The Basketball Court Swordsman

In 2007, after Henson changed his third job and was still unsuitable, under the introduction of university professor Wayne Winston, he managed to get a job as a data analyst with the local Indiana Pacers.

Although Wayne Winston was also born in statistics, because he was once a teacher of Mark Cuban, he became a data analyst for the Mavericks at the invitation of Cuban in 2005 and officially entered the basketball circle.

Born in the cornfield, Winston has been a basketball fan since he was a child and a fan of the Indiana Pacers. It is precisely because of this that Winston was able to link mathematics and basketball, two seemingly irrelevant things together.

With the help of Winston, the Mavericks led the league into the era of data analysis. This math guy gave a lot of suggestions to the team coach on the formation of troops, and they have achieved good results.

Because of this, Winston also has some reputation in Indiana's basketball circle. Hearing that Henson was a student of Winston, the Pacers were naturally very excited and happily accepted him. I hope that this wise and talented Chinese student can lead them into the era of data analysis.

However, the world will never be as beautiful as a fairy tale. Henson, a guy who only understands mathematics but not basketball, has done a very bad job in the position of data analyst. He often says that some team coaches do not understand at all, and they are very good at the game And unhelpful mathematical formulas. Not everyone is Winston, able to closely integrate two otherwise unrelated industries.

Naturally, Henson's position was gradually replaced by others. After that, he was sent to the scout department and became a scout who was running around. It's not because of how unique Henson sees people. This guy who doesn't understand basketball at all doesn't even know the difference between Kobe Bryant and Courtney Lee. The Pacers management just gave Winston a face and did not fire his students. He was assigned as a scout only because this position requires running around, lest the Pacers coaching staff look at him upset.

Henson couldn't help shook his head. The previous owner of this body was really awkward, blinded by such a high degree of education. After spending two years with the Pacers, it turned upside down.

Although Henson has Winston's face to sell, he is now on the verge of being fired. He just crossed over, and Henson didn't want to be unemployed right away, he said he must keep his job in the NBA team!

The salary of ordinary NBA team employees is not much higher, but being able to work in the NBA can be regarded as fulfilling one of my dreams. In the past, working as a data "porter" on a small domestic website, Henson dreamed that he could truly integrate into the unreachable circle of the NBA. Now that I really have this opportunity, we must seize it!

And as a scout, Henson has many free games to watch every year! He can make money and go to the scene every day to watch football, even if he can't be rich, this kind of life Henson is also satisfied!

After washing his face, Henson returned to the court. At this point, the game seems to have entered a timeout. There are no players on the court, but energetic college cheerleaders performing. Henson was drooling at the sight, young American girls are in good shape, hahahahaha!

"No, no, no, I'm a scout now, cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough. The most important thing now is work, work... But how should the scout work start? Henson is also one of the first two big.

He first looked at the wooden floor of the stadium, which read "uCLA Bruins". It turned out that this was an NCAA game. It's January, and all NBA teams are preparing for the June draft. I believe that Henson is not the only NBA scout who is "ambushing" at the scene.

Although it was difficult to learn about the NCAA in China before, Henson still knew a little about American college basketball.

If the American basketball ring is compared to a big tree, then NCAA is the backbone of this big tree! Only when the main trunk is strong can it bloom and bear fruit in a dense manner. Most of the flying beasts and admired stars in the NBA are the fruits and flowers of the NCAA trunk.

American college basketball is a huge talent pool. Some of them may not play basketball again after graduation, but everyone. And some people may become the next epoch-making superstar, calling the wind and rain in the basketball world! How do NBA teams tell whether a college player is a superstar or a mediocre? This depends on their strong scouting network.

And uCLA is a gathering place for talents in the NCAA college league. As one of the most famous basketball schools in the United States, countless NBA stars have come out from here.

"Sky Go" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Wharton, Reggie Miller, etc., are all produced by uCLA. The young people who play at uCLA are usually the best student players of this age, so every game of uCLA can be said to have attracted the attention of NBA scouts.

But so far, Henson has no impression of all the players on the court. He looked up at the scoreboard, and only 5 minutes left in the second half to end. In other words, within 5 minutes, if Henson can't figure out a way to produce a detailed scouting report, it is estimated that after reporting back to Indianapolis, he will be able to leave behind.

Henson is indeed a fan, but it is still a bit embarrassing for him to make a detailed evaluation of a player in just 5 minutes.

Soon, the timeout was over, and the hot and **** cheerleaders exited, and the sweaty brawny ignited the atmosphere of the arena again.

Henson stared at these players he didn't know at all, hoping to see the way. Just when he was completely focused, the electronic sound rang again in his mind!

"The data analysis module is open!"

