor is higher, O'Neal has no honor, but this only means that the strength of Duke University, where Laettner is, is stronger than LSU.

Instead, the potential we value more is the perception of other long-established stars on the entire team about whether this rookie is qualified for their teammates.

Just imagine, if this young man belongs to the same team as these other star-studded stars, if he still cannot be recognized by these stars, do you think it is good for the dream team? "

"So, you're saying that there are stars on the team who are dissatisfied with Laettner and want to choose O'Neal?" The reporter's eyes lit up.

"Sorry, you've asked enough questions, now please give the opportunity to someone else!" Thorne would not follow the reporter's words, but decisively chose to follow the trend and bypass the topic.

Of course, the reason why he didn't choose to answer the reporter's question directly was because the reporter guessed right.

Prior to this, the selection committee was more inclined to Laettner in the choice between Laettner and O'Neal.

There is no way, because Leitner's achievements in college are really outstanding, so outstanding that even Jordan and Li Weisi can't compare.

He is the first player in history to start in four consecutive NCAA Final Fours. At the same time, he also led Duke University to win two NCAA championships, and even won all the best player awards this year.

In addition, Leitner has a better personality and has a certain space ability, and the assistant coach K is Leitner's mentor, so Leitner's selection is almost a certainty.

However, when Li Weisi notified the selection committee that he would participate, he told the committee that he hoped that the last player must be the strongest player, and a player who can finally enter the NBA Hall of Fame. The dream team must be a perfect team. The team, he didn't want a flaw in the original Hall of Fame team.

Although Li Weisi didn't say it clearly, everyone in the selection committee was a genius, so they naturally heard what Li Weisi meant.

To be honest, don't look at the frighteningly high achievements of Laettner in the college league, but almost everyone is not optimistic that he can achieve more than O'Neal or Alonzo Mourning in the NBA.

As for the current No. [-] favorite, Shaquille O'Neal's talent is so good that all the teams are drooling, and almost everyone believes that this guy will definitely become a star.

Therefore, Li Weisi directly reported O'Neill's ID number!

However, this also attracted opposition from NCAA representatives in the selection committee. Obviously they wanted Leitner to go, because Leitner can better reflect the value of NCAA, even if he hardly plays.

However, at this critical juncture, many members of the selection committee, including Billy Cunningham, suddenly turned their guns and chose to support O'Neill, which made the committee finally choose O'Neill.

As for why these people support O'Neill, it is natural that someone is operating all this behind the scenes.

In fact, the team's No. 12 candidates are all the same, especially since this person is still a college student, it is doomed that it is difficult to play a role. In Barkley's words, "That is a backpack, coffee and sweets. circle!"

Therefore, in the end, the committee decided to choose O'Neill according to Li Weisi's wishes.

These inside facts are not humane, but Hu Weidong in front of the TV fell into shock.

Is that scary monster going to be on the dream team too?If you encounter this in the Olympics, how can you fight?

The reason why Stanford University stopped in the top 32 was because when facing LSU, it encountered O'Neill's crush like a big devil. This game even left an indelible impression on Hu Weidong.

Even though it was a long time after the game ended, Hu Weidong still couldn't help thinking, if he really met O'Neill in the international arena, how would the national team play?Can't O'Neill swallow the inside of the national team alive?
If someone told Hu Weidong at this time that someone in the national team could deserve three hats for O'Neal in a game, Hu Weidong must think that person was in a state of PK with him after drinking, and he was definitely not sober!

After watching the press conference of the selection meeting, I chatted with Montgomery about the NBA draft. Seeing that it was getting late, I got up and prepared to go back to the dormitory.

Walking out of the arena and walking on the Stanford campus, he saw several alumni celebrating Li Weisi joining the dream team and cheering along the way.

Although Hu Weidong already knew that Li Weisi had a very high status on the Stanford campus, he was still shocked when he saw that Li Weisi, who had been away for many years, still had such a great influence.

At the same time, I also thought in my heart: If I can achieve Li Weisi's level, then he will have no regrets in this life.

(End of this chapter)