Henson thought he had auditory hallucinations, but after a while, various numbers appeared in his eyes! Every player's height, weight, wingspan, age and other data, as long as Henson wants to know, will appear before his eyes!

Henson swallowed, it seems that this crossing is not leaving him nothing! With the help of this data analysis module, he can obtain data that ordinary people can't get by just watching these players play!

Henson smiled and sat on his seat. It was an inexhaustible road!

"Sir, I think you are in my place!"

Just when Henson was ready to watch the ball, a young blond man appeared in front of Henson.

"Your position?" Henson looked around. He remembered that he was thrown down just now in the first row.

"Well, sir, you are very humorous! But I have to remind you, do you think people in such cheap suits can afford the first row of seats facing the bench!?" the man said, reaching out and patted Pat the gray on Henson's suit.

Henson only realized that this guy was belittling himself!

"Now, please go back to your seat. The game has started, and I must start my work right away! Damn it, can anyone come here to watch the game now?" Before Henson agreed, the handsome blonde Pushing Henson aside, he sat in his seat and raised his legs.

Henson fiddled with the brain he had just taken over, only then did he remember that the first row was indeed not his seat. He just wanted to go to the toilet, and when he came to the first row, he was knocked down...

Although he was indeed sitting in the wrong place, the attitude of the blond man still made Henson very upset. He just said he wants to start work? Maybe it is the scout of which team! In the future, the two might meet again.

Henson glared at the arrogant guy, then sat back in his seat. Well, the third row from the bottom of the side stand, sitting there Henson can't even tell who is on the court!

Also, with Henson's current position in the team, how could the team arrange for him a seat in the first row? Maybe the group of coaching staff deliberately bought him a back seat so that he couldn't see anything, so he could leave after returning.

Although the environment is difficult, those numbers will still appear before Henson's concentration. He forgot all the unhappiness and watched the game intently. Combining his years of experience watching football and these numbers, he must produce a scout report!

At this time, the game has entered the most intense moment. In the last 5 minutes, uCLA led Arizona by just 3 points. This strong dialogue between the Pacific 12 League did not disappoint the fans.

At this time, it was the offensive round of the University of Arizona. Arizona's No. 13 defender received the basketball by running and shot directly and scored a three-pointer to tie the score in one fell swoop.

"James Harden, Three!" The live DJ shouted loudly, making Henson remember the little guy with the beard. Through the original memory of this body, Henson knew that Harden was one of the top picks in this year's NBA Draft!

After carefully observing Harden, more data appeared in front of Henson, including the player's various abilities. However, the ability value is not shown in specific numbers, but represented by the five levels of ABCDe.

To Henson's surprise, a college star guard and champion candidate like Harden, who has received much attention, has only C-level three-point ability.

Other people's three-point ability is even worse, D and e are everywhere. But Henson soon understood that this scoring system should be based on the NBA. So these little guys who are still playing in the NCAA will not have too high abilities.

Looking at it, Harden finally has an ability value to attract Henson's attention.

Potential: A+!

"Well, with the help of the data analysis module, it's much easier to figure out which of these little guys is better!" Henson rubbed his hands with excitement about his new discoveries and continued to watch.

In the next round, uCLA attacked. It seems that they do not have a good way to deal with Arizona. Since Westbrook and Kevin Love left for the draft, uCLA has been lacking a star player to make a final decision.

The small No. 21 Bruins who just knocked down Henson took the basketball, but he didn't rush to attack, but patiently organized it on the outside.

It can be seen that this No. 21 is different from most offensive guards. He is a decent point guard.

He first directed his own center forward to make an off-the-ball screen, and then waited for his teammates to go beyond the three-point line before giving the ball in time!

After the ball, he did not stand there waiting, but immediately started looking for a new gap, ready to catch the ball at any time.

It's a pity that his teammates seemed to be anxious, so they took the ball and shot. Under Harden's interference, the basketball knocked out of the box, and No. 21 was just a background and returned helplessly.

The focus of people's observation now is James Harden, but Henson is attracted by the performance of the 21st. He could see that the little guy's consciousness was very good, he was more calm than everyone on the court, but his teammates didn't cooperate well.

"What is his potential?" Henson muttered to himself, then looked at the data before him.

A-, this rating is something Henson never expected. The No. 21 guard who seems to be unknown and has no right to shoot is actually A-! ?

"Sir, what's the name of the 21st?" Henson asked curiously a fan sitting next to him.

"The 21st of the Bruins? That point guard? It seems to be called Zhu Holledi! Who cares about him, I just want to watch Darren Collison kick Harden's ass!"

It seems that people do not have much interest in that 21st. But Henson smiled slightly, his scout report seems to have fallen.